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Over the next few days, after Nan Xiao had taught a few quartermasters, every ship in the fleet began to prepare Greek fire. These pots have implemented the strictest quarantine measures and will never allow anyone other than the artisan to come into contact.

At the same time, the crossbowmen on the fleet received a strange training assignment. They were asked to fire bolts with clay pots attached. The jar was filled with stinking water. The bolts must be fired with precision and must not break the canister. The water stinked so much that none of the pigs on the boat ate it. If you accidentally break it, you can't wash it in a day by jumping into the sea to wash it. Those who got the stench were severely discriminated against in the sailors' quarters, and finally had to arrange a special bunk for them.

After the hardships, the crossbowmen were careful and learned to handle the crossbows with great care.

Then Nan Xiao selected people with outstanding arm strength and organized them into "Marine Corps Grenadiers", as the name suggests, they are the people who are responsible for jumping ship to kill the deck during white-knuckle warfare, and they must know how to throw bombs. They were asked to practice throwing clay pots. The canister is smaller than the standard configuration on the crossbow arrow, and it also contains water, which smells as bad as it gets.

After training, these guys with an amazing arm circumference of five big and three can finally skillfully throw fist-sized clay pots onto the reef dozens of meters away. The most accurate person can even hit the pre-drawn circle on the reef every time.

A few days later, Nam Xiao's fleet approached Jeju Island, divided into a strike fleet and a decoy enemy fleet according to the plan, and began to fight.

What followed was a long wait. I don't know if the tavernkeeper's news is accurate, so it's very tormented.

Occasionally, one or two passing merchant ships would be captured and detained in the port of Jeju. Some of these merchant ships claimed to have seen the Kurushima fleet. It is said that the island navy has been dispatched in its entirety, and all the warships have left the main base in Shikoku. That fleet, huge, probably hundreds!

Hundreds of warships, that's a lot of scale. However, after the news of this gossip spread, morale not only did not fall, but rose. It's also very simple to say. Everyone was forced by Nan Xiao to throw stinky water cans for almost a month, and if they didn't fight a battle, they would pick up their tails and escape, and they would always feel a blood loss. I heard that the army of the island was coming, but many people were expecting it to arrive early.

Finally, one day, the liaison ship of the decoy fleet came with the news that it had made contact with the army of pirates led by Kurishima and was carrying out the plan to decoy the enemy.

Good! Nan Xiao immediately ordered the strike fleet to leave the port. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief: after practicing for so long, they finally have a chance to do it.

Before the battle, it was the early hours of the morning, and all the sailors on the deck of the Jackdaw gathered to listen to Nan Xiao's pre-battle speech.

"Brothers," Nan Xiao said, "warriors, in this battle, we will live and die together!" ”

The sailors, neatly on the ground with their spears, shouted: "Tiger! ”

"Do you know what's waiting on the other side of the horizon? It is the myth of dominating the East China Sea! ”

"Tiger!"

"As long as we win this battle, we will become the overlord of the East China Sea! The kings of the land will be in awe when they mention the southern fleet! ”

"Tiger!"

Nan Xiao took a deep breath, imagining in his heart that anger was like a fire, igniting itself from the inside out. He expressed this emotion, encapsulated it in every word, and cried out, "Come with me, and let us take this glory!" ”

The sailors were boiling and shouted: "Hooray! Long live the Admiral! ”

The sea was foggy, and just as planned, the decoy fleet perfectly lured the enemy into pursuit to the south. At this moment, the strike fleet led by Nan Xiao suddenly appeared from the fog, right behind the sailors on the island!

Compared with the number of ships alone, the Nanjia Navy Division is not as good as the sailors who come to the island. The message that came back from the decoy fleet was correct. The enemy army had four or five hundred ships. Although at least half of them are small fishing boats, there are also more than 50 large galleys and nearly 200 medium-sized galleys. The largest of these ships appeared to be the one of the Minushima Tsuyasu, completely covered in iron armor and looking impregnable.

The enemy's banners are mixed, and in addition to coming to the island, there are dozens of large and small families. Confusion in command is a weakness. Obviously surprised by the presence of an enemy behind him, he turned extremely slowly, and even some ships collided with each other.

"Forward," Nan Xiao ordered, "raise the decisive battle flag!" ”

The Black Skull flag was raised high, telling everyone on the ship: There is no advance or retreat in this battle, and those who retreat die!

This time, it was a hard-fought duel, and there was no trickery at all.

The mighty fleet, with dozens of large ships on both sides, plus small boats shuttling in between, was in a tight formation.

Today the sea is blowing with strong winds, rough waves, and vicious waves.

The Jackdaw went straight ahead with the waves. The sea breeze is fickle and blows the sails loudly.

Li Huamei had changed to another large galleys as the captain, and was leading the ship named Chunhua to follow closely behind the Jackdaw. The distance between the two boats is only twenty or thirty meters, and the boats behind them are also arranged in turn, and the law is strict.

The sailors of the Li family were originally trained according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty sailors, and they were continuously cultivated for two generations to get this elite.

The battle horn sounded on the Jackdaw.

The rumbling sound across the sea was deep and heavy, making people shudder.

The entire fleet responded in turn, and the momentum gradually grew.

"Turn," Nan Xiao ordered, "lower half sails." Order the oarsmen to take their places. ”

The sailors behind him immediately passed his order down. The crew rushed around on the deck,

The sails were lowered in preparation for battle. When it comes to combat, only the oars are the most reliable power. A battleship that relied entirely on sails suddenly had a strong gust of wind and could even be blown into the enemy camp. There are many famous generals in history, and they lost badly in this way.

Nan Xiao looked back to the side, staring at the silhouette of the Chunhua. Her snow-white sails are unique in the fleet, and the sails are painted with a blooming red plum in the snow. It had a hundred oars, a row of guns under the deck, and twenty bed crossbows on the deck. Today, the Primavera is the absolute main force of the operation. All the sailors were the elite of the Li family, and they were also the first to receive training in Greek fire. Today, the time has come to test the results of the training.

"Get down," he ordered, "the flag will give the order, and the whole ship will be crossed." ”

The whining horn sounded again, and at command from the Jackdaw, all the big ships began to separate in an orderly manner. The paddles entered the water almost simultaneously, and a heavy drum beat sounded from the bilge. Knock, knock, knock, like the heartbeat of a giant. The paddles follow the movements of the drum neatly, and a hundred people are like one person.

Behind the Jackdaw and Chunhua, Yang Xien's Chunlan and Ivanka's Chunhui were also listed at the same time.

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