Daming pirates

The first day of negotiations did not produce any results, but Yu Xiaotian was not in a hurry. In the next few days, Yu Xiaotian stopped contacting Blanco on the grounds of busy affairs and sent someone to take care of Blanco.

Wandering around Nanri Island.

So someone specially took Blanco to see some things that Yu Xiaotian wanted him to see on Nanri Island. Even Blanco, the military camp that usually did not allow civilians and idlers to approach, was allowed to get close to see it.

In the past few days, Blanco was deeply impressed by many scenes on Nanri Island controlled by Yu Xiaotian. This Nanri Island was very different from what he had expected before coming here.

Although the people here are not well dressed, and even the clothes are still relatively shabby, he did not see a single beggar on Nanri Island. Everyone on this island looked better than the most prosperous place in China before.

The people in the city of Guangzhou seem to be healthier.

Blanco had previously taken a boat to Guangzhou City in Guangdong during the Ming Dynasty to do business. In Guangzhou City, he had carefully observed the Chinese people there.

Although the city of Guangzhou is very prosperous, there are still many beggars in the streets and alleys. Some people look rich, but the vast majority of civilians still appear to be very poor. Many people have pale faces. It is obvious that most of them are not eating well.

So I was very thin, especially the common people outside the city, some farmers, and the coolies working on the docks, all of them were even more sallow and thin.

But it is obvious that this situation is rare for people here. Although there are not many fat people here, most people do not look like they are in a state of severe hunger, and most people look relatively calm.

Okay, especially those people wearing uniform uniforms of sea wolves, all of them have rosy faces and look very healthy and strong.

It can be seen that as a manager and ruler, Yu Xiaotian is not stingy with his subordinates. At least in terms of food, he is very generous to his subordinates, allowing them to eat well and look well-dressed.

The fabric of these clothes is not that good, but compared to ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty, their clothing is pretty good.

This was also a pirate group he had heard and seen. They all equipped their men with uniform uniforms. This was surprising, because as far as he knew, pirates wore whatever they caught, and he had also seen some Chinese pirates with his own eyes.

These pirates wore all kinds of clothes, some wore silk and satin, some wore rags, and some even wore colorful women's clothes.

However, all members of the Sea Wolf tribe are uniformly dressed in indigo or indigo-colored clothes. The style is simple and clean, and they look more like an army.

Moreover, the guards here are very tight, with sentry posts in many places. Sea Wolf's troops hold their chests and heads high, guarding their posts, and no one is seen slacking off. They are in good spirits. Even their Spanish soldiers are better in this regard.

Not on.

In addition, the Hailang Dazhai on Nanri Island here is not like an ordinary fortress built by the Chinese. From the outside, the structure of the Dazhai here looks a bit like a Western-style fortress. Although the construction method is still Chinese-style, but in the

In terms of structure and function, it is similar to a Western-style fortress. In many places on the wall, there are protruding watchtowers with artillery mounted on them. The shooting range is quite good, which can firmly block the walls on both sides and form cross fire.

A stronghold with such a bastion structure is very strong and extremely difficult to conquer, because no matter whether the attacking party attacks the stronghold from any angle, it will have to withstand firepower from several directions.

Although Blanco is just a businessman, he has also served as a soldier and has a good understanding of defense facilities. After seeing the sea wolf's fortress, he can be sure that there are experts here to give them guidance. The Dazhai is based on

They are built with a Western-style bastion structure, so that their firepower can be fully utilized.

In fact, the Sea Wolf began to renovate and repair the original Dazhai defense facilities after the first battle of Nanri Island when Chu Cailao came to attack them.

With Yu Xiaotian's personal participation, in addition to strengthening the original wall, many watchtowers protruding from the wall were added around the wall, transforming the village into a bastion-like structure, giving it stronger defensive capabilities.

, last time because they didn’t pay much attention to the construction of Dazhai’s defense facilities, they were almost defeated several times by Chu Cai Lao’s men, who had very weak attack capabilities.

Therefore, after the battle, Yu Xiaotian began to send people to strengthen the Sea Wolf Stronghold. In addition to thickening the stronghold wall to make it more resistant to shelling and blasting,

A part of the watchtowers were added to allow for side firepower on the side of the village wall.

Any enemy who wants to attack the wall will be shot by artillery and muskets from the towers on both sides, making it extremely difficult for the enemy to mount an effective attack.

In addition, when it was impossible to dig a moat, they set up deer villages to block horses and other objects around the entire Dazhai. They also inserted many bamboo sticks densely under the wall of the village. All of these bamboo sticks were roasted with fire to make the surface

Carbonization can prevent corrosion. Even if you step on it with bare feet and wearing shoes, it will be light without puncturing your feet.

