Jukou is a large port on Chongming Island. Daqiu River has been like a sea since then, so it is named because the mouth of the river looks like a huge open mouth.
Although Chongming Island is very large and has a long coastline, many places are covered with reefs and rock walls. There are only ten natural deep-water ports, and cities are built around it. Jukou Port ranks fourth in terms of scale.
Although the overseas war attracted shocking attention, it had little impact on most people. Although Chongming Island was defeated, people were not too worried. The Wang family fleet was not a pirate and could rob the ship on Chongming Island, so
It's still the same as usual in Jikou Port. Countless people on the dock are busy loading and unloading goods! The managers on each ship are shouting loudly and directing the workers.
To the east of the pier is the garrison of the Jukou Port Guards. They are said to be guards, but with such a large force on Chongming Island, there is no chance of a war happening here. The guards are all engaged in security work.
A group of soldiers walked out of the station. The two leaders, one fat and one thin, were talking in low voices as they walked forward.
"Brother Yan, is it true what you said? Are you sure our captain wants to be transferred?" the thin man asked.
"I can still lie to you. This is what the captain said himself!" The fat man nodded.
"Why, as soon as the captain leaves, we will probably have to move!" The thin man was a little excited. The work at the port was very poor. A large amount of cargo was handled every day. The contribution of the shipowners was several times higher than their wages.
"The failure of this naval battle has a huge impact. Our ancestors all died in the battle. The elders have taken down the family head and re-divided the interests... Do you understand this?" The fat man asked and sighed: "Hey! Is it really him?
Unfortunately, the fat meat is lost. We don’t know where to transfer it yet!”
The thin man was a little angry after hearing this: "Why, we don't belong to anyone. The division of interests has nothing to do with us. Why should we be transferred!"
"Admit it, brother!" The fat man patted the thin man on the shoulder and said, "We are just the minions, and the loss is only a small amount of money. It is the captain and the commanders above who have suffered the most losses!"
The thin man spat hard and said, "You are paralyzed, let them take over, and then the Wang family's fleet will come over and cry them to death!"
"Okay, brother, just look away! The Wang family's fleet can't defeat them. They only have so many ships and so many people. How dare they come here and act wild..."
Before the fat man finished speaking, he heard a loud bang in his ears, and the ground beneath his feet was shaking.
A group of soldiers were so frightened that their hearts stopped beating. They hurriedly looked around and yelled: "What's wrong? What happened?"
At this time, there was no sound in the entire port. Everyone was stunned by the loud noise and didn't know what happened.
Immediately afterwards, not only someone suddenly screamed, but the dock became chaotic. First, the workers on the west side fled in all directions. Then, like dominoes, it quickly spread to the east. Some people who didn’t know what happened also
He was taken away and the goods were thrown all over the floor.
"Why are you running? What was the loud noise just now?" Some people asked while running.
"I don't know. It could be an earthquake!"
"Earthquake, tsunami. I'm going! Run quickly..."
The steward in charge of the ship shouted loudly, but it had no effect on the chaotic crowd. There were shouts of earthquakes and tsunamis everywhere. In the end, even they were affected and jumped off the ship to escape.
There was such a chaos. Of course, the fat man and the thin man couldn't ignore it. They had to find out the cause of the loud noise just now. So they led the team and ran west quickly, with laborers passing by and goods thrown all over the floor.
, they marched very hard.
After finally reaching the west, they were all stunned when they saw the scene in front of them. The ground in front of them was littered with grain, and broken linen bags were flying everywhere. In front of them was a large grain stack covering an area of hundreds of square meters.
Almost razed to the ground.
"This...how did this happen?" the thin man murmured.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was another loud bang in his ears. This time the distance was closer, and they were all shocked to the point where their eardrums hurt.
Several people quickly turned their heads and saw wood chips flying all over the sky. A five-story treasure ship in the port had its stern blown off.
"I'll join in!" A group of people swore and felt cold all over their bodies.
After this, the remaining people on the boat saw it, and they were all frightened out of their wits. Just like the workers who ran away just now, they rushed off the boat immediately.
The fat man reacted very quickly. He immediately realized what was going on and yelled: "Go back quickly and tell the captain that they are really calling from the Wang family fleet!"
I couldn't see the opponent's shadow, and the ship on my side suddenly exploded, exactly as the news said. The opponent could attack here from less than twenty miles away.
While shouting, the fat man ran out. The speed was definitely not proportional to his body size.
The thin man stared blankly at the fat man who ran away from behind, and murmured: "It's really coming. Isn't it so accurate? Could it be that I am the legendary crow's mouth... Bah, bah, bah!"
At this time, the captain also ran out of the station and shouted: "What's going on, where is the patrol? What's going on with the two loud noises just now?"
"Captain, it's the Wang family's fleet. It must be the Wang family's fleet that's attacking!" The fat man panted.
