The Yuanhaitian's circumnavigation of the island caused great panic among the military and civilians of South Australia. As the beacons sounded and black smoke rose, beacons across the island were lit one after another. Then, the beacons on nearby islands and even near the mouth of the Han River were lit.
The beacons on the coast also burned with black smoke.
Guard posts and fortresses everywhere closed their city gates, and soldiers and village warriors climbed up the city walls in full gear, watching in fear as the alarm for the incoming bandits from the sea was sounded.
Regarding the Kun thieves who suddenly emerged in Guangdong recently, the common people, whether officers, soldiers or gentry, have a strange fear. Ever since the news that the Guangdong official army was defeated in Qiongzhou and almost the entire army was wiped out has spread intermittently, the terror of the Kun thieves has increased.
Far away are the pirates who have caused a lot of trouble in the past ten years. And their deeds fighting in the Pearl River Estuary have also been exaggerated to be very terrifying.
Now, an Australian ship flying the flag of a bandit appeared unexpectedly, and one can imagine the psychological shock.
Although there was only one incoming ship, even though the incoming ship was less than 200 tons, all the surrounding cities and villages were fully prepared for defense.
However, no official warship came out to fight or intercept. Chen Ting knew the power of the Kun pirate navy. Tang Yunwen's second defeat at Haikou in Qiongzhou and Xu Tingfa's disastrous defeat on the Pearl River. Chen Ting understood clearly that he
Not willing to take this risk.
After He Rubin was defeated in Qiongzhou, although the Guangdong official circles tried their best to cover him up, he was still held accountable by the court, dismissed from his official position, lost his military power and salary, and now lives at home, becoming a "disused general". As for other people who were involved in the battle to conquer Qiongzhou,
The generals who survived were also punished in varying degrees. Although Tang Yunwen was not severely punished, he still served as his Qiongzhou Commander-in-Chief, but people said that he could no longer leave Haikou for a city, and his military orders could not leave Haikou fortress.
Already.
Chen Ting and Liu Xiang have secretly made a non-aggression agreement... Although the two sides are very close to each other, they are at peace with each other. Recently, he got a report from Tang that Liu Laoxiang's main force has gone north to Fujian to compete with Zheng Zhilong in Nan'ao.
The situation around him was relatively quiet. Under this situation, he was even more unwilling to start a war, and there was no chance of winning.
Black smoke pillars rose far and near, making Qian Shuixie feel very excited. It felt good to be feared by others. Unfortunately, the purpose of this trip was not to Nan'ao Island, so as to destroy Chen Ting's pair of elders.
It is meaningless for the Senate. In a sense, the officers and soldiers are more moderate partners. They currently have no opposition to the Senate and their subjective initiative is not strong... they will not expend energy to become enemies of the Senate. Keep Chen
The imperial department is still an idle child in containing Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong's group.
"I don't know where Liu Xiang is hiding." Qian Shuixie was a little regretful - although he also knew that the Haitian alone would not be able to deal a fatal blow to Liu Xiang's group, deep down he still wanted to work at sea.
Let’s start a battle with the boys. So far, the Sanya detachment has not carried out any decent combat operations. The most combat operations have been to enter the Li District to launch punitive crusade against the local “unfriendly” Li Dong, which is basically a war.
Battles such as ambushes and long-range sniping. Qian Shuixie believed that the intensity of such battles was too low to train the team.
Li Ziping saw that the ships and people he passed were avoiding, and knowing that the Ming army was not prepared to fight, he immediately ordered Ren Fu to sail the ship to a bay and anchor, lower the boat, and send the special reconnaissance team and exploration team ashore for an exploration
action.
Ren Fu chose a bay in the south of Nan'ao Island... called Yandun Bay. It is about 5 to 6 kilometers away from the Ming army garrison in the north. There is a village on the bay. As soon as the Haitian ship approaches, the people in the village help
The old and the young fled one after another. Li Ziping did not care that he was not here for civil propaganda.
The operation itself was very bold, because the entire landing team was only twenty people... There were at least several thousand Ming troops and Xiang Yong who could be dispatched at any time on the island. If they were to make dumplings, they would have to rely on the power of firearms to break through.
It is very likely that there will be a few casualties, but Qian Shuixie believes that this possibility is extremely small. According to the intelligence, Chen Ting has no intention of having an armed conflict with the Australians.
"Pay attention to keep in touch. Keep the radio open." Li Ziping warned, and then said to Liu Zheng, "Old Liu, you can take the team members around the shore. Going deep into the interior is the job of the scouts..."
"I'm a veteran traveler...you can't trust my fighting ability?" Liu Zheng was dissatisfied. He was already fully armed with instruments and equipment on his back. He inserted his gwu7 into the holster under his arm and patted it, "Don't worry,
Although my men and I are not good at shooting and killing, our ability to walk, climb mountains and swim is no worse than that of the scouts. Even if we cannot be a support, we will not become a burden to the Qianshui Association."
Finally, the exploration team finally set off together. The two parties agreed that if nothing unexpected happened, they would meet at Qianjiangwan at ten o'clock the next morning. It was inconvenient for the Haitian to anchor along the coast after dark.
