Since then, the two little sea gangs have had food and clothing, and they are all grateful, and they kneel down and salute Chongwen together. Chongwen calmly accepted their salute and said, "But I want to give you an important matter, which is the white bird." Since the beast is raised by man, it is difficult for it to live alone in the wild, and you must help me find this thing, no matter what the cost. ”

Chen Huojiao said: "That thing is too beautiful and too conspicuous, someone will always notice, leave this matter to us when you go to sea, we will definitely do it properly." ”

Only then did Chongwen get up, spare the bookcase and come to them, helped them up one by one, and said: "My brother, you can't do this great gift in the future, you can wrap up all the difficulties in the flower world, and on the flat ground, Longwang Island can still do some things." ”

Xiao Ji said rottenly: "That... We want to join the group and do business with the big sea, this guy has been mixed up for half a lifetime, when will it be a head. ”

Chongwen smiled slightly and said, "I won't tell you anything, the East China Sea Merchant Group is doing big business, and it relies on meritorious labor to make profits. You have no ship or no one, and if you join the regiment, you will be squeezed out, what credit can you make?

This Hirado is the fundamental place for the merchant group in the country, and it needs to have its own people to take care of the street. You are here to do things for me for two years, and when you accumulate some belongings, have ships, and have manpower, who will dare to look down on you when you join the regiment, and it will be easier to make meritorious contributions. Don't worry, as long as you work hard for two years, I will naturally arrange the rest of your life. ”

Chongwen's words are very beautiful, that is, he explained the reason why he could not join the group for the time being, and also gave them the hope of doing big business. The two little pirates had nothing else to say, knelt down and saluted, and said sincerely: "The whole battle is out of the customs." ”

Chongwen deliberately straightened his face and said, "Okay, you can't do this big gift between brothers, are you looking down on me." ”

The two of them hurriedly got up, thanked them for their farewell, and Chongwen ordered Yizheng to send it to the wooden ladder, which was very polite.

It's time to hold the lamp, and the lights of the flower world are lit up. After a cup of tea, the two-story one-day bridge is located in the lamp mountain, like the immortal cave that fell into the mortal world, who is not eager to come here to carnival.

The newcomers to Longwang Island have already drunk and staggered, and the catfish boy took them all to the gambling hall on the third floor, where they gambled indiscriminately, and the wine and women were all served. It didn't take one night, and the reward money given by the second trip to sea returned to the account of the flower world, which was really cost-effective.

Chongwen called several old brothers, such as Ergo to Sea, Li Qiqian, Qinglin Yanghao, Bai Jie, Xu Hai, Xu Yi, Liu Huaide, Wang Shishi, and other old brothers to Longwangxuan for tea, and invited the general soldiers who were fooling around with the tricks to discuss major matters together.

These guys were all drunk and slurred, and Chongwen didn't want to get down to business with them, but he couldn't wait to send these guys to Fukue Island right now, so he didn't care about pulling them in to explain.

Cannon Qi and Wang Shi simply fell asleep, and the others were also drunk, only Hai Liqing still retained a trace of sobriety, and the chief soldier leaned on the official hat chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Chongwen said: "Yang Hao, the country of Qi is on the verge of war, and the armies of the Kanto Spo family and the Kamakura Principality will be assembled within 10 days, and the decisive battle may be fought in the mountains of Musashi Province and Kai Province."

The shogunate was also gathering troops, and 6,000 people were already assembled outside Kyoto, ready to go out at any time. The Ouchi clan also gathered 4,000 men in Wakayama Castle, and he would never allow the shogunate army to enter the castle, and there was a possibility that war could break out in the castle or in the eastern country, and there was a high possibility that the shogunate would suddenly turn against each other. ”

Hai Liqing gasped and said in a trembling voice: "So fast, but... But we're not ready. Chief Bingshun also opened his eyes and looked focused.

Chongwen stared at Hai Liqing's eyes and said, "So, you have to start preparing now." I have already discussed with a few regiment elders, and tomorrow you will call the second to go to sea to the Zhoushi Hall to ask for flags, and pull the fleet of the Servant Bureau to Fujiang Island to practice the gun formation.

The regimental elders have all discussed, and each family has selected 100 elite sailors to serve as gunners, and my old brothers from Longwang Island will be responsible for training, and they will be under your command in wartime. When you come to Fujiang Island this time, you want to turn these rabble into firearms heroes, and in the future, you will rely on these thousands of firearms soldiers to clean up the tens of thousands of troops of the country. ”

Hai Liqing said in embarrassment: "It is not difficult for the brothers to teach those pirates how to operate the bird cannon array, but no one will know how to operate this cannon array." At most, we are a hundred households, and the second to sea is only a thousand, how can we have the ability to command a firearms army. ”

Chongwen nodded and said, "I also thought of this layer, so I thought of a few simple tactics that can quickly form an army." I told you, you have to keep it in mind, and follow this exercise. ”

Hai Liqing took a sip of tea and said, "That's the best, go to sea and say, I'll listen." ”

Chongwen laid out a piece of paper and said while drawing: "To sail on the sea, we must take the gunboat fleet of Longwang Island, which has the most fierce firepower, as the lead, and sail in several columns, with the flagship in the first place in the leftmost column.

In battle, we must not be hedgehogs grouped into a group, because then we will not be able to command at all, and the sails will be like mountains, and who can see the banner clearly? Moreover, the firearms are overlapped, and as far as the eye can see, we are all our own people, and once we cannot unite our firepower against the enemy, our superiority will not exist.

