Chapter 2 It's better to start

In addition to these warships, although the water village has been simply repaired recently, no cannons have been added. Once the sea wolves take the lead and attack on a large-scale, it may be difficult for these warships to react in a short time.

Therefore, Liu Yinglong wanted to ask Zhang Jiace to send an officer and soldiers to carry several thousand-jin cannons brought by Zhang Jiace from Quanzhou to garrison Nanri Water Village to strengthen the defense of Nanri Water Village.

However, after Liu Yinglong saw Zhang Jiace, the deputy general, and told Zhang Jiace about his concern, Zhang Jiace did not agree. There were dozens of warships and hundreds of cannons in the water village. How could he not protect himself? At present, the officers and soldiers were about to rise up and were about to set out to attack the pirate village on Nanri Island. The army was heavy. The gun was inconvenient to move and was not easy to move to Nanri Shuizhai to defend, which made Liu Yinglong strengthen the defense of Shuizhai by himself and refused its request.

Liu Yinglong had no choice but to rush back to Nanri Water Village, summon the officers who had gathered in the water camps in Nanri Water Village, and informed these officers who had temporarily obeyed his orders about his concerns.

After listening to Liu Yinglong's worries, these naval officers who led the troops also felt uncertain. The generals of their naval division have always been more concerned about the situation at sea than the army of the army.

So they know more about sea wolves than other army commanders, and most of them still know more about the power of sea wolves.

This time, Zhu Qinxiang ordered to mobilize them to Nanri Shuizhai to prepare to attack Nanri Island. Originally, these officers were reluctant, because they just had a big fight with the Red-haired people last year. Although they nominally defeated Penghu, they still remember the tragic situation at that time.

At the beginning of the Battle of Penghu, officers and soldiers were often killed and injured as soon as the red-haired cannon sounded, while the Ming army's cannons were short in range and small in power, but they could not cause much damage to the red-haired people. If they did not have a numerical advantage at that time, the final outcome of the Battle of Penghu at that time was difficult to say.

After this battle, the civilian officials talked about the battle of Penghu and called it a great victory, but this victory contained a lot of water. After the Wanming army, they besieged the Red-haired City in Penghu. In the end, when the Red-haired people retreated, there were less than ten large and small ships, with a force of no more than 800 people, and at that time It is said that there are still many teenagers, including many patients.

In this way, the Wanming army could never attack the small Hongmao City. On the contrary, it lost troops outside the Hongmao City and was killed and injured many Ming troops by the sharp cannons of the Redmao people.

Now that they have been transferred here, they are relatively clear about the power of the sea wolf. To be honest, the generals of these sailors are not sure about this attack on Nanri Island, but just listen to it.

After listening to Liu Yinglong's worries, these officers were also very nervous and did not dare to be careless. In the end, they agreed to Liu Yinglong's arrangement to take ships out to sea every day and patrol the sea to prevent sea wolves from preempting and sending fleets to attack Nanri Water Village.

Other people were also in Nanrishuizhai, ready to deal with emergencies at any time. Liu Yinglong was finally somewhat relieved and began to arrange for the mobilization of ammunition and supplies to supply the fleet.

After Wang Hong, Ma Xiao became the number one sailor among the sea wolves. In name, although the sailors are still under the jurisdiction of Yu Xiaotian, there are too many tasks on Yu Xiaotian. In many cases, he can't carry out activities with the fleet, so Ma Xiao is usually responsible for leading the three. A fleet.

To put it bluntly, Ma Xiao is now the nominal deputy commander-in-chief of the Sea Wolf Fleet, making Ma Xiao now one of the few key commanders of the Sea Wolf.

On the day of November 23, a fleet of about 30 ships appeared on the sea more than 30 miles south of the southern Japanese island of the Taiwan Strait. With the northwest wind on the sea, they sailed west in a column. The sails of all ships were adjusted to the side sail position, so that the ships could take advantage of the wind and maintain Provide power for the ship.

Ma Xiao stood on a 400-material lucky boat in the middle of the fleet and constantly observed the surrounding sea with binoculars. In front of the fleet, three sloops were scattered in front of the fleet in the shape of character.

If you look at the fleet from a high altitude, you will find that the fleet is more like a sharp arrow. The three sloops are clusters of arrows of Zheng Zhi's arrows. Under the guidance of their three ships, the fleet is like a sharp arrow, heading towards Meizhou Island.

Although Meizhou Island is located in the sea wolf control area, because Meizhou Island is close to Nanri Shuizhai, it is also a place for the prevention and control of Pinghaiwei and Puxi. In the past two years, although sea wolves have occasionally moved to the island, in order not to conflict with the government, the sea wolf has not actually occupied the island.

But last night, two ships carried dozens of sea wolf soldiers. Under the cover of night, they quietly leaned on Meizhou Island. The soldiers on the ship all changed into short knives and were accompanied by several soldiers who were good at bows and crossbows. As soon as the ship reached the shore, they immediately jumped to Meizhou Island and flew quickly. Several teams, led by several leaders, quickly disappeared into the night.

