Far behind the other logistics vessels, the Blue Whale transport, the only stern 75mm gun was in place. Tang Hannah and Yan Xianping stood on the side of the gun emplacement, holding binoculars and watching the light cruiser Black Crystal drop anchor three hundred meters away from the coastline. I saw that two steam boats were hoisted into the sea, and hundreds of officers and men of the Foreign Legion boarded the boats one after another with nets.

"Miss, I'm afraid it's dangerous for General Zhang to go deep alone. In previous years, there were more than 1,000 people on this island, and 100 warships! Listening to the words of the seventh uncle, over the years, Zheng Zhilong has often sent henchmen to infiltrate the island in an attempt to encourage the people on the island. When my Yan family was strong, I could still suppress it, but now I ...... "Luo Da, who didn't know when he got on the Blue Whale, hurriedly reminded him on the side.

"Hmph, more than a thousand? What can you do with thousands of people...... Under the heavy artillery rain, the stubborn ones have become powder! Daddy shouldn't have raised these wall grass in his early years! If they really betrayed the Yan family, they would also be innocent! Yan Xianping gritted his teeth, still clutching the binoculars, and his tone was extremely cold.

"Maybe there is no need for shelling, as soon as the army goes up they run out. Are these pirates? How do they look like all tattered beggars? Hannah Tang giggled on the side, as if the panicked backs in the telescope could not be considered opponents at all.

Stunned, looking at the two yellow-haired girls who were still one year younger than him, Luo Da was speechless, in his opinion, no matter how bad the Ming pirates were, they were not muddy things. Luo Da knows the habits of the South Sea pirates, and he is as timid as a mouse when he is not in the limelight, but when he is in a hurry, he is also an outlaw who dares to fight to the death with the Great Ming Sailor or the Franco Robot on the sea. Back then, the Yan family relied on such a sleek and ruthless way to break out of the later family business.

Not far from him, Huang Hu'er in the artillery position had already commanded the artillery crew sailors to aim the muzzle of the gun at the island thousands of kilometers away, and then pricked up his ears. Waiting for the order to open fire at any moment. While nervously looking at the two female officers in front of him and the Luo Da of the Yan family. Huang Hu'er's palms were sweaty.

On the side of the Dark Crystal's light cruise, two steamboats had been launched, carrying more than 100 Foreign Legion soldiers, and began to launch a landing assault on a sandy beach south of the bay to the northwest. The other end of the line of sight. The pirates repairing the sampans of fishing boats on the beach were clearly visible, and the tattered pirates retreated into the woods in the inland direction, and almost none dared to run in the direction of the beach.

“…… Did you hear that? No fire, no orders! "On the steamboat. Sergeant Yu Shan stood on the bow of the boat, holding a steel helmet in one hand, and grasping a small half of a coconut shell with the other hand to gnaw on the coconut meat inside, "However, if someone fires at us, then you're welcome!" ”

The soldiers all around laughed, as if they also saw the backs of scattered and fleeing in the distance, and felt extremely relaxed about such a landing operation.

Suddenly, a faint white smoke came out of the jungle deep in the distant beachhead, which seemed to be a hidden cannon. However, the results of the shelling. Just a few small stone bombs landed around the steamboat, splashing poor little waves. A 2-pounder cannon is at best a deterrent.

"They're crazy?"

Yu Shan looked in the direction of the beach in amazement, thinking that the other party was tired of it. However, the dozens of soldiers on the boat, who were still extremely optimistic just now, were so frightened that they threw themselves down, for fear of being hit by these small cannons.

More than two hundred meters behind him, the guns of the light cruiser Black Crystal rang out, and a warning shell shot out of the chamber, and then exploded a towering column of water in the sea not far from the shore. Immediately after, several more cannon shots rang out, and more corrected shells hit the group of fishing boats' sampans on the beach that were being repaired, and large swaths of dismembered planks and debris of mud and sand rose into the air along with the smoke of flames.

The astonishing power of the shell explosion and the smoke of gunpowder made the pirates who had only fired one cannon in the woods jump, and the pirate gunners who had just opened fire were holding their heads and burrowing into the woods with small cannons.

