"Lord Commander, the brothers in the back called the flag and asked if they needed help, it really doesn't make sense for seven boats to deal with two broken ships."

The captain of the Three-Headed Tiger was very aggrieved and was actually deprived of command by Zhang Xiaohu and became his staff officer and adjutant.

During the interval between the shelling, he ran to the bow of the ship and briefed Zhang Xiaohu, who was carefully observing the situation of the Fort Middle, which was on the opposite side through the lens of the gunner's mirror, to report the latest battle situation.

Slowly adjusting the hinges on the lens barrel to make it more adaptable to the focal length of his eyes, Zhang Xiaohu replied without looking back, "What's the hurry!" Let's get to the bottom of those two wrecked ships first! ”

"My lord, according to the confession of our captured Dutch sailors, the belongings they captured and the goods they carried with them on this Fort Middle!"

Because of the repeated invasions of coastal states and counties, the complex hydrological topography, and the resistance of the various units of the Ming army along the coast, the Dutch concentrated the plundered booty and the military salaries they carried on the Fort Middle, which had a deep draft, was not vulnerable to arson, and had a thick deck and a heavy gun.

"Good boy! I said, why are these thieves desperately resisting! It turned out to be sacrificing his life and not giving up his wealth! ”

Hearing that the Fort Middleship on the opposite side was carrying the baggage and belongings of the Dutch, Zhang Xiaohu's professional characteristics as a veteran pirate were once again revealed.

"Then we can't let them go!"

"However, when he went out to sea, the lord did not order that the Fort Middle, and especially the Putsmann, should not be killed. Second, they cannot be captured alive. This, how do we capture this ship? ”

"Don't worry about it, just use the cannon to reason with them first!"

Commander Zhang's order was conveyed and implemented in the unique sound of the mortar cannon, and the gunners at the gun position splashed buckets of water on the cannon body, and the scorching cannon body immediately turned the water into a stream of heat, "Quick!" Fast! ”

Someone held a long wooden pole, one end was a large brush made of wool, dipped in vegetable oil, and went deep into the bore of the barrel to clean the bore.

Faced with the Dutchman's flagship ship, the Fort Middle, the soldiers of the Sailor Division had gone from a little frightened excitement at the beginning. It became almost numb. What a "big gun extrovert." It can penetrate the cracked stone city, shake for dozens of miles, and the human ship should be smashed, is it its long skill on the sea of poison is like this"? It's all a piece of shit in front of our artillery salvo!

But. Under the bombardment of the four-four cannons of the Three-Headed Tiger. The crew of the Fort Middle, still struggling to steer the ship. Evading back and forth in the rain of bullets, although the body was drenched by the seawater, the body temperature dropped sharply. Constantly shivering in the sea breeze, he still rushed back and forth, trying to fight his way out of the firepower network of the naval division of the Nanzhong Army, so that he could escape from the battlefield and escape back to Dayuan, or Penghu, and preferably back to Batavia!

"Your Excellency! You see! ”

The adjutant gestured to Puttersmann with his left hand, which was only three fingers, and his index and middle fingers were severed from the edge of his palm by a piece of metal that he didn't know what it was for. hastily wrapped the wound in the placket of his coat and rushed to the deck again, still dutifully playing the role of the lieutenant of the governor.

On the east side of the battlefield, the seven brigs have finished their combat missions, and the bloodthirsty tiger sharks have begun to feast on the carcasses of their prey."

The two plywood ships, the Bredam and the Zeeburch, had come to an end as members of the fleet of the Dutch East India Company.

A white flag hung high on the mast of the Zeeburch, and I wonder if it was the underwear torn from the skirt of the captain's mistress, which looked very strange in the evening sea breeze. The sails didn't have to fall, because they had already been swallowed up by tongues of fire. All the crew, all who were still able to move, honestly knelt on the deck, waiting for the victor on the opposite side to decide their fate.

The Bredam was not so lucky.