This expedition team of less than twenty people landed on the island... The fishing village was already deserted and there was no trace of human beings. Based on the map, Liu Zheng... believed that this was probably Aoqian. "If Zhao Yingong and the others were here, they would draw another one to sacrifice to the emperor.
That's a trick." Liu Zheng said with a smile... "The small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty also stayed here."
"Is this really happening?" 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 276, due to the invasion of Yuan troops, Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shizhong and others protected the young emperor of the Song Dynasty when they retreated through Nan'ao and once stationed in Qian'ao Village. It is said that a "Longjing" was dug here for the emperor, ministers, generals and soldiers to drink.
The three Song wells are "Tiger Well" and "Horse Well".
Sure enough, they found a well with a stone fence on the beach outside Aoqian Village. It was very close to the beach. Liu Zheng tasted the water inside and it was fresh water. It should be the legendary Song Well. They were near Aoqian Village.
The foundations of some larger buildings were also discovered, which may have been the temporary residence of the "Sea Travelers". It is said that there are gold and silver treasures left by the Southern Song Dynasty near Aoqian Village, but Liu Zheng thinks this is all nonsense
talk.
There is nothing special about Aoqian Village. The reconnaissance team quickly left here and began to move to the northeast of the island. The west of Nan'ao Island is mountainous, and it was still a forest park in the 21st century. The population and towns are mainly concentrated in the eastern part of the island.
The deputy commander-in-chief is also located in the northeast.
The reconnaissance team was active on the island for a full 24 hours, during which they visited almost the entire eastern part of the island. The defenders and village warriors of the village fortresses they passed through each closed their villages and guarded strictly, and no one went to fight. The entire Nan'ao Island showed a kind of
There was unprecedented silence, and almost all activities came to a halt.
Except for some old people, Qian Shuixie met no one else in the villages on the island. Almost everyone hid in the fort. The village warriors and soldiers were waiting day and night to monitor the wilderness, villages, towns and fields outside the wall.
Most of them have never seen what the legendary Kun Thief looks like. In most cases, even if the scouts wearing military uniforms are right under their noses, they are difficult to detect.
Nan'ao Island is located in the East Guangdong Sea, at the center of the three major ports of Kaohsiung-Xiamen-Hong Kong, and close to the main international route in the Western Pacific. The Senate has a strong interest in it, and it is not surprising that it was included in the "String of Pearls"
Yandun Bay, Changshan Bay, Zhuqidu and other places here have the conditions to build deep-water ports and build 10,000-ton wharves, making them ideal relay stations for maritime shipping.
The wind energy resources here are very rich, with the annual average wind speed reaching 854 meters per second and the effective wind speed lasting many hours. The total installed wind power capacity on the island can reach 200,000 kilowatts. In the old days, there was the first island wind farm in Asia.
Title. Although Chuanchuan is currently unable to rely on wind energy to generate electricity, wind energy is still a good candidate for utilization.
The scouts arrived near the station of the Deputy General of the Nan'ao Army. After conducting on-site mapping and photography of the camp and the harbor, Qian Shuixie believed that there were about 3,000 troops stationed here, and there were 40~ warships in the harbor and on the beach.
50 ships, equipped with forts and strong fortresses on the shore. Obviously this is the main support point for the official army's coastal defense in the entire Chaoshan area. If they are willing to actively fight, they will be a threat to future engine operations.
However, Qian Shuixie believed that they would not hinder the engine operation. The other party obviously had no fighting spirit and only wanted to protect themselves. This land reconnaissance became an excursion on Nan'ao Island. The special reconnaissance team had no chance to open weapons from beginning to end.
Insurance. Qian Shui Association found it a little difficult to understand how calm the soldiers and civilians on the island were. Of course, the special reconnaissance team did not do anything outrageous: they did not burn down the house, they did not steal chickens and ducks, and they did not molest women. This is how the officers, soldiers and village warriors were.
I watched them parade around the island and used fireworks to convey their whereabouts, but no one came out to challenge them.
After traveling according to the predetermined reconnaissance route, we arrived at Qianjiang Bay early the next day and successfully merged with the Haitian. The Haitian then conducted a reconnaissance of the bays in the Shanwei area and Chaozhou area. During this period, we met with local fishermen and half-fishermen.
There was a conflict between the bandits and the fishermen. They had relatively little information. They had never heard of how powerful the Australians were, so they became the training target of the Haitian Ship in vain.
The Haitian immediately turned to Kaohsiung. From here to Kaohsiung, the sea voyage was only 160 nautical miles. The average speed of the Haitian was about 7 knots. After 24 hours, they had arrived in the "dog-fighting" Kaohsiung waters.
Before the Ming Dynasty, Kaohsiung was still a lagoon. The so-called Madoka ethnic group, a branch of the Pingpu ethnic group, lived here. These "ethnic groups" basically belong to the Austronesian language family, and their economic and cultural levels are very low. The population is also very small. They are often attacked by Chinese pirates and Japanese pirates.