Great Tang Southern Emperor

Once a torpedo is launched, no matter how big your ship is, even Datang's warship can be directly reduced to pieces, and even a single piece of wreckage can't be found.And the power of incendiary bombs is no less powerful, one shot of incendiary bombs can burn a ship, and the speed is extremely fast, dozens of breaths can cover a ship with flames, it is really terrifying-these two weapons are simply The supreme killing weapon is even the ecstasy demon from hell. As long as the enemy is still acting as a demon on the sea, as long as the enemy dares to use warships, then they will never be opponents of these two sharp weapons. With these two sharp weapons in hand, Are you still worried about the enemy's attack?It should be that the enemy is worried that we will fight over.

"Your Highness, your subordinates are back. Fortunately, the enemy is finished. We have won a complete victory." After another hour passed, Cheng Chuliang finally wiped out the enemy, and came back to report to Li Zhen—don't worry. I dislike his inefficiency, because this is how it is when we clear the remnants of the enemy. Although the number of enemies is not large, it is very difficult to clear them because they are too scattered. It took a full hour to send the last enemy ship to into the sea.

Seeing Cheng Chuliang, Li Zhen quickly asked: "How is it? How many ships have you destroyed, and how much have we lost? Have you gained anything? Tell me in detail."

"Yes." Cheng Chuliang took out a report and began to report the results of the battle to Li Zhen: "Our results in this battle are still great: we destroyed a total of 240 enemy ships, and 52 of them were torpedoes. Destroyed, [-] ships were burned by incendiary bombs, and [-] were burned by our flamethrowers, and the rest were sunk by our naval guns. In addition, more than a dozen enemy ships came up to attack during the pursuit We, but they were all sunk by us, and none of the ships escaped - the subordinate suggested that we should ban our small-caliber naval guns after returning. None of the ships can be fatal with a single blow, at most they can only do heavy damage, which is of no use, so with this load capacity, it is better to add a few more cannons of more than [-]mm."

Speaking of small-caliber naval guns, Cheng Chuliang was full of complaints, obviously fed up with the lack of power.Li Zhen nodded in understanding. The small-caliber naval gun should indeed be banned. The original intention of designing the 75mm naval gun was to attack nearby enemies, but after several artillery battles, Li Zhen discovered that The enemy will be sunk if they can't reach the vicinity of their own warships, so the 75mm naval gun is useless-it doesn't need it for short-distance targets, and it can't hit long-distance targets, even if it hits it, it can't do it Killing with one blow is really tasteless.

Seeing that Li Zhen agreed to his request, Cheng Chuliang immediately lifted his spirits, continued to pick up the report, and began to report his losses: "As for our losses, it is not big, but in the previous artillery battle, there were two destroyers and one At first, the subordinates thought that they might give up, but now it seems that there should be hope for repair... In addition, in the chase battle just now, a destroyer and a cruiser were directly sunk, but The crew has all been rescued, and another battleship, the Guozhou, was hit by the enemy's counterattack shells. Fortunately, it was a dud and did not sink, but the keel was also damaged due to the impact of the shells. Although it is still ok Sailing, but it is likely to hide some potential threats, and because the injured is the keel, it is very difficult to repair, and it is no longer capable of combat. The subordinates suggest that it be dismantled after returning or decommissioned for use by the Naval Academy. Bar."

"As for our harvest..." Speaking of the harvest, Cheng Chuliang couldn't help showing a wry smile on his face: "Your Highness, don't think about it. This time, the people who attacked us were all dead soldiers, and there was no one until the last ship." We didn’t capture a single ship that surrendered, not even a few pieces.”

"That's it, forget it." Li Zhen was a little disappointed.

"However, Your Highness, don't be discouraged. When it comes to harvest, we still have a little bit, but it's not real." Cheng Chuliang said quickly when he saw this: "That is the group of warships that came to support the enemy at the end. The model is actually the same as ours. The warships are the same, and they are all third-tier battleships, and the cannons on them are more than 150mm... The destroyer, the cruiser, and the seriously injured Guozhou were all hit by the opponent's 150mm cannon... Your Highness , this must be our shipyard's inner ghost, otherwise the enemy would never be able to get our warship..."

"This is impossible. There has been no information about the theft of information from the shipyard recently." Li Zhen categorically vetoed it, and her face became extremely gloomy: "And every warship that comes out of the shipyard is recorded, and there are supervisors sent by the imperial court and us. Now, with a target as big as a battleship, which shipyard can quietly build it and then secretly ship it out? Let alone a dozen ships? This is simply impossible."

"Then your Highness means..."

"This must be the nearby naval fleet..."

