Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 928 Touring the Island
The voyage of the Haitian around the island caused great panic among the soldiers and civilians in South Australia. As the black smoke from the alarm on the beacons rose, all the beacons on the island were lit one by one.Then, the beacons on nearby islands, and even the coastal beacons near Hanjiangkou also ignited black smoke.

Guards and fortresses everywhere closed their city gates one after another. Soldiers and village warriors climbed up the city walls in full armor and looked at the sea in fear—alarms for the entry of thieves had already sounded.

Regarding the recent sudden rise of Kun bandits in Guangdong, officers, soldiers, gentry, and common people all harbor strange fears.Ever since the Guangdong army was defeated in Qiongzhou and the news that the entire army was almost wiped out spread intermittently, the Kun bandits were far more terrifying than the pirates who had been making trouble in the past ten years.And their deeds of fighting in the Pearl River Estuary have also been exaggerated to be horrific.

Now, an Australian ship with the flag of the Kun Bandit unexpectedly appeared, and the psychological shock can be imagined.

Even though there was one ship coming, even though the coming ship was less than [-] tons, all the surrounding cities and villages were ready for defense.

However, none of the warships of the official army came out to meet or intercept them.Chen Ting knew the strength of the Kun Bandit Navy—Tang Yunwen's second defeat in Qiongzhou's Haikou and Xu Tingfa's disastrous defeat on the Pearl River. Chen Ting knew it clearly, so he was unwilling to take this risk.

After He Rubin's defeat in Qiongzhou, although Guangdong officials tried their best to cover him up, he was still held accountable by the court, dismissed from his official post, lost his military power and salary, and now lives at home, reduced to a "deposed general".As for the other generals who survived the battle of Zhengqiong, they were also punished in varying sizes.Although Tang Yunwen was not severely punished, he was still serving as his general in Qiongzhou, but it was said that he had not left the city of Haikou, and the military orders had not left the city of Haikou.

Chen Ting and Liu Xiang have secretly made a non-aggression agreement. Although the two sides are very close to each other, they live in peace with each other.Recently he got a report from Tang that Liu Laoxiang's main force had gone north to Fujian to compete with Zheng Zhilong, and the situation around Nan'ao was relatively quiet, so he was even more unwilling to start a war lightly in this situation--and there was no chance of winning.

The black smoke pillars rising from far and near made Qian Shuixie feel very excited--this kind of feeling of being feared is very good.It's a pity that the purpose of this trip is not in Nan'ao Island. It is meaningless for the Senate to eliminate Chen Ting. In a sense, officers and soldiers are more moderate partners. They are not opposed to the Senate at present, and their subjective initiative is not enough Strong, and will not expend energy to fight against the Senate.Keeping Chen Ting's subordinates is still an idler to contain Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong's group.

"I don't know where Liu Xiang is hiding." Qian Shuixie felt a little regretful—although he also knew that the Haitian alone could not cause a fatal blow to Liu Xiang Group, but deep down in his heart he still hoped to work at sea. In one battle, start a fight for the boys.The Sanya unit has not carried out any decent combat operations so far. The most combat operations are entering the Li area to launch a punitive crusade against the "unfriendly" local Li Dong. Basically, it is an ambush and a long-range sniper battle. .The Qianshui Association believes that the intensity of such fighting is too low to train the team.

Li Ziping saw the ships and people avoiding the places they passed, and knew that the Ming army was not going to come out to fight, so he immediately ordered Ren Fu to sail the ship to a bay to anchor, and put down the small boat to send the special investigation team and the survey team ashore for a survey action.

Ren Fu chose a bay in the south of Nan'ao Island called Yandun Bay.It is about 5-6 kilometers away from the Ming army garrison in the north.There is a village by the bay. As soon as the Haitian approached, the people in the village fled away one after another with their families and children.Li Ziping didn't take it seriously either—he didn't come here to engage in civil propaganda.

The operation itself was very bold, because the entire landing team was only [-] people, and there were at least a few thousand Ming soldiers and Xiangyongs who could be dispatched on the island at any time.In case the dumplings are made, they will have to rely on the power of firearms to forcefully break out of the siege, and there may be a few casualties, but the Qianshui Association believes that this possibility is extremely small-according to intelligence, Chen Ting has no intention of armed with the Australians conflict.

"Be careful to keep in touch. Keep the radio open." Li Ziping urged, and then said to Liu Zheng, "Old Liu, take the team around the shore, it's the scouts' job to go deep into the interior..."

"I'm a senior donkey, you can't believe my fighting power?" Liu Zheng was dissatisfied.He was fully armed, with instruments and equipment on his back.Inserted his Glock17 into the holster under his armpit, and patted it, "Don't worry, my men and I, although we are not good at shooting and killing people, we are no worse than scouts in walking, climbing and swimming. Even if it can't be used as a help, it won't be a burden to the Qianshui Association."

Eventually the exploration team finally set off together.The two parties agreed that if there were no accidents, the two parties would meet at Qianjiangwan at [-]:[-] the next morning.It is inconvenient for the Haitian to berth along the coast after nightfall.

