However, it was said that Zhang Wei returned to the military port of the White Shark Guard, met with Bai Menghu, the commander of the White Shark Guard, and told everything he had experienced on Hammer Island. Bai Menghu then made a decision and took Zhang Wei to Yu Mingjun.

In particular, the news brought back by Zhang Wei is that thousands of pirates in these four seas will gather on Treasure Island and divide the territory. If you can lead troops to lurk over, wouldn't you be able to wipe out these pirates? Eliminate the dangers of this sea?

After figuring out the joint, Bai Menghu felt that this idea was absolutely feasible, but the premise was to recover the pirate Li Dazhui of Hammer Island. If you have more than a dozen pirate ships in Li Dazhui's hands and hundreds of elite pirate forces, plus the [Zhenyuan] warship, you will definitely be able to wipe it out.

After arriving at Yu Mingjun's house, Bai Menghu trayed out the thoughts in his heart and was affirmed by Yu Mingjun.

"If we're going to wipe out those pirates, we'll need to change our strategy for taking Hammer Island. We thought about sending all the warships out and attacking Hammer Island, and at the same time intimidating the other pirates around us. But now we want to sneak up on the future Treasure Island Pirate Leader Alliance. Then the news of the attack on Hammer Island must be kept. And it has to be done quickly. Yu Mingjun suddenly thought of this critical issue, and Bai Menghu also nodded in agreement.

After that, Bai Menghu also recommended Zhang Wei who came with him to Yu Mingjun, and after hearing about Zhang Mingjun's experience, Yu Mingjun also felt good. And what makes Yu Mingjun feel even more cordial is that this Zhang is from a scout. Maybe others don't know that the first person of the scout of the Pingbei Army is Yu Mingjun. And he can be regarded as the first scout of the Pingbei Army, and the scout can be carried forward because of him. Although Liu Xia later divided the scouts under Yu Mingjun into two parts, one part became the predecessor of the Eagle Yang Guard, and the other was the scouts scattered to various armies, those early scouts may have died in battle at this moment, and some have joined the guards and the personal guard brigade. Some entered the Eagle Guard. It is also possible that he has returned home to spend time with his wife and son.

But no matter what, as long as he has been a scout before, this can make Yu Mingjun feel friendly. And Yu Mingjun's name is also widely spread in the scout world, and many people take him as an example and strive to be strict with themselves.

Yu Mingjun praised Zhang Wei for a few words, and made Zhang Mingjun's face flush with excitement, but because he was in front of Yu Mingjun, he was quite restrained. I guess if it was in private, I would definitely scream with joy.

Yu Mingjun likes Zhang Wei very much, but he has no right to choose his own personal guard, but he can also say a few words to the commander of the personal guard brigade, and ask them to transfer Zhang Xuan to him as a personal guard. First of all, before that, Zhang Wei had to enter the Guards Brigade first, and then go to the Armaments Academy to study before he could be assigned. It's quite cumbersome. So Yu Mingjun set up a new scout detachment, which was not under the management of the White Shark Guard, but directly under the jurisdiction of the commander-in-chief of the navy, and let Zhang Wei serve as the captain of the detachment. This detachment leader level is equivalent to a brigade. Zhang Wei can be said to have been promoted several levels.

Next, according to Liu Xia's instructions, the navy should not only be able to fight the surrounding pirates, but more importantly, be able to prepare for the battle of other warlords' sailors in the future.

Yu Mingjun also heard that in Fujian in the south, there is a powerful figure named Zheng Zhilong, whose naval strength is quite powerful. And in the far South China Sea, I heard that there are some strange aliens with a long look, and their ships are even more powerful. It is said to be a Franciscan.

In the previous Pingbei Army, it was also equipped with some backward Furlong cannons, but since the development of steel cannons, those red-coated cannons, Fran cannons, and tiger squat cannons have been reinvented into copper plates.

Compared with the artillery in other places, the steel artillery used by the Pingbei Army is relatively advanced.

Yu Mingjun immediately found generals at all levels to discuss strategies. This is the first time that their White Shark Guard has made a move, and they must guarantee a complete victory. Hammer Island must be boarded.