Recently, the mobilization of officers and troops has also strengthened coastal defenses, especially Meizhou Island, which was not paid much attention to. As a barrier to Xinghua Prefecture, it has also been paid attention to. Several long-degraded beacons on the island have been stationed by some officers and soldiers to monitor the ships appearing on the sea.

These officers and soldiers who landed on Meizhou Island were ordered to immediately light a beacon as long as they found a large number of ships on the sea and report the news of Nanri Water Village, which was only a few miles away from them, so that the sailors of Nanri Water Village would be prepared in advance.

But these people did not expect that on that night, they were suddenly attacked. Some people in black all over their bodies suddenly appeared on the head and tail of the bull and several other beacons. Under the cover of the night, they sneaked into the officers and soldiers who stayed behind the beacon almost silently.

There was almost no time for these officers and soldiers to resist. These men in black disarmed them cleanly. Several officers and soldiers who tried to resist and ignite the beacon were mercilessly cut off their necks or their heads. Before dawn, these sea wolf soldiers completely controlled several on the island. The beacon blinded several eyes of the officers and soldiers here.

At noon, under the leadership of Ma Xiao, the fleet of more than 30 ships of Sea Wolf appeared in the northeast of Meizhou Island.

The whole fleet bypassed the east of Nanri Island and drew a large arc from the Taiwan Strait, avoiding the surveillance of the coastal officers and soldiers on the Nanri Waterway. They walked several times more, but unexpectedly entered the mouth of Pinghai Bay.

Originally, Yu Xiaotian could have mobilized more warships for the initiative to attack Nanri Shuizhai this time, but after careful consideration, he still decided not to go out and send a large number of ships to participate in the attack, but only selected more than a dozen of the most powerful blessings among the fleets. The ship and more than a dozen flexible catching and bird boats, and added three flying sloops of the Clippers detachment to the fleet to carry out this attack.

The reason for this is that Nanrishuizhai is located in the southeast corner of Zhongmen Peninsula, just across the water from Meizhou Island. The water surface here is very narrow, the widest place is only four or five miles away, and the sea water along the coast is relatively shallow. Once there is a fight, too many boats can easily squeeze into a ball here and turn into a melee. .

Such a sea terrain is not suitable for a large number of ships. Once it becomes chaotic, it will be difficult to effectively command the fleet, so everyone agrees that it is not easy to discharge too many ships to Nanrishuizhai this time. Thirty large and small warships are enough to complete this task.

In the end, Ma Xiao was ordered as the commander of this operation and directly commanded this operation.

After selecting the ships to participate in the war, it took Ma Xiao three days to conduct two drills in the east of Nanri Island. After making the ships of the fleet familiar with the cooperation, he replenished all kinds of ammunition and materials and left Nanri Island one day in advance.

According to the detailed plan previously scheduled, they did not hesitate to spend more time on a big circle around the sea and drove to Pinghai Bay, in order to suddenly appear in the Nanri Water Village and catch the official warships gathered in the Nanri Water Village when they did not disturb the officers and soldiers in advance.

The key to the success of this mission is to first pull out the eyes of the officers and soldiers on Meizhou Island. At this point, the sea wolf has considerable experience.

Don't forget that when Yu Xiaotian first went to land to save Lan'er, he used surprise tactics. At that time, he also took the group of descendants on the Little Yellow Island, almost all of whom were rabble, but in the end, he successfully captured Jiang Baihu's mansion, successfully killed Jiang Baihu, and copied his family. The bottom fell and rescued Lan'er.

Later, after the establishment of the sea wolf, Yu Xiaotian attached great importance to the surprise attack tactics. Later, after the establishment of the war barracks, he used this surprise tactics as a subject of daily drills in the barracks, and in the past two years, he used this method many times to kidnap some craftsmen they could use or remove one. Some of their enemies on land, the effect is quite good.

In the sea wolf's barracks, dozens of soldiers who are flexible, bold and good at night have been specially selected to form a small detachment for this kind of operation. To put it bluntly, this group of people should be regarded as a special warfare detachment of the sea wolf, and sometimes they can also serve as scouts for the soldiers.

This time, this team was also sent by Yu Xiaotian to pull out several beacons on Meizhou Island before Ma Xiao's fleet arrived in Pinghai Bay.

In this way, the sea wolf's fleet arrived at Pinghai Bay and approached the cow's head and tail in the northern part of Meizhou Island without knowing it.

At this time, the sea wolf's fleet was less than six or seven miles away from Nanrishui Village and Puxi. Even if the officers and soldiers found their whereabouts at this time, they had no time to make better preparations.

At this time, an officer's sentry ship finally appeared at the mouth of Pinghai Bay. The officers and soldiers on the ship could hardly believe their eyes. When they suddenly bypassed the cow's head and tail of Meizhou Island, they saw a black pressure fleet in front of them, which was facing them and only rushed towards them. Come here.