The steamboat slowly stopped in the shallow water about a few dozen meters from the beach, and then, whether it was bold or de facto instructions, Yu Shan blew a whistle and kicked and pulled, pushing the excited Foreign Legion soldiers into the water, looking at the posture was no different from Makarov's original.

The naval guns behind them continued to fire, carrying out a deterrent artillery bombardment in the depths of the forest in front of the landing area. More than 30 Foreign Legion soldiers with bags and helmets and guns rushed to the beachhead, and the soldiers skillfully fell into the sand and then looked around with their rifles raised. Unfortunately, there is no real threat to the distant smoke and dust and the blowing up of coconut palms.

"Well, as soon as the shelling is over, take the squad as a unit and advance the defense to the north...... Hey? No, if you don't send me to be the first to rush this time, why is my platoon the first to rush? This big monkey has repented again, it's too much! ”

The imaginary follow-up resistance had long been extinguished by the early warning shelling of the navy, and he looked left and right at the subordinates who had come ashore one after another to crawl and hide, Yu Shan was about to stuff the whistle into his mouth and give a new order, and seemed to remember something, slowly turned his head, looked at the light cruiser Black Crystal in the distance, and couldn't help but complain to the distant Makarov.

The hundreds of advance officers and men of the Foreign Legion who landed crossed the beach and rushed to the edge of the woods to set up defenses, while a flare was launched into the sky. Ten minutes later, nearly 1,000 officers and men of the army appeared on the surface of the sea in steamboats, pressed towards the coastline in black pressure, and landed on a qiēshun lì.

A number of pirates, frightened by the warning shelling, were taken out of the coconut grove by the search party, and one by one they knelt on the sand and kowtowed vigorously and begged for mercy, causing the officers and men of the Foreign Legion who were watching over them to laugh. Immediately afterwards, the small cannon that triggered the bombardment of the Black Crystal was dragged out of the woods, and it turned out to be a small Furlong machine gun mass-produced in the Ming Dynasty, a light cannon that could be used to replace the breech loading device for rapid shelling.

This is probably the first time that the U.S. Army in China has encountered an adversary using artillery since its founding. The minions were naturally extremely disdainful of this rusty metal garbage, and in their eyes, all cannons with an effective range of less than 2,000 yards were hooligans. But seeing this small size of the Furlong cannon, which can hide in the corner at any time and quickly fire gravel or iron pellet shots, several veteran non-commissioned officers are worried.

More and more officers and men of the army landed ashore, and organ machine guns and mortars began to find advantageous terrain and set up firing positions. Groups of infantry spread out along the coastline in platoons. The main forces advanced inland to the north. Prepare to attack that small fishing village in the bay.

On the bustling landing beach, a brass record player is prominently displayed, and a number of soldiers of the Foreign Legion are happily fiddling, and a singer Jenny's 1627 collector's edition of "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" is hovering over the islands of Southeast Asia in the 17th century.

“…… Give me one more affectionate hug. Let me feel your warmest heartbeat; I don't care if you know it or not, but the heart that loves you will never grow ......old."

At the rear of the group, Captain Scott also landed ashore, looking north with a telescope. The expression on his face was as calm as ever. Not far behind Scott, Lieutenant Qiao Shi, who was the commander of the vanguard company of the main force, was discussing with his battalion sergeant major Makarov about the placement of the first batch of pirate prisoners.

"Send a report to the general and major that the 2nd Battalion has all gone ashore, has encountered no substantial resistance, and is advancing with the 1st Battalion to the north as planned, and is expected to meet the enemy in an hour."

With that, Scott lowered himself and picked up a beautiful seashell from the sand, in the sun. The translucent colored shells are crystal clear and gorgeous. It's like a work of art. Looking left and right, there were a few more beautiful pieces, Scott picked them up one by one with a smile on his lips, wiped off the sand, and then carefully stuffed them into his pocket. He plans to give these oriental shells to his daughter as a gift when he returns home. When he thought of Alice's immature and cute face, Scott's heart warmed.

