In the vast sea, if there is no fixed route, what are the chances of two fleets meeting head-on?
For example, two people are standing on both sides of a pond at the same time, throwing stones towards each other, and the son is floating in the water. What is the chance that the stones they throw will hit each other? Then, there are two ships on the sea.
The chance of meeting a fleet sailing on a fixed route is high.
Not to mention, one of the parties is still carefully observing the situation along the road, and is ready to run away once encountering the other party's group. This is possible even if they are close at hand, so what the two sides encounter
The chance is even smaller.
On the fourth day after setting sail from Boni, when a large group of merchant ships from the Sihai Fleet, escorted by two armored ships, diverted to occupy the city, Qian Wubing finally felt a big stone drop in his heart. The worst he expected
If the result doesn't happen, then no matter how things collapse, it won't collapse to any great extent.
Of course, he did not relax his vigilance and maintained his course, heading all the way towards Tamsui. However, except for some of the noble disciples from the capital, except for some who followed the merchant ship, almost half of them stayed on the Sihai Ship.
In the team, for them, Qian Wubing's conservative behavior made them quite suffocated, but they also knew that it was just like Master Qian said that the enemy was powerful. At this time, fighting the enemy head-on would
It is undoubtedly an unwise behavior.
But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that from Wang Yu on down, this group of young men have all had slumped faces since they went to sea.
"There is a plague on Luzon Island. Even if these guys come ashore, they can't get rid of it!"
On the bottom deck of the Fuyuan, several teenagers were muttering. Although there are only six ironclads left, all the people who were previously on the merchant ships have been taken back, and there are many more people on board than before.
, it is much easier for these teenagers to get together.
"Master Qian's temper..." A young man curled his lips slightly, looked around again, and found that no one was paying attention to them, so he whispered: "It's too gentle, those Luzon people, just die.
If they die, no matter what, I will also give them this good cure for the plague. Those Westerners have gone ashore, I am afraid that the plague has been almost cured long ago, and they will not die many people!"
"You said Mr. Qian is not evil enough?" Another young man said with a straight face: "San'er, it's not that I don't look down on you, but with your virtue, you will be destined to be a big-headed soldier in this life. If you lead the army,
I don’t know how many soldiers will be harmed. If these Luzon people are dead, what good will it do to us? The serious ones are those who have not received the grace of our Lord Qian. If they die, they will die. Those who are alive and have received the medicine will have a hard time dying. You
Don’t even think about it, there will be nothing good in such a large territory, Master Qian must have the idea of turning back to subjugate him, but this person is not as good as God, these Western reinforcements came too fast!"
"Not only faster, but also more!" The young man who just spoke also became serious: "I heard the results of their Nanya people's torture of the prisoners. These Westerners have a big appetite and want to start a war with our Ming Dynasty.
Just the few thousand of them are not enough to fill the gap between our teeth!"
"You're just talking nonsense!" The young man who had just scolded him obviously knew more than he did: "The virtues of our navy in the Ming Dynasty can't be concealed from others, even from our brothers! It's not me.
To put it bluntly, in addition to Mr. Qian's heavy-finished armored fleet, the Guangdong Navy and the Fujian Navy can't stop them. You saw it that day on the red-haired ship in Boni Country.
, although it was only one shot, but the shells were overwhelming. If their opponent was not our armored ship, but a naval warship the same size as him, maybe our navy would really be unable to bear this thing!"
The teenagers fell silent. Also, the Guangdong and Fujian navy couldn't even do anything about Japanese pirates. They had seen Japanese pirates. According to rumors, the extremely ferocious Japanese pirates were as well-behaved as rabbits in front of the fleet from all over the world.
In the battle in Boni Kingdom, although two of the opponent's warships were sunk, Mr. Qian immediately ordered to leave the port and return to Tamsui. It can be seen that in Mr. Qian's heart, this Westerner was countless times more powerful than the Japanese pirates.
How could the navy, which was helpless even against Japanese pirates, resist these Western warships? When thinking of this, everyone suddenly became depressed!
"With those pedantic guys in the court, even if these Westerners bring harm to our Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid they will just treat it as scabies. Our enemies of the Ming Dynasty are in the north. No matter how fierce the trouble is in the south, the court will not let go.
In my heart!"
"Not necessarily!" Wang Yu, who had been listening for a long time, coughed and appeared: "Even if the court turns a blind eye, I don't think our Lord Qian will let this happen.
The claws of the Westerners are reaching in!”
"Brother Wang! Brother Wang!" The young men were surprised at first and then overjoyed when they saw it was him: "Aren't you on the flagship? When did you come to our ship!"
"Hmph, don't you know that there is a saying in the army that there are inspections in the army!" Wang Yu snorted: "Just you guys, if it had been someone else, we would have taken it directly. You think our military morale is too stable, don't you?
We may encounter the Spanish fleet at any time, and our hearts will be shattered. Not to mention that we can't defeat them. When the time comes, if there is an escape from the battle, will it be your fault or the money-maker's fault?"
"Whoever ran away from battle!" The teenagers' faces turned red. It was okay to complain, but they could not accept the big label of "running away from battle" under any circumstances: "Whoever dared to run away from battle, I will be the first to chop off his head."
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"That's enough. You all are familiar with the rules in the army. I don't need to tell you. You have to do your job well, obey the orders from above, follow the orders and prohibitions, and you will naturally be invincible. If you whisper like this, next time I hear it, I won't be able to win.
Don’t blame me for not giving face!”
"It's not that we didn't know Lord Qian's plan, so we were depressed!" someone murmured, "We still wanted to fight in high spirits, but before this group of Westerners saw it, we ran away with our tails between our legs.
, I always feel like I’m holding something in my chest, it’s uncomfortable!”
"Hey!" Wang Yu glanced at his little brothers with hatred: "If we want to fight, we are afraid of not having a chance. Even a three-year-old child knows that extending a fist to an adult will hurt more than poking someone with a finger.
Are you still worried that Master Qian and the capable people around him don’t know?”
The young man's eyes lit up. Isn't this Brother Wang also a footman next to Master Qian?
"Why don't you, Brother Wang, give us a foundation and give us brothers a little more energy to return to the capital another day? We all can treat you to the Oiran House for a month..."