When Yin Feng's fleet arrived at the mouth of Penghu Bay, Li Kuiqi and his son from the Feihu pirate ship were taken aboard the Feilong battleship. Lu Shitou was waiting for them to board the ship.
When Li San saw him, he quickly raised his hands and said, "Boss Lu, nice to meet you!"
Lu Shitou said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense and tell me what's going on. Why would someone disobey orders and go to war with the red-haired barbarians? Aren't you embarrassing me?"
Li San quickly said: "It was Yuan Ba and the others who did it..."
"Captain Yin already knows. Captain Yin's men have rescued Yuan Jin at the exit of the bay. Come on, I'll show you Dadong Yin's family." Lu Shitou shook his head and led the way.
Yuan Jin is a good swimmer who is said to be able to swim in the sea for a whole day without any problems. This time, after the Dutchman caused the boat to sink and everyone died, he spent half a day swimming out of the bay alone. He was killed by a man who had just arrived at Yin Feng
Most of the men and horses rescued him. However, his partner Li Zhong rushed to rescue him, but his boat was sunk by Dutch cannon and disappeared.
Yin Feng walked back and forth in front of Yuan Jin very annoyed.
Yuan Jin knelt on the deck, bowed his head and shed tears, crying bitterly: "Captain Yin, the boss, please let me take people to charge again! Brother Li Zhong died unjustly! I was the one who dragged him down, let me
Revenge him!"
Yin Feng restrained his urge to beat Yuan Jin: recently he found that his temper had increased sharply and he seemed to lose his temper easily. He picked up Yuan Jin. Yin Feng's tall figure and the physical strength formed by years of judo training made the small man's body more powerful.
Yuan Jin was unable to resist at all and was easily dragged to the side of the ship. Yin Feng pointed to the direction of Penghu Bay and said: "Because of your impulsiveness and your disobedience to orders, more than 50 brothers died in this bay, and you still want to drag them
Are more brothers going to die?"
Yin Feng let go of his hand, and Yuan Jin plopped down on the deck again, crying on the ground.
Lu Shitou happened to see this scene with the Li family and his son. The Li family and his son looked at each other for a moment. Li Kuiqi stuck out his tongue and hid behind his father.
Yin Feng saw Lu Shitou and said angrily: "Brother Lu, I have always emphasized military discipline! Yuan Jin was the first to join the Jinghai Gang, how could he be so lawless and openly violate my orders? Brother Lu, you
How did you bring your subordinates?"
These words were so serious that the faces of several former pirate gang brothers nearby changed color, fearing that Lu Shitou, who had always been unruly, would face difficulties.
To everyone's expectation, Lu Shitou lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "Brother Yin is right, I don't know how to manage people, and I don't know how to manage so many people."
Yin Feng was also a little surprised: "Brother Lu, I am just discussing the matter, I have no other intentions."
Lu Shitou chuckled: "Brother Yin, there's no need to worry. I'm not complaining about what you said, I'm telling the truth. I was originally Master Zeng's second-in-command. I can kill and kill. I just use my brain.
I have to lead so many brothers during the war, and I really can't do anything about it. In this case, Brother Yin, you will be the leader of the Jinghai Gang, and I will still serve as your second driver, contact the old brothers, and charge forward in the war. I can still do this.
arrive."
Yin Feng knew that Lu Shitou was rough on the surface but actually a sensible person. These words should have been formally proposed by him after long consideration.
As the big boss of the China United Company, Yin Feng basically controls all the armed forces owned by the company. Only the Jinghai Gang is a peripheral organization, which was convened in the name of Lu Shitou, although all participants knew that Yin Feng was actually the boss behind the scenes.
, but the actual manager is Lu Shitou.
Now, Lu Shitou's move was actually taking advantage of Yuan Jin's affairs to transfer his power to Yin Feng.
There was silence on the deck, and even Yuan Jin didn't say a word. Yin Feng looked around and saw that all the pirate brothers were looking at him eagerly, knowing that this matter must be Lu Shitou's idea. He could only frown and said: "This matter is slow.
Let’s discuss it later. Now, let’s see how tomorrow’s naval battle is fought.”
"Report! Mai Xiaoliu from the battle fleet is here!"
At this time, a sailor rushed over to report.
Mai Xiaoliu hurriedly walked up to Yin Feng, bowed his hands and saluted: "Shipmaster, Mai Xiaoliu has fulfilled his mission, we guarded the Mazu Palace camp."
"Great!" Yin Feng was very happy and turned back to Lu Shitou and said: "Brother Lu, take Yuan Jin to the bottom cabin first and enforce military law; first put him in confinement for 10 days!"
When Yin Feng transferred to the Feilong, the number of ships in his fleet had expanded to a frightening level: including more than 50 ships from the battle fleet he brought, plus the pirate ships from the Jinghai Gang that came one after another,
The total number of various boats brought by fishermen, boat people, and small businessmen from all over the country has exceeded 300, of which two-thirds are directly owned by Yin Feng's China United Company.
On the original historical level, Shen Yourong led more than 50 sailboats to surround the Dutch and deceived the Dutch with his words. This alone has become famous throughout the ages. Yin Feng thought to himself that if he defeated the Dutch this time, he would definitely
It will last forever.
