The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"We chased them so far. Shame, shame." The captain cursed.

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1241 Charges of the Noble Navy

"Hang up those captains, first mates, and main sailors." The captain of the noble warship ordered loudly.

"Here." The sailors quickly started.The captain of the noble warship expressed his dissatisfaction with the surrendered merchant ship.If they can voluntarily surrender, perhaps, the captain can noblely pardon them.But now, he was completely irritated.

"You shouldn't have seen us run away. We just came to collect taxes and fees from passing ships. But now, I just want to punish you." The captain said fiercely to the captain of the merchant ship who had already been tied up.

"Hang them to the stern. Bring all the cargo up, I don't want to see this ship. Burn him," ordered the captain.

"Burn it?" the first officer asked in confirmation at this time.

"Yes, burn him." The captain said at this time.

After speaking, the captain left.And the mate couldn't believe it.The ship can still be repaired.It can still be used after repair.But the captain actually ordered the ship to be burned.

"Huh." The first mate couldn't believe that the captain would issue such an order.But you can only execute it yourself.So this merchant ship moved and cleaned up all the goods.Then it burned on the river.

And on the shore not far ahead, there is a small boat watching everything that happened.

"What happened? The merchant ship was fine, so why did it catch fire when it was fine?" asked a shirtless sailor on the side.

"Those godly noble dogs, they won't feel sorry for the ship. Setting fire to the ship is a big taboo on the river. These heavenly noble noble dogs, they will definitely not die well." An old sailor looked at this All said and done.

"Are we reporting to the captain?" a sailor asked at this time.

"Well," said the old sailor.

The incident of the burning of the nobleman's ship quickly reached the fleet of the Chu State Navy's attacking stronghold after the information was transmitted.

"The aristocrats of Chu State are organizing warships to intercept the river." At this time, a first officer said, gesturing on a map at this time.

"Are their intentions clear?" A young captain asked at this time.

"According to the scout's investigation." The first officer glanced at the young captain and said.

"They're collecting tolls for passing ships," said the first mate.The first mate is the first mate on a large ship. Although he is only a first mate, his experience is capable of serving as the captain of a small warship like a young captain.At will, the first mate and the young captain are equals.And it is very likely that the first officer's combat experience is much higher than that of the young captain.Because Chu's navy expanded rapidly, there was a shortage of officers everywhere.This has to promote a large number of civilians who have been promoted from the grassroots.The intervention of the civilian class has injected a lot of fresh blood into the Chu State Navy. The injection of this blood will inevitably lead to the rapid rise of the Chu State Navy, because the personnel bring a lot of innovative consciousness, and this awareness needs to come from the bottom personnel. Only by carefully summarizing observations and accumulating experience can we enter.

"We'll just give them." The young captain said immediately.

"The problem is, they still have to board the ship for inspection, inspection, understand?" At this time.said the first mate.

"They will check our ships. When they board the ships and see our cannons, what do they think? Moreover, they have several large warships placed side by side on the river. Many ships cannot pass through at all. If we appear directly If we don’t, we will definitely be sunk on the water by our opponents. When they find the cannon, they will understand what we are doing.” The first officer said.

"Then let's confront them directly." At this time.said the young captain.

"Our strength is not the opponent's opponent at all. There is a big gap. We only have one large warship. Two medium-sized warships and three small warships. All of these warships are transformed from merchant ships. And the opponent, There are at least three large warships on it, and there are also a variable number of medium-sized warships. If we compare our warships, we will find that there is a big gap in our strength." The captain said at this time.

"Oh." The young captain nodded at this time.express understanding.

"It is impossible to break through directly from the front. If we want to pass, we will definitely be inspected. After all, our fleet is very large. The most important thing is that once the cannon is found, our situation will be different." At this time.The captain of a medium-sized warship analyzed calmly.

"Yes." The first officer nodded.

"Then there is nothing we can do?" The young captain said at this time.

"Attack with fire." Just when the young captain asked about these situations.The captain on the large warship suddenly spoke at this moment.

