Could it be that there is internal strife in the gang? Zheng Bao is most afraid of internal strife. His subordinates have just been put together in the past few months, and they can only be regarded as simple partners. He is only chosen because of his strength.
He is the big shopkeeper. It's hard to say what happened below and there was a conflict between them.
The cronies who were outside rushed in: "Big shopkeeper! Outside! Outside..." His face was full of horror and he was speechless at all.
"Damn it!" Zheng Bao cursed. Knowing that the matter was serious, he quickly hung up his sword and ran out surrounded by his cronies.
Zheng Bao saw the most terrifying sight in his life: streaks of fire dragging black smoke intertwined in the sky, falling towards Dongyongkou like meteors.
The ships in the harbor and the houses on the shore were burning blazingly. The black fires flying in the sky made terrible screams and fell from time to time. Flames and explosions enveloped the entire Dongchong port.
Zheng Bao thought for a moment that he was dreaming and stood still in a daze.
"Big shopkeeper, what should we do now?" Zuo Zuo asked anxiously.
Zheng Bao was startled, then suddenly realized: "Hurry! Get on the boat!" He waved his hand and took the lead and ran towards the dock at Dongyongkou.
Zheng Bao was in the business of killing people and setting fires, and sometimes he thought about things like "hell". He didn't expect that he would see hell when he was alive - the road to Tung Chung Pier was littered with charred corpses and collapsed buildings.
Destroyed houses. Twisted black iron shells can be seen scattered everywhere. Not a single house is burning, and even the trestle is on fire. Everywhere you look, there are burning ships on the water in the harbor, and some have half sunk.
Above the head, rockets made terrifying screams from time to time, falling violently towards the ground. Every time a rocket hit the ground, Zheng Bao trembled. Some people simply fell to the ground, crawling on their hands and feet, as if they could get away from these terrible things.
The god of death in the air is further away.
The group of people finally rushed to the beach. The trestle had been burned to pieces. The ships in Tung Chung Port that were not on fire were pulling anchors and sailing towards the exit. His cronies surrounded him and found a small boat.
He was put on the boat with all his might.
"Quick, pull up the anchor and raise the sail. Hang out my flag!" As soon as Zheng Bao boarded the ship, he didn't bother to clean up his embarrassed image, and issued orders repeatedly. The situation was chaotic at this time, and everyone just had to run for their lives.
In his mind, if he didn't quickly sail the boat to the outside to reveal his identity and stabilize people's hearts, his "big gang" would be dispersed in an instant.
Looking through Shi Zhiqi's telescope, the effect of rocket bombardment on the port was very effective. The burning ships in the bay constituted the best demonstration of this tactic. Through the thick smoke, he could see many ships racing to escape out of the mouth. There were
The ship was on fire, and the pirates were fighting the fire and fleeing.
"Report to the Commander: Most of the enemy's ships have begun to flee to the open sea." Shi Zhiqi said with great satisfaction, "The pirates have collapsed in Dongchong Pass."
The female communications soldier standing next to him quickly recorded his orders, and then ran to the walkie-talkie operator - actually a walkie-talkie.
Shi Zhiqi ordered: "Launch 100 more rockets!" The rockets that were moved up the mountain could not be carried any longer, so they might as well light up all of them.
The bombardment of 400 rockets turned Tung Chung Kou into a hell of fire and smoke. In comparison, the effect of the shells fired by several 12-pounder howitzers was negligible.
The fleet led by Chen Haiyang stood ready outside Tung Chung Port. Each spy boat aimed its broadside at the mouth of Tung Chung Bay. The gun ports on the ship were fully opened. When sporadic pirate ships escaped from Tung Chung Port,
What greeted them was a burst of intensive artillery fire. No ship could escape the terrifying power of more than a dozen spy boats firing at the same time. Often after the smoke of the intensive artillery fire dissipated, only the toppled masts and broken ships were left on the pirate ships.
The dead bodies were strewn across the boards and decks - many of them had no heads or limbs, and some simply had only bloody human body parts left.
The expected naval battle did not happen at all, only the spy boats fired guns and adjusted their course in an orderly manner. The sailors were already very experienced, and they used a combination of Chinese and Western ship maneuvering techniques: using sails and oars to control the navigation of the ship. After
The gunners trained by naval gunnery officers used simple wooden rangefinders to measure distances and angles, observed sea currents and wind speeds, and then quickly calculated the firing angle of the artillery on the slide rule. The gunners were on the smoke-filled deck.
He adjusted the angle with the gun cabin, and then fired the cannon at the same time according to the command. A fierce broadside salvo could make a pirate ship lose its combat effectiveness with just one hit.
Outside the Dongchong entrance, there are already pirate ships with downturned masts, raging fire, and dead bodies lying adrift on the sea. The situation is comparable to the tragic situation inside the bay.