At the same time, a few kilometers to the north, the small bay of the fishing village had been controlled by the main force of the expeditionary fleet, and a number of pirate boats that tried to forcibly flee by ship were mercilessly bombed to slag, and more than a dozen naval guns were eyeing the small fishing village where most of the pirates had fled in a small way, leaving only a small number of pirate women and children to hide at home and tremble, waiting for the Chinese and American Army units to come and take over.

However, no one would have thought that the qiē they saw afterwards was completely different from what people originally imagined.

……

……

On October 28, four days had passed since landfall.

Several of the Furlong cannons opened fire, spewing smoke and smoke of intimidating and warning fire, and vague wild laughter was endless. More than 200 meters away from the east side of the hillside, hundreds of Chinese Army officers and soldiers were lying cautiously in the grass, occasionally raising their heads boldly to look at the stubborn pirate defense hill opposite.

"These pirates are so hard, do they think they can save their lives this way?"

Before he finished speaking, a slight dull cannon sound sounded from the hill ahead, followed by a chaotic arquebus shot, and a strange sound of breaking the air came from overhead, and Yu Shan subconsciously held down his steel helmet.

"Yu Shan, didn't you say that they were very negotiable? The General Command actually plans to prepare breakfast every day for these stubborn guys! And then here there are more than a hundred more cowards. Makarov spat out the blades of grass in his mouth, looked viciously left and right, and was extremely disappointed that the entire company's hundreds of men were suppressed by one or two Fran cannons "small enough to be used to fight rabbits" and a dozen or so arquebuses.

"Maybe because of yesterday's attack, the talks broke down."

Yu Shan had a rotten face, recalling the terrifying scene yesterday when he was ordered to shout to the other party to persuade him to surrender: as soon as he stood up, the smoke of the firing of the Fran cannon came out of a crack in a stone on the opposite hill, and although the power of the distant gravel bullet was greatly reduced, it was still beaten away by a hot gravel and his steel helmet was flying, as long as he deviated by an inch, it is estimated that his head would bloom.

"Orientals are tenacious and brave, just like the lads in our army, but you are an exception." Makarov didn't know whether to praise or curse, and slapped Yu Shan's steel helmet directly, "Now, stand up and continue to shout and make them surrender." Execute the order, my dear sergeant! ”

"You're crazy, sir! They're almost remembering me! Yu Shan was so frightened that he shook his head like a rattle.

"How's it going?"

As he was talking, he saw another person bending down from the grass beside him, lying directly between the two. Makarov and Yu Shan barely twisted their heads, and they knew that it was the company commander, Lieutenant Qiao Yan, who came from the rear.

"Lieutenant, it's bad! These pirates seem intent on resisting to the end, and they refuse to surrender! Makarov raised his steel helmet, weighed it slightly, and tossed it gently. As a result, this action instantly caused the sound of arquebus fire resounding on the opposite hill a hundred meters away.

"Look. That's the way it is. Makarov helplessly spread his hands.

"The general has given the order to die. Heavy fire cannot be used against them, they must be made to surrender. Joe took off his military cap, removed the sapper shovel from behind Makarov, and then pulled out a white handkerchief from his trouser pocket.

"Qiao Shi. You're crazy too! Yu Shan saw that the other party had tied a white handkerchief at the end of the grip of the sapper shovel, and seemed to be planning to surrender in person, so he quickly grabbed the other party's arm, "They don't listen to anything." From the morning to now, my voice has broken out! ”

"Then there you go." Qiao blinked a few times, handed the sapper shovel in front of Yu Shan, and actually showed a smile.

"Qiao, this is not fair...... I feel like my good luck has run out. When Yu Shan saw that the company's supreme commander and once closest companion actually gave him such an order, he immediately regretted his actions just now.

"You coward, now is your chance to learn how to surrender!" Makarov said exaggeratedly, causing the soldiers who were on guard around him to burst into laughter.

After saying that, Makarov grabbed the sapper shovel and stood up with a snort. One hand waved and swayed, and the other hand slammed Yu Shan up.

There was a crackling burst of arquebus fire. A row of faint smoke and dust came out of the opposite mountain, and Yu Shan seemed to feel that his body was surrounded by the cold air shock waves of the kind of bullets flying by, and his legs and stomach trembled a little with fright. However, at this distance, a dozen 17th-century arquebuses can hit people, which is basically equivalent to hitting the jackpot.

