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- [Chapter 842] Prehistoric naval battle is about to break out!
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The morning in the waters of Madeira Islands came very late.
When the sun came out, Xu Canxu finished handing over the shift duties and went to the restaurant for breakfast.
Without the threat of scurvy, the sailors felt quite relaxed. They went to the restaurant in twos and threes, talking and laughing on the way. However, after approaching the entrance of the restaurant, everyone became serious. Many people's expressions became very strange, as if they had encountered something very strange.
Actually, there is nothing special. Just at the door of the restaurant, there is an ensign and two sergeants standing. Beside them, there were many black sea bowls. Inside each sea bowl, there is something dark and similar to medicinal soup. Their mission is to forcefully "feed medicine" to everyone. Everyone who comes into the restaurant, regardless of their status, must be drugged. Even Commander Chen Zhan is no exception.
Of course, these things that look like medicinal soup cannot be real medicinal soup. They were actually preventive agents against scurvy. The main raw materials of the medicine are lemon juice, orange juice and the like. In a remote corner of the restaurant, there are some fixed pots and jars, the largest of which is the size of a water tank. It contains lemon juice, orange juice and the like.
There is no doubt that these lemon juices and orange juices will not taste very good. In order to preserve the medicine for a long time and prevent the medicine from deteriorating, they have been specially processed. The original golden color turned into dark black, just like Chinese medicine. The scent of lemon is gone, and the sweetness of orange is gone. All that's left is a taste that's so sour that it can make one's teeth fall out.
To be honest, no sailor likes to eat such sour food. When many sailors drank it for the first time, they couldn't help it and vomited on the spot. As long as I drink this medicinal soup, I will almost lose my appetite for the next time. However, military orders are like mountains, and you have to drink them even if you don¡¯t want to. If you don't take the initiative to drink, you will be "indoctrinated" by force.
?According to the regulations of the White Army Navy when going to sea, every sailor must drink at least a small bowl every morning. Even when you are sick, it is indispensable. Anyone who refuses to drink will be violating military orders and will be criticized at the least, or put in solitary confinement at the worst. If you really can't stand the taste of this "Shiquan Dabu Decoction", then you have no choice but to quit the White Army Navy.
After reporting his position and position, Xu Canxu picked up the lemon juice, pinched his nose, and drank it all in one breath. The navy lieutenant who specialized in supervising the implementation of the drug administration looked at Xu Canxu expressionlessly, and then nodded. A sergeant next to him had already found Xu Canxu's name and put a check mark behind his name. At this point, Xu Canxu's first task today is considered completed. Xu Canxu strode forward and entered the restaurant.
For any warship, space is very precious and there cannot be any wasted space. In the past, it was impossible for warships to have dedicated restaurants. The sailors all found their own places to eat. However, due to the reduction in the number of cannons and the reduction in the number of sailors on the battleships of the White Army Navy, the restaurant can be maintained in a decent manner.
As a battleship with a displacement of more than 1,500 tons, the restaurant has an area of ??approximately several hundred square meters and can accommodate 150 people eating at the same time. The total number of personnel on the flagship is approximately two hundred and fifty. Basically, you only need to divide it into two batches to finish your meal. Therefore, kitchen work can also be done four times a day, clearly and orderly.
Regrettably, the food on warships is almost the same. Soybeans, winter melon, radish, pickles, sauerkraut, sweet potatoes, corn, potatoesbasically all of these things. Fresh vegetables were out of the question. There is no way to save it for a long time. Unless the warship docks, there will be fresh vegetables to eat. If you eat bean sprouts occasionally, it's considered very good.
As for meat, it¡¯s basically fish. What does the Navy lack most? Except for sea water, there are fish. As long as you are willing, you can eat fish every day until you feel like throwing up at the smell of fish. Fishing does not require any special equipment. You only need to hang a large net on the back of the battleship and pull it up regularly. The various fish caught in it are enough for everyone to have a meal. If you are lucky, you may even catch some rare fish.
Regrettably, no matter how precious the fish is, it is all the same in the eyes of battleship chefs. Because what is needed here is a large plate of food, a collective meal, there is no such thing as a small stove. Unless someone is seriously ill, they will receive special treatment. The officers and soldiers of the White Army have the same meals. No matter you are a high-ranking general or a soldier at the lowest level, you are treated equally. No matter how precious the fish is, it is treated as an ordinary food.
It¡¯s not that Xu Xingxia didn¡¯t want to improve the food for the officers and soldiers, nor was he unwilling to spend money, but he didn¡¯t have the technical conditions. In an era without refrigerators or fresh-keeping cabinets, fresh vegetables wereIt is impossible to save it. Meats other than fish cannot be stored for too long. Warships must dock from time to time for many reasons. Improving food is also a key reason. Many people cannot stand being without fresh vegetables for a long time.
