Chapter 215: Zhao Zizhong's Anger

An Dalang was confused and knew that what he said was not a good thing, so he decided not to take care of this second goods. He walked to the middle of the battlefield, picked up his horse, and walked towards the pillbox.

Seeing that there was no audience, Du Dalei also felt a little bored, so he walked towards the warehouse and continued to lurk.

Until dawn, nothing happened. An Dalang came out of the bunker and found Du Dalei, and the two decided to take the prisoner and return to the camp.

An hour later, the two men returned to the camp with the escorts.

Du Dalei asked Ding Shuisheng to interrogate the prisoners immediately, and he must find out how many pirates had escaped into the mountains and forests. And where is the pirate's lair, and how many people there are.

Ding Shuisheng escorted the prisoners back to the garrison of the escort team, and An Dalang and Du Dalei walked to the cafeteria, wanting to go back to catch up on sleep after breakfast.

Walking into the cafeteria, the two found Zhao Zizhong, Wei Hongye, and Boris sitting together eating.

Du Dalei immediately walked over, picked up Boris's porridge bowl, and drank it in one gulp.

"You're not afraid of getting hot, can you drink slowly?" Wei Hongye fell to Du Dalei.

"Lao Tzu has been squatting all night, can't you drink some porridge? This damn weather, I'm going to freeze to death. It's not like summer at all. ”

Zhao Zizhong asked, "Have you gained anything?" ”

An Dalang sat down, and then said: "We have captured more than a dozen enemies, including the four masters of the pirates, and I have already asked Ding Shuisheng to interrogate." ”

Zhao Zizhong was very happy, "You did a good job, according to the prisoners, the leader of the pirates, the big boss and the second boss ran away." The three masters were slaughtered by us, and now that we have captured the four masters, we will be able to know many secrets of this group, which will be very helpful for us to make a battle plan. ”

While eating, Du Dalei asked vaguely: "Boss, have you caught the enemy by guarding the camp?" ”

"Hey, don't mention it, after one night's guard, I caught a few pirates, all of them hungry and came to the camp to steal food."

An Dalang asked, "Do we still go into the mountains to search during the day?" ”

"Go, why don't you go. This is a good opportunity to train the guards, let the scouts go to the mountains to reconnoitre, and if they find pirates, they will immediately gather a large force and be sure to catch all the pirates scattered on the island. ”

An Dalang said: "Then I'll take someone there, brother, you can take a rest." ”

Zhao Zi thought about it again and said: "We don't have to go to these little things. We must learn to delegate power, try our best to train squadron leaders and squad leaders at all levels, and let them grow up as soon as possible. ”

Du Dalei asked, "Boss, when are we going to the pirate's lair?" ”

"There's no hurry, we have to pry open the mouths of the four masters first, figure out the specific situation of the pirates, and then make a detailed plan."

Du Dalei took a few bites, then wiped his mouth, "I'll go and interrogate the four masters now and get a confession as soon as possible." ”

Wei Hongye grabbed him, "Why are you always frizzy, when can you change it?" Let the guards do these little things, you don't need to go out. Eat a full meal first, then go back to sleep, don't rush. ”

After breakfast, everyone got busy, and An Dalang and Du Dalei went back to sleep.

In the evening, Zhao Zizhong gathered the key personnel of Seven Seas Company and went to the conference room for a meeting.

Cui Zhaorong first reported the situation, "Ladies and gentlemen, this time we have suffered a lot of losses, 37 people were killed by pirates, and more than 60 people were injured. There are those who save their lives but are left with lifelong disabilities. ”

Everyone started talking about it and was angry.

Zhai Xiaoshan continued: "Everyone, thirty-one people in our escort team were killed and more than seventy were wounded. In this operation, our losses were too great. ”

"Ahh There are so many casualties, what a loss! Hu Shuiyang exclaimed.

Everyone in the conference room started talking, but they didn't expect such a big loss this time. A few of the grumpy fellows immediately shouted and said that they must take revenge.

Zhao Zizhong stood up and pressed down with both hands to silence everyone.

Slowly, everyone stopped talking, and the room was much quieter.

Zhao Zizhong said solemnly: "Revenge must be avenged, but we must plan carefully and not act blindly." Let's take a look at the pirates. Ding Shuisheng, tell me about the interrogation of the captives. ”

Ding Shuisheng hurriedly stood up, walked to the middle of the room, then took out a few pieces of paper, looked at them, and said: "Everyone, the four masters of the pirates are a bad breed, and we haven't been punished yet, so he will confess everything." ”

Du Dalei asked anxiously: "Lao Ding, you quickly say, don't sell Guanzi." ”

Ding Shuisheng nodded and continued: "This fourth master is named Lin Daquan, and he is a distant relative of the bandit leader Lin Xiwang. He is Chinese New Year's Eve a year old today, and he is responsible for collecting intelligence and finding out information in a pirate gang, and he has won Lin Xiwang's trust. ”

Boris asked, "Lao Ding, what is the origin of this Lin Xiwang?" ”

"Mr. Bao, according to Lin Daquan and other pirates, Lin Xiwang turned out to be a small leader of the Qingyuan Army and Navy Army in Quanzhou. Later, because he offended his superiors, he fled the army. Then a group of outlaws were gathered and occupied the Penghu Islands.

