PFC Chapter 257 Mughal Navy
Chapter 257 Mughal Navy
Moreover, judging from the soldiers' equipment and quality, they are not much different from ordinary civilians.
They had no armor, no shields, and some even had no shoes.
The weapons in their hands were also varied, including wooden spears, bows and arrows, and rusty machetes.
They are simply a mob.
Is this a waste of ammunition?
Ning Quan immediately ordered the large ships not to fire, and then ordered Li Yuanba to lead his troops to fight.
After receiving the order, Li Yuanba rushed into the enemy army waving a sledgehammer.
The soldiers were not to be outdone and rushed into the enemy camp one after another.
For a moment, there was a mixture of shouts and screams.
Of course, the screams must have come from the defenders.
Ning Quan's men are all veterans who have fought in hundreds of battles and have emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They are no match for a bunch of trash.
In less than half a minute, most of the enemy troops were killed, and the rest fled in panic.
If time was not tight and Ning Quan was not willing to get involved, Ning Quan had no doubt that he could easily capture the city of Mumbai.
"Haha, you want to resist with such little fighting power, you really don't know how to live or die." Li Yuanba laughed when he saw this.
Ning Quan also nodded with satisfaction. Although these defenders were just a group of rabble, it was always a good thing to be able to get rid of them easily.
The sky soon brightened, and after clearing the last granary, Ning Quan immediately ordered a retreat.
Upon hearing the order, the soldiers boarded various ships and headed towards the big ship.
Half an hour later, the ship slowly left the port.
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On the other side, the Mumbai City Lord’s Mansion.
Upon learning that the grain market had been robbed, the port had been attacked, and the troops sent out had returned in defeat, the city lord Singh was so angry that he almost died.
"Damn it!"
"Who did this?"
"Come here!"
"Call all the garrisons for a meeting!"
Singh shouted
Soon after, the defenders arrived one after another.
"what happened?"
"Who would dare to attack the city of Mumbai?" Singh asked.
"Your Highness, if my prediction is correct, the opponent should be Ning Quan, the ninth prince of Daqian!"
"What? It's Daqian?" Singh's face suddenly became extremely gloomy.
"City Lord, you should have heard about the grain thefts in Persia and the Arab world."
"Ning Quan was responsible for that incident. This has been confirmed by both the Arabs and Persians, and the method used is exactly the same."
A guard said.
"It's so despicable that the Ninth Prince of Daqian would do such a thing!"
"No, I want to report to His Majesty. Daqian must give an explanation for this matter."
Singh said through gritted teeth.
"The city lord is wise."
"City Lord, Ning Quan should be heading east now. We can ask His Majesty to send warships to intercept him."
A defender suggested.
"right!"
"We can dispatch the navy warships stationed in Quilon to intercept him."
"Quick, send a message to His Majesty immediately!" Singh ordered.
Soon, Singh wrote an urgent memorial and sent it to the imperial capital.
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At this time, Ning Quan had already left Mumbai and was sailing southeast.
Ning Quan didn't expect that his trip would be so smooth and he could easily get 13 million shi of grain.
Not only that, Ning Quan also discovered that the combat effectiveness of the Mughal Empire soldiers was very weak, even worse than that of ordinary people in Daqian.
This is no wonder. This country has been like this since ancient times. The other world is completely different. The army is completely vulnerable.
This made Ning Quan wonder whether he could conquer the entire Mughal Empire.
After all, the Mughal Empire was a country with rich land.
But Ning Quan also knew that this country was too big, with too many people and many ethnic groups.
If you want to take action, you must be fully prepared.
Secondly, Ning Quan also needs a passage that allows the army to advance smoothly.
Although Tibet was very close to the Mughal Empire, the terrain of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was too complex, making it difficult for a large army to pass through.
Therefore, they had to find other routes of advance, such as through the Pyu Kingdom, which is now Myanmar.
Or, like the Aryans in another world, they could march from the Bir Pass in the Caliphate and conquer the Mughal Empire.
The Bir Pass is located between the Hindu Kush and Sulaiman Mountains, where there is a road that leads into the Mughal.
But in this case, Ning Quan would have to defeat his opponents from the Arab or Pyu states first.
In short, none of this can be accomplished in a short period of time and requires long-term planning.
His task now is to transport the food back as quickly as possible.
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Two days later, Ning Quan continued on his journey, and Singh's memorial also arrived in the imperial capital.
After receiving the memorial, the Mughal emperor was immediately furious.
He immediately ordered all the navy stationed in Kuilong to go out and stop Ning Quan.
Located in the southwesternmost part of the Mughal Empire, Quilon was one of the empire's important ports, where the empire's first fleet, consisting of about fifty warships, was stationed.
According to the voyage distance, the First Fleet has plenty of time to intercept Ning Quan.
Soon, the Emperor's decree reached Quilon.
After the Kuilong Navy learned the news, they immediately dispatched all their warships to sea to intercept.
At this time, Ning Quan knew nothing about this.
He is busy drawing the lottery at the moment.
Ning Quan's luck was surprisingly good this time as he won fifty long-distance walkie-talkies.
Ning Quan was very excited because he was currently lacking means of communication.
His territory now is very large, stretching from Tubo in the southwest to Khitan in the northeast, as well as Ryukyu.
How to deliver messages in a timely manner is a big problem.
He had won five walkie-talkies before, but they were not enough.
The emergence of these fifty long-distance walkie-talkies can be said to have solved the problem.
These walkie-talkies are the same as the five walkie-talkies drawn before, with a communication range of two thousand miles.
In this way, even if he is in Xizhou, he only needs to set up two transfers in the middle to communicate with Zhou Yu who is far away in Tamsui.
"Haha, this is a huge profit!"
Ning Quan couldn't help but be ecstatic. This was really like a perfect match. Luck was unstoppable.
"Master, the radar detected an unidentified fleet approaching."
At this time, the captain came to the cabin to report the situation.
“Unidentified fleet?”
Ning Quan raised his head and looked at the captain
"Yes, judging by the direction, this fleet seems to be coming from Quilon," the captain replied respectfully.
"Kuilong? Could it be the fleet of the Mughal Navy?" Ning Quan asked with a frown.
Ning Quan knew very little about the Mughal Empire and had no idea about the situation of the Mughal navy.
But if it departed from the port of Kollam, it was most likely the navy of the Mughal Empire.
"That should be the case." The captain nodded.
"Alright! Now that we're here, let's prepare to fight."
"We should save main gun ammunition if possible, and let the patrol boats go into battle."
Ning Quan thought about it and gave the order.
"Yes!" the captain immediately gave the order.
Subsequently, four patrol boats were placed on the sea and then sailed at high speed in the direction of the enemy ships.
The patrol boat is equipped with a 27mm machine gun, as well as individual rocket launchers and machine guns, and can easily deal with ordinary warships.
Soon, the patrol boat was a few nautical miles ahead of the enemy ship.
The Mughal Empire's First Fleet consisted of fifty warships, including eight large warships, fifteen medium-sized warships, and the rest were small.