At the same time.
Ji Hao saw a few of them.
"Zero."
"Your subject is here!"
"Take a look at this blueprint. Can you forge it?”
Wang Zhen took over the blueprint that Ji Hao had drawn with both hands and handed it to Ling Lingfa, the commander of Six Fan School and the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was kneeling on the ground.
Zero Hair took the blueprint with both hands. After taking a look, he could not help but become excited."Your Majesty, this is?"
"This item is called a torpedoes. If the gunpowder comes into contact with water, it will misfire. However, if the gunpowder is waterproof, it can be fired from the specially installed iron cannon at the draft part of the ship. It can have a more fatal effect than cannonballs!”
Zero Zero Hair's face was full of excitement and shock as he said,"I understand now. The appearance of this torpedoes is streamlined, very similar to that of a sea fish. It is more suitable for breaking through the water. No wonder His Majesty ordered me to cast iron cannons at the draft of the ship. Your Majesty is wise and divine. I deeply admire you!”
When Zero Zero unintentionally invented gunpowder and witnessed its power, he was shocked.
He invented a small fire system that could be placed in the mouth to maximize the lethality of gunpowder.
However, this small-scale fire system needed to ignite the fuse and wait for the fuse to burn the gunpowder before it could be released.
And the gunpowder formula that the Emperor had given him could be said to be flawless!
He had never expected that the Fire System could pull the trigger and fire the power of gunpowder.
He didn't expect that gunpowder could be made into cannonballs.
Then, he forged the iron cannon and raised the power of the gunpowder to the extreme!
The appearance of the Torpedo Blueprint had enlightened Zero Zero!
This gunpowder could actually be used in this way. After waterproof measures were taken, it could be cast into torpedoes.
There was no way to prevent torpedoes in the sea!
Compared to the iron cannons carried by the warships on the surface, it was more lethal and threatening!
At this moment, their admiration for the Emperor was like a surging river that could not be stopped.
"Zhen asks you if you can find a waterproof material to forge it.”
Although Ji Hao had drawn the blueprint of the torpedoes, he still needed Ling Lingfa, the descendant of the Mo family, to find the waterproof materials for the torpedoes.
"I will definitely do my best to forge the torpedoes!”
……
The Wei Nation envoy was shocked and exclaimed,"What's that on the surface of the sea?!"
He saw that it was a sub-ship of the Weiyuan fleet that was responsible for clearing the way!
When the Wei Nation envoy saw this sub-ship, he couldn't help but be shocked.
The Great Zhou actually had such a huge ship!
It was truly inconceivable!
This sub-ship of the Weiyuan fleet was twice the size of the largest ship in the Wei Nation!
The Wei Nation Navy's largest ships were not even comparable to the light ships of Qi Jiguang's Weiyuan Squadron.
"Who are you? Stop the ship quickly!"
In the eyes of the Wei Nation envoy, even if Qi Jiguang was the commander of the 50,000 Zhou Navy, how could they be a match for the entire Wei Nation's 200,000 navy? This ship looked impressive, but it was most likely strong on the outside but weak on the inside. However, its attitude was still extremely respectful."This humble servant is the Wei Nation's envoy, and is here to cut off the silver and make peace!”
……
"General, the Wei Nation has sent an envoy and is willing to give us silver to sue for peace!”
Qi Jiguang's face was full of determination as he said,""The Wei Nation is a barbarian country. It was originally a vassal state of the Great Zhou, but it disrespected the Great Zhou suzerain and sent Japanese soldiers to pretend to be pirates to attack the fishermen along the Great Zhou coast. Although the two countries did not kill the envoys when they fought, that was only a measure taken when the two countries had equal military status. The Wei Nation is a small country and is not worthy of negotiating peace with the Great Zhou. Pass on my order to sink the ship that the Wei Nation envoy is on!”
Soon, the vice-ship of the Weiyuan fleet, who was responsible for opening the way, received Qi Jiguang's order.
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
The main cannon and the other 24 sub-cannons of the Weiyuan Fleet turned their cannons at the same time!
It blasted towards the ship that the Wei Nation envoy was on.
The cannon could shoot five to six miles away!
The Wei Nation envoy heard the roar in his ears and looked at the black ball shooting towards him, his face full of confusion.
What were these?
It didn't look like a boulder thrown by a catapult!
Rumble!
It was only the first round of attacks!
The ship that the Wei Nation envoy was on turned into a sea of fire and gradually sank!
Shocking!
All the soldiers on Weiyuan were extremely excited!
When he saw the sunken Wei Nation's envoy ship through his binoculars, a faint smile appeared on Qi Jiguang's face.
"Reporting to General, the scouts at the front have reported that the envoy's ship has been sunk by the Great Zhou!”
Hideyoshi's face was filled with anger as he said coldly,""This Great Zhou prides itself on being a great country and a supreme state of the Heavenly Dynasty. To think that it would disregard the dignity of a supreme state and kill our emissary. "Qi Jiguang, do you really think that the Great Zhou Navy is invincible? Dongxiang Ping Balang, I order you to command 200,000 sailors to fight Qi Jiguang. You must capture him alive. If you can't capture him alive, you can't let him return to the mountains.”
"I will definitely complete my mission and make sure that the Great Zhou Navy doesn't return!”
Higashimoto Hirahachi was in his forties this year, but he had gone to study in Russia more than ten years ago and had learned the essence of the Russian navy.
He was good at commanding naval operations and had learned lightning tactics from Russia!
Toyotomi Hideyoshi sneered in his heart. The reason why King Meiji managed the country so well was because he, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Oda Nobunaga supported him.
Otherwise, how could the young King Mingzhi sit on the throne of the Japanese?
It was time to let the Great Zhou Navy have a taste of how powerful the Wei Nation Navy, which was supported by the three families, was!
Teihachiro Dongxiang mobilized his troops and commanded 200,000 soldiers, and almost all of the Wei Nation's navy was mobilized.
The Wei Nation navy mainly consisted of large ships that were around ten zhang long, and their weapons were knives, spears, ropes, bows, and catapults!
There were more than 60 large ships, more than 100 medium-sized ships, and more than 200 fast ships!
In Tairabachi Tojo's opinion, it would be easy for the 200,000 navy to sink all the Great Zhou ships.
They used the speed advantage of the fast ships to coordinate with the medium-sized ships to harass and pincer the Great Zhou Navy.
Then, he would use the Wei Nation ship and the catapults to blast open the hull of the Great Zhou ships and board the Great Zhou Navy fleet to fight head-on!
The Great Zhou Navy would definitely be destroyed!
When Higashimoto Taira Hachi saw more than ten sub-starships of Weiyuan that were even larger than buildings!
And the even larger Weiyuan mainship, which was 350 feet long!
There were also the 40 light ships that were similar to the largest ships in the Wei Nation Navy.
He put away his contempt.
He couldn't help but sigh.
The Great Zhou Navy's shipbuilding technology could actually build such a large ship!
However, the ship was too big, and it was bound to be cumbersome and affect its speed!
The lightning strike tactic that he was good at was very useful in dealing with the Great Zhou warship.
In his opinion, he had an absolute advantage!
Luosha Kingdom had a precedent of using lightning strikes to sink the Folangji Battleship, which was much larger than the Luosha Navy!
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