Soon, Bekai also saw what was happening on the surface: a large fishing boat was evading the sea. There were several ships in hot pursuit, and from time to time they launched lit rockets, and from time to time they let out rough shouts and beat gongs and drums. The sails of the fishing boat in front of it had been partially burned, the mast had also fallen down, and someone was desperately rocking the boat.

"It's robbing a fishing boat." "It's all right, it's just some local half-fishermen and half-bandits, and they don't even have guns." It's not in our way. ”

Yan Maoda will also go up to the stern to watch the excitement - he is holding a binocular. At this time, the fleeing ship probably saw them, and turned its bow and rushed towards them, and suddenly a flag was raised on the mast.

Before Zhang Da Scar could speak, Yan Maoda suddenly shouted:

"Bei Kai, do you want to see if the fishing boat is flying a high flag?"

Bekai quickly took the binoculars, and sure enough, a triangular fishing flag was raised on the mast of the tugboat - a navigation flag issued by the Navy to fishing boats registered in Lingao. In the past, the effectiveness of this flag was only around Lingao, and now it has been extended to the entire Qiongzhou Strait. Fishing boats that do not have a fishing flag are the targets of expulsion by the Coast Guard.

"That's right," Bei Kai nervous, "I must have seen the banner of Lingao hanging on our mast......"

At present, Lingao has not yet designed a merchant flag, so the merchant ships of the big * shipping companies also hang the naval flag of Lingao.

"Just in time" Zhang Dascara was born as a pirate, and the scene of fighting and killing was tempting to him, but now he has such a good boat - the so-called armed with a sharp weapon, and the murderous intention arises. It's quite eager to try.

However, he still remembered that his mission was to escort the chiefs to Hongji, so he glanced at Yan Maoda.

"Chief, look—"

"Save, of course we have to save," Yan Maoda said righteously, "This ship has paid taxes to us, so it must be protected." ”

"Okay" Zhang Da Scar rubbed his hands, he didn't understand the reason, but he knew that he could start fighting, and immediately shouted loudly, "All ready to fight"

The sailors were loaded with guns and ammunition, occupying the high ground on the side and stern of the ship, and guarding the fishing boats that were fleeing towards them at high speed. Although they decided to rescue each other, they did not rule out the possibility of a bitter plan. Pirates in the South China Sea often used camouflage to lure ships larger than them in speed and tonnage to de-alert and wait for the two ships to dock before launching a surprise attack.

The fishing boat did not come up directly, but fled to the side of Zhennan, Zhang Da Scara howled loudly: "Left rudder 15", the hull of Zhennan began to slowly turn, aiming the side of the ship at the pursuing ship.

Several small boats that were in pursuit saw that they had made a way to bite the gold - a large ship was actually between them and their prey, and the speed of the ship suddenly slowed down, and it seemed that the pirates did not expect the big ship to suddenly intervene, and after a few minutes of delay, several small boats immediately dispersed, as if they were ready to attack the big ship in many directions.

"Open fire" Zhang Dascar gave the order, and the typewriter suddenly made a loud noise, and the stern tower was suddenly filled with gunsmoke. Sharp tongues of fire erupted from the square orientation frame, and the shrill roar of the typewriter overwhelmed all sounds. Wood chips mixed with flesh and blood splattered everywhere on the pirate ship.

"Load," shouted the heavy, and a hot cartridge was pulled out and landed in a basket filled with sand, and the two sailors quickly lifted the second cartridge and inserted it into the gun mount, helping the machine gunner to push it on and lock it - this behemoth was not light.

The muzzle of the typewriter mounted on the gimbal mount turned, and the second Corsair dumped bullets, and in the first actual combat, the machine gunner could not control the pace of the shooting, and only stopped after pouring all the bullets at one ship each time. It wasn't until all eight of the cartridges were empty that everything was silent again, and white smoke billowed from the heated barrel.

The four pirate boats that were chasing the fishing boat collapsed on the surface of the sea and did not move. Zhang Da Scara looked carefully at the pirate ship that had become quiet, and the sailors around him were also looking - it was the first time they had used a typewriter to fight, and no one knew what was going on above? Do you want to continue attacking?

Zhang Da Scara looked at Yan Maoda, Yan Maoda took the binoculars and looked at the boat opposite, and ordered: "Organize a jumping gang, the enemy is finished." ”

Seeing that the big boat was approaching, someone on the small boat began to jump into the sea.

"Don't let one go," Yan Maoda ordered.

The sailors immediately began a precision shooting contest, shooting at the swimmers in the sea, killing them one by one. Until there is no head on the surface of the sea.

The Zhennan cautiously approached one of the pirate ships, these ships were very small, the largest was only fifty or sixty tons, and from a high vantage point, you could see that the deck of the pirate ship was already a blur of flesh and blood. Broken torsos, hands and feet, and fragments of flesh and blood were everywhere. The gang jumped onto the enemy ship and searched around, only to catch a few stunned captives below deck. There were no living people on the two smaller sampans. Zuihou, 5 captives were collected, and they were slumped on the deck one by one, trembling. Looking at their appearance, they are all wearing the black trousers and gowns that fishermen in this area often wear, and their faces are dark, and they really don't see any fame.