This expedition team of less than 20 people landed on the island, and the fishing village was empty and deserted.Based on the map, Liu Zheng thought that this place was likely to be Aoqian Village.

"If Zhao Yingong and the others are here, they will make another trick to worship the emperor." Liu Zheng said with a smile, "The small court of the Southern Song Dynasty also stayed here."

"Is this really the case?" Qian Shuixie was very interested in this.

"Yes, I saw the background information of the Great Library when I was preparing for this exploration." Liu Zheng said with relish.

In May 1276, due to the invasion of Yuan soldiers, Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shizhong and others protected Song Shaodi retreated through Nan'ao, and once stationed in Aoqian Village.It is said that three Song wells, "Dragon Well", "Tiger Well" and "Horse Well" were excavated here for the emperor, ministers and soldiers and horses to drink.

Sure enough, they found a well with stone slabs on the beach outside Aoqian Village.Very close to the beach.Liu Zheng tasted the water inside—it was fresh water.It should be the legendary Song Jing.They also found the foundations of some larger buildings near Aoqian Village, which were probably the temporary residences of the "Sea Traveling".It is said that there are gold and silver treasures left by the Southern Song court near Aoqian Village, but Liu Zheng thinks it is all nonsense.

There was nothing special about Aoqian Village, and the reconnaissance team left here soon and started heading northeast of the island.The west of Nan'ao Island is mountainous, and it will still be a forest park until the 21st century. The population and towns are mainly concentrated in the eastern part of the island, and the deputy commander-in-chief is also stationed in the northeast.

The reconnaissance team has been active on the island for a full 24 hours. During this period, they have traveled almost the entire eastern part of the island. The defenders and village braves of the villages and fortresses they passed through closed their villages and guarded them tightly. Unprecedented silence, almost all activities stopped.

Qian Shuixie met no one else except for some old people in the village on the island—almost everyone hid in the fort, and Xiangyong and the soldiers stood by and watched day and night.Watching the fields, villages and fields beyond the walls.Most of them have never seen what the legendary Kun thief looks like.In most cases, scouts in camouflage would be hard to spot even if they got under their noses.

Nan'ao Island is located in the East Guangdong Sea, at the center of the three major ports of Kaohsiung-Xiamen-Hong Kong, and is on the verge of the main international route of the Western Pacific Ocean.The Senate has a strong interest in it, and it's no surprise that it's included in the "string of pearls."Yandun Bay, Changshan Bay and Zhuqidu here are suitable for the construction of deep-water ports and [-]-ton wharves. They are ideal relay stations for maritime shipping.

The wind energy resources here are very rich, with an annual average wind speed of 8.54 m/s and an effective wind speed of more than 7000 hours.The total installed capacity of wind power on the island can reach 20 kilowatts.In the old time and space, it had the title of the first island wind farm in Asia.Although the time travelers are unable to rely on wind energy to generate electricity, wind energy is still a very good use object.

The scouts have been arriving near the station of the South Australia Deputy Commander-in-Chief, at the opposite camp.After on-site surveying and photographing of the harbor, Qian Shuixie believes that there are about 3000 troops stationed here, 40-50 warships in the harbor and on the beach, and forts and strong fortifications on the shore.Obviously this is the main support point for the officers and troops in the coastal defense of the entire Chaoshan area.It will be a threat to future engine operations if they are willing to fight aggressively.

However, Qian Shuixie believes that they will not hinder the engine operation-the opponent obviously has no fighting spirit and only wants to protect themselves.This land reconnaissance has become an excursion on Nan'ao Island.From beginning to end, the special investigation team had no chance to open the safety of the weapon.Qian Shuixie found it difficult to understand the calmness of the soldiers and civilians on the island—of course, the special investigation team did not do any bad things: they did not burn houses, rob chickens and ducks, and did not molest women.The officers, soldiers and village warriors just watched their parade on the island, and used fireworks signals to convey their whereabouts, but no one came out to fight.

After traveling along the scheduled investigation route, they arrived at Qianjiangwan ahead of schedule the next day, and successfully merged with the Haitian.The Haitian then carried out reconnaissance on the bays in the Shanwei area and the Chaozhou area.During this period, there were conflicts with local fishermen who were half fishermen and half bandits—they had relatively little information about them, and they had never heard of the power of the Australians, so they became training targets for the Haitian for nothing.

The Haitian then turned to Kaohsiung.From here to Kaohsiung, the sea voyage is only 160 nautical miles, and the average speed of the Haitian is about 7 knots. After 24 hours, they have arrived at the "dog" - Kaohsiung waters.

Before the Ming Dynasty, Kaohsiung was still a lagoon, where the so-called Madaoka ethnic group, a branch of the Pingpu ethnic group, lived.These "ethnic groups" basically belong to the Austronesian language family, and their economic and cultural level is very low.The population is also small.It is often harassed by Chinese pirates and Japanese pirates.

(End of this chapter)