Section 40 The Fishermen and Pirates of the Beibu Gulf
Chapter 40: Fishermen and Pirates in the Gulf of Tonkin
Soon, Bekai also saw what was happening on the sea: a large towing fishing boat was escaping on the sea. Several ships were chasing after it, firing lit rockets from time to time, and making wild shouts and shouts from time to time.
There was the sound of gongs and drums. The sail of the towing fishing boat in front had been partially burned, and one of the masts had fallen down. Someone was rocking the oar desperately.
"This is robbing fishing boats." Zhang Dascara said, "It's okay! These are local people who are half fishermen and half bandits! They don't even have cannons. They can't hinder our affairs."
Yan Maoda also went up to the stern to watch the fun - he was holding a telescope. At this time, the escaping ship probably saw them, turned its bow and rushed towards them, and its mast suddenly raised.
flag.
Before Zhang Dasca could open his mouth, Yan Maoda suddenly shouted:
"Bekai! Look at the flag on the fishing boat!"
Bekai quickly took the telescope, and sure enough, what was raised on the mast of the towing boat was a triangular fishing flag - this is the sailing flag issued by the Navy to fishing boats registered in Lingao. In the past, this flag was only effective near Lingao
, has now expanded to the entire Qiongzhou Strait. Fishing boats without fishing flags are the targets of deportation and arrest by the Coast Guard.
"That's right!" Bekai became nervous, "You must have seen the Lingao flag hanging on our mast..."
At present, Lingao has not designed a merchant ship flag, so the merchant ships of the *** Shipping Company also fly the Lingao naval flag.
"It's just the right time!" Zhang Dascara was born as a pirate, and the scene of fighting and killing was already tempting to him, and now he has such a good ship - the so-called armed with sharp weapons and the desire to kill. He is quite eager to try it.
mean.
However, he still remembered that his mission was to escort the leaders to Hongji, so he glanced at Yan Maoda.
"Chief, look--"
"Save, of course we must save!" Yan Maoda said righteously, "This ship has paid taxes to us, so it must be protected."
"Okay!" Zhang Dascara was gearing up. He didn't understand the reasoning, but he knew it was time to start fighting, so he immediately shouted loudly, "Everyone is ready to fight!"
The sailors were armed with live ammunition and occupied the commanding heights on the side of the ship and on the stern, alerting the fishing boats that were quickly escaping towards them. Although they decided to rescue each other, they did not rule out the possibility of a cruel trick. Pirates in the South China Sea often use disguises to pretend to be in distress.
This is a way to trick ships that are larger in speed and tonnage than theirs into taking off their guard, and then launch a sudden attack when the two ships are close to each other.
The fishing boat did not approach directly, but fled to the side of Zhennan. Zhang Dasra howled loudly: "Left rudder 15", and the Zhennan's hull began to slowly turn around, aiming the side of the ship towards the pursuer.
Coming ships.
Several small boats that were chasing saw Cheng Yaojin coming out of the way. There was a large ship between them and the prey. The speed of the ship suddenly slowed down. It seemed that the pirates did not expect that the big ship would suddenly interfere.
After a few minutes of delay, several small boats immediately dispersed, seemingly preparing to attack the big ship from multiple directions.
"Fire!" Zhang Dasra gave the order, and the typewriter suddenly made a huge noise, and the poop was filled with smoke. Sharp tongues of fire spewed out from the square directional frame, and the sharp roar of the typewriter overwhelmed all the sounds. The pirate ship was filled with sawdust.
Flesh and blood splattered everywhere.
"Load the bullet!" the machine gunner shouted. A hot bullet was pulled out and dropped into a basket filled with sand. The two sailors quickly lifted the second bullet and inserted it into the gun base, helping the machine gunner.
Push and lock - this behemoth weighs a lot.
The muzzle of the typewriter mounted on the universal joint bracket turned, and a second pirate ship dumped bullets. In the first actual combat, the machine gunner could not control the shooting rhythm. Each time, he dumped all the bullets on one ship before stopping.
.It wasn’t until all eight bullet trays were empty that everything returned to silence, and white smoke was rising from the heated barrel.
The four pirate boats chasing the fishing boats collapsed on the sea without any movement. Zhang Dascara looked carefully at the quiet pirate ships, and the sailors around him were also looking around - it was their first time to use typewriters to fight, and no one knew what was going on.
What exactly is going on? Should we continue to attack?
Zhang Dascara looked at Yan Maoda. Yan Maoda looked at the ship on the opposite side with a telescope and ordered: "Organize a gang jumper! The enemy is finished."
Seeing the big ship approaching, people on the small boat began to jump into the sea.
"Don't let anyone go!" Yan Maoda ordered.
The sailors immediately began a precision shooting competition, shooting at the people swimming in the sea, killing them one by one until there were no heads left on the sea.
The Zhennan carefully approached one of the pirate ships. These ships were all very small. The largest one only weighed fifty or sixty tons. From a high position, you could see that the deck of the pirate ship was a mess of flesh and blood. There were mutilated parts everywhere.
