Chapter 303 Chapter 302: Bombarding Qianlong Harbor

The waves on the sea were rolling, and under the setting sun, the battleship Zhiyuan crossed the Black Scale Island again. The flag on Black Scale Island has fallen, and this island has once again become a world of sea monsters.

But this time the battleship did not stop, but directly crossed the island and headed towards the inner sea and the emerald sea.

After the previous two battles, this time the journey was safe and nothing happened.

And just after crossing the Black Scale Island, they saw a huge fleet of ships. That is the fleet of the trading houses of the East; here they have been waiting a long time.

But most firms were disappointed. Because, this time, the goods on the battleship Zhiyuan had already been reserved, so they could only stare blankly.

The 32 firms going to Qixia Country have already ordered all the commodities. So this time the transaction was much faster. The surrounding merchant ships approached, and everyone quickly completed the transaction.

This time, the battleship Zhiyuan traded more than 400 tons of pills—this time there were a lot more high-grade pills, filling up the vacant space and storage space of the battleship Zhiyuan.

But this time Dugu Junjie did not leave immediately, but invited everyone to start visiting the battleship. But every time the number of people is strictly limited.

On the battleship, some samples of goods were kept: one ton of 99.7% black iron, one ton of 99.7% steel, and three sword bars. And of course the steel battleship itself and the artillery.

Temporarily open a 100mm gun on the side, and spend 50 high-grade spirit stones to try a shell. Because the bombardment of Qianlonggang is going to be bombarded in a few days, Dugu Junjie restricts the use of shells every day.

1,800 tons of shells sounds like a lot, but a 100mm shell costs 18kg; a 300mm shell costs 380kg. If the 1,800 tons of shells are fully converted into 300mm shells, there are only 4,737 shells.

If five 300mm cannons are fired at full speed, according to five guns per minute, it will take less than three and a half hours to survive. In fact, considering the "work efficiency" of the cultivators, whether they can last for three hours is up for debate. When these gunners encountered a war, they were desperately stuffing shells.

The giant ship floated on the sea for more than four days, firing a total of 400 100mm shells, which attracted a lot of attention. Dugu Junjie promised that Dayang Group will bring 100mm artillery sales next time.

The Oriental commercial banks have expressed that - we can afford to wait!

Yes, it only takes about ten days for the giant ship Zhiyuan to go back and forth; and as the route becomes familiar, the time should be shortened to seven days. But it takes a year or even longer for everyone to come here from the east; waiting for a month or two is trivial. Some people even expressed that they wanted to go to Qixia Country to observe. But this time Dugu Junjie refused - we still have tasks!

However, in this lively atmosphere, there were also some discordant voices.

It was spread by rangers such as Leng Feng.

But when he visited the shipbuilding base, Zhang Hao rudely refused Leng Feng and other rangers to visit, and because Zhang Hao needed to stand up to others, and Leng Feng and others had a bad tone, so Zhang Hao had a bad tone at the beginning.

However, in Qixia Kingdom and on the steel warship before, Leng Feng and others did not dare to stand out; now that they returned to their own territory, bad voices came out.

It's hard to say that the outbreak that has been suppressed for so long.

Four days later, these words finally reached Dugu Junjie's ears.

"Insolent? Bullying? Look down on rangers? Be stingy? Contradictory?" Dugu Junjie shook his head with a sneer.

"It's okay? Why do you want to thank them?" Chen Yansong was a little puzzled.

Dugu Junjie said with a smile, "Master Zhang Hao said that a firm praised by everyone needs to be vigilant. On the contrary, a firm with a bad reputation is worthy of trust. I don't know why it is. But it is true so.

In fact, in Qixia, there are quite a few people who insult Dayang Group secretly, but the harder they scold, the better Dayang Group will develop!

I think this kind of insult is the real appreciation in the ears of wise people. A jealous frantic admiration.

As the saying goes, the sound of the big voice is invisible; this kind of insult is a kind of praise of another kind. "

Chen Yansong nodded thoughtfully, it sounds reasonable.

Dugu Junjie looked up at the sky and said, "It's time for us to set off. When we left, we made an agreement with the Land of Canglan that on the morning of the eighth day after our departure, when the sun was rising, we would bombard the port of Qianlong Port.

Hurry up now, it's just right. "

After bidding farewell to many merchant ships, the giant ship began to sail westward—and Qianlong Port was in the northeast direction.

