Because of the difference in hull structure, the Ming Dynasty's warships could not move the cannons into the hull like Western warships, but could only place them on the deck.
Yu Dayou thought hard about this, and the only way he found was to build two or even three decks.
Although it looks similar to the Yiren warship, its disadvantage is very obvious, that is, the center of gravity of the ship is high.
The increased center of gravity of the ship may not be noticeable on calm days, but once it encounters extreme weather, it will be a disaster.
The Western hull structure with a big belly allows them to make full use of the internal space of the hull and place more artillery.
However, the Ming Dynasty's artillery, due to its size, could not fit into the square grids inside the ship's hull.
As for whether it is possible to increase the square grid, or increase the water sealing volume and reduce the number of watertight cabins, this will involve changing the strength of the hull.
On a warship made of wood, this seemingly small change brings about huge changes, which may make the hull unable to withstand strong winds and waves and sink.
Yu Dayou finally changed his mind after the shipwright stated the pros and cons, and could only use the stupidest method, which was to only build a double-deck gunboat.
Three floors, let’s forget it, it’s too dangerous to go to sea with a boat like this.
At this time, Deng Zilong had clenched his fists, and he believed that the Yi people must also be looking at the Ming gunboats.
Although he mainly communicated with Miguel, he could also feel the vigilance revealed by the other party inadvertently.
Yes, it is just vigilance now, it seems that it has not turned into hostility.
However, Deng Zilong was not a man of faith, and he would not show his kindness at will. He knew clearly that he was a military commander of the Ming Dynasty, and everything must be based on the interests of the Ming Dynasty.
Luzon and Ming Dynasty must intervene.
Sooner or later, the Heyi people will fall out.
Then before you break up, you should know as much as possible about them.
The ships belonging to the Lin Feng Pirate Group in the distance were hit one after another, and some of them directly penetrated the waterline of the hull. The ships sank directly due to water intrusion.
In some cases, the buildings on the ship were destroyed and looked in tatters, just a pile of broken wooden boards floating on the sea.
Vaguely, it seems that there are many people in the sea, swimming desperately towards the shore.
More than a dozen attack warships sailed in a figure of eight in the bay, making full use of the naval guns on both sides, pouring firepower at the ships anchored in the bay.
As for those who escaped ashore, the coalition forces had no time to pay attention to them for the time being.
In fact, this is not because the Yi people are soft-hearted, but the power of artillery during this period is mainly reflected in bombarding dense infantry lines and buildings, and has very little damage to skirmishing lines.
After all, current artillery mainly uses solid bullets, the shotgun range is not enough, and the technology of blooming bullets is immature.
The Navy does have a very powerful area-destruction weapon, which is the chain bomb. It is two small iron balls connected together with an iron chain. After being launched, it can mow down a row of enemies. In naval battles Such weapons are mainly used to attack people on enemy decks and gun emplacements.
But like the shotgun, it has a short range and cannot fire at enemies escaping on the shore.
The dense artillery fire of the fleet in the bay and the sporadic counterattacks of the ships on the shore are in sharp contrast, and they are completely ineffective.
It should be said that this raid was very successful.
Outside the bay, they ambushed two pirate ships that were patrolling, successfully sent a round of gunfire into the seabed, and then headed straight into the bay.
Penga Yuclan Bay is restricted by terrain, and there is no place suitable for building forts to protect the bay. Therefore, although it is a deep-water harbor, it is definitely not a good place to garrison troops.
In peacetime, this land could easily be developed because the terrain near the bay is flat.
But in this era of jungle, it is definitely not a livable place.
Due to the terrain, Lin Fengzhen sent his men out to patrol regularly.
On the sea, everyone would stay away from pirates when they saw them, and no one wanted to get close to them.
It is precisely because of this inertial thinking that today, the Lin Feng Pirate Group suffered a devastating blow, and almost all the warships anchored in the bay were destroyed.
Perhaps, there are warships worth repairing, but after the superstructure was destroyed, they looked in tatters. Both the Ming and the Spaniards should have lost interest in this ship.
When the leader who dispatched the city commander from the city met halfway, he was his subordinates who had retreated from the bay dock area.
At this time, the sky has brightened and the sun is rising slowly from the east.
