Daming pirates

Sure enough, he soon received news that his men had encountered Yu Xiaotian's fleet in the northeast of Daya Bay. After just one encounter, they were completely wiped out by Yu Xiaotian's fleet.

There was only one small speedboat, and they were able to escape in the end. The dozen or so men on the boat who escaped were all so frightened that their faces turned pale. When they mentioned the Sea Wolf fleet, they all shivered. This article was originally published by

Liu Xiang also truly understood the power of the Sea Wolf fleet. The Sea Wolf ships had an absolute advantage in terms of firepower. Even their smallest warships were equipped with more cannons than the big ships he had on hand, and the sea wolf ships had an absolute advantage.

The Wolf's ships are all equipped with new-style Hongyi cannons, which are powerful and have a long range. The gunners of the Sea Wolf tribe are also good at operating the cannons and can fire very accurately.

So even though they have an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, in terms of firepower, they still can't compete with Sea Wolf's fleet.

Zheng Yiguan and Liu Xiang have the same opinion on this point. The result of the discussion is that if they want to win, they can only win by using sneak attacks at night and launching a surprise attack on Xiaotian's fleet.

possible.

So after calculating the time and distance, they set off from the Pearl River Estuary and rushed to Daya Bay. The purpose was to enter Daya Bay after nightfall and launch a fierce attack on the Sea Wolf fleet before dawn.

This time they resorted to the old magic weapon of naval warfare, which was the fire attack tactic. Among their fleet, this time they brought at least 200 boats filled with firewood, sprinkled with sulfur, saltpeter and kerosene, and used

Cover it with oilcloth and return the bow

After nailing the iron nails, they just waited until they got close to the Sea Wolf fleet, then set fire to it and relied on the wind to put the fire ship into the enemy fleet. When the time came, taking advantage of the chaos, even if the Sea Wolf fleet could not be completely destroyed,

Killing them would at least cause them heavy losses.

So the entire fleet, led by Liu Xiang, gathered into a dark mass on the sea and headed towards Daya Bay.

Before nightfall, they finally entered the waters of Sanmen Island in the southeast corner of Daya Bay. Taking a step forward, they entered Daya Bay.

But by this time, it was getting dark, so Liu Xiang had no choice but to order the fleet to evacuate and enter Daya Bay in batches. They were all improvised, without a unified order, and there was no drill in advance.

If you maintain a dense array of ships sailing at night, problems will inevitably arise.

In addition, they did not dare to hang up a large number of angry wind lanterns or light balls in a big way to mark their position. In that case, they would not be able to reach the anchorage of Sea Wolf, and they would be discovered by Sea Wolf's people, and they would lose their money.

the possibility of a surprise attack.

So Liu Xiang ordered the fleet to evacuate, letting the fire ship go at the front, and the other ships spread out, each forming a fleet, following the fire ship, and headed slowly towards the sea wolf's anchorage.

Fortunately, the weather was very clear that night, with the bright moon in the sky, and the sea was not very dark. Each ship only lit two small lanterns at the bow and stern to mark their positions. No lanterns were allowed to be hung on the masts of the ships to avoid getting too old.

He was spotted by an enemy ship from afar.

Zheng Yiguan can be regarded as the person who is most familiar with Sea Wolf. In the past few years, he fought with Yu Xiaotian many times, but in the end he was defeated and ran away, so he tried his best to collect a lot of information about the Sea Wolf fleet at sea.

We also carefully studied the combat examples and summarized a lot of things.

After careful sorting, he found that in several large-scale naval battles, Sea Wolf used the tactic of sneak attacks in the early morning, attacking the enemy unprepared, and finally won a great victory.

So this time Liu Xiang made the decision to fight Sea Wolf in Daya Bay. He took the initiative to propose a plan and proposed to treat others in their own way. He also used Sea Wolf's usual tactics to sneak attack Sea Wolf in the early morning.

At the fleet anchorage, first disrupt the Sea Wolf fleet, then launch a group fight and annihilate it in one fell swoop in Daya Bay.

After hearing this, Liu Xiang was convinced and felt that Zheng Yiguan's plan was a good one. They had a very small chance of winning in a head-on confrontation with the Sea Wolf. Only by using surprise troops could they win. A sneak attack in the early morning was a good idea.

So I immediately accepted his suggestion.

However, sneak attacks at night are highly technical, and not everyone can do it. The night flight technology of this era has its own problems, and the communication and contact conditions are still in a primitive state. If you want to organize a sneak attack,

Success is obviously not something that ordinary people can achieve.

The reason why Sea Wolf is able to do so is because they are united, dare to sacrifice their lives, and have made sufficient preparations and drills in advance. This is exactly what Liu Xiang and the others do not possess.

When these pirates get together, everyone has the same idea, which is to consume the strength of others as much as possible and preserve their own strength. If such an idea can make everyone use their lives and dare to compete first, it will be really strange.