The staple foods for breakfast are steamed buns, steamed buns and white porridge. Everyone can choose according to their own different eating habits. The officers and soldiers of the White Army Navy come from all over the world. Some people like to eat rice, and some people like to eat noodles. Naturally, all kinds of food have to be prepared. Today's staple food is egg fried rice and soybean noodles, and the side dishes are boiled eggs and pickles.
Xu Canxu likes to eat noodles and finger meat, both of which were influenced by her mother. He also likes barbecue. He also knows how to barbecue with his own hands, and his barbecue skills are quite good. Of course, his father seems to also like to eat noodles. However, Xu Canxu will not refuse to eat rice when there is no pasta, and he also likes egg fried rice.
After ordering a plate full of egg fried rice and a small plate of pickles, Xu Canxu found a seat, sat down alone, and started eating slowly. After a while, Wang Yunfei also came, bringing a large bowl of porridge and five fried dough sticks, and sat next to Xu Canxu.
Wang Yunfei is a typical chatterbox. He chatted with Xu Canxu all night last night and didn't feel tired at all. When he entered the restaurant, he picked up the Shiquan Dabu Soup and drank it all in one breath. It was as if it was not a medicinal soup at all, but a real tonic. The amount of breakfast he wanted was twice as much as that of Xu Canxu. Xu Canxu felt that he was able to eat enough, but compared with Wang Yunfei, he was dwarfed. This guy is a foodie.
As soon as they sat down, Wang Yunfei and Xu Canxu started chatting in a nonchalant manner. I don't know where he found so many topics, but he even knew a lot about the military operations of the White Army in the Western Region. There are many things that even Xu Canxu doesn't know. While eating, Xu Canxu felt that he was really sleepy and just wanted to go back to bed early, so he didn't answer much. Wang Yunfei didn't mind, he said what he said.
The strange thing is that while this guy talks endlessly, he can also keep stuffing things into his mouth. After finishing a large bowl of food, he went to fill another large bowl. After finishing the five fried dough sticks, he went to get five more. It felt like he was going to take action a third time. As a result, he really took action for the third time. However, the third time he took action, he brought back a large plate of Yangzhou fried rice, which was similar in weight to what Xu Canxu had just brought back.
"Ahem, aren't you afraid of holding on? It's hard to sleep if you're too full." Xu Canxu said worriedly.
"It's okay, I can't hold on. The fuller I eat, the better I sleep. If I'm hungry, I really can't sleep!" Wang Yunfei said nonchalantly.
A navy lieutenant next to him interrupted and said: "Wang Yunfei, are you not afraid of dying? I said it has been two or three years since your kid joined the navy. How can you still be so good? Are you really going to make up for what you have lacked in the past ten years? , are you going to make up for it all twice as much?¡±
Wang Yunfei smiled and did not answer. Judging from his expression, he probably acquiesced.
After a while, Xu Canxu finally figured it out. It turns out that Wang Yunfei is also a person with a story. He had never had a full meal before he was eighteen years old. After joining the White Army, there was no limit on how much he could eat, so he ate with all his heart. As a result, he ate more and more, and now his appetite was more than three times that of Xu Canxu.
"I won't make trouble with you anymore. You are too good to eat." Xu Canxu shook his head and said.
Standing up and putting the dishes, rice bowls, etc. back into the sink, Xu Canxu left the restaurant and went straight back to his kennel to prepare for a rest. Due to the reduction in the number of cannons and the reduction in the number of sailors, the resting conditions of the White Navy warships are not bad.
The battleship has a dedicated rest area, which is relatively quiet. Everyone has a fixed bed and a spare hammock so they don't have to interfere with each other. When tossing and turning, it won't affect others. Therefore, even when you are really sleepy, you can still have a good sleep. Of course, the premise is that no enemies come to disturb you.
Although Xu Canxu has a special identity and mysterious origin, only Chen Zhan knows his true identity. Therefore, his hammock is no different from that of ordinary officers. Usually, in order to avoid affecting others and avoid being influenced by others, Xu Canxu usually unfolds his hammock and hides in a dark corner to sleep.
It just so happened that Zhang Daniu and Xu Canxu were in the same cabin. When Xu Canxu returned to the cabin, he found Zhang Daniu sitting directly on the ground with a dark face and silently smoking with his head lowered. He looked very unhappy, obviously something sad had happened to him.
