Chapter 162 Gathering and Training

Just while Chu Cai was thinking about how to deal with the sea wolf on Dongshan Island, Yu Xiaotian was not idle. A few days after the New Year, he carried out a large-scale mobilization and adjustment.

Under his order, all three fleets were transferred back to the Nanri Island garrison, and the defense of the Funing area where the second detachment was stationed was transferred to Liu Tong and the temporarily drawn 12 second-line ships.

These so-called second-tier ships are basically some older ships, but they have not been eliminated. Previously, they were temporarily sealed in order to save resources and manpower.

But now in order to pull out more manpower and ships to deal with the revenge that Chu Cailao may launch at any time, all the sealed old ships were unblocked after the Spring Festival, and a group of veterans were transferred to lead some novices to board the ship to take over the defense of Funing under the leadership of Liu Tong.

Of course, although these ships are older, they are not very powerful. These ships are listed as second-line ships among sea wolves, but they are all used as treasures in the hands of other peers. Although they are older, they are still quite strong. Otherwise, they would have been demolished by Yu Xiaotian.

Although these ships are not equipped with cutting-edge artillery, in order to ensure their combat effectiveness, Yu Xiaotian still stuffed some of the dismantled miscellaneous guns into these ships. Each ship is guaranteed to be equipped with at least three large bowls or 100 guns, and some ships are also equipped with a newer medium-sized flan. Machine gun.

Such a level of military readiness, looking at the pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, can't compare with them. Letting them go to the Funing area is still enough to deter those small pirates nearby.

It goes without saying who Liu Tong is. He is also the first person to follow Yu Xiaotian to rise up, and he is also one of the first people to know after Yu Xiaotian came to the world.

Over the years, Liu Tong has been loyal and trusted by Yu Xiaotian. Although Liu Tong has not been able to be the deputy management of the fleet because of his qualifications, his position among the sea wolves is not low. Over the past year, he has done things in various fleets, including merchant fleets.

After such a long experience, Liu Tong has also become an old hot guy. It is not difficult for him to control such a fleet, and Yu Xiaotian also assigned the one-eyed dragon to work under his command. With these people going to Shuangfeng Island, Yu Xiaotian has nothing to worry about.

So after the Shangyuan Festival, the elite of sea wolves began to gather towards Nanri Island.

However, when Yu Xiaotian gathered his troops, he still kept his mind. After all, Nanri Island is now so many people. He hastily pulled back so many ships and hands, which will definitely attract the attention of some outsiders. It is difficult to guarantee that he will not reveal the rumor and pass it to Chu Cailao, which will arouse his vigilance.

Yu Xiaotian is such a person. Once he decides to do a big job, he will no longer look forward and immediately devote himself to preparation.

And for so long after the sea wolf grew up, after he killed Chen Jiu, he hasn't done anything big for more than half a year, and it's not a good thing for him to put his subordinates in a relaxed state for a long time, so through this opportunity, Yu Xiaotian also wants to make his subordinates nervous. Through this conflict with Chu Cailao, I will temper them again.

Although the preparations for the war have begun to be in full swing after the year inside the sea wolf, in order not to be too swaggered, Nanri Island still maintains the calm of the past on the surface, and the number of ships docked at Sea Wolf's exclusive dock has always been maintained in a daily range, always There is no big change.

And all the ships transferred from everywhere were ordered to be stationed in the bay east of Nanri Island.

The wolf cave of Nanri Island is located in the northwest corner of Nanri Island, including the workshop area and the commercial warehouse area, which are basically concentrated in the relatively flat area in the northwest. It is also the most densely populated area, but there has never been a significant development in the east, and only one fishing village is located in the bay in the east.

Moreover, the terrain of Nanri Island is high in the east and low in the west, and there are many mountains and hills in the east, which are not suitable for agricultural development, so the east is always relatively quiet. Previously, it was mainly used to fish for seaweed and dry, and burn it into grass ash to supply glass fields and soap production in the workshop area.

But a few years ago, Yu Xiaotian ordered the eastern area to be listed as a forbidden area for sea wolves, and the roads leading to the east were also blocked, and idle people were no longer allowed to wander there when they had nothing to do.

And after the year, Yu Xiaotian also ordered several sentry ships to block the waters outside the eastern bay and no longer allowed ordinary ships to approach the east of the island.

In the eastern bay of the island, people were sent to build a temporary dock and several trestle bridges at a very fast speed after the Spring Festival. In addition, some warehouses and barracks were built in the hidden places in the bay, ready to welcome the fleet to gather here.

In addition, the board of directors began to transfer various materials to the eastern bay before the New Year, temporarily stored in several warehouses or caves there, and two temporary roads were built to facilitate the fleet in the bay to replenish supplies and fresh water.

