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April 22, 1629, Sunday, March 29, the second year of Chongzhen of the Ming Empire.

Near dusk, the Sino-American expeditionary fleet sailed to the ocean 20 nautical miles southwest of Anpingbao on Dayuan Island. In order to grasp the arrival time, the fleet adjusted its speed several times in the middle of the voyage, and even made a big detour south of the Penghu Islands.

"Collect the sails! Level 2 Combat Readiness! ”

Dayuan Island was already looming in the sight of the lookout post, a series of flags were raised on the mast of the Republic, and within ten minutes all the sails of the ships were folded. The officers and men of the artillery crew in charge of combat readiness duty rushed to the gun position, tore off the canvas, and began to adjust the ship's guns. The purely steam-powered propulsion adopted in combat readiness turned the entire fleet to the northeast at a speed of 8 knots.

A few nautical miles away from the far right rear, there was a lonely Daming hard-sailed boat, on which the patrol officers and soldiers of the Jin Penghai Waterproof Division stood by the boat in a daze, looking at the black spots lined up in a neat column in the distance.

"You can see it's ...... Whose fleet is this? After staring at a pillar of incense, the leader turned his head to look at a boatload of more than a dozen subordinates.

"Uh...... My lord, why don't we come closer? A soldier who was said to have good eyesight looked around again for a moment, with a confused expression.

"The boat is going very fast, and it can't catch up...... It's getting late, and if you want to get closer, I'm afraid you'll have to face up to the Yan family's warship...... It's better to go back to Penghu and tell the truth to the garrison! ”

At this time, it is not too early or too late, just such a small patrol clipper, God knows if there will be any accidents after approaching, the general manager of the ship gritted his teeth, or chose to avoid it temporarily.

……

At this time, Anping Fort had just experienced a torrential rain. At dusk, torches had been lit on the wet fort walls. Groups of weak soldiers walked back and forth, and several gorgeous nine-pound cannons from afar stared at the harbor to the west.

At first, you can dig wild vegetables from outside the fort, or hunt in the surrounding primeval mountains and forests to get food, but later the wild vegetables within a radius of more than ten miles are dug up, and due to the threat of indigenous life, hunting inland is equivalent to finding death in advance. Even though it was occasionally possible to smuggle some grain and grass from Zhangzhou and Chaozhou by guò boats, the food shortage crisis in Anpingbao on Dayuan Island was never resolved.

There are several escapes every month, and the soldiers of the Yan family guarding Anping Fort are now only a few thousand. In order to ensure that the warships anchored in the port water village could maintain daily patrols and meet the enemy's attacks, the rations of the land soldiers and horses responsible for guarding Anping Fort were also greatly reduced.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians inside and outside the fort finally reached the point of running out of oil after holding on for a year and a half. In order to ensure that they can continue to hold on, the soldiers of the Yan family, who once regarded the reclamation of displaced people as their own family, actually robbed the people to grow grain. And further north at Fort Tamsuida. There are even desperate acts of desperate for hungry refugees to eat rice seedlings, and in the eyes of the hungry people, they may all starve to death before the rice is ripe.

Yan Sihai, who was dressed in military uniform, still looked at the sea to the west without saying a word, and his fingers pinching the brick corners were white, but at this moment, there was a rare trace of warm expectation on his bearded and thin face.

"Brother Luo. Can the Huamei warships really break through the Zhengjia coastal defense tonight? ”

After Yan Sihai looked for half an hour, he turned his head to the side, only to see a sturdy man among a bunch of henchmen and soldiers who were also silently looking into the distance.

"The U.S. warships can travel thousands of miles in a day. There is also a mechanism for transmitting messages from thousands of miles. The gorgeous soldiers who escorted me back to the island a while ago have such a skill. Since they said it would be tonight, then take it for granted...... "Luo Da raised his binoculars and swept back and forth across the ocean again. Finally, he shook his head with a wry smile, "Now the Zheng family's secret agents on the island have been captured. But those gorgeous soldiers let us only catch but not kill, and when the war was approaching, I didn't know what kind of medicine they were selling in their gourds. ”

As he spoke, Luo Da looked back at a watchtower not far behind him, and saw several Chinese Army soldiers wearing camouflage special warfare uniforms smoking cigarettes leisurely, and a burly soldier was holding a telescope staring intently at the ocean, and a strange thick barrel was still leaning at his feet.

"Could it be that the wind and rain before sunset delayed the trip? Let the water village release the fast boat and go to the sea to take a look! ”

Hope was in front of him, but he didn't see any real movement for a long time, Yan Sihai finally couldn't help it, and planned to send a ship to the open sea to investigate.

