The islands where Fang Buer set a trap to ambush Chu Qing were not far away. They had no name and were called Wuming Island. They were not one island, but seven islands almost connected together. Twelve ships were hidden on the east side.
The first ship has appeared, obviously a Chang ship, a merchant ship.
The boat is not big, it is an offshore boat. The shape of the boat is low at the head and high at the tail. It is large at the front and small at the back. It looks like a seabird and can paddle the waves. The left and right hulls are equipped with floating plates, which can stabilize the ship in wind and waves. At the same time, it can block side waves and reduce the risk of damage. The hull rocked sideways.
This kind of ship is not a large warship. It can carry more than 200 to less than 300 people. Guanghuai Dao Boat Master also has this kind of ship. Because of its convenient movement, most of them play the role of exploring ships.
The so-called ship exploration can be understood as horse exploration, which means to dock first or land first to reconnoiter the enemy. It can stay in the shallow sea area. It is not like the large warships that stop, anchor, and then put down the small boat. When it stops, less than half an hour will pass. .
The merchant ship had just emerged from the island and saw seventeen ships lined up almost in a row. It did not send out a semaphore. After all, there were obstacles and it was useless to send a semaphore. Instead, it blew the horn on the ship to warn other enemy ships.
As the captain of the fleet, all ships except the Mo family's Revenge were his own, so Chen Dinglan did his duty and gave orders.
"Wave the flags, line them up, from both sides, surround..."
"Wave the flag, the clipper will go first, go to the south, turn east..."
"Wave the flag, the building boat docked at the island on the right, the boat bow raised an arrow..."
"Wave the flag, rush the ship to the north, and sail against the wind..."
"Waving the flag..."
Raising his head towards the flagpole and issuing seven or eight orders in succession, Chen Dinglan pressed his sword hilt with his hand, showing off his general's style at a glance.
Looking at Wang Tongtong on the flagpole, he yelled "Wei", and then... nothing happened.
Lowering his head, Wang Tongtong first glanced at the flag bucket next to him. After looking at the colorful flags, he lowered his head and was confused: "Which one to wave?"
"Fuck it!" Wen Ya kicked the flagpole: "Get off now!"
Wang Tongtong quickly slid down the flagpole, and Wen Ya climbed up like an ape and began to wave flags of different colors.
The navy warships at different distances also began to blow their horns, and at the same time the flag bearers waved their flags.
Chu Qing kicked Wang Tongtong's butt: "Why did you go up there if you don't understand the flag language?"
Wang Tongtong rubbed his butt, innocently, and pointed at Chen Dinglan: "He asked the humble person to come up."
"Fart, who asked you to go up there!"
"Don't you tell me who has good eyesight and who will bear the flag?"
Chen Dinglan was so angry: "Who knew you didn't know the flag language!"
"You didn't even ask."
Chen Dinglan: “…”
These are Chu Qing's people. If it were their own people as the captain, Chen Dinglan would definitely take action. Starting with ten whips, there is no limit.
Although they were on the Mo family's Revenge, the real battle was the Zhoushi warship. Chen Dinglan naturally had to command the battle. According to the original plan, this ship should be commanded by Qin Qi.
Under normal circumstances, Chen Dinglan should be commanding from the building ship. Now on other ships, he can only issue military orders through the flag bearer's flag language.
Moreover, Chen Dinglan was not only the commander-in-chief, but also a good hand at the helm. He gave all the military orders that should be issued and returned to the bow of the ship to start steering.
The Mohist Revenge began to shift its bow and lay on the other side.
While turning the rudder of the ship, Chen Dinglan said: "A naval battle is not a horse battle, not an infantry battle. Dudu is not an expert, so I will show my shame, okay?"
"It's what I asked for."
"Okay, today's battle to suppress thieves is about encirclement. If there are no islands, it is about barbarism. Let's talk about barbarism first. It's head-on. The sea surface is unobstructed. There aren't many strategies available. There's no need. To say more, the word "siege" means to surround these islands. Most of the navy's boats are large. Once they enter the islands, it is not easy to sail. The other is that there is an ambush in the group. The navy's small boats can enter, but there are not many. And There are twelve enemy ships, and the small boats entering are like sheep entering the mouth of a tiger.”
