As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

After all, Qi Wanrong is a person who has been out at sea and knows what is going on at sea, so she didn't know how to comfort Hua Manlou, and said after a long while: "Auspicious people have their own appearance, and His Royal Highness doesn't look like Bo He looks like a blessing, if the ancestors bless him, he will be fine..."

Hua Manlou sighed, "I hope so!"

During the conversation, all the people who were supposed to come came, and Hua Manlou immediately began to assign tasks.

The recruits from Yiwu were not suitable to follow the fleet for the time being, so Hua Manlou handed them over to He Qing and left some young soldiers and veterans behind, and asked him to take these people to train on the spot and wait for news.

The Suzhou navy who came all the way to support them also stayed for training on the spot, and they were also responsible for guarding the Ningbo mansion, so it was not appropriate to leave, so the only force left to find Zhao Ren was the Tianjin navy.

Huamanlou couldn't care about other things at all. After he settled down hastily, he immediately took people to sail, and before leaving, he gritted his teeth and told the Dongchang Fanzi who sent the letter: "Go back and tell Your Majesty, just say Huamanlou Lou Zunzhi will definitely smoke him for three days and dare not go to the ground!"

Fanzi: Pumping... what?

413. Trek

When Huamanlou led the Tianjin navy to the north, Lingshanwei was in the southeast and Heishuiyang was in the southeast.

The so-called Heishuiyang probably refers to the vicinity of the later Yellow Sea. Because the sea water in this area is darker, the ancients called it Heishuiyang.

By the way, the water color of the Yangtze River Estuary is yellow, so it is called Huangshuiyang, which is so simple and straightforward.

All in all, no matter what kind of ocean it is, the ocean has the temper of the ocean anyway. The sky may be clear one day, and the next day may be torrential rain. Storms, huge waves, heavy fog and even tsunamis may occur.

and so……

The unlucky Zhao Ren encountered a rare storm when he went to sea for the first time.

Fortunately, the carpenters in Xishan and the shipwrights that the Tianjin Navy took great pains to find were really good, and the materials used were extremely solid, so even though Zhao Ren's face turned pale from fright, the battleship was completely upright. After the wind and waves, when the weather was calm, there was only one unlucky sailor on the ship who fell into the water at some point, and the others were safe and sound.

Unfortunately, after the storm, there was thick fog, and the guide Zhao Ren hired temporarily was not as well-educated and experienced as Mu Wenbin, so the ship was completely lost in the thick fog.

"Mr. Zhao, we won't starve to death at sea, will we?" Ma Yuan stood beside Zhao Ren with a worried expression on his face.

"How is it possible?" Zhao Ren said firmly, "The dense fog won't last forever, maybe it will dissipate after a while? It will be fine when the fog dissipates."

Ma Yuan sighed and summoned the guide: "Are you sure where we were blown by the wind and waves?"

The guide held the chart with embarrassment on his face: "Sir, the fog is too thick, if there is no Sinan, I'm afraid I don't even know the direction, so..."

Zhao Ren waved his hand: "Okay, you can go, watch from the bow, and be careful not to hit the rocks."

The guide responded and left, Zhao Ren turned to Ma Yuan and said, "Don't be anxious, nothing will happen."

That's what he said, but Zhao Ren himself didn't have the slightest idea.

To be honest, Zhao Ren was a little timid after seeing the storms at sea—after all, he was only a boy in his teens, and it was a rare achievement not to be afraid of being beaten. Just let Mount Tai collapse in front of you without changing your face, right?

And what...

The dense fog was extremely strange, and the dense fog did not dissipate for two whole days.

As the top leader of the ship, Zhao Ren was calm on the surface, but in fact he was panicked—now he knows that going to sea is really not a joke, at least not like him who went to sea without much preparation. People can play around.

Zhao Ren once again deeply realized that Huamanlou is much better than him—the last time he had this idea was when he was developing hot air balloons, and he had guessed at that time, whether it was hot air balloons or something else Things, Huamanlou almost completely understood it before throwing it out for him to play with.

This caused Zhao Ren to be frustrated for a while, and secretly complained in his heart: Brother Hua, as a big brother, can you seriously explain to me next time what can be touched and what can't be touched?Going to sea is terrible!And where the hell has this motherfucker gone?

It has to be said that from this moment on, Zhao Ren trusted Huamanlou completely to the bottom of his heart, and it has not changed in his life - after all, Huamanlou told Zhao Ren that he was not allowed to go to sea before Huamanlou decided to put down the sea, and In order to prevent him from committing suicide, Hua Manlou also reminded Emperor Guangxing to recall him to the palace and lock him up for half a month...

