Daming pirates

While Chu Cailao was thinking about how to deal with the sea wolves on Dongshan Island, Yu Xiaotian was not idle either. Within a few days after the New Year, he made a large-scale mobilization and adjustment of his subordinates.

Under his order, all three major fleets were transferred back to Nanyue Island for garrison. The defense of the Funing area where the second fleet was originally stationed was transferred to Liu Tong and the twelve second-line ships temporarily transferred.

These so-called second-line ships are basically older ships, but they have not been eliminated. They were temporarily mothballed in order to save resources and manpower.

But now in order to spare more manpower and ships to deal with Chu Cailao's possible revenge at any time, all these sealed old ships were unsealed after the year, and a group of veterans were mobilized to lead some novices on board.

Under the leadership of Tong, they went to take over the defense of Funing.

Of course, although these ships are older, they are not inferior in combat effectiveness. These ships are classified as second-tier ships among the Sea Wolves, but in the hands of other peers, they are used as treasures. Although they are older, they are still

It is quite strong, otherwise it would have been dismantled by Yu Xiaotian long ago.

And although these ships are not equipped with cutting-edge artillery, in order to ensure their combat effectiveness, Yu Xiaotian still stuffed some of the dismantled miscellaneous artillery onto these ships. Each ship is guaranteed to be equipped with at least three large bowl-mouth blunderbuss or Baizi blunderbuss.

, some ships are also equipped with a newer medium-sized Fran cannon.

With this kind of armament level, looking at the pirates along the Ming Dynasty, there are really not many that can match them. Let them go to the Funing area, which is still enough to deter the small groups of pirates nearby.

Needless to say who Liu Tong is, he was also the first person to follow Yu Xiaotian in the uprising, and he was also one of the first people Yu Xiaotian got to know after he came to this world.

Liu Tong has been loyal to Yu Xiaotian over the years and has won Yu Xiaotian's trust. Although Liu Tong was not able to become the deputy commander of the fleet due to his seniority, his status among the Sea Wolves is not

Gao, over the past year or so, he has worked in various fleets, including the merchant navy.

After such a long period of experience, Liu Tong has already become a seasoned guy. It is not difficult for him to control such a fleet, and Yu Xiaotian also assigned Cyclops to work under him.

, with this group of people going to Shuangfeng Island, Yu Xiaotian has nothing to worry about.

Therefore, after the Shangyuan Festival at the end of the year, the elite members of the Sea Wolf began to gather towards Nanyue Island.

But when Yu Xiaotian gathered his troops, he still kept a cautious eye. After all, Nanyue Island was now crowded and crowded. If he rashly transferred so many ships and manpower back, it would definitely attract the attention of some outsiders, and there was no guarantee that he would not be exposed.

The news spread to Mr. Chu Cai, arousing his vigilance.

Yu Xiaotian is such a person. Once he makes up his mind to do something big, he no longer looks forward and backward, and immediately devotes all his energy to preparations.

Moreover, it has been such a long time since Sea Wolf grew stronger. After killing Chen Jiu, he did not do anything major for more than half a year. It is not a good thing for him to keep his subordinates in a relaxed state for a long time.

, so through this opportunity, Yu Xiaotian also wanted to make his subordinates nervous and temper them again through this conflict with Mr. Chu Cai.

Although preparations for war have already begun in full swing within Sea Wolf after the new year, in order not to be too ostentatious, Nanyue Island still maintains the calmness of the past on the surface, and the number of ships docked at Sea Wolf's exclusive dock has always remained at

A daily range never changes too much.

All the ships transferred back from various places were ordered to be stationed in the bay in the eastern part of Nanyue Island.

Nanyue Island Wolf Cave is located in the northwest corner of Nanyue Island, including the workshop area and shopping mall area, which are basically concentrated in the northwest area where the terrain is relatively flat, and it is also the area with the most intensive human activities, but there is no such thing in the east.

After extensive development, there is only one fishing village located in the eastern bay.

Moreover, the terrain of Nanyue Island is high in the east and low in the west. The east part is mountainous and hilly, and it is not suitable for agricultural development. Therefore, the east part has always been relatively quiet. In the past, seaweed was mainly harvested and dried, and then burned into plant ash to supply the glass field and soap in the workshop area.

For production purposes.

However, years ago, Yu Xiaotian ordered that the eastern area be listed as a restricted area for the Sea Wolves, and all the roads leading to the east were blocked off, and no idlers were allowed to wander there when they had nothing to do.

Moreover, after the year, Yu Xiaotian also ordered to send out several patrol boats to block the waters outside the eastern bay, and no longer allowed ordinary ships to approach the eastern part of the island.

In the eastern bay of the island, people were sent to build a temporary wharf and several trestles at an extremely fast speed after the year. In addition, some warehouses and military buildings were built in hidden places in the bay, so as to ensure the safety of the people.