Therefore, when encountering the enemy at sea, the flagship should raise the battle flag, turn the rudder first, and the fleet behind should follow the flag one by one, and the first team will spread out in a horizontal formation, and finally form a one-line horizontal formation, with the mouth pointing to the side of the enemy ship. In this way, you only need to look at the flag in front of you, the command is simple and convenient, and the guns are all enemy ships in front of you. ”

Haili Qingqi said: "In this way, our fleet faces the enemy on the side and becomes a long snake, isn't this too weak? ”

Chongwen said with a smile: "It is precisely to face the enemy on the side of the board that can give full play to my firepower." If you face the enemy head-on, the foredeck is narrow, and you can only line up a large gun, how much can the firebolt swing out? Even if you barely row a few shots, the firerope and ** collide with each other, how dangerous.

The side side is much wider to meet the enemy, and several large guns can be placed, and the bird gunners spread around the left and right of the ship's cannons to form a firepower base. Once fired, it was a dense rain of bullets. And a single horizontal line, with no one in front of them, can best carry out firepower.

The enemy ships were a hundred paces away from us, and they first bombarded the enemy ships with solid iron bullets, and then loaded them with shotguns. When the enemy enters 80 paces, the gunners take turns firing, three overlapping shots, another round of artillery shotgun bombardment, and then the gunners go up again, so that the firepower continues, even if the enemy ships are lucky enough to rush to the side of our ship, they will not have the power to fight. ”

Hai Liqing slapped his thigh and shouted, "Wonderful!"

The chief soldier came over at some point, nodded frequently, and said: "The cannon is fierce, and you must not fight with the enemy, that is equivalent to giving people the opportunity to jump into the gang." ”

"It is indeed wonderful, at least in the country, there is absolutely no possibility that an enemy ship will break through the fire net of our fleet. I don't know when, Liu Guan and Fei Baijie on the board have come to the front, Liu Guan wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and said excitedly.

Chongwen's pen continued to draw on the paper, and he said: "When our fleet is fully unfolded and formed into a horizontal formation, the battle column will inevitably be very long. At this time, our flagship turned the rudder again, outflanked one wing of the enemy fleet, and at the same time continued to bombard the enemy ships until a T-shape was formed, so that our fleet bombarded the enemy ships on both sides.

If the enemy ship has not yet been routed, it will continue to outflank the enemy ship and bombard the enemy ship while going around the rear to the other flank until it forms a four-sided encirclement. If you were lucky enough to meet such a fool, at this time, more than 40 of our cannons and 2,000 guns bombarded the center at the same time, until the enemy ship was finished. ”

Fei Bai Jie on the board praised: "The formation of the big sea is exquisite, and it is simple to command it in this way, and the rear ship follows the action of the front ship, and there is almost no need for drums and horns." ”

Chongwen said: "You don't pat yourself on the back, I wasn't born to understand this, you ask old Benitoto more about Western tactics, use your brain more, and you can think of it."

However, the flag is still needed, and during the battle, our fleet is like an iron chain, firmly locking the enemy ships and bombarding them. But once a ship is captured, the whole chain is broken, and the ship behind does not know what to do, and it will be lost.

I came up with a simple set of flags. Command at sea, the wind and waves, there are also cloudy days, rain and fog, the more complex the flag, the farther the distance, the easier it is to make mistakes. So, my flag command is simple, and everyone remembers it.

My flagship raised a flag, this is a normal sea march. If the two-mast also raises the flag, it is ready for battle, the flagship is about to turn the rudder and pull out the battle column, and the ships must follow the rudder of the front ship and prepare for battle. If the one-mast flag is lowered and only the two-mast flag is left, the enemy ships have been routed, and the ships disbanded their formations and pursued separately. If both flags are lowered, it means that we have been defeated, and the ships are running quickly. ”

The second went out to sea and nodded: "I understand, when the rear ship sees the flag number of the front ship, it also needs to immediately change the flag to guide the rear ship to move." It's like marching on a mountain road, passing orders back and forth, one after another. In this way, even if a ship is captured, the ship behind will still know the flagship's instructions and will not be overwhelmed. ”

Chongwen said: "Exactly! This battle is very simple, what is needed is to let the captains of the bureau master it as soon as possible, and be proficient in drilling, so that they will not panic and lose the battle." ”

Er Chuhai laughed and said: "If this is the case, we will also lose the battle, we people really don't have to mix in the East China Sea." We generally know what to do if we go to land? We are likely to have tens of thousands of shogunate troops on our side. ”

Chongwen pulled another blank piece of paper, and said while drawing: "The sages said that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, and this will never be wrong again." Whether at sea or on land, we can't learn to walk blindly, that will definitely fall. At sea, it is necessary to scatter sentinel ships to detect the enemy's situation. On land, scouts are also to be sent to protect the army.

In the landing operation, I was most worried about the cavalry of the shogunate army, although their horse breed was not good, but if they formed a large group and raided our army, we would definitely suffer heavy losses. But once the formation is opened, it is useless how many cavalry he has. Therefore, our scouts must find the position of the enemy, especially his cavalry, to buy time for the army to line up. ”

I don't know when, most of the other people have gone drunk, and they all gathered around. The cannon was holding the teapot and drinking herbal tea, Liu Guan turned his head and said: "Ah Gan, I see that you are alert by nature, and you will command this sentry ship and horse scout." ”

The cannon said dissatisfiedly: "What you said is light, horse? I am far away from the army, and I have no war horses, once I encounter the enemy's large force, I can't catch up and can't run away, won't I go to death." ”