The voyage around the island caused great panic among the military and civilians of South Australia, and with the rise of the black smoke of the beacon alarm, the various beacons on the island were lit one after another. Then, black smoke was lit from the beacons of the nearby islands and even the coastal beacons near the mouth of the Han River.

The guards and fortresses everywhere closed the city gates one after another, and the soldiers and villagers climbed the city wall in full armor, watching in horror that the alarm of the entry of thieves on the sea had sounded in full force.

For the thieves who have suddenly risen in Guangdong recently, both the officers and soldiers, the gentry, and the common people have a strange fear. Since the news of the defeat of the Cantonese official army in Qiongzhou and the almost total annihilation of the army has spread intermittently, the horror of the thieves has been far greater than that of the pirates who have been disturbing in the past ten years. And their deeds of fighting in the Pearl River estuary have also been exaggerated as terrifying.

Now, there is an Australian ship with the flag of a thief, and its psychological shock can be imagined.

Although there was one ship, and although the ship was less than 200 tons, all the surrounding cities and villages were ready for defense.

However, not a single official warship came out to meet or intercept it. Chen Ting knew the power of the thief sailor Tang Yunwen's second defeat at Haikou in Qiongzhou and Xu Tingfa's fiasco on the Pearl River, Chen Ting knew everything clearly, so he was unwilling to take this risk.

After He Rubin was defeated in Qiongzhou, although the Guangdong officialdom tried his best to cover it up, he was still held accountable by the imperial court, dismissed from his official position, lost his military power and his salary, and now lives at home and has become a "waste general". As for the other generals who survived the battle of Zhengqiong, they were also punished in different ways. Although Tang Yunwen was not punished severely, he was still his Qiongzhou general, but I heard that he was no longer out of Haikou City, and the military order was not out of Haikou City.

Chen Ting and Liu Xiang have secretly made a non-aggression agreement... Although the two sides are very close to each other, they are safe with each other. Recently, he got a report from Tang that Liu Laoxiang's main force had gone north to Fujian to compete with Zheng Zhilong, and the situation around Nanao was relatively quiet, and in this situation, he was even more reluctant to start a war lightly, and there was no chance of winning.

The columns of black smoke rose far and near, which made Qian Shuixie feel very excited, and this kind of fear was very good. It's a pity that the purpose of this trip is not on Nanao Island, and it doesn't make much sense for the Senate to destroy Chen Ting, the officers and soldiers are in a sense more moderate partners, they are not in opposition to the Senate at present, and their subjective initiative is not strong... Doesn't expend effort to fight the Senate. Keeping Chen Ting's department is still an idle man who restrains Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong Group.

"I don't know where Liu Xiang is hiding." Qian Shuixie was a little regretful, although he also knew that it was impossible for the Haitian alone to deal a fatal blow to Liu Xiang's group, but deep down he still wanted to fight at sea and open meat for the young men. So far, the Sanya detachment has not carried out any decent operations, and the most combat operation has been to enter the Li district to carry out a crusade to punish the local "unfriendly" Li Dong, which is basically an ambush and long-range sniper and other battles. The Qian Water Association believes that the intensity of such a battle is too low to train the team.

Li Ziping saw that the ships and people avoided everywhere he passed, and knew that the Ming army was not ready to come out to fight, so he immediately ordered Ren Fu to sail the ship to a bay to anchor, put down the dinghy, and send the special reconnaissance team and exploration team ashore for an exploration operation.

Ren Fu chose a bay in the southern part of Nanao Island... It's called Yandun Bay. It is about 5~6 kilometers away from the Ming army garrison in the north. There was a village by the bay, and as soon as the Haitian approached, the people of the village helped the old and the young to flee one after another. Li Ziping didn't care, he didn't come here to engage in civil propaganda.

The operation itself was very bold, as the entire landing party was only twenty people... There are at least a few thousand Ming troops and village warriors who can be dispatched at any time on the island. In case the dumplings are wrapped, they will have to rely on the power of firearms to forcibly break through, and it is likely that a few casualties will fall, but the Qian Shui Association believes that this possibility is extremely small According to the intelligence, Chen Ting has no intention of having an armed conflict with the Australians.

"Be mindful of staying connected. Keep the radio on. Li Ziping admonished, and said to Liu Zheng, "Lao Liu, you take the team members around the shore, it is the scout's business to go deep into the mainland......

"I'm a veteran traveler... You can't trust my combat power? Liu Zheng was dissatisfied. He was fully armed, with instruments and equipment on his back. Inserted his Gw∪7 into the holster under his armpit and patted it, "Don't worry, I and my subordinates, although we can't shoot and kill people, but our ability to walk, climb mountains and swim will not be worse than that of scouts." Even if it can't be used as a help, it won't become a burden to the Money and Water Association. ”

Eventually, the exploration team set off together. The two sides agreed that if there was no accident, the two sides would meet at Qianjiangwan at 10 a.m. the next day. It is inconvenient for the Haitian to anchor along the coast after dark.