"It's impossible." Cheng Chuliang's reaction was bigger than Li Zhen's, and he jumped up before Li Zhen finished speaking: "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense, the captains of these fleets can be drawn out by the court and you , should be grateful to you, how could they betray you?"

"Why not?" Li Zhen asked back.

"Because..." Cheng Chuliang suddenly got stuck, because he suddenly thought of Hou Junji.

Hou Junji was so trusted by the imperial court back then. The emperor not only let him lead an army of [-], but also let him control millions of square kilometers of land in Nanyang. Money, power and power, what kind of scenery?But what is the final result of Hou Junji?

He actually rebelled. You must know that the imperial court has never persecuted him. Not only did it not persecute him, but it treated him so favorably. It is unbelievable that he would rebel. In the end, Cheng Chuliang could only blame it on greed. Snakes swallow elephants.Not only was his whole family punished for treason, but he also brought hundreds of thousands of natives in the Nanyang jungle to great misfortune—they were not even eligible to be slaves, and ended up the same as the Cuan people.

Chapter 1125

Chapter 73 Sunshine After Rain ([-] words)

"But this is too... unbelievable... unbelievable..." Although he thought of Hou Junji, Cheng Chuliang still felt a little unbelievable. Of course he knew that human greed is endless, but this is just too late. After a few years of good life, how come some people just can't control it?What's more, Li Zhen is very kind to them, are they so ungrateful?How low can a person's bottom line be?

Li Zhen also sighed, and said slowly: "Ever since I received the inheritance of Zhenyuan Great Immortal, I feel that no one can match my cleverness, but this is the only thing that I can't see through... You said they were in Daxian The Tang Dynasty can be regarded as a high-ranking official with rich salary and a military power. It can be said that they are in control, and they can be called the emperor of the earth. But why can’t their greed be stopped? ——The palace has never prohibited them from corruption. Gong seems to have told you that I would rather have a corrupt minister than an incompetent and upright official. Does this mean that you don’t understand? But even so, some people still can’t control their greed and stretch out their hands. Going to places that shouldn’t be stretched, don’t they understand that some things are untouchable? It’s only now that people have caught the handle, and they can’t regret it, and they can only go to the dark one way.”

"..." Cheng Chuliang still couldn't believe it. It wasn't that he didn't believe Li Zhen's words, but because the origin of this fleet made him unbelievable—if Li Zhen's guesses were true, then the origin of the fleet that attacked him and others It's easy to guess. At this time, they have only been out of Luzon for a day, and the direction is northwest. There are only a few fleets that can appear here during this time period.The commanders of these fleets have extraordinary backgrounds, and each of them has an extraordinary friendship with Cheng Chuliang, and even two of them are from honorable families like him... So he doesn't want to believe it, and he can't believe it. People who called themselves brothers would become traitors of Datang in the blink of an eye—don't they understand what would happen if Li Zhen died?Will Datang at that time still be Datang?Don't they know what the future of Datang will be like?With Datang gone, can their life be easier?

"Subordinate, go and salvage the enemy ship." Cheng Chuliang clenched his fists, his voice became dry and hoarse: "If I know his identity, I will personally wring his head off..."

"Go." Li Zhen waved him away, but she didn't have much hope in her heart. The fleet had just left Luzon not long ago. If the geography knowledge I learned from the junior high school teacher in my previous life was correct, then I should now It is in the deepest part of the South China Sea, with a depth of at least 2000 meters—this is a depth that is very difficult to salvage even in later generations, let alone in ancient times when there are no high-tech instruments.

However, some of the enemy ships were sunk by naval guns, there should be fragments floating in the sea, and there may be some gains from the fragments-but this possibility is not very high, since these warships dared to attack themselves blatantly , How could he not hide his information?I'm afraid that the ship's nameplate, bow image, logbook or related marks should have been unloaded and hidden in advance. It is unlikely that Cheng Chuliang will find the marks now, but Li Zhen didn't report anything about it. I hope that the reason why Cheng Chuliang was asked to look for it was just to make him feel better.

Anyway, even if there is no harvest, Li Zhen is not worried at all. After all, no matter which fleet has a limited number of ships, especially battleships, they are the treasures of all naval fleets. The property was all in liquidation, and such a large-scale battleship suddenly disappeared without a sound. Li Zhen wanted to see how they could explain it to herself?

"Your Highness, the wind and rain outside have stopped." Just as Li Zhen was thinking, Li Ergou sent a good news: "The sun is really shining outside now, it is a rare sunny day."

"Really?" There was a smile on Li Zhen's face, looking at it carefully, from the time when she was besieged by the enemy to the end of the war, everyone was in high spirits, and several hours had passed before they knew it. It was already a quarter to three in the afternoon, and after the storm raged for a full half a day, they finally evacuated from this sea area, and the fleet also encountered a rare good weather.