The captain was stunned for a moment, then slapped the fat man on the face and cursed: "Asshole, what the hell are you talking about? How could the Wang family fleet come?"
The captain was about to be transferred from the port, and the captain was already feeling uncomfortable. Now something happened before he left, and he made the excuse of saying that the Wang family's fleet was calling. Wouldn't this cost his own life?
"Captain, it's really the Wang family fleet..."
"How dare you say that!" The captain's eyes widened in anger, and he raised his hand to hit the fat man again. But at this moment, he heard a strange sound, as harsh as the air being torn apart.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..." A series of explosions were deafening, and the violent air waves knocked him to the ground. When he got up from the ground and turned around to look, he saw an astonishing scene. The ships in the port exploded.
Come, sawdust flies all over the sky, and thick water columns explode up to a height of more than ten meters.
The ground beneath their feet shook violently. The captain and the fat man were so frightened that they almost peed. They lay half on the ground with pale faces. They had never seen such a terrifying scene in their lives.
Slim Man and other soldiers were like this. They were closer to the explosion, and their bodies were hit with splinters of wood and had scars everywhere.
"Run, run! Get out of here!" The thin man yelled with trembling lips. The ship being bombed now might blow up the port soon. The stack of grain just now is enough to illustrate the problem.
A group of people crouched and staggered outside. On the opposite side of the station, more soldiers came out and took a look. They all screamed in fear, turned around and ran outside.
The fat man and the captain also calmed down at this time. They both knew that they could not stay here. It was too dangerous. As they ran out, they shouted: "Send a message to the city lord soon. The Wang family fleet is really calling!"
Outside the dock, the ship owners, stewards, and people from the trading firm who had escaped earlier turned their heads to watch when they heard the continuous explosions. When they saw the scene of the ship in the port being blown to pieces, they all screamed loudly and anxiously: "Ship!
My ship... cargo, my cargo!"
There are more than fifty seven-story treasure ships moored at this pier. Each of them is worth millions when converted into topaz coins. It is definitely a huge sum of money. Who can bear it if they are destroyed by a bomb all at once.
The shipowners were crying and shouting, but the people in the trading house were not much better, and the losses to their goods were even greater. Two of them were transporting valuables, and they were shot away at that time.
At this time, only the workers are the happiest. They have nothing. They are lucky to be able to escape.
The captain and the fat man ran out first, and the ship owners shouted and surrounded them, excited. Their ship was bombed in the port.
The captain was furious, and when he saw he was surrounded, he became even more angry: "Get out of here, the Wang family fleet is calling. You don't want your life, right? Do you want to be blown up?"
The ship owners were stunned for a moment, and then they figured out what was going on. They dispersed with a crash, turned around and ran away. No matter how valuable the ship is, its life is not as valuable...
At the same time, on the sea outside the port, the Wang fleet was lined up. On the observation deck of the lead ship, the sailor shouted loudly: "Fifty shells were fired in the first round of attack, and the seven-story treasure ship docked at the dock was destroyed."
half!"
Jiang Xingchen put down the telescope in his hand and sighed: "The civilians were still injured, and the people on the ship were not able to escape!"
Tang Chuxue secretly sighed: "No wonder the emperor firmly believes that he will not rebel. His temperament is really not material for hegemony. How can he care about the common people in a war?"
Patting Jiang Xingchen's arm comfortingly, Tang Chuxue said: "As long as there is a war, civilians are not harmed. You fired a cannon in advance to scare them away, which is already the most benevolent thing. If you gave it to others, you would never warn others in advance!
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Jiang Xingchen nodded silently before continuing to give the order: "Adjust the muzzle and extend the gunfire!"
Behind them, the envoy from Sizhou Island kept shaking his legs. He finally saw the power of this weapon. All the seven-story treasure ships opened fire at the same time. The momentum was really earth-shattering, even worse than what the news said.
More terrifying.
The two masters of the sixth level of vitality could not hide the shock in their hearts at this moment. They had personally experienced the power of cannonballs. But only now did they see the true face of the cannon. They thought that a few ordinary sailors here were operating it, no matter how many miles away they were.
No matter how high their cultivation level is, they will be killed by the explosion, which makes them shudder.
"Boom, boom, boom..." The cannon sounded again, and the shells fell on the dock like raindrops. In the blink of an eye, the huge dock was blown into a mess. The cargo storage area and the guard station were all destroyed.
Those people, including the captain, ran away like crazy. The crowd was surging, like an ocean wave. A few who were unsteady on their feet fell and never stood up again, and were trampled to death by the people behind them.
After two rounds of volleys, Jiang Xingchen loudly ordered: "The fleet moves forward, there are docks ahead, destroy all their docks... Send a three-story treasure ship to observe the river mouth, and then enter along the river mouth to attack the city and shipyard!"