Daming pirates

Mr. Chu Cai's big fortune ship was ordered by him from a shipyard in Quanzhou the year before last at a great expense. In order to hide it from others, when it was first ordered, the shiphouse claimed that the ship was only a merchant ship worth 400 materials.

I dare not say that this is a three-masted, 600-material ship ordered by Mr. Chu Cai from them, so it is under construction

When it was being built, even the masts were not installed. Only after the hull was completely built and inspected, the masts and sail gear were installed overnight, and they were launched into the water before dawn. After being launched into the water, they were directly put into the water.

He was dragged away from the shore and driven back to his hometown Dongshan Island by Chu Cailao's men.

The materials used in this ship are exquisite and mostly hard materials are used for construction. In many places, the materials used are much higher than the normal materials. The structure has been greatly strengthened and the construction quality is quite good. Of course, the cost is more than twice that of similar ships.

After Chu Cailao got the boat, he used it as his own boat.

The reason why he spent a lot of money to build this ship was not only to satisfy his need for face, but also because he got several red cannons from the Franco people, and he could not install these red cannons before.

On the ships used, they were afraid that the ship would be damaged if the cannon was fired.

So he spent a lot of money to build this Dafu ship, and the hull structure was somewhat modified, which lowered the center of gravity of the ship, strengthened the hull structure, and thickened the deck, so that it could carry this kind of Hongyi cannon.

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With this boat, Chu Cailao has become even more powerful, and this boat has become his symbol. As long as this boat appears, ordinary boats are not its opponents at all. With its huge size and structure

With the advantage of reinforcement and the several Hongyi cannons on the ship, this ship can use ramming tactics to sink enemy ships when fighting opponents, or it can use the cannons on the ship to sink opponents from a distance.

Therefore, among the maritime merchants in Guangdong and Fujian, Chu Cailao's ship had few rivals, so it became the capital for his arrogance.

In the past two years, he has also used this ship to harass some state capitals and counties along the coast from time to time. Taking advantage of the range advantage of the red cannon on the ship, he has shown off his power on the sea and is very arrogant.

However, Chu Cai's ship seemed very powerful to the Ming Dynasty, but in this world, it was nothing compared with several Western maritime powers. In this era, the Western Netherlands, Spain, Britain and even

The French and Portuguese have already begun to build large galenic ships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons. The weight comparison is not good, let alone the firepower comparison. Even the firepower of Sea Wolf's current sloop is not necessarily comparable.

How much can be surpassed.

But in this era along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, this ship is indeed quite powerful. If it weren't for the fact that Sea Wolf had many good cannons this time, just a few of the Hongyi cannons on his ship would be able to

Let the sea wolf suffer a lot.

But now it seems that this ship is just for showing off, and it is not of much use in reality. In order to attack the Sea Wolf Dazhai, he also unloaded the two Hongyi cannons on the ship to the shore.

One of them has been destroyed by the sea wolf, and the remaining one is still on the shore for the minions on the shore to use to attack the stronghold.

At this time, there was only one Hongyi cannon and a few small cannons left on the Dafu ship, so there was not much advantage in terms of firepower.

However, Mr. Chu Cai still wanted to use the remaining Hongyi cannon on his ship to teach Sea Wolf a lesson, so today he boarded the ship in person, took his ship and sailed to Sea Wolf Dazhai, slowly driving it

After sailing into the bay, the lowered sail stopped near the mouth of the bay to prevent it from getting too close and becoming the focus of the Sea Wolf cannon.

This time, Seawolf's cannons left a deep impression on Mr. Chu Cai. Their cannons were far more accurate and powerful. This made him very fearful and he no longer dared to be as arrogant as before.

Sail the ship to the shore and directly use the Hongyi cannon on the ship to bombard the targets on the shore.

And just when Chu Cai was busy mobilizing the ship's manpower and preparing to fight against the sea wolf Dazhai again and for the last time, there was a number of one on the sea about ten miles northeast of Nanyue Island.

Dozens of fleets followed a zigzag route on the sea and rushed toward Nanyue Island at full speed.

None of these ships were lit up with the light bulbs that are customarily hung during night sailing. Viewed from the front, all the ships were hidden in the night. It was almost impossible to distinguish their outlines, let alone to spot them far away.

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But if you look from the back, you can see that there is a light on the stern part of these ships. The left, right and front parts of these lights are blocked. Only the back side is transparent glass, which can let the light through.

