Da Gama's fleet was delayed in returning, but it was in a hurry to destroy Wang Hong, the deputy envoy of the Liangguang Haidao in Nantou Water Village. The water ghost troops on his side have been almost trained, and more than a hundred fireships and warriors who control them have also been recruited. Now, it's just a matter of waiting for the fleet of the Franc Robot to return.

However, Wang Feng waited left and right, but he could not wait for the return of the Gama fleet. In the middle, three wounded boats returned for brief repairs, and then turned around and headed south. Probably, it's back to another thief's lair to the south to overhaul it.

However, Wang Feng is not without gains. After Lu Xiucai offered his plan, Wang Feng arranged for the water ghost to conduct special training for the purpose of destroying the tail rudder. Of course, not to destroy it completely, but to create obstacles that make it impossible to function in a hurry.

However, what Lu Xiucai said was only theoretical, and the water ghosts had never seen the real thing, so they could only use the tail rudder of the Ming Dynasty as the training object. But in fact, there is a difference between the tail rudder of the East and the West.

It wasn't until a few days after taking the three injured boats to repair at the pier of Deep Water Bay that Wang Hong had the opportunity to send the water ghosts to touch under the Portuguese ship at night and carefully inspect the tail rudder of the Franc engine. Moreover, the object of destruction has been found.

The Portuguese ship is different from the Beihai ship in Marin, and the tail rudder of the Beihai ship has been changed to a labor-saving steering system with a steering wheel and dynamic slip control. The Portuguese ship, on the other hand, still uses the traditional European crowbar tail rudder system. To turn, a strong sailor used an iron rod to pry the top of the ship's huge rudder blades to turn them and change the ship's direction.

The water ghosts found that inserting iron nails into the gaps in the shafts of the rudder blades did not work well. Because, if the opponent's sailor is strong, he can still pry the rudder. At most, it will cause some damage to the rudder blades.

Therefore, it is better to use a dagger with a relatively narrow blade and a thinner blade to insert it into the gap of its rotating shaft. With the dagger blade in the way, it would have been difficult for the Portuguese sailors to pry the rudder blades.

In view of this, Wang Hongteming's craftsmen made 30 narrow and thin daggers out of stainless steel, which were used to destroy the rudder blades of enemy ships. It's a pity that his side is ready, but the main force of the Franco's fleet has not returned.

If it weren't for the spies who told him that the temporary base in Deep Water Bay was full of stolen goods that the Franc Robot Man had stolen from the Daming Coast, Wang Feng almost wondered if the Franc Robot would not have returned.

How did Deputy Envoy Wang know that Hu Jian had a scum scholar who had handed over to Hong Hengjiu, and instructed Da Gama to go north to the Zhoushan Islands, and set the operational policy of "using the Zhoushan Islands as a springboard to attack the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

If they succeed, with the armament situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang at this time, I am afraid that they may really be succeeded by the other party. Not to mention the fall of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, at least, the coastal areas will be greatly damaged. After all, in this conflict with Portugal, the Ming court was only prepared for Guangdong and Hu Jian, and did not fortify along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

However, it seems that luck is still on the side of the Ming Dynasty. No, da Gama's fleet really returned to Deep Water Bay on Hong Kong Island to repair. After all, da Gama was also reluctant to bear all kinds of stolen goods piled up on the temporary pier of Deep Water Bay.

On the day that Da Gama's fleet arrived at Deep Water Bay, several Ming soldiers (secret agents in the army) quickly walked through the mountains and forests until they left the area of Deep Water Bay on the southern side of Hong Kong Island and released the carrier pigeons in their cages......

About an hour later, Wang Feng from Nantou Water Village got the news. So, Wang Feng ordered loudly:

"Soldiers, prepare for war!"

However, that night, although the moon was round, the wind direction was not southerly, which was not conducive to fire. Therefore, Wang Feng had to wait patiently. And so it is three days......

Three days later, da Gama's fleet was ready, and loaded the most valuable parts of the loot onboard, discarded the worthless ones, and prepared for the next day's transfer.

That night, in the Portuguese camp in Deep Water Bay, the Portuguese sailors drank the looted rice wine and ate the meat of the pigs snatched from the shore.

At the banquet, Hong Hengjiu, who had already served as a dog-headed military advisor to Da Gama, worried:

"Is it too risky for the Governor of the Governor (Da Gama was appointed as the Governor of the Ming Kingdom of Portugal) to drink with the whole army? Or, in a group, go and guard the camp and the docks? ”

After understanding Hong Hengjiu's words through the translator Bernardo, Da Gama waved his hand indifferently and said:

"Don't worry, Hong, we've been here for three days. If the Ming army wanted to attack at night, it would have done so two days ago. So, I think, they should be scared. After all, the Portuguese warships and artillery were more powerful than the Ming Kingdom. I led the fleet across the coast of the two provinces, and I didn't see the Ming Navy Division able to confront us. Therefore, they should be scared of being beaten. Moreover, on the dock, I also filmed a dozen sentinels on duty at night, and there will be no problem. ”

"Besides, the rice wine in this Ming country is not very strong, and everyone is not drunk, so it is not in the way. Hong, you don't know, in Europe, people usually don't drink plain water, and generally drink wine as water when they are thirsty. So, we're all used to drinking......"

What Da Gama said was true, the Europeans in the Middle Ages were afraid of getting sick and did not dare to drink raw water, so they drank wine as water. The rich and the clergy drank wine, and the poor drank inferior beer.

However, rice wine is generally higher in alcohol than wine and beer. Therefore, even if they are usually accustomed to drinking, the Portuguese sailors who drank rice wine are still a little uplifted.

After eating and drinking, the Portuguese fell asleep and prepared to move out early tomorrow morning and head north to the Zhoushan Islands to establish a new base. The location of the new base that Da Gama fancied was called Liuheng Island, and there was a fishing port called Shuangyu Island in the west of the island, which was a very good port. Da Gama intended to establish a military port there as a springboard to invade the nearby bustling Ningbo Province and then move north along the coast to invade Suzhou and Hangzhou.

However, they did not know that just after the whole Portuguese army fell asleep, hundreds of ships, large and small, quietly approached the deep water bay from the south by the moonlight......

When approaching the small island of Iron Island at the mouth of Deep Water Bay, Lin Tianhai, the general of the Ming Army's naval division, said nervously:

"Aquatic, is there a Franc robot sentinel on this island?"

Water Ghost Captain Zhao Shuisheng said:

"Back to my lord, it seems that the Franc machine man has no intention of staying for a long time again. Therefore, no sentry was set up on the ironing island. Moreover, they are about to leave, and there is no need to toss so much. ”

"Well, give the order, and the fleet carefully bypass the island and be ready to storm the enemy's position. How's the situation on your water ghost's side? ”

Zhao Shuisheng replied:

"At this point, they should all have infiltrated the deck ship of the Dao Franco, and once they have both inserted their daggers into the cracks of the enemy's rudder blades, two Kong Ming lanterns will be lifted into the air. At that point, we'll be able to ignite and storm the enemy docks! ”

"Okay, give the order to go down, and wait for the time being. As soon as you see the Kong Ming lantern rise into the air, immediately raise the sail and move forward, get close to the enemy ship, and light the firewood, grass and oil on the ship! ”

"Order!"

Subsequently, on the Ming army's ship, people with good night vision stood on the bow of the ship, staring at the pier of Deep Water Bay to see if there were any Kong Ming lanterns raised......