[Chapter 842] The prehistoric naval battle is about to break out!

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The morning in the waters of the Madeira Islands came very late.

When the sun came out, Xu Canxu finished handing over the shift work and went down to the restaurant for breakfast.

Without the threat of scurvy, the sailors were still feeling quite relaxed. They went to the restaurant in groups of three or three, talking and laughing on the way. However, after approaching the door of the restaurant, everyone became serious. Many people's faces became very strange, as if they had encountered something very strange.

In fact, there was nothing special. At the entrance of the restaurant, there was a naval lieutenant and two sergeants. Beside them, there were many black sea bowls. Each sea bowl had something like a medicine soup. Their task was to force everyone to "fille medicine". Everyone who came into the restaurant, no matter what their identity was, had to be filled with medicine. Even the commander Chen Zhan was no exception.

Of course, these things that seem to be medicinal soup cannot be real medicinal soups. They are actually medicines to prevent scurvy. The main raw materials of the medicine are lemon juice, orange juice, etc. In the remote corner of the restaurant, there are some fixed jars and jars, the largest one is the size of a water tank. The ones inside are lemon juice, orange juice, etc.

There is no doubt that the taste of these lemon juice and orange juice will not be very good. In order to preserve it for a long time and prevent the agent from getting worse, they have been specially treated. The original golden color turned into dark black, like a traditional Chinese medicine. The fragrance of lemon is gone, and the sweetness of orange is gone. The only thing left is the smell that is so sour that it can make people lose their teeth.

To be honest, no sailor likes to eat such sour things. Many sailors couldn't help but vomit on the spot when they first drank it. As long as they drank this medicine soup, they almost had no appetite in the next time. However, military orders are like mountains, and they have to drink it even if they don't drink it. If they don't take the initiative, they will be forced to "inculcate".

According to the sea-going regulations of the White Army Navy, every sailor must drink at least one small bowl every morning when he wakes up. Even when he is sick, it is indispensable. If anyone does not drink it, it is a violation of military orders, and at a minority they are criticized, and at a serious level they are in jail. If you really can't stand the taste of this "Ten Complete Great Tonic Soup", you can only withdraw from the White Army Navy.

After reporting his position and position, Xu Canxu picked up the lemon juice, pinched his nose, and drank it in one breath. The Navy lieutenant who specialized in supervising the injection of medicine looked at Xu Canxu expressionlessly, then nodded. A sergeant next to him had found Xu Canxu's name and ticked it behind his name. At this point, even if Xu Canxu's first task today was completed, Xu Canxu strode forward and entered the restaurant.

For any warship, space is very precious and there is no place to be wasted. In the past, it was impossible for warships to have special restaurants. The sailors all looked for their own places to eat. However, due to the decrease in the number of cannons and the decrease in the number of sailors, the restaurant could also be decent.

As a warship with a displacement of more than 1,500 tons, the restaurant is about hundreds of square meters and can accommodate 150 people at the same time. All the personnel on the flagship are about 250 people. Basically, all meals can be completed in two batches. Therefore, the kitchen work can also be done with four meals a day, which is clearly ordered.

Unfortunately, the food on the warship is almost unchanged. Soybeans, winter melons, radishes, pickles, sauerkraut, sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes... are basically all of these things. Fresh vegetables are impossible. There is no way to save them for a long time. Unless the warship is docked, there will be fresh vegetables. Occasionally, there is bean sprouts, which is good.

As for meat, it is basically fish. What is the most lacking in the navy? Apart from sea water, there is fish. As long as everyone is willing, they can eat fish every day, and they will vomit until you smell the fish. Fishing does not require any special equipment. You just need to hang a large net behind the battleship and pull up the large net regularly. The various fishes inside are enough for everyone to have a meal. If you are lucky, you can even catch some very precious fish.

Unfortunately, no matter how precious the fish is, it is the same in the eyes of the warship chef. Because what is needed here is a large dish, a collective meal, and there is no such thing as small stoves. Unless you are seriously ill, you will get special treatment. The food of the officers and soldiers of the White Army is the same. Whether you are a senior general or the most basic soldier, you will be treated equally. No matter how precious the fish is, it is treated as ordinary food.

It’s not that Xu Xingxia doesn’t want to improve the food of the officers and soldiers, nor is that he is reluctant to spend money, but that there is no such technical conditions. In the era without refrigerators and fresh storage cabinets, fresh vegetables are simply impossible to preserve. Other 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 very critical reason. Many people can’t stand it if they can’t eat fresh vegetables for a long time.

