Episode 573 Go to war! Assault Return Ship (5)
The Ming Dynasty also recognized the usefulness of steam engines while introducing iron horses.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was also conducting research with the idea of installing steam engines on ships.
However, their research was still sluggish.
First of all, it was not possible to create a small, high-output steam engine.
Although I learned how a steam engine works based on the blueprint of the iron horse introduced from Joseon, I was unable to properly understand the more basic concepts.
It had become a Sasang Pavilion (沙上樓閣).
And as this problem could not be resolved, a second problem arose.
The ship was too weak to carry a large and heavy steam engine.
Of course, there were ships with a length of up to 20 pieces (approximately 60 m), such as the Great Bok Line, but their wooden keels were difficult to withstand the steam engine.
Even in the history before the intervention of Hyang, ships equipped with proper steam engines were able to appear only after experience in building large and heavy battleships such as battleships had been accumulated.
* * *
“This can’t be happening….”
The Chief of Staff, who had an expression of disbelief as he watched Maeng Jin-ho running from a distance emitting smoke, immediately gave advice to Oh Gye-myeong.
“We must stop those Korean steamers immediately! For someone of that size, the firepower it carries must be considerable! If you make a mistake, your camp will be split in half!”
After hearing the Chief of Staff’s words, Oh Kye-myeong immediately came to his senses and accepted the words.
“yes! “I need to give an order to the left wing’s Grand Bok Line immediately!”
“One ship won’t do it! “There must be three, no, five ships!”
“5 ships is 10% of the total capacity of a large ship! “Isn’t this too much?”
“The director is anxious about even 5 ships. “You must keep in mind that the Joseon bastards have only one male and female!”
“That’s right.”
Oh Gye-myeong immediately understood what the Chief of Staff was worried about and immediately gave an order.
Soon, in the center of Jin, five large ships turned their bows and moved to deal with Maeng Jin-ho.
* * *
On the bridge of Maeng Jin-ho’s armored ship charging toward the Ming formation, Gangnam-gil was smiling in remorse.
“It’s definitely as expected.”
The situation of the Ming fleet visible in the distance was running almost the same as when the operation was first planned.
The gap between the large double ships and the small ships was widening little by little. This was brought about by the inevitable difference in weight class. When moving simply with the wind, there were cases where the small ships were faster, but when oars were added, the large ships and medium ships moved even faster from then on.
Gangnam-gil, who was observing the situation of the Ming fleet through a telescope, looked back at the commander and continued.
“Things won’t get complicated. It’s a very good thing. “Isn’t that right?”
“That’s right.”
“good! Then, just like this, let’s tear those big guys apart horizontally at once. “Exclusive to the institution.”
“yes. “Exclusive to the agency!”
At Gangnam-gil’s command, the manager grabbed the transmission pipe and screamed. Soon after, Maeng Jin-ho’s speed began to increase little by little.
“It is definitely faster than the challenger class, but acceleration is a bit slow. “How can this not be improved?”
A report came in through the transmission pipe to Gangnam-gil, who was observing the situation while several people were holding their backs and saying things that would make them fall down.
“Five large ships ahead! “Heading straight toward the main ship!”
“You’re finally here!”
As soon as he heard the report, Gangnam-gil, who lifted the telescope and looked ahead, smiled brightly and grabbed one of the several transmission tubes.
“It’s the captain! Order to Yonggu artillery! “Hold it securely!”
“Yonggupo! Target confirmed!”
The dragon head that decorated Maeng Jin-ho’s player was not just a decoration. Inside the dragon head’s open mouth was the muzzle of the most powerful main gun on the Maengjin Lake.
* * *
While making the assault return line, Hyang satisfied his virtue to the fullest.
“They say that’s scarier than the compatible mama…”
It was equipped with the most powerful main gun on the bow, like the space battleship that played the main role in Japanese animations seen in the 21st century.
This was partly due to Hyang’s virtue, but it was also an unavoidable choice.
In order to properly control recoil in a situation where a rotating turret was not possible, there was no choice but to install the gun along the vertical center line of the hull.
The gun installed on the bow was a breech-loading gun with a caliber of 1 ship (about 30 cm) and a weight of 200 geun (about 120 kg).
To add, there was an anecdote that when this bag was first completed, all the liquor from the kibang located in Hanseong ran out.
This happened because generals in the military, especially the navy, drank because they enjoyed it, and officials in the Ministry of Finance and Economy drank in anger.
And of this artillery, there was only one gun installed on Maeng Jin-ho. This was because everyone except the military agreed with Kim Jeom’s argument that ‘too much is too little.’
It was a big gun that fired shells of enormous weight and power, but its range was also shorter than expected, at 1,000 steps (approximately 1.2 km).
In order to increase the range, the gun barrel had to be long, but even with the current Joseon technology, there was a problem with that. Also, the problem was that all of the opponents had wooden boats. If I did it wrong, it was certain that it would just end up being penetrated.
Therefore, when Kim Jeom insisted on overpayment and underpayment, Hyang also backed down.
* * *
The method by which such excessive firepower could demonstrate its greatest power was through firing raking fire. The shells penetrated from the bow to the stern or vice versa, causing serious damage.
Therefore, not only Gangnam-gil but also the battery commander of Yonggupo welcomed the frontal assault of the Daebokseon.
“Finally, the first actual shooting! “You must hit it with the first shot!”
“Oooh!”
The soldiers in charge of operating the Yonggu gun responded to the shout of the battery commander, Kang Hwi, with shouts. The soldiers’ shouts were made even louder by the steel roof that covered the ceiling.
“Load the first shot!”
“Load the first shot!”
According to the orders of the commanders of each department, the soldiers loaded shells into the Yonggu cannon.
