Chapter 252: The Battle of Wol'er Island (Part II)
After salvaging the pirate captives onto the ship, Pei Donglai faced a problem. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Blackbeard has gathered the remnants, a total of more than 1,000 people, lined up at the dock, how to successfully land on the island?! The North Sea Fleet does not have the marines of later generations, and can conduct amphibious operations very sharply.
In the end, Pei Donglai came up with a stupid solution. He ordered the first battalion to land first, and the remaining four sailor battalions remained in a fan-shaped formation, covering the landing of the first battalion with bows and arrows.
When Blackbeard saw the opponent's warship docking, he immediately ordered it to be pressed to prevent the opponent from landing.
At that moment, a rain of arrows came down from the hood and shot at the pirates on their way. The pirate froze, hesitating to move on.
Blackbeard scolded his mother, and the enemy was too shameless. "Rush me, or everyone will die!"
At Blackbeard's urging, the pirates braved a hail of arrows and marched tremblingly. Constantly people are hit by arrows, injured and fall to the ground, or even die directly.
The pirates on the shore had already escaped death once when the pirate ship was on fire. finally escaped by jumping into the sea, and now he is going to die, and he is a little reluctant in his heart.
As the casualties mounted, some pirates finally couldn't bear it, and instead of advancing and retreating, they sneaked towards the rear, trying to get out of the rain of arrows.
Some people take the lead, and some people follow suit. People are afraid of death, and pirates are no exception. In this way, before the team was halfway through, the team ran more than halfway.
Taking advantage of this time, the 1st Battalion of the North Sea Fleet had already begun to land, organizing its defense on the spot.
Blackbeard knew that he was powerless to prevent the other party from landing, and if he rushed forward, he would only increase casualties.
"Withdraw!" Blackbeard said bitterly.
Given the order, the pirates slipped faster than rabbits as if they had been pardoned.
Ouyang Shuo stood on the command ship and shook his head amusefully when he saw that the other party was so impatient.
In this way, the North Sea Fleet successfully landed on the island and began to attack the remnants of the pirates.
By this time, the pirates had already scattered and fled, and they were not organized at all.
In order to prevent fish from slipping through the net, Pei Donglai ordered the fourth and fifth battalions not to land on the island, but to drive the Mengchong fighting ship to patrol the sea surface, block the waters around Yue'er Island, and completely block the pirates' escape route.
With an area of only 50 square kilometers, Wol'er Island is not a good hiding place.
Pei Donglai tacitly implemented Ouyang Shuo's surrender policy, and let the soldiers shout, and those who took the initiative to surrender could not be blamed for the past; Those who hide everywhere and don't want to show up will be killed after being caught.
Pei Donglai's threat was very effective.
One by one, the pirates, with their faces as dead as ashes and a depressed mood, walked out of the various bumps on the island and raised their hands in surrender. Only a few diehards, such as Blackbeard, are still resisting.
Pei Donglai was not polite to these diehards, and ordered the first battalion to go all out to search and arrest them, and correct the law on the spot.
The purge lasted an entire afternoon before all the remaining pirates were completely eliminated.
Ouyang Shuo, accompanied by Pei Donglai, inspected the entire island.
Black Shark pirates are good at raiding, but their ability to build is really a bit miserable.
The whole gathering place, not even a fence has been built, it is completely open. The buildings on the island can be counted on one hand.
The pirates probably put the most thought into the dock where they landed.
Walking along the pier, there is a narrow dirt road, potholes, and the road surface is damp. Ouyang Shuo had to look carefully at his feet, so as not to step on the air and step into the puddle.
On both sides of the dirt road, there are scattered wooden huts. The wooden house is very rough and rudimentary, as if it were made of a few wooden planks improvised together.
Ouyang Shuo even doubted whether such a wooden house could shelter from the wind and rain on a rainy day.
Outside the wooden house, there are no decent courtyards, neither raising livestock nor growing vegetables. A few worn-out clothes hung under the eaves, fluttering in the wind.
Occasionally, you can see a few bunches of dried fish drying, which is considered a more diligent pirate house.
The surrounding fields are basically uncultivated, barren, and there are no crops growing in the fields. On the contrary, the dog's tail grass grows unusually luxuriantly, telling a certain decadence.
It can be seen that pirates do not produce at all, and live entirely on plundered materials.
Continuing inside, a pond suddenly appeared in the center of the island. Ouyang Shuo visually inspected it, and estimated that it was less than 500 square meters, which should be the only source of fresh water on the island.
It is for this reason that the pirates regarded the pond as their most important asset and protected it closely.
Around the pond, a circle of buildings was built, all of which were wooden structures, and looked sturdier than the wooden houses on the periphery, which should be the core area of the pirates. The most popular tavern for pirates was built here.