The torso, hands and feet and fragments of flesh and blood corpses. The gang jumped onto the enemy ship and searched around, only catching a few stunned prisoners below the deck. There were simply no prisoners on the two smaller sampans.
Finally, five prisoners were collected, and they were all slumped on the deck shivering. Judging from their appearance, they were all wearing black trousers and jackets commonly worn by fishermen in this area. They were in rags and had dark faces. It was really strange to see them.
Nothing famous.
Zhang Dascara ordered the sailors to throw the corpses on the pirate ship into the sea and wash the bloody deck with water. A sampan was seriously damaged in the strafing and was simply scuttled. There was nothing worth mentioning except the ship.
The loot they brought was only a dozen baskets of fish and shrimp. The weapons were mainly low-quality cold weapons, not even the matchlock guns that are quite common in Southeast Asia. This confirmed Zhang Dascara's statement that this was probably a group of half fishermen and half bandits.
Amateur pirates, they may just rob at sea because of temporary wealth.
"What to do with these prisoners?"
"Keep them. Wash them well and take them below the deck." Yan Maoda thought that these people could serve as the first batch of miners.
As he was talking, the towing fishing boat came closer.
"Where are you from? What happened?" Zhang Dascara leaned out and asked loudly.
"Chief——" The people on the towing boat made it clear that they had obviously been to Lingao.
"I'm not the chief, just call me Lao Zhang!"
"The villain is a fisherman from Haikang! He came to this area to fish! I didn't expect to meet this group of pirates." The voice on the boat said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, you are so kind and kind..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhang Dascara was not interested in this, "If you hadn't been flying the flag of Lingao, I wouldn't have bothered to save you!"
"Yes Yes……"
Zhang Dascula waved his hand: "Bring out the sign!" Boat owners who come to Lingao to apply for a fishing license will not only receive a sailing flag, but also a special hardwood sign with a special number and anti-counterfeiting pattern as a reference for inspection.
For time checking purposes.
The brand was sent on the ship - Yan Maoda took a look and realized that yes, this brand was specially processed in a wood processing factory, and the anti-counterfeiting marks and digital fonts on it were not something that indigenous craftsmen could copy at will. Please note at the moment
Zhang Dascara copied the number. After returning to Lingao, he wrote a report and submitted it to the Coast Guard for record.
"Let them go. Why don't they come here to fish in groups?" Yan Maoda said, "The security in this area is very poor!"
"Master, they are alone this time," Zhang Dascara said with a smile, "If there are many people, there is no guarantee who will rob whom."
"That's right." Yan Maoda nodded. Everything in the South China Sea was chaotic and disorderly. "But since they paid taxes to us and flew our flag, we should stand up for them. We can't just accept money and ignore it."
People live or die."
"The chief is right." Zhang Dasc nodded in agreement. In his opinion, as long as I have the strength, I can collect money. As for whether I have to protect the safety of others after collecting money, he has never thought about it - he can
There is no such concept as "serving taxpayers". Zhang Dascara can't quite understand the thinking mode of the chiefs. He only knows one thing: the chiefs are smarter than him. He feels that knowing this is enough.
Yan Maoda got a new idea from this matter. Since fishermen from Hainan Island and western Guangdong often fish in the Beibu Gulf in addition to fishing in the Qiongzhou Strait - this source of wealth should not be given up. In the 21st century
The Beibu Gulf is also a good fishing ground. Fishing is now the main source of protein for the Crossing Group. In addition to the fishing fleet directly controlled by the navy, the fishery May Day tax collected from fishermen is also an important source of catches.
At present, the scope of fishery May Day tax is only limited to the Qiongzhou Strait. If the system of collecting fishery May Day tax is expanded to the entire Beibu Gulf, the benefits obtained from fishery will be ten times or a hundred times. We can also organize fishery production cooperatives and organize Lingao
Not only can large-scale fishing boats form a group to fish in the Beibu Gulf, but the navy can also organize escorts - it doesn't even matter if they don't organize escorts. They can teach some of the tactics and tactics of fishermen from the old time and space without beating the monkeys until they bleed.
There are no large groups of pirates in the Beibu Gulf, and it is basically a blank. It is relatively easy for the navy to reach in - if necessary, the organized fishermen can also be a auxiliary force. For the crossing regime that urgently needs Vietnam's rice, timber and coal, the north
Sea control in the Gulf must be controlled.
Yan Maoda was fascinated by his thoughts - this proposal must be submitted to the Executive Committee.
"Chief——" Zhang Dascara saw that he was lost in thought and reminded him.
"Huh? What's the matter?"
"What to do with those ships?" After the pirates were wiped out, two sampans and a fishing boat were left behind.
"Take it with you, we need a boat when we get to Hongji." Someone and a boat came to my door without logging in. It was a good start.
Zhang Dascara immediately asked a few sailors to drive the fishing boat, and the sampan was pulled directly behind the big boat.