For the crossing team, a pirate attack of more than 100 or hundreds of people is not even a disease of ringworm and scabies, although it is a little annoying, but it is not enough to worry about such a trivial matter. However, on the fifteenth night of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar of the seventh year of the Ying calendar, this time, a large number of pirates with thousands of people attacked and disturbed, and they could not be ignored. If it hadn't happened to happen to Huang Hai and others to bring a company of the "Flying Dragon Army" this time, even if they could repel the pirates, I was afraid that the Tanggu Salt Farm would have suffered a great loss of vitality just by relying on the hundreds of security guards of the salt works and the salt workers who had temporarily organized them.

Therefore, after receiving the telegram from Huang Hai, Xie Tian, and others, the committee made a decision as quickly as possible, to send the "Flying Dragon Army" to exterminate this bold and reckless pirate, and to completely eliminate this hidden danger that posed a great threat to the Tanggu Salt Works.

The committee made decisions quickly, and the military department mobilized the "Wyverns" even faster. On the third day after Jihua was approved by the committee, that is, on the 19th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar, the "Flying Dragon Army" regiment and three battalions except for the eight companies, one company of the cavalry battalion, one company of the artillery battalion, and one squadron each of the "wolf's tooth" squadron and the ranger squadron, plus the logistics troops, totaling more than 1,000 people, had left the "Feilong Village" under the leadership of Zeng Zhilin and Muttel and marched in the direction of the Tanggu salt field. Of course, considering that there are many states and counties in the middle, this team is still playing the banner of Liangxiang County Township going out to train.

Considering that the repulsed pirates might make a comeback, and that the Eighth Company, which was only tasked with guarding Huang Hai and others, carried limited ammunition, the thousand-strong team of the "Flying Dragon Army" marched much faster than Huang Hai and the others had before. This is not only due to the needs of the operation, but also due to the fact that the "Flying Dragon Army" is now more well-equipped. In addition to the cavalry and rangers on horseback, other infantry, artillery, and baggage troops were also equipped with squads to learn from the advantages of Western horse-drawn carriages in the previous life, and specially designed four-wheeled two-horse carriages were used to load supplies and some bulky equipment, so that the marching speed of the troops could be greatly improved.

After several days of forced marching, the 1,000-strong anti-bandit team arrived at the Tanggu Salt Works on the afternoon of the 24th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar. Due to the large number of troops, the 1,000-strong bandit squad did not enter the salt field, but camped near the main gate of the salt field. While the soldiers were busy building the barracks, Zeng Zhilin, Mutel, Chang Shengjun, deputy commander of the cavalry battalion, and Hu Decheng, commander of the third battalion (formerly the commander of the third company of the first battalion, and was promoted to the commander of the third battalion during the second army expansion), had already entered the salt depot under the welcome of Huang Hai, Xie Tian and others, and were ready to come up with a specific plan for the implementation of the suppression of bandits.

The art of war cloud "know oneself and know the enemy, and will not be defeated in a hundred battles", no matter how well Jihua formulates it, it will not be able to achieve its effect without understanding the enemy's situation. Therefore, the first thing the main officers of the anti-bandit thousand-man squad such as Zeng Zhilin, Muter, Chang Shengjun and Hu Decheng did when they arrived at the salt works was to learn about the details of this group of pirates through the locals who worked in the salt works and the dozens of prisoners.

After some investigation and interrogation, the true face of this group of pirates gradually became clear. According to local salt workers and captives, this group of pirates was the largest group within nearly two or three hundred miles to the left of Tanggu Village, with three or four hundred ships of all sizes and nearly four thousand sailors. The leader of this group of pirates is the three brothers of the Fei family, the eldest is called Fei Hai, the second is called Fei Yang, and the third is called Fei Yuan. This group of pirates has been stationed on an island dozens of miles away from Tanggu Village for a long time, and only when the sea freezes in winter and it is impossible to sail can they leave the island and land on the island, and sail to a non-freezing harbor 50 miles south of Tanggu Village to spend the winter.