He ordered the sailors to throw the corpses of the pirate ships into the sea and wash the blood-soaked deck with water. A sampan was badly damaged in the strafing and simply scuttled and sank. There was nothing worth mentioning other than the boat, only a dozen baskets of fish and shrimp. The weapons were mainly inferior cold weapons, and even arquebuses, which were quite common in Southeast Asia, were not available. This confirms Zhang's statement that this should be a group of amateur pirates who are half fishermen and half bandits. It may not be possible to rob at sea only for the sake of temporary wealth.

"What about these captives?"

"Keep it. Wash them well and carry them below deck. Yan Maoda thought that these people could serve as the first miners.

While he was talking, the tugging boat approached.

"Where are you boats? What happened? Zhang Dascara leaned out and asked in a loud voice.

"Chief—" As soon as the tugboat spoke, it was clear that they had been to Lingao.

"I'm not the chief, your name is my old Zhang."

"The villain is a fisherman from Haikang, and he came here to fish, but he didn't expect to meet this gang of pirates." The people on the boat said loudly, "Shopkeeper Zhang, your great kindness and great virtue......"

"Don't talk nonsense" Zhang Da Scara was not interested in this set, "If you weren't hanging the flag of Lingao, Lao Tzu wouldn't have bothered to save you"

"Yes, yes......"

Zhang Dascar waved his hand: "Take the brand out" to Lingao to apply for a fishing license, in addition to receiving a navigation flag, there is also a special hardwood plate, branded with a special number and anti-counterfeiting pattern, for inspection purposes.

The brand was sent to the ship - Yan Maoda took a look, yes, this kind of brand was specially processed in a woodworking factory, and the anti-counterfeiting marks and digital fonts on it were not something that indigenous craftsmen could copy at will. At the moment, take care of Zhang Dascara and copy the number. After returning to Lingao, write a report and submit it to the Coast Guard for the record.

"Let them go, come here to fish and don't know in groups?" Yan Maoda said, "The law and order in this area is very poor."

"Master, they are alone this time," Zhang Dascara said with a smile, "If there are many people, I can't tell who will rob whom." ”

"Yes." Yan Maoda nodded, everything in this South China Sea is chaotic and disorderly, "But since they have paid taxes to us and hung our flags, we should give them a head, we can't just collect money and don't care about people's lives or deaths." ”

"The chief is right." Zhang Dascara nodded yes. In his opinion, as long as Lao Tzu has liliang, he can collect money from the land. He didn't think about whether he had to protect the safety of others when he received the money -- he didn't have the concept of "serving the taxpayers" or anything like that. Zhang Dascara couldn't quite understand the thinking patterns of the leaders, but he only knew one thing: the leaders were smarter than him. He felt that knowing that was enough.

Yan Maoda had a new idea from this matter. Since fishermen from Hainan Island and western Guangdong, in addition to fishing in the Qiongzhou Strait, often come to the Beibu Gulf to fish -- this source of wealth should not be given up. In the 21st century, the Gulf of Tonkin is also a fishing ground. Fisheries are now the main source of protein for the Crossing Group. In addition to the fishing fleet, which is directly controlled by the navy, the May Day tax collected from fishermen is also an important source of catch.

At present, the scope of the May 1 fishery tax is limited to the Qiongzhou Strait, and if the system of levying the May 1 fishery tax is extended to the entire Beibu Gulf, the profits from the fishery will be 10 times or 100 times. It is also possible to organize fishery production cooperatives and organize fishing boats from Lingao to go to the Beibu Gulf to fish in groups, which will not only easily create a scale effect, but also allow the navy to organize escorts -- it doesn't matter if they don't even organize escorts, and teach some fishermen in the old time and space tactics and tactics without abusing the monkeys to the point of bleeding. There is no big group of pirates here in the Gulf of Tonkin and it is basically blank. It was relatively easy for the navy to get its hands in – and the organized fishermen were also an auxiliary force if necessary, and the control of the Gulf of Tonkin was to be controlled by the crossing regime, which was in desperate need of Vietnam's rice, timber and coal.

Yan Maoda was so engrossed in his mind that this proposal would have to be submitted to the Executive Committee when he went back.

"Chief—" Seeing that he was distracted, Zhang Dascara mentioned him.

"Huh? What's up? ”

"What about the ships?" After the pirates were eliminated, they were left with two decent sampans and a fishing boat.

"Take it with you, we also need a boat when we get to Hongji." If you don't log in, someone and a boat will come to your door, and it can be regarded as a good opening of the market.

Zhang Dascara immediately took care of a few sailors to go down to drive the fishing boat, and the sampan was pulled directly behind the big boat.