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And those sneak attackers didn't seem to have any intention of attacking immediately. Maybe they were on the opposite side, looking at this group of uninvited guests with cold eyes.
Big trouble arose for the voyage fleet.
Poleman and Chen Dong knew very clearly that it was not that the sneak attackers did not want to attack immediately, but that they were still testing them. Once the time was right, a terrible disaster would come.
The defenses are already being arranged intensively. Although they are crude and temporary, they can at least have a certain deterrent effect.
What's even more terrible is that those firearms can no longer be used in such damn weather...Kong Hua, take the brothers and go to our ship to take down all the bows and arrows!" At this critical moment, Chen Dong issued such an order.
Piles of bows and arrows were taken down, and the sailors of the Tiger Guard began to patiently teach the Dutch how to use these weapons.
Chen Dong's only hope now is to use these bows and arrows to block attacks that may come at any time, and to hold on until the weather clears up...
Unfortunately, this wish seems difficult to achieve...
On the third day, some figures began to appear from the woods. These people's skin color was dark brown, their upper bodies were naked, and their lower bodies were tied with fig leaves made of unknown materials. What was frightening was that on their faces,
The body is covered with white and strange-shaped things.
What they hold in their hands are the most primitive weapons. Spears, spears...and some people also hold a long pipe in their hands. Maybe those deadly poison darts come from these pipes.
It was squirted out of it...
They seem to be very used to such rainy days. From the telescope, you can see them dancing and chattering.
"They are about to attack." Chen Dong made his judgment very accurately.
Poleman also nodded at the same time... The sailors are all ready...
After waiting for a period of time, the natives suddenly made a terrifying and strange cry. Then they picked up the pipes and put them to their mouths...poison darts, be careful!"
In Chen Dong's cry, countless poisonous darts flew towards here... pounce, pounce, pounce, pounce... one branch stuck on the left and right of the sailors. Each of these sailors
He lay down behind his hiding place, not daring to raise his head.
With a scream, Chen Dong turned around and saw that the sailor named Ponteman was shot in the left arm.
Chen Dong's face was ashen. He rushed to Pantman's side at the risk of being hit by the poison dart, pulled out his knife and said, "Hold him down!"
Several sailors desperately held down Ponteman. Chen Dong raised the knife, gritted his teeth and dropped the knife. An even more miserable cry came out of Ponteman's mouth... One of his left arms,
It was cut off by Chen Dong... help him stop the bleeding." Chen Dong said with red eyes.
Panterman gasped: "Mr. Deputy Commander, I...I owe you a life...these damn natives! Chen Dong kept cursing in his heart...
The natives began to attack. They waved the primitive weapons in their hands, screamed in a way that no one could understand, and rushed forward in disorder.
"Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow!
Chen Dong and Bolaiman made such calls at the same time.
Countless arrows flew out. The natives who were charging slowly and aimlessly were shot down in large numbers. The rain of arrows that came one after another frightened these natives so much that they screamed in horror.
Then he turned around and ran back. After a while, he disappeared into the woods again...
This time the attack was finally repulsed!
After counting the casualties, it turned out that the losses were not very heavy. Only Ponteman lost an arm. But eight of the natives were shot dead.
But Chen Dong and Bolaiman could not relax at all. There were indeed hidden enemies, and their numbers were by no means small.
The natives seemed to have a certain understanding of the voyage fleet, so they dared to attack. However, the voyage fleet had no idea what kind of opponent it was facing.
"Sir." Kong Hua came to Chen Dong's side: "We can't continue like this."
Chen Dong said bitterly: "What else should we do? We don't know what's happening on the other side now. If it rains, our firearms won't be of use. What else can we do?"
"I want to take people to conduct reconnaissance again." Kong Hua suddenly made this suggestion: "If we can't find out their situation as soon as possible, we can only be passively beaten here."
"Reconnaissance again?" Chen Dong hesitated.
Kong Hua hurriedly said: "Sir, there don't need to be many people going this time. I am the only one who will take Zheng Jun with us on the boat. He is brave and has good kung fu. Moreover, he is a Taiwanese hunter and knows the situation in the forest better than anyone else."
Everyone must be familiar with each other, and we can still take care of each other if something happens...Chen Dong called Poleman over and told Kong Hua's idea. The two discussed for a while and felt that this was the only feasible method.
"Kong Hua, take Zheng Jun with you..." Chen Dong still seemed uneasy: "But once you find something wrong, run out immediately. Don't risk your life. You won't be able to detect it."
It doesn't matter...Hey, I understand." Kong Hua nodded.
The two men armed themselves with weapons and quietly entered the woods from another road without anyone noticing...
Danger is everywhere here, and it seems that even the air is filled with the breath of death. The two people walked very lightly, for fear of disturbing the surrounding plants and trees...Kong Hua, someone is passing by here." Zheng Jun suddenly whispered.
said.
Then he lay down on the ground, carefully observing the marks on the ground, and from time to time he put his nose to the ground, as if he was smelling something there...
The hunter's nature was brought into full play here. Following the traces left behind, the two slowly found a cave.
Zheng Jun observed it and then made a gesture to indicate that there was someone inside.
The two of them walked in quietly. The light in the cave was very dim. After walking for more than ten steps, suddenly a spear suddenly thrust out from the darkness toward Kong Hua.
Kong Hua, who was well prepared, stepped aside and grabbed the spear. Zheng Jun next to him pounced on the attacker and knocked down the attacker.
She held him down tightly and was about to punch him hard. Suddenly, with the help of weak light, she saw that although this man's face was covered with beard, he looked very much like himself.
"You... Zheng Jun just uttered the first word, and the man who was pushed down already shouted out in surprise: "Are you from the Ming Dynasty?"