Two mortar shells completely destroyed its hull structure, and the keel of the ship became as fragile as noodles under the combined action of the sea water and the continuous firing of artillery, and finally in a loud sound of relief, the hull completely broke in two and began to sink slowly.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I think our last hour is coming!"

The captain also stood with a pale face next to Princemann, the big man who had been appointed by the company as the governor of Taiwan. Not because of fear, but because of blood loss. He was shot through his right leg by a projectile from a firecracker, and although it was a fluke, the projectile did not remain in his body to stay with him until old age, but the pain of the penetrating wound was also fatal.

"Look there!"

He handed the telescope to Putsman and motioned for him to look in the direction of Nanao Island. At the junction of the sea and the sky, the afterglow of the setting sun has already rendered the whole sea as red as blood, and the undulating waves will divide the brilliant glow into beautiful waves.

Under the guidance of a huge and friendless warship, the whole fleet rudely trampled the beautiful waves on the sea, allowing them to turn into Qiong Yao broken jade and fly on both sides of the ship's side, and the dense gun windows on the ship's side, as well as the bright sun and moon flag and the iron-blooded eighteen-star flag flying high on the main mast, as well as the handsome flag hanging high on the bow of the ship, all proved the identity of this fleet.

"It's over! Our ally Liu Laoxiang is also finished! ”

The last bit of hope turned into a bubble at sea, crushed by the fleet galloping from the west.

It was Shouhan who led the main force of the Changsheng and the practice fleet to the east to help!

"Daddy, Uncle Zhang, they all said that he changed as soon as he went to the battlefield, and Uncle Chu said that it seems that this time the Dutch fleet has his brother in it, and everyone is afraid ......that he will kill him."

Xiao Huamei undoubtedly acted as a microphone very well, conveying everyone's worries to Shouhan.

"Damn it! I did a lot of calculations, but I forgot about this! ”

Shouhan was annoyed and slapped the railing of the bridge with his palm. Urging the fleet to speed up, hoping to stop Zhang Xiaohu from doing anything before he can achieve his wish.

On the two wings of the Chang Sheng, the four Fubo-class warships were full of sails, and as the main lord's ship went all the way to the east, its momentum was like a typhoon on the sea, rolling up a monstrous wave!

"Zhang Xiaoliuzi, don't make a fool! Break the lord's military order, but no one can save you! Chu Tianlei urged the sailors to speed up as much as possible, and at the same time prayed in his heart for Mazu's blessing, don't let that bastard do a foolish thing!

Maybe it's really Mazu who has a spirit in the sky. I heard the prayers of Chu Tianlei and others. At this time, Zhang Xiaohu was like an old cat staring at the little mouse under his paws that was bitten all over his body and had no ability to resist and escape, and the scar on his face followed his smug smile. I couldn't stop twitching.

Seven brigs slowly salvaged the contents floating on the surface of the sea and the members of the Dutch fleet to the ship. The encirclement is gradually narrowing. The Fort Middle's situation resembles that of a single woman who leaves work in the middle of the night, dressed sexily and scantily, but also carrying large sums of cash and valuables. How can such a prey not tempt this group of guys? So seven unscrupulous boats came up.

Putsman didn't know if he should thank Marshal Zhao Gong in the East, it was his power that gave Zhang Xiaohu the idea of capturing the Fort Middle, of course, the purpose was very simple, just for the large amount of property carried on the ship.

"It's fine!"

Seeing the Fort Middle, which had basically given up the use of artillery, and the East India Company flag fluttering strongly on the mast, Shouhan and Chu Tianlei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. One is that his plan has not been destroyed too ruthlessly, and there is room for redemption. The other lamented that his brother's life should not be extinguished.

The four ships that followed the Chang Sheng closely on both wings made a neat and consistent movement with the commander's ship, as the main ship of the practice fleet, these Fubo-class ships belonged to the same class as Zhang Xiaohu's three-headed tiger, and with a perfect left full rudder steering action, the five warships drew a semi-circular arc on the sea surface like a finger, and moored the ships behind the three-headed tiger.