Wang You and the dozen or so boats he pulled escaped from the bay in chaos and embarrassment - he secretly complained that the Australians started attacking without even saying hello, leaving him a narrow escape. But he knew that this was not the time to complain.
, he ordered people to hang the white flag and flag that had been secretly agreed with Shi Shishi and others on the top of the mast. Sure enough, the Australian warships would not fire if they saw a ship with a coded signal. Wang You's dozen or so ships were safe.
They arrived at the open sea without incident, and were then disarmed one by one by the secret service boats that had been waiting for them.
The surrendered pirates did not complain at all. They disarmed each one obediently and sailed to Hong Kong Island under the supervision of the sailors. 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 from the bay, and he managed to gather seven or eight boats. He could hear from the sound of cannons outside that there were Australian warships intercepting them, but he had no other choice but to rush out.
All the way. Dongyongkou is an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain. For the fleet suppressed by artillery fire from the surrounding highlands, there is only a dead end.
The moment the thick smoke dissipated, he had already seen the Australian-Song fleet outside the bay under the sun - this was the first time he had seen them. The neat columns, the fluttering flags, the cannons flashing green light...
A strong sense of inferiority came over him. A few days ago, he actually wanted to compete with the Australians.
Overestimating one's own capabilities. This thought just flashed through his mind. Several spy boats fired at him at the same time. One row of shells swept across the deck of Zheng Bao's ship, and a shell passed by Zheng Bao, tearing him apart.
Became two halves.
Zheng Bao's death did not cause much reaction on the battlefield. It did not even attract the attention of others. In fact, before his ship was sunk, the entire pirate fleet had already disintegrated. Every ship and everyone was thinking about it.
He was just running for his life. Just like this, one ship after another hit the muzzle of Chen Haiyang's gun.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Haiyang ordered to stop shooting and allowed a small number of ships to escape - they would be the voluntary propagandists for the military power of the Australian and Song Dynasties. The entire sea outside Dongchongkou was in a mess, with burning ships everywhere, some
There was no fire on the ship, but the broken hull was drifting with the current, lifeless. The sea was full of sporadic pirates jumping into the sea to escape. Those ships that were quick to see the opportunity lowered their sails and flags to express their surrender.
The navy commanded by Shi Zhiqi and a temporary marine force composed of sailors rushed down from the mountains around Tung Chung and occupied the villages and docks where pirates were entrenched by the bay. They captured hundreds of pirates who had not had time to escape on board the ship, and also captured
There were many abandoned sampans and long queues, as well as several large ships. The marines completely occupied Tung Chung Port without encountering any resistance.
Shi Zhiqi led the guards, orderlies and communications troops into the still-burning Dongyong Pass. He stood next to the burning trestle at Dongyong Pass, with the navy's flag flying behind him.
Shi Zhiqi lit a pipe - in fact, he never smoked a pipe. Huang Zhao raised the camera and clicked seven or eight photos from different angles: Shi Zhiqi smoking leisurely in the sun and observing the battlefield; background
It is Shi Zhiqi of the burning ship; behind him is Shi Zhiqi of the navy who just occupied the trestle and captured Tung Chung...
"Now you are satisfied, everything is a glorious image."
"It's a pity that Lingao Times is very harsh when publishing photos." Shi Zhiqi coughed a few times, emptied his pipe and asked the orderly to put it away.
The overboard pirates who failed to board the ship or returned from the sea were captured in large numbers. Groups of captives tied into strings staggered to the beach, waiting for ships to be transported to Hong Kong Island - they would be purified locally.
The camp was "renovated" and used as a much-needed labor force.
After five o'clock in the afternoon, all the battles on land and sea were over. The total losses of the navy were only 17 wounded - all minor injuries. However, the consumption of ammunition was very huge. The Hale rockets originally planned to be used in the Battle of Pearl River were almost exhausted.
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But the number of prisoners captured alone exceeded 2,000. The ships that were towed back from the sea and captured in the bay were 24 large ships that were intact or could be easily repaired and put into use. There was a long queue of sampans that were very useful in inland waters.
Most of them were burned, but more than 50 intact and repairable ships were left.
Even those ships that could not be repaired, as long as they were not sunk and burned, were all towed back. Chen Haiyang planned to use them to recycle ship materials. Even the useless parts could be used as fuel. The marines collected them from the Zheng Baolao camp in the village.
A large amount of materials and money. It can be regarded as 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 destroyed. Chen Haiyang ordered all the remaining villagers to be taken away and sent to Hong Kong Island for resettlement. As for the other villages, no treatment will be done for the time being. Lantau Island
This place was not suitable as a military base. After conducting necessary sweeps, Chen Haiyang ordered the entire army to withdraw to Hong Kong Island.