1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 41

"Hurry up, hurry up, or one step behind!" Yan Chujie complained while frowning as he looked at his subordinates who were boarding the ship.

Yan Chujie and Tao Donglai led the "Quick Response Unit" back from Base No. [-] at the fastest speed, but they didn't expect the traversers who stayed here to move faster. When they arrived at the dock, all that was left was waiting for them. Clean up the battlefield.Yan Chujie suddenly thought of the situation when Tao Donglai brought reinforcements after the last battle. Probably at that time, his mood was similar to that of himself now!

Two iron-hulled fishing boats are currently in the harbour to pick up the pirates who survived in the sea one by one, and the task of the reinforcements is to go to the location of the stranded boat and see if it can be completely darkened. How many people were caught before.The ten Ming sailors who were temporarily locked in the barge cabin before the battle came in handy again, driving their familiar Haicang ships to carry reinforcements to the sandbar east of the harbor to destroy the few surviving pirates.

Unsurprisingly, there was only an empty ship left on the sandbar, and the pirates on the ship should have fled farther away by taking advantage of the gap just after they ran aground.But this is nothing to worry about, this small sandbar is adjacent to a series of mountains, and even if the pirates want to escape, they have to climb over the mountains first.But after the boat is gone, even if they escape, where can they escape?

Obviously, the boat couldn't just leave it on the beach. Tao Donglai dispatched an iron-hulled fishing boat to come over and dragged the stranded sailboat directly back to the dock with a cable.As for those pirates who escaped, they can wait until the dawn of tomorrow to slowly pursue them.

Among the four smaller sailboats, the two that were killed have sunk due to flooding, and the remaining two were also heavily damaged, so they could only be towed back to the dock by other boats, and wait until tomorrow. See if there is still value to fix.Fortunately, the two large ships were basically intact except for the rifle bullets that broke several boards in the initial attack. The further expansion of the Maritime Department seems to be a sure thing.

An hour later, the sky was completely dark. Considering safety issues, Yan Chujie ordered all personnel to stop the sea search and return to Victory Port.As for whether there are still unlucky ghosts floating on the sea at this time and not found, that is not so much.

After returning to the pier, the military and police department immediately carried out a preliminary count of the captured persons, and found that a total of 77 pirates had been captured, and five of them were seriously injured. It is estimated that they would not last until dawn.In addition, a total of [-] corpses of pirates who were killed or drowned were transported back together.As for the number of pirates who came this time, further information will have to wait until after the surprise trial.

The only injured person in Transcendence was the reporter Luo Wudan. She was too excited during the battle, but she couldn't stand firm, and her head hit the side of the ship with a green bag.Luo Wudan, who had plans for a follow-up interview, hurried off after getting off the boat. It is said that Morgan suggested that she go to the infirmary to take some medicine to relieve bruises and swelling, so as to avoid leaving bruises on the wounds later.

"Everyone has worked hard!" At this time, Tao Donglai finally had the opportunity to express his condolences to the traversers who went out to sea today: "I know that you all haven't had time to eat dinner, so I won't say more, Master Fan has already done it. Paella, everyone eat first, take the time to rest, because we still don't know if there will be a second battle."

As for Wang Tom, Sun Changmi, Yue Zhiyun, and Gu Kai, who cannot leave for the time being, they must first summarize the current situation together, and then seize the time to work out a next-step response plan.

"The military and police department should arrange for people to start a surprise trial first. We must first know whether the enemy is a wave or something." Tao Donglai walked into the conference room and opened the conversation before he sat down.

Yan Chujie nodded and said, "I have already arranged for the manpower to do it just now. But this time the number of prisoners has doubled compared to the last time, and it is night again, so it is estimated that the trial will be slower."

Tom Wang interjected: "I don't think this pirate attack is accidental, it's a premeditated attack."

"Tell me what you think." Tao Donglai was very interested in Wang Tom's opinion. When Wang Tom warned that there might be spies infiltrating the construction site, Tao Donglai thought it was very likely, and specifically explained to Ning Qi tonight. To control the foreign workers on the construction site.

"Mr. Tao and Mr. Yan are both former soldiers, so I'll just say it straight." Wang Tom sorted out his thoughts, and then began to analyze: "As a military operation of a raid nature, we all know that morning and night are the most important things. Good timing. I have to say that the timing of the other party's pick is actually not bad. We specially waited for our patrol to end and all ships returned to the port before launching. If we hadn't set up an outpost in Yulin Corner, we could see it at once. By the time the six boats rush to the dock, I'm afraid it will be a bit of a mess."

"It's unlikely that these pirates from far away will attack directly, which means they may have been hiding somewhere outside the bay for a whole day or more. And I think the reason why they would They attacked in the evening instead of in the morning because they wanted to delay our rescue and give them an extra night to loot."

