Chapter 950: The Invincible Armada Connects the Sky and the Sea
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On the nearest boat from the shore, there was a sailfish on the lookout to signal it.
Immediately there were a hundred small boats from top to bottom, and each big boat came down and down two small boats four and a half meters long and two meters wide, and eight people sat in each small boat, and they were going to the shore with their oars, and there were things covered with canvas on board.
In the sea about 200 miles away from a thousand ships, more than 9,000 ships were anchored, including 2,000 gunboats.
This is all the naval combat force that Datang can take out, over the years, a total of 3,000 gunboats have been built, 200 have stayed in China, 500 have been used for cruising, where there is a Datang merchant ship, there are Datang gunboats, and the rest are all sent here.
In the future, the same gunboats will not be built, and very few new gunboats will be built, and generally two or three will be built to train in the sea and lakes, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and summarize the technology. If necessary, so the large dockyard will be started at the same time.
The other ships parked on the sea were troop carriers and supply ships, and there were 200,000 soldiers in the landing operation, and for a long time there were no supplies from the country, and they also needed to carry livestock for transportation.
10,000 ships sounds like a number, but you don't compare that to what happens on the sea.
There were already merchant ships coming back from farther places, and when they came to the ships on the sea, the people on board were rushing and shouting.
"Boss, boss, hurry. Get out of the boat. "A merchant ship called 'Love Tang' was returning from the sea route on the shore, and the lookout hand on the mast, through the telescope, went to the scene in the sea in front of him, shouted down at the top of his voice, and climbed down from the mast while shouting.
"Calling what? Xiaodong, when will you be able to stabilize the focus? Since I left Datang, I haven't seen you stop, you call when you see fish, you still call when you see seabirds, boat. We're already on the ship, it's not that we haven't seen a ship, is it my Datang's merchant ship or a escort ship? β
In a makeshift wooden hut on the deck, a man was rolling noodles there, and a wooden rack was placed next to it, on which were drawn three very small children, two men and one woman, who could come out of their clothes.
Hearing the shout of the lookout, he hurriedly added some cold water to the pot. Then shout back.
The man he called Xiaodong had slipped out of the mast very quickly and stood at the door. Inhale first: "Boss, oh, call the captain, you can make me noodles to eat again." There are boats, there are many boats. β
"Who did it for you? There is not much noodles I can eat from Datang, I make two bites by myself, and when I get home, the three babies are pestering me, and I can't eat a stable meal. They were less than a year old when I came out. When I go back, I can turn three years old, and it's time to be naughty. β
The noodle captain squinted his eyes and said, "Xiaodong, I've told you a hundred times, hang the binoculars around your neck, you have to take off the rope, you really fall into the sea." I won't give you a certificate when I go back, how can the government clean you up. β
"Boss, don't worry, you. I have a rope tied to my waist, and I can't carry it around my neck, and my neck is worn out after a long time, boss, oh, captain, I said boat, you don't believe it, you hold a telescope for a while, and you are scared to death. β
Xiaodong pulled the binoculars, and sure enough, a rope was attached to his waist, and there were two of these things for each big boat, one captain held it, and the other was given to the lookout, and when he came out, he filed it, and even if it was broken, he had to take the fragments to the state-level government for inspection.
The captain was not in a hurry, he did not expect what it would be, he only thought that there was a larger merchant fleet to 'meet' with his small fleet here, and then greet each other and go their separate ways.
Then you can naturally see that it is important to eat the noodles made from the noodles brought from Datang first.
The noodles take a long time before they are put into the pot, and the time from the pot to the cooking is short, and after a few minutes of work, the noodles are ready, and after a while in cold water, the captain takes another can, opens it, scoops out a few spoonfuls of bean paste, holds a bowl and eats it first, and nods excitedly.
"It's delicious, or the noodles from my hometown and the sauce from my hometown are delicious, what am I doing? Want to eat your own food and wait for me to serve you? β
"Captain, you're great." Xiaodong happily ran over, picked the noodles by himself, then put the sauce, lowered his head a few times and stuffed it into half a bowl, raised his head, and rubbed his mouth vigorously in a happy manner: "Captain, I just remembered that more than a month ago, Dou He was sick and wanted to eat fried noodles, you took out a canned bean paste and said it was the last one, today...... Don't...... Am I dreaming? β
"Yes, now that I've woken up from my dream, I've gone up to look at it, are you still sheng? I've made a total of so many points, that sauce, aren't you afraid of being salty? β
While the captain was talking, Xiaodong went to pick out two chopsticks for noodles and put bean paste on the noodles.
"I've woken up from my dream, boss, I'll go up, you eat slowly, and I'll continue to feel the might of my Tang fleet." After two bowls of noodles, Xiaodong poured a lot of water again, wiped his hand on his mouth, and ran out, leaving only one sentence.
