Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

Zheng He rushed straight towards the port with thick smoke.

The artillery on the side of the ships on both sides began to fight back frantically, and the shells were bombarded with storm at everything in the port as if they were not worth it.

In comparison, the Eastern Romans' counterattack was so pale and powerless.

Under the intensive firepower of Zheng He, the port of Negombo has turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The rest of the ships followed closely and attacked the warships anchored in the port.

The Eastern Romans' defensive forces were all concentrated in Kalamba Port, and the Ming fleet was like a tiger rushing into a chicken coop, and he could control whatever he wanted, and he had almost no decent resistance.

Grirut watched his warships sinking from a distance, and his heart couldn't help but drip blood.

But, looking at the towering steel beast, it seems that everything is understood.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Charlemagne's Golden Griffon Fleet was defeated so thoroughly.

At the same time, I understand why Wells would say that God abandoned us.

Yes, God has abandoned us!

Even if according to the plan, when the Ming fleet attacked Kalamba Port, he led the Condor Fleet to raid from behind, he might still be defeated in the end.

With the firepower of the Condor Fleet, it can at most itch...

The Ming army's attack continued, and Negombo Port has become a hell on earth.

The only few turrets were destroyed first like decorations.

Some turrets, but tragically, the range of these turrets is so short and powerless that they cannot even touch the shadow of the ironclad ship.

As far as you see, there are flames everywhere.

The Navy of Eastern Rome originally thought it would be a naval battle, but after being bombed by the Ming fleet, no one dared to take the risk of getting on the ship, and could only watch the warships being sunk.

The battlefield has become a one-sided situation, and it has become a unilateral artillery catharsis by the Ming army.

About half an hour later, the shelling finally stopped.

The shore was already in chaos, and the Ming army dropped the clutch and began to land and fight.

Li Zhen's ship was walking in the front, behind him, the Sanqian Battalion was already hungry and thirsty. Before the landing ship was docked, it couldn't wait to kill it with a rifle.

They didn't even need to assemble, and directly broke the whole into pieces, and carried out a carpet-style search of Port Negombo based on teams.

The dock was already in a mess, with broken buildings and burnt corpses everywhere, and occasionally a few panicked people.

The Ming fleet's expedition to sea was basically a personal show of iron-clad ships, indestructible armor and invincible artillery. In this era, it is undoubtedly the existence of crushing all warships.

The Sanqian Battalion has been suffocated on the ship. Since its establishment in Tumu Fort, the new Sanqian Battalion has been invincible and has been invincible, but it has never been like this time... without a war!

Seeing the ironclad ship rushing around and destroying all living forces, I could only watch it.

After getting ashore, Li Zhen rushed all the way like a tiger descending the mountain.

The poor Eastern Roman Navy had just been baptized by artillery, but a few lucky ones who hid in corners and saved their lives, and were immediately pointed at the head with a gun, and had no choice but to surrender.

The battle ended soon, and Zhu Qizhen got off the ship and passed through the devastated port. In front of him was a stone fortress.

This place has been controlled by the Three Thousand Battalions. Li Zhen stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, I have captured several prisoners. It is said that there is a general who ran away!"

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "These people are not particular. They run away as soon as they start fighting, at least resist!"

Li Zhen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I have also caught a Han man."

"What?"

Zhu Qizhen said in confusion: "How could there be Han people here thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty?"

Li Zhen continued: "The emperor must not guess that this person... is the son of Zhang Shiying, the commander of Qiongzhou Guard, Zhang Jin!"

Zhu Qizhen suddenly realized that no wonder he could not find his son even if he dug three feet into the ground.

It turned out that this guy was prepared to send his son to the Eastern Romans.

At this moment, a sentence suddenly appeared in his mind: Good and evil will be rewarded, and the way of heaven is good for reincarnation; if you don’t believe it, look up and see who will be spared by the heaven.

If you eat something outside, you should be the only one who has no children or grandchildren!

"Bring it here, I will personally review it!"

"yes!"

A moment later, a young man with fair skin and thin figure was taken in.

"Kneel down!"

Li Zhen was about to kick him, but the man had already thrust, slumped on the ground and said tremblingly: "Sinner Zhang Jin, the criminal, kowtow... the emperor..."

Zhu Qizhen laughed and scolded: "Dog thing, do you still know that you are guilty?"

