Chapter 375: Rain on the sea

Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

Chapter 375: Rain on the sea

This huge island is Singapore in later generations. It was called Puluo during the Three Kingdoms period, Temasek during the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and some people also called it Haicheng.

About fifty years ago, the prince Bairimisura, who passed away from Sriva, established the Malacca Sultanic Dynasty in the area and named it the Lion City. In Sanskrit, it is translated as Singapore La.

However, the Ming Dynasty documents still record Temasek Island. When Zheng He went to the West, he also marked this name on the map. Therefore, when Peng Qing reorganized the route to the West, he still retained the name Temasek Island.

Temasek Island is a city-state, and the entire island is a city. Since the island is located at the entrance and exit of the Strait of Malacca, its strategic position is very important, and the Eastern Roman Navy immediately set its sights on it.

Although the Sultan royal family rose up to resist, the army's strength was limited and it was really impossible to defeat it.

In the end, the Sultan royal family abandoned the city and fled. The Eastern Romans occupied the magpies' nest and renamed the Lion City to the Griffin City. The city gate was hung with its unique Lion Eagle-headed flag, and used it as a stronghold to send a Prussian general to lead the

The fleet continued to expand eastward.

In just one year, Prussia brought back huge wealth from the East, which made the Eastern Romans develop a strong interest in the mysterious Ming Dynasty. When they learned that these Easterners were developing an iron-clad ship, they even more

Feeling incredible.

Finally, after going through a lot of hardships, they got the drawings of the ironclad ship as they wished.

But I found out that I couldn't understand it at all!

It’s not that the language is not clear, because there are many people in Southeast Asia who often need to master several languages ​​and cannot learn them. This is not an insurmountable gap.

The problem lies in the drawing itself, the steam engine mentioned above made everyone confused.

A machine that can generate power by boiling water with coal is simply incredible.

So, the drawing was sent to Queen Docia of Ceylon, who was also the only legal heir to the Eastern Roman Empire.

Next, the Prussian general continued to contact with the officials of the Ming Dynasty and tried to bribe some craftsmen from the Ningbo Shipyard. However, before his plan was implemented, he was bombarded by the ironclad ship that suddenly appeared.

Upon learning of the gathering of the Ming navy, the Eastern Roman Navy stationed on the Malay Island immediately withdrew to Temasek Island.

Here, they built a large number of fortifications, and relying on their terrain advantages, they could fight the Ming army.

However, according to the news, the Ming army's fleet was clearly hundreds of miles away. Who would have thought that the port was suddenly attacked and its firepower was fierce, so it was caught off guard.

There were more than twenty forts placed in the port, all of which were smashed to pieces.

The Eastern Romans hated the Ming army to death and the fog to death.

Without moral integrity, you will take advantage of the heavy fog to launch a sneak attack!

Boom!

Boom!

The cannons on the ship poured out gunpowder from the cannon chamber, and meteors passed through the sky, destroying the fortifications built by the Eastern Romans.

The Ming army who came ashore was like a tiger coming out of the cage, and the Orthodox Sixteen-type rifle could completely crush everything they saw with vitality.

In this era, whether it was Eastern Rome or the Ottomans, they were still in the era of Black Powder.

Although they have made many improvements to black gunpowder, the improved black gunpowder is still black gunpowder after all.

The Ming army has used granular gunpowder, and even yellow gunpowder has made breakthroughs, but it has not been mass-produced yet.

The power of the particulate gunpowder is greater and the range is longer. At a specific distance, you can't hit me, but I can hit you. Oh, are you angry?

At the port, with the sound of gunfire like beans, there were wailing and screaming everywhere.

At this time, Charlemagne, the commander of the Griffon City, finally realized that he was attacked!

The rapid bell rang, and the main forces in the city gathered quickly and rushed towards the port.

"Reported, there were about a thousand people in the main enemy forces ahead!"

"withdraw!"

"yes!"

Zhang Mao went on a war with his father at the age of sixteen and was very sensitive to the sense of smell on the battlefield.

Faced with the counterattack of the Eastern Romans, he quickly made a judgment and retreated!

With the weapons and equipment of the Ming army, even if they faced the frontal waves with these thousand people, they would not be at a disadvantage.

However, this place is the enemy's territory after all, who knows how many people are hidden behind these thousand people?

Your mission is not to die with the enemy, but to consume the enemy to the greatest extent. First, you will catch the opponent off guard and run away after taking advantage.

The port has been abandoned, all the artillery batteries have been blown up, and almost all the few defenders have been wiped out. What are you waiting for? Retreat!

The main force of Eastern Rome came over with great momentum, but found that there were only devastations left, and only a few ships were seen on the sea. The Ming army, who had been killed in the sky, actually ran away!

Commander Charlemagne's eyes were red and he shouted loudly: "If you chase after me, you must make those Easterners pay the price!"

"His Excellency Charlemagne, our ships were all blown up!"

"hateful!"

Charlemagne was the highest general of the Eastern Roman Navy stationed in the Griffon City. When did he suffer such anger since the day he landed on Temasek?

They killed all the indigenous people on the island and invested a lot of manpower and material resources to build ports and strengthen city defenses. However, countless efforts were shattered, leaving only a single wreckage.

"There are still ships in the port to the west. If you send orders, everyone will board the ship!"

The large group of people turned to the west, where they had a port with more than ten ships moored.

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"Sir, the enemy is catching up!"

Zhang Mao stood at the bow of the boat and looked back with a telescope. Sure enough, a huge mast was vaguely seen in the fog.

This ship should be the other party's flagship. At this time, it was the southwest wind, and the sails were bulging high. It was obvious that the other party was much faster than his own ship. According to this situation, it would not take long to catch up.

Zhang Mao asked: "How many shells are left?"

"Sir, there's no more."

"Not?"

Zhang Mao couldn't help but frown, how can he fight without artillery?

"You didn't say... to shoot out all the shells until they are completely wiped out..."

Zhang Mao recalled that he seemed to have said such things.

"Turn right!"

"Sir, there... is not the direction to go back."

"Who said he wanted to go back? Send the order immediately and turn right!"

"yes!"

Soon, the voice of the travel commander on the deck: "Turn right!"

The flag bearer on the watchtower notified the other two ships in flag language, and the three ships immediately turned their rudders and headed to the right.

Zhang Mao ordered the rudder to turn around because there were many islands here, which means there were many reefs hidden under the sea.

No matter how big a ship is, it is impossible to move forward at full speed without restraint when entering this sea area.

Otherwise, once the reef is hit, the ship will be destroyed and the people will be killed.

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On the deck of the Golden Griffon, Charlemagne was watching with a telescope.

"Your Excellency, those Orientals fled to the Bataan Islands!"

Charlemagne took the telescope and looked a little confused.

Because he knew very well that the Ming army had changed the route, and this was not their return route. What exactly did they want to do?

"Continue chasing!"

"Okay, sir!"

The golden griffin split the waves and entered the Bataan Islands. Suddenly, Charlemagne seemed to realize something.

“Slow down, slow down!”

"Your Excellency, we will catch up soon..."

"Idiot, remove the deputy sail immediately!"

Charlemagne was really anxious. At this time, he had no time to explain and started scolding.

Seeing this, the adjutant had to send an order. The sailors pulled the cables and dropped the auxiliary sails, and the ship speed began to slow down.

Charlemagne then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Our ship is bigger than theirs. If there are reefs under the water, their ships can pass, but we will run through them. Do you understand? Idiot!"

"Your Excellency is really... wise..."

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To be continued...