The coastline of Guangdong Province in Ming Dynasty.
Wang Hong commanded the Ming Navy and began to encircle and suppress the Franks.
The Franks saw the huge warships of the Ming Navy fleeing frantically.
When had they ever seen such a huge ship?
In their minds, their Franc warships were the most advanced ships in the world.
However, today, they had met the old ancestor of shipbuilding!
Wang Hong stood on the deck of Zheng He and ordered,""His Majesty has decreed to declare war on the Franji Kingdom! We loyal soldiers must fight to the death for the Ming Empire! Those who dare to enter the border of the Ming Dynasty! Lightning Exterminate!"
"Generals, listen up!"
"Kill the Franji pirates! All troops, attack!"
Wang Hong drew his saber and ordered the navy to attack!
One hundred and twenty battleships charged at the Franji fleet with lightning speed!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Cannon fire shook the sky!
Smoke rose from the sea!
After a round of artillery fire, three of the Franc warships were sunk!
Faced with the Ming Navy, which had an absolute advantage, the Franks were beaten to the point where they could not fight back!
The Franki fleet frantically broke through the encirclement of the Ming Navy. In the middle of breaking through, the Franki battleships exploded with powerful firepower.
The advantage of the cannons of the Franks had exceeded Wang Hong's expectations.
Wang Hong saw the Franji fleet break out of the encirclement and stopped underestimating them!
If he let one of the Franc battleships escape today, he would be too ashamed to face the Emperor!
He had 120 battleships against 13 battleships. If he let the other party escape, he could only die to atone for his sins!
Although the tactics of the Frankians were very powerful and their artillery fire was very fierce.
However, the Ming Navy had too many warships. One hundred and twenty warships chased after the Franki warships. In the pursuit, the Franki warships sank one after another.
Until the boarding battle, when the Ming Navy captured all the remaining Franks, they still could not escape the encirclement of the Ming Navy!
Wang Hong raised his copper binoculars and watched the naval battle.
This was the first time that the Ming Navy trained under his rule, and the first target was the most powerful navy in the world, the Franji fleet.
These Frankians 'warships were small but powerful, and could not be underestimated!
The bombardment and pursuit continued for an hour. Out of the thirteen warships of the Franks, seven were sunk and six were captured.
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This naval battle was a crushing one.
The Ming Navy had 120 warships and a total of 48,000 people.
The Franji fleet consisted of thirteen warships and a total of 3,400 people.
The war had yet to begin, but the Franks were already terrified because they had seen the huge ships of the Ming Empire. This was the legendary big country!
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However, when the sea battle broke out, Wang Hong also saw some problems. He discovered that the cannons of the Franks were very sharp. Although the range of those cannons was not as good as the Great Ming Cannons, the firing speed of the Franks 'cannons exceeded the Great Ming Cannons.
Wang Hong was very curious about the cannons used by the Franks…
Wang Hong boarded the captured Frankians 'warship. The surrendered Frankians were tied up and pushed onto the deck, kneeling on the ground. The axemen were ready to chop off their heads at any moment.
After Wang Hong boarded the Franki warships, he ignored the captives and went straight to the cannons to check the cannons on the Franki warships!
These Fran Machine Cannons were made up of a mother and a son. The mother had a slender body and a smaller caliber. The body of the gun was equipped with a crosshair and a door that could aim at long-distance targets.
There were cannon ears on both sides of the blunderbuss, which could be placed on a stand to adjust the shooting angle.
The back of the body is thicker, with a long hole slot for loading the sub-gun.
The sub-muzzles were similar to small handguns. Each master muzzles had five to nine sub-muzzles, which could be loaded with ammunition in advance. During battle, they could be loaded into the master muzzles in turn to fire, thus increasing the firing speed.
Wang Hong looked at the Frank Machine Cannon thoughtfully.
Da Ming's cannons were loaded cannons, and then the cannonballs were loaded. The loading speed was slow, and one shot was loaded.
The Franc Cannon was actually loaded with nine rounds at a time, rotating into the main cannon…
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"These cannons are interesting!"
Wang Hong boarded the deck of the Franco-ship and inspected the ships. He found the advantages and made up for his shortcomings.
His Majesty had given him a decree to train a warship that could conquer the world within a year. Otherwise, he would be sentenced to death…
The ten million taels of silver that His Majesty the Emperor had given him was not so easy to obtain!
Wang Hong returned triumphantly. Behind him were six Flangi warships and 2,000 Flangi captives.
Wang Hong returned to the navy headquarters and began to write the memorial!
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Several days later.
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhu Houzhao opened the memorial that Wang Hong had submitted.
Wang Hong's memorial reported the exchange of fire between the Ming Navy and the Franc Fleet.
Although the Ming Navy had won a complete victory against the Franki fleet, Wang Hong had discovered some fatal problems in the naval battle.
In this naval battle, as long as a cannon hit the hull of a ship, it would cause a devastating blow to the ship.
This was the biggest weakness of all battleships.
The wooden ship's defense was too weak against the sudden attack of the cannons.
In this naval battle, the Franki fleet tried their best to break out of the encirclement. Under the counterattack of the artillery fire, seven of the Ming warships were hit by the artillery fire of the Franki fleet, causing heavy damage to the hull and requiring maintenance.
"In the face of such a result, this subject requests for punishment!”
"I have already checked the heavily damaged warships. These warships are all damaged. The shells have directly penetrated the wooden hulls. Even if these hulls are relatively strong, these wooden hulls are still as fragile as paper in the face of artillery.”
" If there is another naval battle, we will need to cover our warships with cannons with a longer range to prevent the enemy's artillery fire from hitting our warships. Even the most advanced wooden warships will not be able to withstand a round of bombardment.”
Zhu Houzhao put down Wang Hong's memorial. From the results of this naval battle, the construction of ironclads had to be put on the agenda.
The craftsmen in the Ministry of Works were slow in their research and development. It was time to speed up the Ministry of Works.
Wooden sailboats would definitely not be able to withstand artillery fire. Even if ironclads were attacked by artillery, there was a risk of sinking them.
Zhu Houzhao thought of this and announced,"Order the Minister of Works to enter the palace to meet the Emperor!"”
This great naval battle ended with the Ming Navy's complete victory. The entire country of Franji was shocked. When the affiliated countries around the Ming Empire saw how powerful the Ming Navy was, destroying the Franji fleet was like cutting vegetables. They were so scared that they cut off their diplomatic trade with the Franji Kingdom!
They were very close to the Ming Empire. If the Ming Empire were to vent their anger on them because of their trade with the Franji Kingdom, they would not be able to withstand the anger of the Ming Empire!
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Zhu Houzhao was considering the development of the Ming Empire while waiting for the Minister of Works to arrive.
At present, the ocean powers have risen one after another. The Franji Kingdom is only one of the many ocean powers. The Ming Empire's technology must develop rapidly. Otherwise, it will be easy for those ocean powers to surpass it!
"Your Majesty, the Minister of Works has issued an edict…"
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