Chapter 67: New Era Part 18: Chao Phraya River (Part 2)
Chen Lanbo!
Thinking about it, it was Chen Lanbo, who could meet with a senior official of Truchen and would not be rejected.
When Qitade came to the Far East last time, he secretly met him with Luo Fangbo's introduction. Of course, he was still Zheng En's subordinate at that time.
"It turns out to be Lord Zhaopianye"
Qitade's voice was filled with jokes, which made Chen Lanbo, who was covered in rain, feel a little embarrassed.
Of course, Qitade would not regard Chen Lanbo as a "rebellion" just like this. It is not easy for people like him to gain a foothold in Siam and Enrong and others. With his knowledge, Zheng Xin and Zheng En died
In the case of resignation, it was natural for Kerry to defect.
Chen Lanbo's embarrassment was not that Qitade called him "Master Zhaopian", but that he knew that the Truqin people still had a bargaining chip.
That chip was arranged secretly by him.
Since the last jungle hunting assassination incident, Jung Eun realized that he was not safe in Siam. If his opponent was just an ordinary Siamese noble, he would not take it seriously, but that person was
The kingdom's power is second only to Zheng Xin, and it is different.
In the war to repel the Burmese people, Zheng Xin was the leader on the surface, but most of the troops came from private soldiers of the aristocrats of the former Ayutthaya dynasty, among which Choi Kerry had the largest number of private soldiers. This was even if such a big event happened.
The important reason why I have always endured the letter.
If he killed Kekeli, perhaps most of the nobles of the previous dynasty would rebel. Not to mention anything else, there would be more than 100,000 private soldiers following them, which was an unbearable weight for Zheng Xin.
Zheng En has many wives, concubines and children. After that incident, he secretly sent one of his favorite children to Hexian Town to prevent him from being destroyed by accident.
Although Zheng En's prestige is far inferior to Zheng Xinda in Siam, he is Zheng Xin's cousin after all, and his only relative in Siam is not unavailable in some cases.
Now his children are fifteen or sixteen years old, and they can also come in handy at this time.
With Chen Lanbo's knowledge, as soon as he saw Qitade coming here in person, he knew that things were going to happen - this time Truqin would not give up.
In the cabin, Chen Lanbo changed into clean clothes and sat opposite Qitade.
"What did Kerry send you to do?"
“……”
"Hahaha, obviously, I'm asking you to ask me why my country intervened in Siam. I might as well tell you that Zheng Xin is a person who has accepted the canonization of our country. How could he abolish it without our country's inquiries? This is
I know the reason”
"Your Majesty, your country is not ignorant of the reputation of your country, but it is just that things are in a hurry. You know that our country values worshiping Buddha the most, but the aborted king disrespects the Buddha in the big temples, and he ignored the country's initial establishment and slapping people's strength, causing public resentment.
, Your Highness of our country received the inspiration of the Buddha and was ordered to abolish it. This is also the cycle of heavenly way.”
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about it, how are you going to do next?"
"This..."
"Tell you the truth. Although Bangkok City is tall and strong, can it be comparable to Manila? The foundation of Manila City's wall is ten feet thick, but it is easily broken by our country?"
"Also, although there are still 100,000 troops in the city, can it withstand the bombardment of our warships and artillery?"
"Stop talking nonsense, I'll let you take a look at it"
As he said that, he took his hand and came outside the cabin. Both of them were holding umbrellas. Qitad led him to a large rotating turret closest to the chimney.
"This is our country's 23-centimeter cannon. Well, it's about seven inches and can load heavy shells weighing up to 100 kilograms"
He looked at Zhuang Jiyun beside him.
"Immediately, all the 23-centimeter caliber cannons on the main battleship will start bombarding Chao Phraya Castle!"
As he said that, he pulled Chen Lanbo away.
After returning to the cabin, the ship immediately began to roar. Chen Lanbo looked through the cabin door. He saw that every time the giant cannon was fired, the hull would shake suddenly, as if it was about to capsize, which was frightening.
The loud noise makes people feel even more terrified.
To deal with such a strong fortress, we naturally need to use armor-piercing bombs with armor-piercing parts. This part is mixed with some heavy material, tungsten material, which is extremely tough. In addition, it was fired from the rifled cannon, and it was released as soon as it was released.
It has high speed rotation, and it will not explode immediately after it touches the stone wall.
Instead, it rotates and drills into the inside at an extremely high speed. The length of the Truchen armor-piercing bullet is designed to run towards the stone wall. It can penetrate about twenty centimeters deep inside. If it hits the joint part, it can also drill into the inside more.
Ten centimeters.
In any case, twenty centimeters are enough. Only at this time the bullet body behind will explode under the impact of the striker. Putting aside the armor-piercing part, the weight of the shell is also full of black gunpowder weighing up to fifty kilograms!
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Then there was a violent explosion, and the shock wave generated by the explosion would completely destroy the surrounding area about one meter. The Fifth Fleet had two Bogdas at this time, with four such cannons on it. Now the four cannons are all in one go.
I aimed at the city wall facing the river in Chao Phraya Castle and began to roar.
The other eight Batulu began to aim at the wall near the river with their naval guns. Once the opponent's artillery began to bombard, they would fight back without hesitation.
Chao Phraya Castle was built in the form of Santiago Fort, but this castle is not like Santiago Fort, which was built by the Spanish for ten years. The wall foundation is thirty meters thick, but Kerry has no time to complete it.
Construction.
Therefore, the fort was only built ten meters wide according to the thickness of Bangkok City. When a heavy armor-piercing shell drilled into it, it would loosen about one meter of stones. If it was bombarded continuously, the entire city wall would respond within half a day.
And it's over.
With the sound of the naval guns, the artillery on Chao Phraya Castle in Bangkok City finally started a sporadic counterattack. However, its common twelve-pound artillery was like scratching the ironclad fleet. The original weakness of the ironclad fleet had long been
Strengthened by the Truchens.
Chen Lanbo also heard the sound of twelve pound shells falling on the Bogda. Compared with the 23-centimeter heavy artillery, Qitade did not watch the battle at this time.
Sitting in the cabin leisurely and drinking tea.
Chen Lanbo observed for a while and suddenly realized something.
"I came here on behalf of Kekeri. Without going back smoothly, the Truchens' warships began to bombard, which means two things in Kekeri's place"
"It's either that Chen Lanbo was caught by Truqin, or that Chen Lanbo defected to Truqin!"
"According to his identity as Zheng En's confidant, Kerry would probably believe the latter, and that would happen to his family!"
When he thought of this, he couldn't help but sweat. He walked carefully to Qitad.
"Your Majesty, it's time for me to go back"
"Oh? What will you say when you go back?"
"Of course, your country came to avenge the abolished king, and I don't want to listen to me"
"No, you might as well wait"
After about half a day, the rain did not seem to stop at this time. Although there were many artillery guns on the top of the city, it was too difficult to launch smoothly under such rain. The Truqin battleship had no need to worry about it.
These are still launched.
They need to prepare for about half an hour every successful launch, which causes the launches, but they are sparse and will not cause any losses to the Fifth Fleet.
"Kala!"
Chapter completed!