Chapter Forty-Six: The Longest Day: Ancient and Modern Exchanges
Both Wu Jianqiang and E Yuxi could hear the reconnaissance report of flight scout Liu Haiyang.
The people in the city of Geranza have run out? So smooth? Wu Jianqiang pondered for a while, and then ordered: "Let the support team fire twenty-four tear gas canisters first!" Ten minutes later, the scout team is out! The security team follows up! The rest of the support team members are responsible for cleaning the merchant ship, do not go deep into the cabin, and make sure that the merchant ship cannot move! ”
The gates of the city of Geranza were tightly shut. AFTER KONG MINGLIANG GLANCED AT IT, HE CLICKED ON ONE KNEE AND GENTLY FLICKED THE TRIGGER, AND AN 80MM ROCKET OF THE FORMER SOVIET RPG-7 FLEW TOWARDS THE GATE. With a bang, the two-foot-thick wooden gate recorded in historical sources was completely shattered. Everyone nodded, the Somali rebels used it to shoot down two American Black Hawks, and it was really a good thing for the poor to be armed.
In the support team, two team members walked out. In their hands were 35-mm drum tear gas launchers, loaded with 12 shells and capable of projectile 300 meters. Under the cover of the anti-riot shield wall of the reconnaissance team, they approached the gate.
The reconnaissance team consisted of 12 people, carrying AK47s behind their backs, holding an American riot shield in their left hand, a Glock pistol in their right hand, and American riot gas masks on their faces.
Two members of the support team pulled the trigger inside the gate one after another, and tear gas canisters flew into the city as if they had eyes.
Ten minutes later, the reconnaissance team entered the city gates. This may be the first time since the construction of the city of Geranza that it has received yellow-skinned people who have taken the initiative to visit. Unfortunately, these people were clearly not here to serve the Dutch, nor did they pay taxes or get licenses.
E Yuxi listened nervously to the reconnaissance team's continuous report. There's really no one left. As required, the reconnaissance team kicked open a door every time it sent a hand-held tear gas canister and waited for the smoke to clear before entering the search. For the time being, no one has been found who can hide in the shadows and shoot at the traverser under such conditions. The city gate area was cleaned up.
E Yuxi discussed it with Sun Yu and decided to wait for a while to follow up. So let the reconnaissance team defend on the spot.
In addition to guarding the prisoners and the necessary guards, the support team divided into several groups and headed for the merchant ships anchored at the docks.
Wu Dapeng and the others were eye-catching on the Heart of the Ocean, where is there any danger? It's clearly abuse. Sun Defa started the yacht, swung to the right beautifully, and leaned on the dock. Several people jumped on it.
Lin Weisheng pointed to a wooden house not far from the pier and said, "It should be a place to handle fishing taxes." Five years later, it will be built into a small two-story fortress. ”
"Let's go in and have a look." Wu Dapeng pulled out his pistol.
"It's been a long time since no one, right? When the Purple Water opened fire, I saw several people running out of it. Besides, the support team has also checked it. Li Ziqiang also pulled out his pistol.
The five men cautiously entered the room.
This is a typical office space in a Dutch trade mall. Lin Weisheng suddenly remembered what he looked like in an oil painting he had seen.
Innermost is a large desk with medieval patterns carved on all sides, and open documents on the table. There were a few quill pens stuck in the quill holder, and the copper inkwell had been tipped over, but the ink had fortunately flowed away from the other side and did not reach the papers.
Li Ziqiang grabbed the inkwell and looked at it, the bottle used a very simple stamping and folding jishu, due to the roughness of the abrasive, the relief picture was blurred, and it was vaguely seen that it was a castle. He threw it back to the table with a "dang" sound. It startled Lin Weisheng, who was reading the documents carefully, and Sun Defa, who was studying the desktop.
Sun Defa said unhappily: "Do you know what kind of wood this table top is?" Authentic rosewood, or small-leaved rosewood. ”
Jianguo'an became interested, he also bent down to ponder the table, and said: "I heard that rosewood is extremely difficult to grow, isn't such a large piece a treasure among treasures?" ”
"If you look closely, it's put together."
"Well, I can't see it if I don't look closely. It's really hard, this carpentry work is good. ”
Lin Weisheng quickly flipped through a few documents and said, "Their taxes this year are really good. According to the records, the Dutch once sent a large number of craftsmen from the mainland to Batavia. It should have been made by carpenters in the Ming Dynasty. ”
"Weishenme wasn't made by Dutch carpenters? I think this pattern is unique to Europe. Li Ziqiang said unconvinced.
"Don't be fooled by patterns. Look at the connection between the table top and the table legs, which is typical of the tenon structure of Ming Dynasty furniture. It is highly scientific, does not use nails, does not need glue, and is not affected by the humidity or dryness of natural conditions. Only Chinese carpenters of that period could make this kind of table with four legs standing upright, without any other support, and with a simple shape," Lin Weisheng pointed to the legs, "I have seen the characteristics of their tables at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Iron supports and brackets should be used on the legs of the table, with a figure-eight structure, the nail head is exposed, and the body is large...... If you look at the little table next to it, it must be the work of a Dutch carpenter. ”
When everyone compared, it was so.
Wu Dapeng said: "The taxes collected by the Dutch should be placed in the city of Geranza, right?" ”
Lin Weisheng nodded: "Yes, it's all inside." There's more goodies there. ”
"Protect yourself!" E Yuxi emphasized repeatedly.