The staple foods for breakfast are steamed buns, buns and white porridge. Everyone can choose according to their 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 foods have to be prepared. Today's staple foods are egg fried rice and sauce noodles, while the side dishes are boiled eggs and pickles.

Xu Canxu likes to eat noodles and grab meat with hands, and they are all influenced by his mother. He also likes to eat barbecue. He also knows how to barbecue with hands, and the barbecue level is quite good. Of course, his father also seems to like noodles. However, when there is no pasta, Xu Canxu will not refuse to eat rice, and he also likes fried rice.

Asked a plate full of fried rice and a small plate of pickles. Xu Canxu found a seat, sat down alone, and slowly started eating. After a while, Wang Yunfei also came, brought a large bowl of porridge and five fried dough sticks, and sat next to Xu Canxu.

Wang Yunfei is a typical talkative guy. He talked to Xu Canxu all night last night and didn't feel tired at all. When he came into the restaurant, he picked up the Shiquan Datong Soup and drank it in one breath. It seemed that it was not a medicine soup at all, but a real tonic. The breakfast he wanted was twice as much as Xu Canxu. Xu Canxu felt that he could eat it, but compared with Wang Yunfei, he was a little bitch. This kid was just a foodie.

Just as he sat down, Wang Yunfei and Xu Canxu were talking to him again. I don’t know where he found so many topics, but he even knew a lot of military operations of the White Army in the Western Regions. There were so many things that Xu Canxu didn’t know. As he ate, Xu Canxu felt that he was really sleepy and just wanted to go back to bed early, so he never answered. Wang Yunfei didn’t mind, and said his own.

Strangely, while this guy was talking nonstop, he could keep stuffing things in his mouth. After a large bowl of rice, he went to fill another bowl. After eating five fried dough sticks, he went to get five more. It felt like he was going to take action for the third time. As a result, he really took action for the third time. However, when he took action for the third time, he brought back a large plate of Yangzhou fried rice, which was similar to what Xu Canxu had just brought back.

"Cough, aren't you afraid of being overwhelmed? It's hard to sleep if you eat too much." Xu Canxu said worriedly.

"It's okay, I can't hold on. The more I eat, the better I sleep. If I'm hungry, I really can't sleep!" Wang Yunfei said indifferently.

A lieutenant from the navy was interrupted and said, "Wang Yunfei, are you not afraid of dying? I said you have been joining the navy for two or three years, why are you still so edible? Do you really want to double the amount you lacked in the past ten years?"

Wang Yunfei smiled and did not answer. Judging from his expression, he should have made a default decision.

After a while, Xu Canxu finally figured it out. It turned out that Wang Yunfei was also a person with a story. He had never had a full meal before he was eighteen years old. After joining the White Army, he had no limit on the amount of meals, so he opened his stomach to eat. As a result, the more he ate, the more he ate, the more he ate, and now the food is more than three times that of Xu Canxu.

"I won't make trouble with you anymore. You are so edible." Xu Canxu shook his head and said.

He stood up and put the vegetable bowls and rice bowls back into the sink. Xu Canxu left the restaurant and went straight to his doghouse to prepare for rest. Due to the decrease in the number of cannons and the decrease in the number of sailors, the rest conditions of the white-clothed naval warships were quite good.

The warship has a special rest area, which is relatively quiet. Everyone has a fixed bed and a spare hammock, which does not need to interfere with each other. When tossing and turning, it will not affect others. Therefore, 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 a mysterious origin, only Chen Zhan knows his true identity. Therefore, his hammock is no different from ordinary officers. Usually, in order to avoid affecting others and avoid being influenced by others, Xu Canxu usually unfolds the hammock and sleeps in a dark corner.

Just so happened that Zhang Daniu and Xu Canxu were in the same cabin. When Xu Canxu returned to the cabin, he found that Zhang Daniu had a dark face, without saying a word, sitting directly on the ground, lowering his head and smoking silently. His face was very bad, and it was obvious that he had encountered something sad.

I don’t know when tobacco has become the main spiritual food for naval officers and soldiers. After this thing that the Ming Empire had not originally been introduced to the Ming Empire, it was immediately welcomed by the White Army. All the officers and soldiers of the White Army Navy, from deputy commander Chen Xinhai to every grassroots sailor, seemed to be no one who did not smoke.

