Naval warfare in the cold weapon era presented two extremes.
Either it will be thrilling, the victory or defeat will be decided quickly, and the warship will sink in an instant.
Or, it is extremely long, chasing and running at the same time. If the time of chasing is included, it is normal for a naval battle to last ten days and a half.
There is one thing even more boring than pursuit, and that is sea voyage.
Among the four ships, Chu Qing was in charge of the Mohist Revenge that had been hand-renovated, Wang Tianyu was in charge of the second-generation Baoyu, which was the deputy commander's boat sent by Chen Dinglan, and Qin Qi was in charge of one, a warship sent from Guanghuai Road. There is another ship with the least number of people, Xiao Yi is in charge, it does not have strong combat capabilities, it is located at the rear, and the ship is mostly supplies.
This time he went to sea not in the name of Changchao or the boat master, but as a pirate to the islands adjacent to Yingdao.
Originally Chu Qing, the commander-in-chief of the navy, did not need to accompany the ship, but because this voyage was of great significance, he was worried if he did not go there in person.
Four ships were very few, and eight hundred people were also very few. In addition, this was Chu Qing's long-standing "dream", and he had to accompany him. He even dispatched the most powerful weapon of the Dachang Dynasty - his uncle. .
For the Japanese thieves, it has long been normal to send privateers to invade the three East China Sea routes to burn, kill and plunder.
The Kechang people fought across the sea. Although they were not fighting the mainland of Yingdao, they were also stationed at a place where a large fleet of Japanese pirates was stationed. This was the first time since the beginning of the dynasty.
This archipelago is extremely vast, which is where the poor children of the Mo family originally lived.
Even the descendants of the Mohist family don't know how vast this archipelago is. They have always lived in the southern seaside area and have never penetrated into this primitive unowned land. Even the Japanese thieves were only stationed for two months at least half a year ago. About a thousand people were also leaning on the beach.
Land is wealth, just like opening a blind box, minerals, water, food and other materials.
In the future, once the whole country is mobilized to attack Yingdao, a supply place will be needed.
Wen Ya said a long time ago that she would give Chu Qing a huge credit, and she was referring to this archipelago. If she went into full-scale war with the Ying thieves, occupied the east of the group in advance and built a coastal defense line to set up camp, it would be equivalent to establishing a camp on the right side of Ying Island. A bridgehead can attack Yingdao from three directions: south in the middle, north on the left, and west on the right.
Now that there are not enough manpower and warships, Chu Qing's big show with Lan Renshan has not yet begun, but it does not delay him from drawing a map of the archipelago in advance and investigating the distribution of resources within the archipelago. If he wants to do these things, he must first kill them The Japanese army camp has been stationed on the island.
Chu Qing did not need to accompany him just for drawing maps, etc., but he had to be present for the first attack on the Japanese army camp. This was something he had only dreamed of, and this battle consisted of four warships and 800 soldiers. The leader of the team is Wang Tianyu. There are nominally 800 people in these four ships, and they are all pirates.
At the stern of the boat, Chu Qing sat on a pony, holding a long fishing rod in his hand, throwing the fishing line into the sea, and fell asleep.
It has been three days since we went to sea, and the weather has been calm for the past three days.
According to Cuttlefish's estimation, if nothing unexpected happens, they will arrive at the archipelago in twelve days.
For three days, Chu Qing didn't catch a single fish.
Zhao Baodan, who worked part-time as a military justice in the Marine Corps Camp and was now qualified as Chu Qing's personal bodyguard, sat next to Chu Qing, looking like he was hesitant to speak.
Chu Qing swung the fishing rod: "If you fart, let it go."
"Boy from the Chu family, according to what the disciples of the Mo family said, the Japanese pirate ship camp on the nameless island is stationed on the south side. There are less than two thousand people, but the army accounts for half of it, and the rest are military households."
Chu Qing hummed: "What's wrong with the military household?"
