Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 701 Battle of Lantau Island

Could it be the internal turmoil in the gang?Zheng Bao was most afraid of internal strife.His subordinates have just been pieced together in the past few months, and they can only be regarded as a simple partnership with each other. He is only regarded as the big shopkeeper because of his strongest strength.It's hard to say what's going on down there, and they're in conflict with each other.

The confidant who was outside rushed in: "The shopkeeper! Outside! Outside..." His face was already full of horror, and he couldn't speak at all.

"Damn it!" Zheng Bao cursed, knowing that the matter was serious, he quickly hung up the waist knife.Surrounded by his cronies, he ran out.

Zheng Bao saw the most frightening sight in his life: streaks of flames dragged black smoke intertwined in the sky, falling towards Tung Chung Mouth like meteors.

Ships in the harbor and houses on the shore are burning blazingly.The black flames flying in the sky made terrible screams and fell down from time to time. Flames and explosions enveloped the entire port of Tung Chung.

For a moment Zheng Bao thought he was dreaming, and stopped in a daze.

"Boss, what should we do now?" Left and Right asked anxiously.

Zheng Bao was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "Quick! Get on the boat!" He waved his hand, and took the lead to run to the pier at Dongchongkou.

Zheng Bao's business is murder and arson, and he sometimes thinks about things like "hell".He didn't expect to see hell when he was alive-the road to Tung Chung Pier was full of charred corpses and collapsed houses.Twisted black iron shells can be seen scattered everywhere.Not a single house wasn't burning, and even the trestle was ablaze.Looking around, there are burning ships everywhere on the water in the harbor, and some of them are half sunk.

Above the head, rockets let out terrifying screams from time to time, and fell towards the ground violently. Every rocket falling to the ground made Zheng Bao tremble. The god of death in the air is farther away.

A group of people rushed to the seaside with great difficulty, the trestle bridge was already burned to pieces, and the ships in Tung Chung mouth that were not on fire were pulling anchor and sailing towards the mouth.His cronies surrounded him to find a small boat, and rushed him onto the boat.

"Hurry up, pull out the anchor and raise the sail. Hang out my big flag!" Zheng Bao gave orders one after another as soon as he boarded the boat, without caring about tidying up his distressed image.At this moment, the situation is chaotic, everyone just wants to run for their own lives, if they don't quickly sail the boat out of the mouth to reveal their identities and stabilize people's hearts, their "big gang" will disperse in an instant.

From Shi Zhiqi's telescope, it can be seen that the effect of the rocket bombardment on the port is very effective.The burning ships in the bay constitute the best demonstration of this tactic.Through the thick smoke, he could see many ships rushing out of the mouth.Some ships were already on fire, and the pirates fled while fighting the fire.

"Report to the commander: most of the enemy's ships have begun to flee to the open sea." Shi Zhiqi said proudly, "The pirates have disintegrated in Tung Chung mouth."

The female communicator standing beside him quickly recorded his order, and then ran to the walkie-talkie-actually the walkie-talkie.

Shi Zhiqi ordered: "Launch another 100 rockets!" The rockets that were moved up the mountain could not be transported any longer, so they just let off all of them.

The bombardment of 400 rockets turned Tung Chung Estuary into a hell of fire and smoke, compared with the insignificant effect of the shells fired by several 12-pound howitzers.

The fleet led by Chen Haiyang is waiting in battle outside Tung Chung mouth.Every spy boat aimed its side at the mouth of Tung Chung Bay.The gun ports on the ship were fully opened.When the sporadic pirate ships escaped from Tung Chung mouth, they were greeted by a burst of gunfire, and no ship could escape the terrifying power of more than a dozen spy boats firing simultaneously.Often after the dense smoke of a dense artillery fire dissipates, there are only fallen masts, broken ship boards and dead bodies scattered on the deck on the pirate ship-many corpses have no heads and limbs, and some are simply bloody human bodies. Piece.

The expected naval battle did not happen at all, only the spy boat fired and adjusted its course in an orderly manner.The sailors are already very experienced, and they use a combination of Chinese and Western sailing techniques: using sails and sculls to control the navigation of the ship.The gunners trained by naval gunnery officers used simple wooden range finders to measure the distance and angle, observed the sea current and wind speed, and then quickly calculated the firing angle of the artillery on the slide rule.The gunners adjusted the angle on the smoky deck and in the gun bay, and then fired the guns at the same time according to the password.It only takes one hit from a violent broadside salvo to cripple a pirate ship.

Outside the mouth of Tung Chung, there are pirate ships with their masts upside down, raging flames, and dead bodies lying paralyzed on the sea.It is comparable to the tragedy in the bay.

