Chapter 254: Hao Jing is suspicious

Originally, Lin Xiao only planned to let Wang Dong go ashore with them with the communication squad, but Zhang Chenfeng, He Shouxin and other officers said that they did not agree to anything.

After Duan Zhenghong was sent away, Zhang Chenfeng was the only one among the old brothers of the original special combat team who was still with Lin Xiao, and he took it upon himself to think that now, Lin Xiao's safety problems naturally fell on his head.

The "Longsheng" has already suffered a shocking disaster, in case Lin Xiao has three longs and two shorts, Duan Zhenghong and a few of them won't hack him alive?

Therefore, since Lin Xiao was going ashore, Zhang Chenfeng refused to leave him even a step, even if he was scolded by Lin Xiao, he would not back down.

In fact, as an old comrade-in-arms, from Lin Xiao's expression, Zhang Chenfeng had already seen that such a big thing had happened, and according to Lin Xiao's temper, he would definitely not give up this time.

What will happen next, in this place of Macau, only God knows!

Therefore, when Lin Xiao and the others were still surveying the scene, he, He Shouxin and others had already secretly coordinated their forces and ordered the whole army to prepare for combat at the first level.

Among them, the reconnaissance battalion was led by the deputy battalion commander, and all of them stayed behind to guard the "Qinzhou," while the guard company and the special operations brigade were already fully armed and boarded the "Longsheng" one after another.

Even the captain of the ship, Fang Yuchun, had already begun to send some sailors and several engineers from the "Qinzhou" to quickly prepare for the fire and set sail.

Ho Shouxin and Situ Zheng, both born as dart masters and proficient in Cantonese, happened to be useful in places like Macao, so they insisted on accompanying them ashore.

Lin Xiao didn't have much heart to worry about them, so when he saw this, he hastily ordered, ordered He Shouxin and Yu Cheng to lead the team to stay on the "Longsheng", and ordered Situ Zheng to take the radio and a special operations squadron to go ashore with them.

Although He Shouxin and Yu Cheng were reluctant, they didn't dare to disobey the order, so they had to stay on the ship stupidly, so many soldiers were on two big ships, if there was an action, someone had to command.

Qu Shiyun, who finally boarded the "Longsheng", took the initiative to ask to go ashore together, after all, he had some friendship with the local church, as well as Jack Lee and others, and it was easier to communicate with him to understand the situation.

After seeing Qu Shiyun and Chen Qice, Lin Xiao calmed down a little, groaned slightly, and briefly communicated with Chen Qice for a while, and then ordered He Shouxin to urgently call Duan Zhenghong and Xia Bomin on behalf of the headquarters, and ordered Duan Zhenghong to revise the combat plan.

Order 1: Divide Chen Qice's sailors into fifty warships and take a shortcut from the Jiangmen waterway to Macao for reinforcements, in case of an exchange of fire with the Portuguese, ensure the encirclement of the sea off Macao, and cut off all the waterways of the Pearl River estuary;

Order 2, the first battalion that was originally preparing to occupy Gaoming County, after receiving the order, handed over Gaoming to the independent battalion, and the main force of the battalion was personally led by the commander of the first battalion, Hu Zixing, to cross the Xijiang River overnight, occupy all areas south of Shunde County in advance, and build a defensive line to the north along the Shunde waterway;

Order 3: The first battalion and one company that had originally attacked Xiangshan County immediately moved closer to Macao and completely cut off all passages between Macao and the mainland;

Order 4, Duan Zhenghong led the main force of the second battalion to the north, and the plan to cooperate with Xia Bomin's rest of the troops to attack Zhaoqing remained unchanged.

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Several speedboats sped all the way, and soon approached the Nanwan Wharf, along the way, Lin Xiao stood on the bow of the boat with a gloomy face, roughly looking at the situation in the bay.

The whole of Macau is visible from the boat, and the city, which has been in town for almost a century since 1553, when the Portuguese were officially granted residence permits, has begun to take shape in urban construction, supported by high trade profits.