At this time, in the cabin at the rear of the Feilong, Yin Feng and his main subordinates were present: Battle Fleet Commander Lu Shitou, Deputy Commander Mai Dahai, Feilong Captain Ye Hua, as well as foreign friends, Battle Fleet Advisor and Staff Officer Xiao Barei
Captain Tuo; the infantry commander is concurrently served by Yin Feng himself. Also present are the commanders of the two infantry sentries on this expedition; the first sentry commander Mai De, the second sentry commander Zheng Dewen, and the chief instructor of the escort, Colonel Xi Kutre
, Chen Zhongji, Yan Siqi of Yin Feng's personal guard - this guy voluntarily joined Yin Feng's staff. He was afraid that his bold personality would cause trouble, so he stayed under Yin Feng's nose for the time being.
These people were all listening to Mai Xiaoliu's story about the guards stationed in Penghu guarding the commercial building.
Just as the battleship Orange was entangled with the ship of Yuan Jin and others, the Dutch auxiliary ship had already brought 100 red-haired barbarian soldiers ashore. They also brought two small cannons ashore.
There are nearly 3 miles of beach along the coast of Mazu Palace, which is barely within the range of naval guns. However, now that the Orange has no time to support the infantry, the Dutch sailors decided to use a rapid assault method as soon as they landed ashore to seize Mazu Palace in one fell swoop.
They were arranged in three irregular rows. After resting on the beach for a while, they launched an attack.
Lin Xiao, Mai Xiaoliu and others were already ready to face the enemy.
When the unsuspecting Dutch sailors approached Mazu Palace, everything inside and outside the Zhonghua Company camp was quiet, as if the people inside had abandoned the camp and left.
When he was only 50 steps away from the wooden fence wall of the camp, Lin Xiao fired the first shot at the top of the wall, and then 50 Chinese United Company sailors continued to fire musket bullets behind the wooden fence.
The Dutch sailors were caught off guard and had no idea that the opponent's firepower would be so ferocious. Their idea was to seize the well-built camp with one attack and easily take it for themselves.
Since the gentle slope of the beach in front of Mazu Palace had almost no terrain for concealment, the Dutch column was shattered by the continuous rain of bullets and ran towards the beach landing site in a chaotic manner. Lin Xiao obeyed Yin Feng's order and did not go out to pursue.
Admiral Wei Malang had just ordered the Orange to be moved back to the beach when he learned the news of the failure of the attack from the messenger. Admiral Wei Malang, who was usually calm and composed, was furious and ordered the sailors to launch another attack.
The battleship Orange also bombarded the Mazu Palace area with its artillery.
Lin Xiao, Mai Xiaoliu and others had already prepared a large amount of wood and thatch, mixed it with soil and piled it in front of the wooden fence wall to form an anti-gun layer nearly one and a half meters thick. Local fishermen also helped transport it.
A lot of sand on the beach was piled on more than a dozen wheelbarrows (which Yin Feng asked the logistics team to transport to Penghu) and placed in front of the camp. In this way, when the Dutch cannons hit the sand and wood,
A large part of the power was removed, and in the end it was basically impossible to form a ricochet, and it was unable to penetrate the wooden wall when it hit the wooden fence.
This is the defensive facility that Yin Feng had prepared in advance for Lin Xiao and others after learning from the methods used by the Ming army to deal with Dutch artillery. In the original historical time and space, the Dutch came to Penghu for the second time, and the Ming Dynasty army spent more than half a year.
The siege was unable to withstand the Dutch firearms; in the end, the Ming army came up with a solution, which was to rely on thick wooden walls wrapped in mud to block enemy artillery shells, and the soldiers behind pushed them forward, thus encircling the Dutch army bit by bit.
Now Yin Feng uses this kind of indigenous horse-mounted facility for defense, and it is also very effective. This time when the Dutch lined up neatly and came 60 steps away from the wooden fence, the Chinese sailors behind the wooden fence all stood up and used it again
Continuous firepower output strafed the ranks of Dutch sailors.
The Dutch, who were on the uncovered terrain, suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat to the landing site under Wei Malang's eyes. At this time, Wei Malang did not dare to underestimate the enemy anymore, ordered the bombardment to stop, and asked the sailors to go ashore immediately.
Reinforce your comrades on the island.
Mai Xiaoliu talked about the battle and finally said proudly: "According to our statistics, we killed 20 Dutch people and injured countless others. Only one of our brothers was unlucky to be hit by a cannonball.
His right leg was broken, and three others suffered gunshot wounds."
Yin Feng kept patting Xiaoliuzai on the shoulder: "You did a good job. Guang Guang was also very calm this time and did not rush out to chase." He looked at the people around him and said slowly: "This time we fought against the Dutch.
, finally made a good start on the island. The problem now is how to drive them into the sea!"
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Wei Malang frowned and called Li Jin over and asked him: "Are the troops fighting us on the island today the troops of your empire?"
Li Jin shook his head: "Absolutely not. I have had contact with the imperial army. They do not have so many muskets, and their combat effectiveness will not be so strong; the cannons that can face our battleships can still hold the camp and not retreat."
Wei Malang nodded: "I observed the battlefield situation. Their tactics of using muskets are basically consistent with the popular fighting methods in Europe. Therefore, this unit should have been trained by our Europeans.
"
Li Jin opened his eyes wide and asked in surprise: "What country are they from?"