Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

"Please look, everyone! This is a map of Shuibo County. The Qing River, upon which we depend for survival, lies downstream. An enemy attacking by water would have a smooth sailing route and could directly target our Longwan Garrison. If we blindly defend ourselves, we will inevitably be put on the defensive, like having a spear pointed at our noses. By then, the enemy will have already formed their battle formation, and no matter how many Wupeng we send out, it will be useless."

What Chen Changfan said made sense. Everyone knew that they could not compete with those pirates in naval battles. If they had ships with the same equipment, it would be difficult to gain an advantage.

"If we deploy eight... no, five warships, we will be able to establish a solid defense line here in Longwan. Each warship has impressive firepower. If the enemy wants to break through this defense line, they will have to pay a heavy price."

Zhou Xing questioned, "What if pirates sneak in and stab our boat's bottom?"

"Don't worry about that. I have my own ways to deal with it." Chen Changfan smiled.

With Xiaofengzhuang's current technology, making mines is not a problem.

By then, we will set up a mine defense line, and those pirates will have no chance of breaking through.

"However, having warships doesn't guarantee safety. We still need all the alliance leaders to mobilize all the large and small ships in the sect, with the warships as the core, to form a battle group, so that we can overcome the disadvantages."

Chen Changfan added that this also made everyone feel a little relieved.

It seems that Chen Changfan is not blindly greedy for success and reckless. He knows how to use large and small ships in combination, which does not seem to have any major shortcomings.

"Old Shen, how long will it take to build five warships?"

Shen Wanwu thought for a moment, then replied with a folded hand, "One month is enough."

Can five warships be built in one month?

Yue Lingfei and the others were slightly stunned, but then they felt relieved.

It takes 6 days to build a battleship, so it seems that the battleship will not be very big.

"In a month, I'm afraid those pirates will come again to harass us. By then, even if we have to sacrifice more men, we must hold the defense line of the garrison."

Bai Wei gritted her teeth and said.

"Well, I will send people to set up several mine defense lines in a few days, which should be able to play a certain defensive role." Before the war, Chen Changfan still hoped to ensure his own manpower as much as possible, so he planned to use mines directly.

Mine?

What's new about this?

"After I take out the mines in a few days, you will know." As if he had noticed everyone's doubts, Chen Changfan explained directly.

Everyone had no choice but to suppress their doubts.

It was already late at night, and everyone said goodbye and left, leaving Shen Wanwu still there, staring at the map and thinking secretly.

"Did you figure it out?" Chen Changfan smiled playfully when he saw Shen Wanwu pondering.

"I am not talented, but I always feel that the purpose of your building warships is not just as simple as defense." Shen Wanwu said uncertainly.

"Oh? Tell me."

"Just now you mentioned that the boat's endurance is too short and its ability to withstand wind and waves is insufficient. I was wondering if Your Excellency had considered the possibility of a long-term operation. Now looking at the map, I seem to understand."

Shen Wanwu pointed at the river in Shuibo County and drew a long, narrow, winding curve. "If we go upstream, we can follow the waterway all the way to Shuibo County's capital. It is said that the county town is only 500 meters away from the river at its closest point, which is within the range of the second-generation red cannon."

Therefore, Chen Changfan’s purpose of building a large ship was not defense, but counterattack.

The ships are strong and the guns are powerful, pointing directly at the enemy city, which means achieving victory in one battle.

"You have quite a good eye, kid. You actually figured it out first." Chen Changfan said with a smile, his eyes flashing with admiration.

The other five alliance leaders were not fools. They just focused their attention on the gap in naval power between the enemy and us, and only thought about how to defend themselves. They didn't even think about counterattacking.

To put it bluntly, this is still a limitation of thinking, not to say that the leaders are not as smart as Shen Wanwu.

Before the war even started, they were only thinking about defense, which was a strategic disadvantage.

Defense will only become more and more passive, and it will not be conducive to the development of Qinghe County.

After all, the best defense is offense.

……

The pirates in Shuibo County did not sleep all night and worked for most of the night, but they did not see a single person. The so-called river god was nowhere to be found. All the leaders were a little panicked.

The river god Fukuzawa had been here for more than ten years, and suddenly they had no one to rely on. The six people were really not able to adapt, but fortunately, they still caught some clues.

"Sir, these are the children. They must have seen those bad guys."

The hall master brought three children. Gongsun Qiu felt that they looked familiar and immediately realized that they were the human sacrifices thrown into the river before.

Most of the children rescued by Bai Wei ran back home on their own, but these three children got lost and were unlucky enough to be caught by the pirates.

"The ones who saved us are not bad people, you are the bad people. You want to throw us into the river to feed the fish. You are bad people."

The brave children pointed at the pirates and cursed them.

"Those people can use magic, they are immortals, sooner or later they will come back to take you away!" another child said the same thing.

Hearing this, a hint of coldness flashed in Gongsun Qiu's eyes, but he still suppressed his anger and asked patiently.

"Little kids, tell me what those immortals look like and what magic spells they can cast?"

The children looked at each other, and suddenly a trace of confusion flashed in their eyes, as if they had completely forgotten the appearance of those immortals.

They only remembered that they were rescued, but they could not remember the specific details, no matter how Gongsun Qiu threatened or tempted them.

"The one who could use magic and rescued them must be a sorcerer. It seems that these children had some of their memories erased. This must be the work of a Confucian scholar."

Lu Zhiyao speculated.

"Why would a sorcerer and a scholar sneak into our place late at night? Are they here for the river god?" Long Er said with a gloomy face.

"That should be it. I'm afraid that when we were offering sacrifices to the river god, those people were lurking nearby. Some of them rescued the human sacrifices, while others attacked the river god. It's just that they were so good at concealing their presence that we didn't even notice them." Gongsun Qiu continued to speculate.

"Hmph! No matter who they are, they must be weaker than us. Don't let me catch them, otherwise I will make them live a life worse than death." Magu said coldly.

"It's not necessarily that they are weaker than us. They were able to rescue people right under our noses and quietly kidnapped the river god. Their strength must be quite good. Perhaps they are afraid of the strength of our tens of thousands of navy and worried that their identities will be exposed and start a war." Lu Zhiyao felt that he was getting closer to the truth.

"Could it be a transcendent from a neighboring prefecture? Qinghe County? Or Heishan County?"

"It must be Black Mountain County. That place is full of demons and is the most bizarre. Qinghe County has just experienced turmoil, so why would they have the time to look elsewhere?"

Everyone nodded.