In the entire inner bay, a total of more than a dozen Portuguese ships were moored, including two large warships, the towering mast left a deep impression on Lin Xiao, both ships are not smaller than the "Qinzhou", Lin Xiao is estimated to be more than 1,000 tons.

The rest of the large ships, although not small, each had only a few gun emplacements, and it seemed that they should be armed merchant ships used by Portuguese merchants to run trade routes.

As for the various small and medium-sized wooden ships in China, there are countless in the entire bay, and most of them are merchant ships that have trafficked goods from Guangdong and Fujian.

Not far from the pier, the city is surrounded by tall Western-style city walls, on which loaded foreign soldiers loom visible.

At various points, the forts with the Portuguese red and green flags were very conspicuous, the Dutch and British repeatedly tried to seize Macao, and the Portuguese and Macao authorities were very careful about the fortification of the city, and the main forts of Macau had been completed decades ago.

Seeing this appearance of a complete country within a country, Lin Xiao's face became more and more gloomy......

In the past, there was only one small fishing village on the Macao Peninsula, and because of the abundance of oysters in the vicinity, the locals at first called this place "Consume the Mirror", and later changed the name to the more elegant "Mirror".

But now, until later generations, the name of Hao Jing has been changed to Macau by the Portuguese, and this name is derived from Mazu (known locally as A-Ma).

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Portuguese had a great seafaring business, and merchants went to sea mainly engaged in the spice trade, and the merchant ships arrived in Macao through Africa, the coast of India, Malacca and other places.

About 100 years ago, in the 32nd year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese who were doing business in the area of Shangchuan Island and Nanshui Village in Langbaiao claimed that a crack had entered the water when the cargo ship hit the reef, and asked for a place to dry the tribute.

At that time, the Portuguese landed near the A-Ma temple and asked the locals for the name of the place, because it was next to the A-Ma temple, the locals replied to A-Ma, so Macau was named Macau (the Portuguese transliteration of A-Ma).

In fact, the Ming government never leased Macao to the Portuguese, nor did it formally agree to the Portuguese to live in Macao for a long time, and the Portuguese bribed the local officials to allow them to live in Macao with a bribe of 500 taels a year, which gradually evolved into a symbolic rent.

At first, the Portuguese were still relatively timid, and were restricted by the government to live in the southern part of Macao, only to trade in ships and build some thatched tents to live here, but in less than ten years, the number of Portuguese who came to Macao increased greatly, so that they built thousands of districts and destroyed thousands of people.

Although the Portuguese sought the right of residence in Macao, the Ming Dynasty government still had an official residence here, but the Portuguese had been self-governing for a long time, and the corrupt government turned a blind eye and rarely interfered.

In 1623, the Portuguese government, which had gained an inch, appointed Ma Shijialu as the first governor of Macao, and sent troops to garrison it, set up gates and forts, and Macao was actually separated from the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty and became the territory of the Portuguese.

In 1887, the Portuguese government and the Qing Dynasty government signed the humiliating Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peace and Commerce, and since then, Macao has officially become a Portuguese colony.

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The first group of more than 30 people went ashore, and the speedboat quickly returned to the open sea to continue transporting the second group.

Lin Xiao ordered the special combat team to occupy various points near the dock in small groups, and ignored them if the Portuguese came to interfere.

If the opponent's attitude is arrogant and forcibly driven away, there is no need to hesitate to disarm, and if the opponent's brigade attackes, you can open fire and resolutely suppress it.

In short, it is necessary to show the courage of the master and quickly control the situation.

Could it be that Made, in her own land, has become a guest?

As soon as he thought of this, Lin Xiao became angry!

The arrangement was set, Lin Xiao accompanied Qu Shiyun and Li Tao, protected by Zhang Chenfeng, Situ Zheng and others to enter the city immediately, and the first thing he wanted to see was the Jack Li who introduced a group of Western sailors.

To solve the doubt, you must first ask something from this person......

Thank you for the reward of "Azure and Rain"! Thank you!

(End of chapter)