What's even more unscrupulous is that after they arranged the bamboo stick array, they also applied a layer of fine sand on the bamboo sticks. Usually you can't see the bamboo sticks. You will find that you feel uncomfortable under your feet after stepping on them, but by then it is too late.

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A very strong wooden fence was added a few dozen steps outside the village wall. This distance is exactly the optimal shooting range of the Tiger Crouching Cannon and the musket. In addition, if you work hard enough, the grenadiers can also throw grenades here.

A very dense fire coverage area is formed here.

If the enemy attacks Dazhai, the personnel will inevitably be blocked by this fence and will be delayed here. The large number of personnel gathered can be effectively covered by the firepower of the Sea Wolf. If it is not a determined army, it will be blocked here.

Break up.

In short, the current Sea Wolf Dazhai is much stronger than it was a year and a half ago. Especially after learning that the government troops were coming to attack Nanri Island again this time, Sea Wolf spared no effort to strengthen the defense facilities.

It was more perfect, and a small urn was added to the main east gate and south gate, and the village gate was opened on the side, making the village gate much stronger.

After looking at the situation here, Blanco can basically confirm that it is not a simple matter to capture this stronghold, let alone let Ming's officers and soldiers do it, even if they bring in their Spanish infantry

, and equipped with enough cannons, it may not be possible to easily capture this stronghold.

So he understood why Yu Xiaotian was not worried about the Ming Dynasty officials coming to attack his Nanri Island this time. Based on his understanding of the Ming Dynasty officials and troops, they would probably suffer a bloody blow here.

In addition, he also observed the training of Sea Wolf infantry here. Sea Wolf's infantry training is very intensive. During the few days he wandered around Nanri Island, in Sea Wolf's barracks, the shouts of killing were loud every day, and soldiers were in the camp.

There are various queues going on on the training ground inside.

And training, such as marching, attack and defense, and he also saw that the matchlock guns used by these infantrymen of the Sea Wolf can be equipped with a short sword, turning the matchlock gun into a short spear. They can shoot enemies with projectiles from a distance, and they can shoot enemies at close range.

Here you can let the musketeers hold their muskets and assassinate the enemy.

This is a pretty good idea. Once the Sea Wolf does this, the musketeers are no longer the type of arms that had to rely on pikemen and halberdiers for protection. After installing this kind of short sword, they also have a weapon that can fight with

The enemy's ability to fight at close range can instantly increase the combat effectiveness greatly, Blanco thought to himself.

In addition, Blanco also saw that Sea Wolf was setting up and building some defenses on the island. It was obvious that they were preparing for the next attack by the official army. According to the performance of the Sea Wolf soldiers he saw, this pirate group formed

The army he raised was quite elite. In terms of discipline, marching and shooting, they were on par with the most elite Spanish infantry he had ever seen. He even secretly believed that they were much better than their Spanish infantry.

He didn't know how the leader of the Sea Wolf could train his ragtag pirates into such an elite army, but based on the performance of the Sea Wolf infantry he saw, the official army was definitely no match for them.

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Next, Blanco asked the person accompanying him that he wanted to go to the pier or the beach. The person accompanying him also complied with his request and took him to the pier and some beaches for a few laps.

Blanco saw the Sea Wolf fleet on the beach. There were many Sea Wolf ships docked at the dock. Although most of them were the Chinese-style Kron ships he often saw, these Sea Wolf ships looked bigger than his.

The common pirate ships are much cleaner and tidier. Even if the sails are damaged, they have been repaired. The hull is very neat, and all the items on the ship look messy. But if you look closely, you can find that there are many things on these decks.

Everything is arranged neatly on the deck.

The items on the same ships are placed in a very regular manner. They are placed where they are placed. There are sentries with guns standing at the bow and stern of each ship. These people are vigilantly observing the surrounding situation and appear to be very cautious.

Do your duty.

Including the berths where these ships are berthed, it is obvious that they have been carefully arranged. All the ships are not anchored in the harbor in a disorderly manner, but are moored in the harbor in an orderly manner, one ship next to another, and there are

Channel, even if you want to remove any ship from the middle, you can quickly remove it from the berth without being affected by other ships.

Moreover, he also saw that there were artillery on the decks of these ships. Most of the artillery were covered with oilcloth and wrapped with ropes, but the oilcloth of the artillery on some ships was uncovered, and there were members of the Sea Wolf.

He was surrounding the artillery, wiping and maintaining the artillery. Although he couldn't see it clearly from a distance, he could also see from the light reflected from the artillery that the Sea Wolf's artillery was very carefully cared for.

What shocked him even more was that the artillery loaded on the ships he saw on these waves were no longer the shabby old artillery commonly used by Chinese pirates. From a distance, he could recognize at a glance that basically all of these artillery pieces were

They are Western-style artillery. Although most of them are not large, they are far more sophisticated than the artillery equipped by other Chinese pirates.