Chapter 385 Suspicious object

"So this is South Vietnam's current naval force?" Qiao Zhiya put down the telescope and said to himself in disbelief.

There are several small boats floating on the sea about three nautical miles away. If it weren't for the help of telescopes to confirm that the South Vietnamese military flags were flying on these boats, it would be hard for Qiao Zhiya to believe that those driving these dilapidated fishing boats were actually South Vietnamese regular troops. A year ago, the Haihan Militia Group

When troops were sent to fight for the Yangtze River, he also participated in it. Although South Vietnam's surface forces were weak at that time, they still had some ships with a displacement of more than fifty tons. One year later, South Vietnam's military strength declined so much that the number of ships used was reduced.

As can be seen from the above, expecting these small boats to stop the Haihan militia's offensive from the sea is basically the same as trying to use a mantis as a chariot.

Probably because they knew that their strength was too far behind their opponents, these South Vietnamese boats did not dare to get too close to Haihan's fleet. They just watched and monitored from a distance. And Qiao Zhiya had no interest in commanding the fleet to destroy these poor boats.

The ammunition required to sink these small ships is definitely more valuable than the targets themselves. Using large ships to deal with them is really not worth the gain.

"The two largest shipbuilding bases in South Vietnam, Dong Hoi and Hoi An, were both destroyed by us last year. Hoi An Port could carry ships with more than ten people at that time, but almost all of them were towed back to Sanya by us. Now Tieliang Port and Yingge

The fishing boats and small cargo ships used in the sea salt field are basically the trophies dragged back from Hoi An at that time." Tom Wang said boastfully: "With us suppressing it, South Vietnam does not have the extravagant hope of restoring the shipbuilding industry to its previous level.

Already."

"It's useless even if it returns to its previous level!" Qiao Zhiya raised his finger and pointed at the surrounding warships: "Although our lineup is not strong yet, it is more than enough to defeat them!"

Qiao Zhiya's statement is not an exaggeration. Although the combat ships currently account for only half of the fleet sent to block the waters near Hue Province, looking at the entire Indo-China Peninsula, no maritime force can compete with this fleet.

It is comparable to several warships.

On January 24, the Hai Han fleet, which had been doing nothing offshore, finally formally used force when it intercepted a South Vietnamese ship. Instead of stopping and surrendering after the warning bombardment, the ship tried to continue fleeing.

As a result, after being overtaken by two "Exploration-class" warships from behind, they were caught in the middle and suffered two rounds of shelling. The second round of shelling hit the stern rudder of the ship, forcing it to slowly

Stopped.

However, faced with the flanking attack of two Haihan warships, the crew of this ship actually tried to use bows and arrows and matchlocks to fight to the death. This move made Qiao Zhiya, who personally directed the pursuit on the warship, furious and ordered the warships to

The gunfire was fired again. After two more rounds of shelling aimed at the side of the ship from a distance of only more than ten meters, the restless opponent finally gave up resistance completely.

Qiao Zhiya took out his special HK416 automatic rifle and put it on his body. He was about to board the ship to see the situation in person, but unexpectedly, he was blocked by a man.

"Why are you stopping me?" When Qiao Zhiya saw that it was Xie Li, the militia chief mate on the ship, he didn't pay much attention. As he asked, he waved his hand to signal him to get out of the way.

"Captain Qiao, according to the provisions of the Maritime Operations Regulations, you cannot leave the command ship during combat unless the ship is in danger of sinking." Xie Li stood where he was without even moving, with no intention of getting out of the way.

Qiao Zhiya couldn't help but dumbfounded. There was indeed such an article in the "Regulations on Maritime Operations" formulated by the Military Commission, but he never thought that a naturalized civilian officer would use this as an excuse to block his actions. According to the operational regulations formulated by the Military Commission, all

Haihan officers are not allowed to take the lead in boarding enemy ships to perform search or combat missions when the enemy's situation is unknown. When this happens, naturalized officers are obliged to stop and stop them. From this perspective, Xie Li's actions are not

If there was anything wrong, Qiao Zhiya could not use the excuse of "disobeying orders" to criticize his actions.