With the order of Chu Tianlei, the commander of the training fleet, the signal soldiers standing on the mast crossbar waved the huge red military flags in their hands, and the captains standing on the bridges of their respective warships, although they were a little surprised to see this strange order, they did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and ordered the gun officer beside them, "Attention to the whole ship, all guns are loaded, and salutes are fired!" ”

This strange command was transmitted clearly to the ears of everyone on the gun deck by a series of well-transmitted brass microphones. Although they were puzzled by this strange order, the strict military discipline made the gunners dare not have the slightest idea of going against the question.

In the rumbling sound of more than 200 cannons, Zhang Xiaohu was pressed down on the deck of the Changsheng by two law enforcement officers from the law enforcement department, "Kneel!" ”

At this moment, the battle on the sea was over, the fleet of the Dutch East India Company was almost completely annihilated, and those who had crossed thousands of miles from the Netherlands to the East had either sunk to the bottom of the sea and become the home of sea creatures, providing information and information for future archaeologists, or they had raised white flags on the masts. The sea was full of messy things, and the residents of the nearby dragon, tiger, lion and elephant islands and Brother Island heard the sound of the cannons and quietly turned up their lights to see what was going on, and some of them even carried torches to the shore to salvage and pick up all kinds of items that were brought to the shore by the waves.

The sea within a radius of more than 100 miles was a mess, and although the Nanzhong Army accepted the surrender of several Dutch warships, there were still many people who struggled to carry the broken ship board in the water.

With the issuance of orders one after another, the naval divisions of the Nanzhong Army began to assemble, ceased fire, and the Dafu ship that came from the direction of Nanao Island began to count and receive the captured ships, salvage the survivors at sea, and check the seized weapons and property.

Several schooners kept shouting around the islands, informing the inhabitants of the islands that if they found a Hongmaoyi or a person who had escaped from the water, they must send it to the Nanzhong Military Fleet, "For each Yi person, give two silver dollars and one cloth." The members of the naval division of our South Central Army were doubled. Those who were not identified were also given two dollars of silver and a piece of cloth. ”

"Master Zhang, when I set out on the expedition, how did I explain to you? Do you remember? ”

On the deck of the Chang Sheng, Shouhan looked at the sea with his eyes level, watching the ships shuttling back and forth with calcium carbide lamps hanging high. Search the sea for people who have fallen overboard.

"This ,......"

Listening to Shouhan's calm tone, Zhang Xiaohu knew that the basket would be bigger.

"Don't remember? Okay, the Military and Political Department, read the combat documents to Master Zhang and help him recall them. ”

When the more than a dozen gunboat captains who were seated in the bow according to their rank heard this, they all pinched a cold sweat in their hearts, "The task of the left-wing guerrilla fleet is to contain and prevent Zheng Zhilong's naval division from rushing into the battlefield of our army's encirclement and annihilation of Liu Xiang's department. Try to contain it. ”

"Fort Middle, the flagship of the Rebels. Must not be sunk. No one shall be captured, and those who rebel against the puppet governor of Taiwan, Putmans, shall not be killed or captured alive. ”

The Secretary of Military Affairs read the operational documents to the left-wing guerrilla fleet in a calm voice. Every sentence and word seems to be a big ship nail. In the hearts of the captains, Zhang Xiaohu was nailed to death step by step.

The captain peeked out into the sea. The ships of the Nanzhong Army Naval Division, which came and went, seemed to have forgotten the existence of the Fort Middle, opening a huge gap in the route to the south. Faced with such a strange and strange scene, the people on the Fort Middle, were suddenly at a loss. At first, he tentatively moved slowly in the direction of the gap, but seeing that no one made any reaction, he pulled up his sails and flew towards the direction of Penghu and Magong.

Kankan escaped from the encirclement, and two schooners followed not far or closer, and did not fire or shout for kill, but followed closely on both sides of the Fort Middle.

"I don't know what the lord means? Actually let two clippers go as a solution? ”

"Which one is this singing? How does it feel like Huarong Dao? But this Hongmaoyi is not Cao Cao, and he didn't cry and sing in front of the lord for a long time, 'Eighteen cavalry remnants defeated' or something, why did he let him go like this? ”

Over there, Zhang Xiaohu has already begun to defend himself.

