The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Ding Island has its advantages, but also its disadvantages. The disadvantage is that if the army of Dayan lands on the island, as long as they advance forward, with their terrifying weapons, no matter how many Japanese pirates there are, they may not be enough to kill them.

Now he had only one way to go, which was to retreat to the sea. In this way, he would still be able to fight the Yan army. Otherwise, he would die.

He no longer had any disdain for the Yan army, but was filled with fear. He didn't know how the Great Yan had those strange and powerful weapons.

Although he had never seen what the weapon looked like, the successive defeats made him realize the horror of Dayan's strange weapon.

Finally, Oda Nobuo made up his mind and, following the advice of his military advisor Fujiwara Noriyama, decided to evacuate Dinghai Island and head to Daisu Island.

He did not choose the larger Wutuo Island. After all, Wutuo Island was too close to the land and could be easily lost. Hiding in Daizhou Island overseas was much safer.

Even though the Yan army has now captured six shipyards and has thirty large ships, he doesn't think he will lose to Dayan in a naval battle.

He even hoped that Dayan would engage him in a naval battle. In this way, as long as he could destroy Dayan's army and seize the enemy's weapons, he might be able to turn defeat into victory and launch a counterattack!

His idea was very beautiful and good.

However, he couldn't help but think so. There were several isolated islands near Daizhou Island, all of which were inhabited by Japanese. Once a naval battle broke out, it would only give him a huge advantage.

The Japanese pirates from several islands attacked together, and as many Yan troops as came over would be left at sea.

You have to know that he has more than 120 warships and 300 to 400 fishing boats seized from fishermen.

Although the largest battleship is not as big as the one under construction, it is not much different.

Moreover, the number of warships he had was several times that of the Yan army. Moreover, compared with them, the Yan army had no experience in naval battles.

I guess once we get to sea, the wind and waves will make us seasick. How can we fight?

His idea was perfect and indeed made sense.

However, he could think of it, and Jiang Fan could think of it too.

After pacifying the five coastal cities, Jiang Fan returned to Yongning Prefecture. At the same time, the second batch of 20,000 troops mobilized by Jiang Fan had also arrived here.

After the army arrived, they waited for the construction of large ships. Although Dinghai Island was only less than a few dozen miles away from the inland, it was still difficult to get there.

If Jiang Fan wanted to transport the army to Dinghai Island, he had to wait for the large ship to be built. As for using small boats to transport the army, it was too troublesome and too dangerous.

Fishermen can use boats to fish, but large ships are better for transporting troops. Otherwise, even if they are transported, there is no guarantee that there will be no losses on the way.

Moreover, even if they made it safely, how could seasick soldiers fight? If the Japanese pirates launched a counterattack, the army might be annihilated by them.

Jiang Fan was not in a hurry. He was even wondering whether the Japanese pirates on Dinghai Island would be scared away if they heard the news.

Time passed little by little. Although Jiang Fan did not send the army to occupy the island, he also asked the fishermen to help him train the soldiers' seasickness reactions.

It would be best if everyone could adapt to seasickness in a short period of time and learn how to balance on the boat.

After the Japanese pirates were driven away, many fishermen in Yongning Prefecture came out of the mountains, while others rushed back to their respective fishing villages.

Unfortunately, all the fishermen's boats were robbed by Japanese pirates. Only some of the families had small boats hidden away, and no one had a larger fishing boat.

After the construction of large ships is completed in the future, I am afraid we will have to build some fishing boats for the people. If the coastal economy wants to recover in a short period of time, we still have to go out to sea.

In this way, about a month passed, and after the steam engine was in place, the five giant ships were also built. Jiang Fan used the shipyard in Chaichuan Port as an experimental factory.

Once the ship experiment here is successful, the other five shipyards will start construction one after another to successfully build all the warships in the shortest time possible.

After the giant ship was completed and launched into the sea, it docked at the pier nearby. Jiang Fan boarded the giant ship accompanied by Zhong Ling.

Looking at the huge warship in front of them, all the civilians and soldiers were amazed. Zhong Ling was also full of surprise and expectation.

She had accompanied Jiang Fan to witness the construction of the new ship, and she was also very curious whether Jiang Fan's idea could succeed.

Even the workers who built the ship were worried about whether the steam-powered warship could move.

After Jiang Fan boarded the ship, the warship did not deploy its sails. Although, in addition to steam power, the warship also had auxiliary sail power.

However, sail power is not very useful. After all, sail power is a bit useless. But it is not useless.

Under the cabin of the warship, the crew had already started burning the steam engine. These crew members were recruited by Jiang Fan from the people in the fishing village.

Compared with his soldiers, these people who live by the sea all year round do not suffer from seasickness.

Recruiting them to serve as the navy is the best, and Jiang Fan also recruited nearly 20,000 people from the fishing villages in the six cities.

As the steam from the steam engine rose, Jiang Fan asked the chief engineer who was building the warship to start the operation.

Two wooden propellers like water wheels can control the left and right movements.

The two propellers can work together at the same time, or one propeller can work alone, and the two propellers can also cooperate with the rudder to change direction.

The chief engineer was a little nervous, but he still followed Jiang Fan's instructions, leaving the dock and slowly driving out of the port.

Not only the people on the shore, but even the people on the ship were so shocked by the speed and flexibility of the warship that their mouths opened wide and their eyes were filled with disbelief.

The chief engineer was also full of surprise. This epoch-making warship was made by their hands. This was a great thing that would be remembered for generations. His face was full of excitement.

In the cabin, in addition to the operating position, there is also a compass position. A compass has been installed on it. Jiang Fan is not idle in Yongning Prefecture.

He asked people to find magnets and make a lot of compasses. He even asked people to draw a nautical chart of this sea area and marked the direction on the chart.

With a compass and a sea chart, he would not have to worry about getting lost when traveling to Japan in the future. Jiang Fan knew that the world he was in now should be a parallel world to his previous life.

In other words, the geographical location should be similar. Even if there are some deviations due to different crustal activities, they should not be too different.

Based on his understanding of the world map and the stories told by some fishermen, he roughly drew out a part of the nautical chart.

It should be because of the time travel that the memories in his mind are still clear. As long as he tries hard to recall anything he has come into contact with, the memory will slowly become clearer and deeper.