Daming pirates

Following Yu Xiaotian's order, the Sea Wolf tribe members immediately started gearing up to make preparations. According to the arrangements of the Logistics Department, the ships returning to Nanyue Island to gather were anchored near the dock one by one and began to receive supplies one by one.

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The sailors on vacation on the island were also ordered to report immediately to the dock and return to their respective ships. The sailors of each ship, led by the captain and first mate, conducted final inspections before setting sail.

This time Yu Xiaotian did not select anyone to command the fleet for him, but decided to personally lead the fleet to Jilong Bay to command this battle against the Spanish.

While others were busy preparing for the voyage, Yu Xiaotian gathered the captains of the fleet into his conference hall and began to discuss the battle plan.

Recently, many ships in the fleet have been sent to various sea areas to strengthen the control of the sea surface. In addition, many raiding ships have been sent to the seas of Guangdong and Guangxi. In addition, there are also needs for newly established fishing grounds.

Ships are patrolled and protected, so the number of ships that Sea Wolf can gather in a short period of time is not very large.

The number of ships that various fleets rushed back to Nanyue Island in three days was only forty in total, including some of the Fei Zihao clippers that had just been launched.

Although these newly launched "Fei" clippers have been equipped, the sailors on board have not yet finished training and have not yet completed running-in with the ships. However, considering the special nature of this battle, these "Fei" clippers will have a great impact on the battle situation.

The role of the surname was determined, so these ships were also ordered to participate in this operation.

In order to ensure that the new crews of these ships would not make serious mistakes during wartime, Yu Xiaotian ordered mature sailors from other Fei Zihao Clipper ships to be assigned to some of these new ships to strengthen their strength.

In fact, before this, Yu Xiaotian already knew that sooner or later, sea conflicts would break out between the Sea Wolf and the Europeans, whether Spanish or Dutch. Therefore, in the past year, he had discussed with his subordinates many times what should be done.

How to deal with these European fleets or warships.

For this reason, they also used the ketch as an imaginary enemy and conducted many simulated battles at sea. They also organized the Flying Clipper as an imaginary enemy and let the Sea Wolf Navy fleet conduct simulated battles with it.

The tribesmen have gained some experience in fighting single ships or fleets of Western-style warships.

And based on the results of several simulated battles, they had also formulated some tactics to deal with them, so when they decided to go to war this time, they did not do it hastily. After only a simple discussion, Yu Xiaotian decided to go to Jilong Bay this time

The battle plan for the battle.

Among the fleets sent by the Spaniards to Jilong Bay this time, there were several large ships that served as the main force. These large plywood ships had strong firepower, tall sides, fast speeds, and strong hulls. With ordinary Chinese ships, even second-class ships

The No. 1 Fu Ship pales into insignificance in comparison. It is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of firepower and hull.

Therefore, if they want to resort to gang-hopping warfare, the outcome will definitely not be good, and it will be difficult to work. The only thing they can rely on is the advantage of the number of ships. Concentrate their firepower to attack some of the main ships first. They would rather pay a certain price to destroy them.

Either sink or damage it, rendering it incapable of combat.

Therefore, if they don't go this time, once they appear on the battlefield, they must all attack the Spanish fleet with a thunderous blow and directly destroy several of their main warships before they can win.

Fortunately, they now have some flying-type clippers, which can be used as a magic weapon to defeat the enemy. These flying-type clipping ships have high flexibility and speed advantages. Although their firepower is not as good as the enemy's main ships, they can easily contain the Spanish.

The small boats that the people brought with the team were first destroyed.

In this way, as long as these small boats are killed first, it is equivalent to stripping off the clothes of the Spanish fleet. Although they still seem to be very powerful, the remaining main warships have clumsy shortcomings. Next, the Sea Wolf will completely

You can use the advantage of numbers to drown them alive. As long as you separate them, they are basically like women who have been stripped naked, and they can do whatever they want.

Regarding Yu Xiaotian's arrangement, Ma Xiao, Liu Yidao, Du Yanlong, Luo Xianbin and other navy commanders all agreed with this. This is the best tactic they have come up with after repeated drills. In addition to doing this

Otherwise, they have no better way at the moment.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also emphasized that this battle is expected to cause considerable losses to the waves, whether it is people or ships, the losses will not be too small.

But Sea Wolf's sailors are indeed very valuable assets to Sea Wolf. Yu Xiaotian never treats his men as items that can be consumed at will, allowing them to be consumed.

Therefore, this time he went to war, and he required that the fleet be accompanied by a number of speedboats. These speedboats were mainly human-powered rowing boats such as long dragons and fast oars.

Although some of these ships have sails, the main power is manual oars or oars. Although the firepower is very weak, each small boat can only carry a six-pound gun or a 12-pound short gun at the bow position, but it is

It is quite flexible in the battlefield and is a good way to restrain large ships.

