Zheng Zhilong decided to open the skylight and say something, since the war was inevitable, with this kind of cannon, his chances of victory would be a little greater. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"General Xia, Zheng won't go around in circles with you anymore, you sell me that kind of cannon, and you can drive it at any price. If I win against the Dutch and Liu Xiang, it will only be good for you. If I lose, and you want to get involved in Japan's trade in the future, Liu Xiang and the Dutch will not have a good relationship with me. ”

After going around in circles, I finally got to the point. Xia Nan cheered up and said: "Everyone is an official in the same dynasty, if you can help, this official will naturally not shirk." However, in addition to the cannon, I also have a proposal, why don't we form an alliance to deal with Liu Xiang and the Dutch. ”

"Alliance?" This proposal greatly surprised Zheng Zhilong. He wouldn't think that Xia Nan took the initiative to help out of righteousness, and he must have a plan, but how much benefit can he get from it? If he and Xia Nan change places, it seems to be a better choice to hide in Guangdong and sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. When Fujian's side fights to the death and divides the winner, it's not too late to bet.

"What's in it for me to form an alliance? If General Xia wants to get any benefits, he might as well say it bluntly. "The stakes are very high, Zheng Zhilong will not agree easily, he wants to touch the bottom of the other party.

"For General Zheng, the benefit is to get a boost. Although I have few ships, I ask myself that the artillery is not as good as the Dutch, and Liu Xiang has the help of the Dutch, and I can also help General Zheng make up for this shortcoming. The benefits for me are also obvious, I also want to go to Japan to do business and earn some silver, Fujian is the only way to go, compared to the three forces to fight into a pot of porridge, naturally General Zheng alone controls the situation in my favor, and my fleet can pass safely and steadily. ”

Zheng Zhilong closed his eyes and thought about it carefully. Xia Nan's words sounded reasonable, and no obvious flaws could be found. However, if you agree to form an alliance with the other party, the entire trade with Japan will inevitably be intervened by the other party, and this may be the real purpose of the other party. Is this door-to-door deal to be done or not?

Zheng Zhihu on the side was a little anxious, he didn't believe that this Guangdong general who looked like Sven Wen had any qualifications to talk about an alliance with his eldest brother, maybe the other party had two brushes on land, but at sea, the Zheng family was the boss, and the current situation was all killed by the Zheng brothers with a knife and a shot, why let outsiders intervene to get a piece of the pie? Without the opponent's cannon, he also firmly believed that he could defeat Liu Xiang and even the Dutch.

However, the eldest brother didn't say anything, he didn't want to refute the other party directly, so he knocked from the side: "I heard that General Xia's cannon is good, and he beat away Liu Xiang's shopkeeper, and he still fights five with one." I don't know if we can fight more and less if it is replaced by our Zheng family's ship? ”

Zheng Zhilong opened his eyes and shouted, "Second brother can't be rude!" ”

Xia Nan smiled: "This is Second Master Zheng, right?" It's okay, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and it is reasonable for Zheng Erye to have this question. Or, please General Zheng move to the dock, let's have a real combat drill and see how effective this cannon is? ”

Zheng Zhihu said loudly: "This makes." It's a mule or a horse, pull it out for a walk. ”

"Second brother!" Zheng Zhilong shouted angrily, and he said to Xia Nan, "My second brother is a rough man, General Xia is not strange. In fact, Zheng Zhihu's proposal is very much in line with his heart, but it is not good for him to say this, it is just right for Zheng Zhihu to say it.

"It's okay, even if Second Master Zheng doesn't mention it, I have this intention, whether it's selling artillery or forming an alliance, I always have to show the real guy for General Zheng to see, there is no basis for what I say." Xia Nan didn't know that the two brothers were singing red and white, but it was good to use the Caron cannon to deter them, it would be good for the negotiations, and to promote talks by "fighting".

The two parties came to the dock together and arranged for each to go down. Since it was a demonstration, naturally it was impossible to use real people as cannon fodder, so the Zheng family sent ten ships of two hundred materials, slightly smaller than the Wuxiang class, to surround each other, and dozens of adult-sized wooden planks were erected on the deck, and the lower ends were fixed with iron nails. On the southern side of the summer, Murong Longcheng led three Wuxiang-class patrol ships, and the gun emplacements on both sides were all in place, aiming at each other.

The two negotiated and simulated ten ships surrounding the three Wuxiang-class ships to prepare to get close to the jumping gang, and the Wuxiang-class counterattacked in the time of half a pillar of incense, if they couldn't kill a large number of sailors on the deck or sink the other party, then they would lose. According to the reality of naval warfare, the distance of less than 200 meters, half a pillar of incense has enough time to get close enough to jump the gang, once the gang is successful, it means that the battle is over - this kind of gunboat with few sailors cannot cope with high-intensity white-knives combat, and the sailors of the Zheng family are all experienced pirates for many years, and fighting more and less is a one-sided slaughter.

Zheng Zhihu put a stick of incense on his own hand and asked maliciously, "Do you need to change the incense stick that is a little longer?" ”

Xia Nan responded with a smile: "Thank you for Second Master Zheng's kindness, I guess I don't need it." ”

Zheng Zhihu sneered and stopped talking. In his opinion, Liu Xiang's subordinates are too incompetent, which will cause the result of losing five fights and one fight. No matter how powerful the artillery surnamed Xia is, can it be more powerful than the Dutch? The Dutch were once invincible with their ships and guns, and they didn't dare to come out of Dayuan Island obediently.

A cannon sounded on the pier, Zheng Zhihu lit the incense, and the drill at sea began.

The three Wuxiang-class ships with six 32-pounder Caron guns on each side were already ready, and in order to kill and injure the opponent's "sailors" as soon as possible, all the shotguns used -- it was difficult to guarantee that the opponent would be sunk in a short time with solid bullets, and as long as half of the ships approached, they would be considered lost.

Since the establishment of the Qiongzhou battalion navy, the first full firepower, the implementation of both sides of the salvo, this way of shooting is actually harmful to the hull structure, the recoil on both sides can not be resolved, the consequence is that the hull is under excessive pressure, the light one produces cracks, the heavy keel and ribs are broken. But for the sake of the overall situation, these are not taken into account.

As soon as the flagship gave the order, the continuous cannon sound of "boom ......boom boom" rang out, and orange-red flames erupted from the sides of the three ships, pouring hot shells into the surroundings.

The scene of more than 30 guns firing at the same time is still quite spectacular, the flames on the side of the ship are sprayed, the sound of cannons is shocking, the smoke is billowing, the dense projectiles fly to the surrounding Zheng family ships with a "woo" whistling sound, a burst of metal rain swept across the deck, those human-shaped wooden planks were almost swept away with a "crackling" sound, some were torn into pieces by the projectiles, and some were pushed into the sea by the impact. Unfortunately, the mast of one ship was hit by several projectiles at the same time, and it was overwhelmed, and the "Kerala" fell, the heavy sails were immersed in the seawater, and the hull was so badly rolled that it was about to capsize. (To be continued.) )