The coast of dawn was full of shimmering golden brilliance. Under the rising sun, Chenxi personally led three large ships and more than 60 medium-sized ships to advance towards Nan'ao Island. Δ

The fleet's expedition was just a feint attack, so the atmosphere of the officers and soldiers from top to bottom was quite good. Although every soldier had the intention of making achievements, he also had the same fear of death. He knew that he didn't have to go to the island to fight and die. The officers and soldiers all had a military mentality of acting, standing on the bow of the boat, straightening their backs, and looking majestic.

Chen Xi stood at the bow of the boat and looked into the distance. He was tall and straight, like a navigator with rich sailing experience, although he felt uncomfortable in his stomach because he had breathing after sleeping on the boat all night last night.

"Sir, why don't you go in and take a rest? Today, you just take a feint to take a boat back to the shore, just wait for us to set sail and walk around Nan'ao Mountain, and come back to report to you." Jing Yue smiled and said.

Because it was a feint attack, Jing Yue was very relaxed and could not see any psychological burden.

Chen Xi waved his hand: "Am I the kind of head coach who winces?"

Jing Yue smiled and said, "Where is an adult? But there are always dangers on the battlefield. Anyone can be separated from the three armies, but they can't leave them, they will all follow you to make a living."

Chen Xi shook his head slightly: "No one can make a living with anyone, and everyone can think of military merits. You can think of it, and I also think of it. I hope that the situation will be calm today, I will come back in the afternoon and enter Chenghai County."

"Yes, sir. Just take a look."

Jing Yue excitedly went out with the order flag and uttered flags to the fleet's ships.

This is exactly the sea contact method that Chen Xi emphasized. Each ship must use flag language to transmit messages, and each ship has its own number. In this way, any ship that has something wrong or which ship to attack will be more moderate. Chen Xi only needs to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai to effectively command all sea ships. The introduction of naval flag language is also a huge progress in the history of navigation.

More than two hours later, Nan'ao Island was in sight.

From a distance, the sea water around Nanao Island is extremely clear, the sky is blue and there is no clouds and mist, and you can clearly see the beaches and green trees on the edge of the island.

Even though there are many bandits entrenched on Nan'ao Island, the island is still in its original state. The strongholds of bandits on the island are all built some distance from the coastline, which is also the cause of the common people's thoughts.

The pirates are basically from farmers. Their idea is very simple. Since there are more than a group of bandits on the island and the official army basically does not go out to sea to attack, it is more practical to guard against other bandits than to guard against the official army. Therefore, they built the village far away from the coastline. The advantage of this is that they can hide the village in a place that is difficult to see and have a higher terrain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. This greatly reduces the difficulty of the official army landing at 6 when attacking the island. The official army can calmly land on the island and gain a foothold on the island. With the amount of gunpowder and siege equipment on Chenxi currently on hand, it should not be particularly difficult to break through one or two copycats.

The reason why Chenxi did not attack the island immediately was that it was known that there were many bandits entrenched on the island, and it was unevenly distributed from east to west from south to north. It was very likely that when attacking a city, other bandits were cut off from the rear, causing huge losses.

Chen Xi could not accept the defeat-lose victory. It was not that he had to pursue a big victory, but that the current situation forced him to ensure a crushing victory without any damage.

So Chen Xi chose to endure, and after he lifted the siege of Chenghai County, integrated the troops again, and then used local military forces to attack the island from different directions.

Although the bandits on the island were already prepared at that time, the bandits were shocked by the power of the bandit army led by Chen Xi. Some bandits would definitely continue the strategy they used when fighting with his main force, that is, to take the lead, and the number of bandits remaining on the island will naturally decrease sharply.

When the time of Mao came out, the fleet had arrived at the tail of Changshan in the western part of Nan'ao Island just after Si. Several medium-sized ships equipped with Franc cannons set off several rounds of cannons to clear out the bandits that might be ambushing near the coastline.

Afterwards, Chen Xi sent a small fleet of ships, loaded with officers and soldiers to conduct island attacks and training. They basically carried out landing and climbing 6. After gaining a foothold, they immediately got on the boat and evacuate. In addition to achieving the purpose of training, they also wanted to lure the snake out of the cave to see if the bandits on the island had the courage to chase them out.

In order to facilitate the induction of the enemy, the first batch of six ships should not be too large. The three main warships of Shenxi hid far behind, allowing small and medium-sized ships to approach and launch a tentative battle to land on the island.

It is best to stop if the bandits on the island chase it out, and they will surround it and annihilate it. If they are not trapped, the fleet will continue to sail around the island and conduct island attack drills in different places. The soldiers on the island will explore the geographical environment near the coast of the island, creating conditions for large-scale attacks in the future.

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The island attack plan formulated by Chen Xi is extremely perfect and the drill is smooth.

From the end of Chen hour and the beginning of Si hour, to more than three o'clock in the afternoon, the island attack drill has lasted for three or four rounds. With the emergence of a large number of fleets, the bandits on the island knew who was coming, and basically they couldn't hide, allowing the official army to make a series of actions to land on the island and evacuate.

Chenxi does not allow officers and soldiers to enter a mile away from the coastline. The island is densely forested and bushes. After passing the Jingzhe, there are more snakes, insects, rats and ants. Local pirates and Japanese pirates will inevitably dig traps halfway, arrange animal traps, etc., and there are pirates and Japanese pirates ambushing them.