The so-called true love is seen in adversity, and true love is seen in adversity. If you don't suffer a little, how will you know that your elder brother is good to you?

So after Zhao Ren's deep introspection, the lesson he got was: from now on, you must listen to what your elder brother says, and you will suffer if you don't listen, and you may even die...

Maybe it was because his life was undeserved, maybe it was because Zhao Ren really had the blessing of his ancestors, anyway, at noon on the third day, the vast fog slowly cleared away.

"The fog is gone! The fog is gone!"

"Officer Zhao, the fog has cleared!"

"Bless the ancestors, I will survive!"

"Quick, check to see if there are any islands nearby, and check where we are?"

There was an instant commotion on the deck, and everyone ran out of the cabin to celebrate their remaining lives after the catastrophe.

Standing on the poop, Zhao Ren breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't make any noise, everything is under my control! Where's the guide? Bring the chart!"

Just when Zhao Ren was triumphant, someone suddenly shouted: "There is a boat! There is a boat coming!"

Zhao Ren was stunned: "Where is there a boat? Whose boat?"

Looking in the direction pointed by the sailor, Zhao Ren's scalp became numb after just one glance: the sea in the northeast was covered with black sails. At first glance, there were forty or fifty ships. Yes, I hope...

If you don't run away, you will be gone?

Everyone on Zhao Ren's side looked dumbfounded, and the Japanese pirates were also a little confused: Didn't they say that the Great Zhao Navy is in Ningbo Mansion? Why is there a ship from the Great Zhao Navy here?And it's just such a lonely ship?

Two or three miles apart, after looking at each other for a long time, Zhao Ren immediately ordered: "Run to the southwest! Hurry up!"

The prince of Dazhao belongs to the second, but he is by no means a fool.Now the battleship is not at full capacity, and there is only this lonely ship on our side, and it is definitely not good to meet the other forty or fifty Japanese pirate ships.Even if the opponent doesn't have artillery, tigers and leopards have to avoid the edge when the wolves rush forward, right?

As for why you ran to the southwest...

One is because the Japanese pirates are in the northeast, and the other is because the color of the sea water tells us that they are still in the Heishuiyang, so running southwest will definitely reach the land, and maybe they will meet Huamanlou's support ship—— Zhao Ren is sure that the capital will definitely inform Huamanlou of his situation, and Huamanlou will definitely come to support him when he learns of his situation.

So in this way, if this group of Japanese pirates is led to the Tianjin Navy... or near Ningbo Mansion and then finds a way to notify Huamanlou, wouldn't it be possible to take the opportunity to wipe out a group of Japanese pirates?

Thinking of this, Zhao Ren immediately shouted excitedly: "The opportunity to do meritorious deeds has come! Pull up your spirits and run to the southwest at full speed! Prepare the stern gun, let's shoot him a few times first!"

Ma Yuan turned pale when he heard the words: "Mr. Zhao, the other party seems to have no intention of fighting, so why should we provoke them?"

What Ma Yuan said is correct, the Japanese pirate ship is going west to the west, and I don’t know if they haven’t noticed that the ship of the Great Zhao Navy is in a different situation. Anyway, they didn’t even change their direction after tossing for a long time. .

Zhao Ren looked at the Japanese pirate boat, and said, "It's because the other party didn't move that you stimulated them. Otherwise, how could you lead them into Mr. Qian's encirclement?"

Ma Yuan's eyes widened: "Pack... encirclement?"

Zhao Ren said eagerly: "Don't worry about it, I have my own opinion, anyway, just bombard him!"

Ma Yuan was stunned for a while, and finally stomped his feet: "If you die, you should die, and the right is to repay your kindness! Brothers, prepare the artillery!"

This is how a unique naval battle began.

414. Teasing

As we all know, the young soldiers of Xishan are the army.

That is to say, if thousands of people are fighting against thousands of people, with the same weapons and equipment, the young soldiers who are more suitable for land combat can beat the Tianjin navy to the ground. After all, their training subjects are completely in the land combat mode—— This has been proven, because the team led by Song Jie is not only thieves, but also dozens of young soldiers. Their record in suppressing bandits is much better than that of the Tianjin navy.

But if the young soldiers were placed on the sea, they would be a bit unreliable. After all, the effect of wind and waves cannot be ignored, so after firing three consecutive rounds from the stern cannon, they didn't even touch a hair of the Japanese pirates.

Seeing this, Zhao Ren stomped his feet and roared angrily: "Where are you guys playing? Make sure you hit!"