The two of them stood like this, waving the temporary white flag in their hands vigorously. Even though the meaning of the white flag in this era may have many explanations, a minute later, the theoretical second arquebus shot did not appear, and all the officers and soldiers lying in the grass at the foot of the mountain breathed a sigh of relief.

"There is a change in their attitudes, my dear sergeant." Makarov patted his subordinates on the shoulders and cracked their mouths and laughed.

"But why do you have to pull me......" Yu Shan was about to cry at this time.

……

In the bay in the middle of the east coast of Natuna, a larger, rudimentary dock was put into operation by thousands of pirate captives and some able-bodied refugees. The logistics fleet, which had been anchored in the bay for several days, began to dock one by one to unload all kinds of supplies.

Under the persuasion of the Yan family, some of the small pirate groups of the Ming Dynasty who were coerced by Liu Xiang decisively played the style of the grass on the wall, quickly surrendered and became prisoners, and the number of pirates who gave up resistance exceeded 1,500 under the spread of shouting, and the more than 2,500 Ming Dynasty refugee piglets held at the rear of the small fishing village were rescued on the day of the landing.

However, the descendants of Liu Xiang's pirate gang, who retreated to the small hill with a maximum altitude of about 200 meters to the west of the bay, thought that they would definitely die this time, and chose to resist to the end. The Chinese and US Army, which was not familiar with the opponent's equipment, carried out an attempted attack, but was fired indiscriminately by the opponent with a small cannon of the Furlong machine, and was beaten at a distance of two or three hundred meters.

Originally, such an opponent would have been solved in minutes whether it was covered by naval artillery or a mortar attack, but Brigadier General Zhang Chunrui, commander-in-chief of the expeditionary fleet, issued an order that made the officers and men unbelievable, demanding that the opponent must be guaranteed to surrender alive.

In the face of the stubborn resistance of the Ming Dynasty pirates who were equipped with a large number of hot weapons, they were not allowed to use artillery fire, and now the dog bites the hedgehog and has no way to speak, which makes the officers and men of the two combat companies of the second battalion of the Foreign Legion who are responsible for encircling and attacking feel very angry.

In what was once a small pirate fishing village, a wooden building on stilts became a temporary headquarters, and a regular meeting of the expeditionary fleet led by Zhang Chunrui was being held.

"As of yesterday, most of the escaped pirates have surrendered, and now there are about 400 people with Liu Xiang, basically all of whom are Liu Xiang's old friends. Hehe, I guess no one expected that it was Liu Xiang who occupied this place, which disrupted our schedule. Sun Yang turned his head to look in the direction of the west and smiled wryly, "If you want to start the next step safely, you may have to choose to wash the floor with heavy firepower." We can't afford to delay here forever, neither time nor supplies allow us to procrastinate. ”

"No way!" In the corner, Yan Xiaosong was frowning and looking at the map, and when he heard Sun Yang mentioning the "best solution" again, he quickly raised his head, revealing Yan Sù's expression, "Since we now know that it is Liu Xiang who occupies this place. It is all the more important to keep him alive. ”

"The people of the Yan family and Liu Xiang are mortal enemies. They can't be persuaded to surrender. We landed so suddenly and took his territory. He didn't think he had any way to live, that's how he treated the rebels in the first place. You Nanzhe also sided with Sun Yang this time, and his attitude towards Yan Xiaosong, who was in charge of diplomacy, was a little unacceptable.

"Liu Xiang is not all the way with Zheng Zhilong, as one of the 'Eighteen Zhi' in the East China Sea at the end of the Ming Dynasty. He is a very ambitious person, although he was ultimately defeated by Zheng Zhilong in history, but this kind of ambitious person, as long as he does not go into a desperate situation. I cherish the opportunity more than anyone else. He has the qualifications and ability to be an important pawn in our Oriental Agent Program! ”

Yan Xiaosong said with a smile, looking at Zhang Chunrui's face secretly, expecting that this veteran commander-in-chief of the expeditionary fleet would be able to adhere to the policy of the past few days.