, so that these lights cannot be seen from the side and front, and only the light at the stern of the ship in front can be seen from behind.

This is also an invention of Sea Wolf. In order to avoid revealing the whereabouts of the fleet during night sailing, they can also allow the following friendly ships to see the direction of the ship in front and prevent them from getting separated during the fleet sailing.

After they set off from Treasure Island in the middle of the night, all the ships stared at the stern light of the ship in front, maintaining a column formation. Then, under the leadership of the first ship, they sailed silently on the sea towards Nanyue Island.

The direction was semi-headwind, and we continued to draw zigzag routes on the sea.

The speed of the fleet is not very fast, because every time the fleet turns to allow the sails to catch the wind, the fleet has to slow down and maintain the formation to prevent the following ships from losing track or disrupting the formation. Therefore, in the middle of the night, they

He set off from Treasure Island in advance and embarked on the road back to Nanyue Island.

In addition to concealing the lights in the fleet, silence was also maintained in the fleet. Except for the necessary personnel who issued orders and executed the orders to operate the ships, the rest of the personnel were ordered not to make any noise without authorization.

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Everyone was required to undress and lie down or sit down to rest in their respective fighting positions when nothing happened. Those who could sleep should sleep, and those who could not sleep should close their eyes and rest.

But at this time, most people couldn't sleep. They were lying in their battle positions in undressed clothes, listening silently to the sound of sea wolves slapping against the hull of the ship, and praying silently in their hearts to the gods they believed in, or to them.

The relatives prayed secretly, asking gods and their relatives to protect their safety.

The crew members, who were originally in high morale, were more or less psychologically hit after experiencing Ma Feng's rebellion. After all, Ma Feng was a senior member of the Seawolf fleet and was the deputy commander of the third fleet.

Even he has no confidence in this battle with Chu Cailao, as he is responsible for managing the team, which will naturally cause some people's confidence to be hit.

So after experiencing this incident, the Sea Wolf crew members were all in a dark mood. Even yesterday, Ma Xiao gave them another day of rest and asked the captains of each ship to encourage their crew members repeatedly.

They cheered up, but it still couldn't bring everyone back to their original high morale.

In addition, especially some of the crew members of the second fleet, they felt very sad because Wang Hong had been the manager of their second fleet for such a long time, taking them around the sea and leading them to fuck.

I practice, hang out with them in my free time, and have quite good friendships with many of them.

But suddenly, their commander Wang was seriously injured by his closest brother Ma Feng with a short musket. He has been in a deep coma for the past day, his life hangs on a thread, and he may die at any time.

This was unacceptable to the sailors of the second team. Most of them felt very sad and worried about Wang Hong.

Therefore, most of the sailors in the second squadron were unhappy about this, and they even lost interest in eating.

As for the crew members of the third team, they also feel uncomfortable because Ma Feng is the deputy manager of their third team. Regardless of whether this guy has been dismissed recently, after all, this guy is nominally their third team.

Boss, there is such a super scum in his fleet, which makes everyone in the third team feel very embarrassed and depressed.

Moreover, from the day of the accident, as soon as the news spread, the crew members of the second team saw the people of the third team staring at each other, with expressions of contempt on their faces, and a look of indifference.

This made the crew members of the third team feel even more uncomfortable. They felt that suddenly they owed everyone in the second team a large sum of money and refused to pay back the debt, which made them feel a little unable to hold their heads high.

In another fleet, because of Ma Feng's involvement, many people on the ship were involved in this matter. A large number of people were taken away the day before yesterday and yesterday and were detained on Treasure Island. Among these people, there were also people on the ship.

They all have their own bad friends. After these people experienced this incident, they were also under great psychological pressure. They were afraid that these people who were arrested would be tortured and bitten randomly, and they would be involved.

Therefore, many people were worried when they set out. All in all, Ma Feng's incident had a huge impact on the morale of the Sea Wolf fleet and its scope was beyond everyone's expectations.

Therefore, the entire Sea Wolf fleet looked a little lifeless today, losing the lively atmosphere of the previous few days, and many people were worried.

This situation also fell into the eyes of the captains of each ship. Although the Ma Feng incident was very involved this time, what is gratifying is that among all the people involved, not a single captain or first mate was implicated.

The highest-ranking personnel implicated were only the captains of two ships, and the rest were basically low-level sailors.

Therefore, the officers of each ship were not greatly affected by this incident. It can be said that the overall structure was not fundamentally damaged. This is also a blessing among the misfortunes in this incident.

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