Originally, this group of pirates was mainly engaged in trading at sea, plundering passing merchant ships as their main business, and disdained small fishing villages such as Tanggu Village. However, with the establishment and prosperity of the Tanggu Salt Factory, especially since this year, as the team's private salt trade has become bigger and bigger, a large amount of silver money has entered and exited the salt depot every day, which has naturally attracted the attention of this group of pirates. Since the middle of the year, this group of pirates has sent small groups of men to harass the salt works from time to time, on the one hand, to feel the reality of the salt works, and on the other hand, to explore the way in and out of the salt works. ,

After months of probing, the pirates have basically figured out the situation of the salt works. This time, they took the opportunity of going ashore to spend the winter, and after discovering that the salt farm had recently received a large amount of money and had not been transported to the county seat in time, they engaged in the scene of a night attack on the salt field under the leadership of the three Fei brothers.

In fact, the pirates' spies discovered the arrival of Huang Hai and the others and the accompanying company of "Flying Dragon Army" soldiers, but it was only because they did not understand the "Flying Dragon Army" that they did not take these 100-odd new guards seriously at all, and felt that with their absolute superiority of 3,000 people, they were completely sure that they would eat these more than 100 new guards together -- the "Operation Temper No. 1" mainly frightened the bandits in the mountains, and the name "Flying Dragon Army" was still quite unfamiliar to the pirates who were hundreds of miles away from the western mountains.

The result of underestimating the enemy was naturally tragic, and the confident pirates crashed into the muzzle of the "Wyvern Army", and all they got was the call of death. Fortunately, the boss of the Fei family was relatively sober-minded, and when he saw that things were not good, he immediately ordered a retreat, taking advantage of the fact that the "Flying Dragon Army" was unfamiliar with the terrain and had no chance to escape from the salt field to pursue, otherwise he would have lost more than just 400 people.

After figuring out the ins and outs of the pirates and their hiding places, Zeng Zhilin sent a squad of rangers with the assistance of local guides to reconnoiter and find out the situation of the harbor where the pirates used to spend the winter.

The distance between the Tanggu Salt Works and the pirate's land hideout was only fifty miles, and the rangers, under the guidance of local guides, quickly found out the situation of the other party and quickly reported it back to Zeng Zhilin. Zeng Zhilin, who received the report, immediately led his team to set off, and with lightning speed, he wiped out the unsuspecting pirates who were resting and recuperating in one fell swoop.

In this battle, the "Flying Dragon Army" killed more than 1,000 pirates, captured nearly 2,000 pirates and their families, captured nearly 200 ships of various kinds, and also obtained a natural harbor that could be used as a shipbuilding base.

The extermination of pirates was on the morning of November 27 in the lunar calendar, and the "Flying Dragon Army" suppressed the bandits of 1,000 people only for a short rest, and early the next morning, Zeng Zhilin, Mutel and other generals led the main force of the brigade to escort the young and strong prisoners back to the salt field for a temporary stay. Huang Hai, Huang Shan and others, under the escort of the three battalions and eight companies, surveyed the terrain of this harbor together with the shipwrights and sailors they brought with them, and made preliminary preparations for the construction of a shipyard and port here in the future. In addition to protecting the safety of Huang Hai and others, the three battalions and eight companies left behind with them were also responsible for guarding the old and weak pirates who remained here for the time being, as well as the families of the pirates.

In winter, when Zeng Zhilin and others led the team to leave, to when the sky was about to be dark, Huang Hai and others only roughly observed the surrounding terrain and initially checked the situation of the coastal tidal flats, and then they had to collect the team and return to the camp because it was late and the light was dim.

Although in order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, the 1,000-man anti-bandit team adopted the method of light equipment and forced march, and did not carry the equipment to camp with them, but fortunately, this harbor is the place where this group of pirates spend the winter, and there is no shortage of houses and supplies. Huang Hai and the others lived in the residence of the three brothers of the Fei family and several other middle-level leaders, although the comfort level could not catch up with the "Qingyuan" or even the salt warehouse, but at least they could shelter from the wind and snow and would not be frozen.

After a light dinner, everyone went back to their assigned room to rest. The two brothers Huang Hai and Huang Shan, as well as their guards, lived in the original residence of Fei Hai. This is a small courtyard, the courtyards on both sides of it were originally the residences of the second and third elders of the Fei family, and now they are occupied by Xin Feiyu, Yuan Aiguo, Zhong Tao and their personal guards. In front of and behind these three small courtyards, it was the dormitory of the three brothers of the Fei family, but now there is a platoon of the third battalion and eight companies living in front, as well as the boatmen and sailors who came with Huang Hai and others.

