"At present, we have only 8 platoons of the 101st Company of the Army, with 128 riflemen and 8 personnel at the company headquarters (including company-level officers, division chiefs, heralds, military doctors, etc.), for a total of 136 people. Oh, and 2 soldiers died a while ago, and now there are only 134 of them. Shi Qinjie took out a piece of paper, and then wrote and drew on it, "Plus 54 Eight Banner Overseers and 610 healthy slaves, by the way, you have brought in 600 slaves and 50 Overseers, then the manpower will be more sufficient." ”

"Slaves don't take it into account, they're not too reliable. Even if the loyalty is enough, the combat effectiveness is very suspicious, and going to the battlefield will only cause chaos for us. Li Yi said, "Even the existing 104 Eight Banner overseers should not be taken into account, their task is to take care of the more than 1,200 slaves, let them complete their work with quality and quantity, and do not ask for anything else." With more than 100 army soldiers, I can also make up more than 100 sailors and gunners in my fleet, all of whom have been in battle formations and have rich combat experience, so it should be easy to deal with those natives. ”

"Well, you're good at military warfare, and I'll give you all the authority I have. I make a decision or not, how to beat you to make a decision, after all, you are a professional. Shi Qinjie said happily, "In this case, let the brothers rest well for the next two days, and then wait for a good weather before setting off." There is not so much rain in October and November, so it is not difficult to wait for a few sunny days. This damn rainy day won't be able to bring out the power of our firearms, so do you want the lads to put on their armor and take their swords and fight those barbarians? Okay, that's it, rest and rest first. I'm tired after such a long voyage. ”

In the next two days. Xinhua Fort entered such a tense and orderly atmosphere. On the one hand, slaves were gathered together in the rain to build walls and cement kilns. The overseers, wearing cuirasses and holding spears and bows and arrows, vigilantly watched the trees around the construction site to prevent a sudden attack by barbarians. On the other hand, the soldiers of the 101st Company of the Army also received a long-lost mobilization order from their superiors. After staying in the hot and humid area for a long time, they almost felt that their bodies were about to rust, and after receiving the mobilization order that they might go to crusade against the barbarian lair, they were not too nervous, on the contrary, they were all calm, and even faintly excited in the calm. What a chance to make a fortune!

November 2nd. The sun is shining. The rain finally stopped last night, and the long-lost sun in the early morning sprinkled its blazing brilliance in every corner of the new Huaxia Bay. The rain-washed sky and earth are fresh, the weeds, flowers, and trees are verdant, and even the air seems to smell much better than usual.

The 101st Company's 6 infantry platoons of 96 people (2 platoons stayed in the city) lined up neatly in the open space outside the city wall.

Shi Qinjie, the captain of the Madagascar Pioneer Team, stood in front of the team surrounded by Navy Lieutenant Li Yi, Deputy Company Sergeant Shou Daoist of the 101st Company, and Navy Sergeant Kyle. Looking at this neat army, the high-spirited Shi Qinjie was about to say something, but suddenly heard a cannon shot.

Holding his breath and about to speak, he almost staggered, and was about to turn around to ask where he was, when he opened fire, he suddenly heard a voice that shocked him: "Enemy attack!" Barbarian! At sea! ”

With a "whew", Navy Lieutenant Li Yi took the lead in rushing to the dock. I saw that on the sea in the north of Xinhuaxia Bay, dense canoes were rushing towards the coast at a fast speed. Each of these canoes can seat 30-50 people. There are floats hanging on the outside of the boat, and it looks like a canoe from the Indonesian side. Li Yi roughly counted, there were no less than ten ships in his field of vision alone, and I was afraid that there would be more in the future.

The barbarians in the canoes were also taken aback when they saw several large ships anchored in the harbor behind the forest. But at this point, the arrow is already on the line, and there is no room to retreat. So they simply divided their forces into two groups, the smaller one going towards several large ships, trying to seize them; And most of the force rushed towards the shore. No matter which one it was, they all desperately accelerated the speed of rowing, and rushed towards their respective goals desperately.

Shou Daoist had gathered all the soldiers of the 101st Company of the Army, and these experienced soldiers marched in formation to about 100 meters behind the coconut grove behind the wharf, right in the middle of the wharf and the city of Xinhuabao. The officers began to give orders to inspect weapons, charges, and reload, while the soldiers who had finished loading looked ahead with bated breath. The temperature in the morning was only about 25 degrees, but the heavy and dreary atmosphere still made sweat beads on the foreheads of many soldiers.