"Brother Yan, do you want Liu Xiang to continue on the path of confrontation with Zheng Zhilong?" Sun Yang took off his hat and looked out the window playfully, and could see a number of naval officers and soldiers in the fishing village with some Ming refugees from a distance, "Isn't it too obvious that you are doing this?" I'm afraid that the Yan family will not let Liu Xiang go first, haven't you heard that the husband of the seventh aunt died under Liu Xiang's hands in Macau? Yan Xianping's little girl asks me every day when I will go to Taiwan......"

"It's not a question of whether I think about it or not, but Liu Xiang will choose this way, and the situation we have learned after landing proves it! As for the Yan family. They will understand the truth in this, if Yan Siqi is still alive. He'll do the same! Yan Xiaosong picked up a copy of the document on the table and looked around at the naval officers present, "Don't forget the purpose of our coming here, we are not here to help the Ming Dynasty clean up the pirates, let alone simply to avenge the Yan family, we are to establish a new order, an order that can be mastered by us!" This is in line with our fundamental interests along the coast of the Ming Dynasty in the future! ”

"Every time I hear you say the word 'interests', I shudder, Brother Yan ......" Major Deng Jian, the commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion, smiled rarely. This half-joking tone made the atmosphere in the conference room relaxed.

"Hehe, if Su Zining said such things, I guess you still want to beat someone...... And don't you think it's 'disrespectful' to let a pirate leader who has historically died in 1635 hang up years early? Yan Xiaosong also regained a funny smile, and while sitting in his position, he pointed to the north with his finger, "Why haven't we rushed north to save Taiwan's Yan family now?" Because Zheng Zhilong is not a fool, as long as the Yan family still exists in Taiwan, his role and status in the Ming court will become more and more stable, and he never intended to exterminate the Yan family! His strategy is exactly the same as Yan Siqi's original choice, and even more stable! Before his wings are truly full, it is far more meaningful to raise an opponent who has been weakened by himself and does not pose much threat than to become a thorn in the side of the Ming court in the end. ”

"Okay, let's keep waiting. Now that the Dark Crystal is patrolling the perimeter, let's start with the Dutch...... I went down to the prisoner of war camp to see what the Dutch merchants had come to try. ”

After speaking, Sun Yang stood up, put on his military hat, gave a military salute to Zhang Chunrui, and walked out of the wooden building. Under the leadership of Sun Yang, the naval officers also launched one after another, and after more than ten seconds, only Zhang Chunrui and Yan Xiaosong were left in the conference room.

"How many more fox tails will you and Su Zining conjure? Well, I admit that what you said is the most beneficial plan for us at the moment. But have you ever thought about it, there are suddenly thousands of more mouths to eat on the island, do we care or not? How long can we hold out here? ”

"All our food supplies can only last for a maximum of six months under the plan, and now we can't afford to save them for three months, so we have to spend more money on Malacca and Manila to replenish them. The stock of coal is even more limited, only enough for the whole fleet to operate in the South China Sea for two months, and the rest is only enough for us to return to the sea. If you don't want to expect thousands of nautical miles of coal, you have to find the nearest supply of coal, or we'll have to turn into sailboats again. Not to mention that we have to take on the long-term operation of the island...... There are so many things you want to do, which is already far beyond the sustaining capacity of the expeditionary fleet. I also understand the truth that war serves the government, but I have to think about the more than 2,000 people in the entire fleet and the bearing capacity of the entire country. ”

Zhang Chunrui stood up and walked to the window and sighed deeply.