At that time, there were no filters or anything else, and they were just rolled up to smoke with tobacco. The smell of tobacco was very volatile. If a few people smoked together in a relatively narrow and closed space, the air would turn into a white peak. This was what Xu Canxu saw. The entire cabin was filled with smoke, and almost couldn't even see the face clearly.

There were several lieutenants, lieutenants and other people sitting around Zhang Daniu. They were all from the observation team. They were all silently patting Zhang Daniu's shoulders to express comfort. After 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 had never been extinguished.

When we were chatting with Wang Yunfei last night, Xu Canxu already knew the cause and effect. Seeing this scene, he sat down silently. Someone handed him a cigarette next to him, and Xu Canxu took it, lit it with a fire sniff, and joined the army of squirting. As a result, the white smoke screen in the cabin became even more intense and even more smoke filled. Fortunately, there was no fireworks alarm device or something in this era, otherwise, it would have been automatically called.

The reason for the incident is actually very simple. Yesterday, a letter from the Western Regions was delivered to Zhang Daniu. There was no other content in the letter, only one bad news, that is, Zhang Daniu's younger brother, Zhang Erniu, died in the battle to attack the Western Regions.

Since the letters need to be turned over several times before they can reach the Fourth Fleet. Therefore, when Zhang Daniu got the news, Zhang Erniu had been dying for more than five months. Among all Zhang Erniu's relatives, his elder brother should have received the news at the latest. No wonder he was so sad. There was no daughter in their family, only their brothers.

While the White-Clothing Navy was constantly advancing towards Europe, the White-Clothing Army was also constantly advancing westward. Their goal was to defeat the Ottoman Turkish Empire and directly advance the front line to the Mediterranean on land. To this end, Xu Xingxia mobilized more than 100,000 troops, equipped with a large number of mortars, and formed the Western Regions Legion.

Under the command of Gao Jie and Mao Shisan, the Western Regions Legion of the White Army had advanced to the vicinity of the Safi Dynasty, which was getting closer and closer to the Mediterranean. Abbas I, the leader of the Safi Dynasty, also adopted the strategy of joining forces with the White Army and attacking westward. Abbas I, who was very familiar with the enemy situation, led the way, and 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 and the Sultan's personal soldiers fought one after another. As a result, the Sultan's personal soldiers were hit hard by the White Army and suffered heavy losses. In three years, the Sultan's personal soldiers suffered more than 300,000 people. The other Ottoman teams suffered more than one million people. If there was no real god coming, the defeat of the Ottoman Empire would be inevitable.

However, facing the sharp knife of the White Army, the Ottoman Empire's will to resist was still very high. They could not defeat the White Army on the front, so they found a way out on the side. In the name of the True God, they aroused the people who were bewitched and poisoned to oppose the White Army's advance. It has to be said that this move is still very useful. As the White Army gets closer to the Mediterranean, the resistance they encounter is getting greater and greater, and the losses they suffer are also in a tendency to expand.

Although the equipment of the White Army is very advanced, the training level of officers and soldiers is also very high, and the combat effectiveness is outstanding, due to the complex terrain, people's sentiment, religion and other factors in the local area, people's conditions, religion and other factors, people will still sacrifice from time to time. No matter how strict the preventive measures are, it is impossible to achieve zero casualties. After all, a strong dragon is difficult to defeat local snakes. Zhang Erniu accidentally encountered an attack from hostile armed forces while patrolling and died heroically.

Of course, this method of the Ottoman Turkish Empire could not stop the fatal blow launched by the White Army on them. Xu Xingxia decided to take Istanbul with the army and navy, attacking forward and backward, and take Istanbul down. Istanbul is the core of the regime, 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 White Army's navy entered the Mediterranean time became shorter and shorter, the plan to surround Istanbul from the sea will eventually be realized.

"Big Niu, be mourn for the change." A naval major came in and expressed comfort to Zhang Daniu. This naval major was Chen Zhan's adjutant Zhou Jian. He came forward to comfort Zhang Daniu, which was to comfort Zhang Daniu on behalf of the fleet commander Chen Zhan.

Everyone comforted him again, and then Zhang Daniu slowly cheered up. He swore that he must make the enemy look good and conquered Istanbul. At that time, Zhang Erniu's great revenge will be avenged by himself.

"Dududu!"