"It's such a beautiful weather. I didn't understand what a blue sky is like before, but now I finally understand it." Perhaps it was an illusion after the storm, or it was the heavy rain that washed the world, in short, after the rain, The sky is clean, like blue glass that has been scrubbed, it is as clean as new, even the floating clouds have turned white again, floating in the sky one by one, like balls of cotton candy, which is instantly irritating favorite.

"Your Highness, your subordinate is back." While Li Zhen was admiring the sky, Cheng Chuliang's deep voice sounded, and when Li Zhen looked, he found that his face was as deep as his voice, almost dripping water.

"How is it? Is there anything to gain?"

"Yes, this is our greatest achievement." Cheng Chuliang took out a rudder: "This subordinate already knows the other party's identity."

"It's just a rudder, and you can guess their identities?" Li Zhen was a little curious. After taking the rudder, it was very strange. It was an ordinary rudder, and it looked very new. None of the burrs were removed, and it looked like a hastily produced defective product—this also confirmed Li Zhen’s guess that the other party had indeed changed all the signs that belonged to the warship, and Li Zhen was affected by the steering wheel of later generations. Influenced, the name and serial number of the warship were also engraved on the rudder of the warship. If the other party did not want Li Zhen to know his identity information, this rudder was one of the items that had to be replaced.

At the same time, from the replacement of the rudder, Li Zhen can also see that the enemy of this fleet is obviously ready to die, but also does not want Li Zhen to know her identity, it should be to protect the lives of her family and wife reason……

"It is true that nothing can be seen from the rudder, but the other party has overlooked the most important point, which is the material itself of the rudder." Cheng Chuliang pointed at the rudder and said coldly: "The wood of this rudder is Xu Wen Huanghuali, this kind of huanghuali can only be produced in the old land of Nanyang Linyi..."

"So, it's the Fuchun Fleet?" Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that there are many specialties in Linyi. In addition, there is Fuchun Port, the second largest port in Southeast Asia, so this is Datang's most important timber in Southeast Asia. It is one of the raw material distribution centers, and Xuwen huanghuali (that is, Yuehuang) is unique to them. There is no doubt about it. If it is only judged from the material, what Cheng Chuliang said is probably right-the problem is true. Is it that simple?Li Zhen felt a little suspicious.

"It's almost inseparable." Cheng Chuliang threw the rudder on the ground, and said bitterly: "I still treat Wang Fangyi as a brother, and he dared to betray His Highness——He was pulled up by you, Your Highness. If there is no His Highness, Some of them are still just a family member of the royal family, lost in the crowd... He is definitely such a white-eyed wolf... The family is really unreliable..."

Wang Fangyi is the captain of the Fuchun Fleet. He is also the person who has been with Li Zhen since he came to Lingnan. He belongs to the same group as Cheng Chuliang. At this time, he found out that he also participated in it. This made Cheng Chuliang feel betrayed. Feel.

Seeing that he was so excited, Li Zhen quickly explained: "Don't be so excited, things may not be as bad as you imagined, the rudder may not have fallen from the warship, and it may have fallen from other places ...There are too many doubts here, just listen to me and analyze with you: First, the rudder is installed behind a ship to control the direction, and according to what you said, the enemy is rescuing their own people They were sunk by you when they were in the middle of the war, that is to say, they were facing your warship head-on. In this case, how could your shells hit the back? It was not directly hit by the naval guns, so what if the rudder is so strong Possibly detached from the main body of the warship?

Second, the rudder is located in the wheelhouse. Even if it falls off from the hull, it is difficult to float outside. More often, it will sink into the sea with the sunken ship. Most of the dozens of warships just now were taken by you. Burned with incendiary bombs, nothing can be left behind, and it can be excluded. Only a few ships were sunk by naval guns. According to you, most of these warships have maintained their integrity after being sunk, yes The whole thing sank into the sea, how could it be such a coincidence that the rudder just fell out?

And the third point, although Xuwen huanghuali is a special product of Linyi, it is not a rare thing, it is better than the common goods, Wang Fangyi can get it, so can others, and the enemy can use it to frame Wang Fangyi.

In the end, Wang Fangyi's ability is quite good, enough to be the commander of an army. If he is the mastermind, how can he ignore such a big problem of materials?If he really rebelled, he would definitely use materials from the main road to make the rudder, and he might even use specialty wood from other places to frame others to divert attention. How could he use his own local specialty to attract attention? come over?Impossible, Wang Fangyi is not that stupid...

Therefore, this palace believes that rather than Wang Fangyi's betrayal, it is better to say that it is the enemy's frame..."

