The Dagama fleet was delayed in returning, but it was a frustrating rush to Wang Yu, deputy envoy of the Guangdong-Guangdong-Guangzhou Water Village. The water ghost troops on his side had almost been trained, and more than 100 fire ships and warriors who controlled the fire ships were recruited. Now, we are waiting for the Folang Jimen's fleet to return.
However, Wang Yu waited left and right, but he couldn't wait for the return of the Dagama fleet. In the middle, three injured ships returned for a simple repair, and then turned south. Perhaps, it was another bandit's nest back to the south for overhaul.
However, Wang Lie did not lose his gains. After Lu Xiucai offered his advice, Wang Lie arranged for the water ghost to conduct special training to destroy the tail rudder. Of course, it was not completely destroyed, but created obstacles that made it unable to be used normally in a hurry.
However, what Lu Xiucai said was just theoretical. The water ghosts had never seen the real thing, so they could only use the tail rudder of the ships of the Ming Dynasty as the training target. But in fact, there were differences between the tail rudders of the East and the West.
It was not until the days when he took the three injured ships to repair the Deepwater Bay Pier that Wang Wei had the opportunity to send water ghosts to touch the Portuguese ship at night and carefully checked the stern rudder of the Flang machine ship. Moreover, he found the target of destruction.
The Portuguese ships are different from the Beihai ships of Marin. The stern rudders of the Beihai ships have been changed to labor-saving steering systems controlled by rudders and moving pulleys. The Portuguese ships still use the traditional European crowbar-style tail rudder system. When steering, sailors who need strong strength use iron rods to pry the top of the huge rudder plate of the ship to rotate and change the direction of the ship.
The water ghosts found that using iron nails to insert the gap on the rudder spool is not effective. Because if the opponent's sailor is strong, he can still pry the rudder spool. At most, it will cause some damage to the rudder spool.
Therefore, it is better to use a dagger with a narrow blade and a thin blade, insert it into the gap of its rotation axis. With the blade blocked by the dagger, it will be difficult for Portuguese sailors to pry the rudder blade.
In view of this, craftsmen in Wang Euteming's army used fine steel to create 30 narrow and thin daggers to destroy the rudder of the enemy ship. Unfortunately, he was ready, but the main force of the Flang Jiman fleet was delayed in returning.
If the spy hadn't told him that the temporary base of Deepwater Bay was full of stolen goods snatched from the coast of Daming, Wang Wei would almost doubt whether the Flangjiman would not come back.
Deputy Envoy Wang didn't know that a scum scholar from Hu Jian had appeared on the side of Hong Hengjiu, and guided Dajiama to go north to the Zhoushan Islands and set up a combat policy of "using the Zhoushan Islands as a springboard to attack the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
If they succeeded, with the military situation in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in this era, they might really be successful by the other party. Not to mention the fall of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, at least the coastal areas will be greatly damaged. After all, the Ming court had only made precautions in Guangdong and Hu Jian during this conflict with Portugal, and did not fortify defenses on the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
However, it seems that luck is still on the side of the Ming Dynasty. So, Dagama's fleet has indeed returned to the Deep Water Bay of Hong Kong Island to repair it. After all, Dagama is reluctant to leave the various stolen goods piled up on the temporary dock of Deep Water Bay.
On the day when Dagama's fleet arrived at Deepwater Bay, several Ming soldiers quickly walked through the mountains and forests without stopping at night, until they left the area where Deepwater Bay located south of Hong Kong Island, and released the pigeons in the cage at their waists...
About an hour later, Wang Yu from Nantou Water Village received the news. So Wang Yu ordered loudly:
"Soldiers, prepare for the war!"
However, that night, although the moon was very round, the wind direction was not the south wind, which was not conducive to fire attack. Therefore, Wang Qing had to wait patiently. This wait took only three days...
Three days later, Dagama's fleet was ready and loaded all the most valuable parts of the stolen goods, discarded the worthless parts, and prepared to make a transfer the next day.
That night, at the Portuguese camp in Deep Water Bay, Portuguese sailors drank the rice wine they stolen and ate the meat they stolen from the pigs they stolen from the shore. It was so unhappy.
At the banquet, Hong Hengjiu, who had already served as a dog-headed military advisor for Dagama, said worriedly:
"Is it too risky to drink the whole army? Or should we just go to guard the camp and the dock?"
After understanding Hong Hengjiu's words through the translation, Dagama waved his hand indifferently:
"Don't worry, Hong, we have been docking here for three days. If the Ming army wanted to attack at night, they would have taken action two days ago. So, I think they should be afraid. After all, Portugal's warships and artillery are stronger than Ming. I led the fleet across the coast of the two provinces, and I couldn't see the Ming navy fighting us. So, they should be afraid. Moreover, on the dock, I also photographed more than a dozen sentries on the night, so there would be no problem."
"Besides, the rice wine in Ming Dynasty is not very strong, and everyone is not drunk, so it's okay. Hong, you don't know that in Europe, people usually don't drink plain water, and usually drink wine as water when they are thirsty. So, we are very accustomed to drinking..."
What Dagama said is true. In the Middle Ages, Europeans were afraid of getting sick and did not dare to drink raw water, so they used wine as water. The rich and priests drank wine, while the poor drank inferior beer.
However, the degree of rice wine is generally higher than that of wine and beer. Therefore, even the Portuguese sailors who are used to drinking wine and drink rice wine are still a little bit a little accustomed.
After eating and drinking, the Portuguese went to bed and prepared to move out early tomorrow morning to go north to build a new base for the Zhoushan Islands. The location of the new base that Dagama is interested in is called Liuheng Island. There is a fishing port called Shuangyu to the west of the island, which is a very good port. Dagama plans to establish a military port there, using this as a springboard, first invade the nearby prosperous Ningbo Prefecture, and then head north along the coast to invade Suzhou and Hangzhou.
However, they didn't know that just after the entire Portuguese army fell into a dream, hundreds of ships of all sizes quietly leaned towards the deep water bay from the south with the moonlight...
When approaching the small island of Yanbozhou at the entrance of Deepwater Bay, Lin Tianhai, the general of the Ming army naval army, said nervously:
"Shuisheng, can there be a whistle detective of the Furang Ji people on this small island?"
Captain of the Water Ghost Zhao Shuisheng said:
"Sir, the Folangji people don't seem to have the intention to stay for a long time again. Therefore, they did not set up a post on the Iron Bozhou. Moreover, they are about to leave, so there is no need to make such a struggle."
"That's good. I'll send the order. The fleet is careful to bypass this island and prepare to attack the enemy's formation. What's going on with you water ghosts?"
Zhao Shuisheng replied:
"At this time, we should have sneaked under the deck of the Daofolang jimen. Once they inserted the dagger into the gap of the enemy's rudder, two Kongming lanterns would be put on the air. At that time, we can ignite the fire and hit the enemy's dock!"
"Okay, send the order and wait for the sails to fall for a while. Once you see the Kongming lantern take off, immediately raise the sails and advance, approach the enemy ship, and ignite the firewood, grass and tinder oil on the ship!"
"Get orders!"
Chapter completed!