With a purpose, soon the planning strategy was also written. At the same time, the order went down and all the battleships were repaired, especially the [Zhenyuan] must be filled with sufficient coal, and as for the other ships, they must be loaded**.

Early the next morning, all the ships began to be commissioned. The most eye-catching is the [Zhenyuan] ironclad ship, which is really a steel monster, much larger than the other three wooden sail warships around it, and the two tall chimneys on it are constantly emitting smoke.

"Keep adding coal!"

"Hurry the fuck and deliver the last three truckloads of coal."

"You, you go and check all the muzzles to see if anything is broken. There can't be a problem now. ”

The entire military port was busy.

"The [Zhenyuan] can carry the strength of one battalion, and the other three warships can carry the strength of one battalion, which means that the soldiers who can go can only have two battalions of soldiers and horses, a total of more than 1,000 people." Bai Menghu walked around the harbor with Yu Mingjun, looking at the [Zhenyuan] that was smoking in the harbor and said.

Yu Mingjun frowned and said, "What is the specific number of pirates on Hammer Island?" ”

Bai Menghu took out a piece of paper from his bosom and only listened to him read: "After all, Hammer Island has been entrenched for several years. The inside is almost closed from the outside. So the exact number of people is not too accurate. However, according to the scouts' observations, there are between one hundred and thirty-five and one hundred and fifty young men who can fight on Hammer Island. As for women, children, and children, there are almost 400 people combined. The entire population of Hammer Island is five or six hundred people. This time, we will definitely be able to take it down with two battalions of troops. ”

Bai Menghu's face was confident, but Yu Mingjun was not as good as him. I saw Yu Mingjun frowning and said, "After all, this is our first naval battle." None of his generals had ever had any experience in naval warfare before. It's better to be careful. And Zhang Wei also said that there are many mechanisms on Hammer Island, so you also need to be careful. We can't sacrifice too many soldiers in exchange for victory in the past, so-" Yu Mingjun said this, even Bai Menghu, who was still full of confidence just now, frowned at this moment.

Victory should be victorious, but there will certainly be countless casualties. Ended in a crushing victory. If that's the case, then it's better not to go. You must know that every soldier of this White Shark Guard is a treasure of the navy now, and it is not easy to cultivate a navy.

"Be careful, first send the [Jiaozhou] as a pioneer to test the temptation. The Zhenyuan and two other warships followed. Yu Mingjun pointed to a wooden sailing boat not far away.

The [Jiaozhou] is one of the three wooden sailing ships, although it is not as powerful as the [Zhenyuan], and the steel armor is thick, but it is also equipped with more than a dozen artillery pieces, and the power is not weak.

When the morning glow slowly rose in the sky, the [Zhenyuan] sailed towards the boundless blue sea in the east against the red sun, followed by two wooden sailing ships, as for the previous [Jiaozhou] wooden sailing ship, it had already set off at this moment.

However, it was said that on Hammer Island, since Zhang Wei left, Li Dazhui, the big boss of Hammer Island, immediately gathered people and began to arrange the island's defense facilities. The Pingbei Army is no ordinary army. He Li Dazhui attaches great importance to this.

And during this time, small boats were constantly sent to inquire about the strength of the Pingbei Army and Navy. However, due to the fact that this navy was newly established and there were almost no people around the military port, the Pingbei Navy never fought a war and did not develop its strength. Naturally, they couldn't find out.

This made Li Dazhui anxious. He Li Dazhui regretted a little at the moment, if the naval army of the Pingbei Army was like the combat effectiveness of the army, he believed that these soldiers and horses under his command would definitely not be able to hold it. If the Pingbei Army enters the island, it will purge the people on the island - thinking of this, Li Dazhui's heart trembled, and his face turned pale.

The people of this island, young and old, men and women, are the families of these pirates, and if these people fail, his pirate army will automatically collapse.

"If you surrender to the Pingbei Army—"

"I heard that the Pingbei Navy has not been built for a long time, and there are still many people who know how to fight water. According to the letter, if you can surrender to the past, it seems that the treatment is not low. It's just to be fucking angry. ”