"This..." Following Li Zhen's explanation, the anger on Cheng Chuliang's face also slowly dissipated. When he saw the material of the rudder, he immediately assumed that it was made by Wang Fangyi, and he was overwhelmed by anger all the way. Flooded, the authorities were bewildered, so they didn't think deeply, but Li Zhen was different. He always looked at the problem from the perspective of a bystander, so he naturally looked at the problem more clearly and thoroughly.

ps: The application to lift the ban was rejected again. It is simply unreasonable. Does writing about the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism also involve politics?Sang Xin, I don't want to write anymore...

Chapter 1126 Preparing for the Banquet

Chapter 74 Preparing for the Banquet

"So, this is the enemy's strategy to confuse people? Wang Fangyi didn't do all of this? It's really great." Hearing Li Zhen's explanation for Wang Fangyi, Cheng Chuliang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "But Since it wasn't Wang Fangyi, who does His Highness think it was?"

"That's not necessarily the case." Li Zhen shook her head, there are so many forces who want to kill her, who knows which one?

"Unless the ship is fished out of the deep sea, it is extremely difficult to know the identity of the other party from these fragments."

"I'm afraid it's not easy." Speaking of this, Cheng Chuliang frowned immediately: "The subordinates sent people into the water to explore, but they only went down about 80 meters and couldn't go down anymore. , the water was pitch black, and I couldn’t see anything, but according to experience, it should be far from the bottom. Later, my subordinates tried it with the anchor again, and it turned out that the anchor was connected to several ropes, adding up to more than 3000 It was about to hit the bottom of the water, and after we pulled the anchor up, we found that the top was icy cold, freezing to the bone marrow, and there was a tendency to freeze on the anchor head, which was really scary..."

"I'll go..." What Cheng Chuliang said later, Li Zhen didn't hear anything, he only heard that someone was able to dive up to 80 meters without equipment - this is simply a miracle.

Of course, Li Zhen knew that the free diving record of later generations is [-] meters, and this is not the limit record, maybe it will be broken at any time, the question is what happened to him?People specialize in eating this bowl of rice. They are all professionally trained, and before diving, they not only have to do various physical examinations, but also need to find out the state of the seabed. The preparation work alone needs to be done for several months. Funding and resources are plentiful.

But now, the situation on the bottom of the sea is unknown, the crew has not undergone professional training, has not made preparations, and is not even mentally prepared. They may not even know what the pressure is, but under such circumstances, someone actually successfully challenged the 80 meters and came back alive, besides the word miracle, Li Zhen really couldn't find any other comments--to put it bluntly, if you have the ability, let the kid who is [-] meters do it. Try it and see if he really jumps down stupidly, or just slaps you in the face?

"Your Highness is also shocked, and so are my subordinates." Because Li Zhen untied his knot, Cheng Chuliang's mood improved a lot: "To be honest, my subordinates were also shocked when they first found out. Jumping, the sailor sent by his subordinates vomited a mouthful of blood when they came up, and almost failed to save him... The bottom of the sea is really dangerous, it seems that we should pay attention to it in the future, unless it is a last resort , absolutely don’t let people go into the sea easily.”

"It's not necessary. If you make preparations in advance, you can still explore the sea. After all, the treasures in the sea are no less than those on the mainland." Regarding Cheng Chuliang's mentality of being bitten by a snake for ten years and fearing well ropes, Li Zhen made a correction. This kind of mentality is not what he wants. The reclamation of the sea can not only be prohibited, but also must be encouraged. Everyone in the 21st century knows that the future of mankind lies in the sea, and the sea will also be the place for mankind. Whoever controls the sea will control the world for the next 100 years and become the maker of the future order... Although it is only the seventh century, there are still many places on the mainland that have not been reclaimed. It's still too early, but you can't go wrong if you plan ahead and prepare a little in advance.

"Yes, my subordinates will make preparations for this when they go back." Cheng Chuliang naturally didn't know Li Zhen's plan, but he also understood that what Li Zhen said was indeed the truth, and there are also many secret treasures in the sea—if it can be formed Large-scale picking can indeed earn endless profits.

However, this plan should not be very smooth, because it is a very dangerous thing to collect resources in the sea. Many people have been paralyzed and cramped because they were entangled in seaweed or because of the sudden drop in water temperature. In this era, as the development of Nanyang has entered a period of stable development, the imperial court’s immigrants in Nanyang have exceeded 200 million, and the people of the Tang Dynasty no longer have to suffer from cold and hunger. Everyone would not choose such a high-risk industry—even if Li Zhen publicized the profits of the seabed to everyone, after all, in the early days of this era of great navigation, as long as you dare to go to sea, as long as you have a little luck, you will naturally get rich. The danger here is much lighter than going into the sea.

Li Zhen had no choice but to take her time.

"Your Highness, what should we do next?" Seeing that the matter was over here, Li Ergou came over and asked.