This expedition of less than twenty people landed on the island... The fishing village has been empty and there is no trace of dàngdàng. Ryu is based on the map... thinks that this is likely to be the former of Australia, "If Zhao Yinggong and they are here, they will come up with a trick to sacrifice the emperor." Liu Zheng said with a smile..."The small court of the Southern Song Dynasty also stayed here."

"Is that really the case?" The Qian Shui Association is very interested in this.

"Yes, I saw the background material from the Great Library in preparation for this expedition." Liu Zheng said with relish.

In May 276, due to the advance of the Yuan soldiers, Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shizhong and other young emperors of the Song Dynasty retreated through Nanao and were stationed in the former village of Ao. It is said that at that time, three Song wells were excavated here for the emperor, ministers, and soldiers and horses, such as "Dragon Well", "Tiger Well", and "Horse Well".

Sure enough, they found a well with a slate fence on the beach outside the village of Aoqian. It's close to the beach. Liu Zheng tasted the water inside, which was fresh water. It should be the legendary Song Jing. They also found the foundations of some larger buildings near Aoqian Village, which were probably the temporary anchors of the original "Sea Travel". It is said that there are still gold and silver treasures left by the Southern Song Dynasty court near Aoqian Village, but Liu Zheng thinks that they are all nonsense.

There was nothing special about the village of Aoqian, and the reconnaissance detachment soon left here and began to march to the northeast of the island. The western part of Nan'ao Island is mountainous, and until the 21st century it is still a forest park, and the population and towns are mainly concentrated in the eastern part of the island, and the deputy general army station is also located in the northeast.

The reconnaissance team was active on the island for a full 24 hours, during which it traveled almost the entire eastern part of the island, and the defenders and villagers of the villages and fortresses passing through each closed their villages and guarded them strictly, and no one took part in the battle, and the whole island of Nanao showed an unprecedented dead silence, and almost all activities were stopped.

In the villages on the island, except for some old people, Qian Shuixie did not meet anyone else, and almost all of them hid in the fortress, and the villagers and soldiers waited for the day, day and night. Watching the wilderness, villages, and fields outside the walls. Most of them didn't see what the legendary thief looked like. For the most part, scouts dressed in mí colors are difficult to spot, even if they are right under their noses.

Nan'ao Island is located in the sea of eastern Guangdong, at the center of the three major ports of Kaohsiung-Xiamen-Hong Kong, and is close to the main international route of the Western Pacific. The Senate took a keen interest in it, and it is not surprising that it was included in the "String of Pearls". Yandun Bay, Changshan Bay and Zhuqi Belly and many other places here have the conditions for building deep-water ports and building 10,000-ton wharves, which is an ideal relay station for maritime shipping.

The area is rich in wind energy resources, with an average annual wind speed of 854 m/s and an effective wind speed of many hours. The total installed capacity of wind power on the island can reach 200,000 kilowatts. In the old time and space, it had the title of the first island wind farm in Asia. Although Traders cannot afford to generate electricity from wind energy at present, wind energy is still a good use object.

The scouts arrived all the way to the vicinity of the South Australian Deputy Commander-in-Chief's station, at the opposite camp. After surveying and photographing the harbor, the Qian Water Association believed that there were about 3,000 garrisons here, 40~50 warships in the harbor and on the beach, and there were forts and fortified cities on the shore. Obviously, this is the main support point for the coastal defense of the entire Chaoshan region by the official army. If they are willing to fight aggressively, they will be a threat to future engine operations.

However, the Qian Shui Association thinks that they will not have any obstacles to the operation of the engine, and the other party obviously has no fighting spirit, and only seeks to protect themselves. This land reconnaissance became a hike on the island of Nanao. The special investigation team never had the opportunity to open the insurance of the weapons. Qian Shuixie felt a little incomprehensible about the indifference of the military and civilians on the island, of course, the special investigation team did not do anything bad that was angry and resentful: they did not burn the house, did not rob chickens and ducks, and did not molest women. In this way, the officers and soldiers and the villagers watched their parade on the island, and used fireworks to signal their whereabouts, but no one came out to fight.

After following the predetermined reconnaissance route, they arrived at Qianjiangwan ahead of schedule the next day and successfully rendezvoused with the Haitian. The Haitian then conducted reconnaissance of the bays in the Shanwei and Chaozhou areas. During the period, there was a conflict with the local fishermen who were half-fishermen and half-bandits, and their news was relatively closed, and they had never heard of the power of the Australians, so they became the training object of the Haitian in vain.

The Haitian then turned its helm and headed for Kaohsiung. From here to Kaohsiung, the sea route is only 160 nautical miles, and the average speed of the Haitian is about 7 knots, and they have arrived in the waters of Kaohsiung after 24 hours.

Before the Ming Dynasty, Kaohsiung was a lagoon inhabited by the Madaoka ethnic group, a branch of the so-called Pingpu ethnic group. These "ethnic groups" basically belong to the Austronesian language family, and the economic and cultural level is very low. The population is also small. Frequently infested by Chinese pirates and pirates...