Although he was either following the battle or surveying the terrain during the day, because he had been practicing martial arts and the physical changes brought about by the crossing, Huang Hai, who had worked hard all day, did not feel very tired. After Huangshan couldn't support it and went to sleep, he still sat under the lamp and sorted out all kinds of information obtained from today's survey of the terrain. ,

Since there was not much time to survey the terrain that day, the information that could be collected was relatively limited, and it took less than an hour for the Yellow Sea to sort out the idea, and instead began to think about how to build a large port fortress that would also be a shipbuilding, trade, and naval base in this natural harbor with good conditions.

As a former naval officer, he still has a very deep affection for the navy. Although he has been limited by the conditions of the team since the crossing, he can only do security work far from his own profession, but he has never given up on the desire to return to the sea. Now that the team has given him a good opportunity, he will naturally not let it go easily.

Before coming to the beach, Huang Hai had already made up his mind that he would not give up until the team's naval operations were established. And one day when he sails a ship to sea, the lofty goal of crisscrossing the ocean makes his heart agitated, and his eyes, which were originally slightly sour because of sorting out information, have also become clearer, and his spirit has been much fuller. He put aside the haode materials, picked up a charcoal pencil and began to sketch on the paper the various famous ships of various eras and countries in his impression.

From the traditional Chinese fortune ships to the treasure ships of Zheng He's voyage to the West, from the British first-class battleships to the fast sailing ships, from the "Zhenyuan" ironclad ships to the "China Aegis" missile destroyers, from the "Burke" class destroyers to the "Nimitz" aircraft carriers, all kinds of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign merchant ships and warships, as long as they can be remembered, have been drawn on paper one by one in the Yellow Sea, which is very familiar with the line map of the ships.

Huang Hai continued to draw for an hour, and did not stop the charcoal in his hand until he was about to go, and while rubbing his eyes, which were starting to sour again, he admired his work. After looking forward to his future for a long time, Huang Hai finally felt a little tired and ready to rest. However, instead of going to bed right away, he got out of his house and went outside his lodgings to check on the night duties of his guards and the "Wyverns" - this was a pirate's den, after all, and it didn't hurt to be careful.

Although the pirate's den occupies a large area, most of the place is used to guard the captured captives' families, and the core area where Huang Hai and the others live is not large, so it took Huang Hai and his guards to turn around in a short time, and Zuihou came to the row of houses located to the east of his residence. This was originally the residence of the Fei brothers' personal soldiers, and now it is the second platoon of the third battalion and eight companies. The platoon commander of this platoon is called Xiang Boyuan, who is the younger brother of Xiang Botong, the commander of the Eighth Company.

Xiang Botong arranged his younger brother instead of guarding the position closest to the Yellow Sea, firstly, although Xiang Boyuan was vulgar, he was a good hand in battle, and he dared to fight hard in battle. Second, I also saw these masters, especially the Twelfth Master of the Yellow Sea, who was sent out to stand alone this time, obviously because of the importance of the fifth master of the big boss, if his brother can have the opportunity to get closer to him, it will be helpful to his brother and his future promotion. Although this twelfth master should be in charge of the navy in the future, he is the master after all, and he said a good word in front of the fifth and eleventh masters, which is far more useful than his old boss, the noble and high battalion commander, who said a hundred words.

However, Xiang Botong's painstaking efforts were not understood by his younger brother, and when Huang Hai came to the front of the house where the second row lived with his personal guards, there was no one outside the whole row of houses, except for a soldier standing at the door of one of the rooms with a little light, who was nodding and dozing off, seemingly on a sentry. Don't say it's a dark sentry or a mobile sentry, and I haven't even seen a single open sentry that must be set up for camping.

This situation naturally made Huang Hai, who had been in charge of security work, very dissatisfied, and he walked forward quickly, came to the dozing sentry, and raised his hand to give him a slap. However, after his right hand was raised, it did not fall. It's not that Huang Hai is soft-hearted, but when he was about to wave, he suddenly heard the voice of a woman crying for help and the sound of a man scolding and scolding, and the source of these two voices was the room behind the sentry. Although Huang Hai was an upright man, both in his previous life and in this era, and had never done anything to bully men and women, he still knew very well what it meant to appear in the dead of night.

Therefore, Huang Hai's first reaction after hearing these two voices was that someone in the "Flying Dragon Army" violated military discipline and bullied the people's daughters. The second reaction was to stop the right hand that was about to wave down, take two steps back, and glance at the guards who were following him.