"Wind direction: southwest, wind speed: 5, the underwater situation is unknown, the big ship is not easy to get to the shore, put the small boat into the water, pay attention to the stern waves."
On the boat closest to the shore, a sailfish was on the lookout to send out the signal.
There were a hundred small boats from top to bottom in the line of big boats. Each big boat got down two small boats of four meters and five meters long and two meters wide. There were eight people in each boat, shaking their oars towards the shore. As we sailed, there was still something covered with canvas on the ship.
About two hundred miles away from one thousand ships in the sea, there are more than nine thousand ships anchored there, including two thousand gunboats.
This is all the naval forces that Datang can produce. Over the years, a total of 3,000 gunboats have been built. Two hundred remain in the country and five hundred are used for cruises. Wherever there is a Datang merchant ship, there are Datang gunboats. All the others are here.
The same gunboats will not be built in the future. New gunboats are rarely built. Generally, two or three are built to train in the sea and lakes, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and summarize the technology. If necessary, construction of the large dock will start at the same time.
The other ships parked on the sea are troop carriers and supply ships. There are 200,000 soldiers in this landing operation. For a long time, they will not receive domestic supplies, and they need to carry livestock for transportation.
Ten thousand ships sounds like a number, and when you look at it, you will never compare the number with the situation on the sea.
There were already merchant ships going farther back. When they saw the ships on the sea, the people on the ships rushed to call.
"Boss, boss, hurry up, come out to see the ship." A merchant ship called "Love Tang" is returning to Datang along the sea road on the shore. The lookout hand on the mast sees the sea ahead through a telescope. Yelling downwards while yelling, crawling down the mast while shouting.
"Calling what? Xiaodong, when can you stabilize your focus? Since you left Datang, I haven't seen you stop. You call when you see fish, and you call when you see seabirds. Watching the boat, we are already on board. I haven't seen a ship, is it my Datang merchant ship or an escort ship?"
In a temporarily assembled cabin on the deck, a person is rolling noodles there. A wooden shelf is placed next to it. Three very small children are drawn on the paper. It can be seen from the clothes that they are two men and one woman. .
Hearing the yelling of Wangshou, he quickly added some cold water to the pot and yelled back.
The person he called Xiaodong had already slipped off the mast very quickly, stood at the door, and sniffed first: "Boss, oh, call the captain, you will cook noodles for me again. There are boats, there are many boats. "
"Who will make it for you? I can't eat much of the noodles I brought from Datang. I cooked and ate two bites. When I got home, three children entangled me, and I couldn't eat stable noodles. They were less than a year old when I came out, and they could be three years old when I returned. It was the time to be naughty."
The noodle captain looked at the painting on the paper, squinted and said, suddenly staring again: "Xiaodong, I told you a hundred times. Hang the binoculars around your neck. You have to take off the rope. I really fell into the sea. I won’t prove it to you when I go back. It depends on how the government cleans up you.”
"Boss, don't worry, you see, I am tied to my waist with a rope. I can't carry it around my neck. My neck is worn out after a long time. Boss, oh, captain, I said the ship, you don’t believe me for a while. Look at it with a binoculars, it's scary."
Xiaodong pulled the binoculars, and sure enough, he had a rope attached to his waist. There are two of this thing in each big ship. One captain holds the other and the other is to the watchman. When he comes out, he puts it for the record. Even if it breaks, he must take the debris with him. Inspect the state-level government. If it is lost, no one will prove it and treat it as an enemy.
The captain was not in a hurry. He didn't expect what it would be like. He only thought that there was a larger merchant fleet who wanted to "meet" with his small fleet here, and then greet each other and go their separate ways.
Then I can see it in a while, it is important to eat the noodles made from the noodles brought from Datang first.
The noodles take a long time before being put in the pot, and the time from cooking to the cooking time is short. After a few minutes, the noodles are ready. After a while in cold water, the captain took another can, opened it, and scooped out a few spoonfuls of watercress from it. Sauce, eat a bowl first, and nod in excitement.
"It's delicious, or the noodles and sauces from my hometown are delicious. What are you doing watching me? Want to eat yourself and wait for me to serve you?"
"Captain, you are so great." Xiaodong ran over happily, picked the noodles by himself, then put the sauce, lowered his head a few times and stuffed it in half a bowl, raised his head, and rubbed his mouth like a delight: "Captain, I'm just Think of it, more than a month ago, Douzi was sick and wanted to eat fried noodles. You took out a can of bean paste and said it was the last one. Today... Could it be... I was dreaming?"
"Yes, now I woke up from the dream, let me go up and see, you still have it? I just did this all together, so the sauce, are you afraid that it will be too salty?"
When the captain was talking, Xiaodong picked two noodles on the chopsticks again, and put bean paste on the noodles.