In order to prepare for the assembly of various fleets here.

In addition, the Council began to transfer various supplies to the eastern bay a year ago, and temporarily stored them in several warehouses or caves there, and built two temporary roads to facilitate the fleet in the bay to replenish supplies.

and fresh water.

After the Lantern Festival, the ships of the three sub-fleets began to gradually sail into this bay. At the same time, they also strengthened the monitoring of nearby waters. Every day, more ships will be sent out to sea, covering areas within twenty miles.

The waters are designated as restricted areas, and no ships are allowed to trespass into the restricted areas.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also ordered his men to set up lookout posts and temporary lighthouses on the southeast corner of Nanyue Island and on the uninhabited island about four or five miles away from the northeast corner of Nanyue Island to monitor the situation of ships on the sea. In addition,

It also provides guidance at night for ships sailing or returning at night.

In order to cope with this possible crisis, even Yu Xiaotian himself moved from the wolf cave to a temporary camp in the east of the island later this year. Other important people such as Wang Hong, Ma Xiao, Hu Cheng, Ma Feng, Liu Yidao and others

The leaders also all moved to the temporary camp, and together with Yu Xiaotian, they began to lead the group to sea to conduct training and exercises in the waters east of Nanyue Island.

As a result, although on the surface Nanyue Island still maintains a superficial calm as before, there is already a high degree of tension in the east of the island.

All personnel in each department canceled their vacations, and all sailors and soldiers returned to the team to participate in this irregular training. The captain and first mate all canceled their vacations and went to the station in the east of the island to lead their troops to participate in the training.

After Sea Wolf experienced the battle against Chen Jiuyi on Shuangfeng Island, it has been a long time since it had conducted such a large-scale training. In the entire bay, there were nearly forty warships of various types from each fleet. In addition,

The four sloops also left their original station and stationed themselves in the east bay of the island.

The two boats led by Luo Xianbin and Ma Ru returned to Nanyue Island and were immediately towed ashore. Emergency repairs were carried out in the boathouse. It took less than ten days to sail the two boats.

The boat was basically repaired, but in order to rush for time, some of the scars left by projectiles and arrows on the hull surface were not repaired, and the entire hull was not painted. Only some tung oil or eucommia paint was applied to some newly repaired areas.

Therefore, although these two boats have been repaired and can be boarded without any problems, they still look mottled and a bit shabby.

But Luo Xianbin didn't take it seriously. Instead, he felt that the appearance of the two ships was more in line with their identities. The scars left on the ships were like medals, demonstrating their merits.

From after the Lantern Festival to the end of the first lunar month, the entire fleet was assembled. In addition to the forty ships from the three sub-fleets, the merchant fleet also drew out fifteen ships with better capabilities.

, installed artillery, and added soldiers, they were temporarily added to three fleets.

Even Heitou and Fang An from Jilongwan and Tamsui Village heard the news and each transferred two ships from them to return to Nanyue Island to prepare for the war.

In addition to these large ships with two masts or more, there are also a large number of single-masted boats and fast paddle boats gathered here, as well as a kind of fast boat called a long dragon in the south. These small boats are also used as auxiliary forces. If used properly during chaos,

If necessary, it can act as a fire ship and have unexpected effects.

Therefore, at the end of January, the entire eastern bay of Nanyue Island was already a scene of masts and sails covering the clouds. Although it was slightly inferior in number to the fleet assembled by Chu Cailao on Dongshan Island

, but the quality is not weaker than the other party.

These ships were divided into red and blue teams by Yu Xiaotian. Wang Hong and Hu Cheng used the main force of the second team as the backbone to act as the blue team, while Yu Xiaotian led Ma Xiao and others to act as the red team. Both sides would lead the team early every morning.

The troops went out to sea, sailed straight to the east of Nanyue Island, thirty miles away, and then opened up their posture to conduct an attack drill.

In later generations, such drills were actually actual military exercises, testing the combat performance of participating troops and ships.

Wang Hong was very happy to be Yu Xiaotian's opponent, and he led his men at sea to try their best to create as much trouble for Yu Xiaotian as possible.

Yu Xiaotian, along with Ma Xiao and others, also tried their best to find a way to defeat Wang Hong. The two sides carried out attack drills again and again at sea.

Although this kind of exercise cannot be carried out with real guns and ammunition, it also tests the sea wolf tribe's boating ability and command and coordination ability at sea.

In addition, every few days, each ship must organize a live-fire target practice at sea. Although in order to save ammunition, there is no guarantee that every gunner will have the opportunity to fire a few shots, but at least it will test the gunner's ability and ability to shoot.

level of shooting.

In order to prevent the captain from selecting the best gunners on the ship when firing live ammunition, Yu Xiaotian sent a supervisor on each ship to temporarily designate a group of gunners to fire live ammunition. In this way, the gunners on each ship can be seen.

The actual level of the gunner.

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