This is not only for the safety of the time-travelers, but also for the sake of the entire naval combat system. Among the time-traveling members of the military, most of them are from the army, and there are very few people who can serve as naval officers. Now the navy

Most of the captains in the fleet are naturalized civilian officers, and only a few senior command positions are held by time travelers, which are severely scarce resources. This is why Wang Tom made a report to the Executive Committee to request people, and the Executive Committee will finally agree.

An important reason for transferring Qiao Zhiya to serve in the Navy.

If something happens to these senior officers while performing their missions, it is not just a matter of their personal life safety. In serious cases, the entire combat system will be affected, such as radio stations needed to maintain contact at sea, some advanced navigation tools,

Sea charts with a high level of confidentiality, combat plans and arrangements of the Military Commission, etc., are all things that can only be mastered by time traveler officers. Once there is a loss of personnel, it will inevitably affect the execution of combat missions, so in "Sea"

There are relevant provisions in the Combat Regulations to restrict certain risky behaviors of senior officers.

"Actually, there is no danger now. Look at the ship across the way." Qiao Zhiya pointed at the South Vietnamese sailing ship that had been beaten to pieces and defended his behavior: "You said this ship is already broken like this, how can it still be there?

What’s the risk?”

"Captain Qiao, I am only acting in accordance with the Maritime Operations Regulations. If you insist on taking action, I can only report your actions to Major Wang later." Xie Li responded in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.

Qiao Zhiya had to look at the first mate on his ship with admiration. When he set out, he only knew that Xie Li was a Ming army soldier from Yazhou Shuizhai, and was recommended to Wang Tom by Luo Shengdong. It was said that he had some real ability, but his personality

He is too upright and has offended many people in the military. It is not clear whether he has real abilities now, but his upright character seems to be true. Qiao Zhiya has participated in several military operations after time travel, and has never seen him before.

There has never been a naturalized civilian officer who was so stubborn and dared to contradict his superiors.

Of course, Qiao Zhiya was not worried about the trouble he would bring to himself after snitching on Tom Wang, but if this kind of thing could be avoided, it would be better to avoid it as much as possible. Before departure, Tom Wang specifically reminded him that as an airborne parachute

As a senior cadre, his words and deeds will be magnified and observed. Naturally, the naturalized militiamen under him will not say anything, but what cannot be ignored is that there are still many people within the group who have been looking at them overseas with colored glasses.

Once a member of his family background makes a mistake, it may be magnified as a black mark. Even if the executive committee can be impartial, it will inevitably affect his personal image and even the reputation of the North American gang.

Considering these problems, Qiao Zhiya could only shrug helplessly and said: "Okay, I guess what you said makes sense. I will hold on here and won't go anywhere."

In fact, if we follow the rules of the combat regulations, it is indeed not Qiao Zhiya's turn to take the lead in this matter. Each warship is equipped with a certain number of armed infantry. The "Exploration Class" has two squads, and the "Exploration Class" has a larger hull.

The "exploration-class" has a reinforced platoon organization. The main task of these infantrymen is to board captured enemy ships in naval battles to take control, or to perform small-scale landing missions on coasts, islands and other environments. If in later generations

Judging from the service classification, these infantrymen can barely be classified into the ranks of the "Marine Corps" - this is also one of Wang Tom's ideas for the navy's service structure.

Soon the sailors threw out the iron hooks tied with cables, hooked the side of the enemy ship, and then slowly closed the distance between the two ships. When the distance was close enough, the sailors spread the wooden planks with fixing devices on the back.

On the sides of the two ships, a passage was formed directly to the other side's deck. Although the width of this passage was only two feet, and it was constantly bumping and undulating under the action of the waves, the specially trained infantrymen were already one after another.

One by one, they quickly stepped on the planks and jumped onto the deck of the enemy ship.

