Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1204 Capture
The Spaniards fired back, quick enough even by 21st century standards, and the first shell passed over the Flying Cloud shortly after a second puff of smoke rose from the stern, and a shell rolled and flew. Later, it accurately hit the dissipating spray trail behind Feiyun. Lin Chuanqing estimated that there was an error of about 50 meters.

The straight-line distance between Feiyun and the stern is more than 300 meters. Although it is within the effective range of the enemy, but with its own speed and the limited firepower at the stern, Feiyun is safe. The Spanish cannons aim and fire at a very high speed. Slow down, you have to hit the target with a burst of character.

"Continue to suppress the firepower and hit the enemy's poop gunport!" Lin Chuanqing gave an order while observing with a telescope.

Just as the attention of the Spaniards was attracted by the sudden appearance of the small boat and the deadly firepower on it, under the instruction of Zhou Weisen, two snipers opened fire at the same time, and the two gunners on a beach battery immediately fell down.

The sound of gunfire was drowned out by the roar of Feiyun's typewriter. The gunners and soldiers on the turret looked around in bewilderment. Then they shot again and again, and some people fell down suddenly. Suddenly, the soldiers on the turret ran away. clean.

Zhou Weisen roared: "Fire!"

All the Mini rifles fired in unison, the momentum was extremely spectacular, and the edge of the forest was suddenly shrouded in thick smoke.But the sea breeze quickly blew the smoke away, followed by a second, and a third salvo.Although the shooting level of sailors and sailors is not as good as that of the army, it is still effortless to shoot a target like Great Galen at a distance of less than 300 meters.

Lead bullets hit the hull, gun ports, and deck of the Galen ship like a torrential rain, and pieces of wood flew around. There were screaming and fallen sailors everywhere. Zhou Weisen knew that he could not slowly "round" the ship with the minigun. On this ship, once the 16 gun ports on the side of the ship are fired, his battle line of 80 people will be sieved immediately.

"Machine gun team pay attention to suppress the gun door!" Zhou Weisen roared, "All prepare for assault! Bayonet!"

With the sudden sound of the charge, Zhou Weisen put the anti-riot helmet with a mask on his head, waved the revolver and rushed out first, and shouted: "Go!"

The sailors and sailors following behind shouted together: "Go!" All rushed towards the Galen ship together.

In order to avoid the opponent's artillery fire as much as possible, the attacking troops charged to the bow of the ship in columns, during which M240 and snipers suppressed the enemies on the deck from the side.Block them from firing the bow's two cannons.

The M240 roared at their flanks, and a string of 7.62mm NATO shells flew over their heads, sweeping back and forth on the bow deck like washing the ground.Zhou Weisen ran all the way, the sailors and soldiers in the camp were stunned by the firepower from both sides, and completely lost the ability to respond to the sudden appearance of the team, except for a few people who reacted so quickly raised their matchlock guns and fired a few shots indiscriminately regardless of the range. Without any effective resistance outside, it collapsed, and within a few minutes the commando dispersed the soldiers and sailors in the camp.The sailors quickly set up a ladder on the bow.The special investigation team was the first to board, and a corporal climbed up to the bow of the ship with almost no resistance, and quickly fired a signal flare. The M240 machine gun immediately shifted its muzzle, blocked the middle deck, and blocked the enemy's counterattack.

Zhou Weisen climbed onto the deck, his feet slipped, and he almost fell.When he took a closer look, he stepped on a flying skull.He cursed softly.The bow deck was already covered with corpses, and blood was running down the gutters.Several team members who came up first used submachine guns to stop the Spaniards who were trying to counterattack. The Spaniards almost fell to the ground under the staggered fire net. Zhou Weisen fired several bursts and knocked down the rest of them.The signal flare of "stop shooting" was quickly fired.

The Feiyun and the M240 machine gun team all stopped, the deck was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the strong smell of blood made him nauseated.There were so many dead people—shocking corpses everywhere, blood, brains and various human tissues everywhere.Worse than boarding the St. Louis.Apparently, when they charged, most of the sailors and soldiers were out of the bottom cabin, and gathered on the deck to enjoy the rare clear weather without wind and waves.

The sailors quickly took control of the entire upper deck, and Ah San's interpreter was called to shout, and without much trouble, the crew hiding in the poop and lower deck surrendered.Save the trouble of transporting chlorine gas.When the bodies were cleaned up, it was found that the Spaniards left a total of 150 bodies on the deck and in the camp. Less than 40 people surrendered, and a dozen people fled into the jungle.