I don¡¯t know since when, tobacco has become the main spiritual food for naval officers and soldiers. There was no such thing as the Ming EmpireAfter these things were introduced into the Ming Empire, they were immediately welcomed by the white army. It seems that among all the officers and men of the White Army Navy, from the deputy commander Chen Xinhai down to every junior sailor, there is no non-smoker.
At that time, there were no filters or anything like that. They were rolled up with cut tobacco and smoked. The taste of tobacco was very strong. If there are several people smoking together in a relatively narrow and closed space, the air will turn white. This is what Xu Canxu saw. The entire cabin was filled with smoke, making it almost impossible to see anyone's face clearly.
Around Zhang Daniu, there were several second lieutenants and lieutenants sitting. They are all members of the observation team. They were all silently patting Zhang Daniu's shoulders to express comfort. When Zhang Daniu finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, they immediately handed him another one and lit it. As a result, the cigarette in Zhang Daniu's hand was never extinguished.
When chatting with Wang Yunfei last night, Xu Canxu already knew the cause and effect. Seeing this scene, he also sat down silently. Someone next to him handed him a cigarette. Xu Canxu took it, lit it with a fire stick, and joined the group of smokers. As a result, the white smoke screen inside the cabin became thicker and more smoky. Fortunately, there were no pyrotechnic alarm devices in this era, otherwise, the alarm would have been triggered automatically.
The reason for what happened is actually very simple. Yesterday, a letter from the Western Regions was delivered to Zhang Daniu. There was nothing else in the letter except the bad news that Zhang Daniu's younger brother, Zhang Erniu, died in the battle to attack the Western Regions.
Because the letter needs to be circulated several times before it reaches the Fourth Fleet. Therefore, when Zhang Daniu got the news, Zhang Erniu had already sacrificed his life for more than five months. Among all Zhang Erniu's relatives, his eldest brother should be the last to get the news. No wonder he was so sad. There was no daughter in their family, just the two brothers.
While the White Army Navy continues to advance towards Europe, the White Army Army is also constantly advancing westward. Their goal is to defeat the Ottoman Turkish Empire and advance the front directly to the Mediterranean on land. To this end, Xu Xingxia mobilized more than 100,000 troops and equipped them with a large number of mortars to form the Western Region Army.
Under the command of Gao Jie and Mao Shisan, the Western Region Army of the White Army has advanced to the vicinity of the Safi Dynasty, getting closer and closer to the Mediterranean Sea. Abbas I, the leader of the Safi Dynasty, also adopted a strategy of joining forces with the White Army and attacked westward together. With Abbas I, who was very familiar with the enemy's situation, leading the way, the White Army advanced faster.
On the western border of the Safi Dynasty, the White Army and the elite troops of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, the Sudanese soldiers, fought successive fierce battles. As a result, the Sudanese soldiers suffered heavy blows from the White Army and suffered heavy losses. In three years, the losses of the Sudanese soldiers exceeded 300,000. The losses of other Ottoman troops exceeded one million people. If the true God did not come, the defeat of the Ottoman Empire would be inevitable.
"However, facing the sharp knives of the White Army, the Ottoman Empire's will to resist is still very high. They couldn't defeat the White Army from the front, so they tried to find ways from the side. In the name of the true God, they mobilized the people who were bewitched and poisoned to oppose the march of the White Army. I have to say that this trick is still very useful. As the White Army gets closer and closer to the Mediterranean, the resistance it encounters becomes greater and greater, and the losses it suffers also tend to expand.
Although the equipment of the White Army is very advanced, the training level of the officers and soldiers is also very high, and the combat effectiveness is superior, but due to the influence of the complex local terrain, people's sentiments, religion and other factors, people will still die from time to time. No matter how strict the preventive measures are, it is impossible to achieve zero casualties. After all, it's hard for a strong dragon to defeat a local snake. It was while on patrol that Zhang Erniu was accidentally attacked by hostile armed forces and died heroically.
Of course, this method of the Ottoman Turkish Empire could not stop the White Army from launching a fatal blow against them. Xu Xingxia decided to use the army and navy to advance together and attack from both front and back to capture Istanbul. Istanbul is the political, economic, cultural and religious core of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. As long as it is taken down, the Ottoman Turkish Empire will collapse. As the time for the white army navy to enter the Mediterranean becomes shorter and shorter, the plan to encircle Istanbul by sea will eventually be realized.
"Daniu, my condolences." A navy lieutenant came in and expressed comfort to Zhang Daniu. This naval lieutenant commander is Chen Zhan's adjutant Zhou Jian. When he came forward to comfort Zhang Daniu, he was comforting Zhang Daniu on behalf of Fleet Commander Chen Zhan.
