Chapter 157 Where is the confidence

There is a saying in the world that if you want to know people, you can't do it! In order to revenge on Chu Cai's sea wolf merchant ship and kill the members of the sea wolf merchant fleet, Yu Xiaotian sent a plunder fleet of three sloops, which are now called flying fast ships inside the sea wolf, to go south to attack Chu Cailao's ship.

Although this matter was kept secret at first, when Luo Xianbin and his party returned to Nanri Island, it was no longer a secret.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian did this is to let the sea wolves know that if they provoke their sea wolves, Yu Xiaotian is not afraid of things, and he will definitely return the color.

At the beginning, Chu Cai's interception of the sea wolf merchant ship caused widespread discussion among sea wolves. Many people proposed revenge, but Yu Xiaotian did not respond for a long time after the event, so this incident caused some negative effects inside the sea wolf.

Some people secretly think that Yu Xiaotian must not be able to provoke Chu Cailao. Only then did they calm down and swallow this breath. Since he, the big boss, has recognized it, what else can they do to quarrel with?

Some people even think that if it goes on like this, the sea wolf may not be a place to stay for a long time. It's better to rely on Chu Cai. It's just that the generous treatment among the sea wolves makes some people with such thoughts reluctant. In addition, the internal management of the sea wolf is also very formal. After careful measurement, this Some dissatisfied members are just here.

However, as the Spring Festival approached, it was not until Luo Xianbin led two boats back to Nanri Island that the news immediately spread inside the sea wolf. At this time, the sea wolf people knew that in fact, their big boss did not swallow this breath at all, but had already secretly planned a revenge action against Chu Cai Lao.

Yu Xiaotian knows very well that this kind of thing is actually a matter that can't wrap fire in paper. As more and more flying fast boats are laid down, more and more people will know that this kind of boat is the exclusive ship of their sea wolf. Naturally, Chu Cai will also know about it.

Moreover, his boat is located on Nanri Island. Although it is not publicly visited, it can't stop people from looking at it from afar, let alone seeing the ship go into the water for a trial voyage.

There is a commercial stack area on Nanri Island, and naturally there are many outsiders entering and leaving Nanri Island. It is basically impossible to block such news.

So he knows that he can't block such news, so it's better to generously admit that he did it after it's done, so that everyone can know that he is not afraid of Chu Cai Lao, and at the same time can boost the morale of the sea wolf.

Therefore, he did not order Luo Xianbin and his party, nor did he restrict the spread of the achievements of the looting fleet everywhere, and even semi-publicly commended the crew who participated in the trip.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar inside the sea wolf. Many people knew that Yu Xiaotian selected sailors from various ships some time ago, but at that time, it was not clear what the selected personnel did.

Now they know that these people were originally selected and went south to find Chu Cai's trouble.

In particular, I heard that their boss only sent a small fleet. In two months, they turned over the old man who cleaned up Chu Cai. Suddenly, the sea wolf felt a little angry, and no one regarded Yu Xiaotian as a timid person.

What's wrong with Chu Cai? Isn't it just that there are more people and more boats? Now as long as they provoke their sea wolves, they will still turn over the people who clean him up, right?

So this matter soon spread widely, at least in Fuzhou, it has become a matter of discussion in people's leisure time.

If Mr. Chu Cai can't find out who did it secretly under such circumstances, then he really doesn't deserve to be called a hegemon on the sea.

It can be said that to some extent, Yu Xiaotian deliberately released the news to let Chu Cai know about this and then come to trouble him.

Yu Xiaotian dared to do this because he had the strength to fight with Chu Cai at the end of the fourth year of the apocalypse.

Since Yu Xiaotian's first imitation six-pound cannon was cast by iron model casting method, Nanri Island cannons have begun non-stop production, and the scale of cannons is also constantly expanding, gradually developing from the original iron melting furnace to the scale of five iron furnaces.

In July, the first 12-pound short gun was trial-produced. Before the end of August, the first 12-pound long gun was successfully tested. The output of cannons can only cast up to four six-pound guns in the first month. Up to now, the monthly output has reached 12 six-pound guns, six 12-pound howitzers, and four 12-pound long guns. The size of the door.

And in mid-November, the iron model industry of the first set of 24-pound short guns had been minted. By the end of the month, the first 24-pound gun was completed in trial production and passed the test firing. It was transported to Jilong Bay and will be installed in the chicken cage fortress.

So far, although the 24-pound gun is not the largest gun among the Western maritime powers, it is already a large-caliber artillery of the main warship. At least half of the warships and armed merchant ships will not easily be equipped with such heavy guns. In the Ming Dynasty, this gun is definitely the most important weapon of the country. .

