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First Arrival in the Ming Dynasty Chapter 613 Heart of Darkness

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    Deng Hailong's ship began to slow down as it approached and was about five miles away from the Holy See fleet.  "Send the order" Deng Hailong was just about to give the order when the adjutant said: "Sir, there is a telegram sent here. Master Bai means to move forward without firing. Or switch to his ship. He has a plan that he hopes to try.  "Ask him what his plan is." Deng Hailong picked up the telescope and took a look at the ship in the distance.  Those wooden ships, from the angle, they can fire parabolic shells, but there is a chance that they will land on the deck of this ship.  The closer the distance is, the angle of their straight line will not reach the upper deck of the ship at all.  Deng Hailong gestured at the angle of his boat again, thinking that he could probably hit the chimney.  Soon, several telegrams were sent in succession. Deng Hailong smiled when he saw it: "This Bai Minghe is really not a good person. However, this time it is according to his plan. I also want to take a look. This ship has  "How strong." "Command, the gunners on the deck are ready to face the bombardment, and the cabins are ready to face the bombardment." One ship challenges the entire fleet?  Facing the arrival of Deng Hailong's ship, the Holy See's fleet began to slowly disperse to both sides.  Bai Minghe's ship and the Chinese Emperor's ship were even slower in the distance, almost ready to stop at a distance of twenty miles.  Different from the order given by Deng Hailong, Bai Minghe ordered: "Every gunner is ready, and if you encounter anyone approaching, shoot." If Bai Minghe was considering protecting the safety of the Chinese Emperor Zhu Qiyu, then the emperor was having fun on his own.  After leaving the captain's cabin, he walked to the main gun and asked the gunner: "I heard that this cannon can hit fifty miles?" "Long live, I have tried the cannon. It has no lethality beyond thirty miles. The shells can fly fifty miles. Fly.  You can't hurt the opponent if you come over. That's why our drill says, "Twenty-seven miles." The gunner bowed to the side and answered.  Zhu Qiyu looked at the cannon. The thickness of the barrel was five inches and the length was almost three feet.  ?Looking at the cannonball again, it is more than two feet long. It is a high-quality copper cannonball.  Right now.  Hearing the sound of gunfire in the distance, Zhu Qiyu looked into the distance with a telescope.  At this time, the gunner on Deng Hailong's boat was shouting: "I think back when I went to sea and encountered the Japanese, I set up a formation like this. Move to both sides to let the Japanese in, and then fire cannons from both sides, and the Japanese ship will be scattered in a few hits.  " "This time, we were beaten." A sailor was a little nervous, holding on to the handrail tightly.  "You need to be braver." After saying that, the gunner walked out of the cover position.  He walked towards the side of the ship, then stood on the side of the ship, lit a cigar for himself, and looked at the wooden boats up close.  With a distance of one and a half miles, two of the warships of the Holy See suddenly rushed towards them, using the tactics of sailing, approaching them head-on and approaching quickly.  Pull the distance to within about two hundred steps, and then fire with all your strength on one side.  The sound of intensive artillery fire.  Cannonballs hit the hull of Deng Hailong's ship.  "Come again, go slowly without seeing me off!" The gunner stood on the side of the ship and shouted, laughing with a cigar in his mouth.  After the two boats firing guns were far away, he climbed down to look at the hull.  The thickness of the steel hull of this ship is half an inch, but the important parts of the exterior are armored with high carbon steel, and the remaining parts are armored with pig iron.  It can be clearly seen.  There were a few small holes in some of the armor plates.  ??When stone bullets hit pig iron armor with a thickness of three and a half inches, coupled with primitive gunpowder, there is no need to consider its damage value at all.  Not to mention having armor, there is just no armor.  The thickness of the hull alone is what this stone bullet can break, leaving at most small craters on the hull.  Standing on the side of the ship, the gunner shouted: "Report it to the top, the shallow hole as big as a palm in the armor plate has not been broken!" Someone reported it up layer by layer.  Deng Hailong listened expressionlessly. When the two ships approached, he knew the level of the other party's artillery, and he didn't worry about his ship at all.  After listening to the report, he ordered: "Increase the speed by 10% and prepare to approach the port." "Sir, do you want the Marine Corps to prepare?" "No, the ship should not get too close and observe whether there are heavy shore defense artillery. If so, order the gunners to prepare.  " Deng Hailong is not worried about the small cannon on the ship, but he must be careful with the heavy coastal defense artillery, especially those at high altitudes. If they hit the deck directly, they will cause damage to the ship.  On the other side, Zhu Qiyu put down his telescope: "You let the other side fire a few cannons for free. I ordered you to return the favor." "Long live, you didn't say our ship was going to fire!" "What I said doesn't work? Look at the place where the ships are densely packed.  Come and give me a shot, I will watch from here."As soon as it sank, the gunner quickly went to prepare.  He ran back to the gun position and said to the deputy gunner: "Hurry up and bring the tin-copper shells. If this shot is empty, who can afford the penalty?" Several deputy gunners immediately went to prepare.  They brought expensive cannonballs. This one cost two hundred taels of silver. It hurt people's flesh!  