The first layer of the fortress, which is less than two thousand square meters, was quickly searched, and there were no living people except for the corpses. While searching the second floor, tear gas awakened several stunned captives, who staggered to their feet, coughing violently incessantly. The captain of the reconnaissance team asked for instructions on how to deal with them, and E Yuxi thought for a moment and said, "Drive them up to the third floor and let them stand in the way." ”
Pastor Farnburg was awakened by his own cough. He felt very pungent and at the same time smelled a choking smell that made him cough incessantly. He stood up in a daze, feeling better. He noticed that there was also a soldier and a clerk next to him, behaving the same as him.
The three of them were coughing incessantly and couldn't communicate at all.
Suddenly, several men with shields appeared, and they kept pushing them with their shields, and they could not understand their cries, so they could only stagger in the direction they were pushing. By the third floor, they felt a little better and were able to breathe normally. But they saw hell.
On the third floor, there were more than a dozen corpses lying on the ground, as well as wounded people lying on their stomachs on the ground, moaning constantly.
"Oh God!" Pastor Farburgh couldn't help but shout. The soldier and clerk spontaneously approached the priest, as if the old man could really protect them.
A man with a shield said, "You haven't seen the corpse outside." Seeing that the three captives did not know what he was saying, he continued to push them forward.
Pastor Farnburg saw the others searching around, and after a while, a man shouted something into a small box on his left shoulder, and a voice came from the small box.
Reverend Farburgh was becoming more and more sober, and he could tell that these people were supposed to be soldiers, and they were dressed in uniform clothes, and through their strange and transparent helmets, he could also tell that they were yellow-skinned people. Is it the Ming people of the mainland who attack them?
Pastor Farmbaught asked in Hokkien, "Who are you?" Weishenme is going to attack us? Seeing that the soldier was unresponsive, he asked again in Cantonese. The soldier still didn't react, just shook his head. Indicates that he does not understand his words.
Priest Farburgh stopped asking, for he saw another large group of soldiers ascending the third tier.
After E Yuxi ascended the third layer of the castle, he looked around and let out a sigh of relief. Fuck, finally didn't hurt one. After a careful search of more than a dozen houses, the security team determined that it was completely safe.
E Yuxi took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Sun Yu beside him, and the two smoked.
"I will send someone to the basement to take a look, pay attention to the ancient well underground tunnel mentioned in Jihua's book, and immediately seal all the wells, we will not use the water source here for the time being, and we will open it for inspection later." E Yuxi took a deep breath of cigarette and said after thinking about it.
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away. Let's let someone from the epidemic prevention team come over first, right? ”
"Yes, the captives who can do their jobs are used. We're going to spend the night here tonight. ”
Suddenly, gunshots rang out on the pier. The two of them almost scared off their cigarettes. Hurriedly raised the binoculars to look, and they saw more than a dozen support team members busy with something on a Ming Dynasty ship.
"There's someone down there!" After Xiao Ding finished putting the gun, he shouted. After casually throwing a tear gas bomb into the cabin just now, he thought that it would be like other ships, silent. But suddenly there was a coughing sound and shouting something. He reflexively set the gun. This caught the attention of the other support team members, and everyone gathered around. Xiao Ding took out a grenade and motioned to throw it in. Gode stopped him.
He whispered, "Xiao Ding, it sounds like Cantonese to me." Don't you hear? Wait a minute. You heard him call again, it's Cantonese, right? My ears are very sharp. Don't just nod your head, don't you? ”
Xiao Ding gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! ”
He was very satisfied with Xiao Ding's approval, and then shouted loudly in Cantonese: "The people inside come out, we won't go in, if you don't come out again, you will be injured in vain." We won't hurt you, we won't kill you! ”
The people inside seemed to understand, and were walking out, coughing closer and closer to the hatch.
The crowd stepped back and raised their guns.
A Ming man came out, and despite the smoke that made his eyes red, he fell to his knees and kowtowed like garlic. While coughing, he shouted: "Master Jun, don't kill the villain!" ”
Gao De looked at this ancient man who was more than 300 years different from him with interest, and the two began to communicate.
It turned out that he was the head of the ship, the one who managed the cargo on the ship. During this period, the cargo on sea vessels was generally composed of several merchants. He is in charge of the inventory and management of these goods. At the time of the incident, he was cleaning the cargo in the bilge, and because he was greedy for a cup last night, he took the opportunity to sleep. Awakened by the sound of cannons, the shipowner (shipowner) and the sailors ran away. And he was too late, so he could only hide in the pile of goods and try to escape.
"Look, how wrong it is to drink, I never drink." Gao De said compassionately.
He drenched the handkerchief and handed it to him: "Wipe your eyes well, and you will no longer cry." Fortunately, you ran out quickly, or your lung mucosa would have been injured, and it would be difficult to treat. ”
The surname of the palm is Zhou Mingfu, and he has studied in private school for several years. He has been working on this boat for more than ten years, and he knows a little Spanish and Dutch.
He trembled and took the handkerchief handed over by Gao De, wiped his eyes, and it was really much more comfortable. This military master's accent is a little strange, but he can still understand it.
"You say you're in charge, and you're the manager of rotating goods in the logistics industry, right?"
“……”
"Ah, you don't understand? It doesn't matter, tell me what's in the cabin? Where do you live in Guangzhou? How many people are in the family? It doesn't matter, a little bit. I'm not in a hurry. ”
Xiao Ding looked at the Akito sympathetically, and sadly remembered the scene when he lived in a dormitory with Gao De when he was on Dragon's Tooth Island.
The teammates around him had already scattered, and Xiao Ding had to stay by his side. Since the two met on Dragon's Tooth Island, or in other words, after Gao De joined the power and energy department, everyone was afraid of him, and no one dared to talk to him much.
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