The San Raimundo was relatively small and carried no infantry, with a crew of no more than 250 at departure.By the time it ran aground, only 200 crew members remained.

During the battle, a total of four sailors and sailors were killed, all of whom were killed by matchlock guns while climbing the ship.Another man slipped and fell while boarding the boat and broke his leg, but he was fine and was splinted by the health staff.

Zhou Weisen took care of the captured sailors to go to the jungle to recruit the escaped Spaniards, promising them the treatment of prisoners and never killing them.

The captain was brought in front of him, this is a gray-haired old man - when asked, his age was over 60.In this era when the average life expectancy is only in the early fifties, and half of the sailors on a long voyage can be killed, Zhou Weisen is a bit incomprehensible to let an old man in his sixties be the captain of the ship across the ocean.

Probably because he noticed Zhou Weisen's doubts, the old man said that although he is a bit old, it is not surprising that there are still captains in their 80s who are sailing.

"So you're a professional navigator?"

"Yes, my family has been sailors for generations." The old captain seemed very proud, "My ancestor Alonso Hernandez Ávila was the helmsman of a ship that followed the great Marquis of the Valley to conquer New Spain. "

Then he bragged about his family's glorious history of serving the "Catholic King" throughout the ages, as if to show that he was a person with "revenue".

Zhou Weisen knew through the Asan translator that the San Raimundo also encountered that typhoon a few days ago-this was the second storm they encountered along the way. Not only the mast and stays were almost completely destroyed, but even the hull was damaged. If it weren't for the strong structure of Galen's ship, it might have fallen apart long ago.Along the way, we managed to get here only by continuously pumping water by manpower.

Due to the sudden expansion of the hole yesterday, the water intake could no longer be controlled by pumping, so the captain decided to temporarily ground the ship here for repairs.

"Well, on behalf of the Senate, I am here to declare that you and the ships, sailors, soldiers and all the goods on board under your command are the spoils of the Senate. Before your fate is finally decided, as long as you obey our orders, I will give you a guarantee on the safety of ginseng."

The captain bowed, and then said: "May I ask, which country's Senate is it?"

"I'm big in the Australian Senate."

The captain had an inexplicable look on his face, obviously he hadn't heard of this word much - maybe Ah San's translation was not correct at all.

But the status of a prisoner made him unable to ask more questions, so he could only say: "I am willing to serve you."

"Now my first order to you is to organize personnel to continue repairing this ship. Until it can sail again."

"Well, I don't have enough manpower..." the captain objected.

"My people will help with it."

The camp was then restored, and the surviving captives regrouped under the watchful eye of the sailors to clean the decks and repair the ships.The Spaniards who fled into the jungle soon came out and surrendered—they had neither rations nor gunpowder, and they would only become prey of barbarians in the jungle.

After discussing with Lin Chuanqing, Zhou Weisen decided to move all the camps here. He unloaded a few rowboats from Galen's boat and asked Lin Chuanqing to take people back to carry supplies.They gave Lingao power again, and informed them of the location of the new camp and the news of the capture of the San Raimundo.

Although the elders were very itchy with regard to the cargo on the San Raimundo, they decided not to carry out a specific inventory, but temporarily put a seal on it and waited until they went back to clean it up.

"Now we can wait for rescue with peace of mind." Zhou Weisen said.

Rescue came sooner than they expected.Haitian sent from Xiangshanao took advantage of the favorable wind and hurried all the way. On July 7, the coastline of Samar Island appeared in the watchman's telescope.After radioing the camp, a plume of black smoke was soon spotted rising from the North Cape.

Haitian immediately approached the coast.That plume of black smoke was ordered by the Qianshui Association to be lit as a contact signal.After seeing Haitian, a green signal flare was fired from the camp—Lin Chuanqing soon saw a green signal flare rising on the opposite side—Bei Wei could not help but heave a sigh of relief, and finally found it.

"It's finally here, we can go home." Zhou Weisen panted sharply, and the hand holding the signal bazooka couldn't help shaking.Lingao, the longing home, suddenly seemed within reach again.

Mendoza was going crazy with joy. When she saw Bei Wei boarded the beach, she was the first to jump up, threw herself into Bei Wei's arms, and gnawed on his face, which greatly embarrassed him. .

"It's okay..." Zhou Weisen seemed very "tolerant", "Latin women are just so... enthusiastic... like fire..."

"I know." Bei Wei said with a wry smile, "You look pretty good—how is Robinson doing?"

"It's okay, but I'm a little scared to eat dry food every day." Lin Chuanqing's eyes turned green, "Is there any special food for the elders on the Haitian?"

(End of this chapter)