The so-called military household, in addition to the army, also refers to the relatives of the army.
"Since it is a military household, I think there will be many old, weak, women and children here. Just now Cuttlefish said that when they arrive, they will seize the ships if they can. If they can't seize the ships, they will throw heavy fire and oil and burn the general camp to prevent the enemy from leaking information. In addition, Other than that... In addition, Japanese thieves will not let anyone go, no matter men, women, old or young."
Chu Qing glanced sideways at Taoist Feng: "What, do you have any objections?"
"Killing like this, I'm afraid..."
Feng Daoren paused and then changed the subject: "You usually say that you want to kill all the Japanese thieves, but it's not just to boost the morale of the army. Do you really plan to do this?"
"Nonsense, then you think I shout slogans?"
"But how can the common people of the Ying thieves deserve it? They do so many killings and are not afraid of being punished by God?"
"Dandan, are you kidding me? If I hadn't shown up, the Li family in Beijing, the boat master Di Qinhu, the Guanghuai Chen family, and the Luo Yunyu family would all be better off than the others. Where is the divine punishment?"
Feng Taoist couldn't laugh or cry: "What will happen to them now."
"That's because I showed up."
"That's it, you are their damnation."
"If you understand it this way, it will be no problem. I am God's damnation. I can't condemn myself."
The Feng Taoist shook his head: "That's not what the old Taoist meant, but..."
Chu Qing shrugged: "People live in order to continuously satisfy their inner emotions and desires, such as the nurturing grace of their parents, being filial to their parents, such as taking care of their wives and children, then they must continue to work hard, such as Shang Yun Daozhou The division army wants revenge, so they are always ready to kill the thief. A person's life is driven by inner emotions and desires, thereby gaining satisfaction and happiness from it. Then do you know what drives me forward? ."
"What is it?"
"Be a good person." Chu Qing put away the fishing rod: "Being kind to the enemy is cruelty to the good people. Since you have to be cruel, why not be cruel to the enemy? If I let any Japanese thief go, he will kill ten of me in the future. People of Dachang.”
Standing up, Chu Qing stretched out.
Of course he knew that there were not only Japanese troops stationed on that archipelago, but also many innocent Japanese people.
But what can he do, just kill the soldiers and let the common people go?
Then wait for those old people to spread hatred every day and tell their children how the Chang people massacred their people?
Wait for those women to have children and let them avenge their elders?
Wait for those children to grow up and join the army to avenge their parents?
As for assimilation, it is simply playing with fire and burning yourself.
Bring the woman back to the Chang Dynasty and betroth her to the army?
Will those women put aside all their hatred and give birth to children for Chang Sheng?
Will those children "recognize thieves as their fathers" and be loyal and patriotic to Dachang?
The one thing in the world that never stops is time.
What is more stable than time is hatred. As time goes by, hatred will become more and more intense. He is the one who has experienced it personally.
Looking at Chu Qing's back, Feng Taoist had complicated thoughts.
Or to say that many things have two sides.
In the past, let alone destroying foreign countries, even if Dachang Dynasty fell into war, Feng Dao people would not ask a question and would be happy to hear about it.
But now, after hanging out with people like Chu Qing for a long time, some emotions that had been ignored for a long time slowly burst out in my heart.
Cuttlefish walked over and said in a cold voice: "The three unknown islands of Dongding marked on the map can be reached in two hours. It has just entered spring, and the Japanese thieves and privateers entrenched on the island should not have left yet. Should we stop sailing and wait for the attack at night, or attack the island during the day?"
"Sign up and ask Yuzai, he has the final say."
"good."
Chu Qing turned his head and looked at Feng Taoist: "This group of Ying thieves colluded with the Yu family before. If nothing happens and they get to the island, you will know why I want to drive out all the Ying thieves."
The Feng Taoist smiled bitterly.
Thieves are thieves, and people are people. Even if the thieves are cruel, what does it have to do with the people of Yingdao?