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And the first batch of people on the fireship that they selected as the death squads did not sign up voluntarily, but used the fishing method, which was to draw lots, and whoever caught them would go.

As a result, everyone who got the lottery was like a widower and had no choice but to accept their fate. These people knew very well the dangers faced by operating a fire ship.

The fire ship must first sail very close to the enemy ship's anchorage before it can ignite the fuel on the ship, rely on the wind to push the ship, continue to rush towards the enemy ship, and eventually collide with the enemy ship, and die together with the enemy ship.

The ship operator must control the ship for a period of time after igniting the fire ship before he can abandon the ship and jump into the sea to escape. Otherwise, the fire ship may deviate from the route and ultimately fail to collide into the enemy ship array.

If there are more powerful people, they can directly drive the fire ship until it collides with the enemy ship, and then jump into the sea to escape. In that case, the chance of escape will be very low. People on the enemy ship will be easily shot and killed under the light of the fire.

These people jumped into the sea.

Therefore, if a fire attack is truly to be successful, the psychological quality of the personnel is very high, and the boatman must be brave, not afraid of death, and dare to risk his life.

It's a pity that Liu Xiang and his group lack this kind of spirit. Among the people who operate the fireship, few of them are willing to die. They all have their own small ideas and small stomachs.

Abacus guy.

When Liu Xiang ordered the fleet to evacuate and the fireship fleet went ahead and headed towards the anchorage of the Sea Wolf fleet, all the guys on the fireships suddenly became nervous.

In order not to be discovered early by the enemy at night, they did not dare to light enough lights on the ship. They could only light a small light at the stern. If the distance was a little further, these lights would not be visible clearly. There were more than two hundred fire ships, and

They didn't dare to evacuate too far, so as soon as they got out not far, ships started to collide.

The functions of these fireships are only disposable items, so the major pirates will never use their best ships to serve as fireships.

So these fireships were all selected by them. Some of the ships were almost scrapped. They either had serious water leaks or the hulls were rotten. It was always dangerous to go to sea. This time they ran so far and had to sail at night, which was even more troublesome.

Unbearable to the extreme.

Some ships have been leaking water along the way, and the people on the ship have to keep draining water to ensure that the ship does not sink. After night, these people become nervous, and too many lights cannot be lit on the ship, so that the ship will not sink.

It became so dark that even drainage could not be carried out.

Therefore, after a leaky ship had not gone far, it began to draw deeper and deeper, and more and more water entered the ship. Some ships even sank directly. The people on the ship quickly jumped out in the dark.

They tried to escape by sea, but at this time many people couldn't even figure out the direction and could only swim desperately in one direction. God knows where they could swim.

In the event of a collision, many of these dilapidated ships would immediately take on a large amount of water. In addition, the ships themselves were loaded with a lot of firewood, making it impossible to save them, and they would sink into the water soon after.

As a result, the fireship fleet became a mess not far away. There were many people on board shouting and swearing, but there was no sign of a sneak attack on the enemy!

As a result, the several leaders responsible for leading the fire ship are all big-headed and willing to command, but they are so blind that no one can listen to their orders!

So this fleet of fire ships looked like a large group, but it was actually quite a lot. However, before they even got halfway there, the fleet had already become a mess.

Some fireboats even secretly began to lift the firewood on board into the sea halfway along the way. After reducing the load, they extinguished the lights on board and changed their course without authorization, relying on the moonlight in the sky.

He secretly slowed down, broke away from the fleet, then turned around and headed towards the open sea, escaping from the battle.

Liu Xiang and others led their respective fleets and divided them into several fleets. They kept some distance from each other and followed the fireship fleet and slowly sailed towards the anchorage of Sea Wolf's fleet.

I don't know what happened to the fireship fleet ahead.

Occasionally, when someone is moving forward, the ship will hit some hull fragments scattered on the sea, and some ships will even hit a broken ship that is half submerged in the water. This makes everyone nervous, fearing that if they are not careful, they will be killed.

The ship was damaged.

Fortunately, Liu Xiang's men were very familiar with the sea conditions in this area of ​​Daya Bay, so they did not run into any bigger troubles. The fleet slowly drifted towards Sea Wolf's anchorage at a low speed.

Outside the anchorage of the Sea Wolf Fleet, there were more than twenty small sentry boats at this time. They did not dock and rest. They continued to shuttle back and forth several miles away from the anchorage, patrolling the situation on the sea around the anchorage.

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Time passed little by little, and in the second half of the night, the sailors on the ship were already very tired, but they still persevered and did not dare to relax at all. The officers on the ship would often patrol the deck to check the personnel on duty.

In this state, if you find someone secretly dozing off while on duty, you won't take it lightly.

But fortunately, these watch officers do not have to stay on duty all night. They will change shifts every two hours after dark, so the sailors on the ship can still persevere.