"Brother Zhang, I understand the difficulty of the country catching ducks on the shelves this time." A trace of guilt flashed in Yan Xiaosong's eyes. But then he showed perseverance. "Although we can choose a more relaxed attitude and sit on the sidelines. But why not choose a bright future that is closely related to Daming? Su Zining and I, and even with you on this issue, are opposites, I know that I am a little wishful thinking and do not know the depths. But now that Congress has approved this plan, I think we should and can all work together to do it. I think you thought the same thing the moment you accepted the position of commander-in-chief of the fleet, right? ”

"Hehe, are you still less in China with this kind of thinking? And even in this expeditionary fleet. You can grab a handful of them. But don't take this kind of thing as a joke, our national strength is still too weak...... Well, let's continue to cooperate with your diplomatic efforts. I was going to let the convoy unload all the supplies, adjust the division of labor, and when the supplies were unloaded, the Gluttony and the Prisoner Cattle would go to Malacca and Manila to procure supplies; Now that the Indian Ocean has entered the southwest monsoon period, the three ships Ao Guang, Ao Bing, and Ao Shun will return to Nanshan Port as planned, otherwise there will be a big problem in the domestic sea transportation. ”

After saying these arrangements, Zhang Chunrui also left the wooden building, leaving Yan Xiaosong alone and looking at the map.

……

Inside and outside the fishing village. As many as a battalion of Chinese Army officers and soldiers were resting, and a company of Foreign Legion officers and soldiers lined up in a neat line. Under the guidance of the "March of the Grenadier of the Foreign Legion", a group of pirate families from fishing villages shrank aside in fear, only the children under the women's knees showed curious expressions, as if they were not afraid of these "Western soldiers" who could get a few rock candy in private.

The landing rescued more than 2,500 Ming refugees and thousands of pirate captives, which instantly made the logistics of the expeditionary fleet appear a hidden crisis in advance. The little food captured during the landing operation was basically distributed within a few days, and the estimated maintenance time of the food supplies carefully calculated by the fleet itself was also shortened by nearly half in an instant, and in the previous arrangement, some of the supplies carried by the fleet might have to be reserved for Taiwan. The pirates were quick to capture, but don't expect them to be able to ship food back from the mainland by sea in a short period of time.

In addition, some of the seriously ill refugees had to be treated with drugs from the hospital ships, but the sudden appearance of hundreds of patients overwhelmed the medical team, which was only 30 people, and the army and the medical units on the warships had to be committed.

Faced with the low level of sanitation and epidemic prevention of the local population, the expeditionary fleet had to allocate a limited combat stock to improve the local sanitary conditions, otherwise the slightest sign of epidemic disease could lead to uncontrollable consequences. In addition to strict hygiene standards for daily life, mosquito nets and mosquito repellent for tropical warfare meet only a fraction of the needs of refugees.

If we add to this the long-delayed problem that the remnants of Liu Xiang's pirates have not yet surrendered, the entire expeditionary fleet will waste more time, energy, and material resources on the main island of Natuna. With such logistical pressure, it is no wonder that Zhang Chunrui, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, made a change decision in advance.

On the side of the fishing village, a group of naval officers, accompanied by a group of sailors, walked slowly in the camp of the Ming refugees, occasionally stopping, and two young officers took canned food, bread, steamed buns, vegetables and fruits from the hands of the sailors, and handed them to the old and weak women and children around them, which caused the refugee camp to kowtow one by one.

"Female Bodhisattva...... A woman hugged her child, took a piece of steamed bread from Yan Xianping's hand in fear, and heard canned beef and canned fruit, and thanked her again and again. In addition to the slightly chilly steamed buns, the other two cold metal cylinders are a little confusing. Looking at the surrounding refugees who were carefully eating and drinking with steamed buns, the women couldn't help but blush.

Yan Xianping smiled slightly, squatted down, broke the small canner next to the can, and pried open the lid of the canned beef in three or two clicks, and suddenly an oily aroma came out. The male refugees around were attracted by the aroma and moved their bodies, so frightened that the women shivered with the canned food in their hands.

"Don't rob the folks, these are for the elderly, women and young children." Yan Xianping hurriedly stood up and opened his arms to comfort the people at the scene, "Powerful men all go to work on the dock, and they will have enough to eat if they contribute." ”

"Master Jun, we want to go home!" A man howled weakly not far away, and there was a chorus of harmony around him. Whatever the reason for coming here, after experiencing a miserable life no less than natural and man-made disasters on the mainland, almost none of the refugees have faith in the so-called "Nanyang to find a way out".

"Will return, will ......" saw the desperate expressions of the miserable refugees in front of them. Yan Xianping couldn't help but have a sour nose. The tears are a little uncontrollable.

