Chapter 1006: The First Battle of the Ironclad Ship
The Roman admirals really couldn't figure out that the Romans were the smartest people, and the raven warships they built were also the most advanced warships in the world. However, these terrible enemies, they were able to build such advanced warships, and the fire attack materials used were far superior to their Greek fire.
As a once arrogant admiral, he suddenly lost faith in defeating his enemies. With his head down, he followed the bump of the waves and marched towards Constantinople.
Suddenly, a Roman soldier shouted, "Look what is that?" ”
"Your Excellency, a monster is catching up." The other Roman soldiers shouted in horror.
When the Roman admiral looked back, he was also startled, only to see an even larger warship, rapidly approaching with black smoke.
"Mom, what's this? What a hell of a thing. The Roman admiral was completely speechless.
He saw that the soldiers were all stunned and shouted, "What are you still doing in a daze? Run! ”
So, the Roman navy soldiers began to paddle desperately again.
Soon, the ironclad caught up.
Liu Renliang said: "Lord Wang, let's have a good time with a few shots." ”
Li You smiled: "Okay! However, forget about the enjoyment, the cannonballs are expensive, don't waste them too much. ”
Seeing that the Roman ship came into range, a gun on the starboard side of the bow began to fire.
"Boom".
The cannon missed, and there was a huge splash next to the Roman naval warship that was running at the rear. Despite this, it also frightened the Roman soldiers.
With a "boom", the shot still missed.
The gunners were extremely embarrassed when they saw Li You and Liu Renliang standing behind them.
Li You said: "I'll try." As he spoke, he walked over to the gun emplacement.
Seeing that the prince was going to shoot the cannon himself, the gunners were relieved, they thought that they had been trained for so long and still didn't hit, the prince had never operated the artillery, he would definitely not be able to hit, if he couldn't hit either, they, the gunners, would not be so ugly on their faces.
Li You stood in front of the gun emplacement, and did not fire the cannon immediately, but carefully observed.
Seeing the appearance of the prince, including Liu Renliang, the gunners were more convinced of their own ideas.
Baihu is different, he blindly trusts the prince, he saw those gunners squeezing their eyebrows, and said: "You stinky boys, dare you bet with me, one loses ten, you are consistent, I lose you ten." ”
The soldiers were all moved, but in front of them was the prince, and in front of the commander-in-chief of the navy, no one dared to openly look at the prince's jokes.
As a result, the soldiers did not say anything, but they secretly regretted in their hearts that they had lost an opportunity to make money in vain.
Baihu also regretted that he originally wanted to make a small amount of money and buy some milk powder for his unborn son. It's a pity that these soldiers didn't have the courage to gamble with him, and they missed this opportunity in vain.
Li You was not in a daze there, but entered the observed data into the science and technology library, and after the system provided him with shooting yuan, he commanded the gunners to move the cannon body, and said to the white tiger: "You come and light the fire." ”
"It's so enjoyable, thank you, Lord Wang!" The white tiger excitedly took the torch from the soldier and lit the cannonball.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss......" lead burner, drilled into the barrel of the gun.
The crowd gagged their ears.
With a "boom", a black dot flew out with great speed, and soon the plank in the center of the hull of the enemy ship was splashed, and the mast also fell.
"This, this...... That's outrageous, isn't it? ”
Everyone was so surprised that they forgot to cheer for a while.
Baihu said disdainfully: "You stinky boys, you dare not believe the prince, it's just ...... Hum. ”
"The prince is mighty!" The crowd cheered.
Li You was also childlike, and he ordered: "Add flower bombs." ”
This difficulty is even higher, solid shells can be fired directly, flowering shells are lighter in weight, and they are time-delay fuses, so they can only be projectile to shoot shells into the hull of enemy ships and use explosions to kill and injure the enemy.
On the bumpy sea, it is even more difficult to shoot in the direction of the stern of the enemy ship.
With a "boom", the shell fell directly into the enemy ship at a speed visible to the naked eye, and with a slight noise in the distance, the enemy ship exploded violently, and was directly blown into two pieces, and quickly fell silent.
"That's too much of a." Everyone looked at Li You in horror.
"The prince is mighty!"
Except for this sentence, everyone admired it so much that they didn't know what to say.
Li You saw the lost look of the gunners and encouraged: "Actually, you have done a good job, when you fight at sea, when you use artillery, you usually have to attack the wide side of the enemy ship, and you don't need to shoot at such a long distance, I believe you will all become excellent gunners." ”
The gunners were encouraged and said that they would definitely hit the right shot next time. Fortunately, there were still two enemy ships in front, and the gunners were holding back their strength to show their hands.
What happened next was a big surprise - the Romans, who had been desperately fleeing, suddenly stopped and did not leave.
Liu Renliang observed with a telescope for a while, and said with a wry smile: "You have no chance, the Romans have surrendered." ”
It turned out that the Roman admiral had already been shocked by this strange scene that happened one after another, and the monster emitting black smoke easily chased after it without the power of the sail, knowing that it could not run, and it could not be beaten and defeated, so it simply surrendered.
After Liu Renliang ordered the Roman soldiers who had fallen into the water on the sunken enemy ship to be rescued, he tied the two captured enemy ships to the stern of the ironclad ship with ropes and ordered the ironclad ship to return home.
In this naval battle, a total of more than 4,700 Roman naval forces were annihilated. Like last time, the Kang army basically had no casualties, and some warships were also hit by rockets fired by the Romans in the battle, but many fire extinguishing devices were set up on the warships of the Tang army, and the burning of crude oil was not easy to spread, and did not cause major damage.
The Don army retreated to its previous position, preparing to ambush the Romans who had come to die again, and at the same time, he also sent a telegram to Pedilan, informing him of the battle with the Romans and asking when the Great Cannibal would send his troops.
After the telegram was sent, Pei Dilan did not call back immediately.
Li You was idle, so he played mahjong with Liu Renliang and others, blowing the sea breeze, and passing the time leisurely.
On this day, a telegram was sent from Chang'an, which was sent by Xiao Wanyu, in addition to saying some of the content that is not suitable for children with 10,000 words omitted here, it also reported a good news, saying that Wei Zheng's condition has been greatly improved after Sun Simiao's careful diagnosis and treatment, and it is expected that he will be cured soon and continue to participate in politics, and also conveyed Wei Zheng's gratitude to Li You.
"Okay, Lord Wei can recover. That's really good news. Li You has sincere admiration for Wei Zheng, a venerable old man, and a strong affection.
On this day, in the evening, Li You walked to the deck, and saw Bandi leaning on the railing in a daze, and Li You walked up to her, but she didn't notice it.
"Bunty." Li You said softly.
"Oh, my lord." Bandi came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted Li You.
Li You noticed that her eye circles were red, and asked with concern, "Is it homesick?" ”
Bundy nodded, tears streaming down her face. She is also very pitiful, once upon a time a carefree princess who has never left her parents' side. Now that the country is gone, her identity has become a slave, and she left her hometown at a young age.
Although she met Li You, a very good host, and lived a very happy life, when she was lonely, she would inevitably feel homesick.
Next, Li You's words made Bandi entangled.
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