Xu Tangyi and He Zhiyuan, who had been watching with binoculars, laughed when they saw the cannonballs falling into the sea on the opposite side, and Xu Tangyi immediately ordered: "Order all the ships to advance another mile, and then continue to aim at the enemy's artillery until their cannons are disabled." ”

After receiving the order, the ship commander stood at the bow of the ship and raised a small flag to convey Xu Tangyi's order to the ships on both sides, and then all the ships set sail and slowly moved forward.

On the opposite shore position, Che Guihai saw the ships slowly approaching, and felt that they were approaching him like a grim reaper, and his heart was horrified. He hid under a boulder, and from time to time he looked at the ships on the sea, still thinking of a way to retreat from the enemy.

Before he could come up with a strategy to retreat from the enemy, the sound of artillery rang out again, and more than a dozen shells were poured into the position again, this time with more than a dozen casualties.

After this round of shelling, some of the soldiers wavered. Some small leaders asked Che Guihai directly: "Big boss, we can't stay here and be shot, we have to think of a way!" ”

"Hold on, wait for the eldest young master to move in to rescue the soldiers, and we will be safe." Che Guihai has no idea now, so he has to comfort everyone with such words that he doesn't believe in himself.

"Did the eldest young master say that he would move the rescuers? When he left, he didn't say anything. The little boss said.

When Che Guihai heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, and he scolded loudly: "If you talk nonsense again to shake the hearts of the army, be careful that I will kill you first!" ”

The little leader was too frightened to squeak, but he had a little calculation in his heart.

After three rounds of shelling, half of the cannons were hit by solid shells, some of the barrels were broken, some were deformed, and none of them could be used anymore. The soldiers were even more miserable, about forty or fifty people were killed by falling shells, and many more were wounded. For a time, the positions on the shore screamed and were in disarray.

Xu Tangyi, who was on the boat, saw through the telescope that half of the cannons on the shore had been knocked out, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said to the herald: "Tell them, work harder, and strive to cripple all their cannons in two rounds!" ”

"Lord Qianhe, the artillery reported that the barrel was too hot to fight again, and it would be easy to blow up if it hit again." The herald came over and said.

"Hey! It's a pity that it gave the enemy a chance to breathe. Xu Tangyi was greatly regretted, and then ordered: "Immediately cool down the barrel, and once the temperature drops, fire immediately!" ”

After Che Guihai on the shore couldn't hear the sound of artillery for a long time, he was very happy, and he judged that there were no shells or gunpowder on the opposite side. It was he who cried out: "Brethren, the enemy's artillery is silent, and they are left without shells." Hurry up and get ready, and when they get closer, give me a hard beating, and it's their turn to taste the power of the cannon! ”

As soon as Che Guihai shouted this, everyone's morale was boosted, and the soldiers came out of their hiding places one after another and began to get busy on the position.

After about two quarters of an hour, the soldiers at the lookout post suddenly shouted: "Not good, it seems that the opposite ship is about to open fire again!" ”

Unfortunately, he found out too late, and as soon as the words fell, the cannon rang out again, and the shells poured down again. This time the casualties were the greatest, and more than a dozen soldiers were stoned to death on the spot. The most serious thing is that the artillerymen, believing that there will be no more artillery on the other side, actually moved the powder kegs out of their hidden places. As a result, after hitting two people, a shell bounced onto the powder keg, and the powder keg exploded directly

fried, and then ignited other gunpowder. For a time, there were explosions on the position, and the flames soared into the sky. The remaining cannons were all destroyed, the leader Che Guihai was killed on the spot, the soldiers suffered countless casualties, and the entire position became a hell on earth!

When the smoke cleared, Xu Tangyi and He Zhiyuan on the boat saw through the telescope that there was silence on the opposite position, and corpses were everywhere. Xu Tangyi knew that the time had come to land on the island, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to approach the wharf, and when he was still seventy or eighty steps away from the wharf, a group of soldiers suddenly appeared, numbering about fifty or sixty people. Then they began to shoot arrows at the boat. Xu Tangyi, who was standing at the bow of the boat, didn't expect that there would be soldiers resisting at this time, he urgently ordered the soldiers to dodge, but he was still a step too late, and more than a dozen soldiers on the boat were hit by arrows.

Xu Tangyi couldn't help but be furious, and immediately ordered the soldiers to hide in the cabin and shoot back. The soldiers were very agile, and after being knocked down a dozen people, they quickly evacuated to an empty room near the dock. Xu Tangyi simply didn't do anything, and directly ordered the soldiers to open artillery and bombard the house. After firing a few shells, the group finally couldn't resist anymore and walked out of the crumbling house with white flags and hands held high. And he was still shouting something, although He Zhiyuan couldn't understand it, he knew that these people were speaking Japanese, so he didn't need to ask if this was a gang of Japanese robbers.

After going ashore, He Zhiyuan ordered the soldiers to first detain the Japanese Japanese who were wearing soldiers' clothes. Now is not the time for interrogation, it is necessary to clean up the remnants of the enemy and collect supplies.

