Squadron Leader Zhang Depei fully expressed his plan to Captain Guo Beyu at that time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He believed that their most important task at that time was to gain a foothold in the Persian Gulf, and the condition they needed most was a certain amount of time and space!

Therefore, it is most important to establish your own forward base...... Just like the layout of their main home in Shandong, the base is built first!

Captain Guo Beyu retorted: "Then our navy will become on the defensive, and then wait for the Persian navy to attack us on a small island??" ”

"We can find a larger island, and the chart of the owner of Zhang Island already indicates what it is called, and there are many islands in the Strait of Hormuz!

At the same time, we can secretly sabotage their shipyards in the Umanchu region! …… It was burned along with the merchant ships there!! ”

Captain Guo Beyu suddenly understood at that time...... Secretly burning the shipyard is far more labor-saving than encroaching on it in person, and they are more confident in their ability to destroy; The burning of other ships this time would make it all the more important to beg for the sake of losing the port, at least for three or two years in the Persian Gulf, where there will be a great shortage of large ships...... Their role in secretly contacting the local big businessmen in the city has become even more important.

They can easily build their own forward base.

It's a win-win-

Well, one person is short, and two people are long.

Captain Guo Beyu had to agree with his plan.

"I said Lao Zhang...... How did you come up with this method? Have you been an arsonist for a long time?? ”

"Well, I was setting the fire and thinking about it."

In the nautical charts given to them by the owner of Zhang Guoan, the shape of the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa are listed in more detail------ and the geographical changes in the past 700 years may be very large, but the basic plate should not be too different.

He didn't bother to figure out what the locals there called the strait, and it was directly marked as the Strait of Hormuz!

In fact, he was on the right track, and the people of Persia did call it the Strait of Hormuz, which is said to be the name of the fourth king of the Persian Sassanid dynasty.

Hormuz means god of light in Persian.

Well, Captain Guo Beyu considered the characteristics of the Strait of Hormuz and agreed with Squadron Leader Zhang Depei's plan.

They first set up a forward base there, and then waited for the opportunity to send a few people to act as agents to sabotage secretly!

When they had previously passed through the Strait of Hormuz, they had discovered its importance.

It is the only outlet from the Persian Gulf to the outer sea.

It is located between the Arabian Peninsula and the southern part of the Persian region, resembling a herringbone shape, about 300 li long from east to west, more than 100 li wide from north to south, and most of the water depths are more than four zhang away.

There are many large and small islands in that strait, and there are countless reefs and shoals near the shore.

Earlier, when they had just entered the strait, the Persian merchant who led the way had also introduced that no matter what kind of wind was blowing in that strait, the sea would always flow from the outside to the inside.

"This is because Allah wants the overseas wanderers to return home quickly!"

"Allah always favored the Persian merchants------"

After listening to the lyricism of the Persian merchant, Captain Guo Beyu and Squadron Leader Zhang Depei glanced at each other and thought to themselves, there must be a mysterious reason for nature here, and if they could ask Zhang Guoan in person, they would definitely get the correct answer!

If they did, they would have figured out the facts.

Zhang Guoan would tell them that the strait is located in the subtropics, with a tropical desert climate, which is hot and dry all year round.

The high temperature and dryness enhanced the evaporation of the seawater, which was much greater than the amount of precipitation there, and as a result, the salinity of the sea in the strait!

It's like drying salt in the Badaohe Salt Works------

The salinity of the strait and the Persian Gulf is greater than that outside the strait, resulting in a sea density gradient that causes the less salinity outside the strait to flow through the surface of the strait to the Persian Gulf, while the salinity of the inner Persian Gulf flows out of the strait through the bottom of the strait.

The gradient force of this density is greater than that of the wind, so it is not affected by the direction of the wind------

This explanation will definitely take some effort, but Zhang Guoan Island Master must have a way to explain it.

The two of them had no way to ask their island master at that time, but after returning to Liuqiu Island, they asked Zhang Island Master again, and sure enough, they understood.

However, at that time, the two of them really didn't care much about why the currents were like this, they just didn't believe that Allah would be particularly partial to the Persian merchants, and the Hui merchants thought the same way------ but together they tortured the Tatar robbers!

Where did Allah go when the Tatar robbers burned cities, slaughtered and robbed?!

So, their Allah preference for Tatar robbers is more than able to say the past------ of course you can't say that.

At that time, the two of them were more interested in the flow of the current.

Flowing from the outside to the inside of the strait, it is more suitable for them to fight the enemy head-on at sea!

On the contrary, the warships that came out of the strait to fight did not have an advantage------ so it was a very good idea to establish a forward base in the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the Persian merchant, the most important island in the Strait of Hormuz is Hormuz.

The island has long been the main market in southern Persia, with a permanent population of more than 2,000 people, and has always been an important place for the sale of goods such as palms, indigo, grains and spices, and became one of the key points of trade with Tianzhu and the Great Song Dynasty before the Tatars arrived.

When the Tatar robbers came, they set up new tax collection offices, which doubled or tripled, and all merchants who did not obey their taxes were killed, and the good trading places were now becoming more and more deserted.

Speaking of hatred for the Tatar robbers, he seemed to have forgotten that Allah had just said that he favored Persian merchants, and began to curse incessantly.

The two of them immediately interrupted him and inquired seriously about the situation there.

The Persian merchant could only tell him what he had known before------ because of hatred, he had long since ceased to operate there, and even when he led the way for the Liuqiu navy, he had taken a further route from there.

The two of them understood the basic situation, immediately unified the plan of action, and decisively set off towards the island of Hormuz with the fleet!

The island was about eight miles long and six miles wide, with dozens of wells with plenty of fresh water, dense palm groves, and, most importantly, a natural deep-water harbor where hundreds of large ships could dock.

The number of permanent residents and floating population above should be smaller than before, and as for the armed personnel above, there should be less than 50 people.

In fact, even if there were 500 heavily armed Tatar soldiers, they were not worried, and even the most cautious squadron leader Zhang Depei did not take it seriously, such a battle was their strong point, and there was no need to worry about it.

On the sea route to go, Captain Guo Beyu still complained a little, if only the Persian merchant took them to the shipping lane near the island of Hormuz, they could take it in one fell swoop, and there was no need to bother building on the small island of the pirate's lair.

When the Persian merchant heard this, his face turned red and he was speechless for a moment.

It was this General Guo who asked to take the fastest shipping lane, and the island of Hormuz was in a northerly position, and it was a little slow to walk close to there.

Fortunately, Squadron Leader Zhang Depei took over at that time and said that the pirate island was also useful, and it could be used as a training ground at sea.

Besides, when they first entered the Persian Gulf, the operation had not yet begun, and they really didn't care about the island of Hormuz for a while------

Along the way, the two of them kept asking questions of the Persian merchant to the charts.

The Persian merchant replied cautiously. (To be continued.) )