Daming pirates

There is a saying in this world that if you want others to know you, do nothing but yourself! In order to retaliate against Mr. Chu Cai for robbing the Sea Wolf Merchant Ship and killing the members of the Sea Wolf Merchant Fleet, Yu Xiaotian sent a group of three sloops

, that is, the smuggling fleet now known as the Feizihao Clippers within Sea Wolf went south to specifically attack Chu Cailao's ship.

Although this matter was kept very secret at first, when Luo Xianbin and his party returned to Nanyue Island, it was no longer a secret.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian did this was to let the Sea Wolf tribe know that if anyone offends their Sea Wolf, Yu Xiaotian is not a shy person and will definitely retaliate with anger.

When Chu Cai Lao intercepted and killed the Sea Wolf merchant ship, it aroused widespread discussion among Sea Wolf. Many people proposed to take revenge, but Yu Xiaotian did not make any reaction for a long time afterwards, so this matter

It caused some negative effects within Sea Wolf.

Some people secretly believed that Yu Xiaotian must have felt that he could not offend Mr. Chu Cai, so he settled the matter and swallowed his breath. Since he, the big boss, recognized him, what else could they have to argue about?

Some people even think that if this continues, Sea Wolf may not be a place to stay for a long time, and it would be more shameful to join Mr. Chu Cai. However, the generous treatment among Sea Wolf makes some people with this idea

It's just that people can't bear to part with it, and the internal management of Sea Wolf is also very formal. After careful consideration, these dissatisfied tribesmen decided to leave it at that.

But when the New Year was approaching, it was not until Luo Xianbin led two boats back to Nanyue Island that the news immediately spread within the Sea Wolf. Only then did the Sea Wolf tribe members know that in fact, their leader had not swallowed this breath at all.

, but had long been secretly planning an act of revenge against Mr. Chu Cai.

Yu Xiaotian knows very well that this kind of thing is actually something that cannot be contained in paper. As more and more flying boats are launched on his side, more and more people will know that this kind of boat is theirs.

Sea Wolf's exclusive ship, Chu Cai Lao will naturally learn about it when the time comes.

Moreover, his boathouse is on Nanyue Island. Although it is not open to the public, it cannot stop people from seeing it from a distance, let alone seeing the boat being launched into the water for trial trials.

Nanyue Island has a commercial area, so naturally there are many outsiders entering and leaving Nanyue Island. It is basically impossible to block such news.

So he knew that he couldn't block such news, so he might as well openly admit that he did it after it was done. This way, he could also let everyone know that he, Yu Hailang, was not afraid of Mr. Chu Cai.

At the same time, it can boost the morale of the Sea Wolf tribe.

Therefore, he neither issued any hush orders to Luo Xianbin and his party, nor restricted the spread of the achievements of the smuggling fleet, and even semi-publicly rewarded the crew members who participated in the trip.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar within Sea Wolf. Many people knew that Yu Xiaotian selected sailors from various ships some time ago, but at that time they did not know what the selected personnel were doing.

Only now did they know that these people had been selected and went south to find trouble for Mr. Chu Cai.

Especially when I heard that their leader only sent out a small fleet, and within two months, he overturned the people that Chu Cai Lao had taken care of. Suddenly everyone in the Sea Wolf tribe felt quite proud, and no one was there anymore.

He regards Yu Xiaotian as a timid person.

What's wrong with Mr. Chu Cai? Isn't it just that there are more people and more ships? Now as long as he provokes them Sea Wolf, he will still overturn the people he dealt with, right?

So this incident quickly spread widely, and at least in the Fuzhou area it became a topic of conversation in people's spare time.

If Mr. Chu Cai cannot find out who secretly did this under such circumstances, then he really is no longer worthy of being called a tyrant on the sea.

It can be said that to a certain extent, Yu Xiaotian deliberately released the news, just to let Mr. Chu Cai know about it and come to trouble him.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian dared to do this was because by the end of the fourth year of Tianqi, he already had the strength to give Chu Cai Lao a try.

Since the first imitation six-pound cannon was cast using the iron mold casting method in the reign of Yu Xiaotian, Nanyue Island Artillery Production has begun to produce non-stop, and the scale of artillery production has also continued to expand. From the initial

One iron melting furnace gradually developed to the current scale of five iron melting furnaces.

In July, the first 12-pound short cannon was trial-produced. Before the end of August, the first 12-pound long cannon was successfully trial-produced. From the first month, the artillery production could only cast four six-pound guns at most.

The monthly production of pound guns has now reached a scale of twelve six-pound guns, six 12-pound howitzers, and four 12-pound long guns.

And in mid-November, the iron frame of the first set of twenty-four-pound short guns had been cast. Before the end of the month, the first twenty-four-pound cannon was trial-produced, passed the test firing, and was shipped to

Jilong Bay will be incorporated into the Jilongzhai Fort.

So far, although the twenty-four-pounder cannon is not the largest artillery among the Western maritime powers, it is already a large-caliber artillery for the main warships. At least half of the warships and armed merchant ships can no longer easily

Equipped with such a heavy artillery, if placed in the Ming Dynasty, this artillery would definitely be regarded as an important weapon of the country.