When this 24-pound gun was cast, it consumed more than 5,000 catties of fine iron produced in Guangdong. After casting, the weight of the gun body alone was as high as 4,000 catties, far more than the kind of Hongyi cannon sold by the Portuguese to Daming used by Yuan Chonghuan in Ningyuan Dajie.

The diameter of this gun is about 150 mm, and the length of the body tube is nearly three meters long. It can be loaded with five to six catties each time, and the weight of solid bullets can reach 20 catties. After the experiment, the operator alone found that it takes at least ten people to serve this guy. As for In terms of range, after the test shooting, the maximum range under the ordinary elevation angle is more than three miles. If the unconventional maximum elevation angle is adopted, the range can even reach five miles. If the charge is increased, it can even reach a maximum distance of about six miles. Such a range is quite far in this era, but this A kind of ultra-conventional long range has little practical significance. Under normal conditions, the effective range is still controlled within 200 meters to 1,200 meters. No matter how far it is, the accuracy becomes a joke.

If you talk about the power, Yu Xiaotian made a special thick wooden target and bombarded it with this 24-pound gun. This guy easily destroyed the wooden target nearly two feet thick 200 meters away, and collapsed a low wall of earth-rock structure about three feet thick with one shot, which can be said to be quite powerful. , looking at Daming alone, there is almost no one to the right now!

If you pull this thing to attack the city, you won't need a few cannons. As long as you focus on bombarding the wall, you can quickly collapse a section of the wall, so this thing is definitely a big killer. Anyone who has seen the power of this gun will be tongue at its power. Unable to win.

But such a heavy cannon is also a disaster for the sea wolf. In order to test-make this cannon, the production of other cannons almost stopped in November. All personnel and the melting furnace were put into the trial production of this cannon, and the first cannon that was really trial-produced became a waste due to operational error. It had to be smashed and remade.

Moreover, this gun consumes a huge amount of iron, which makes the sea wolf unable to withstand it. The iron transported back from Guangdong in October, the iron model and the gun body of the gun alone, were almost exhausted, and almost caused the iron to be cut off.

So after casting the first 24-pound cannon, Yu Xiaotian, a rich rich man, couldn't even stand it, so he had to order the temporary sealing of this set of 24-pound cannon and resume casting after storing more iron materials.

Then in early December, the sex resumed normal production.

However, even in the production that lasted for more than half a year, the cannon provided nearly 100 six-pound guns for the sea wolf, and almost all of them replaced the artillery on the sea wolf battleship. In addition, the cannon also produced nearly 30 12-pound short guns and 12 long guns for the sea wolf.

In addition to a small number of reinforced lucky boats, these 12-pound short guns are also equipped on the forts on Nanri Island, Chickenlong wan and Danshui Village, and the 12-pound long guns are all equipped to various forts because they do not have suitable ships to equip so far. With considerable defensive firepower, not to mention that ordinary pirates want to attack these important places, they will be hit hard. Even if it is true that the Spaniards or the Dutch want to find sea wolves in Jilong Bay or Tamshaizhai at this time, they will not be light if they do not gather a considerable number of gunboats and enough artillery. How much can you get?

This is Yu Xiaotian's confidence. At present, his three sub-ships do not include the Jilong Bay detachment and the Tamsui Village detachment, he already has more than 50 warships above the two masts of various types. In addition, there are four cutting-edge dhows that can be used by him as a assault force.

In addition to these ships that have been clearly used as warships, his merchant fleet also has almost the same number of ships of various types, which are usually used as transport ships and merchant ships here in Sea Wolf, but they can also be used as auxiliary warships when necessary.

So if there is something wrong with him, he can gather nearly 70 to 80 ships of various types in a short period of time, and the number of troops is as many as 1,500 to 2,000, not including the garrison forces on the side of Jilong Bay and Danshuizhai, and the ships and troops left by Funing.

If the situation is necessary, he can also mobilize nearly 1,000 villagers on Nanri Island to use as a reserve team, so he is really not afraid that Mr. Chu Cai will come to plead guilty at this time.

Even at this time, Mr. Chu Cai came to Nanri Island to blame him. He happened to treat him again to teach Chu Cailao a lesson, and let him understand that there is another person he can't afford to provoke in Fuzhou, so that he won't treat him to sea wolves in the future. The ship is welcome.

Therefore, while Yu Xiaotian deliberately released the air, he also took a loose and inner tight way inside the sea wolf and began to secretly prepare for war.

(Happy National Day to everyone! Have a good long vacation! In addition, I would like to thank Lao Luo for your old sweat, winter solstice 1979, and the three intoxicating brothers yesterday! Today is the 1st, asking for monthly tickets, rewards, red tickets, subscriptions and collections! Ha ha!)