Fighting on the surface of the sea preceded the outbreak on the shore. The officers who remained on several ships organized sailors to pull anchors and raise sails, and on the other hand, they organized gunners to use grapeshot and explosive bombs to fire at the canoe flotilla that was surging densely on the sea ahead, with the intention of killing and wounding a large number of their personnel first. And on the deck of the ship, a large group of sailors also changed into bright steel cuirasses, with a saber hanging from their waists, and a loaded musket in their hands, ready to fire a volley of guns at the order of the officer.

Because the decks of the large ships of the East Fleet were too high, and the canoes were too small, grapeshots were less effective, especially when the barbarians had managed to close the distance. Therefore, after firing for a while, the officers simply ordered all to be reloaded with explosive shells. Although this shell is not very reliable, there are always a few rounds that can explode over those dense canoes after more fire, causing nightmarish casualties that the barbarians will never forget.

Li Yi took a fierce look at the enemy at sea on the dock, and then quickly ran towards the city. Because if he doesn't run again, those barbarians on the sea will land.

"Raise your gun!" Wearing a cuirass, Shou Daoist stood at the head of the line on the right side of the line, raising the command knife in his hand.

Some of the barbarians had landed, and they were noisily forming a formation on the docks, while more barbarians were rowing quickly towards the shore. The two or three hundred barbarians who went ashore were dressed only in uncolored linen clothes, and had a variety of weapons in their hands, some with short knives, some with spears, and some with short spears, most of them without shields, and only a few who looked like officers had a wooden shield in their hands. After going ashore, they also knew that they would form a whole team first, instead of rushing up in a swarm, which showed that these people still had a certain degree of organization and discipline, and were not the kind of pirate-like rabble.

"First row, squatting; The second and third rows are standing, ready to ......" Shou Daoist looked at the barbarians who were rushing towards the city with a messy step, and couldn't help but mourn for them. These barbarians seem to have never had contact with the Europeans, and even the elite cavalry of Europe will have a big headache in the face of well-trained and well-formed flintlock pistol formations, not to mention these uncivilized barbarians who are poorly equipped and poorly trained, it seems that today is destined to be their nightmare day.

"Shoot!" Shou Daoist suddenly waved the saber in his hand. The platoon commanders, who had long watched his movements, quickly blew the brass whistles in their mouths, and when the sharp whistle spread throughout the phalanx, the 32 muskets of the first platoon began to fire almost at the same time. Although the wet weather affected the rate of fire, nearly 20 muskets were successfully fired.

Immediately after the first platoon was fired, a nervous charge and reload began; And the second and third rows, which followed in their footsteps, also fired a volley in turn. It seems that due to the wet weather, the rifle fire rate today is generally only 60%, but this is enough.

The barbarians crowded at the exit of the wharf and the highway suffered heavy casualties under the fire of more than 100 muskets. At the front of the line seemed to be officers or warriors with wooden shields in hand, their sturdy bodies torn apart by lead bullets flying at high speed, and screams were heard one after another.

Before they could react, a second volley of guns followed. Many of the soldiers in the 101st Company, who had been trained for a long time, were former veterans, and now they were re-drafted, and they were quite relaxed in the face of these barbarians who had a generation difference in their weapons, and the speed of charging and reloading was extremely fast, basically reaching the speed of two rounds a minute in training. Under their leadership, those recruits who were on the battlefield for the first time gradually calmed down, and their loaded hands began to stop shaking, and they were basically able to play at their normal level.

The casualties from the second salvo were equally heavy. Before they could react, the barbarians who were still rushing forward with their lives seemed to be slammed head-on against a wall, their bodies smashed into flesh and blood with blazing buckshots.

Under the command of the officer, the soldiers of the 101st Company mechanically repeated the actions of charging, reloading, and firing, and the whole team was like a sophisticated war machine, killing the enemy in front of them with high efficiency.

After six or seven volleys, there were not many enemies left to stand in front of them. Between 40 and 100 meters in front of their formation, no less than 200 corpses were lying in a dense area. The corpse was horribly dead, blood gushing out and soaking the ground. The only few dozen barbarians stood on the ground dumbfounded, their mouths wide open and their weapons drooping, neither rushing forward nor fleeing back, as if they had been frightened by the scene before them.

"Forward!" Shou Daoist pointed his command knife forward, and the soldiers of the 101st Company held their rifles flat and slowly approached forward under the command of the officers' "one-two-one". At this time, the barbarians woke up like a dream, and stumbled back. Many people tripped over the corpses and fell to the ground, but did not get up after they fell to the ground, but just held their heads and muttered to themselves, as if praying to the gods.

Daoist Shou shook his head, he knew that these people had been broken by today's volley of guns. (To be continued......)