"The army should be brought in. Otherwise, it's easy to get into trouble. Hmph, if anyone disobeys the order and loots supplies, they will be shot on the spot! Tang Hannah glanced at some of the strong men around her. His brow furrowed slightly.

"Let them send it, Xiaoping, aren't you going to take care of Uncle Seven?" Sun Yang didn't know when he came over, and the officers and men of the navy around him all stood up and saluted.

"Chief ......" Seeing that this chief who seemed to like to be close to himself was here again, Yan Xianping's face turned red. Quickly wiped the corners of his eyes and prepared to stand up and salute.

"Okay, don't be so polite with me." Sun Yang stretched out his hand and gently blocked Yan Xianping's saluting hand, and then wiped a drop of water from the corner of the other party's eye with his finger with a smile, "The military meeting was discussed just now, and after a while, we will send warships, first to Batavia of the Dutch, and then to Dayuan." ”

"Really?! What about Liu Xiang?! Yan Xianping was so excited when he heard it that he almost grabbed the other party's arm. Something suddenly came to mind. Quickly restrained again. looked left and right, only to find that Tang Hannah no longer knew where to go. The sailors on the other transport ships even walked away with food crates.

"You don't belong to the combat unit, I'm afraid it's ......" Sun Yang said casually, and walked towards the outside of the refugee camp with Yan Xianping, "Liu Xiang's problem is going to be postponed, but I dare to guarantee that it will be good for the Yan family!" ”

As soon as Sun Yang's words came out, Yan Xianping's brain that had just warmed up was cold again, and he hung his head in frustration, and he didn't leave his steps, just stood in place and looked at his feet.

"However, maybe I need a second lieutenant officer who is familiar with the big man as an adjutant, and there will be many things that need to be contacted at Anping Fort at that time, and when the main force of the fleet departs, you can report to the Republic, and familiarize yourself with it first." Sun Yang smiled proudly after trying to catch the old man.

"Thank you, sir." Yan Xianping's face was red again, although he knew dimly that the other party had long been interested in him, and he had always been very afraid of it, but thinking that this was the only opportunity to go to the big man with the combat unit, he had to nod.

……

In addition to the unexpected increase in the burden of more than 4,000, the only gain of some value is probably the Dutch free merchant Roland who was stranded on the island and engaged in human trade with Liu Xiang. The hapless Rotterdam man had been doing business in Batavia and Japan before, and this was the first time he had been introduced to human trafficking, only to be taken prisoner before the first deal was settled.

A Dutch merchant ship became a trophy, and the cargo removed from the cabin surprised Sun Yang, and more than 300 Type 21B flintlock rifles, apparently manufactured by the Kingdom of Spain, lay in boxes one after another. The smuggling methods of the Dutch are pervasive, and I am afraid that the Kingdom of Spain will die of depression if they know that the production line they have spent a lot of money on from China and the United States is becoming a fortune opportunity for the Dutch.

According to Roland's confession, this kind of business against the "maritime magnates" of the Ming Empire has been going on for more than two years, but since the end of last year, all the Chinese piglet sales business has been taken over and monopolized by the Dutch East India Company, and it can only be shipped to Batavia.

This "windfall" made Yan Xiaosong, who had been thinking hard for a long time, have a new breakthrough in the solution to the problem of the big man, and the idea of "repaying the debt" for the Yan family slowly took shape. For example, now, there is a part of the "human evidence" and "physical evidence", and the rest is to go to Batavia to do it thoroughly......

Yan Xiaosong's sudden change of face made the representatives of the Dutch Governors' Federation who came with the expeditionary fleet blush. In fact, the representative of the Dutch government had long known what kind of virtue his country's East India Company was, but he did not expect that even other ordinary Dutch free merchants would be controlled by them.

Thinking of the miserable scene he saw in the refugee camp where the Chinese piglets were held after landing, Yan Xianping, who was in charge of the interrogation record, was so angry that he went crazy on the spot, if Sun Yang hadn't stopped him, the former almost pulled out his pistol and blew off the European fat boy in front of him. (To be continued.) )