Chapter 1522: Naval Guns Demonstrate Power
"So many warships have been built in the past few years, but this is the first time I've boarded one!"
Emperor Wen stood on the deck of the warship and looked at Qin Liugan beside him with emotion.
"I haven't been on a warship many times!"
Qin Liugan grinned, stomped his feet on the deck a few more times, and looked at Yun Zheng again, "Your Highness, the quality of this warship doesn't seem to be very good? Why does it feel not very strong?"
Yun Zheng laughed in silence, "It seems that Duke Rong knows a lot about warships?"
"That is!"
Qin Liu dared to say proudly: "I went to Yuanzhou to supervise the construction of warships under the order of the emperor! Although I don't know how to build a ship, I can tell the quality of the ship at a glance! General Zhao, your warship should be made of fir wood, right?"
"Duke Rong is indeed very discerning."
Zhao Liuliang flattered him and explained, "The wood suitable for building warships in Shuobei is mainly fir and pine, so the warships built by Shuobei are mainly made of fir and pine."
"Not strong..."
Qin Liu smacked his lips and said, "You are just too honest. You have to cry poor..."
"..."
Listening to Qin Liugan's words, everyone suddenly had a dark look on their faces.
This old rogue!
You just teach people to cry poor as soon as you come?
He was not afraid that Yun Zheng would kick him into the Li River.
"It won't make them poor."
Yun Zheng smiled at Qin Liugan and instructed Zhao Liuliang, "Okay, order all the soldiers to their respective positions and get ready to start!"
"Yes!"
Zhao Liuliang accepted the order, bowed to everyone, and then took his leave.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
As the sound of knocking on the iron tiles rang out, the soldiers on the warships immediately took up their respective positions.
Emperor Wen and Qin Liu dared to stretch their necks and look around, but they didn't see anything unusual.
Not only them, many people who were accompanying them didn't know what Yun Zheng and the others were going to do.
Just then, there was a vibration under their feet.
Then, a window opened on the side of the ship.
"Your Majesty, look!"
Qin Liugan pointed at the muzzle of the gun protruding from the side of the ship and shouted at Emperor Wen.
Emperor Wen was curious and immediately went over.
Zhou Dai and Mu Shun were afraid that Emperor Wen would fall into the water, so they quickly protected him from the left and right.
Emperor Wen stuck his head out and immediately saw the muzzle of the gun.
Suddenly, Emperor Wen understood Yun Zheng's intention.
This rebellious son wants to demonstrate the power of this thing to himself!
"Father, Duke Rong, please step back a little."
Yun Zheng stepped forward to remind him, "When we fire the cannon later, the ship will probably vibrate violently."
"well!"
Emperor Wen nodded repeatedly, and with a look of joy on his face, he retreated to Yun Zheng's side, "Did you really move that cannon onto the warship?"
"Sure!"
Yun Zheng said with a smile: "This is a powerful weapon to deal with Yu Country!"
"well!"
Emperor Wen was delighted, "Today I will see how powerful your weapon is!"
Emperor Wen knew that the merchant ship must be like a target.
Yun Zheng would definitely order people to bombard that merchant ship.
However, that merchant ship should be at least two hundred feet away from them, right?
This little thing, can it hit so far?
Just when Emperor Wen was full of curiosity, Zhao Liuliang came to report: "Your Highness, everyone, please take your positions. Shall we start the drill?"
"let's start!"
Yunzheng nodded slightly.
"Yes!"
Zhao Liuliang took the order and quickly went up to the rudder tower, waving the flag in his hand: "Raise the sail! Weigh the anchor!"
"Raise the sails! Heave the anchor!"
Several messengers shouted.
Soon, the anchor was collected and the warship's sails were quickly raised.
Driven by the flowing water, sails and oars, the warship began to move.
Zhao Liuliang felt the wind direction and immediately waved his flag and gave the order: "Turn left and lower the sail to half sail!"
The messenger repeated Zhao Liuliang's order again.