They were in ragged clothes at this time, and many of them were bare-handed. Apparently they threw away their weapons in order to escape for their lives.
However, he could not care about pursuing the blame at this time. The leader stopped a few people and immediately asked about what happened in the bay.
"Second Master, a barbarian fleet attacked us. We were bombarded by their artillery while we were still resting. We only fired two cannons to counterattack, and the ship sank. We had no choice but to escape to the shore."
Soon, a small leader of the pirate army recognized the person blocking the road and hurriedly explained in detail what happened in the bay.
"How many ships do they have?"
The leader continued to ask.
“More than a dozen boats have been wandering in the bay, firing at us. There are not many boats left on the dock that can still move.”
The leader replied with a sad face.
The leader was heartbroken when he heard that almost all their ships were destroyed by the barbarians.
Without a ship, they are nothing more than pirates.
Without a boat, it means that they have become landlubbers and can only be bandits, unable to go to the sea at all.
Whether we go out to rob or want to leave here in the future, there is no other way to think of it.
In the bay in the distance, the sound of cannons was still coming, but the leader knew that even if he went over at this time, he would be unable to make a difference.
The warship is moored on the shore. In fact, its combat power is approaching zero, and it is completely like a lamb to be slaughtered.
However, people are already here, so it is not easy to explain to the boss just by going back.
"Don't run away, everyone. Follow me back to the shore and check on the brothers who are still on the boat."
The second master immediately ordered loudly, and he sent someone to go to the bay first. Run and let those men who are still struggling to support retreat to the shore.
Of course, try to take away as many weapons and equipment as possible on the ship that can still be used, but you can't just run back to Tortoiseshell City with nothing.
Hurrah, a large group of pirates turned around and returned the same way. After a while, they returned to a place one or two miles away from the coast and stopped one after another.
They knew very well that if they got closer, they might be within the range of barbarian artillery fire.
Isn’t it that these many people standing together are the best targets for cannons?
This distance is just right. Enemies at sea may not be able to see them clearly, but warships have a large target, so they can easily see the opponent's movements.
At this time, there was no resistance on the pirate ship, and the sporadic gunshots that had been heard occasionally had disappeared. However, there were still people swimming ashore from the sea and running towards Tortoiseshell City.
"You guys go over there and intercept those people."
The second master immediately ordered and sent a few men to the other end of the pier to intercept the pirates who came ashore and let them arrive Let's make peace here.
The reason why no action was taken was that the second master had only two thoughts at this time, and continued to observe the enemy's situation.
Those ships are no longer saved, so next, will the Yi people's fleet dock and serve as slaves or something.
If they docked and unloaded those soldiers, he would have to consider whether to launch a counter-landing operation and take advantage of their short-term advantage to attack the barbarian army. If the barbarians did not dock and unload their soldiers, then of course Best, if he could exit the bay, he could immediately organize his personnel to return to those passes and rescue the materials that could still be used, including weapons and gunpowder.
Although Tortoiseshell City has stored most of the pirate group's gunpowder, they now have no channels to replenish it and use less.
You can find some on the boat. Even if it has been soaked in water, don’t worry, just dry it in the sun and it can still be used.
As for artillery, that is even more important.
In fact, as long as he can pull back a few usable cannons from this pile of broken ships, his trip will not be in vain.
In the meeting hall of Tortoiseshell City, Lin Feng was sitting at the top of the table, but at this time he no longer had the high spirits he had before, and he seemed very silent.
Although he has not received news from the Gulf yet, he still has his own guesses in his heart.
The result may not be good.
Just by the sound of cannon fire coming from far away, it can be judged that the ships on the shore are in danger.
"Master, I think we should send a message to the surrounding villages, asking them to harvest this crop quickly and move them to the city.
The manpower that has finished harvesting the crops will also be transferred back to the city first.
Since the Spanish devils have taken action, then Most likely they will not only fight us at sea, but also attack on land.
Deploy an army to protect them from harvesting the crops first, so as not to be captured by the Spanish devils. "< br>
A leader suggested.
Lin Feng listened to his suggestion and immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.
Indeed, people in Manila may not get there so easily.
The naval battle is over, but I'm afraid there will be another fierce battle to come.
And food has now become their most urgent need.
