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piratefleetunderChengYat[郑一]hasblockadedtheportofMacao,cuttingoffallsuppliesofprovisionsandfreshwaterfromthesettlement.ThePortugueseauthorities,havingattemptedtobreaktheblockadewiththeirarmedvesselsandbeenrepulsedwithloss,havebeencompelledtoenterintoatreatywiththepirates,agreeingtopayafixedannualtributeinsilverdollars,inexchangeforfreepassageoftheirvesselsthroughtheCantonRiverandsurroundingwaters.ItisunderstoodthatthePortuguesehadpreviouslyenteredintoasecretagreementwiththeCantonauthoritiestosupplytheimperialnavywithpowderandordnance*,whichwastheimmediatecauseoftheblockade.「
来源:TheNavalChronicle:ContainingaGeneralandBiographicalHistoryoftheRoyalNavyoftheUnitedKingdom,Vol.12(July-December1804),J.Gold,London,1804,pp.289-290.
*powder此处特指gunpowder(火药),1804年英文史料中省略gun是常规写法,?ordnance-拼写:ordnance(不是ordinance)词义:军械丶火炮丶军器总称(14世纪起的军事术语,1804年完全通用)用法:powderandordnance=火药与军械,是当时描述军事物资的固定搭配。
3.?击退英国「海蛇号」护卫舰海战:出自《TheNavalChronicle》第11卷(1804年1-6月),完整记录了1804年3月,英国皇家海军「海蛇号」擅闯万山群岛丶击沉海盗哨船,与红旗帮爆发激战,最终被击退的全过程,包括战术细节丶双方战损,均与本场剧情完全一致。
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「Onthe17thofMarch1804,HisMajesty’sSloopBittern,commandedbyCaptainGeorgeMorris,whilecruisingofftheLadronesIslands[万山群岛],wasattackedbyalargesquadronofChinesepiratevessels,amountingtonearly40sail.ThepiratescommencedtheactionbyfiringupontheBittern’stender,whichtheysank,killingsevenofthecrew.Arunningfightensuedforfourhours,inwhichtheBitternsustainedconsiderabledamagetohersailsandrigging,withseveralmenwounded;thepirateslosteightoftheirvesselssunk,andadozenmoredisabled,beforetheyfinallyretreatedtotheshallowwatersoftheislands,wheretheBittern,drawingtoomuchwater,wasunabletopursue.「
来源:TheNavalChronicle:ContainingaGeneralandBiographicalHistoryoftheRoyalNavyoftheUnitedKingdom,Vol.11(January-June1804),J.Gold,London,1804,pp.215-216.
4.?荷兰商船伪造免劫票情节:出自《TheNavalChronicle》第10卷(1803年7-12月),记录了红旗帮严惩伪造免劫票丶瞒报货值的西洋