These small boats can suddenly rush out of the fleet during the melee and conduct sneak attacks on the enemy's large plywood boats. Sea Wolf now has a lot of Molotov cocktails.

Nowadays, fish oil or whale oil is no longer used in Molotov cocktails. At the end of last year, a batch of oil that Yu Xiaotian ordered from the Portuguese finally arrived after more than half a year.

The Portuguese don't know why the sea wolf is so interested in this kind of thing. It has a strong smell and an unpleasant taste. It can neither be eaten nor used for other purposes. It seems to have no great use except that it can be burned. And the sea wolf

But they asked them to find a way to get some at a high price.

The Portuguese are now very satisfied with Sea Wolf as a customer. They used to not sell much to the Chinese and relied more on collecting money to buy things from the Chinese. Now Sea Wolf is doing business with them and is willing to buy their things.

, although oil is not easy to get and its value is not very high, but since the Sea Wolves need it and they can make money, the Portuguese still tried their best to get some for the Sea Wolves.

These sticky things were packed in some large wooden barrels, and this time more than ten tons were transported to Sea Wolf at once.

After Yu Xiaotian received the oil, he did not immediately use it as kerosene. After all, it was not very easy to ignite if it was not refined, so he built an extremely crude set of oils on Nanyue Island.

Using equipment, they simply refined it and used distillation to refine some mixture of gasoline, kerosene, and diesel, leaving a batch of heavy oil.

These refined oil mixtures are much better than whale oil-filled Molotov cocktails. This stuff is extremely flammable and burns very violently. It is difficult to extinguish with water as long as it is ignited. It is a powerful weapon in naval battles, but the quantity is really too high.

Without it, this thing is really difficult to get and the price is very high. It cannot fully meet the needs of the sea wolves. Although Yu Xiaotian asked the Portuguese to continue to provide them with it, it is difficult to guarantee that they will get a lot of this kind of thing.

Therefore, the oil was naturally very precious and was carefully stored in glass bottles. This time, part of it was taken out and given to the fleet to be used as a sharp weapon against the Spanish warships.

When refining this thing, it was very wasteful and very dangerous. Yu Xiaotian personally supervised his craftsmen and used normal pressure to refine it. If he was not careful, it might cause a fire or explosion, and he finally came up with it.

Such a small amount of petroleum products whose ingredients are unclear can be said to have been obtained by local methods and at great risk, so they are extremely precious. Under normal circumstances, Yu Xiaotian would not be willing to use them.

As for the remaining heavy oil, although it can also be filled with incendiary bottles, considering that they currently do not have enough paint to paint the ship, these heavy oil can be applied to the bottom of the ship, which has strong adhesion and can provide good waterproofing.

In addition, it can also reduce the adhesion of marine organisms to the bottom of the ship and prolong the time for sea-going ships to clean the bottom of the ship.

In addition, heavy oil is also a good fuel for steelmaking. This thing has a high calorific value. Considering that he may use an indigenous steelmaking furnace to make steel in the future, this thing is also a good additive fuel and can increase the furnace temperature. Therefore,

The remaining heavy oil from refining has also been properly stored. On the one hand, it can be used to smear the bottom of the ship to prevent sea maggots from corroding the hull and reduce the adhesion of marine organisms. On the other hand, it can be used as fuel after the local steelmaking process is started.

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In short, these things are not things that can be thrown away casually, and they have been thoroughly used by Yu Xiaotian.

Although Yu Xiaotian started making preparations as soon as he got the news, after all, the fleet could not stay on Nanyue Island every day, waiting for the Spanish to come, so even if he started to assemble warships as soon as he got the news,

But in this time and space, such communication means and navigation speed will still take some time.

From the time he started to assemble the fleet to finally getting ready to set sail, it took him six days to basically assemble and replenish it and get ready to sail.

However, Yu Xiaotian is not too worried that Keelung Fort will be captured by the Spaniards, because the overall defense facilities there have been basically improved. Although the ships left behind are definitely no match for the Spaniards, the Spaniards want

It is estimated that there is not much chance of capturing Keelung Fort.

There is not much difference in the quality of firearms between the two sides. At most, the Spaniards have some advantages in the number and caliber of artillery in the fleet, but in terms of the quality of artillery and muskets, Seawolf has a lot of advantages.

Although flintlock muskets have appeared in Europe, the flintlock device is not perfect, and most of them are rotating muskets with complex structures. They are expensive and complicated to operate, so they have not been widely used.

The Spaniards currently mostly use old-fashioned matchlocks, which are a generation behind the Sea Wolf's flintlock guns. Therefore, with the strength of the Spaniards alone, they are fine at sea, but if they attack Fort Keelung, they will definitely be crushed.

Yes, so this is why Yu Xiaotian is not in a hurry to rush to Keelung Fort for support.