"Yes! I was given the task of pinning down the enemy, but containment does not mean that it is impossible to fire at enemy ships! Is it also wrong that I launched an attack on the enemy army, and their ships could not help but fight, and we sank and captured them?! ”

Zhang Xiaohu's words were quite reasonable, which made the officers nod their heads uncontrollably. Yes, on the battlefield, once the sound of artillery sounds, it is not something that can be controlled by a military order.

"Those four plywood boats were sunk and captured, did I say it was yours? I'm talking about why did you kill the Fort Middle? Do you suspect that your brother who killed his father and seized power is in this boat, trying to solve the hatred of the country and the family together? ”

Every word of Shouhan's questioning sentence is a heart-wrenching statement, and every word is like a big hammer Zhang Xiaohu bowed his head and was silent. Fortunately, Shouhan left him with some affection, not saying that he was worried about the goods on the Fort Middle, but that he did it out of the desire to avenge his father.

"Take it in first! Return to Hue and dispose of it! ”

Needless to say, several law enforcement officers escorted the dejected Zhang Xiaohu to the cabin of the Chang Sheng.

That night, the fleet dropped anchor near the islands such as Dragon and Tiger, using it as a temporary anchorage and harbor.

The whole group of islands became boiling, lights were lit everywhere, the aroma of food filled the sea with the waves, officers and soldiers enjoyed a hearty dinner after the brutal battle at their respective tables, and a small figure, accompanied by several personal soldiers, went to the temporary prison of the Law Enforcement Department.

"I've seen the eldest lady!"

Zhang Xiaohu, who was imprisoned here, saw Xiao Huamei coming with her own soldiers carrying food boxes, and knew that he couldn't die. Otherwise, how could this Shouhan's precious daughter, a ten-year-old girl, go to the prison to deliver food to a death row inmate?

"Uncle Zhang, the whole army is adding food tonight, Daddy asked me to send you some food. By the way, something else for me to leave to you. ”

A personal soldier took out a letter from the package he was carrying and put it on the bed behind Zhang Xiaohu. "Daddy's meaning, let me tell you, read this set of Romance of the Three Kingdoms these days, after he returns to Hue, he will test you a few questions, and if you answer it well, you will be exempted from capital crimes, and only talk about military exploits."

Hearing that he wanted to read by himself, Zhang Xiaohu couldn't help grinning, with a wry smile on his face. "Miss, this is a bit difficult for me."

"It doesn't matter, you can't read it yourself, you can have someone read it to you. I listened to Daddy's meaning, I just want to ask you, do you know why you let Guan Erye go to Huarong Dao? Knowing that Guan Erye was gone, he would definitely let Cao Cao go, so why did Zhuge Liang, who had been a last resort all his life, still let Guan Erye go to guard Huarong Dao? ”

"When you were studying, by the way, why did Daddy give such an order that day, that the leader of the Red Haired Empire, Puttersman, could not be killed or captured alive? He is just a red hairer, why is it worthy of my father's attention? ”

"Daddy said, I figured it out, read a defense in front of the officers at the level of the captain of the entire naval division, tell everyone that I was wrong, where I was wrong, from now on, I must obey orders and listen to commands, recognize the relationship between the part and the whole, and don't be greedy for merit."

"Do this, Daddy will let you lead a team to Batavia, clean up the Dutch there, and clean up the group of monkeys on the Java islands. Daddy said, when you were in Luzon, you had a way to deal with monkeys! ”

After getting out of the cell temporarily rebuilt from the Dragon King Temple, and walking out of a distance, a personal soldier couldn't hold back the question in his heart, and asked Xiao Huamei in a low voice: "Miss, why don't you just tell Lord Zhang, the lord means to let Putsmann's servant open the way for us?" Instead of going around in such a big circle? ”

"Huh? I sue you, but I don't know! ”

In the night, the mountain road on the island left the laughter of Xiao Huamei. (To be continued......)