The officers and soldiers went deep into the island without preparation, but in the end they went there but never returned.

Chenxi's tentative attack on the island has achieved great results. The officers and soldiers regard Nan'ao Island as their back garden. The first thing they do when going to the island is to use the existing resources on the island to build simple fortifications after logging, occupy the position on the edge of the island, and even dig trenches, as if they want to gain a foothold on the island and prepare to fight steadily.

But when the time comes, the soldiers put down all their work, evacuated the island without hesitation, and repeated the same things in another place.

Now the pirates and Japanese pirates on the island are a little confused. Are the Ming Dynasty officials crazy and are doing useless work again and again?

Or does the official army have not found a suitable place to gain a foothold and have to test it in different directions on the island. Once it is finally confirmed, the fleet will dock in large quantities. The officers and soldiers will start war immediately after they land on the island?

With doubts, the more cautious the bandits on the island were, and they were careful to pay attention to the busyness of the government troops.

Chen Xi looked at the island in the distance with a special cylinder on the big boat. Jing Yue didn't know what Chen Xi was holding, but he felt that Chen Xi's method of wasting soldiers' physical strength was really undesirable.

Jing Yue said: "Sir, I understand that you want to train troops, but training like this will not let the bandits know our movements. What if they come again and build fortifications near the coast?"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Anyway, we will come again in a few days. I hope that the bandits on the island will set up defenses near the coast. We have sea boats, soldiers and horses that are several times more powerful than bandits. We have excellent weapons and artillery help. Do you think we are more willing to go deep into the hinterland of the island to fight offensive and defensive battles with them, or fight encounters near the coast?"

"Of course..."

Jing Yue thought about it and touched his head and smiled, "It's better to fight on the coast."

"Well, that's all? If they dare to come out to build defense, then we will fight against them. If they are huddled in the center of the island, then we will occupy the edge of the island first and fight a lasting offensive and defensive battle with them. The island is so big, and setting a few fires can make the island unsafe!" Chenxi Road.

Jing Yue couldn't help but be amazed. He had never thought about setting fire before.

Anyway, the bandits were put down this time just to drive away the bandits on the Nan'ao Mountain. As long as the fire continued, even if the island was burned to scorched earth, it wouldn't matter. Who said that Daming had no intention of moving residents to live on the island?

It is unlikely that there will be troops garrisons on the Nan'ao Mountain. Next time you attack the island, you can use the destructive bulldozer to burn it all the way. Thousands of troops are not enough, and you can use ships to transport the soldiers and civilians from the surrounding guards to the island several times. No matter how big the island is, it is only a few dozen miles, and no matter how many thieves and bandits there are, there will be only one or two thousand people. When the pirates find that the island is no longer suitable for them to live and occupy, they will choose to escape. If they leave the island, they will lose their trust.

Shenxi's boat walked around the coastline of Nan'ao Island. He looked at the situation on the island with his own telescope.

It is said that the chemical factory purchased by Huiniang and Li Jin in Guangzhou Fucheng is just in its prototype, but it can already make some simple glass and chemical products, including a telescope composed of concave lenses and convex lenses.

With this thing, Chen Xi can also improve efficiency when commanding sailing, but he only has this pair of telescopes on hand, so he cannot equip the generals and captains with the moment.

In front of the Ming telescope in the early 17th century, Chen Xi was the only one in the world. He later planned to report this thing to the court, and the entire Ming army could be equipped.

The tentative attack on the island lasted for four or five hours. Before the end of the day, Chen Xi ordered the withdrawal of troops. At this time, fires had already occurred in many places on the island, and it was getting stronger and stronger, and there was a tendency to be a forest fire.

On this island full of giant trees and shrubs, the threat of fire is quite great. Chen Xi originally wanted to use arson as a secret killer move, but he didn't know who started the fire. But it was nothing more than the soldiers in the army who refused to obey the command and made their own decisions, or the bandits ignited it themselves, indicating that they would never surrender.

"Mingjin withdraws the troops, it's time for us to turn back to 6 places... Let's wait until we can directly fly to Hanjiang and enter Chenghai County." Chen Xi issued an order.

Jing Yue immediately took the order flag to the bow. After receiving the signal that all the return personnel had withdrawn, the fleet led by Chen Xi left in a vast expanse, leaving only Nan'ao Island where thick smoke rose everywhere, and many terrorist bandits on the island with fear and anxiety.

This was a war without head-on battle or killing. The government army only tentatively tempted attacks. The final result was to burn down about sixty or seventy ships left by the bandits on the coast.

The number of thieves was naturally far more than that. Perhaps it was because of the knowledge that Chen Xi led the bandit suppression army to come, and many of the thieves were moved to Dongshan Island in the north, or disguised themselves as the people, fled into the Hanjiang and Rongjiang River, waiting for the wind to pass, and then hid in the deep reefs that were difficult to see or hidden caves.

ps: Recommended "The Romance of the Powerful Minister" written by his friend Liang Kefan (book number 1oo3761343): The family is surrounded by powerful people, and the powerful people are surrounded by them. How can you protect yourself without showing some real skills? How can you enjoy your life if you are in the whirlpool of power and not planning? How can you promote your country's power without tracing the Qilian Mountains? Let's see the counterattack path of business tycoons through ancient times...

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