Chapter 10 Landing of Soldiers

The officers and soldiers of Chongwu Institute learned about the arrival of the sea wolf fleet in advance and immediately became nervous. The guards of Chongwu Institute were commanded by a general named Bai, who was guarding here and immediately retreated to the city of Qianhu. The gate was closed and ready for defense.

As for the merchant ships gathered here who also received the news that the sea wolf fleet had arrived at Chongwu Institute, the dock was immediately like a camp bombed, and Fujian officers and soldiers here also transferred more than a dozen warships of various kinds to escort the merchant fleet here.

Just as Liu Yidao led the team to arrive at the sea of Chongwu, a beacon located at the easternmost corner of the Chongwu Peninsula immediately found their whereabouts and immediately lit the beacon of the beacon. The wolf smoke quickly notified the officers and soldiers stationed by Chongwu.

Chongwu suddenly appeared as if facing a big enemy, and the guards immediately withdrew into the Acropolis and were ready to defend. The more than a dozen Fujian sailors on the dock also immediately began to greet the soldiers to board the ship, began to pull anchor and sail and sail out of the anchor.

Although the Ming army has been abolished in coastal defense by this year, the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Marine Division have still seen big scenes. Over the years, there has been almost no interruption in the war with pirates and red-haired people from all walks of life, and there is no lack of courage.

There are more than a dozen warships of different shapes. There is no Dafu ship, mostly some Cangshan iron or sentry and sentry ships. The equipment is quite simple and the condition of the ship is average, but they still sailed out of the anchorage and greeted the sea wolf fleet.

Liu Yidao didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, so he greeted the fleet and rushed towards these dozen officers and warships with an order.

Immediately, there was a thunderous sound of gunfire on the sea, and the roaring sound of cannons spread throughout the Chongwu Sea, and the smoke rose on the sea.

More than 30 sea wolf warships to deal with more than a dozen officer warships are a piece of cake. Although the officers and soldiers on the marine warships still had the courage to fight against sea wolves at the beginning, when the sea wolf's cannon sounded, they immediately peed their pants.

At this time, they found that the sea wolf had a lot of Western cannons, which could not be able to withstand at all. As soon as they fought, several warships headed by the officers and soldiers were hit with holes by the dense shells of the sea wolf. Two of the warships broke on the sea on the spot and sank into the sea. There are only some broken shipwrecks and fallen officers and soldiers left on the surface.

The rest of the naval warships saw that the situation was not good. Even if the birds and beasts dispersed, they began to flee towards Quanzhou Bay and no longer had the intention to resist the attack of the sea wolf fleet here.

And Liu Yidao did not chase and kill these escaped sailor warships, leaving two ships to salvage the officers and soldiers who fell into the water at sea, and the rest went straight to the dock of Chongwu Institute.

At this time, more than 60 merchant ships gathered at the dock of Chongwu Institute. Seeing the sea wolf's fleet coming, they defeated the sailors' warships, which suddenly scared the boatmen on the ship to pee their pants.

Some merchant ships no longer took care of the orders of the government and immediately shouted and began to pull anchor and sail, trying to escape from here. For a while, the dock was in chaos.

At this time, some of the warships separated by the sea wolf in advance had been pocketed over and blocked outside the dock of Chongwu Institute, blocking the way of these merchant ships.

Then Liu Yidao led the rest of the fleet and directly docked the shore and unloaded more than 200 sea wolf soldiers on the shore. These soldiers were personally led by Li Dazui. As soon as they landed, they immediately began to form a formation and ran towards the dock.

Mr. Bai Qian of Chongwu saw the pirates landing and rushed to the dock, so he quickly led his troops to rush out of the Acropolis, gathered more than 300 officers and soldiers, and led them to the dock to try to stop these pirates from controlling the dock.

The two sides met near the dock, and their respective formations formed a state of confrontation.

For the sea wolf soldiers, this is the first time they have had a large-scale confrontation with the officers and soldiers. Some soldiers are somewhat nervous and stared at the opposite officers.

But when they looked at the guards of Chongwu, their hearts suddenly returned to their stomachs.

Although the officers and soldiers are more uniform than ordinary pirate equipment, the equipment is more neat, and the clothing is relatively uniform, but after this year, the guards have already become a group of serfs in the name of being soldiers. The military uniforms have not even been changed for many years, and the color is almost faded, even more broken. It's like a beggar, and it looks shabby.

Although the weapons in their hands are relatively unified, they are also poorly maintained. The salt spray is heavy and humid along the coast. Ironware is easy to rust. If they are not well maintained, they will rust badly. The knives and guns in the hands of the officers and soldiers are rusty and look shabby, including some limited birds and fires in their hands. The bismium is also a mess of rust. It's really doubtful whether it can be started.