Zhang Jin's expression is hard to describe now. Logically speaking, his family was confiscated and all nine clans were killed. He should be sad, but he wanted to cry but couldn't cry.

Because his body is no longer under control...

Zhu Qizhen asked, "I don't know anything. When did you come here?"

Zhang Jin's lips were trembling all the time. He wanted to speak several times but couldn't speak.

Li Zhen was angry, slapped him and said angrily: "The emperor is asking!"

Zhang Jin was beaten and his cheeks were swollen, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding. He finally said, "The Criminal was on the emperor's iron-clad ship... When the iron-clad ship arrived... when it arrived in Qiongzhou..."

Zhu Qizhen recalled that he had been resting in Qiongzhou for three months and resting in Temasek for another month. By time, this guy had been in Ceylon Island for at least two months.

"Have you been here before?"

"Back... back to the emperor, come... come once..."

Zhang Jin tried hard to control his body, but he still couldn't help but tremble.

This is a kind of fear from the heart, because he has foresaw his ending.

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Tell me, what do you know?"

Zhang Jin raised his trembling hand, wiped his sweat, and asked with courage: "The sinner informed the emperor of everything he knew, begging the emperor... to leave a complete body for the sinner..."

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said, "This reason is not too much. Tell me, what do you know?"

Zhang Jin swallowed and said, "The father of the sinner..."

Speaking of this, he subconsciously looked up and then continued, "... he had an affair with the Eastern Roman foreigners, had done some smuggling transactions, and... he also leaked the drawings of the Ming Iron Crafts. It is really a crime to die, and he has more than enough death..."

To this day, my own father can't spoil it, and he scolds it when he should.

The whole clan was ruined and he could not escape death. What else can he say!

"About a year ago, the Criminals came to Ceylon with the fleet of Eastern Rome and learned some of their languages. These foreigners were not good at striking their hearts. Therefore, sometimes they would let the Criminals act as counselors and help them come up with ideas. At that time, the Eastern Romans had just arrived in Ceylon..."

Zhang Jin told his past experience without reservation.

At that time, Ceylon Island was still the territory of the Kingdom of Sinhalese and Tamil. Although the Eastern Romans had advanced weapons, it was not easy to take down the island in one fell swoop.

After half a year of war, there was only one port in the territory actually controlled by the Eastern Romans.

Charlemagne and Prussia, who were expeditioning to the East, won one after another, and Prussia even opened up the level of entry into the Ming Dynasty and smuggled for profit.

Since the war on Ceylon Island was not going smoothly, the Eastern Romans even had the idea of ​​changing positions. Since Ceylon Island could not be captured for a long time and the Eastern Front won the battle again, why not move to the Eastern Front?

However, Zhang Jin's arrival changed all this.

In fact, Zhang Jin was just a messenger sent by Zhang Shiying to show his loyalty.

The general meaning is that I sent all my sons, are you sincere enough?

However, when he accidentally saw a combat roadmap and couldn't help but make a few suggestions, things began to become different.

You should know that since the Shang Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, the most unabashed thing in China is military genius.

Later generations read a few books on military arts, or even a few articles of history to see how their predecessors fought, and their strategic thinking was far beyond that of Westerners at that time.

Zhang Jin's inadvertent guidance was like a helper of God in the eyes of the Eastern Romans.

What are the combination of vertical and horizontal connections, win over this, suppress that, and then get rid of this...

War is not just about rushing forward, such as building river dams, cutting off the enemy's water sources, and setting fire to the mountains... Various strategies emerge one after another, and the situation of the war began to tilt towards the Eastern Romans.

Zhang Jin was also named Earl and was personally awarded the title of Queen Dosia.

However, he really didn't want to stay here, so he found a reason to go back.

Until that day, the ironclad ship suddenly appeared, and he knew that everything was over.

My father took the risk and ended up dead without a complete body, and all nine clans were killed...

Zhang Jin fled overnight and sailed westward without any chance. He even did not stop on Temasek Island, but continued to go west and came all the way to Ceylon Island.

As a result, what was waiting for was the news that the Golden Griffon Fleet was destroyed.

Ceylon Island began to prepare for war, and as the chief staff officer of the Eastern Romans, Zhang Jin naturally had to make suggestions from it.

However, the ironclad ship appeared again!
To be continued...