"Of course, there is a necessary premise for my guess, that is, the other party has already dispatched spies, knowing that our main force is not in the port, and has roughly grasped the time and scope of our maritime patrols."

After listening to Tao Donglai, he nodded and said, "If there are spies, they will not be able to escape. The migrant workers at both bases have already been controlled, and the rest is to take the time to identify them slowly."

In fact, at the same time as their meeting, the identification of foreign personnel at Base No. [-] had already begun, and Gu Kai volunteered to take the job.It's true that Gu Kai can't go on the battlefield, but when it comes to criminal investigations, identifying true and false confessions, etc., Gu Kai can be regarded as a fighter among experts.After being a lawyer for a few years, I don't know how many scumbags I've seen. Whether they're lying or not, Gu Kai can basically judge the exact result from the details of the other party's eyes, demeanor, and movements.

At present, there are not many foreign personnel left at Base No. [-], and there are only a dozen or so people when they are fully counted.After receiving the alarm from the Yulinjiao post in the afternoon, these local Ming people were already under the control of the crossing crowd together with the ten Ming army sailors. They were just released from the barge cabin after the battle, timidly under the bayonet. Standing in a row under coercion.

Gu Kai didn't plan to spend time interrogating these wise men one by one, and then repeatedly compare their confessions to find out the pirates who might be hiding among them. He has already thought of a more convenient way.

The foreman Yu Dashan was the first indigenous "cadre" appointed by the Chuanzhong in this time and space. He and Yu Xiaobao and his son could be regarded as one of the earliest local leading parties from the Dragon. It is escrow for him. If you want to know the specific situation of these workers, it is obviously faster to ask Yu Dashan.

Gu Kai raised his hand and pointed at Yu Dashan, and asked him to call him out of the queue alone. Yu Dashan already knew what happened outside just now, lest the short-haired man was going to use himself to open the knife, trembling and unable to move, his mouth even It's called "injustice".

Gu Kai laughed and scolded: "You're so scared! I didn't want to kill you when I asked you to come out and recognize people!"

After speaking, he pulled Yu Dashan out and let him face the line of people: "There may be pirate spies among these people, take a good look at Yu Dashan, and identify the acquaintances in your village first. Remember, the people who have been living in your village."

Yu Dashan only recognized people when he heard it, so he relaxed a little, and quickly identified a few villagers from the same village that he was familiar with from the queue.These people were basically introduced by him to work here, and if something really happened, he had to take responsibility.

After this identification was over, there were only three people left in the team.At this time, the villagers who had just been identified raised their hands one after another and identified two of them as their relatives, so there was only one person left.

"It seems that no one here knows you!" Gu Kai showed a proud smile on his face.

"Master, I'm not a bad person!" The man turned pale with fright, and waved his hands repeatedly to argue, "I'm from Phoenix Town, but the people here don't recognize me. You didn't mess up!"

"It's easy to know whether you are a good person or not." Gu Kai turned his head and said to the armed men who were holding him: "Take him to the place where the pirates are locked up, show him off in the show, and then lock him up with the pirates at night. Come together!"

"Don't! Master, please spare your life!" The man immediately knelt down and begged for mercy as his legs softened: "The little trick... The little one is a spy..."

This guy reacted very quickly. If he was really taken to perform in front of his pirate accomplices, then his accomplices would definitely think that this defeat was betrayed by him. It's the rhythm of the night.

"Then let's talk about it!" Gu Kai squatted down and stared at the frightened spy with mocking eyes: "Do you have any hidden accomplices? How did the two of you communicate?"

After 10 minutes, Gu Kai put a bamboo tube as thick as a calf on the table in front of Tao Donglai: "The spy has been caught."

Unsure of the reason, Tao Donglai picked up the bamboo tube and opened the top seal to see that a pigeon was curled up in the bamboo tube.

"These guys have been at Luhuitoujiao for almost ten days. The spy entered our construction site four days ago. He brought three carrier pigeons and let them out every three days. I have just contacted Ning Qi and told him the spy's physical characteristics." Gu Kai proudly showed off his achievements.

"Are there any other accomplices outside the harbor?" Tao Donglai's nervousness now is not whether there are still spies, but whether the opponent still has cards that have not been played yet.

"According to the spy's account, there is no more."

"Where is this group of people's lair?"

"It's said to be Xianzhou Island, but I don't know exactly where this place is, and the spy can't tell one, two or three." Gu Kai shrugged.

"I know Naozhou Island, it's in Zhanjiang." Tao Donglai thought about it and added: "It should be called Leizhou now."

(End of this chapter)