Ten soldiers turned the pulley to pull up shells and gunpowder from the powder magazine located below the deck.
Other soldiers moved the loader, loaded shells and gunpowder, and closed the breech.
To prepare for any unexpected incident, two thick iron rods were firmly connected to the breech and carriage, then a detonator for firing was planted and a lanyard was connected.
All preparations for launch had been completed.
While launch preparations were continuing, Kang Hwi was also busy moving around. Kang Hwi, who had taken his place in the eye hole of the dragon’s head, was using a precision telescope to aim at the great ship approaching from the very front.
After Kang Hwi and the gunner had completed all aiming, the signalman raised a red flag and put a loudspeaker to his mouth.
“Turn your back! “Cover your ears!”
A moment later, a huge flame erupted from Maeng Jin-ho’s weapon with a roar.
Kuaaang!
It was a huge roar, similar to the roar of a dragon.
The shell, fired with a roar, flew through the sky in a shallow parabola and penetrated the bow deck of the large ship approaching from the front.
The cannonball, which used its own kinetic energy to penetrate deep into the ship’s hull, exploded immediately.
Quack!
Not long after the huge explosion occurred, only traces of the grand duke remained at the site.
As the leading boat vanished without a trace, the other boats that followed quickly scattered left and right.
At that moment, dozens of naval guns on the left and right of the Maeng Jin-ho that had dug in between them – 80 guns on the left and right in total – to be exact, spewed fire all at once.
Kwakwakwak!
In an instant, pillars of fire rose from two of the four ships. The great ships, each of which had lost almost their entire port and starboard sides, laid down in the sea, while the other great ships quickly turned their bows.
And Maeng Jin-ho followed after them and jumped into the middle of the Ming fleet.
* * *
Maeng Jin-ho, who jumped into the middle of the Ming fleet, rushed forward without hesitation.
Kuaaang!
Every time Maeng Jin-ho’s dragon gun spewed fire, one of the ships suffered serious damage, split in two, or disappeared without a trace.
Because the situation was crowded to form a young formation, Maeng Jin-ho’s Yonggu guns and the left and right naval guns created an almost white-and-white situation.
After the Maeng Jin-ho passed without hesitation, only 20,000 battle lines were left engulfed in flames or seriously damaged and drifting. Or leave behind a few floating objects as proof of your presence.
Maeng Jin-ho looked like a shark jumping into a school of sardines. Or it was a great white shark persistently biting into the side of a huge baleen whale.
“good! good! Truly a surprise return! It is worthy of the name Maengjin! Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Gangnam-gil, who was raising his clenched fist and laughing loudly, grabbed Jeon Seong-gwan and screamed.
“Where is the enemy’s flagship! “The one with the command flag!”
“I’m looking for you now!”
Soon, a soldier’s shout could be heard through Jeonseong-gwan, as if Chae-geun had worked on Gangnam-gil.
“Enemy flagship spotted! “Sulsi (戌時) direction!”
As incense-made clocks became more common, it became common for the military to use the clock’s keyboard to indicate directions.
“Sulsi?”
Gangnam-gil, who clung to the window of the armored bridge at the call of observation, lifted the telescope and searched in that direction.
“there is! Helm! Point the player in the direction of the drink!”
“Yes!”
At Gangnam-gil’s command, the helmsman excitedly turned the wheel.
Maeng Jin-ho soon turned his head and charged towards the flagship with Oh Gye-myeong on board.
As Maeng Jin-ho charged, nearby heavy ships and large ships blocked the way to protect the flagship.
In order to block Maeng Jin-ho, the guns of Ming’s heavy ships and large ships fired fire, but the shells they fired did not penetrate Maeng Jin-ho’s hull and bounced off in vain.
And in return for such an attack, Maeng Jin-ho fired a lot of shells.
“iced coffee! “Are you saying that Joseon’s front lines are monsters?”
The captains of the front lines who were attacked like that shed tears of blood. The appearance of Maeng Jin-ho rushing towards the jet-black painted hull, spouting jet-black smoke, looked like a monster.
Maeng Jin-ho, rushing through the Ming fleet at great speed, approached the flagship with Oh Gye-myeong on board.
When Oh Gye-myeong saw Maeng Jin-ho approaching, he urgently screamed desperately at the captain.
“evasion! evasion! “Run away!”
“Ride to the right!”
The captain and crew of the flagship took desperate evasive maneuvers. However, despite his desperation, Maeng Jin-ho held onto the flagship’s tail.
“I can see your butt clearly! Yonggupo!”
“yep!”
Kuaaang!
After a while, the Yonggu cannon burst into flames, and the flagship with Oh Gye-myeong on board disappeared, leaving only the commander behind.
“I think I’d like to stop and take the command flag, but… s***!”
After gaining his appetite, Gangnam-gil grabbed Jeon Seong-gwan.
“Now let’s tear the enemy fleet apart! Tear horizontally as quickly as possible, then tear vertically! “Pour it all in, coal and gunpowder!”
“yep!”
“Wow!”
The soldiers responded to Gangnam-gil’s command with shouts.
* * *
The collapse of the Ming fleet progressed even more rapidly as the flagship carrying the commander sank.
The outskirts were gradually destroyed by the bombardment of the Joseon fleet, which had formed a crane-wing formation, but due to the absence of a commander to command the battlefield, the Ming fleet lost control.
Each time Maeng Jin-ho passed through, the Ming fleet was split into smaller pieces.
Eventually, the front lines began to retreat.
But retreating was not easy. This was because Joseon’s front lines were persistently dragging their heels.
In the end, the Ming power that Emperor Seondeok worked hard to cultivate disappeared.
and. The navy of the Ming Dynasty called Maeng Jin-ho, who gave them a terrible fear, this.
‘Black Flame Dragon’
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