As the sailors carried out the order, the warship began to move forward at an angle. As it closed the distance with the merchant ship, the muzzles of the guns on one side of the warship gradually aimed at the merchant ship.
Zhao Liuliang paid close attention to the distance between the two ships.
When the warship was about 150 feet away from the merchant ship, Zhao Liuliang ordered again: "Load all the guns!"
Shortly after Zhao Liuliang gave the order, a noise was heard from below.
Soon, a voice came from below.
"Good shot!"
"Good second shot!"
"Three shots..."
The three guns quickly completed the loading of shells and propellant powder.
"Prepare for test firing!"
Zhao Liuliang shouted orders again and estimated the distance between the two ships.
When the distance between the two ships was about a hundred feet, Zhao Liuliang shouted, "Fire!"
As Zhao Liuliang's order was given, Yun Zheng stepped forward and blocked Emperor Wen's ears.
"boom!"
The next moment, a loud noise was heard.
The sudden loud noise startled Qinpu.
The second brother and others were also shocked and almost shouted for help.
Everyone was secretly confused.
Is this the legendary thunder?
As everyone was shocked, a cannonball flew out of the muzzle and headed straight for the merchant ship.
However, the shell did not hit the merchant ship. It crashed into the water at a certain distance from the ship, causing a lot of waves.
Seeing this scene, Qin Liugan looked at Yun Zheng with a look of laughter and tears: "Your Highness, just... just like that?"
He thought it would be a big scene!
As a result, after holding it in for a long time, a splash of water occurred?
“This is a test launch.”
Yun Zheng explained: "This warship is moving. We need to test fire first and then calibrate the parameters..."
"what?"
Qin Liugan was completely confused and had no idea what Yun Zheng was talking about.
"Just watch!"
Emperor Wen glared at Qin Liugan and said, "You won't understand even if I tell you."
Qin Liu dared to curl his lips and muttered softly: "It seems like you understand..."
The next moment, Emperor Wen kicked him directly.
Qin Liu dared to "fail to dodge" and was kicked hard by Emperor Wen. He quickly grinned and said no more.
"Check all the parameters!"
Zhao Liuliang gave the order again.
As Zhao Liuliang's order was issued, the three guns immediately began to make adjustments, and Gun No. 1 also quickly completed reloading.
"Good shot!"
"Second Artillery is good..."
"Three shots..."
After all three guns were calibrated, Zhao Liuliang gave the order again: "Fire at once! Fire!"
"Boom, boom..."
Three guns roared at the same time.
The sound of three cannons firing simultaneously made everyone's ears buzz.
Even though Emperor Wen and Qin Liugan had experienced the sound of artillery in Shuobei two years ago, they were still frightened.
Under the gaze of everyone, three shells drew an arc in the air and flew straight towards the merchant ship.
However, even so, a shell still flew past the front of the merchant ship.
But the other two shells hit the merchant ship hard.
One hit the side of the merchant ship, and the other hit directly above the merchant ship.
"boom!"
"boom!"
The shrapnel exploded the moment it hit the merchant ship.
In an instant, large pieces of wood chips flew along with the flames.
When the fire and smoke dissipated, the merchant ship became damaged and began to tilt.
It is estimated that it will sink into the river in a short time.
Qinpu stared with eyes wide open, looking at the scene in disbelief.
Such a big merchant ship is about to sink?
If we use this thing on a warship to attack a city, wouldn't it be easy to knock down the city wall?
If two armies were fighting, how many people would die if this sound was heard!
Is this the secret weapon in Yun Zheng’s hand?
Suddenly, Qinpu felt that the decision to surrender to Yun Zheng was so wise.
The second, fourth and others looked at each other silently and smiled helplessly.
Fortunately, they didn’t even want to fight!
Otherwise, these loud noises would probably make them unable to sleep or eat.
Emperor Wen, on the other hand, looked very excited.
Vaguely, the sinking merchant ship seemed to have turned into a warship of the Yu Kingdom...
