Chapter 142: Situation Analysis
"My lord, as Zhou Bai mentioned in his letter, there is a possibility that this White Shark pirate group will find our soldiers, because they have lost their news inexplicably after approaching that sea area, and it is estimated that they are now more than lucky." Wang He worried.
"That's what I'm worried about, too." Lu Shuang was worried that the White Shark Pirate Group would discover the location of Tiefan Town, or some other islands controlled by Tiefan Town, which would be unfavorable to Tiefan Town, after all, it would be difficult to prevent thieves for a thousand days.
"If they really found our people, then the pirates should send a lot of ships to patrol around to find forces nearby that may be threatening to them. If it takes a long time, it is hard to guarantee that you will not find the figure of Iron Sail Town. Wang He also had a headache about this.
Some people may think that when Tiefan Town has a navy of 100,000, its combat effectiveness is not lower than that of hundreds of thousands of pirates, and it is impossible to say who will win or lose in a fight. But no matter whether he wins or not, Lu Shuang doesn't want to start a war at his own door, and he will lose by then.
Moreover, if the pirate group only sends a large number of low-level warships and ordinary pirates to harass after eating the suffocation, it will deal a huge blow to the fishing industry in Tiefan Town and affect the food production of the entire territory.
Wang He was like a needle cushion for this, and hurriedly looked for Lu Shuang to find a solution, at least he had to be prepared for defense.
"Lord, this is a map of the sea area near Hailing County, Wang Yue's father Wang Zhong personally went to Tiefan Town to draw it after being promoted to a king-level cartographer, which is much clearer than the layman's drawing." Wang He spread out a large volume of maps, on which many geographical coordinates and names were densely drawn, so that Lu Shuang, a layman, could intuitively see the geographical situation of this place.
Because the map of the real world is an expanded version, even a real sea can be called an ocean in the game. Before sending soldiers to find the White Shark Pirates, Wang Zhong could only draw according to the area that had been explored, so this map did not include the location of the White Shark Pirates.
Wang He pointed out that the soldiers found the approximate location of the White Shark Pirate Regiment, which from the map of China, should be located on an archipelago with a longitude of 122° and a latitude of 32°30′. There are many small islands in that area, and they may even be inhabited by members of the White Shark Pirate Band.
"My lord, with the speed of our four-masted galleon, it will take about six or seven days to reach that sea area, and let alone a lower-level warship, it is impossible to get there without ten days or eight days." Sailing on seamounts, sometimes the faster side has a greater initiative.
"In other words, even if the White Shark Pirates notice that someone is looking for their lair, it will take a while to find Iron Sail in turn?" Lu Shuang drew some conclusions from Wang He's words.
"It stands to reason that this is the case, or they will think that this is the navy of the county government, and they will not dare to follow it, but be ready to move or defend." It wasn't a faction that wanted the head of the White Shark Pirates, they couldn't have imagined it to be an action by a player faction anyway.
Wang He continued: "But there are thousands of fishing boats that go out to fish in Tiefan Town every day, and the area spread out is very large, and the subordinates are worried that after the pirate group finds out that there are so many fishing boats gathered here, they will guess that there is a prosperous settlement here, so they want to rush to plunder, so that the possibility of Tiefan Town being discovered will be greater." ”
"So if I reduce the number of fishing boats traveling, I can reduce the chance of being spotted?" Lu Shuang pondered.
"Uh... General Zhou has already made statistics, if the number of fishing boat trips is reduced by a certain amount, it is almost impossible to find Tiefan Town through fishing boats, because Tiefan Town's navy can patrol the periphery and make decisions on the spot whenever there is movement. As an outstanding general, Zhou Bai not only sent troops to look for traces, but also made a detailed plan for Lu Shuang's follow-up based on this information.
"Okay, just do what you planned, you can give priority to sending special fishing boats out to fish, and senior fishing boats will be arranged according to the remaining gaps."
Lu Shuang doesn't know every line, and they know better about the current situation in Tiefan Town or Zhou Bai, and many things are decided by his subordinates.
Because 120 million units of grain were harvested in the farmland in July, it can be distributed to provide food consumption for nearly four million people per day, and the entire territory is only more than one million people, even if there is no income from fishing in Tiefan Town, it can fully support the operation of the territory.
However, restricting fishermen from going out to fish is not a long-term solution, and this move is Lu Shuang's desire to buy more time for his own navy, expand the army, train soldiers in maritime combat capabilities, and manufacture warships and weapons of war.
Due to the large number of king-level shipbuilders, including the emperor-level shipbuilders, there are a total of eleven people, and the daily output of warships is unimaginable to other forces, and even the county government cannot compare with Feitian City.
NPCs are different from players, even if they have refreshed high-quality NPCs in their territory, they will not take the initiative to interfere with their profession. For example, Hailing County has refreshed an SSS qualified NPC, if there is no special attention, the county order will not pay attention to it, and this future talent may be missed in vain. But the player is definitely a highly centralized model, trying to make the best of his talents.
At present, there are more than 250 four-masted galleons in the entire Tiefan Town, and there are quite a few two-masted and three-masted galleons, and with the efforts of many shipbuilders, the number of ships has exceeded 1,000, but the number of naval personnel is not large enough to achieve maximum efficiency.
But don't underestimate these two-masted and three-masted galleons, their combat capability is actually not weak, and the only shortcoming is that they cannot carry any weapons of war. Naval battles are not necessarily won by the side with more ships or the stronger, but at the same time, the probability of victory is very high if it is otherwise superior.
Warships, soldiers, and weapons of war, these three are Lu Shuang's biggest grasp at present. Needless to say, the navy has expanded to 50,000, and these 50,000 are soldiers who have completed their training, and strictly speaking, they can drive warships to kill the enemy. In addition, under Lu Shuang's instructions, a lot of resources flowed to the navy, doubling their army, but the additional soldiers were still barely ready to go to the battlefield.
As for weapons of war, catapults can smash the decks of warships, while ballistas are strong enough to pierce the armor of brigs at medium and close range, giving Ironsail's navy an advantage in long-range attacks.
In the same way, the large number of king-level carpenters in the realm greatly increased the output of both, and although only one of them learned to make drawings, with the assistance of the other king-level carpenters, it was actually similar to everyone learning to make drawings. So far, there are about 200 catapults and ballistas, because the production of catapults is much lower than that of ballistas.
Counting a little more, Lu Shuang still has many generals, even if all the generals at the king level and above are not familiar with water, but Lu Shuang has already asked them to train. With their strength, they believe that they can meet the basic requirements in a very short time.
If Wang He's calculations are used, it will take ten days and eight days for the White Shark Pirate Regiment to send pirates to search or plunder the coastline, counting the back and forth and then sending troops to set off, it will not be possible to do it in a month.
Although the speed of development of the territory has changed a lot in a month, Lu Shuang wants to seize the initiative instead of delaying it until a month later, and immediately sends troops to set off to exterminate the White Shark Pirate Group when he has the opportunity.