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Wenzhou in the Ming Dynasty was not prosperous and developed, although it was an important port for shipbuilding and foreign economy in history, but because of its geographical location facing the mountains and the sea, the transportation with the inland was restricted by the mountains, which limited the development of the seaport and shipbuilding industry. In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the advantages of the maritime and shipbuilding industries were replaced by the ports of Fuzhou and Quanzhou, and it was not a strategic battleground. But it's a good location as a military port.

In the past, the defenders of the Lu Jian State stationed here were scattered due to disagreement among the generals, so Bolo only sent a Du Si to lead the troops to attack easily. To be honest, this is really not interesting for the Qing army.

As the flagship of this Minjiang ship, there is one more setting than other ships, that is, the war room, where all the captains and commanders of each team are gathered according to Yue Xiaofei's instructions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we will arrive at the surface of Wenzhou this evening. Ships patrol at night. The combat boats were all launched, and the manpower drive system could not be stopped. The reconnaissance company of the Marine Corps went ashore to reconnoiter the relevant targets based on intelligence (the prisoners brought from Yanping have not been forgotten). Be careful not to startle the snake, and report the situation by light signal before dawn.

Xu Liejun and Shi Lang will take the lead in landing tomorrow with 300 chariots, and after landing, they will attack Yongchang Fort from the east to the west, and then launch the most offensive after the second wave of landing troops and all artillery companies have come ashore. If the situation changes, will it be clear that it will be arranged again tomorrow morning at the combat meeting? ”

"Yes," everyone replied.

Shi Lang walked back, and at the same time re-estimated Yue Xiaofei in his heart, "Is he really the well-known hippie smiling person, or is he pretending to be himself, or is he a person who understands big things and is confused about small things?" ”

In the evening, the fish scales in the sky tell everyone that tomorrow is a good sunny day for war. Ten large ships lined up in two rows at sea, each of which lowered the small boat, which was both a life-saving and a melee boat, into the water to the sound of a manual crane.

The ten-meter dinghy is generally driven entirely by human power. Since it does not usually use sails, it resembles a shuttle for weaving. The detachable mast and a pair of trianghes were sturdyly placed on both sides of the dinghy, but they were not used in battle, it was too slow. The streamlined raised platform in the middle of the hull is the helmsman's position, the streamlined bulge in the front is the slingshot grenade launcher, and the rear is the "Flying Divine Crossbow".

On both sides of the boat are about three meters of sealed pontoons with hydrofoils at the bottom, and between the pontoons and the hull is a sturdy net of non-perishable brown rope knots used to carry people or cargo. Because it is a catamaran, the Barracuda class is extremely fast, and the short moment is by no means comparable to any sailing yacht of our time.

Now there are eight Barracuda-class ships carrying two reconnaissance companies heading towards the coast of Wenzhou. As the night deepened, the figures in the distance were a little blurry, not to mention the boats of the same color as the sea, which was even more difficult to detect.

The current city guard of Wenzhou is Tu Dusi sent by Boluo, and the most proud thing about him here is that Wenzhou is quite rich here, scraping a thousand a day, and nearly tens of thousands of taels of silver have fallen into the bag in dozens of days, how can he not be complacent. And the people who come here to shave their heads is his self-proclaimed trick. Although there are more than 1,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and nearly 2,000 people from the Ming army, it is difficult to resist these tens of thousands of people who rebelled. His wishful thinking was that the marshal occupied Fuzhou and then sent a large army to come, and then the people would shave their heads overnight and have time to braid, and then they could say that they were a heart that cared for the people. For this reason, cavalry was sent to each intersection, called defense, but in fact, it was to prevent the soldiers from rushing to the point of being caught off guard.

"Your Excellency...... My lord...... Oh no" That night, he was hugging the two fans, drinking a little wine, and when he was at ease, his own soldiers ran in. An asked to go down and shouted: "Oh no, disaster is coming, and Lord Haojiao learned that there are ten big ships parked on the sea outside." ”

"What? Have you ever seen where the ship is? ”

"Lord Hui, the flag on the ship is very strange, I have never seen it, but it can be concluded that it is definitely not my Great Shimizu Master."

"Quick...... Fast...... Preparing for war ......" was hoarse, and the barracks became busy.

As it got deeper, the bow of the Barracuda class cut through the sea like a sharp blade, and each small boat carried an average of forty people quietly approaching the shore, and because there were no sails, it was extremely difficult to distinguish in the dark night. Neither the Qing troops in Yongchang Fort nor the Qing army patrols along the shore could find out.

One by one, the scouts jumped into the sea on a rope net or on the bow of the ship, the sea water here was colder than the sea water on the other side of the city in Fuzhou, but fortunately, the draft of the shuttle water class was very submerged, and it was only about twenty or thirty meters from the shore.

The glowless shore was dark, and the sound of the water crashing against the shore behind them drowned out the sounds of the scouts. The scouts who landed in either direction had no incident.

The commander of the reconnaissance company of the first regiment of the Marine Corps of the Shenzhou Army bowed and quietly approached the house with a tall banyan tree.

The family consisted of only two old people, and a daughter made a living by selling wontons and stews, and first the old woman was awakened by the slight noise of the scout.

"Old man, don't be a rat stealing the stuffing."

The old man was obviously in a daze, and muttered, "What's the matter, sleep...... Sleep, I'm ...... Buckle it. ”

The old woman saw that her husband couldn't move, so she had no choice but to grope for herself to get out of bed.

"Mom, I'll go and see, you'd better sleep, I'll take a look." The daughter who heard the sound lit a fire and came out with a lamp. But when she entered the kitchen, she saw a scene that she would never forget in her life.

In the room, among the ghostly black shadows, only their eyes could be seen, and the bows in their hands were pointing at her.

The oil lamp in her hand fell to the ground in fright, and the girl was about to shout loudly, but one of them rushed forward and covered her mouth......

Late at night, the reconnaissance company commander ordered: "Send a report"

A soldier brought seawater, poured it into a thick black ring about one meter above his hand, opened the air nozzle, and lit it with a fire fold.

On the old tall banyan tree, the light signal began to flicker. "Minjiang, I am the ...... of the reconnaissance company" The herald pressed the handle next to the cylinder rhythmically. The other end of the long tube followed his rhythm and shot out a pillar of light that seemed to be out of nowhere, pointing at the big ship on the sea.

"According to reconnaissance, the enemy is preparing ships for a possible night attack on our fleet...... A moment later, the signal from the sea returned "to continue reconnaissance, and to report in time when the enemy ship is offshore." ”