Wang You and the dozen or so boats he brought escaped out of the bay in confusion and embarrassment-he secretly complained that the Australians started attacking without even saying hello, which almost made him almost die.But he knew that this was not the time to complain, so he ordered people to hang the white flag and banner on the top of the mast that he had secretly agreed with Shi Shishi and others.Sure enough, the Australian warships would not fire as long as they saw the ships with the codes.Wang You's dozen or so boats arrived in the open sea without incident, and were disarmed one by one by the spy boats that had been waiting for a long time.

The surrendered pirates didn't complain at all, and obediently disarmed one by one, and were guarded by the sailors and sailed to Hong Kong Island-after seeing the powerful firepower of the Australians, no one felt that they still had the strength to bargain.

Zheng Bao's boat struggled to escape the bay, and managed to gather seven or eight boats. From the sound of guns outside his mouth, he could already hear that there were Australian warships intercepting him, but he had no choice but to rush out It's been a while.The easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain of Tung Chung Kou is a dead end for the fleet suppressed by artillery fire from the surrounding highlands.

The moment the thick smoke cleared, he had already seen the Ausong Fleet outside the bay under the sun—this was the first time he saw them.The orderly columns, the fluttering flags, the flashing blue cannons... A strong sense of inferiority surged into his heart. A few days ago, he actually wanted to compete with the Australians.

Overwhelmed.The thought just crossed his mind.Several spy boats fired at him at the same time.One of the shells swept across the deck of Zheng Bao's ship, and one shell passed Zheng Bao's side, tearing him in half.

Zheng Baozhi's death did not cause much reaction on the battlefield.Didn't even get anyone else's attention.In fact, before his ship was sunk, the entire pirate fleet had already disintegrated.Every ship, every person just wants to escape for their own lives.In this way, one after another, they hit Chen Haiyang's muzzle.

At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Haiyang ordered the shooting to stop and allowed a small number of ships to escape-they would be volunteer propagandists for the military prestige of the Australian and Song troops.The entire sea outside Tung Chung Mouth was in a mess, with burning ships everywhere, some of which did not catch fire, and the broken hulls drifted with the current, lifeless.The sea is full of sporadic pirates jumping into the sea to escape.The swift ships lowered their sails and flags to signify their surrender.

The marines under the command of Shi Zhiqi and the provisional Marine Corps composed of sailors rushed down from the mountains around Tung Chung and occupied the villages and docks where the pirates were entrenched by the bay.Hundreds of pirates who escaped on board were captured, and many abandoned sampans and long dragons were captured.There are also several large ships.The sailors completely occupied Tung Chung Estuary almost without any resistance.

Shi Zhiqi led the guards, orderlies and communications soldiers swaggeringly into the still burning Tung Chung Mouth.He stood beside the burning pier at Tung Chung Mouth, with the flag of the Navy flying behind him.

Shi Zhiqi lit a pipe—in fact, he never smoked a pipe.Yellow Claw raised the camera and clicked seven or eight photos from different angles: Shi Zhiqi leisurely smoking in the sun and observing the battlefield; Shi Zhiqi with the burning ship in the background; Shi Zhiqi of the brave sea soldier...

"Now you are satisfied, it's all a glorious image."

"It's a pity that the Lingao Times is very strict in publishing photos." Shi Zhiqi coughed a few times, emptied his pipe, and told the orderly to put it away.

The fallen pirates who failed to board the ship and returned from the sea were rounded up in large numbers.Teams of captives staggered to the beach, waiting for ships to be transported to Hong Kong Island. They will be "reformed" in the local purification camps, and used as urgently needed labor by the way.

After five o'clock in the afternoon, all the battles on land and sea were over.The total naval loss was only 17 wounded - all minor.However, the consumption of ammunition was huge, and the Hale rockets originally intended to be used in the Battle of the Pearl River were almost exhausted.

But more than 2000 prisoners were captured alone.Of the ships towed back from the sea and captured in the bay, there are 24 large ships that are intact or can be put into use with simple repairs. Although the very useful sampan dragon in inland waters was burned, more than 50 ships remained. Perfect and repairable ships.

Even those ships that cannot be repaired, as long as they are not sunk and burned, are all towed back.Chen Haiyang is going to use them to recycle ship materials.Even the unused parts can be used as fuel.The sea soldiers seized a large amount of supplies and money from Zheng Bao's old battalion in the village.It was a windfall.

Most of the two villages in Tung Chung Kou were burned down by rockets, and almost all the fishing boats docked on the shore were also destroyed.Chen Haiyang ordered that all the remaining villagers be taken away and sent to Hong Kong Island for resettlement.As for the other villages, they will not be dealt with for the time being.Lantau Island is not suitable as a military base. After necessary raids, Chen Haiyang ordered the entire army to withdraw to Hong Kong Island.

(End of this chapter)