Just when Chu Cailao was thinking about how to deal with the sea wolf on Dongshan Island, Yu Xiaotian was not idle, and within a few days after the New Year, he carried out a large-scale transfer and adjustment of his subordinates.

Under his order, all the three major detachments were transferred back to Nanri Island to garrison, and the defense of the Funing area, which was originally garrisoned by the second detachment, was transferred to Liu Tonghe and the 12 second-line ships temporarily transferred to take charge.

These so-called second-tier ships are basically some relatively old ships, but they have not reached the point of obsolescence, and have been temporarily mothballed in order to save resources and manpower.

But now, in order to draw out more manpower and ships to deal with the retaliation that Chu Cailao may launch at any time, all the old ships that were sealed in the year were unsealed, and a group of veterans were dispatched to lead some novices to the ship, and under the leadership of Liu Tong, they went to take over the defense of Funing.

Of course, although these ships are old, but they are not very bad in combat, these ships are listed as second-tier ships among the sea wolves, but in the hands of other peers, they are all used as treasures, although they are old, but they are still quite strong, otherwise they would have been demolished by Yu Xiaotian long ago.

Moreover, although these ships were not equipped with cutting-edge artillery, in order to ensure their combat effectiveness, Yu Xiaotian still stuffed some of the dismantled miscellaneous guns into these ships, and each ship was guaranteed to be equipped with at least three large bowls or Baizi guns, and some ships were also equipped with a newer medium-sized Franc cannon.

With such a level of armament, looking at the pirates along the coast of Daming, there are really not many who can compare to them, and letting them go to the Funing area is still enough to deter those small groups of pirates nearby.

Needless to say, who Liu Tong is, he is also the first person to follow Yu Xiaotian to start an incident, and he is also one of the first people Yu Xiaotian knew after he came to this world.

Over the years, Liu Tong has followed Yu Xiaotian to be loyal and deeply trusted by Yu Xiaotian, although because of his qualifications, Liu Tong has not been able to become the deputy manager of the detachment, but his status among the sea wolves is not low, he has done things in various detachments, including the merchant fleet.

After such a long period of training, Liu Tong has already become an old and spicy guy, controlling such a fleet is not a difficult thing for him, and Yu Xiaotian also assigned the one-eyed dragon to work under him, with their group of people going to Shuangfeng Island, Yu Xiaotian has nothing to worry about.

Therefore, after the Shangyuan Festival after the year, the elite of the sea wolves began to assemble towards Nanri Island.

But when Yu Xiaotian was gathering troops, he still kept an eye on it, after all, Nanri Island is now crowded with people, and he rashly transferred so many ships and manpower back, which will definitely attract the attention of some outsiders, and it is difficult to guarantee that the news will not be revealed, and it will be passed on to Chu Cailao to arouse his vigilance.

Yu Xiaotian is such a person, once he makes up his mind to do a big job, he will no longer look ahead, and will immediately go all out to prepare.

Moreover, since the sea wolf has grown up for so long, after killing Chen Jiu, he has not done anything big for more than half a year, and letting his subordinates be in a state of relaxation for a long time is not a good thing for him, so through this opportunity, Yu Xiaotian also wants to make his subordinates nervous, and temper them again through this conflict with Chu Cailao.

Although the preparation for war has begun to take full swing within the Seawolf after the New Year, in order not to be too ostentatious, Nanri Island has maintained its previous calm on the surface, and the number of ships docked at the Seawolf's exclusive dock has always remained in a daily range, and has not changed too much.

All the ships that were transferred back from various places were ordered to be stationed in the bay in the eastern part of Nanri Island.

The location of the Wolf's Den on Nanri Island is located in the northwest corner of Nanri Island, including the workshop area and the business area, which are basically concentrated in the relatively flat area in the northwest, and it is also the most densely populated area, but the eastern part has never been greatly developed, and only one fishing village is located in the eastern bay.

Moreover, the topography of Nanri Island is high in the east and low in the west, and the east is mountainous and hilly, which is not very suitable for agricultural development, so the eastern part has always been relatively secluded.

But a year ago, Yu Xiaotian ordered the eastern area to be listed as a forbidden area for sea wolves, and the path leading to the east was also blocked by cards, and idlers were no longer allowed to go there when they had nothing to do.

Moreover, after a few years, Yu Xiaotian also ordered several patrol ships to block the waters on the periphery of the eastern bay, and ordinary ships were no longer allowed to approach the eastern part of the island.

In the eastern bay of the island, after the year, a temporary wharf and several trestle bridges were built at a very fast pace, and some warehouses and barracks were built in the hidden places in the bay, so as to prepare for the assembly of various fleets.

