At 6:40, the Kuimulang arrived at the designated rendezvous point. It was already to the east of the Riau Islands and Linga Islands. The surrounding sea was open and the complicated archipelago area was left behind.
The Kuimulang turned off its power and did not drop anchor. It just floated in place and waited.
It was already bright at this time, and the sun was rising rapidly. It would soon be at the top, reappearing the fierceness of the tropical sun. Xiang Xiaoqiang was irritably walking in circles on the deck, constantly looking at the watch. He knew that there were still fifty days left.
minutes, but always looking at the northwest sky, hoping that the longed-for black spot would appear early.
The more he looked at the two pirates, the more he disliked them. He went straight over and beat them up for no reason. The two pirates didn't know what they had done wrong. They were beaten until their eyes were black and their noses were bleeding, but they had already been beaten.
Knowing the power of this young man, he considered himself unlucky and did not dare to say a word even when he was beaten.
After Xiang Xiaoqiang vented his anger, several officers nearby also tried to persuade him. Only then did Xiang Xiaoqiang feel calmer and let the officers take him to see the weapons on the ship. Xiang Xiaoqiang also got to get up close and personal with the destroyer for the first time.
Ten minutes before the agreed time, the bridge received a radio call from the "Albatross" aircraft. The Kuimulang used the radio for guidance, and after a while, a black spot appeared in the southwest sky.
Soon the black spot grew bigger and turned into a bloated seaplane with a big belly. The roar of propellers was heard between the sea and the sky. The big seaplane circled twice in the air, and then slowly pressed down the nose of the plane. It really looked like a giant seaplane.
It rushed to the surface of the water like an albatross, jumped a few times dragging the white waves, slowly slowed down, and finally roared slowly to a place dozens of meters away from the destroyer and stopped.
The Kuimulang immediately lowered the lifeboat, and several sailors paddled to the side of the seaplane. The door of the plane was also opened, and several large canvas bags were handed down one by one. The lifeboat was filled with several large bags.
, rowed back to the destroyer. At the same time, the second lifeboat rowed towards the aircraft.
These canvas bags were hoisted to the deck by ropes, and Xiang Xiaoqiang squatted on the deck to take them apart and look at them. A large number of sailors gathered around them, all stretching their heads to look at the weapons that were about to be issued to them.
Probably to save space, these guns were not packed in wooden crates like usual transportation, but in bulk. Open the canvas, and there are heavy oilcloth bags inside, which are tightly wrapped. Unzip the oilcloth bags, and the inside is exposed.
Brand new submachine guns, rifles, bayonets, still greased with butter.
Some other small oilcloth bags, when opened, revealed boxes of bullets, submachine gun magazines, light machine gun magazines, grenades, also coated with butter...
Very good. Xiang Xiaoqiang wiped the butter on his hands on the canvas and stood up with satisfaction. These murderous weapons will soon be put to use.
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The two lifeboats made several trips back and forth, and all the cargo, as well as the two mortar crews, boarded the Kuimulang. The Kuimulang signaled its thanks to the seaplane and blew its whistle in thanks.
The "Albatross" seaplane also returned the signal light to the destroyer, and then the propeller roared again, dragging its huge body across the water, jumping out of the water, rising into the sky, heading northwest, to Singapore dozens of nautical miles away.
Fly away.
Singapore is a British territory. Although the Ming Dynasty's warships cannot enter, it can still be used as an unarmed water transport aircraft. The Ming Dynasty Consulate in Singapore has contacted a tanker truck, filled it with aviation fuel, and drove it to the dock to provide water for the "Albatross"
The plane is refueled. After that, the seaplane will take off again and search the waters near Malacca with its 1,300-kilometer endurance.
The destroyer Kuimulang spewed thick black smoke from its head, increased its speed to 30 knots, cut through the waves, and headed west straight to the mouth of the Gamba River on Pazia Island. The mouth of the Gamba River is still more than sixty nautical miles away from here, and two
It can be there in an hour. The first mate takes a few sailors, carrying canvas bags, and goes to various posts on the ship to distribute weapons and ammunition to the sailors. The speed is so fast that it is a bit difficult to stand still on the ship. But time is life now.
If you had taken out the pirate den a minute earlier and found out the location of the Yongan Princess a minute earlier, you could have saved dozens or hundreds of lives.
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The southern Lingga Islands are further away from Singapore and more desolate than the Riau Islands. There are dozens or hundreds of large and small islands and reefs here. The waterways are intricate and maze-like. Not to mention hiding a giant ship here.
It's easy to hide a city.
The Yongan Princess stops here.
Compared with the huge islands around it, the Yongan Princess is like a small matchbox. Even so, among the dark green mountains, the Yongan Princess’s black hull, white buildings, and red chimneys,
Still very eye-catching.
On the white ship building, a dozen shirtless and dark-skinned people were shouting slogans and were working hard to pull up the fishing nets, spread them on the roof of the ship building, and hang them among the three chimneys. A few people in the front
One person was laying a fishing net, and a few people behind him were holding tree branches, obviously attracted by the spray of the oars. Several sailors clearly felt that the oars in their hands were bitten hard. Two sailors even became nervous.
The paddle in his hand was "taken away" by the shark.
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Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gunfire on the destroyer behind us, and the 20mm machine gun and 12.7mm machine gun roared wildly. The sailors on the six lifeboats were already very close to the passenger ship. They could not see what was happening above, but they all knew that a fight had started.
No need to hide anymore. Everyone shouted:
"Row! Hurry! Rush!"
"Come on the boat and kill them all!"
At this time, no matter what the sound was, everyone picked up their oars and rowed hard. The six lifeboats were like freestyle swimmers, beating the white waves and quickly approaching the passenger ship.
"Chi—"
"Chi—"
Suddenly, a large amount of white smoke erupted from two lifeboats. The two soldiers were so nervous that they forgot that they were almost there. Instead, they opened the smoke screen. In an instant, their lifeboats were wrapped in a thick smoke screen.
"Fuck, what happened!"
"Fuck your mother!"
"Who is this? Isn't this looking for trouble!"
The soldiers cursed, and the white smoke in front of them made it difficult for them to see the distance. The two lifeboats hit the passenger ship's hull hard, almost knocking the sailors off. But they couldn't care less, and pushed hard as they had planned.
The anchor hook is thrown up, and then the first person climbs up along the rope with a submachine gun and a rope ladder on his back.
The first soldier to climb up climbed over the railing and rolled on the deck. He picked up his submachine gun and looked around. There were only two beaten and bloody corpses on the deck. He immediately took off the rope ladder on his back and hung it up.
On the railing, teammates below can quickly climb up.
Within a few seconds, all six "pioneers" climbed onto the deck and hung up the rope ladder. A moment later, twenty or thirty sailors came up on the deck.
A shirtless man rushed out with a rifle. He was stunned when he saw so many people and ran back immediately. However, several sailors immediately lay down and opened fire. His back turned into a hornet's nest and he fell on the deck bleeding.
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"Come on!"
"Kill!"
"Kill them all!"
The sailors shouted wildly and rushed into the ship building with submachine guns.