The wind blows from the South Sea

Chapter 28 Taking Control of the Situation

The shouts of killing in the manor soon stopped. Dozens of trembling indigenous women were gathered together and imprisoned in a side room, and calm was restored.

The latest battle report is also out;
  A total of 347 enemies were killed and 56 women were captured.

The Nanyang Company suffered 29 casualties, including 8 killed and 21 lightly or seriously injured. It achieved a complete victory.

As they began to clean up the battlefield, a large group of late recruits showed extreme discomfort.

After the tension of the battle, many people vomited wildly next to the corpse, almost vomiting out the gall.

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  Those calm and calm veterans seemed to be in their own back garden, either drinking water and resting, eating some dried meat and fruits, or standing with their hands crossed talking and laughing, and some were picking up valuables from the corpses.

For example, gemstone bracelets, chieftain's headdress, cowhide belts or other things. Whenever I find valuable blood-stained trophies, I always smile from ear to ear.

Not caring whether it came from a corpse or not, he smiled like an old farmer after a good harvest.

Hu Laohu was patrolling the courtyard with a few people carrying a waist knife. Seeing the newcomer's miserable performance, he smiled and said with a wicked smile;
  "Hehehe... Let's see how promising you are?
  Youngsters still need to practice more before they can be of great use.

A few more mules, horses and carts came over to help the newcomers clean up the battlefield as soon as possible. They also brought some water to wash away the blood-stained ground. They all moved quickly.

Let me tell you, it is not so uncomfortable when you are busy. "

Squad leader Chen Yong said with a smile, "These new recruits have been trained well. They will adapt after two more battles. By then, all of them will be good soldiers."

"A few months of training is not as good as a battle. This group of newcomers who went south will definitely get ahead earlier than Zheng Xiucai's group of guardians. They are definitely not running away."

"How can you be so sure? Mr. Feng is going to open up a new trade route on the western front on his next trip. He will probably take the newcomers who are left behind to see the blood. Why don't they just stay at home and become useless, right?"

"Well, the new western trade route will go deep into Central Java. The situation there is more complicated than in East Java, and it's also a tough nut to crack!"

As the team captains were talking, they saw a large number of armed Chinese coming from the direction of Yanwang City. They were the servants and men mobilized by the Chinese businessmen. Everyone came with guns and knives.

Although there is still a look of panic on his face, there are many people and they are brave, so there is no problem in making up the number.

As these armed Chinese businessmen arrived one after another, the total number of people gathered at Yusuf Manor exceeded 800, which was a quite powerful force.

But when they saw the corpses all over the manor, many of them were chopped to pieces and even had their limbs separated. The corpses piled on the carts were covered in blood, which was really irritating.

This left an unforgettable impression on the local Chinese businessmen and fellows about the brutality of the Nanyang Company, and planted the seeds of fear in their hearts.

What followed was that he immediately turned his head and vomited wildly.

In a secret room in Yusuf Manor
  Feng Guohui looked at the opened wooden boxes. Inside the boxes were neatly placed British-made flintlock muskets. These were not new guns, but old guns with serious signs of use.

According to experience
  Feng Guohui recognized it at a glance as a British-made Burke muzzle-loading flintlock rifle. This was the standard rifle equipped with the British army in 1800. It was also the main equipment of the British army in the Opium War. It has a history of more than half a century.

He took out a gun and looked at it carefully. The name of the soldier "Bronson" was engraved on the gun, as well as scratches on the wooden handle.

It is possible that each scratch represents a lost life and records the colonists' conquest process.

There are five muzzle-loading flintlock rifles in one box. There are at least forty boxes here, totaling 230 rifles. There are also 16 large barrels of black powder loaded in large oak barrels.

There were still piles of swords piled up in the secret room, but they were completely ignored by Feng Guohui at the moment.

After looking at it repeatedly and pulling the trigger for a few tests, Feng Guohui finally nodded and expressed satisfaction with the batch of arms.

In addition to the musket, the front-loading flintlock rifle of this era must also have important accessories such as a bayonet and a ramrod. Otherwise, the full combat effectiveness of the flintlock musket cannot be exerted.

Among them, the bayonet bayonet is particularly important. In a normal battle, after several rounds of musket fire, close combat usually involves charging with a bayonet attached, and finally ending the battle with the bayonet.

Because the Nanyang Company was equipped with sword and shield men, it helped the musketeers complete this final step.

The batch of second-hand flintlock guns that Feng Guohui checked came with complete accessories, which made him very satisfied.

It is not surprising that Irwandi Yusuf owned so many muskets but did not equip his native warriors.

For a country as big as the Qing Dynasty, it imported so many advanced foreign guns and artillery from various European countries, why didn't they all be locked in warehouses and eat dust?
  Until they were completely captured by the Western invading forces, including hundreds of brand-new legal Hotchkiss rapid-fire cannons and Krupp field guns, they did not play their due role.

In the final analysis, it is still due to outdated concepts.

I always felt that guns and guns were expensive and difficult to use, so I still trusted in cold weapons such as swords. As a result, Feng Guohui's Nanyang Company was now completely advantaged.

Feng Guohui felt that the number of musketeers in his hands was insufficient. What else could he say?

He waved his hand and ordered, "Go and notify the captains of each squad and ask them to send someone to take the guns. Each squad will be issued 15 muskets. Remember to ask these bastards to hand over the equipment for changing into sword and shield soldiers."

"As you command, Master Feng."

