Daming pirates

A bay on Mazu Island is also densely packed with boats. These boats are large and small. The big ones include six or seven medium-sized and small-sized lucky boats, as well as six or seven bird boats and two-masted sailing boats.

In addition to the boats, there are also more than a dozen small single-masted fishing boats moored in the bay.

There are still some small fishing boats scattered on the sea around Matsu Island. It is calculated that Hun Jianglong has at least gathered large and small boats on Matsu Island, a total of more than 30 boats.

In the bay, a large water village is under construction. One to two hundred ragged civilians, under the supervision of some pirates, are like ants, busy here, constantly transporting all kinds of goods.

Materials to build this water village.

The water village is close to the beach and has begun to take shape. Next to the water village, a trestle has been built for ships to dock and load and unload cargo. Another trestle is also under construction.

Behind the excitement, there was a tense atmosphere. There were constantly armed pirates on the shore passing the ferry sampans to and from the ships on the sea.

Some small single-masted fishing boats kept coming and going in the bay and on the sea. At noon, a column of smoke suddenly rose from the southeast sea.

This plume of smoke came from a fishing boat beyond the sea level, and on the sea level within sight of the fishing boat, a dotted shadow of sails appeared at this time.

As the smoke plume rose, the lookout men on Matsu Island immediately began to sound the rapid gong. The pirates on the island immediately rushed to the beach like bees exploding their nests, coaxing them to jump.

We got on the sampans parked on the beach and rowed hard towards the boats moored in the bay.

It didn't take long for the boats of various colors moored in the bay to lift their anchors and sails, and then sailed out of the bay.

On the largest of the blessing boats, a large green flag was hoisted, with the Chinese character "Chen" embroidered with white thread on it.

All the ships out to sea quickly gathered around this medium-sized fortune ship and sailed together in the direction of the rising smoke column.

Yu Xiaotian stood on the bow of the Sea Wolf, sailing next to Wang Hong's ship. According to the previous agreement between him and Wang Hong, his ship would follow Wang Hong's ship from beginning to end. On the one hand, he could get

Wang Hong's leadership and guidance can also be obtained by Wang Hong's protection. At the same time, he can also provide a certain cover for Wang Hong's ship, protecting the flanks and rear of Wang Hong's ship from being attacked by enemy ships.

As for the other pirates who were invited to help, they were also ordered to follow or follow a Shark Gang ship. They were not used as the main battle force. They were mainly responsible for coordinating the Shark Gang ships and helping with money.

The second brother and the others will win this conflict.

After arriving here, Yu Xiaocai realized that the Shark Gang was actually not as bad as he thought. At least they had certain methods of command and communication between them.

Their fleet was headed by Qian Song's boat, which was regarded as a handsome boat for their group. Qian Song led the boat in the middle of the fleet. At the stern, a special flagpole was erected with a small flag hanging on it.

, used different colors of flags to convey the orders issued by Qian Song, and the other ships observed the colors of the flags hung by Qian Song's ships to determine the orders issued by Qian Song to them.

Although this method is very simple, it also plays a role in command and mobilization, but it can only convey some simple orders agreed in advance. More detailed orders just rely on the changing of flags and flags, which is a bit inadequate.

Moreover, the meaning of the Shark Gang's flag order should be a secret that is kept secret for the Shark Gang. Obviously, the Shark Gang cannot let others know this kind of thing easily, in case the enemy can also identify the meaning of their flag.

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This is also the reason why before setting off, Qian Song did not give Yu Xiaotian and the other pirates who came to help the pirates detailed tasks. He just asked each of them to follow a Shark Gang ship. They only had to keep an eye on the ship they were following.

, just follow their actions and leave the rest out of their hands.

It wasn't until after going to sea that Yu Xiaocai figured out this matter. He couldn't help but feel disapproving of it. Now they who came to help were at least friendly forces. They didn't even give orders and only asked to cooperate. In addition to distrust, they also

Not easy to operate.

In addition, although the Shark Gang has this kind of flag order as their means of commanding operations, this communication command method is too simple. Slightly more complex orders cannot be conveyed by this kind of flag order. On the battlefield during wartime

The situation is changing rapidly, and it is unimaginable for the commander to not have a more practical means of transmitting signals and orders.

However, he can't control this kind of thing for the time being, but it reminds him that in the future, his strength will become stronger and stronger, and there will be more and more ships and men. Before, he single-handedly took a ship out to do things, but

From now on, he will have to consider effectively commanding other ships.