After the Yuan Festival, three ships of ships began to gradually enter the bay. At the same time, they also strengthened the monitoring of nearby waters. Every day, more ships will be sent to sea here to set the waters within 20 miles as a restricted area, and no ships are allowed to break into the restricted area without authorization.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also ordered his men to set up lookouts and temporary lighthouses on the southeast corner of Nanri Island and on an uninhabited island about four or five miles from the northeast corner of Nanri Island to monitor the situation of ships on the sea surface. In addition, they also provided guidance to ships sailing or returned at night.

In order to cope with this possible crisis, even Yu Xiaotian himself moved from the wolf's den to the temporary camp in the east of the island after the Spring Festival. Other important leaders such as Wang Hong, Ma Xiao, Hu Cheng, Ma Feng and Liu Yidao also moved to the temporary camp and began to lead the crowd to sea with Yu Xiaotian in Nanri Island. Training and drills are carried out in the East Sea.

In this way, although the surface of Nanri Island is still as calm as before, it has shown a high degree of tension in the east of the island.

All the personnel of the departments canceled their vacation, and all the sailors and soldiers returned to the team to participate in this irregular training. The captain and mate all canceled their vacations and entered the headquarters in the east of the island to participate in the training.

After the first battle between Shuangfeng Island and Chenjiu, the sea wolf has not conducted such a large-scale training for a long time. In the whole bay, nearly 40 warships of various types of various fleets gathered, and the other four sloops also left their original station and entered the east bay of the island.

After the two ships led by Luo Xianbin and Ma Ru now returned to Nanri Island, they were immediately towed ashore and carried out emergency repairs in the boat. It took less than ten days to basically repair the two boats, but in order to hurry, some projectiles and The scars left by the arrow have not been repaired, and the hull has not been painted as a whole, but some newly repaired places have been painted with some tung oil or Du Zhong paint.

So although the two ships have been repaired and there is no problem with their performance, they still look mottled and a little shabby.

However, Luo Xianbin didn't care about this. Instead, he felt that the appearance of the two boats was more in line with their identity. The scars left on the ship were like medals, showing their merits.

From the end of the Yuan Festival to the end of January, the whole fleet was assembled. In addition to the 40 ships of the three sub-flits gathered here, the merchant fleet also pulled out 15 ships with better performance, loaded them with artillery, supplemented the soldiers, and temporarily added them to the three sub-teams.

After hearing the news, even Blackhead and Fang An of Chickenlong wan and Tamsui Village also transferred two boats from them back to Nanri Island to prepare for war.

In addition to these large ships above the two masts, there are also a large number of sling boats and fast paddle boats and a kind of fast boat called long dragons in the south. These small boats are also used as auxiliary forces. If they are properly used during the war, they can act as fireboats when necessary, which can have an unexpected effect.

So at the end of January, the eastern bay of Nanri Island was already like a forest, and the sails covered the sun. Compared with the fleet gathered by Chu Cailao on Dongshan Island, although it was slightly inferior in quantity, it was not inferior to the other party in quality.

These ships were divided into two teams of red and blue by Yu Xiaotian. Wang Hong and Hu Cheng took the main force of the second detachment as the backbone as the blue side, while Yu Xiaotian took Ma Xiao and others as the red side. The two sides led their troops to sea every morning, sailed 30 miles east of Nanri Island, and then opened their posture to conduct offensive drills.

Such a drill is actually a real military exercise in later generations, testing the participation part and the battle situation of the ship.

Wang Hong was very happy to act as an opponent for Yu Xiaotian and took his men to do everything in the sea to cause trouble for Yu Xiaotian as much as possible.

Yu Xiaotian took Ma Xiao and others, and also tried their best to defeat Wang Hong. The two sides launched attack drills again and again at sea.

Although such exercises cannot * live-fire real shots, they also test the ability of the sea wolves to operate and command and cooperate at sea.

In addition, every few days, each ship has to organize a live-fire target training at sea. Although in order to save ammunition, it does not guarantee that each gunner will have the opportunity to fire a few cannons, it at least tests the gunner's ability to operate guns and the level of shooting.

In order to prevent the captain from picking the best gunners on the ship when shooting live ammunition, Yu Xiaotian sent a supervisor on each ship and temporarily designated a group of gunners to carry out live ammunition shooting, so that the actual level of the gunners on each ship can be seen.

(It's not bad today. I got eight monthly tickets. Thank you for the free tickets and the iron-handed and affectionate brothers! The monthly ticket ranking is still a little low. I hope the brothers who have monthly tickets can continue to help! Thank you very much!)