Chu Qing nodded: "So first surround the island, draw arrows with the archers, and wait for them to come out before attacking, like a siege?"
"That's right, Dudu is laughing. It's not some kind of battle plan. Naval battles are like this. What I want to do is not to sink one more pirate ship, but to protect one more of my own ships."
"Why?"
"In a naval battle, there is no ship that cannot sink. If the enemy's ship sinks, our own ship will also sink. If it sinks too much, even if we win, how can we bring our brothers back? Dudu wants to do something big in the East China Sea. , In the future, there will inevitably be a battle for supremacy at sea. If you bring brothers, you must remember what I said. You can let the enemy and thieves go, but you can't die in the blue sea."
Chu Qing took a step back and saluted Chen Dinglan.
He understood the words clearly. It was a very simple addition and subtraction. However, he could not think deeply about this addition and subtraction. If he did not want to encounter it, he would cry for the rest of his life.
The number of people a ship can carry is limited. For example, if you go out to five ships with a hundred people in each ship, and annihilate all the enemies in total, but four ships on your side are sunk and 400 people fall into the water, then you can only take a hundred people. Man’s only warship, who can he save?
The plan was to triple the number. The crowds were crowded and two hundred people were rescued. A total of three hundred people could carry at most three hundred people. However, there were still two hundred brothers who fell into the water. They tried to save but couldn't, so they just watched. These two hundred brothers are struggling in the water?
Just thinking about it makes my heart feel clogged.
When Qin Qi trained the old ladies of the lake, there were many thick ropes hanging on the boat. The old men were in the water, holding on to the thick ropes without swimming, but even so, their physical strength was exhausted very quickly.
Even if the ship is hung with thick ropes and wrapped around the waists of the fallen soldiers, it is still useless.
The sea is unobstructed and the sun is not motionless. It is either too hot or too cold. Loss of physical strength, hypothermia, wind and waves. Any problem will kill the soldiers holding the long rope. Just hold on for a while, and then catch one. Hours will do, but what about ten hours, one day, or ten days?
Whether it is a naval battle or a land battle, as long as it is a war, it is cruel.
The fierce sea battle that Chu Qing expected did not appear. After arriving on the other side, he discovered that behind the archipelago, there were two ships with their bows facing the north, apparently trying to escape.
At this time, on the east side of the island, war drums were beating loudly. The two enemy ships were Japanese privateers. Seeing that the encirclement had not yet formed, they wanted to escape.
The fastest rushing ship had already crossed over, and the archers on the ship fired arrows in unison.
The battle has begun. Not only on the east side, but also on the south side, that is, Chu Qing's side, there is also an enemy ship coming through the waves.
"Kill the thief!"
Letting go of the rudder, Chen Dinglan drew out his sword and roared: "Archer, load the arrow!"
A roar, and then... nothing more.
Chu Qing chuckled: "Commander Fu, times have changed. We in Changjing do not rely on bows in naval battles."
Qin Qi, who had been waiting for a long time, ran out of nowhere and laughed loudly: "Brothers, remove the board!"
Chen Dinglan was confused. When he turned around, he saw that the huge wooden boxes near the side of the ship were movable. When he first boarded the ship, he thought they were baggage supplies.
The wooden board facing the outside of the wooden box was torn off, and then a heart-wrenching sound of pulling the tendons was heard.
Chen Dinglan took a breath of cold air: "Bed crossbow?!"
With a "bang" sound, Qin Qi slapped the winch with his palm, and a spear-like crossbow arrow shot through the air.
Fu San licked his fingers and started counting.
one two three four…
The third brother is studying evil calculations recently, and is calculating how many large crossbows can sink a common warship on the market, so as to calculate how many enemy ships the Mohist Revenge can kill at the same time at close range.
The third brother felt that he understood the Four Books and Five Classics, and then he discovered one thing for some unknown reason. Arithmetic, that is, numbers, seemed to be more practical.
