In July, the sun shines brightly, the sky is bright, the breeze blows by, the waves rippling, and the sea surface is suddenly like a piece of fish scales with endless silver light, which is so beautiful.

It was at this time that three hundred iron-armored warships slowly drove out of the Taijiang Inner Sea in an orderly formation, then turned the bow of the ship and headed southward to the Strait of Malacca.

There was no big fanfare, and no farewell ceremony was held. Everything was so calm, but it invisibly showed a kind of majestic and domineering spirit.

Zheng Chenggong finally led the Ming Navy Imperial Guard Corps to set off. The decisive battle is approaching. The great powers of the anti-Habsburg Alliance are destined to withdraw from the stage of maritime hegemony!

At this time, Zhu Cijiu was holding a telegram sent by Zheng Chenggong in the imperial study room of the Ganqing Palace in the capital. He looked and read it again and again, as if he was appreciating a magnificent poem.

His hands slowly began to tremble, his eyes slowly showed a look of fanaticism, and a thousand pride rose in his heart.

It's over and it's about to end. The Ming Dynasty will soon become the undeserved overlord of the sea.

How many years of dreams, how many years of longings, how many years of expectations, at this moment, it is finally coming true!

By the way, what did Zheng Chenggong send him? It made him so excited?

Actually, it’s nothing, just a simple sentence: The emperor, the empress set out.

The tone was so calm, as if he was traveling to Europe.

It is precisely because of his calmness that he is confident and proves that he has full confidence in defeating the powers of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance.

Zhu Cijiu couldn't help but reply to him: One battle will determine the world!

One battle will determine the universe, and one battle will determine the universe. Since then, the Ming Dynasty has been invincible, regardless of the army or the navy!

Just as he was in a state of excitement at the telegram, Bi Maokang came again.

This month hasn't passed yet. Could it be that he has already made a bunch of modified sub-pipes, namely high-explosive shells?

Of course it was not so fast. He just came to tell Zhu Cijiu that the experiment of transforming the Ziguan had been successful.

He meant to ask Zhu Cijiong to take a look. If there is no problem, then we have to start mass production.

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Cijing immediately changed into casual clothes without hesitation and rushed to the experimental site with Bi Maokang.

He was still full of expectations for high-explosive shells, because he had a premonition that even if the naval battle was won, the great powers would not surrender easily.

The fleet of armored warships will definitely defeat the anti-Habsburg powers' joint fleet, which is beyond doubt. However, armored warships are not omnipotent. If the enemy retreats into a port full of turrets and bastions, the armored warships will have no choice but to deal with them in a short period of time.

After all, the iron armored warships are only invincible in defense, and their attack power is actually similar to that of wooden battleships. The warships that deal with the enemy can be invincible with their armor, but they can't deal with the turrets and turrets, because no matter how solid shells are smashed, they can't smash the turrets and turrets.

It would be different if the naval guns of the armored warship were replaced with high-explosive shells. As long as the number of shells is enough, the turrets and turrets will still be smashed for him!

Iron-armored warships are magic weapons to defeat the enemy, while high-explosive shells are desperate weapons. It is very likely that this weapon must be displayed before the great powers will eventually surrender.

It was precisely because of concern that the great powers would not surrender easily that Zhu Cijiu urged Bi Maokang to quickly make high-explosion shells, because this thing is likely to come in handy.

This time, Bi Maokang did not take Zhu Cijiong into the experimental base, but took him to a bastion near the experimental base.

These bastions no longer belong to the Ministry of Works’ experimental base, but to the Army training base. Of course, if you want to use Bi Maokang’s position, just say hello.

At this time, a team of imperial guards had gathered two miles in front of the bastion, and several experimental personnel were standing there waiting respectfully. There was a naval gun among them, or the one with a turret base.

After a simple greeting, Zhu Cijing couldn't help but look forward and carefully at the modified sub-tube placed next to the naval gun, which is the high-explosive shell.

This appearance is quite different from the shells in later generations. Except for the conical warhead in front, the shell behind is not the same as in later generations. Later generations are just a simple copper shell, but what he saw is a huge naval cannon tube.

No matter how the appearance is, as long as the effect is the same. Zhu Cijiu looked at it for a while, then took the telescope from Cao Huachun, then nodded and indicated that he could start the experiment.

With Bi Maokang's order, the Imperial Guard artillery skillfully stuffed the modified sub-tube into the mother tube, then closed the artillery door and pulled the flintlock machine hard.

With a "boom", a conical shell flew out of the gun mouth and directly hit the bastion in front. The shell's initial speed was not very fast, and there was no sound after it was fired. However, after it hit the wall of the bastion, the effect was more terrifying.

With a "boom", fragments immediately splashed on the castle wall. Zhu Cijiu quickly raised his telescope and looked at the place where the city wall was shot.

Good guy, a big pit about a foot has been smashed out there. If there were a few more shells like this, the city wall would probably be blown through!

The artillery involved in the experiment did not stop. After the first shell was fired, they immediately took out the fired sub-tubes inside and replaced it with a new sub-tube, followed by another shot.

A pile of gravel splashed on the walls of the castle again, and the cannon pit became significantly deeper.

At this time, because the range of the artillery was not far, the landing point was relatively fixed, and the bombs kept bombing the same place. When the eighth shot was hit, the city wall finally collapsed, revealing a gap of two feet.

"Okay." Zhu Cijing couldn't help but exclaim. Even if this new high-explosive shell was decided, he immediately made the decision and followed this. Ziguan first produced 10,000 shells and 100,000 shells, and strived to complete the construction within one month.

Immediately afterwards, he pulled Bi Maokang back to the palace with unrest and told him about the application of new gunpowder. Later, he even invited Sun Yuanhua, the Minister of War.

These two Taishan Beidou, who can be said to be the military technology of the Ming Dynasty, are extremely experienced. As long as they explain the principles of guns and cannons in later generations clearly, they believe that they can eventually create guns and cannons that are similar to those in later generations.

Of course, the industrial foundation of the Ming Dynasty was not as strong as that of later generations. It was naturally impossible to fully reach the most advanced level in later generations, but it could at least reach the average level in World War I.

At this time, Zhu Cijing had no scruples. He directly drew out the shapes of guns from later generations one by one, including magazines, bullets, shells, etc., for them in detail, such as semi-automatic rifles, fully automatic rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, mortars, howitzers, etc. As long as he knew, he would draw them all.

He painted and spoke, listing almost all the common weapons used in later generations, speaking with joy and joy.

Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua were stunned when they heard this. Oh my God, if these things were created, would they still need to be fought? It would be crushed when facing any enemy!

Of course, Zhu Cijing did not expect them to create many weapons from later generations immediately. He just listed the future development trends of weapons to them one by one, so that they could have a clear direction.
Chapter completed!