Section 881 Extermination of pirates (1)
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Before the battle between the Hongmaofan task force and the Southeast Fleet, a large number of Hongmaofan armed merchant ships received the news and entered the waters of Southeast Asia ahead of schedule.
There are hundreds of ships, thousands of people!
There are those who pass through the Strait of Malacca, ostensibly as a legitimate business.
There are also from the southern waterway of Sumatra, in the past, the red hair fan was not so bold, so the ship that came over in the past will not be able to supply because of the lack of documents issued by the southeast government, and the red hair fan with a ghost is not afraid.
Southeast Asia is the land of 10,000 islands, there are so many islands, there are less than 1,000 islands that are actually controlled, even if it is a big island controlled by the Chinese, there are countless unknown harbors, where can not hide the ship!
The ocean is boundless, extending in all directions, and boats can be carried everywhere, and if you are not on the waterway, you will not touch a passing ship for ten days.
When the two sides went to war, the red-haired fans scattered in the sea immediately fished in troubled waters, attacked Chinese villages and towns, and robbed Chinese ships!
In fact, those red-haired fans used to be businessmen, and they were still very regular in Southeast Asia, the Chinese in Southeast Asia are very powerful, regardless of the army and police, and even the people are quite fierce, even children who are a few years old can shoot muskets!
Even if the red hairy fan covets the wealth of the Chinese, after all, they are individuals, and they can't fight against many Chinese, so they have to do business honestly.
In fact, the character of the red hair fan is bad, when the Chinese regard the reader as a superior person and pay attention to benevolence and morality, the red hair queen Elizabeth I turned to the pirate queen, openly justifying the name of the pirate, thinking that robbery is a virtue.
As long as he finds an opportunity, the red-haired fan will become a gentleman and a pirate, and this is the case now.
Demons Dance!
They attack the Chinese settlements by the sea, of course, they don't dare to provoke them in places with many people and strong defenses, but they will still attack where there are few people!
There are many Chinese ships at sea, merchant ships and fishing boats, and with the prosperity of the Chinese in these years, the Chinese have played with yachts and have a lot of fun.
However, against the armed merchant ships of the red hairy fan, the yacht is a fish in the water, and it is easy to eat.
Of course, the Chinese will not be captured, they are living creatures by nature, Yan Changwu developed Southeast Asia, every population is precious, so he is more concentrated in the crowd, so there is power, and he is not laissez-faire, the people are military training, between the ages of 16 and 60, men are reservists, they make guns and cannons, women and children will learn to shoot muskets!
Hongmaofan, who wanted to make a windfall, was depressed to find that it was not easy to clean up a small village, and a slightly larger township would allow them to return home.
The reason is very simple, women go into battle and double their strength, which is the only way for my Heavenly Dynasty to rise to prominence.
Yan Changwu, who was born as a red soldier in the Celestial Empire, naturally understood that he developed a militia organization, and all the people were soldiers, and they rushed to the enemy when they encountered it.
Speaking of which, the Chinese are a very contradictory people, and when the time is right, they often let go of themselves and do some surprising things, such as rebellion, such as Chen Sheng Wu Guang said "Wang Hou will be the prime minister, rather there is a kind?" ”
But at the same time, they believe in authority, and they do whatever the leader says.
The government of the southeast province said that it would fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, and they would strictly defend their homes to the death, and the ships would be armed to escort them when they entered and exited.
In this way, the life of the red hairy fan is sad.
It was difficult for them to capture the Chinese territory, and it was difficult for them to rob ships, and they were left without supplies.
Not only that, but the cruisers and corvettes of the Southeast Province are like hunting dogs, constantly searching for the red-haired boats!
All the red-haired boats are required to report to the southeast provincial government, otherwise all the boats caught will be confiscated and the people will be exiled.
The cruiser has 28 guns, the hull is streamlined, the structure is hard, the speed is fast, and the firepower is fierce!
The red-haired boat encountering the cruiser is almost the end of the end, and he can't even escape.
Because the cruiser had an 18-pounder cannon, this kind of cannon could destroy even the bulwarks of battleships, and it was not a problem to deal with merchant ships.
The cruisers, on the other hand, were half smaller than the cruisers, had a single masted and could move forward with the help of oars when there was no wind, and had 14 guns, in keeping with the tradition of the Southeast Province cannons, and they were armed with 12-pounder guns.
Although the cruiser belongs to the local garrison, the crew is tenacious in fighting, the salary is not bad (equivalent to 80% of the regular army), and there is extra money--- catch the unlicensed red-haired boat after the ship and the person after the sale of the bonus is shared, so the cruiser and the cruiser are quite keen on patrolling and anti-smuggling, and dare to fight when encountering the enemy.
It is common for the Hongmaofan to attack the Chinese, and it is always for the Chinese to chase the Hongmaofan.
Look, in the turquoise waters, the "Kaohsiung 100" cruiser caught up with an armed merchant ship "Knight" flying the Dutch flag, and the coastal smoke column in the distance rose high, that is, a Chinese village was attacked by the "Knight" Hongmaofan and ransacked.
But the red-haired fan, who returned to the ship, were not too happy, and as soon as they left the coast, they saw the cruiser coming towards them.
"Knight" was overtaken!
The officers and men on the "Kaohsiung No. 100" saw that the red-haired men on the other ship, with scruffy beards and haggard faces, were throwing cages, boxes, and planks into the sea in a panic, and several ducks swam out of the cages in the water, and a terrified cat was standing on top of a box......
The officers and soldiers hated it: "These white-skinned beasts, grab everything!" ”
Captain Ding of the "Kaohsiung 100" shouted: "Listen to the order, don't fire yet!" ”
Captain Ding was very young, not yet thirty years old, but he had twenty years of experience at sea, and he planned to press forward and end the battle as soon as possible with the tactics of bayonets on artillery.
He knew very well that the artillery battle during the sail period, if he was unlucky, everyone would not be able to sink the other party if he ran out of shells for a day, and he was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, and he would not be able to let the red-haired boat get retribution, and he would not be able to repay the debt with blood.
The two ships were parallel, the distance was getting closer and closer, and at a hundred meters, the other side opened fire!
But they fought very slowly, and the number was also small, there were only about six side guns, all of them 6-pounder guns, and they did not cause much damage on the "Kaohsiung 100".
The helmsman of the "Kaohsiung 100" slammed the right rudder according to the captain's instructions, so that the ship just ate the wind, and the distance was shortened to 30 meters in a short time!
Then Captain Ding gave an order: "Fight!" ”
Artillery salvo, musket salvo.
14 starboard guns opened fire, deafening, 14 in 11, hit the "Knight" fir boat gang and upstairs,
"Well played!" "Kaohsiung 100" resounded with cheers, and in the silent moment after the cheers, Captain Ding heard the chaotic shouts from the deck of the other ship, and then the red hair fan's cannon fired again, but it was very chaotic, and a cannonball flew in the air only two meters above Captain Ding's head.
"Kaohsiung No. 100" returned the salvo to the red hair, and the Chinese salvo was very clear-sighted, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, seven salvos in succession, and the sound of the cannon was very harmonious.
Captain Ding even took out his pocket watch to watch the timer in his busy schedule, with an average of one salvo every minute!
Not only did he hit fast, but he also hit accurately, and the "Knight" leaned to the right, the wood chips and sawdust flew away, and the whole red-haired boat seemed to have been baptized!
"The kids are doing a great job!" He let out a satisfied exclamation that he had trained them in vain.
Suddenly, a thick, hairy red-haired arm grabbed his arm and said, "They gave the order to board the ship!" ”
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