In addition, the council hall began to transfer various supplies to the eastern bay a few years ago, and temporarily stored them in several warehouses or caves there, and built two temporary roads to facilitate the replenishment of supplies and fresh water for the fleet in the bay.

After the Shangyuan Festival, the ships of the three sub-fleets began to gradually sail into this bay, and at the same time, the monitoring of the nearby waters was strengthened, and more ships would be sent to sea every day, and the waters within 20 miles were designated as a forbidden area, and no ships were allowed to trespass into the forbidden area without permission.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also ordered his subordinates to set up lookout posts and temporary lighthouses on uninhabited islands about four or five miles from the northeast corner of Nanri Island in the southeast corner of Nanri Island and the east of the island, which were responsible for monitoring the situation of ships on the sea, and also providing guidance to ships sailing or returning at night at night.

In order to deal with this possible crisis, even Yu Xiaotian himself moved from the wolf's den to the temporary camp in the east of the island after the year, and other important leaders such as Wang Hong, Ma Xiao, Hu Cheng, Ma Feng, Liu Yidao and other important leaders also moved to the temporary camp, and together with Yu Xiaotian, they began to lead the crowd to go to sea to conduct training and drills in the waters east of Nanri Island.

As a result, although Nanri Island is still calm on the surface, it is already in a high state of tension in the eastern part of the island.

The personnel of all departments canceled their vacations, and all the sailors and soldiers returned to participate in this irregular training, and the captain and first mate all canceled their vacations and entered the island east station to lead the troops to participate in the training.

After experiencing the battle of Chen Jiuyi on Twin Peaks Island, the sea wolf has not carried out such a large-scale training for a long time, and in the entire bay, nearly forty warships of various types of various fleets have gathered, and the other four sloops have also left their original stations and stationed in the east bay of the island.

The two boats led by Luo Xianbin and Ma Ru were immediately towed ashore after returning to Nanri Island, and emergency repairs were carried out in the ship's dormitory, and it took less than ten days to basically repair the two boats, but in a hurry, the scars left by some projectiles and arrows on the surface of the hull were not repaired, and the hull was not painted as a whole, but some newly repaired places were painted with some tung oil or eucommia varnish.

So although these two boats are repaired and there is no problem with their performance, they still look mottled and a little chilly.

But Luo Xianbin didn't care about this, but felt that the appearance of these two boats was more in line with their identity, and the scars left on the boats were like medals, showing their merits.

From the end of January to the end of January, the entire fleet was assembled, and in addition to the forty ships of the three sub-fleets, the merchant fleet also drew out fifteen ships with better performance, loaded them with artillery, and temporarily replenished them to the three sub-fleets.

Even the black heads and Fang An of Jilong Bay and Tamsui Village heard the news, and they each sent two boats from them to return to Nanri Island to prepare for the war.

In addition to these large ships of more than two masts, a large number of dhows and galleys, as well as a kind of fast boats called long dragons in the south, were also used as auxiliary forces, and if used properly during the war, they could be used as fireboats if necessary, and had the effect of surprise.

Therefore, at the end of January, the entire eastern bay of Nanri Island was already a forest of masts, and the sails covered the clouds, compared with the fleet assembled by Chu Cailao on Dongshan Island, although it was slightly inferior in quantity, but it was not weaker than the other party in quality.

These ships were divided into red and blue teams by Yu Xiaotian, Wang Hong and Hu Cheng took the main force of the second detachment as the backbone, acting as the blue side, while Yu Xiaotian took Ma Xiao and others as the red side.

In later generations, such a drill was actually a live-fire exercise, testing the participating units and the ship's readiness for battle.

Wang Hong was very happy to be an opponent for Yu Xiaotian, and led his subordinates to do everything they could at sea to make trouble for Yu Xiaotian as much as possible.

And Yu Xiaotian took Ma Xiao and others, and also tried their best to defeat Wang Hong, and the two sides launched attack drills at sea again and again.

Although such an exercise could not be a real battle, it also tested the ability of the Sea Wolf troops to operate boats and command and cooperate at sea.

In addition, every few days, each ship has to organize a live-fire target training at sea, although in order to save ammunition, it does not guarantee that every gunner will have the opportunity to fire a few shots, but at least it also tests the gunner's ability to operate the gun and the level of shooting.

In order to prevent the captain from picking the best gunners on the ship to do the work when firing live ammunition, Yu Xiaotian sent a supervisor on each ship to temporarily designate a group of gunners to conduct live firing, so that the actual level of gunners on each boat can be seen.

(Today is good, I got eight monthly passes, thank you to the brothers who gave away the tickets, and the iron hand mistress who gave the reward!) The monthly pass ranking is still a bit behind, and I hope that the brothers who have the monthly pass will continue to help the top! Thank you very much! ）