"Lie to me, I won't go to smallpox, I'll eat noodles, son, daughter, wait for my father to go back, my father will roll noodles for you every day when he goes back, the goods on the five ships are all yours, this is the goods from Africa in the mouths of Xiaobao and Juanjuan, and they are valuable."
The captain was still sucking his face unhurriedly, muttering about the three children drawn on the paper.
When he was full, a quarter of an hour had passed, and he burped contentedly, leaving uncooked noodles, and gently arranged the canned bean paste, wondering who was lucky for a while, running over first, and then he could cook and eat it himself.
Rubbing his belly and taking the binoculars, the captain also walked outside, continuing the sea and blue sky that he was already tired of, remembering Xiaodong's words, he raised the telescope and swept forward.
"Huh? That's a lot of boats, damn it, this ...... This is my Datang fleet! I have so many boats in Datang? The captain saw one ship after another, with dragon flags flying on them. As far as the eye can see, except for the boat, it is still a boat, and there is no edge at all, and there is also a faint shadow of the sail of the ship at the end of the connection between the sea and the sky.
The captain was dumbfounded, swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, and muttered, "What's the matter?" Dream? No, absolutely not, why is my Datang fleet here? Who is to blame? It's beautiful, it's so powerful. Come out, all for the captain of this ship, fleet, my Datang. β
After muttering to himself, the captain began to shout into the cabin below deck, his hands holding the binoculars white, and his body trembling uncontrollably.
He was so excited, there were only a few gunboats and supply ships that could go to Datang before. It is also rare to see dozens of army ships on the docks at the same time.
Today is enjoyable, my own Datang actually has so many warships. Gathered together, it can be said that it is overwhelming, it is the fleet of Datang, and it is the strength to maintain its own Datang people.
The captain pursed his lips tightly, straightened his chest, let the sea breeze blow, he had an urge to cry, the ship in front of him could no longer be said to be a boat, it was a mountain-like existence. Continuously, what could be more proud of!
There were more footsteps on the deck, and when I heard the captain shouting, the well-trained crew members who thought something had happened ran out one after another, but they didn't find any danger, and then they all froze.
Even without a telescope. At this time, they can also get to the ship in front, but they can't see the flag on it clearly, the nearest ship can see the hull clearly, and there is a sail in the distance. The masts, and the farther ships became small dots, or black lines.
"Uncle,
Where did the ship come from? That's a lot, it's scary. A crew member leaned over to the captain's side and asked with a glare.
"Hah! Where did it come from? Under the spectrum of the world, how can you say that there are so many ships? Only I Datang, oops, I know, gunboats, is that a gunboat, a gunboat, or a gunboat, a piece of gunboat? Who are Juan Juan and Xiaobao going to clean up? β
The captain can understand the configuration of the ship at this time, the gunboat is obviously different from the captain of the transport ship, although he has not seen the cannon now, but he can go to the wooden plank that is blocked outside the muzzle on the side of the ship, Yan Sè is different, people who are familiar with the Datang gunboat understand that when the plank is withdrawn, the cannon will be exposed.
The fact that the other ships did not have a cannon, but had a bow cannon, and the stern of the ship did not intend to fire its cannons while fleeing, which was an absolute confidence.
His nephew, his eyes rolled, and reminded: "Uncle, there is a strait in front, a strait with many cannibals, Xiaobao and Juan Juan are fighting a lot of food, when we came out, it was only a small-scale friction, but I didn't expect to start it when we came back, and it was definitely not a small battle." β
"I know how to use so many ships for the little war, but ...... There are also too many gunboats, and there are enough ships to be beaten with more cannibals? The captain thought hard, and then made a sudden statement: "Understood, Xiaobao and Juan Juan are not sending people to fight ships, they are transporting troops, gunboats can hit ships, and they can also hit the shore, and they will eat more people." β
"How is it done?" The captain's nephew couldn't keep up with the train of thought, and sent troops over, but he didn't have to fight, and he went deep into the land, and the gunboats couldn't go up again.
The captain's nephew, who couldn't figure it out, didn't think much about it, but admired the approaching team in front of him, and sighed: "It's so beautiful, I used to hear people say that the Juan gunboats are broken, and the formation is majestic, and I can't think of what it looks like, but now I know, if I am the enemy, I will surrender directly, this battle cannot be fought."
There's nothing else in front of us but a boat, and when we get through the fleet, it's going to be even more impressive. I have seen hundreds of fishing boats set out together, and I think it is spectacular enough, how many ships does our Datang fleet have now? It's invincible. β
Listening to him, the other crew members on the deck felt the same way, the closer they got to it, the more they could feel the oppression of the Motherland's Invincible Armada, they belonged to their own Datang, and they didn't need to dispatch a lot in normal times, one or two gunboats plus three or five supply ships were enough to maintain the safety of people who were out of the house.
When something really happens, his own Datang will gather so many ships to form an endless fleet, and with this armed protection at sea, the world can go.
