Chapter 365: Mines

"It's been arranged. The officer smiled inexplicably and raised his eyebrows: "Do you want a glass www.biquge.info of gin?"

Zheng Fei glanced at his wine glass: "You know, this may be the last glass of wine you will drink." ”

The strange tone made the officer can't help but get upset, and he glanced at the dock guard with a puzzled look.

"What do you mean...... What do you mean?"

"After the previous prince incident, I believe that you are a very calm person, and you are also a qualified officer, so I want to tell you about it. ”

Zheng Fei paused, looked into his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "The Turks are here." ”

"Where?" the officer immediately became nervous and looked around, searching for the Turks who had infiltrated the docks.

"I'm not talking about this, but about the navy of the Turks, and the raiders on board. They are only a few dozen nautical miles away from Constanta, and before the sun sets, you can see a dense mass of warships, said to be more than 500 of them. ”

"How did you hear that?" the officer asked with an anxious expression, and in his impression, Zheng Fei didn't look like someone who made such a joke.

How is Zheng Fei going to explain the hot air balloon and the telescope to him? Could it be that he sees it with his eyes...... Even the mentally retarded wouldn't believe it.

"I have on board your fishermen from Constanta, who two days ago went fishing in the south-eastern seas, and stumbled upon the huge Ottoman fleet, and who rowed all day and night to deliver a message to you, were almost exhausted when they met my boat. ”

"Where are they, I want to meet them!"

Apparently, the officers were still doubting the accuracy of the information, because according to the informant's report, it would take at least another week for the Ottoman Navy to set off.

There was a little silence.

Zheng Fei stared at him, moved his mouth, and said solemnly: "What benefit can I get from lying to you? Remember, in a few hours, the army will be pressed into the border, and there will be no time for the officer." ”

After that, Zheng Fei raised his hand and pointed at the prosperous city of Constanta: "This is a beautiful coastal city, your hometown, if you don't hurry up and prepare for defense, your family's home will be completely crushed and destroyed, and this matter has nothing to do with my, I just kindly informed you, believe it or not." ”

At this point, the officer had nothing to hesitate about, and pressed down the garrison officer who was about to shout with a panicked face, and lowered his voice and shouted: "Don't make a sound!"

"Why?!" the garrison was stunned.

"Do you want to watch the docks lose order and become a mess? What we need to do is to hide from everyone, seize these last few hours to build fortifications, unload the goods, and expel all the idlers!" the officer stared at the sea level in the distance and clenched his fists.

The day that he had been waiting for for a long time finally came, but he was not as enthusiastic as he imagined, and he realized that when the catastrophe really came, his heartbeat would be so violent.

For the sake of Constanta! He said a word in his heart, cheering himself up.

In such an existential crisis, anyone can mess with him but the leader of the heroic knight legion, and he is the pillar of faith of all the soldiers and people of Constanta, if he falls, the morale of Constanta's enemies will definitely suffer a heavy setback.

The garrison pursed his lips, pinched his palms with sweat, and kept thinking of the overwhelming arrival of cannonballs, and he couldn't help but shiver.

"Come into the house and rest, friend, don't let everyone see the anomaly, I'll leave everything here. The officer pressed him on the shoulder and pushed him.

The garrison knew that his concentration was not enough, so he did not resist, and went into the cabin and drank a sip of strong liquor to relieve the tense nerves.

Now, there seem to be only two people on the dock, Zheng Fei and the garrison officer, everyone is busy with the things at hand, giggling and not aware of the impending catastrophe, the soldiers are looking forward to the beef stew in the evening, and the porters just want to go home and sleep beautifully, the workload has been too heavy recently.

Standing in the U-shape surrounded by cargo boxes, the officer stretched out his hand to Zheng Fei, and squeezed out a sincere smile from his face occupied by nervousness and panic: "Thank you." ”

Zheng Fei shook his head and sighed, not responding.

Turning his head to look at the porter who kept his hands and feet, the officer smiled bitterly: "No wonder you paid ten times the salary for them to unload." ”

"It is estimated that it will be unloaded in four hours, and the remaining time will be enough for you to arrange for the ship's artillery and put them in the navy. ”

I don't know whether it was melancholy or weak legs, the officer sat on the ground, took out the flask from his waist, unscrewed the lid, poured a big sip from his neck, and swallowed it carefully.

"It's useless, you just said that the West Asian barbarians have more than five hundred ships, so do you know how many ships there are in the navy that came to reinforce Constanta? more than thirty ships...... The total number of ships including yours is only fifty, and such a gap is no different from sending them to death. ”

Zheng Fei rolled his eyes, thought about it carefully, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"You can lay mines!"

"Mines?" Hearing this unfamiliar term, the officer frowned.

Mines are the oldest underwater weapons, and their homeland in China was first invented by the ancient Chinese, dating back to the sixteenth century, a hundred years later.

The Europeans of this era had never been exposed to the concept of mines, so the navy would not be wary of floating debris at sea, and this powerful underwater weapon must have enough for them to drink a pot.

"It means explosives in the water, which are specially used to blow up ships. ”

"But won't the explosives be damp and useless?"

"So a special manufacturing process is needed, I can teach you how to make the simplest mines, gather all the craftsmen and idlers who have nothing to do, and you can make a large batch in four hours!"

Surprise, in the eyes of the officer, appeared in the eyes of the officer, but it was fleeting.

"But...... We don't have that much gunpowder. He sighed sadly: "The perennial war has led to a shortage of military spending in Romania, and most of the gunpowder is arranged for the artillery units on the front, and the gunpowder in Constanta is only enough for the shore artillery to do a few rounds of salvos. ”

"My gunpowder can be given to you. Zheng Fei blinked and sent a surprise.

"But you didn't say ...... before"

"The cannon can't be given, but the gunpowder is fine. As he spoke, Zheng Fei snapped his fingers: "I believe you have also discovered that there is a huge amount of gunpowder hidden on my ship, and that batch of gunpowder is enough to equip a large navy, and I will give it all to you." ”

"Thank you!" the officer was agitated, and could not say anything more than the word.

"Don't thank you yet, go and gather people to make mines, time waits for no one. Zheng Fei patted him on the shoulder.

Under the scorching sun, the pier is a thriving sight, and when night approaches, it will be reduced to ...... What does it look like? (To be continued.) )