The giant ship got rid of the merchant ships with its own speed advantage; then circled a large circle, from three hundred miles away from the north, to the direction of Qianlonggang, and finally waited for the sunrise in the east of Qianlonggang.

At sunrise, the port would be bombarded from the east under cover of daylight. The most important thing is that after sunrise in the morning, you can see clearly the situation of the troops stationed in the port, and you can attack in a targeted manner.

At this time, in the north of Qianlonggang, the Canglan Kingdom has mobilized heavy troops, and has been fighting with the defenders of the Langya Kingdom all night.

Left Prime Minister Huang Shaoxian personally supervised the battle. It was not yet dawn at this time, but Huang Shaoxian had already frequently looked up to the southeast sea. Today is the agreed day. I wonder if Qixia Kingdom will abide by the agreement?

This negotiation was jointly negotiated by Huang Shaoxian, Wang Ruiyang and Fu Yun. But Fu Yun did not participate in the negotiations, he was only responsible for the safety of Huang Shaoxian and Wang Ruiyang. And Wang Ruiyang is just a business manager. In the end, something really went wrong, and it was obvious that Huang Shao, the prime minister on the left, had to bear the responsibility first.

Up to now, for this uncertain negotiation result, they have been fighting frantically all night, and thousands of troops have been lost.

After the Kingdom of Langya occupied Qianlong Port, it has been operating for several months, almost turning it into a war fortress.

The meaning of Langya Kingdom is very clear: it is to destroy this port! Let this most western pearl of the Fertile Land Continent become a pebble.

The country of Langya has its own ports, besides the three major ports, there are many small and medium ports; so the country of Langya does not need this Qianlong port. Therefore, after they occupied Qianlong Port, they did not operate the port at all, but turned it into a war fortress!

But for the Land of Canglan, this Qianlong Harbor is very precious. This is the only outlet to the sea of ​​the Canglan Kingdom; during the three or four months that it was blocked, various problems have begun to appear in the Canglan Kingdom.

Although the Nation of Canglan has begun to take the initiative on the battlefield, it is still an arduous task to completely repel the Nation of Canglan, regain the port, and protect it. Especially when the Kingdom of Langya took refuge in the Xiaoyao faction recently, it was even more crazy.

Therefore, it is not easy for the Canglan Kingdom to repel the Langya Kingdom in a short period of time. And wanting to fully restore the port is basically a dream. As long as the kingdom of Langya keeps attacking, this port will not be able to develop!

But domestic pressure is already high. Different from the six western countries, the six western countries are used to being poor; but the country of Canglan can't live in poverty! The port was blocked for less than four months, and various crises began to appear in the country.

It is very easy for you to save one of the two pills for people who are used to living in poverty. But you can't save 50 pills from 100 pills for people who are used to rich life!

This is the situation in the country of Canglan now. In the past so many years, the Land of Canglan has gained huge profits by relying on ports and exploiting Western countries, and this has also led to the emergence of many practitioners in the country. So everyone's demand for pills is also massive.

Four months, almost to the limit.

Some people will say, with so many cultivators in the country, why can't the national power repel the country of Langya? This brings me back to the old problem of the Qixia Kingdom - there are too many aristocratic families, nobles, sects, etc. in the country.

These existences are scrambling to be the first to divide their interests; but when you ask them to contribute people and money, they all shrink back.

Western countries such as the country of Qixia and the country of Jinyang are alright. Because of the lack of resources, because the eastern trade routes were blocked, and because there was an Eastern Expedition every few decades, there was almost no soil for development of the aristocratic families in the western countries. And because of successive years of wars, the central power is still relatively strong.

But the Land of Canglan is different. This country is already very bloated.

In the past, when the Land of Canglan blocked the west, everyone was very active. Because, there are benefits! But now that they want to fight against the outside world, everyone curls up—there is no benefit to be seen. And the families in the interior want to bleed from the families at the border.

You can say this is corruption, this is depravity. But that's the reality. In fact, every family is shrewd—why let us contribute! It's just that this kind of over-calculated behavior is a typical "great wisdom and foolishness"-really too smart!

Perhaps it is precisely because the country of Canglan is strong that no one believes that the country will perish, etc., so this situation will be aggravated. In fact, it is impossible for the royal family of the Canglan Country to watch the country perish.

But these families huddled up and did not move, and they consumed more resources—they were very shrewd and knew that at this time, they should strengthen their strength instead of saving the pills. This has also caused tremendous pressure on the country of Canglan Country. Forcing the country to take back the port as soon as possible.

