Chapter 323: The First Naval Expedition (2)
Li Dazhui's heart was like thousands of ants crawling around.
Return to the Northern Army? Or fight to the death, relying on the unique geographical environment of the island to stop the soldiers and horses of the Pingbei Army?
The waters around Hammer Island are full of reefs, and there are many reefs, and ships can run aground and sink into the sea if they are not careful.
If there is no internal guidance, it is not easy to take the right path.
Li Dazhui walked to the dusty and dilapidated window with a thick layer of wood, looking at the blue sky outside, and hesitated in his heart.
"Before, he carelessly let the scouts of the Pingbei Army come to the island, presumably he has informed his general of the situation on the island. The one-eyed dragon had taken the right water route to take to the island, and as a scout, it should be okay for him to keep in mind. ”
Somehow, Li Dazhui thought of Zhang Xuan, and speaking of which, Li Dazhui also admired Zhang Xuan very much.
"Mother, mother. Ling'er is going to catch fish. ”
A delicate little girl about six or seven years old, with two pigtails, white feet, and a thin skirt, shouted to a middle-aged woman next to her who was wearing a light blue dress with patches.
I saw the middle-aged woman raise her eyebrows and said angrily: "The beach is so dangerous, you are not allowed to go." You go and play with the flowers. It is not allowed to go to the beach. ”
Although the middle-aged woman is stern in her mouth, she only has love in her eyes.
As soon as the little girl's mouth pursed, her eyes rolled from side to side, as if she was counting something.
"Hey"
Li Dazhui sighed, the mother and son outside the window were his younger siblings, and one of his sworn brothers was killed by other pirates in a battle. So Li Dazhui took on the responsibility of raising their mother and son.
"They can't afford to lose."
"Someone! The order goes down, and all the men are ready for battle. Lao Tzu wants to see how the navy of the Pingbei Army is! ”
Li Dazhui snorted angrily, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
He Li Da Hammer is not easy to bully, let the Pingbei Army see the strength of my Li Da Hammer!
Soon the whole island learned of Li Dazhui's order, and needless to say, everyone understood that something must have happened, and it was common for pirates to fight each other. But since occupying Hammer Island, the people on the island have never heard such a strong order from Li Dazhui.
Suddenly, the whole island was jumping.
The wife looked worriedly at her husband, who was wearing shabby armor, and the mother tearfully saw off her son, who was holding a broken blade.
The children were so frightened that they cried, and the old people closed the house and secretly wiped their tears.
Everything looks like the end of the world.
Because there has never been such a big mobilization.
This has made quite a few people worried.
"I heard that the Pingbei Army is coming!"
"Pingbei Army? Who? ”
"The Pingbei army has defeated the Tartars on the mainland, and now it has occupied a lot of land."
"Oh, I see. But what are the Pingbei Army doing when they fight us? We didn't provoke them on the island. ”
"You don't know about that, my son told me about it. Didn't two strangers come to the island a few days ago? I heard that it was a messenger sent by the Pingbei Army to make our big boss surrender. It should be the disagreement of the big bosses. So—"
In a thatched house, two white-haired old men, both with a worn and broken black pipe in their mouths, wisps of white smoke floated up.
The Jiaozhou warship carrying more than 200 sailors quietly came to the five miles of Hammer Island. It can be clearly seen from the top of Hammer Island.
There were already small boats patrolling within three miles of Hammer Island, and they had already discovered that the Jiaozhou was not small, at least much larger than their patrol fishing boats.
The Jiaozhou is also an important component of the North Sea Fleet, which currently lacks warships. At present, the rank of this warship is battalion level. The captain of the [Jiaozhou] warship is the commander of the 1st Marine Battalion under the White Shark Guard, Ding Shaoqiu Yang Martial Academy. Ding Shaoqiu was originally a deputy battalion commander in the Guards Brigade, but because of his good water quality, he was selected into the navy and was appointed as the commander of the first battalion.