"Bang!"

Before Yan Sihai's words fell, he suddenly heard a muffled sound from the watchtower, and the people on the fort wall turned their heads one after another, only to see that the soldier who had been watching before was holding the thick pole towards the sky, and a bright red light cluster was dragging a light tail from the watchtower.

"Gentlemen, the ship has arrived." Sergeant Major Hoffman held a large cigar in his mouth, walked up to Yan Sihai and the others in a majestic manner, and pointed to the west, "Maybe you should send a pilot ship immediately, otherwise they will all be blocked outside." ”

"Brother Luo, send someone to pick it up! Oh no, get ready, I'll meet it myself! ”

Yan Sihai hurriedly raised the telescope tube, and after a few seconds, the voice of joy sounded like thunder. All of a sudden, the guards on the entire section of the fort wall rushed to the wall, all with ecstasy on their faces, and Yan Sihai himself had already thrown off everyone and walked towards the water village first.

Looking at the back of Yan Sihai, who hurriedly went down to the city, Luo Da couldn't help but sigh slightly. Yan Sihai, who is the fourth oldest among the sworn brothers, is really too impatient, and he has nothing to say when he goes to sea, and he is much worse than his eldest brother Yan Siqi in other aspects. Maybe Anpingbao has come to this point, and there have been so many internal divisions, which are also inseparable from the character of the other party.

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The night was thicker, but dense torches had been erected inside and outside the Anpingbao Water Village, and even the boats in the harbor were full of lanterns, and in the distance, more than a dozen Chinese and American ships were also lit up with strings of lights.

In view of the fact that Zheng Zhilong would definitely get the news in a few days, the combat ships of the Sino-American Expeditionary Fleet chose to anchor and anchor outside the harbor in a combat-ready manner, while several transport ships entered the Anpingbao Water Village to dock and unload their cargo.

"Watch the angle, pay attention!"

The huge bodies of the three large sailing merchant ships, the Chaoyang, the Linfeng and the Guanyue, slowly approached the water village, and the sailors on board looked at the approaching pier and roared desperately. Behind him, two naval transport ships, the Gray Whale and the Blue Whale, are also waiting to enter the port. The army officers and men loaded on the ship were already lined up on the deck to prepare.

They are so fat and wide that even though many small boats leave the harbor early to make way for them to dock, the whole water village still seems to be as small as it is full.

Groups of soldiers from Anping Fort flocked to the edge of the water village, one by one tiptoeing at the gorgeous ships inside and outside the water village and pointing, and the soldiers who were on guard on the Yan family's warship were even more dumbfounded.

"It's really as strong as a mountain, and the civilian ships are still so ......"

Looking blankly at the huge merchant ship that was close at a distance, Yan Sihai and the others couldn't help but gasp, and then looked at the gorgeous warships guarding outside the port. The hazy silhouette in the night makes people even more imaginative, and I can't wait to sit in a small boat with a torch to get closer to see what is going on.

"Fourth uncle!"

Suddenly, a crisp female voice came from the shore not far away, looking at the light of the torch. I saw a young girl in the uniform of a snow-white American naval officer standing on a small boat.

"Hehe, fourth brother, it's the eldest lady." Luo Da smirked on the side, and after Yan Sihai stayed for a few seconds, he suddenly opened his big mouth.

Before the "Fourth Uncle ......" could stop the steamboat, Yan Xianping jumped ashore in front of everyone present, and almost rushed all the way towards Yan Sihai.

"It's Ping'er...... I haven't seen each other in a few years. ”

The niece in front of me. Dressed as a gorgeous naval officer, his military hat has been taken off, his long shiny hair is coiled behind his head, and he is looking at him with a pair of big red eyes. Yan Sihai was stunned for a long time. Only then did he mutter.

……

"Sun Yang, are we redundant? Maybe you should keep her in confinement in the name of violating military discipline and military appearance? ”

Several army and navy officers who walked ashore all looked at each other, especially Army Major You Nanzhe, who was deliberately looking at Navy Lieutenant Commander Sun Yang with a stern expression at this time. But there was a smile in his eyes that couldn't be hidden.

"A good flower is going to be ruined by someone...... Sun Yang. Your future wife's dowry is a big deal. Yan Xiaosong also began to smile at this time.

"This ...... My sister and relatives are reunited after a long absence, what are you nagging? Sun Yang touched his nose and looked at Zhang Chunrui, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary fleet beside him, embarrassedly, "Now this is on someone's land." ”

"This is Taiwan in the 17th century...... Looking at the dim water village lined with torches, Zhang Chunrui seemed to have forgotten his identity at this time, and just looked around quietly, looking at the group of ragged Yan family soldiers.