Now Huang Shaoxian can be said to have carried the multiple hopes of the domestic family and royal family. If it succeeds this time, the Huang family will definitely take off; but if it fails... you will bear the consequences!

Dawn has come, Huang Shaoxian's breathing became more and more rapid, and he put his hands together. The war has become more and more fierce, and the artillery of the Canglan Kingdom keeps roaring.

In addition to the cannons made of more than 50 steel barrels purchased from the Zhang family, the Canglan Kingdom also used its own technology and craftsmen to build thousands of cannons. These cannons are forged with low-purity black iron, but they are also good enough for general warfare, and the range of the cannons can reach five or six kilometers.

So many cannons almost completely lit up the night sky at dawn. Although the Land of Langya has no artillery, they have many traditional and powerful weapons.

For example, the current Langya Kingdom has obtained a kind of "stone cannon" from the Xiaoyao Sect. This kind of stone cannon can smash out huge boulders weighing hundreds of catties, and the boulders are also equipped with magical effects. These boulders fell like meteors with flames, each time creating a death radius of seven or eight meters. This power is not weaker than the 100mm artillery.

Time slipped away minute by minute, Huang Shaoxian watched the stone cannon attack of Langya Kingdom, and at the same time his own artillery attack, and counted the time.

As the dawn gradually passed, there was an obvious white belly in the east, and gradually a faint red light appeared.

Morning is coming!

I don't know if the attack promised by Qixia Kingdom will come back?

Thinking of the 300mm artillery on the Zhiyuan battleship, Huang Shaoxian became a little excited. Cannons of this caliber will surely bring surprises to the Land of Langya!

Zhaoxia appeared, and the war became more and more intense. And Huang Shaoxian became more and more nervous.

Next to him, Zhennan General Cui Yan looked at Huang Shaoxian from time to time, his eyes full of 'caring'.

Suddenly at a certain moment, Chaoyang jumped out, and suddenly ten thousand golden lights enveloped the battlefield. However, under this bright light, human beings are engaged in a cruel cannibalism.

The artillery from the Qixia Kingdom and the stone cannons from the Xiaoyao faction are engaged in a confrontation between the old and the new.

At this time, time seemed to pass very slowly, and Huang Shaoxian was almost counting his own heartbeats to pass the time.

The sun gradually rises to the east, and gradually jumps out of the mountains, but the attack from the Qixia Kingdom... still does not appear.

Cui Yan finally couldn't help but speak: "Prime Minister Huang, do you..."

Before the words were finished, flames suddenly exploded behind the defense line of Langya in the distance, and a dense cloud of gunpowder smoke billowed up. And this is just the beginning.

"Here we come!" Huang Shaoxian finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then squinted at Cui Yan, "General Cui, our original agreement was that the sun will rise. There is nothing wrong with it!"

Cui Yan: ...

"What are you waiting for, hurry up! The Qixia Kingdom only has one battleship, and it can only carry out a wave of attacks. The general must seize the opportunity!"

Cui Yan snorted, turned and left. But he did not immediately order the attack, but let the artillery corps blast with all their strength for half an hour before finally launching the general attack.

At the same time, the attack from the sea completely panicked the defenders of Langya Kingdom. Especially the 300mm artillery, it's too powerful, isn't it?

The 100mm shell is only 18 kilograms, and the charge is only six or seven kilograms; while the 300mm shell has a charge of up to 200 kilograms-this charge, the engineers of the Zhang family have been debugging.

With a 300mm shell, every explosion shakes the ground. After Sishui Port felt this power, the defenders of Langya Kingdom in Qianlong Port also enjoyed it.

One cannonball went down, and half of the thousand-man regiment was gone.

And the saddest thing is that in the face of such an attack, there is no way to return! The Legion of the Kingdom of Langya wasn't even prepared.

Only a few people know about the deal between Qixia Country and Canglan Country. Before Dugu Junjie attacked, he had to go around in circles.

Compared with the last attack on Surabaya Port, this time the preparations were adequate. The shelling lasted for more than an hour, and 1,800 tons of shells fired a full 700 tons.

Then Dugu Junjie ordered to stop the bombardment, and the battleship began to retreat, preparing to return.

And the war in Qianlonggang has begun to enter street fighting!

(Today, Calvin suffered another cramp in his arm and pain in his fingers. The outbreak in the past half month has reached its limit.)