Lin Xiwang is cunning, he led his subordinates after nine years of hard work, successfully defeated the large and small pirate gangs in the Fujian waters, and incorporated many remnants of the soldiers, and now there are more than 1,000 people under his command, becoming the largest pirate gang in the Fujian waters. ”

Everyone started talking, and An Dalang said loudly: "These people are a group of local chickens and dogs, as long as I bring a few warships over, I will definitely clean them up." ”

The cattle of the escort team echoed An Dalang's words, and they all asked Zhao Zizhong to fight, and they wanted to go to sea as soon as possible to raid the pirates' lair.

Wei Hongye said loudly: "Shut up, listen to Ding Shuisheng's report first, and then discuss the battle plan." ”

The officers of the escort team were all angry when they saw that Wei Hongye, who was usually very kind, and they all quieted down and closed their mouths.

Ding Shuisheng continued: "This time the pirates came to attack us, and more than 800 people were dispatched, which is the entire combat force of this group of pirates. They only left more than 400 old and weak people and their families to guard the nest. According to our analysis of the situation, we have killed, wounded, and captured more than 400 enemies on the battlefield. The four leaders led the sneak attack on the camp with about 150 people. When Lin Xiwang fled, he took only about 200 people with him. ”

An Dalang hurriedly stood up, looked at Zhao Zizhong and said, "Brother, the main combat power of this group of pirates has been destroyed by us, and the people who escaped from them, plus the old and weak who stayed behind and their families, there are only about six hundred people in total. All you need to do is send me three ships and two hundred escorts, and I'll take down all of them. ”

Du Dalei also came over and said with a smile: "Boss, let me go too." I'm with Dalang, and I'm sure there will be no problem. ”

Zhao Zizhong lowered his head and thought for a while, and said with a solemn face: "This time to go to sea to fight, it seems that it is not very difficult. But the road is long, and there must be many variables in the middle, and we must not take it lightly. ”

Du Dalei said disappreciably: "Boss, you are too cautious." What's the problem? ”

Wei Hongye said solemnly: "Lao Zhao's concern is very reasonable, it is summer now, and the storms on the sea are very frequent. The big storm some time ago, haven't we suffered enough? It would be very dangerous for our wooden ships to encounter a storm of this magnitude at sea. ”

Du Dalei was speechless and sat down muttering.

Guo Jintao stood up and said: "Everyone, I have been adrift on the sea all my life, and it can be said that I know things on the sea very well. In this season, it is dangerous to go out to sea. Generally, no one chooses to trade at this time, and everyone waits until autumn to go to sea to trade. ”

The people in the conference room discussed in a whisper, and many people didn't quite believe Guo Jintao's words, thinking that he was exaggerating.

Cui Daoshu saw that something was wrong, so he stood up and said: "I believe in Lao Guo's judgment, he has been mixing in the Mingzhou Sailor all his life, and he has a lot of experience, we have to trust him." ”

Guo Jintao looked at Cui Daoshu gratefully, and felt very warm in his heart.

Zhao Zizhong also stood up and strongly supported Guo Jintao. He stared sternly at several officers of the escort team, who were questioning Guo Jintao just now.

"You're not a little good now, huh? Do you feel invincible in the world? ”

Several officers didn't dare to look at Zhao Zizhong, and lowered their heads one after another.

Zhao Zizhong continued: "This time we fought the pirates head-on, and we killed more than 20 people on the spot, and more than 40 were injured. If we hadn't used *and*, the casualties would have been even greater. If we were on the battlefield, without * and *, would we be able to beat those bandits who had accumulated for years? What do you have to be bullish about? ”

The people of the escort team didn't even dare to come out, and quietly listened to Zhao Zi's reopening of the spray.

"This time, we fought head-on with the pirates, and we occupied the right time, the right place, and the right people. And we have the weapons of the hoplites, and our weapons are better than the enemy's. Under such favorable conditions, we still suffered heavy casualties. What does this mean? Most of our guards are newcomers, rookies! The first time they went to battle, they were all very heroic! But why are there such heavy casualties? It is you officers who are derelict in their duties! ”

The officers of the escort team were very scared, they had never seen Zhao Zizhong so angry.

Na Zhe poured Zhao Zizhong a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Boss, you dissipate your anger and drink saliva first." ”

Zhao Zizhong's face was pale, and he ignored Na Zhe.

He continued: "You may think that you are not wrong, but I think, 'One soldier will bear a nest'! Such huge casualties are due to insufficient training on the one hand and low command ability of officers on the other. None of you are qualified officers now, what is there to be proud of? ”