Ma Yuan looked embarrassed and was about to explain, when suddenly he saw the Japanese pirate ships in the rear all turned around, and then Zhang Manfan chased in the direction of his own warship, so he shouted: "Mr. Zhao, we can't fight anymore. Run now!"

Zhao Ren also saw the other party's situation, but he didn't take it seriously, he just said: "Don't panic! They go full speed and we go full speed, just keep firing from the stern!"

Theoretically speaking, the two sides are almost the same sailboat, and when they are both at full speed, the distance does not change much, but in reality...

"Mr. Zhao, why is the opponent getting slower and slower?" Ma Yuan squinted at the Japanese pirate fleet in the distance, a little puzzled.

"Slow? They don't want to chase us? It's not right, they haven't changed their direction." Zhao Ren squinted his eyes for a long time, and suddenly said: "I see, our boat is fast!"

Zhao Ren was right, the navy's ships were faster than the Japanese pirates' ships.

The reason is not only because of the krypton gold handwriting of Huamanlou, but also because the attitude of Xishan craftsmen who strive for perfection has completely driven the boat craftsmen, making them dare to break through tradition and self, thus creating this narrow, sharp boat. The new warship at the bottom—the ship that Zhao Ren snatched from other people's docks happened to be the latest achievement of the Royal Institute of Technology's Maritime Academy.

As we all know, the sharp-bottomed boat is more suitable for sea navigation, and because it breaks the waves, the sharp-bottomed boat must be faster under the same displacement.And because since Huamanlou, the naval battle of the Great Zhao Navy does not require a wide deck, so this warship is narrower than traditional warships-everyone who has a little knowledge of mechanics understands that this type of ship is much narrower than the wide ones encountered in the water. There is less resistance.

In addition, after absorbing the advantages of Hirosune, the sails of this ship use the so-called Hirosune-style origami sails, which are much wider than the hull.

For a sailing boat, the wider the range of the wind, the greater the force acting on the hull, isn't it?Therefore, the speed of this gunboat is at least [-]% faster than that of traditional ships.

Generally speaking, Japanese pirate ships sailed in the offshore or inland seas, and the imitations were originally Fuchuan, and the hulls of Fuchuan were generally relatively large.And because of material and technical problems, the sails of Japanese pirate ships are not foldable hard sails like Fuchuan, but things like straw mats. They are not as wind-absorbing as hard sails at all, so their speed can be imagined up.

And what...

There are more than four Anzhai boats in this Japanese pirate fleet, and the speed of this thing is even slower.

The Antaka ship has armor protection from bow to stern, covered with holes for shooting arrows, and later developed into an iron-clad ship. This thing is a typical flat-bottomed giant ship. Is it powered...

Human paddling.

With this kind of thing, how can it compare with the navy's new warships?

Of course, Zhao Ren didn't know the above things at all, but he could see that the speed of the Japanese pirate fleet was extremely slow, so...

What would you say a bear child would do in such a situation?

"Wahhahahaha, they can't catch up with us, fire and fire! It's not the stern gun, it's the broadside gun!" Zhao Ren stood on the poop with his hips akimbo and laughed wildly: "Turn the rudder, turn the gun!" Turn the ship across, gunners ready!"

Ma Yuan, who was standing on the side, almost collapsed: "Mr. Zhao, isn't it the best policy in this situation? The Japanese pirates are attacking in large numbers, and no one knows what they want to do. Let's rush to Ningbo Mansion as soon as possible to inform Mr. Qian." !"

Zhao Ren heard the words but said: "Are you stupid? If you don't keep an eye on these Japanese pirates, who knows where they will go? What if they can't find them? And they are heading in the west, isn't the west Big Zhao? If they land on land, what will the people on the shore do?"

"This..." Ma Yuan couldn't help being speechless when he heard the words.

What Zhao Ren said was right, the Japanese pirates were dispatched on such a large scale, no one knew what they were thinking.

Let’s not talk about the other side, just looking at the large Anzhai boat, you can tell that the opponent is generally attacking by the whole army. If you can really lead them to Ningbo Prefecture to find the Tianjin navy, then the harm of this Japanese pirate will naturally be much smaller. .

After figuring this out, Ma Yuan didn't stop him anymore, and went to the lower level to direct the shelling.

As a result, a Japanese pirate fleet that appeared inexplicably started a battle unprecedented in the history of human naval warfare with a navy gunboat commanded by a bear child that should not have appeared in the Black Water Ocean.

Boom boom boom!