"I woke up from the dream, boss, I'm going up, you eat slowly, and I continue to feel the mighty power of my Datang fleet." After two bowls of noodles were eaten, Xiaodong poured water again and wiped his hand on his mouth. Chu Chu ran out, leaving only a word.
"Lie to me, I won't even look at the smallpox. I eat noodles, my son, my daughter, and when Dad goes back, Dad will make you noodles every day. The goods on the five ships are all yours. This is from Xiaobao. The goods bought from Africa in He Juanjuan’s mouth are valuable."
The captain still sucked his face unhurriedly, looking at the three children drawn on the paper and muttering.
When he was full, a quarter of an hour passed, he burped contentedly, looked at the uncooked noodles, laid out the canned bean paste gently, wondering who was lucky, and ran over first. You can cook it yourself when you see it.
Rubbing his stomach, took the binoculars, the captain also wandered outside, continuing to look at the sea and blue sky that he was tired of seeing, remembering Xiao Dong's words, raising the binoculars and sweeping forward.
"Ah? A lot of ships, mother, this... This is my Datang fleet! I have so many ships in Datang?" Ship after ship came into the captain's eyes, with dragon flags flying above the eyes. In addition to the ship, it is still a ship. You can't see the side at all. At the end where the sea and the sky are connected, there is also a vague shadow of a ship's sail.
The captain was dumbfounded, swallowed his saliva hard, and murmured: "What's the matter? Dreaming? No, absolutely not. Why is my Datang fleet running here? Who is going to be unlucky? It's so beautiful and mighty. Come out, let the captain come out to see the fleet, I'm from Datang."
After talking to himself a few times, the captain began to shout into the cabin below the deck, his hands holding the telescope turned white, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
He was so excited. Before, he could see Datang’s gunboats and supply ships, all of which were so few, and it was rare to see dozens of military ships appearing at the same time on the dock.
Today is quite enjoyable. My own Datang has so many warships. The gathering together can be said to be overwhelming. It is the fleet of Datang and the strength to defend its own Datang people.
The captain pursed his mouth tightly and held his chest tall, letting the sea breeze blow, he has an urge to cry, the boat in front of him can no longer be said to be a boat, it is a mountain-like existence, continuous, there is nothing more proud than this of!
More footsteps sounded on the deck, and I heard the captain yelling that the crew members who thought that something had happened were well-trained and ran out one after another, but found no danger. Looking forward, they were all stunned.
Even if they don’t have a telescope, they can still see the ship ahead. They can’t see clearly the flag on it. The closest ship can see the hull clearly. There are sails and masts farther away, and the farther ship becomes a ship. A small dot, or a black line.
"Uncle, where did the ship come from? There are so many, scary." A crew member leaned to the captain's side and asked with staring eyes.
"Ha! Where did it come from? Under the world, how can you say that there are so many ships? Only me, Datang, oh, I can see clearly, gunboats, are they gunboats, gunboats, or gunboats, pieces of gunboats? Who do Juan and Xiaobao want to clean up?"
The captain can now see clearly the configuration of the ship. The gunboat is obviously different from that of the transport captain. Although I don’t see the cannon now, I can see the wooden planks on the side of the ship that are covered by the muzzle. The color is different, familiar to the Datang gunboat. Everyone understands that when the plank is removed, the cannon will be exposed.
The other ships did not have stringed guns, but had a bow gun and no guns at the stern, indicating that the warship had no intention of firing guns while escaping. It was an absolute confidence.
His nephew rolled his eyes and reminded: "Uncle, there is a strait ahead, a strait with many cannibals. Little Treasure and the cuckoo eat more food. When we came out, it was only a small-scale friction. I didn't expect to come back. It's already done, it's definitely not a small battle."
"I know how many ships are used by Xiaoqiang, but... there are too many gunboats. There are too many cannibals and enough ships to be beaten?" The captain thought hard, and then he was in a daze: "Understood, Xiaobao and Juan The cuckoo is not sending people to fight ships, but to transport troops. Gunboats can fight boats and they can also hit the shore. It's over with more cannibalism."
"How did it finish?" The captain's nephew couldn't keep up with his thoughts, so he sent troops over, but he had to go to war, deep into the land, and the gunboat couldn't get up.
The captain’s nephew, who couldn’t figure it out, didn’t think about it, but admired the team approaching him and sighed: “It’s so beautiful. I’ve always heard people say that the cuckoo gunboats are breaking through the waves and lined up in majestic lines. I can’t think of what it is. Well, now I know that if I were an enemy, I just surrendered directly. This battle cannot be fought.
There is no other thing to see except the ship. Waiting for a while, we will be inserted from the fleet, it will definitely make people even more shocking. I've seen hundreds of fishing boats dispatched together, and I think it's spectacular enough. How many boats does our Datang fleet have now? It's invincible. "
Listening to him, the other crew members on the deck felt the same. The closer they are, the more they can feel the oppression of the invincible fleet of the motherland. They belong to their own Datang and do not need to be dispatched a lot. One or two gunboats plus three. Five supply ships are enough to maintain the safety of people who are away from home.