Suddenly, a rapid whistle sounded.

There is an enemy situation!

It is likely that the enemy fleet is coming!

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly ran out of the cabin.

Xu Canxu also quickly walked to the deck, raised his telescope, and carefully observed the surroundings.

Sure enough, a large number of warships appeared on the northern sea surface. Their approaching speed was not fast and they seemed very cautious. Most of the sails of warships did not completely hang up, obviously because they were worried that they would advance too fast and collided with the warships of the White-Clothed Navy. If that were the case, they would definitely suffer. Because the artillery fire of the White-Clothed Navy was too cruel. The more they rushed, the greater the losses they suffered.

"So many warships? There are probably five hundred, right?" Gao Rusong frowned.

There are too many enemy warships, and there is no way to count accurate numbers. As an observer, he can only infer that the enemy warships should not be less than 500 based on his own experience. Perhaps, behind these 500 enemy ships, there are more warships not deployed. However, this is not within his reconnaissance range.

The 500 warships are indeed not a small number. The fourth fleet of the White-Clothed Navy only has more than 30 warships. If you guessed correctly, it should be that the Western powers took out all the warships that were under their chest. So many warships appeared together, it was obvious that they would give the White-Clothed Army a warning.

"The whole army turns!"

“Move southward!”

Chen Zhan calmly issued an order.

All the battleships of the Fourth Fleet turned immediately and fled southward.

At this time, the sea breeze happened to blow from the north. All the warships of the White-Clothed Navy opened their sails and fled south with the help of the wind. However, the enemy's warships did not catch up. To be precise, the warships of the Western powers did not move at all. After a moment, they could no longer be seen.

"Are these guys not fooled?" Chen Zhan couldn't help frowning. The original strategy of the White-Clothed Navy was to try to lure the snake out of the hole and annihilate them. If the fleet of Western powers caught up, what was waiting for them would be a huge trap. As long as the enemy fell into this trap, not to mention the 500 warships, even a thousand warships would be destroyed. However, unfortunately, the fleet of the Western powers was not fooled. In other words, the original strategy of the White-Clothed Navy was invalid.

It can be seen from this that there should be smart people among the commanders of the Western power fleet. They should have seen through the plans of the White-Clothed Navy. This is not surprising. After all, the White-Clothed Navy is a nouveau riche, and their various experiences are relatively shallow. Relatively speaking, the navy of the Western powers is the real ancestor!

Zhou Jian frowned and said, "Commander, it seems we still have to attack hard!"

Chen Zhan nodded and said slowly: "Zhou Jian, immediately send someone to contact other fleets and inform them that our original plan failed. Now, a new plan needs to be implemented. At the same time, send someone to report to the deputy commander of the Navy and Navy to see if there is a strong attack. Our fleet will return to the port of Las Palmas and wait for orders."

Zhou Jian agreed solemnly and turned around and executed the order.

All the warships of the Fourth Fleet continued to go south quickly and returned to the port of Las Palmas before slowly stopping. At this time, the port of Las Palmas was already filled with various warships of the White-Clothed Navy. At first glance, the masts of the warships were all filled with white-Clothed Army flags. The entire port was like a large square with red flags floating.

The original Las Palmas had only one port, and could only be docked with more than ten merchant ships. The current Las Palmas had five large ports that could be docked with more than one hundred large merchant ships. Moreover, there were more ports under expansion. If these ports were all expanded, at least three hundred large warships could be docked with.

The warships of the White-Clothed Navy are constantly gathering here. They are all fleets that come from the rear to reinforce. The current White-Clothed Navy has a total of twenty squadrons. Most of the warships are Tianshan-class warships with a displacement of more than 1,500 tons. Warships with a displacement of less than 1,000 tons have completely withdrawn from the battlefield.

For the safety of the port, those powerful 155mm howitzers were also deployed on both sides of the port, with black muzzles facing the sea outside. If an enemy ship appeared at this time, the bombardment of the 155mm howitzer alone could destroy the opponent. Unfortunately, none of the warships of the Western powers appeared.

Half a month later, Chen Xinhai led more warships to Las Palmas. In the following months, the White-Clothed Navy and the combined fleet of Western powers were working hard to gather all the warships. By the spring of 1634 AD, the White-Clothed Navy had already gathered more than 300 warships. The Western powers had gathered more than 500 warships.

The prehistoric naval battle is about to break out.

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