The deck was full of shipboards shattered by shells, and a few obvious pools of blood showed that someone had been injured in the previous shelling, but the empty deck showed that most of the injured had returned to the cabin and hid—

-This means that the other party has not really given up resistance completely.

To deal with this situation, the navy has already made corresponding plans. It will no longer be injured by enemies hiding in the cabin due to lack of preparedness like it used to catch pirates near Wanshan Port. Two squads of militiamen quickly went on the deck.

A firing formation was set up, and two rounds of shooting were aimed at the closed hatches. The two wooden hatches were immediately riddled with holes. Then the officer ordered bayonets to be fixed, and two strong soldiers carried special

The door-ramming stake came forward, and the 100-kilogram iron pile hit it, knocking open the split hatch. The militiamen with rifles swarmed in, and when they saw the guy trying to resist, they

Just stab it with a bayonet.

The weak resistance in the cabin was quickly suppressed by the armed militiamen. Under the command of the militiamen, the surviving prisoners carried the corpses in the cabin to the deck one by one. When it was previously shelled, the crew of the ship

Two people were killed on the spot, and several others were injured. Afterwards, they hid in the main cabin and were shot by muskets from outside and injured several people. Then the militiamen rushed in and stabbed a few more. The final result was that there were twenty-seven people on the ship.

Ten people died and six others were injured in varying degrees of severity. Only eleven people survived intact.

Like the previous captured South Vietnamese merchant ships, the militiamen also found seven boxes totaling more than 13,000 taels of silver on this ship, as well as a slightly smaller box containing more than 40 two-finger-wide silver bars.

Refers to thick gold bars. However, the militiamen soon discovered something unusual - several of the prisoners were dressed in obviously higher-end clothing and did not look like ordinary sailors.

The militiamen who boarded the ship quickly fed back this information to their own warships. Qiao Zhiya really wanted to go over and interrogate these prisoners in person, but seeing Xie Li staring at him, he had to give up this unrealistic idea for the time being and return to the ship to report the news.

The militiamen asked: "Can the ship still be taken away?"

"The stern rudder has been broken into pieces by our cannonballs, and the lower cabin is also seriously flooded. If we want to take the ship away, it will probably take one or two days to repair it."

"Then transfer the supplies and prisoners to our ship as soon as possible, and scuttle the ship during the evacuation." Qiao Zhiya did not hesitate and immediately issued the order. Although there was no need to worry about encountering any opponents in this sea area, for the sake of

It's really not worthwhile to waste a day or two on such a broken ship, and Qiao Zhiya doesn't have the patience to wait any longer. Of course, the most important thing is that Qiao Zhiya wants to try these prisoners as soon as possible, and the other party's behavior is really suspicious.

The militiamen and sailors spent an hour clearing the enemy ship, transferring the materials and personnel on the ship, and then dug through the bottom of the ship and released water to let it sink slowly. The corpses of the crew members and the three seriously injured people on the ship became

The ship's grave goods. After completing these tasks, the two Haihan warships slowly turned around and headed south back to their base.

"Those who want to live should honestly explain the situation." Qiao Zhiya stared at the prisoners on the deck with their hands tied behind their backs and knelt together, and threatened with a stern face: "Anyone who wants to play tricks on me, I guarantee that he will

You won’t see what it looks like when the sun sets today!”

After Qiao Zhiya's eyes scanned the prisoner, he picked the target: "Bring this guy to the front!"

Two militiamen stepped forward and pulled a young man up and dragged him to Qiao Zhiya. As soon as the militiamen let go, the young man collapsed in front of Qiao Zhiya.

"If I'm not mistaken, the fabric you are wearing should be damask from Yongfeng Cloth Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou. This is not a fabric that ordinary sailors can afford!" Qiao Zhiya squatted down and gently picked up the man with his hands.

The clothes on his body said: "Tell me, who are you? Why are you on this ship?"

It's not that Qiao Zhiya is well-informed, but that "Yongfeng Cloth Co., Ltd." happens to be the first mainland cloth merchant to cooperate with Haihan, and is also one of the shareholders of "Qiong Lianfa". This kind of damask is sold in Shengli Port

The sales were very good, and many time-travelers bought and customized one or two sets of clothes. Qiao Zhiya had a set of pajamas made of the same fabric in his wardrobe.