"Captain, if we encounter other small countries when we go back, such as Zhenla or Rìben's ship, we will stick it up, will they dare to provoke? The invincible armada of my Datang crushed them. One of the crew members shouted excitedly.
"You swam over and posted it yourself, and you were provoked by others, isn't it a provocation for you to post it? Our Datang fleet is powerful, and it doesn't cooperate with you to play provocations with idleness, and it doesn't cost money? Dispatch the fleet only for you, are you stupid or Xiaobao and Juan are stupid. Or is the emperor stupid? β
The captain glared at him and cursed.
"It's not that Datang is willing to do his best for one person, I'm also a Datang person." The man was not convinced.
Suddenly ushered in all kinds of accusations from the people around him.
"I said that the second child of the Chen family, I said that I wouldn't let you come at the beginning, you lack heart, if you don't come with me, I won't agree to take you next time."
"Second fool, I will call you that in the future, I dare to say that I will do my best, that means I have encountered a special situation. For example, if you go to war with many countries at the same time, it doesn't mean that you let the fish bite the **, and the entire Datang people will gather around and take turns to help you knead it. β
"You are really far worse than your brother and your brother, you meet two ships from others, and Datang has to send you the fleet in front of you? Are you all alone? A patrol boat is enough. β
"Chen Ergong, you are sick, you have to be treated."
"Second brother, I wonder, what are you provoking others for? The ship's ship was full of valuables. After you provoked, Datang's armed ships went over to help you. It's okay to snatch things, if there are only stinky fish and rotten shrimp on other people's boats, and you are done provoking, our Datang boat will help you fight, and you won't take any benefits, do you count as causing trouble to the Datang army? β
"Brother Chen, you're not too young......"
"Shut up, what Brother Chen, you are my own brother. Call me directly, you also say me, do you want to kill your relatives in righteousness? "The person who was told finally found a good bully.
"Yes, you are my own brother, you, don't call me brother, boat." The man's brother reacted. hurriedly defended his brother.
After everyone finished talking, they no longer continued to ridicule the second child of the Chen family, and they all set their eyes on the fleet of Datang.
'Boom! Boom! Boom! Knock......''Woo~~! Woo~~! β
Suddenly, there was the sound of drums and trumpets in the fleet ahead. And all sorts of small flags slid in strings, and at the same time ships with sails began to drop their sails.
"Uncle, what are they doing?" The captain's nephew asked curiously.
The captain also wondered, and suddenly found that the clouds in the sky were flying fast, and he didn't care about anything else, and shouted to the surrounding crew: "Quick, drop the sail, raise the spinnaker, the wind is strong, come from the side, don't ship, and the ship will be blown away." β
The crew reacted at this time, and hurriedly took their positions and began to do things, and soon, the sail fell, the spinnaker took a separate position, the speed of the ship began to decrease, and the people on the lookout did not continue to stay, and slipped out to the deck.
After a while, everyone gathered on the foredeck, and only the sail and the helmsman could not leave their positions.
Normally, you will be very nervous when you encounter this situation at sea, and every time you will inevitably worry about something happening and you will not be able to return home, but at the moment the people on the boat are very relaxed.
In front of them was the fleet of their own homeland, and if the wind was dangerously strong, it was impossible for the fleet not to send ships to inform its merchant ships, and since there was no one to tell them, it meant that the wind was not out of the control of the fleet.
In this case, the five ships of their own side will enter the fleet in a while, and the fleet will protect itself and others.
The wind began to get stronger, and the sails of the five merchant ships formed a large angle with the ship, if there were only sails, it gave people the feeling that the ship was walking diagonally, and the whirring wind accompanied by the waves hitting the side of the ship, the people on the boat did not worry at all, fixed themselves one by one, and experienced the feeling of riding the wind and waves.
The wind was blowing from the side, but the speed of the ship was faster, and after two quarters of an hour, the five ships finally passed by the closest Datang armed ship.
The flags on the ship were ringing, and the officers and men wearing the navy uniforms of different categories were saluting the merchant ship, and the standard standing posture and neat movements made everyone on the merchant ship burst into tears, and they returned all kinds of out-of-shape salutes one by one.
As they got deeper and deeper into the fleet, there was no longer anything outside, only boats, countless ships, and the neat military salutes of the officers and men on the ships they passed.
The uniform movements made the people on the merchant ship feel their blood boiling, and they arrived at the majestic warship, the soldiers with resolute faces, the rolling dark clouds, and the battle flags of hunting.
For a while, they felt very relieved, and there seemed to be nothing in the world that could fight the team in front of them. It's too strong, especially the eyes of the soldiers, and there is no retreat and weakness from it.
"Good soldier, when I go back and sell the goods, I will take out 10% of the net profit and send it to the barracks, my soldiers of Datang can't be wronged, we all count on them for our dignity outside."
The captain said solemnly. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )