"Bang-bang-bang-" After the round of firing was over, and when the smoke cleared and the second row of musketeers had not yet fired, Commander Wessett began to observe the results......

Generally speaking, at a distance of fifty or sixty meters, the shooting is more confident. However, Wessett was surprised to find that there were not many deaths on the other side......

Why? Because this group of pirates is a straggler line charge, it is the most suitable to deal with the queue to shoot. This is not because the Japanese know how to deal with muskets, but because they are equivalent to martial arts masters, with strong personal martial arts, but no discipline. Therefore, when charging, the formation is more chaotic. But it is precisely that this is very much in line with the tactics of dealing with platoon guns.

Of course, this is only one of them. Another important reason is the height problem......

Yes, height issues. This group of widows is generally only 1.5 meters tall, and those who are more than 1.6 meters are considered "great men". On the contrary, the sailors of the North Sea Country are generally 1.6 meters tall and 1.7 meters tall. In this way, the two sides form a height difference......

According to the custom in Europe and the Ming Dynasty, this group of musketeers would raise their muskets to shoulder height when shooting, and then shoot them horizontally......

Here's the problem......

These pirates were a head shorter than the sailors of the North Sea Kingdom, and their muskets were held flat forward. Then, the height at which the musket was aimed was at the head of the Japanese and not at the chest......

But how big is the head? In addition, when people are charging, their heads are also shaking, and it is very difficult to aim and hit. In later generations, even if a sniper used a scope to shoot people in the head, they only dared to aim at the head when the target stopped. If the target is active, aim for the upper body. Because, grasp it more......

The sailors and musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom committed empirical dogmatism, and still held their muskets flat, but the shooting area covered the heads of those Japanese warriors, and naturally the hit rate was greatly reduced. Originally, the hit rate of the smoothbore gun was not high, and with the addition of the head, the hit rate was even lower.

So, after the first round of shooting, only a few Japanese samurai were shot. However, all the Japanese who were shot died on the spot. Why? Because I got a headshot...... When a bullet hits the body, it may convulsed for a long time before it dies. But when it hit the head, dozens of grams of lead bullet smashed over, and he was basically killed on the spot. And some of the brains of those who were unfortunately headshots were broken out......

If it were the group of farmers and military households in the southeast guard of the Ming Dynasty, they might be frightened when they saw such a scene. However, the group of pirates were not intimidated. Because they are all murderous robbers, they have long been numb to death...... Even though they were splashed in the face by their companions' brains, the would-be robbers continued to rush forward with their swords ferociously......

……

Wessett thought for a moment, and then reacted - this group of opponents was too short to aim the old way. So, he loudly commanded the second row of musketeers:

"Everyone, press down slightly, aim at the chest of this group of enemies!"

As a result, the musketeers in the second row pressed down their guns......

"Bang-bang-bang-"

Sure enough, the second round of firing brought even more casualties to the pirates - more than a dozen pirates were shot and fell to the ground......

Led by the samurai leader Kikujiro Fujita, who was lucky not to be shot, the remaining would-be pirates shouted "onboard" and continued to swing their swords forward......

"Third row, aim—"

"Fire—"

……

After the three-stage blow, there were only four of the original more than 30 Japanese samurai, including the Fujita Kikujiro. However, there was also a brief gap in the musketeers. Because, the loading of the musketeers in the first row has not yet ended......

So, under the orders of Wesset, a total of 40 spearmen on both sides, armed with 4-meter-long spears, outflanked the four surviving Japanese warriors......

Forty spearmen, four pikemen, everyone thought it was stable. However, the results were a big surprise......

These four Japanese warriors, although they are short in stature, are extremely flexible. Although so many spears stabbed them, they dodged unhurriedly. Relying on their short stature, they nimbly dodged the stabbing of dozens of spears......

Moreover, the swords in their hands were so sharp that they even cut off several spears......

"Hizen slash flow!" After cutting off the spear of a sailor from the Hokkai Kingdom, Kikujiro Fujita, who was a skilled martial artist, stepped forward, shouted, and slashed the broken spear sailor in the neck, killing the hapless sailor on the spot......

When the battle ended, Columbus and Conté were surprised to find that 40 spearmen had dealt with the four Japanese warriors, and although they had finally killed them all, three sailors had been killed and five had been slashed......

"What a fierce enemy!" Conté was taken aback.

"Yes, despite the small stature!" Columbus nodded.

At this time, Kong Tai suddenly remembered that when Ma Lin was teaching them Chinese, he mentioned in passing - it is best to use a gun or a plate knight to deal with the Japanese warriors. (Of course, Marin didn't say that the Mandarin Duck Formation is also very suitable.) But he didn't engage in such a thing as a mandarin duck array, so there is no need to mention it)

Needless to say, the results just now prove everything. And the plate armor knight is also very powerful in martial arts, and the plate armor can resist the sword of the Japanese and can have the upper hand......

And Wesset, too, summed up one point - that is, when fighting the pirates, the musketeers must press down the muzzle of the gun slightly, otherwise they will not be able to hit...... After all, the other party is a bit short......

You must know that before the later generations of Japan vigorously promoted the policy of drinking milk to grow taller, the Japanese were indeed not tall. Even during the Anti-Japanese War, although the living conditions of the Japanese soldiers were good, their height was generally only 1.6 meters. Moreover, it is 1.6 meters and a few small. If there is a devil who is more than seven meters tall or even one meter eight...... Don't guess, that's a North Korean devil......

……

Looking at the three dead sailors, Kong Tai suddenly had a big head. The five wounded sailors were good to say, because there were a lot of gold medicines, alcohol and gauze on board. Knife wounds look terrifying, but as long as they don't cut into vital points or blood vessels and arteries, and do a good job of disinfection to ensure that they don't get infected, it's actually nothing serious.

Fortunately, the wounds of the five sailors were very deep, and one of them had a piece of flesh cut off by a sharp sword, but he did not hurt the vital point. After the emergency treatment, as long as you rest for a while, you will be fine. But the three unlucky guys who were hacked to death on the spot had no choice......

So, Kong Tai decided to follow the method in the Marin army - cremation and bring the ashes back to China......

In fact, Christians do not practice cremation, but rather burial. However, Conté had heard Marin explain that if the fleet returned home with coffins containing the dead, it would be easy for plague to breed on the way. Once the plague grows, no one else on the ship will be able to escape......

Therefore, in order not to let the dead interfere with the living, Marin's attitude is - the war dead will be cremated and the ashes will be brought back to China for burial...... Or, bury it in situ...... Moreover, Marin gave each soldier the right to choose whether he would be cremated and bring his ashes home after his death in battle or buried on the spot......

Most soldiers chose to be cremated and brought home with ashes because soldiers believed that their souls would be redeemed when they returned home......

……

Just when Conté was worried, the more than 50 refugees who fled for their lives, led by an old man in his 50s, came to Columbus and Conté......

I saw the old man come to Columbus and Conté, who were dressed in fine clothes, and bent down and said:

"Old decay Liu Laogen, on behalf of the survivors of Jilong Village, has written about the life-saving grace of the two adults." The old man used the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, which was not very proficient, but Kong Tai could understand it.

Hearing the old man's words, Kong Tai said in surprise:

"Do you know the official language?" This is not for the reason that Kong Tai is not curious. During his time in Guangzhou, Kong Tai found that the villagers of the Ming Dynasty generally spoke dialects, which he could not understand. Only those officials and high-ranking scholars can understand the official language.

However, this is Dongfan Island, not the Ming Dynasty, and it is too rare to meet an old man who can speak official language. It stands to reason that this side should be all Fanmin. However, looking at the old man's dress, he is a bit like the people of the Ming Dynasty, and he can speak official language......

Liu Laogen rolled his eyes, and said in his heart - you are a yellow-haired and blue-eyed ghost who can speak official language, is it strange that the old man can speak official language?

But he patiently explained:

"When I was young, I also studied in a private school for a few years, although I was not good at school, and I couldn't get fame, but I could also speak a little official language!"

"......I see," Kong Tai suddenly realized, but asked in confusion:

"Listening to the old man's conversation and dress, it should be the people of the Ming Dynasty, how can he appear on Dongfan Island?"

Old Liu Tou sighed and explained:

"Don't hide it from this adult, the old man and dozens of people in the same village originally lived in Xiaoliuzhuang by the sea in Putian County, Hu Jianxinghua Prefecture. In April of the twelfth year of Hongzhi (1499), Putian was flooded, the landslide overflowed, and the old man took the villagers and took more than a dozen fishing boats to take refuge at sea. Originally, I wanted to go north, but I was blown to Dongfan Island by a strong wind...... When he stumbled upon this island, he took the surviving dozens of people to settle down on the island, and after six years, he was also happy...... It's a pity to come across this group of pirates...... More than a dozen people were killed by pirates today, and only more than 50 people remained...... If it weren't for the army, I'm afraid they would all die here......" After speaking, he made a deep gesture to the two of them......

"You're welcome, it's just a gesture. We are the ship of the Ming envoy from the Northwest Sea of Thailand, and we happen to pass by here. It's just a matter of saving you. But, my lord, why don't you go to the big island? On this small island, there is only a lot of land that can be cultivated......"

Indeed, the total area of Sheliao Island is only more than 100 hectares. Of these, 66 hectares were designated as the Peace Island Marine Park in later generations. In the park, there are mainly strange rocks by the sea...... In other words, this island can be reclaimed with a maximum of thirty or forty hectares of arable land. Even if it is fully reclaimed, there are dozens of people in Liu Laogen's village, and each family will only have more than ten acres of land...... Looking at the development degree of the island, it seems that the cultivated land on the island is divided equally among the villagers of Jilong Village, and each family only has five or six acres of land......

Liu Laogen, who is the head of Jilong Village, sighed and said:

"We also want to go to the land on the other side of the river to farm, but those people are not allowed! We tried to get to the island, but they drove us back! We are such a few people, we can't beat the people, so we can only nest on this small island and farm! ”

"I see......"

To put it bluntly, it was the exiled Han people in Jilong Village who couldn't beat the indigenous people on the main island. If they could have survived, they would have landed long ago to seize the fertile land on the banks of the Keelung River......

As for why it is called Jicoo Village, it is said that he fled to this time a few years ago, and when he interacted with the local aborigines and asked them the name of the place, those natives preached the chicken coop...... As a result, the name of the new village was simply named after the chicken coop in the Min language......

In other words, on Sheliao Island, Kong Tai and the others inadvertently rescued a group of Ming refugees...... However, when the refugees fled to the island, they found that the area could be farmed. If you farm here, you don't have to pay taxes or conscription because you don't have to pay taxes because they are not under the jurisdiction of the government. As a result, the whole village simply settled here and did not leave......

It's just that they didn't expect to live on an isolated island though. The surrounding water surface can withstand the natives of Taiwan Island, but it can't stop the pirates who are good at seafaring.

If it weren't for the appearance of Kong Tai and the army, the chicken coop village would be history today...... After all, those would-be robbers are murderous demons......