Everyone comforted him again, and Zhang Daniu slowly cheered up. He vowed to make the enemy look good and capture Istanbul. At that time, Zhang Erniu's great revenge will be avenged with his own hands.
"Dudubeep! "
Suddenly, a rapid whistle sounded.
There is an enemy situation!
It is very likely that the enemy fleet is attacking!
Everyone was shivered and hurriedly ran out of the cabin.
Xu Canxu also quickly came to the deck, raised his telescope, and carefully observed his surroundings.
Sure enough, a large number of warships appeared on the northern sea. Their approach speed was not fast and they appeared to be very cautious. The sails of most of the battleships were not completely hung up. Apparently they were worried that they would move forward too fast and collide with the battleships of the White Army Navy. If that's the case, they must be the ones who suffer. Because the artillery fire of the white army and navy was too brutal. The harder they charge, the greater the damage they suffer.
"So many warships? There are probably five hundred, right?" Gao Rusong frowned.
There are so many enemy warships that there is no way to calculate accurate numbers. As the chief of observation, he could only deduce based on his own experience that the enemy's warships should be no less than 500. Perhaps, behind these five hundred enemy ships, there are more warships that have not been dispatched. However, this is not within the scope of his reconnaissance.
Five hundred warships is indeed not a small number. The Fourth Fleet of the White Army Navy only has more than thirty warships. If I guessed correctly, the Western powers should have taken out all their warships from the bottom of the box. The appearance of so many warships together was obviously intended to give the White Army some power.
"Turn the whole army around!"
"Move southward!"
Chen Zhan issued the order calmly.
All the warships of the Fourth Fleet immediately turned and fled south.
At this time, the sea breeze happened to be blowing from the north. All the warships of the White Army Navy opened their sails and fled southward with the help of the wind. However, the enemy warships did not catch up. To be precise, the warships of the Western powers did not move at all. After a while, they were no longer visible.
"These guys weren't fooled?" Chen Zhan couldn't help but frown. The original strategy of the White Army Navy was to try to lure the snakes out of their holes and annihilate them one by one. If the fleets of the Western powers catch up, what awaits them will be a huge trap. As long as the enemy falls into this trap, not to mention five hundred battleships, even a thousand battleships will be destroyed. But, unfortunately, the fleets of the Western powers were not fooled. In other words, the original strategy of the White Army Navy has failed.
It can be seen from this that there should be smart people among the commanders of the fleets of Western powers. They must have seen through the white-coated navy's plan. This is not surprising. After all, the White Army Navy is an upstart, and their various experiences are still relatively shallow. Relatively speaking, the navies of the Western powers are the real ancestors!
Zhou Jian frowned and said, "Commander, it seems we still have to attack hard!"
Chen Zhan nodded and said slowly: "Zhou Jian, immediately sent someone to contact other fleets and inform them that our original plan failed. Now, we need to implement a new plan. At the same time, send someone to report to the Deputy Commander of the Navy. Officer, see if a force attack is needed. Our fleet will return to the port of Las Palmas and wait for orders."
Zhou Jian solemnly agreed and turned around to carry out the order.
All the battleships of the Fourth Fleet continued to move south quickly, and finally stopped slowly when they returned to the port of Las Palmas. At this time, the port of Las Palmas was already filled with various warships of the White Army Navy. At a glance, all the flags flying on the mast of the battleship were the flags of the White Army. The entire port is like a large square with red flags flying.
The original Las Palmas had only one port, which could only berth a dozen merchant ships. Today, Las Palmas has five large ports that can berth more than a hundred large merchant ships. Moreover, more ports are being expanded. If these ports are expanded, at least 300 large warships can be berthed.
The warships of the White Army Navy are constantly gathering here in large numbers. They are all fleets coming from the rear for reinforcements. The current White Army Navy has a total of twenty squadrons. Most of the battleships are Tianshan-class battleships with a displacement of more than 1,500 tons. Battleships with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons have completely withdrawn from the battlefield.
For the security of the port, those powerful 155mm howitzers were also deployed on both sides of the port, with their black muzzles facing the sea outside. If an enemy ship appears at this time, just the bombardment of the 155mm howitzer can wipe out the opponent. Unfortunately, not a single battleship from the Western powers appeared.
Half a month later, Chen Xinhai led more warships to Las Palmas. In the following months, the White Army and NavyThe combined fleets of the Western powers are working hard to gather all the warships. By the spring of 1634 AD, the White Navy had assembled more than 300 warships. The Western powers concentrated more than 500 warships.
A prehistoric naval battle is about to break out.
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