Each detachment of Nanyang Company has 31 people. In addition to one detachment leader, there are also three commanders, all of whom are promoted from veterans.

Now that each detachment is equipped with 15 swordsmen, shieldmen and 15 musketeers, the short- and medium-range firepower will be greatly improved, and the combat effectiveness will also be different.

The sword and shield wielder can only fight in close combat and has zero medium and short range firepower.

After such a mixed formation, the combat effectiveness of each detachment becomes much more comprehensive, capable of performing medium and short-range firepower output and cooperating with close combat.

Don't forget, after inserting the bayonet, the musketeer transformed into a spearman, and the shiny bayonet was equally deadly. While waiting for each team to come to collect their equipment, Feng Guohui heard the noise outside becoming more and more noisy, so he frowned and strode out.

At this time, the manor's cleaning of the battlefield has come to an end. With the help of more people, the speed has increased a lot.

When Feng Guohui came out, the manor that was originally full of corpses had been cleaned up, and many people were carrying wooden buckets and washing away the blood with clean water.

There are also people holding brooms and rags, sweeping and wiping, and they are working hard.

But more people crowded around the grass and houses doing nothing, so groups on the left and right gathered around and talked excitedly about the war, which attracted waves of exclamations.

"Tiger, Blind Wu, Mai Laowei, what the hell is going on with you?" Feng Guohui immediately became angry when he saw this situation and shouted loudly.

almost in the blink of an eye
  The noisy discussion stopped, and then Hu Laohu and several team captains were seen running over, followed by Wang Fugui and other businessmen.

"What the hell is going on with you guys? Don't you know how to lead troops? Are you herding sheep after the war or something?" Feng Guohui spat angrily at several squad leaders, with spittle spraying on his face. They didn't dare to wipe it with their hands.

Feng Guohui glared at them angrily and ordered loudly, "All teams, all teams, why don't you go and execute the order?"

"As you command, sir."

The squad leaders immediately started to organize themselves with shouts, and the soldiers of the Nanyang Company quickly gathered into a neat team according to their respective assignments.

Several team captains ran to the back and organized the assembled Chinese merchants into teams, arranging them neatly from high to low, and finally they looked like they were presentable.

After more than 10 minutes of fussing, the team was finally organized.

Feng Guohui then stepped forward with a gloomy face. Looking at the black mass of more than 800 armed militiamen in front of him, he felt a little more relaxed and finally looked like himself.

“Brothers of Nanyang Company, righteous citizens of Chinatown;

Today in King of Hell City, the righteous citizens of Chinatown discovered that the Irwandi-Yusuf family had gathered to rebel, hid firearms, and had evil intentions, so they rebelled angrily and annihilated them in one fell swoop.

This was a heroic battle, a just battle, and a battle for freedom that overturned the brutal and dark rule of the Yusuf family. Now a comprehensive victory has been achieved.

Each of you has contributed to this.

You see...that is the evidence of the seizure of the Yusuf family's private collection of firearms. The evidence is irrefutable and irrefutable. "

Following the direction of Feng Guohui's fingers, dozens of large boxes and countless swords and guns were moved out of the secret room and piled into a hill, which convinced everyone present.

Invisibly, they also believed what Feng Guohui said, and felt excited that they had personally participated in this battle.

Even businessmen like Wang Fugui felt proud of themselves for having the courage to expose the secrets of the Yusuf family's conspiracy, and they couldn't help but feel complacent.

Feng Guohui's remarks have misled many people, but so many arms and firearms are not fake, which strongly corroborates his words, making them real and credible.

most of the time

People are often willing to speculate on the facts from a standpoint that is beneficial to them, thereby changing the facts beyond recognition.

Feng Guohui didn't say too much nonsense and quickly began to assign tasks. He ordered each unit to quickly come forward to receive their guns and start changing their equipment.

Then a detachment led 20 to 30 local volunteers to the intersection of Yanwang City to perform a blockade task. Only entry was allowed, but no exit was allowed.

A total of three teams were dispatched to block all three intersections entering the city.

The rest were divided into units of ten thousand, and each stone was led by a chief, with four sword and shield soldiers and five musketeers. He also took more than 10 volunteers, divided into more than teams, and carried out tasks of suppressing and quelling the chaos in the city.

Anyone who takes advantage of the chaos to plunder, kill, break into, smash and loot, burn houses and other violent acts will be killed without mercy.

The public security in the city must be stabilized as soon as possible to prevent unrest and riots from getting worse.

As Feng Guohui's order was issued, the troops gathered in the manor were dispersed to various parties. The number of people quickly decreased, and in the end there were only more than a hundred people left.

Among them were more than a dozen Chinese businessmen including Wang Fugui, 20 archers, and some elite men who could ride horses.

Feng Guohui raised his hand to summon Chen Yong and told him: "There are many mules, horses and carts in Yusuf Manor. I just went to the back to take a look. There are about sixty mules and horses, and there are many saddles.

You take people to sort it out and form a cavalry detachment from now on, and you will be the captain.

Once formed, we will be ready to take orders at any time and provide support wherever needed. Do you understand me? "

"As you command, Lord Ding, I will do my job well."

"Well, go ahead and do your best."

"understood."

Chen Yong happily led his men to the backyard. From today on, he is the captain of the cavalry.

Although most people ride mules, which are not inferior to war horses, it depends on who they are competing with.

In this part of Java, even riding a mule is rare. At least in this part of East Java, scorpions poop...the only one.

(End of this chapter)