No matter where they are, the military pay has always been intercepted by layers. When it comes to the soldiers, they will either simply die, or there are only a few big men left. Nominally, a soldier has a taels of silver a month, but in fact, almost no one can see it. Except for the officers' own soldiers, they can still In addition to the military paid, ordinary soldiers can't get the military paid they deserve at all. Even if they are allocated food, there is only a small amount of moldy food left when they get it. It is impossible to even eat enough, let alone oil to maintain weapons.

However, the sea wolf department looked down and looked at themselves, and suddenly there was a strong sense of satisfaction. The sea wolf department had uniform clothes. Although it was not a good cloth, they were basically new. As long as they became a trainee sailor or a soldier, the sea wolf would give them two sets of summer clothes, two sets of autumn and winter clothes, and one A leather belt with iron buckles and a pair of leggings.

Although most of them wear straw shoes, they will be given a pair of straw shoes every two months, so that they will not be barefooted. Some soldiers have obtained quite rare iron helmets. Almost everyone of the soldiers are now given a whale skin or cowhide short armor. Even if there is no iron helmet, now the sea wolf also gives They issued a rattan helmet with an iron sheet on the front, which can effectively resist flowing arrows.

There are also weapons of the sea wolf department, not to mention that the tip of the long gun is made of fine iron, which is very sharp. There are two reinforcements on both sides of the tip of the gun. There are blood grooves next to the reinforcements. The barrel is also made of good wood with a simple machine, which is straight, strong and comfortable to hold.

The knife hand is equipped with a rattan leather shield covered with cowhide or whale skin, which is more than two feet in diameter, which can effectively protect the body of the soldiers. Even if the single knife issued is not fine steel, it is at least made of fine iron, which is quite sharp and strong.

As for * hands, it goes without saying that they are equipped with the most advanced trich guns of this era. Each person has two leather bags on their belt, one with 40 complete bamboo shells or paper shells*, and the other leather box contains spare lead pills and medicine. In addition, there is a bayonet more than a foot long at the waist. , you can go up to the muzzle of the tachlock at any time to make it a short spear.

At least in Daming, there is little armed force that can be reached.

In addition, under the supervision of Yu Xiaotian, sea wolves, whether they are soldiers or water troops, attach great importance to the maintenance of weapons, formulate a set of weapons maintenance regulations, and strictly implement them.

When working in sea wolves, they have to maintain and wipe weapons every day, and because sea wolves have the support of the whaling industry, they are not short of grease. Everyone gives them a small pot of grease as a maintenance weapon. It is strictly forbidden for anyone to misappropriate it. The commander or chief or chief will check their weapon maintenance every day. The captain has to check the weapons maintenance of all his men every ten days.

Even Yu Xiaotian patrols everywhere to check the maintenance of weapons, which is also an important routine task. Once it is found that someone does not maintain their weapons in accordance with the regulations, they will deduct their monthly pay, deduct fines, and even be demoted or expelled from their team.

At first, the sea wolf members were very unaccustomed to this rule. They felt that Yu Xiaotian was a little critical. As long as the knife and gun were almost sharp enough, a little rusty was nothing. As long as the medicine residue in the barrel was poured out, it could still ring. Can it be wiped so brightly every day?

But the rules are the rules. If you don't follow them, you will be punished. Gradually, people will get used to them and gradually become their tradition. Therefore, the weapon maintenance of sea wolves is clear, and there is absolutely no second army that can surpass them.

And after proper maintenance, the biggest advantage of their weapons is to reduce the corrosion of the weapons, greatly extend the life of the weapons, and keep the weapons available at any time, including all kinds of artillery on ships, on the shore and in the military barracks. Rust spots can rarely be seen on the body of the gun. After a long time The sea wolf members themselves feel that these weapons make them pleasing to the eyes.

When the sea wolf soldiers lined up on the shore, dozens of long guns were erected, and the sun shone on the tip of the long gun, reflecting a little cold light. The iron helmets above their heads or the iron pieces on the rattan helmets were also shining in the sun.

In addition, the sea wolf has always attached great importance to training. As soon as the soldiers were ordered to line up, they immediately lined up horizontally and vertically. They straightened their bodies. After standing up, they were not moving at all, and immediately produced a strong sense of violence, which made people have to admire them.

Therefore, as soon as the 200 sea wolf soldiers lined up, they immediately produced a strong deterrent to the officers and soldiers, which made the officers and soldiers suddenly weaken a little momentum.

Twenty sea wolf soldiers immediately carried five sea wolf self-made new tiger squatting cannons and displayed them on the left side of the array. There are two iron feet under the tiger squat gun, and an iron ring is added to the tail. After the cannon is placed, if you need to fire, you can use it. An iron braze hit the ground, so that the tiger squat gun was firmly fixed on the ground, but at this time, the artillerymen were not ordered to prepare to fire, so they just put the gun on the ground, and the muzzle pointed straight to the opposite officers and soldiers, and did not wedge the tail of the gun into the ground.

(Thank you for the reward of the Hulu brothers! Old brother, don't say much!)