"General, this is my fourth uncle!"

As he spoke, he saw a group of soldiers in armor walking over under the guidance of Yan Xianping. As if he felt that he had just lost his temper, Yan Xianping regained his military appearance at this time, stood beside Zhang Chunrui with a red face, and began to introduce the Yan family who came to greet him.

"General Zhang worked tirelessly, came to help from thousands of miles, and Yan thanked him for his success!" Yan Sihai's temperament was upright, he immediately lifted his cloak, clenched his fists with both hands, knelt in front of Zhang Chunrui with one leg, and said, and looked at his old acquaintance Yan Xiaosong on the side, with tears of gratitude in his eyes.

"It's too late, so I've kept you waiting." Compared with the smug young men of the army and navy around him, Zhang Chunrui was much more old, and quickly helped Yan Sihai up, while pointing to the Shuizhai wharf with a smile, "I'm afraid everyone can't rest tonight, hurry up and unload the goods, and let the troops go ashore to rest." ”

"Fourth uncle, tell the people in the fort to come out too, hurry up and unload the grain, this is 20,000 Shi Nanyang rice!"

Yan Xianping hurriedly added on the side, and her words suddenly made the people around her look ecstatic. 20,000 stone of rice is enough for the internal and external soldiers and civilians of Anping Fort to eat for more than a year!

The huge steam boom began to lower the net bag full of grain bags, and a team of soldiers from Anping Fort and the warships rushed up, and the thin body seemed to be full of infinite strength at this time, and no matter how heavy the grain bag was, it could be carried on the shoulders and walk as fast as flying.

With bags on their backs, steel helmets, and rifles, groups of Chinese and American Army officers and men began to disembark and then lined up on the shore of the water wall. The orderly disembarkation of a mixed infantry battalion of the Chinese and American Army attracted the attention of the Yan family and his party, especially the organ machine gun, which required four people to push onto the ship's board, which caused a buzzing discussion.

"The armament is excellent, the soldiers are strong, and the conduct is uniform, and it is really a strong force in a hundred battles." Looking at the team of gorgeous soldiers walking out of the water village from his side, Yan Sihai was full of praise, and couldn't help but whisper to Luo Da.

"You Nanzhe, how much time do you think it will take to attack Anping Fort with a battalion?" On the other side, Sun Yang began to touch his chin to look back and forth at the two completely different waves of troops, and patted the shoulder of the army commander Major You Nanzhe beside him.

"Well, it takes about 1 hour...... 55 minutes to show superiority, and another 5 minutes to fight. You Nanzhe thought for a moment and gave an answer, which immediately caused the eyes of several naval officers on the side.

"The shortage of food in the fort is getting worse, but the distinguished guests are coming from afar, and Yan has also prepared a thin banquet, General Zhang invites!"

Watching the bags of grain get off the ship in an endless stream and be transported to the fort, Yan Sihai's feelings became higher and higher, and after some politeness, he finally led a group of gorgeous army and navy officers towards the water village.

"I was happy just now, why aren't you happy now?" Walking at the end, Sun Yang whispered to Yan Xianping, who was inexplicably depressed.

"My daddy...... Tomorrow I'm going to incense my father......" Yan Xianping stopped, his eyes red again.

"Well, I'll go with you." Sun Yang smiled and gently straightened the other party's slightly crooked military hat, "Don't worry, Dayuan Island will be fine in the future." ”

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Several large ships with one of the largest cargo capacity in China and the United States, carrying 2,000 tons of grain and a large number of other supplies, even if the whole people of Anping Fort were to go out en masse, by dawn they would only move less than a third. The military and civilian sentiment is still high, but there is really no strength to maintain high efficiency, and it will take at least three to five days to see that the posture is really completely unloaded.

If we add a military force spanning tens of thousands of miles by sea, it seems that since the death of Yan Siqi, the support of China and the United States for the Yan family has not diminished in the slightest, but has reached a new peak. Although it was long overdue, it was even more precious, and some people who originally thought that Uncle Seven's trip for help would get nothing, now they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The distribution of rations was carried out in various places inside and outside the fort after dawn, and the medical teams accompanying the fleet began to treat the local wounded. Not to mention the lights and smiles of the family, and even some military and civilian families began to worship Yan Siqi's rank, and it seems that the current Qiē is the leader of the deceased Dayuan Island who is blessed in the dark.

(To be continued)