The gunboat turned the rudder, fired, then turned the rudder again and opened the distance with full sails, and then continued to turn the rudder and fire, constantly teasing the Japanese pirate fleet.And the latter can't catch up, and can't hit, even if he advances at full speed, the opponent can quickly open the distance, and then...

Keep steering and firing, as annoying as hundreds of kids.

After a few rounds, the Japanese pirate fleet realized that they could not catch up with the snake-skinned gunboat in front of them, so they slowed down completely, planning to hang far behind the gunboat.

But who knows that the gunboat turned around suddenly, and drew a huge S in front of the Japanese pirate fleet, but the artillery on the side did not stop for a moment. feel.

Although I don't know why the gunboat's artillery hit rate is scary, but as long as the hit rate is not zero, he can always hit it, so after the Japanese pirates chased for a long time, they didn't even touch a hair on the other side. On the contrary, four ships were sunk, and seven or eight ships were more or less injured...

In the end, when the Japanese pirates were unfavorable in their pursuit, they dispersed all of a sudden, and the distance between the boats was completely opened.

"This...what's the situation?" Ma Yuan was a little confused: "Could it be to distract our attention, and then outflank us from the front?"

It does seem quite reasonable. With such a large distance, the opponent may really make a half-circle from the side, blocking the way forward while the gunboats are harassing.

but……

Zhao Renning frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "It's not right, the distance is so large, one or two ships can't stop us at all, but it's hard for us to run away without being noticed by too many people, so in my opinion, this group of people People just want to avoid being hit?"

Ma Yuan nodded: "It seems to be the case, so what should we do? Are we still firing?"

Zhao Ren thought for a while: "Keep firing the stern cannon, this time I won't turn the rudder, just run like this, I want to see what tricks they are going to play!"

415. Wolf smoke

It has to be said that Zhao Ren overestimated the Japanese pirates, and it is impossible to play tricks in this situation.

In the case of not being able to catch up with the gunboat, the Japanese pirates have nowhere to go even if they have the strength, unless they just spend it until the weather is calm and then chase after it with manpower, or they can only wait for the ammunition on the opponent's gunboat to run out, and then rest assured Boldly pursue - and not necessarily be able to catch up.

The Japanese pirates used the second method, and they thought this strategy was not bad, because after they dispersed completely, the opponent would only fire from the stern of the ship from time to time, and dared not use the broadside.

As a result, the entire fleet continued to pursue... or to say, it continued to hang this lonely gunboat of the Great Zhao Navy from a distance, which looked quite funny.Can't catch up, can't fight, and is still being beaten from the beginning to the end, one can imagine how angry the people on the Japanese pirate ship are.

Zhao Ren, who was on the previous boat, was getting more and more puzzled. He imitated Hua Manlou, pinched his chin and muttered to himself: "What are they trying to do? Although I took the initiative to tease, but these Japanese pirates really thought Is there nothing Da Zhao can do about them?"

Obviously, it is not unusual for the Japanese pirates to attack aggressively and persistently chase a navy ship.

The reason is very simple, Huamanlou fought more than [-] with three or four thousand in Ningbo Mansion, and completely wiped out the Japanese pirates, so theoretically speaking, these forty or fifty Japanese pirate ships are not enough in front of the Tianjin navy. Look - even a naval gunboat can't do anything about it, let alone the Tianjin Navy's gunboat group?

But the Japanese pirates still ran out like this, and the destination is Dazhao anyway, it is true that the head is not afraid of being beaten, so it is bad luck to go to Huamanlou, or the Japanese pirates have no food left at home, so they have to risk it. Dangerous to loot?

"Speaking of which, which Japanese bandit is this?" Zhao Ren squinted his eyes to see the opponent's flag clearly, but the distance was too far away, and it was impossible to tell what the opponent was from.

There are not many islands to the east of Heishuiyang, and Huamanlou has completely wiped out the Japanese pirates in the east of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so logically speaking, there should not be Japanese pirates here, unless they are from the island of the Japanese kingdom. It is possible for the three big Japanese to appear here——Since Huamanlou went to sea, Zhao Ren has worked hard on this aspect, so he is quite aware of it.

Looking at the number of the other party's fleet, Zhao Ren confirmed that the visitor was one of the three Japanese, so he couldn't help but become more puzzled: "So is this the Department of Osumi Chen Jiafu or the Department of Wei Xingchen of Hirado? What is their intention in coming to Dazhao?" for?"

After guessing and guessing, Zhao Ren simply gave up thinking: "Okay, let's lead it like this. After arriving in Ningbo Mansion, you have to sink all these Japanese pirates. Dare to come to Dazhao to play wild!" ?”