The distance is about fifteen miles now. Lower the gun level and aim at the densest location of the Holy See fleet.  The gunner didn't believe that his luck would be so bad. The cannonball could fly through the dense fleet, so he accepted his fate after being punished by the cane.  The gun muzzle was lowered, the gunner held the gun and traced it with a telescope, and then reported the data, while a deputy gunner held an abacus and made calculations there.  Zhu Qiyu looked back and didn't quite understand.  Wei Shaoqing said: "Long live, you still remember that Lord Bai won with his bow skills in Zhuozhou." "I remember that he was able to calculate the impact point of the cannonball." "Those gunners are also calculating, long live you ask for a hit.  , they will naturally be attentive. I heard that they usually fire one shot to test the position, and then correct the trajectory according to the position of the first shot. Based on Nu's experience, it should be very difficult, and the distance is so far.  ." Zhu Qiyu nodded. You know, if the cannon is just a hair away, it will only be a foot away when it flies over.  Finally, the gunner was ready. The gunner pulled the hammer hard, and a deafening sound alarmed everyone. The sound of the gun could be heard on Deng Hailong's ship.  He hurried out of the captain's room, only to see smoke still lingering on the hull of the Yue Wang Wu Mu more than a dozen miles away.  In the blink of an eye, two miles away to the left of Deng Hailong, a ship was hit and penetrated, then the second ship's bow image was swept away, and it exploded in the middle of the third ship, with a burst of fire.  As soon as it started, the ship was blown to pieces in an instant, not in half, but directly blown to pieces.  "The main body of the first boat was also injured due to the strong impact, and water was pouring into the boat from the holes in the sides of the boat.  As he watched, he slowly sank.  "The design of this shell is not good. It will not explode if the impact force is small. This needs to be changed. If the opponent only has one ship and does not hit an important position and goes directly through it, wouldn't the shell be wasted?" Bai Minghe said to the side  said the first mate.  "Sir, they used No. 1 shells, probably to please Banzai. We also have them on the ship, but when we were preparing for the battle, each gun position on the deck only had two No. 3 shells, and even the No. 2 shells were not used, so  That cannonball can't be used once a year. "It looks pretty good." "More than that, a wooden ship equivalent to 400 tons in later generations was directly turned into pieces of wood.  Deng Hailong on the ship in front also gave the order: "Send the order, the No. 1 and 2 main guns. The tail main gun. Fire three rounds for each of the generals. They must hit the city of Rome, that is, within thirty miles. Anyone who misses will go."  Clean the toilet. No. 1 artillery shells, incendiary bombs, and bone-corroding incendiary bombs are not allowed!" "This is your order!" the deputy general went down to give the order.  When he was still one mile away from the Roman port, Deng Hailong completely ignored the surrounding warships and turned sideways.  The Vatican¡¯s fleet was already frightened. At that distance, the power of one shot was too terrifying.  They didn't believe that the current ship didn't have such powerful cannons.  While they were in a daze, Deng Hailong fired three rounds of artillery fire from the ship.  The remaining ordinary artillery was not used at all. The range was too short and could only be fired within the port. This was not what Deng Hailong needed.  Nine shells fired at eight points around the city of Rome, igniting raging fires. The last one exploded directly in the center of the city, turning a church into a sea of ??flames.  ¡°Demons in hell,¡± the pope yelled angrily as he stood in the cathedral.  From the sea, the entire city of Rome was directly within range. The burning fire could not be extinguished with water. Any flame that stuck to the body would even burn the skin and flesh. Isn't this the fire of hell?  "People in Rome, listen, with the church where the Pope is as the center, within a hundred miles. We give you two a chance to live, because our great Majesty of Peace is merciful and will give everyone a chance to survive, but you  A sacrifice needs to be made, and it will also give you a chance to choose." A huge loudspeaker played something in Greek.  It will definitely not be transmitted to the city of Rome, but if people at the port can hear it, I believe it will be transmitted.  "The first chance to survive, Calistus III. Take all your red archbishops and kneel down at the feet of my Chinese Emperor and the noble Byzantine Emperor, and repent of your sins. The people of Rome will definitely survive, we are great  The Chinese emperor will give the Roman people a chance to survive. " "A second chance to survive.??, people of Rome, if the Pope does not want to protect you and repent.  The people count the ninety-nine priests from the Pope down to the Cardinal Archbishop and put them on the stake. Then our Emperor will believe that your hearts are willing to repent and give you your life.  " "The deadline is tomorrow at sunrise.  Either the Pope kneels on this pier, or there are ninety-nine burning flames at the stake.  Or the whole of Rome would be reduced to a sea of ??fire.  A divine fire that cannot be extinguished with water.  "The person who shouted finished reading, and he trembled. But another piece of paper was sent above, asking him to continue. "I emphasize that if you want to escape, once you find out, let the city of Rome be turned into a sea of ??fire, and any one of you will  The city will take you in, and the whole city will be burned down.  " As the words fell, the ship fired again. Three shells turned a duke's castle to the west of Rome into a sea of ??flames. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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