Chapter 10: The Battle of Black Fox Island (2) (Page 1/1)

One by one, the landing boats were lowered from the Qin warships in an orderly manner, and the brave and fierce marines quickly fell into the landing craft along the ropes.

Under the cover of the battleship's artillery fire, dozens of small boats quickly headed towards Black Fox Island, and the soldiers clutched their special rifles in their hands, bowed down, and looked at the island with resolute and fiery eyes.

"Brothers, the cannon has been fighting for a long time, and we are just sitting and listening. Now it's time for us to make a difference. When we go to the island, we have to clean up the British on the island neatly, do you have confidence? ”

A battalion commander cheered up the soldiers with high spirits.

"Have faith!" The soldiers shouted in unison, and their morale was like a rainbow.

"Good! Kill the British, liberate Black Fox Island! The battalion commander laughed.

The British soldiers on Black Fox Island were originally confidently expecting their warships to annihilate the invading enemy in one fell swoop, but they didn't expect that in less than a few rounds, two of the three battleships were sunk and one was captured, and they were all a little confused.

Without the protection of the navy, Black Fox Island is as unsheltered as a stripped girl, and it is only left to be ravaged.

Moreover, the artillery fire of the Qin army is very sharp, and only when it finds a place on the island where gunfire is heard, it will immediately bombard it.

Their shells fell as if they didn't want money, and the British who blew up cried and cried for their mothers, which was extremely miserable, and the only fighting spirit they had soon faded.

At this time, the landing marines quickly rushed to the beach under the cover of naval fire, and the soldiers quickly jumped into the half-human deep water and rushed towards the beachhead.

Machine guns were firing from the boats behind him, and grenadiers, the more portable infantry support weapons, were constantly firing at the island to cover the landing soldiers.

The little resistance of the British was quickly crushed, and the first Qin troops rushed to the beach with no living person except for corpses and scattered weapons.

The vanguard soon set up landing positions and covered more soldiers to rush to the beach.

In less than half an hour, all two battalions of marines landed on Black Fox Island. During the entire landing process, except for a few wounded, no one was killed, which can be said to be very smooth.

After the successful landing, the rest will be left to the marines, and the naval warships will just watch the excitement on the sidelines.

Like a tiger descending from the mountain, the marines quickly advanced towards the center of Black Fox Island in three directions.

During this period, many aborigines who took the opportunity to escape came to serve as guides for the Qin army, leading them to search for the British deserters who were hiding.

With these aborigines who are familiar with the island's situation as guides, the search is simply invincible. Soon, one by one, the British soldiers were dug out of the various caves and woods like rats.

During this period, although some people resisted, they were quickly killed.

Moreover, more than a dozen British soldiers were beaten to death with stones and sticks by the liberated aborigines.

The Marines, who had intended to stop it, stopped when they heard that the British soldiers were the most ruthless of these aborigines, and let the aborigines get angry.

In the middle of the day, the search and suppression work on the island had basically ended, and the entire Black Fox Island had completely fallen into the hands of the Qin army.

Prior to this, the two detachments responsible for intercepting the British reinforcements also received good news one after another, and the British reinforcements on both routes were routed, including two British ships sunk and two captured, and more than 200 British soldiers were captured.

After Zheng Sen landed on Black Fox Island, the results of the landing on the island were also counted: 49 British soldiers were killed and 250 were captured. Thousands of guns of various types and countless ammunition were seized. and countless other supplies.

After listening to the report of the landing commander, Zheng Sen nodded, and did not rush to check the captured materials, but ordered: "Interrogate the prisoners and find out the deployment of British troops on the other two islands." This is number one. Pacify the people on the island and distribute some daily necessities to them. Military discipline was restricted, but those who harassed and plundered the people were shot. This is the second. Bury the pot and prepare lunch. After lunch, I took a short rest and took the other two islands in one go. ”

All the officers received the order in a deep voice, turned around and arranged.

Under Zheng Sen's appeasement, the hearts of the aboriginal people who were still worried slowly settled down, and finally even elected their patriarch to meet Zheng Sen to express their gratitude.

When Zheng Sen and the others came this time, they brought some aboriginal guides who often traded with the Qin State as interpreters. Although these small islands are remote and backward, they occasionally interact with each other, so they share a common language.

Under the translation and comparison, Zheng Sen finally understood what the old patriarch meant.

"Old patriarch, don't worry. These hateful aliens will never come to bully you again. In the future, you will all be protected by our Great Qin Empire and enjoy eternal happiness. ”

Zheng Sen expressed goodwill.

The translator gave the old chief a metaphorical translation again, and this time he even used his feet, and Zheng Sen was dumbfounded.

The old patriarch was not immediately overjoyed, but hesitated, and said something to the interpreter.

Zheng Sen guessed that he probably meant that he was worried that Qin Jun would have the same virtue as the British, so he would do so.

After several rounds of communication, the old patriarch's face finally relaxed, and he made a strange salute to Zheng Sen, and presented Zheng Sen with a beautiful feather to express their gratitude.

Great Qin's policy towards these overseas aborigines had long been decided, not to treat them as slaves, but to use gradual means to assimilate them, and eventually become the people of Great Qin.

For Jiang Chuan, the land he occupied was the land of Great Qin, and it would not be managed as a colony like the British. In the future, these islands will also be managed by officials and yamen.

But that's all in the future, things have to be done slowly, otherwise it will easily cause resistance from these aborigines who have been oppressed and devastated by the British.

After temporarily dealing with these aborigines, Zheng Sen's eyes were set on the other two islands near Black Fox Island.

The British naval forces stationed on these three islands are considered to be completely wiped out, and there is nothing to fear.

Judging from the information obtained from the captives, the garrison on both islands had only one company, which is not to be feared.

Therefore, after eating lunch and resting a little, Zheng Sen gave the order to march towards the other two islands.

Two ironclad battleships with several sailboats, carrying hundreds of Marines, rushed towards the target in two directions.

Seeing that the fleet in the distance was getting smaller and smaller, Zheng Sen stood on the top of the hill on the island and said with passion: "Your Majesty is really a genius of heaven, if there is no Your Majesty, how can I, Zheng Sen, be able to command such a mighty army." ”

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