"Yes, yes." Kong Hua couldn't believe that he could meet one of his own here, and hurriedly asked Zheng Jun to let him go.
As soon as the man got up, tears flowed out, and his voice became trembling: "It's been seven years, seven years, seven years, I finally met the people of Ming Dynasty...
...Kong Hua must have some weird things among them. But he didn't dare to stay here for long: "Let's go back to the camp first... My name is Zhuang Jiugong... When they returned to the camp, the crew saw that they had brought back a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, a
Everyone's eyes widened and they couldn't believe it. The man shed tears and said, "I used to be the doctor on Zheng Zhilong's ship. Have you heard of Zheng Zhilong?"
Chen Dong and Sun Xiyu looked at each other, a little surprised that they could see Zheng Zhilong's people here.
Seeing them nodding, Zhuang Jiugong sighed: "That year, we were attacked by the big pirate Liu Xiang at sea. The fleet was broken up, and my two brothers and I drifted around on the same boat.
There is plenty of food and fresh water, but we are not sailors, and we don’t know the heading at all. We can only follow the wind and be beautiful, and I don’t know how long it will be beautiful... Anyway, I calculated, based on the speed at which we eat and drink, how long will it take to cross the sea?
After about two months... everyone listening was very surprised. I actually stayed at sea for more than two months. During this period, I didn't encounter any merchant ships or pirates. I don't know.
Is it their luck or sorrow... Just when we ran out of fresh water and food, we finally came to this island." When Zhuang Jiugong said this, not only did he not have any luck, but he also revealed endless fear.
:
"We went to the island after all the hard work, but we were caught by the natives that day. God, they eat human flesh. Two of my companions were eaten by them, and that day, their chief's daughter happened to be pregnant.
I finally let them understand that I could treat the disease by gesticulating and shouting, so they didn’t kill me for the time being. Later, I helped the chief’s daughter treat the disease, and deliberately left some of the root of the disease in her so that they couldn’t kill me.
This has been dragging on for seven years... Just yesterday, all the men in their tribe ran away. In the past seven years, I learned their language and heard them say that the devil came to the island and that we must
Destroy them and eat them all. I took advantage of this moment to run out. I was so pitiful that I finally met you."
His experience is heartbreaking to hear. For seven years, God knows how he survived.
Zhuang Jiugong told them that these natives on the Unnamed Island are called Aniwa people. They will regard their enemies as prey and eat them in order to "capture souls" to compensate for the lost warriors. Moreover, they also eat their own people.
They eat dead people in order to preserve an unnamed thing, which they believe is an important liquid that cannot be regenerated in nature. When eating people of their own tribe, they usually have to go through careful selection, and sometimes they are limited to a few
A small part, usually the human heart. This process is accompanied by a grand ceremony. In the view of the Aniwa people, eating the flesh of prisoners of war can gain the power of the dead. As a supplement, the captors will also be clothed in the dead.
human skin, hanging the dead man's hands on his waist as decoration.
Moreover, in the view of the Aniwa people, human flesh is the food of gods, and cannibalism is a form of communication between humans and gods, and is a part of symbolic rule.
Everyone who heard these words looked at each other in shock.
Zhuang Jiugong told them that there were tens of thousands of Aniwa people living scattered across the island, divided into tribes of different sizes. The one who captured him was the largest unit among them. From the pronunciation of the chief, he should be called "
"Cow" or "New".
Their skin is dark brown, their hair is curly, their foreheads are retracted, their bodies are almost naked, their eyebrows are raised, their noses are broad, their lips are thick, their beards are not thick, their jaws are protruding, and they only have a short grass skirt tied around their waist and beads on it.
There are mother oysters, dog teeth, and a ring of gorgeous bird feathers on their heads. Some people wear wild boar tusks on their noses, and their faces are painted with bright colors. Some are painted with various strange patterns, and some are covered with
The lard was smeared brightly, and it looked very scary anyway.
It makes absolutely no sense for these people to catch and kill outsiders who occasionally come to the island, and then eat their human flesh.
After figuring out the situation on Wuming Island, Sun Xiyu couldn't help but ask: "What should I do?"
What should we do? Yes, what should we do? Go, you will definitely not be able to go now, stay, the cow will be in great danger every day.
"Wait!" Chen Dong gritted his teeth and said: "Since there is no way to leave, then let's wait here until the weather clears. These damn natives have killed so many of us, we can't just leave like this!"
"We can't just leave like this!" Poleman said fiercely: "Look, Father Marco is praying for them."
Not far away, the deceased had been buried, and Father Marco was praying.
"Then wait here." Chen Dong made up his mind: "When the weather clears and our firearms can be used, we will teach them a lesson and avenge our dead brothers!"
A consensus has been reached and no one raised any objections.
Staying here until the weather clears and then taking revenge has become the goal of all the crew members.
Although the Aniva people on the island have a large number of people, the weapons they use are primitive and crude. Once the firearms of the voyage fleet can be used, they will inevitably face disaster.
The rain continued to fall sparsely. Over the past few days, the Aniva people made several attacks one after another, but they were all repelled by the well-prepared crews.
The Aniva people, who had suffered several losses, seemed to be afraid of these uninvited guests, and in the following days, their harassment gradually decreased.
And this is what the voyage fleet hopes to see.
As the days passed, the sky finally showed signs of clearing up. When the last drop of rain fell and the long-lost sun finally rose into the sky, everyone knew that the opportunity had come.
Poleman issued his order: "Dry all the gunpowder, boys, it's time to let these savages have a taste of our power!"
The opportunity for revenge has finally arrived, and the evil anger that has been held in for so long finally has a chance to be vented!