Chapter 42: Night Attack
The Dutchmen lay on the beach waiting for Akito's attack, their eyes wide open, and no one dared to sleep.
The crescent moon rises in the east, reaching the sky due south, and the faint moonlight sprinkles on the beach like a dream. His eyes widened and he looked at the cliff where Akito was, but he couldn't see anything clearly.
Jared took out the clock he had brought with him, and looked at the time by the moonlight, and it was twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. One by one, his men were napping on the beach, and it seemed that they would fall asleep in a few moments.
"Wake up, wake up!" Jared grabbed a handful of sand and raised it towards his companions, waking them up from sleep, and the enemy usually took advantage of the middle of the night to attack, and this dazed state was not good.
One by one, the Dutchmen under his command forced their eyelids open, and their eyes widened to look at each other.
Sure enough, after a while, the sound of "rustling" came from the opposite side, and a faint figure could be seen sneaking here in the moonlight.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Everyone's spirits were raised, and they picked up the muskets in their hands, waiting for the other party to come within range of the campfire, and then the guns were fired in unison!
The Ming people on the opposite side were very cautious, tiptoeing very slowly, and the Dutch who were in ambush were in a hurry.
They were finally on the edge of the campfire, but at that moment, a voice suddenly sounded: "Run, there is an ambush!" ”
"Bang bang" A few gunshots rang out, and the Ming people on the opposite side actually shot first, and then saw those black figures turn their heads and run away at a much faster speed than when they came, and almost instantly disappeared from sight.
"What's the situation?" The Dutch looked at each other, not knowing what was happening.
"They found out about our ambush." Jared's face was gloomy, these Ming people are really cunning, very difficult to deal with.
"What should I do?" One of his subordinates said, "Since the ambush will not succeed, let's go back to the tent and sleep, there is a lot of dew here." ”
"No, no, I think they might attack us again." Jared was scheming, and he always felt that Akito's attack was a little strange.
Sure enough, Akito's actions verified Jared's concerns, and within an hour, another wave of black figures quietly touched from the opposite side.
"Don't sleep, Akito is here again." Jared whispered excitedly.
However, Akito still did not go within range of the campfire, but fired a few more shots, and retreated with a few shouts.
"Bastard, what the hell are they trying to do?" Jared scolded bitterly, the Ming people came to sneak attack and didn't dare to approach, just put two shots from a distance, did they think that only these two shots could kill people?
In the following time, Akito made a sneak attack in less than an hour, each time he fired two shots from a distance, and retreated after a few shouts, but just like that, the Dutch were disturbed and couldn't sleep one by one, and their spirits were in a state of high tension.
Exhausting tactics! Of course, Jared had not learned the Oriental art of war, nor did he know the Oriental word, but he already knew the purpose of Mingren's operation, which was to make his side sleep poorly and wait until tomorrow when he had no energy to fight. Is that all? Jared touched his chin and thought deeply, maybe Akito's purpose was not so simple, maybe they would launch a final attack at their most exhausting moment. So what is the best moment to attack? Of course, it's almost dawn.
Jared, who thought he had figured out Akito's plan, immediately issued an order, ordering all his men to sleep with their heads covered, and no longer caring about Akito's sneak attack, of course, he did not forget to send two sentries to monitor Akito's movements.
The Dutch had long been exhausted by the Ming people's sneak attack, and with Jared's order, they turned over and fell asleep one by one, and soon snoring.
"Bastard, don't snore, do you want Akito to know we're asleep?" Jared jumped to his feet and kicked at the snoring men.
After tossing around, Jared returned to his place, but after lying down, he couldn't sleep at all, he simply stopped sleeping, lying on his back and looking at the starry sky, carefully calculating Akito's upcoming actions.
These Ming people were far more difficult to deal with than the indigenous monkeys of the Nanyang Islands, and when they robbed the indigenous spices on the island, Jared could slaughter the villages of hundreds of people with twenty or thirty men. And now the Ming people on the other side are not much more than their own side, and the weapons are far inferior, only a few muskets were captured, and the rest were cold weapons such as large blades, but in this way, they made themselves and others disgraced. You have to think carefully about how to deal with them.
While Jared was lying on the beach and meditating, the crew of the Fuchun, who had completed another wave of attacks, returned to the stone cliff, exhausted to death.
"What's going on? Can just scare someone to death? The crew grumbled.
"That's it, I don't know what Xiucai thinks, I have to be so troublesome, if I want me to say, it's better to just have a good time, everyone rushes up and fights with the Dutch!" Another crew member said angrily.
Suddenly there were complaints, and the Dutch could still lie still, what about us? Not only can you not sleep, but you also have to go out from time to time to sneak attack, although it's not a real fight, but it's also tiring to walk, isn't it? If you really fight, who will have the strength?
"I think this show is just fooling around, I think I read a few books and think I am Zhuge Liang, what kind of tired tactics, originally the Dutch didn't know about our sneak attack, now it's okay, fools know that we sneak attack." Fu Bin also gloated on the side. These days, seeing that Ren Siqi's prestige in the hearts of the crew is getting higher and higher, Fu Bin has a sense of threat, coupled with his failure at the beach in the afternoon, the frustration in his heart is even stronger, and now that he has the opportunity to hit Ren Siqi, he certainly does not want to miss it.
"Alright, don't fuck it." Mao 18 was reluctant to shake the army's heart at this time, although he also didn't understand Ren Siqi's behavior, but he admired Ren Siqi's brain very much.
"Have you forgotten who just managed to ambush the Dutch on board? Killed, wounded, and captured more than a dozen enemies. Mao 18 asked, "Xiucai's behavior on the boat these days has also been seen by everyone, haven't you treated him as your own?" Although we have some hard work, are we more tired than Xiucai? The hardest and most tiring show is rushing to do it, what the hell are you complaining about? ”
After listening to Mao Shiba's words and thinking about Ren Siqi's behavior these days, the crew suddenly had nothing to say.
"Brother Eighteen, don't be angry, everyone is just whining."
"That's it, who treats Xiucai as an outsider?"
Chaotic voices rang out, and the crew members defended themselves.