When this twenty-four-pound cannon was cast, a total of more than 5,000 kilograms of refined iron produced in Guangdong was consumed. After casting, the weight of the gun body alone was as high as more than 4,000 kilograms, far exceeding the weight used by Yuan Chonghuan in the Ningyuan victory.

The kind of red barbarian cannon that the Portuguese sold to the Ming Dynasty.

The caliber of this gun is about 150 millimeters, and the barrel length is nearly three meters. It can charge five to six kilograms of powder at a time, and the weight of the solid projectile can reach upwards of twenty kilograms.

It was the operators who discovered after testing that it would take at least ten people to serve this guy. As for the range, after the test firing, the longest range was more than three miles at normal elevation angles. If adopted

With an unconventional maximum elevation angle, the range can even be as high as five miles. If the amount of charge is increased, it can even reach a distance of about six miles. Such a range is already quite far in this era, but this kind of extraordinary

The long range has almost no practical significance. The effective range under normal conditions is still controlled within 200 meters to 1,200 meters. If it is farther, the accuracy becomes a joke.

If we talk about power, Yu Xiaotian had a special thick wooden target made and used the twenty-four-pound cannon to bombard it. This guy easily destroyed the nearly two-foot-thick wooden target from 200 meters away.

The target, and one cannon destroyed a low wall of earth and stone structure about three feet thick. It can be said that it is quite powerful. Looking at the Ming Dynasty alone, there is almost no rival today!

If this thing is used to attack the city, it will only take a few cannons. As long as the bombardment is concentrated on one point of the city wall, a section of the city wall can be destroyed very quickly. Therefore, this thing is definitely a big killer. Anyone who has seen this cannon

Powerful people are all amazed by its power and are overjoyed.

But such a heavy gun is also a disaster for Sea Wolf. In order to trial-produce this gun, the artillery production almost stopped the production of other guns in November, and all personnel and iron furnaces were invested in trial-producing this gun.

During the work, the first cannon that was actually trial-produced became a scrap due to manufacturing errors and had to be smashed and remade.

Moreover, this cannon consumed a huge amount of iron material, which was even more overwhelming for Sea Wolf. Almost all the iron material shipped back from Guangdong in October was used up just to cast the iron frame and the barrel of this cannon.

This almost caused Tiezuo to stop cooking.

So after the first twenty-four-pound cannon was cast, Yu Xiaotian, a wealthy man with a lot of money, couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to order the iron frame of the twenty-four-pound cannon to be temporarily sealed and stockpile more.

After removing the iron material, casting resumes.

Then in early December, artillery production resumed normal production.

But even so, during the production that lasted for more than half a year, Gunzuo still provided nearly one hundred six-pound guns to Sea Wolf, almost all of which replaced the artillery on the Sea Wolf warship. In addition, Gunzuo also produced six-pound guns for Sea Wolf.

He acquired nearly thirty 12-pound short cannon and twelve 12-pound long cannon.

In addition to being equipped on a small number of reinforced Fuzhou ships, these twelve-pound short guns were also equipped on Nanyue Island, Jilong Bay, and the forts at Tamsui Village. The twelve-pound long guns were

, they did not have suitable ships to equip them, so they put all the equipment in various forts to provide considerable defensive firepower for these important places. Nowadays, let alone ordinary pirates who want to attack these important places, they will suffer a heavy blow. Even if

If the Spaniards or the Dutch want to go to Jilong Bay or Tamsui Village to cause trouble for the sea wolves at this time, they may not be able to get much advantage without gathering a considerable number of gunboats and enough artillery.

This is where Yu Xiaotian's confidence lies. At present, the three fleets under his command, excluding the Jilongwan fleet and the Tamsui Village fleet, already have more than 50 warships with two masts or above of various types, and four more.

The cutting-edge sloop can be used as an assault force.

In addition to these ships that have been clearly used as warships, his merchant fleet also has almost the same number of ships of various types. These ships are mainly used as transport ships and merchant ships in Sea Wolf, but when necessary

, can also be used as an auxiliary warship.

Therefore, if something happens to his subordinates, he can assemble nearly 70 to 80 ships of various types in a short period of time, and his troops can reach nearly 1,500 to 2,000 people, not including chickens.

The garrison forces at Lungwan and Tamsui Village, and the ships and troops left behind at Funing.

If the situation forced him to make it necessary, he could also mobilize nearly a thousand villagers on Nanyue Island to serve as a reserve team, so he really wasn't too afraid of Chu Cai Lao coming to call for punishment at this time.

He even wished that Mr. Chu Cai would come to Nanyue Island to challenge him at this time. He just happened to be waiting for work once again, and taught Mr. Chu Cai a lesson, so that he would understand that there was another person in Fuzhou that he could not afford to offend.

Character, this guy from the province will be rude to his Sea Wolf ship from now on.

Therefore, while Yu Xiaotian deliberately let the wind go outside, he also adopted the method of loosening outside and tightening inside the sea wolf, and began to secretly prepare for war.

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