Lu Ming

Chapter 71
As of the moment of the beach, the traversers standing on the bow generally believed that it was a smooth day.

The wind direction cooperated with the fleet to come to the outer sea of ​​Dayuan before noon. The Dutch cooperated to send small boats. The small boats were sunk in the narrow channel, and the Dutch boats, Chinese boats, Japanese boats, and fishing boats that stayed in the inland waters of the Taijiang River were wiped out. , all stuck inside.After that, the tide rises again, and in the following battle, the large army can take two steps less.

Everything went so smoothly to the traversers who originally thought they would encounter many accidents, but at this time it actually felt a little bit empty.

The Akito crew members were also in high spirits at the moment.The "Lianzhu Rapid Cannon" that emitted fire and loud noises tore apart the boat and the people on it a mile away in only half a minute.The first actual combat of the new big killer in this world has harvested a group of cheering fans.

Of course, after the cheers, it was time to work, and the two ships then separated 40 sailors ashore.After that, Liu Zhe, the commander-in-chief of the landing, walked off the ship with a few navy members, and then a loud shout from the hand-held electric horn sounded on the beach: "Everyone is optimistic about the front and rear, one step away from each other, and one step away from each other."

"One step" is the distance that the left and right feet take one step forward.In the Ming Dynasty when people were generally not tall, one step was about 110 centimeters.Five or six traversers spent 10 minutes, kicking and pushing, and finally arranged 80 sailors into an eight-door unlocked formation—like the sesame seeds on glutinous rice dumplings, between a group of loose sand-like sesame seeds, Try to keep a distance of about 1 meter from each other.

The next moment, the big formation started.

The fleet rushed to the beach from west to east from the open sea, and it was located in the upper left corner of the tadpole.At this time, the area of ​​Dayuan Island was less than 2.5 square kilometers, and the Dutch buildings were all distributed in the upper right corner of the tadpole.This meant that the Sesame Array, or Brownian Motion Array, deployed by the traversers had to travel more than a mile from west to east before approaching the artillery fire range of the business hall.

The sesame ball slowly moved forward, crossing some low shrubs and weeds along the way.Every 100 meters or so, the horns behind you will sound, instructing the team to pause, adjust the distance between each other, and then move on.

After the large force began to move, the beach where they landed was still very lively.The two sand boats have added springboards, forming a gentle slope with a width of two meters.The 10 workers in the best condition were grouped together and some boxes were brought down from the ship.

These cases range from army green ammo boxes for M2 machine guns to shiny, mysterious aluminum alloy flight cases with black borders.Afterwards, Wei Yuan and Han Xiaobo personally lifted an M2 machine gun from the Gouyan, and then called to the labor team to carry the box and open the way.When it was over, Han Xiaobo turned his head and smiled at Xia Xianze's group who were standing on the bow of the boat eagerly watching the excitement, and then waved the Motorola walkie-talkie in his hand: "Block the waterway, call me if there is a situation."

"Kill less people, take more prisoners!"

"understand, understand"

At the same time that Chuanzhong and their subordinate Wuhe launched a pincer-shaped offensive, the Mingren sent out by the senior officer had already run back to report the enemy's situation.

Van der Hagen now knew that there were two leaders, Xia and Liu, of the pirates.After a few more exchanges with the spy named Xu, the fat interpreter made an addition: According to the rules for the flag hanging of pirates in the Ming Dynasty, the leader of the other party's surname is "Xia", and the leader surnamed Liu may be a "shopkeeper".

Although the Dutch have very clear information on the various people in Fujian, Guangdong and foreign countries, they are referring to major forces.Like this small group of pirates with only two ships, there are as many as cattle on the coast of Daming. Today they are fishermen, tomorrow they are pirates, and the day after tomorrow they become small shareholders in a big gang.
"So, as usual, this is a bunch of damn loose pirates, not a representative of a faction?" Van der Hagen finally asked.

"Even if there is a big gang behind them, they should come to the north of Daming, my lord." The translator spent a long time communicating with the spies this time. point.

"I need an explanation."

"The two ships are the Shan from the north of Daming. They are 'flat-bottomed junk ships'. This type of ship is only available in the north of Fujian." After a pause in translation, a new word was born.

"Okay, I think I get it." Van der Hagen organized all the information at this moment - wandering pirates from the north of the Ming Kingdom, a group of people who had no idea that there were great East India Company employees and property on Dayuan Island There are, stupid and reckless pirates.

The Brown formation, which was slowly approaching from a distance, seemed to confirm Van der Hagen's idea.

There were about seventy or eighty Ming people in traditional blue homecloth jackets, perhaps to look more crowded. These pirates were comically scattered, like a flock of sheep grazing.

Even if it is still far away, far away from the 8-pounder guns of the Cape Fort, people in the business hall can hear the noisy shouts of these pirates. "God, these idiots are so loud" thought more than one person.

William Janes carefully observed the approaching enemy with his monocular.At this distance, he could clearly see the spears and short knives in the hands of the pirates, and there were also several Ming country guns called "bird guns" that were fired boldly into the sky from time to time.Not even a single copper cannon, nor a matchlock.

After repeating the observation, William Janes put aside his previous caution and made the following professional judgment on Van der Hagen: "Your Excellency, the enemy is scattered and lacking training, I think 50 soldiers should be enough. In addition, there is no need for dense Cannon fire, so that we can get as many prisoners as possible, and we'll soon know what secrets the two junk ships hold."

"Very well, something can be done at last. Go and carry out your plan, Lieutenant."

The authorized lieutenant soon gathered 50 musketeers.Soldiers lined up in columns, their upper bodies covered with arquebuses, each with an arquebus.After walking out of the thick wooden door of the business hall, the soldiers were skillfully transformed into a small square with four horizontal lines.At this time, the pirates who looked messy had already walked to a place only 200 meters away from the business hall.

After two "bang, bang", white smoke rose, and the two corner forts located in the northwest and southwest of the business hall rang out at the same time.One cannonball smashed directly into the sand, and the other, luckily, hit the pirate pile.

At this time, the benefits of the Sesame Array came into play: the shells of the eight-pounder didn't come out of the crowd, but after killing two unlucky ghosts, they got into the sand.

There was a commotion in the pirate gang.Some people stopped, and some people were quietly retreating, and the formation that originally kept moving at the same frequency suddenly became messed up.The naked people were shoving each other about to turn in, like frightened sheep.

(End of this chapter)