As long as they have enough food and defend Tortoiseshell City, they still have a chance to fight back against the Spanish.
Without the warships, as long as they are rearmed, they can go to Manila City from land and attack them again.
At this time, Lin Feng had already made up his mind that as long as he passed this level, he would have to chop up all the Spaniards on the island alive.
Those warships on the seaside were all his hard work and took a lot of effort to develop, but they were destroyed in one fell swoop.
So, Lin Feng immediately dispatched his troops and sent out several groups of troops to defend on the east, south and north sides to keep the villages outside the city safe.
Because the terrain here is flat, it is very easy to develop agricultural production, so very early on, Lin Feng used the local people he recruited to build a village in the north and south, and two villages in the east. surrounding land.
However, because there were some indigenous tribes around, their threat to Lin Feng was limited, so they didn't take it seriously.
But things are different now. With the threat of the Spaniards appearing, Lin Feng is not willing to lose men in vain.
Of course, when faced with manpower and food, Lin Feng still gave priority to food.
After all, the people who live in the city are his confidants, while the people in the villages outside, even if he brought them to Luzon from the Ming Dynasty, are not that close.
His subordinates also have several levels of strength.
If he didn't have enough force to suppress others, he wouldn't be able to hold his position as the leader.
“The boss, should you send some people out to investigate and see if the Spaniards have landed nearby, so that we can judge the direction of their attack.”
Soon. , someone else suggested below.
Earlier, I didn't notice that the Spaniards dared to initiate a war. They always thought that this should be their world.
But the Yi people are outsiders after all, and they should probably speak and act with caution.
But they knew that the Spaniards had occupied large tracts of land in the Americas and did not take the locals seriously at all. They even looked down upon them as uncivilized natives.
With such a situation, it is strange that the Spaniards would be tied up.
"It makes sense, then send out a few groups of people to explore in three directions to see where their people are hiding. Then we can arrange our troops in a targeted manner."
Lin Feng nodded again. It was naturally important to know which direction the enemy would come from.
In the past, when there were sea ships and the enemy came, if they were defeated, they would decisively choose to board the ship and escape.
But this sneak attack by the barbarians may have severely damaged their ships.
There are not enough sea ships. If they try to follow the previous method of running away if they can't fight, it is obviously no longer possible.
So, the current pirate group can only choose the tactics they are least good at and fight the enemy on land.
Defeat them and everyone will survive.
But if we lose, none of us can win.
However, these words just passed through Lin Feng's mind.
This is not the right time to say such depressing words, as it will make your subordinates lose their fighting spirit.
“Well, don’t be afraid of those yellow-haired ghosts. We don’t know how many of them there are in Luzon.
As for the virtues of those local people, we are afraid They all know it well.
No matter how powerful an army composed of more than two thousand local people is, they may not be able to withstand a single charge and kill them all.”
Lin Feng said loudly, cheering up his men.
“Yes, yes, those people are not even as good as muddy legs. They are all lazy people who write about being lazy. I am afraid that they will wet their pants on the battlefield.”
“Haha, the Yi people are also So stupid to think of training them Fight with us."
"Haha, you're laughing so hard."
Hearing Lin Feng's words, everyone in the room burst into laughter at first, and then everyone said their own words, completely ignoring the Spaniard. The training Puchi saw it.
"Shan Lian, why do you think your majesty is willing to do it?"
In the Forbidden City, the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng was in the room, and it was time for the cabinet ministers to discuss politics internally.
However, it seems that what is being discussed today is not a matter of state, but something entrusted by the emperor.
"Your Majesty is reading because he admires Kong Sheng. Fortunately, after Taixue wanted to meet the immortal master, I can understand this thought.
However, Shandai thinks it is inappropriate. I heard that contemporary Yan Shenggong Kong Shangxian is in mourning for his grandmother, and even if he has to be summoned to the capital, he should do so later.”
Wei Guangde said.
He also knew about the situation in the Confucius Mansion from the Shandong Report, but it was not a big deal, so it was normal that Zhang Juzheng didn't know about it since he hadn't mentioned it before.
However, he prevented Emperor Wanli from summoning the contemporary Yan Shenggong, which was more or less influenced by later generations and had no favorable impression of the Confucius family in Shandong. (End of this chapter)