After landing on the island, nearly 700 soldiers began to clear the remnants of the enemy step by step from west to east, and in fact encountered no decent resistance anywhere else, except for the weak resistance on the shore positions.

After counting, 565 enemies were killed and more than 1,400 were taken prisoner, including 721 wounded. He Zhiyuan ordered the soldiers to detain these prisoners first, and wait for the government to interrogate them, he didn't want these troubles.

He was most concerned about the island's belongings and the big ships, as well as the craftsmen who built the ships, which were the greatest treasures.

Now that no one has come to negotiate in Chongming County, he must hurry up the time to transfer the gold and silver to his ship. So Xu Tangyi and He Zhiyuan's soldiers divided into two routes, of which Xu Tangyi led the soldiers to carry and count the silver taels, and He Zhiyuan took the soldiers to the dock at the southern end of the island to collect these shipbuilders.

He Zhiyuan led three hundred soldiers to this dock, and found that there were seven or eight hundred craftsmen here, and they looked at these fierce soldiers in horror, all of them trembled with fright, and they didn't know what they had done.

The soldiers drove the craftsmen to an open field and asked, "Who is the leader here?" ”

Everyone lowered their heads and was silent, He Zhiyuan knew that no one would answer such a question, so he continued: "We are Anton Wei's army, and we have come to clear the pit of the Yangzhou profiteer Lu Jie on the orders of the emperor. ”

At this, there was a commotion in the crowd, some of whom began to whisper, and some of whom showed inexplicable expressions.

He Zhiyuan saw this and felt that things were different, so he stopped and asked, "Why are you still suspicious of us?" ”

At this time, an older craftsman asked, "Adults, the little ones dare not be suspicious. It's just that you said that this is a profiteer's lair, and we don't know anything about it. We heard that this is the Suzhou group

The training station, the purpose of this shipbuilding training is to go to sea to fight the Japanese invaders. ”

"You've been deceived, who told you this?" He Zhiyuan asked.

"Lu Shaowen, a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, whose home is in Qidong, often comes here to inspect, can this also be fake?" The craftsman replied.

"Lu Shaowen, a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, is the son of Lu Jie, a salt merchant in Yangzhou, you were deceived, and you spoke for them. If you don't believe me, I can bring the Japanese prisoners on the island for you to discuss, and if it is a group training to fight the Japanese invaders, how can they be allowed to come to the island? He Zhiyuan said to them. After that, he ordered the soldiers to go and bring the captured pirates.

When a dozen or so widows were brought in, they didn't know what they were doing here, and they were still talking about something, lest they didn't know that they were like widows. When these craftsmen saw this, they were skeptical, and they immediately realized that they had indeed been deceived. He Zhiyuan then said to the craftsmen: "These people were all captured on the dock just now, and it is still unclear why they are here. Although these would-be robbers are dressed as ordinary soldiers, it is impossible for the leaders here not to know their details. Do you still believe that this is a group training to fight the Japanese bandits? ”

The crowd was silent again, and the old man just now spoke first: "My lord, it's all our fault for our clumsiness, they tricked us into building ships, but we haven't done anything except ship building, please let us go." As he spoke, he knelt down on his knees.

When the others saw the old craftsman kneeling on the ground, they also knelt down, shouting: "Please be merciful!" ”

He Zhiyuan looked at the black pressure on the ground, there was a kind of majesty looking down on all beings, the feeling of being an emperor spontaneously arose, and he thought to himself, no wonder many people want to be called kings and emperors, it turns out that it feels so comfortable!

"Get up, all of you, for although you have been deceived, you are also to blame for not distinguishing between right and wrong, but blindly greedy for money. Therefore, spare you the charges of being a convict, but how to deal with it depends on your future performance! He Zhiyuan said to them.

For these craftsmen, he decided that he could not let them go so easily, at least to make them feel guilty, and then extrajudicial mercy, forgive them, and let them work for themselves with all their hearts.

He then asked the soldiers to keep the old craftsman, and the others were temporarily imprisoned on the ship he had brought, but in fact they were hidden, so that they would not be discovered and taken away by the local officials who came later.

After everyone else was taken away, He Zhiyuan took the old man to a room and began to question the old man. He Zhiyuan changed his original attitude and asked kindly, "Old man, what's your name?" But the leader of these craftsmen? ”

The old craftsman saw that he was speaking kindly, and his nervous mood relaxed a lot, and he replied cautiously: "If you go back to the adult, the little one is called Zuo Fengtu, and he is the leader of these craftsmen. ”

After some inquiry, it was learned that these craftsmen were all from Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Prefecture. They were all shipbuilders who were attracted to build ships here with high wages, and some of them were all craftsmen from the entire shipyard, and all the rhetoric they gave them was to build ships to fight against the Japanese in Suzhou for the Suzhou regimental training. It's been here for more than a year, and four big ships have been built for them. Moreover, it is strictly regulated, except in shipbuilding, it is strictly forbidden to go out of the dock, for the reason of secrecy. The fact is that these craftsmen were placed under house arrest.

(End of chapter)

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