When things really happen, their own Datang will gather so many ships to form an endless fleet. With this maritime armed protection, the world can go.
"Captain, if we encounter other small countries, such as Zhenla or Japanese ships, when we go back, we will post them and see if they dare to provoke them? My Datang's invincible fleet crushed them." A crew member shouted excitedly. write.
"Swimming over by yourself, and still other people's provocations, you are not provoking the past? Our Datang fleet is powerful, and it is not to cooperate with you to play provocations when you have nothing to do. It does not cost you money? It is you who only dispatched the fleet for you. Are they stupid or Xiaobao and the cuckoo, or the emperor?"
The captain glared at his voice and cursed.
"Isn't it that Datang is willing to do my best for one person, I am also from Datang." This person was not convinced yet.
Suddenly ushered in various accusations from people around.
"I said the second child of the Chen family, I said at the beginning that you were not allowed to come. You lack the heart, you have to follow, and next time I say anything, I will not agree to take you."
"Second silly, I will call you so in the future, and dare to say that I will do my best. That is to say that we have encountered a special situation, such as fighting with many countries at the same time. Come up and take turns to help you knead."
"You are so much worse than your brother and your elder brother. If you meet two other ships, Datang will have to send you a fleet in front of you? Both are with you? A patrol boat is enough."
"Chen Erganzi, you are sick, you have to be cured."
"Second, I wonder, what are you doing to provoke others? If they want people’s boats to be filled with valuables, after you provoke, Datang’s armed boat will go over to help you and snatch the things. Smelly fish, rotten shrimp, you are finished provoking, our Datang boat will help you fight, and we haven't taken any advantage. Are you making trouble for Datang's army?"
"Brother Chen, you are not young anymore..."
"Shut up, what Brother Chen, you are my own brother, you call me directly, you also say me, do you want to kill your relatives righteously?" The person who was talking finally found a good bully.
"Yeah, you are my own brother, you guys, don't talk about my brother, watch the boat." This man's brother reacted and quickly defended his brother.
After all the people were addicted to their mouths, they stopped teasing the second child of the Chen family, and turned their attention to Datang's fleet.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..." "Woo... woo..."
Suddenly, there was the sound of drums and horns from the fleet ahead, and various small flags slid in strings, and at the same time the sailing ships began to sail.
"Uncle, what are they doing?" the captain's nephew asked curiously.
The captain was also puzzled. He looked at him, and suddenly noticed that the clouds in the sky were flying fast. He immediately ignored the rest, and shouted to the crew around: "Hurry up, down the sail, raise the spinnaker, and there is a strong wind. Come from the side. Yes, don’t look at the boat, it’s blown away if you look at it again."
Only then did the crew react, and quickly took their positions and started to do things. Soon, the horizontal sail fell and the spinnaker came to a separate position. The speed of the boat began to drop, and the people on the lookout did not stay there anymore, and went out. To the deck.
After a while, everyone gathered on the foredeck again, and only those who controlled the sail and the helm could not leave the position.
Normally, you will be very nervous when you encounter this situation at sea. Every time you will be worried about something wrong, you will not be able to go home, but now the people on the boat are very relaxed.
In front of them is the fleet of their own country. If the wind blowing is dangerous enough, it is impossible for the fleet not to send ships to notify its merchant ships. Since no one is here to tell, it means that the degree of wind is not beyond the control of the fleet control department. Scope.
In this case, the five ships of one's side will enter the fleet in a while, and the fleet will protect itself and others.
The wind began to grow stronger, and the sails of the five merchant ships formed a large angle with the ship. If you only look at the sails, it gives people the impression that the ship is walking diagonally. Don't worry at all, fix yourself one by one, and experience this feeling of riding the wind and waves.
Regardless of the wind blowing from the side, the speed of the ship was faster. After two quarters of an hour, the five boarding ships finally passed by the closest armed Datang ship.
The flags on the ship were hunting and hunting, and the soldiers in separate navy uniforms were saluting the merchant ship. The standard standing and neat movements made everyone on the merchant ship cry in tears, one by one in response to various walks. The ceremony.
As they got deeper and deeper into the fleet, they could no longer see the outside, there were only ships, countless ships, and the neat military salutes of their passing ships and soldiers.
Those one-by-one movements made the people on the merchant ship feel excited. What they saw was a towering warship, a soldier with a resolute face, a rolling dark cloud, and a battle flag for hunting.
For a while, they felt very at ease, that there seemed to be no team in the world that could fight in front of them. It was too strong, especially the gaze of the soldiers, and there was no retreat or weakness in it.
"Good soldier, when I go back and sell the goods, I will take out 10% of the net profit and send it to the barracks. My soldiers in Datang can't be wronged. Our dignity outside counts on them."
The captain said solemnly.