This marine battalion was specially arranged by Liu Xia, and this is a special force that can fight on the sea and on land.
But it's definitely a lot worse than Eagle Yangwei.
There were four people on a mossy black fishing boat, and the one-eyed dragon was among them. I saw that he was squinting at the remaining eagle eye, frowning, and looking at the huge [Jiaozhou].
"Look, there's a big ship. It looks like a warship. The cyclops called out to the four men beside him.
Although the one-eyed dragon only had one eye left, for some reason, this last remaining eye turned out to be very keen and could see farther. That's why he often cruises the seas.
"It should be the warship of the Pingbei Army, but it's just such a one, it's not very useful, although it's a little bigger, but we also have a large number of ships, why are you afraid of him?"
"Smack!" The one-eyed dragon pulled out his rough calloused big hand and slapped a ** man squatting next to him, and said, "You know a bullshit!" It's called Striker! Striker, do you know! There are three more warships in the rear! ”
"And three warships? Where, where? The beaten man hurriedly got up, stretched his neck, looked into the distance, and wondered.
"Grandma, Lao Tzu is clairvoyant, how can you see clearly." Speaking of this, the one-eyed dragon's face appeared arrogant.
This is his one-eyed dragon specialty, and no one can match him. This is also his arrogant capital.
"Cut, clean and blow. Where are the three big ships on this sea? It's just one. Don't talk nonsense to scare people. ”
"That's right! Don't talk nonsense, even if there are really three more warships, we are not afraid of him. Another pirate said.
The one-eyed dragon didn't care if others didn't believe him, he had been through a lot of things, but in the end he was right.
"Guys, don't talk about it, the ship is getting closer and closer, go and tell the boss." The one-eyed dragon didn't dare to slack off, he said quickly. The four then rowed quickly towards the island.
Ding Shaoqiu walked to the deck of the ship, picked up the binoculars, and began to observe Hammer Island, which had already seen the outline clearly.
Since Zhang Wei had already come to Hammer Island last time, Yu Mingjun asked Zhang Wei to come with Ding Shaoqiu this time.
"Battalion commander, there should be reefs all around here. The last time I was brought to the island by the people of the island, the route I took was not straight, but took many turns. Zhang Wei expressed his conjecture. Zhang Wei actually guessed well, there are really reefs under this sea.
Ding Shaoqiu said: "Indeed, look at the small boat ahead. The route they were taking was not straight, they were avoiding the reef. ”
Ding Shaoqiu held a telescope and could clearly see the one-eyed dragon and others who were rushing towards the island.
"Stop!"
At present, I don't know if there is a reef under the water ahead, and Ding Shaoqiu doesn't dare to drive ahead.
"Immediately send a small expedition to inform the general."
"Artillery bombardment to the front!"
Ding Shaoqiu gave the order for the shelling.
However, this shelling was not a bombardment of the island, but a bombardment of the island's coastal waters to deter the people of the Hammer Island. After all, they came to subdue them, not to destroy them.
As Ding Shaoqiu gave the order, the sailboat began to slowly turn its body, parallel to the island.
Because most of the cannons on the hull are installed on both sides of the ship.
When the ship stabilized, the hull on the side of the island suddenly began to open small windows, and a swarthy cannon hole peeked out of the small window.
"Let's go!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A cannon strike shook the heavens and the earth, and it fell into the sea water, stirring up waves several feet high, resounding through the heavens and the earth.
Many people on the island exclaimed, they had never received such a ferocious attack before.
Most of the pirates' boats were converted from fishing boats, and they did not have artillery, so they were naturally not very powerful. However, this warship was extraordinary, the guns fell, and the whole sea was still choppy.
"Is the battalion commander still blowing up?" After a round, the sea water was covered with white foam and was turbid. There are even a lot of blown up fish floating around.
Ding Shaoqiu picked up the binoculars and looked at the distant island again, only to see that the pirates above the pirates began to gather in a hurry. Crawl towards the ship moored in the harbor.