After Qiao Zhiya finished speaking, seeing that the man didn't react at all, he slapped his forehead and said: "You must not understand what I said, so someone, come and translate it!"

At that moment, a soldier from Annan came forward and translated these words into Annan's spoken language. After hearing this, the man's face changed, but he did not answer. When Qiao Zhiya saw this, he said: "Ask other people if they are willing to stand up and testify."

Anyone with his status can survive."

Sure enough, several prisoners were ready to take action after hearing about this condition, but they seemed to be afraid, and no one stepped forward to pick a fight. Qiao Zhiya was not a soft-hearted person. When he saw that good talk didn't work, he immediately issued a new order:

"Tell them that if they don't tell them, they will be thrown into the sea one by one!"

Qiao Zhiya waited for his men to finish translating, then pointed at a wounded person and said: "Throw one down first!"

This unlucky guy only injured his arm, so he could follow the others out of the scuttled sailboat when he was transferred, and did not become a burial object. However, he did not expect that even after arriving on this ship, he could not end his misfortune.

Qiao Zhiya used him as a tool to scare the monkeys. Several militiamen came up and lifted the guy up to the side of the ship. They shouted and threw him out with all their strength. Only the man could be heard.

He yelled in the air, and then fell into the sea with a plop. His hands were tied behind his back, and there were external injuries on his body. If he fell into the sea like this, he would definitely die.

Qiao Zhiya didn't say anything, and just stared at the frightened prisoners quietly. After waiting for a full minute, Qiao Zhiya pointed to the next one and said, "Throw it on!"

The man he pointed at immediately shouted, and the militiaman in charge of the translation immediately reported: "Report to Captain Qiao, he said he is willing to recruit!"

"If you don't eat the toast, you'll have to drink it as a penalty!" Qiao Zhiya couldn't help but proudly showed off a slang he had just learned.

The lucky man who rescued a life from the gate of hell was like pouring beans through a bamboo tube, explaining everything Qiao Zhiya wanted to know. The young man who Qiao Zhiya saw the clues was indeed not an ordinary person. He was the one who actually controlled the political power in South Vietnam.

Ruan Zhu, the fifth son of the powerful minister Ruan Tong. And Ruan Zhu's mission when he sailed out to sea this time was to go south to Batavia and ask for help from the local Dutch. In other words, he was prepared to spend money to hire the Dutch.

Intervened in the Annan Civil War.

After experiencing several battles, South Vietnam has fully realized the gap in combat effectiveness between its own army and Hai Han's militia. At this time, South Vietnam's main foreign aid, the Portuguese, gave up under pressure from Hai Han and not only withdrew

All mercenaries and military advisers, and even the arms trade have been completely terminated. South Vietnam gained a little breathing time from Haihan through peace talks in the second half of last year. However, the rulers also knew that this temporary peace would not

How important would it be to the prospects of South Vietnam? If we want to continue to maintain our rule, we can only try to get the Haihan people to completely withdraw from Annam.

Relying on your own strength alone will definitely not be able to achieve such an effect. The South Vietnamese rulers know this very well. Apart from the Portuguese who have betrayed, what other forces in this region can compete with Hai Han?

?There are not many possible answers. One is the Ming Dynasty in the north, and the other is the Dutch in the south.

It is definitely not practical to choose the Ming Dynasty. First of all, the Haihan people are now claiming to be the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they have a very good reputation in Guangdong and Guangxi. Both the government and the people have a good impression of Haihan's existence. If an envoy is sent

Going to Ming Dynasty officials for help, not to mention the results are worrisome, if not careful, it may have the opposite effect, and instead give the Haihan people more sense of existence.

Comparing the two, the South Vietnamese court decided to send an envoy to seek help from the Dutch in the south, and Nguyen Chu was the one who took on this task.
Chapter completed!