"Since we can't pass, then we will eliminate them. We will have to fight them sooner or later. Moreover, although their taxes are reasonable, they pose too great a threat to us." The captain of the large warship said.

"How much tung oil do we have?" This time.asked the captain of the large warship.

"Well, not much. When we attacked those strongholds this time, when we came out, we didn't bring much. We brought a lot of gunpowder. Tung oil..." The first officer said in a dilemma at this time.

"En." The captain nodded in understanding.

"So how much explosives do we have?" asked the captain at this time.

"A lot. It's enough for us to blow up all the ships." The first officer said at this time.

"Very good. We use gunpowder barrels, fill half of the gunpowder, link them into a line, and surround them on the big ship. We use small boats, take advantage of the night, and then we dive there." At this time, the captain looked at the people around him and said.

"Do you know the example of our sneak attack on the Qin army's military port?" The captain looked at everyone at this time.Eyes like eagles swept over everyone's eyes.

"I know." The young captain said at this time.

"We are so big. We used explosives to blow up all their warships. They are very difficult to guard against in the dark. In this battle, we defeated the nobles' private water army in one fell swoop." The captain said sharply.

And all the captains looked at the captain of the large warship seriously, this idea is very bold.But the captains believe that there seems to be no other way than this at present.A head-on breakthrough is already possible.In frontal combat, in terms of firepower and the number of ships.Chu's navy could not compete head-on with the noble's private navy.The number of artillery means the strength of the firepower.

After all, Chu State's navy is not as powerful as those nobles' private navy.The aristocratic private water army relied on its monopoly position in mining, various agricultural materials, and transportation. Relying on such a monopoly position, they had abundant financial resources to maintain such a huge water army team.Their warships are equipped with a large number of artillery.These cannons, even the entire Chu State water army, were all on the battlefield.I'm afraid it won't be able to gain an advantage in the number of artillery, but the Chu State Navy has an absolute advantage in the quality of its soldiers, and they come from the civilian class.Being able to receive military pay and their status has jumped up, this is an important reason for their rapid growth in combat effectiveness.

The Chu State Navy decided to adopt a night attack method, using tactics similar to mines to attack the noble navy.The noble navy is an obstacle in their way.

Facing the same problem, there is also the South Korean surface fleet.

"Have you heard?" The Korean warship "Xinzheng" was moored far away from the interception position of the noble navy.said a sailor.

"The Chu State Navy intercepted and inspected ahead, and charged tolls." At this time.The sailor continued.

"Why are these Chu sailors like bandits? Are they still regular troops?" another sailor said.

"They don't seem to be a regular army, but an army of nobles." At this time, the sailor said.

"We only have one warship now, while the other party has many. The number of artillery equipped far exceeds ours. Once we are checked by the other party, we will find out that the secret on our ship is that we are disguised as merchant ships. , what would they think of the cannon on board?" asked the sailor.

"There will be a great battle," said the sailor.

And in the captain's meeting room of the Korean warship.The captain, the first mate, and the main officers discussed countermeasures, but they were all at a loss.

"Can we use a small boat to transport the cannons, then our big ship will pass the inspection, and finally, equip the cannons." At this time.A trainee officer suggested.

"We are soldiers. We are the future navy of South Korea. Such an approach is a shame." Another young trainee officer immediately retorted.

"Oh." The trainee officer saw that everyone was looking at him, so he stopped talking.In the Warring States Period, integrity was very important. Such integrity was naturally transmitted to the army. Generals naturally attached importance to the cultivation of integrity from top to bottom.

"If this is the case, don't say it again. Even if we are sunk, we have to go through that level." The captain said.

"Yes. Captain." At this time, the captain said.

"So what can we do? The number of artillery on the warship is not as good as that of the opponent. The most important thing is that we only have one warship now. The other warships are training. Even if we are notified, we still have to wait for a long time. The most important thing is Unfortunately, our task is to go out to find the first few warships to go to sea, and there is no information about those few warships. We can't waste more time." The chief mate analyzed.

"Let's wait. If it doesn't work, we will launch an attack. Even if we are sunk, we have completed a great attack." The captain said at this time.

"En." The first officer nodded at this time.