1009. Battle of Rawa Sea
The warships of the Qi State began to sail towards the waters of Rava, and the pirates of Rava showed panicked expressions when they saw this huge warship.
Zhou Baotong looked at the soldiers on the side: "Unfold our secret weapon!" ”
Seeing a black cylinder emerging from the boat, Gou Yu looked at Zhou Baotong and asked, "General, what is this?" How come I have never seen one? ”
"This is the weapon that the Ministry of Industry has equipped our navy, this is something that even the army does not have, called artillery!" Zhou Baotong looked at Magatama and said.
Zhou Baotong looked at the pirate ships parked on Lava, and then snorted coldly: "Fire!" ”
I only heard the deafening sound, and the pirate's ship was instantly exploded and burst into flames, and Magatama was shocked when he saw this scene: "This ......"
Zhou Baotong smiled at the corner of his mouth: "This is a new weapon given to us by the Ministry of Industry, although in the experimental stage, the army has not yet been equipped, but let us test it first, it is said that the power is infinite, and it is really extraordinary when we see it today!" ”
Magatama looked at the artillery and said, "If the army is equipped with this firearm, who else in this world will be the opponent of my Great Qi Empire?" ”
Zhou Baotong shook his head: "Although the power of this artillery is extremely powerful, the shells have not yet reached the point of mass production!"
"One cannonball, fifty thousand taels of silver, after a war, I don't know how many tens of thousands of cannonballs will be needed!" Zhou Baotong sighed.
And Hook Yu was silent, he looked at the navy that had been lighting the artillery there, as if this shell didn't need money, thinking about what Zhou Baotong had just said.
This war with a small country in the South Seas cost hundreds of thousands of taels of military expenses in an instant.
Zhou Baotong saw that the pirates of Rava wanted to use a small boat to get close to the warship of Qi and land for battle, Zhou Baotong waved his hand: "Archers are ready, they must not be allowed to board the warship!" ”
I saw that the soldiers of the Qi Navy on the warship took out their bows and arrows and began to aim at the pirate's boat, radiating arrows.
And at this time in the country of Sulu, in the province of Rava.
The lord of the mansion looked at the officials in front of him: "Where does this navy come from, why is it attacking my Lava?" ”
"Report to the lord of the mansion, the ministers don't know, we should want the king to ask for support, with the strength of our Rawa Mansion, we can't fight against it at all!" The courtier of this mansion lord looked at the mansion lord and said.
"Asking for help? Our Rava's troops, 80 percent of the forces of the Sulu country, we go to the king for help, is the king capable of helping us? ”
"I'm consulting with you now, so that you can give me a way to defend against the enemy, not to let you think of finding someone else to help us!" The lord of Rava said angrily.
The status of the lord of Rawa in Sulu is higher than that of the current prime minister, and even greater than the power of the king of Sulu, after all, he has soldiers under his command and speaks hard.
Even the king of Sulu has to pay some respect to Graman, but although Graman is a powerful minister, he is not a traitor, and he has great respect for the king of Sulu, even if he has military power, he never disobeys the king of Sulu.
Graman's navy, in fact, was also established by himself, and he did not ask for a penny from the king of Sulu, so it can be said that this force is considered Graman's private army, but even so, Graman is still loyal to the king of Sulu and has never thought of setting up his own door or replacing it.
"General, the opponent's forces are huge, we can't fight at all, we can only ask for foreign aid to help us!" The courtier looked at Graman and said.
"Even if we go for foreign aid, I'm afraid that our Rawa Province has been lost, and our reinforcements haven't arrived yet, right?" Graman said, looking at the courtier.
The crowd was silent, and indeed even if they went to look for reinforcements, I am afraid that before the reinforcements arrived, this Rawa Mansion would be gone.
Everyone, you look at you, I look at me, they don't know how to answer Graman's words, Graman looked at the silent courtiers and said, "What am I raising you for?" Usually I look at you one more powerful than the other, why do you need you today, and you are all silent? ”
Everyone was silent, Graman was very angry, and at this time a soldier rushed in: "The big thing in front of the lord is not good, our warships are basically silent, and now the soldiers are retreating to the island, ready to fight on land!" ”
Graman looked at the soldier and asked, "So how many more men do we have?" ”
"Back to the mansion lord, we have 50,000 horses in the whole mansion, but all our warships have been lost!" The soldier said, looking at Graman.
Sulu was founded on a navy, with land forces accounting for 20 percent of the country's total strength, and the rest were all naval forces, and this naval force was basically in the name of pirates, communicating with foreign countries.
"Fifty thousand horses? Although the other side has a lot of warships, but the number of troops is not as large as ours, and when they get to the island, we will besiege them in the mountains and forests! Graman said as he looked at the man beside him.
The naval battle of Qi was a kind of surprise warfare, and when the opponent did not react, it instantly destroyed the opponent's port and warship, so that the opponent could not get on the ship to fight.
Subsequently, the Qi State was preparing to encircle the entire island, so as to land and win the final victory.
At this time, Graman's warships were basically destroyed, and the warships of the Qi State surrounded the entire island at this time.
On the main battleship in the center of Qi Kingdom, Gou Yu looked at Zhou Baotong and said: "General, our troops are not as large as the other party, if we land rashly, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck!" ”
Zhou Baotong dispatched a lot of warships, but the number of troops was not very large, and if he fought with the opponent on land, the opponent would have an advantage on land.
Zhou Baotong said with a smile, pointing to the black artillery and said, "With this thing here, can they really fight with us?" ”
Zhou Baotong shouted: "Pass my order, all warships with artillery, close to the island, bombard the island, and bombard the shells until they are finished!" ”
Although Graman's order was to prepare the other party to go to the island and besiege them in the jungle, if they could resist the other party and not be able to go to the island, wouldn't it have a better chance of winning?
After all, you can't even get up to the island, how can you occupy Lava?
Because it was relatively close to the coast, although their battle formation was arranged, but in the face of the artillery of the Qi Navy, the battle formation collapsed instantly.
When the naval soldiers on Rava saw this scene, they all evacuated after only half an hour.
Because they knew that they couldn't resist this kind of artillery at all, and then Zhou Baotong said: "Pass my order, land!" ”
Gou Yu looked at Zhou Baotong and said: "We rushed to the island to fight, I'm afraid, more than lucky?" ”
"The war has come to this point, we have not sacrificed a single soldier, and the other side has lost a lot of men and horses, and the morale of the other side is not as good as ours. Zhou Baotong looked at Magatama and said.