So Yu Xiaotian walked and pondered this matter all the way. The first thing he thought of was semaphore. With the technological level of this era, he didn't even have to think about things like radio now. He didn't study electronics, so he didn't even think about it.

It is possible to create such a thing, so we can only start with the simplest method. Semaphore, a communication method, originated very early. Even in this era, it has been widely used, especially by the navy.

The application of this method of communication.

Including the flag command currently adopted by the Shark Gang, it is also a simple semaphore. In later generations, it was widely used in the military as an important means of transmitting information over medium distances, whether in land or naval battles.

A simple and effective method, even after radio was widely used, semaphores were not eliminated by all parties.

It's a pity that he has never been a soldier before and has never been exposed to things like semaphore. He only knows a little bit about semaphore. He also knows that semaphore can also be divided into hand flags. By holding a small flag, the ordering soldier waves his arms and performs different movements.

Send a signal, which makes this matter more difficult for him.

In addition to semaphores, he also knew that in ancient times, sounds such as drums and trumpets were sometimes used to convey messages or orders, or even to boost morale. However, this method of conveying messages through sounds is no longer very good.

Used, especially firearms have begun to be used on a large scale. The sound on the battlefield is very noisy. The sound of guns, drums and trumpets, shouts... will directly affect the sound transmission, causing the sound to be too interfered with to be effectively transmitted, causing delays in fighter aircraft.

situation.

Furthermore, in addition to information transmission during the day, there is also the problem of information transmission at night. In this era, the most common way to transmit information at night is to hang a number of lanterns of different colors to convey some information, but this method also

There is a problem that it is too simple, and it cannot effectively carry more information.

On the way here, Yu Xiaotian has been thinking about this matter, constantly collecting various information in his mind to try to solve this problem.

The naval semaphore is easier to explain. It can be combined with many flags of various colors, arranged into a semaphore representing various meanings, and then hung up. Anyone who has learned the semaphore will know what it means at a glance, but when it is compiled,

We need to think more comprehensively and compile as many semaphores as possible, which requires a lot of time to consider and organize.

Of course, hand flags can also be used, but it will be more troublesome to arrange hand flags and semaphores. At night, Yu Xiaotian does not like the method of using lanterns to convey messages. It is best to use lantern language, which also needs to be understood.

Morse code, in short, if he wanted to come up with such a set of semaphores and lanterns for transmitting messages, it would probably keep Yu Xiaotian busy for more than half a year.

Thinking about this, Yu Xiaotian felt that one was bigger than the other, and he began to dance and gesture unconsciously, which made the people on the boat feel that Yu Xiaotian's reaction today was a bit abnormal, as if he was a little drunk.

Too much, and I haven’t woken up from the wine yet.

At this moment, the upper bucket on the top of the mast suddenly shouted: "There is a fishing boat ahead, and there is smoke!"

Yu Xiaotian quickly suppressed the thoughts of flags and lanterns that were filling his mind, and quickly raised his eyes to look at the sea ahead, and immediately saw a thick smoke rising from the sea level.

"Get ready! Everyone is in position!" Yu Xiaotian knew without thinking that he must have encountered Hun Jianglong's sentinel ship. The other party had discovered the traces of their fleet and started to warn Mazu Island, so there was no need to do anything next.

Soon, Hun Jianglong's fleet would probably appear in front of them, so he immediately shouted an order.

After hearing the order, the men on the ship immediately became nervous. At the same time, they rushed to their respective positions according to the daily drill requirements and began to prepare for battle.

At the same time, the pirates on other ships in their fleet also began to shout and scream. Different from the orderliness on Yu Xiaotian's ship, including the pirates from the Shark Gang, it was obvious that

They didn't have enough training. When they saw the smoke warning from the enemy sentry ship at sea, the pirates on each ship became lively. Some people swarmed to the bow of the ship, and some began to climb the mast to try to see further.

, and some people started busy preparing things, and it was basically a mess.

If you don't know, the level of the Sea Wolf tribe is revealed in this comparison. Although some people are shouting, it is the soldiers from all over the place who are giving orders. Ordinary sailors and soldiers can only give a brief agreement, and then

Just follow the orders you received. Although people on the entire ship were running back and forth, they were doing their own thing without any chaos.

After Yu Xiaotian took a look at the performance of his colleagues on the nearby ship, he felt a little proud and said secretly that it seems that the people I brought out are not a shame. Based on this, who of you will dare to look down on me in the future?