The highest courtyard is very conspicuous among the wooden houses.
Needless to say, it must have been the residence of the pirate chieftain.
Along the way, Ouyang Shuo had lost the interest of visiting carefully, and went straight to the courtyard.
Even if you go to the island, the roads along the road are not improved, they are still so potholed. On both sides of the road, vigorous dog-tail grass waives in the wind.
Architecture is the first sequence of the cleansing of the soldiers.
Therefore, when Ouyang Shuo arrived, there was not a single pirate in the house, except for the soldiers of the North Sea Fleet on duty. On the ground, there are occasional traces of blood and fights.
Seeing Ouyang Shuo, the guards on duty immediately saluted.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and walked through the gate.
The guards didn't expect to get a response from the prince, and their hearts were warm.
Ouyang Shuo looked up and looked at the most advanced building on Yue'er Island.
The small courtyard in front of me is just a simple courtyard house. It reminded Ouyang Shuo that the Lord's Mansion when Shanhai Village was first built, the two were very similar.
Ouyang Shuo came to the council hall and began to wait patiently for the information gathered by all parties.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, all the information gathered at Pei Dong's place, and he reported it to Ouyang Shuo.
Pei Donglai sat down at the bottom of the chamber at Ouyang Shuo's signal, and said: "Qiyu Monarch, this battle is much smoother than expected, our side has almost no casualties, only more than 150 people have been lost. ”
Ouyang Shuo nodded, the progress of the war was indeed beyond his expectations.
"More than 1,650 pirates were captured in this battle, and the rest were killed. The pirate ship was essentially burned in the fire, and only five or six ships survived and were already towed back to the dock. Pei Donglai then reported: "Through the seizure of various treasury and the thorough search of various pirate rooms, a total of more than 12,500 gold coins and a box of various jewelry were seized. The seized weapons, equipment, food, and other materials were relatively scarce, and there were not a large number of stocks. ”
Ouyang Shuo nodded, this situation was also expected. Pirates make a living by plundering, and they go out to plunder when they run out of food, so they certainly don't have much food.
On the contrary, the gold, silver and jewels looted by the pirates were all backlogged because there was no way to buy them. It is precisely in this way that a pirate organization of more than 3,000 people will have a wealth of more than 10,000 gold coins.
"From the seized funds, take out 500 gold coins and reward them to the soldiers." Ouyang Shuo opened his mouth and said.
I don't know when Ouyang Shuo began to reward the soldiers who participated in the battle on the spot, so as to motivate the soldiers to fight bravely.
"Thank you for the reward!" Pei Donglai replaced his subordinate Shane.
"Did you have anything special seized?" Ouyang Shuo asked, the special thing he was referring to was actually a special item. Generally speaking, pirates are raiding and have a good chance of getting some strange items.
"Yes." Pei Donglai really didn't disappoint him.
Under Pei Donglai's signal, the soldiers on duty outside moved all the seized gold coins, jewelry, and special items to the conference hall for Ouyang Shuo to inspect.
Ouyang Shuo got up, and in addition to leaving 500 gold coins, he put all the remaining jewelry and gold coins into his storage pocket. The full council chamber was empty again, leaving only two items, one stone and one picture.
Ouyang Shuo first picked up the black stone and checked the properties. The stone was not large, only the size of two fists, and it was very heavy in the hand.
[Meteorite Refined Iron] (Purple Gold Level): Heavenly Divine Stone, a rare forging material.
The attributes of the items were very simple, but they made Ouyang Shuo's heart surge. Purple gold level forging materials, Ouyang Shuo seemed to see his own exclusive weapon, beckoning to him.
With this meteorite essence alone, Ouyang Shuo felt that the trip was worthwhile.
Ouyang Shuo estimated that Blackbeard obtained this meteorite fine iron, but did not use it to forge weapons, so he must not have found a suitable blacksmith. This high-grade material requires at least a master blacksmith to forge.
He carefully slipped the meteorite iron into his storage bag and picked up the drawing.
["Treasure Map of the North Bay"] (1): According to legend, the North Bay once gave birth to a very famous pirate, known as the Blood Massacre. After the bloody massacre, the great wealth that he plundered throughout his life also disappeared.
Legend has it that before the bloody massacre, this treasure was buried on an uninhabited desert island. Bloodslaughter drew the address of the desert island into a treasure map, and divided it into three, divided among his three most trusted generals.
After the bloody massacre, the three generals attacked each other in order to compete for the treasure map in each other's hands. As a result, a year-long civil war disintegrated the pirate organization formed before the blood massacre. In the end, none of the three generals could defeat anyone, and they died in depression one after another, leaving the treasure map to future generations.
In the following hundred years, the treasure map changed its banner several times, causing several bloody storms.
Unfortunately, no one has ever managed to collect all three treasure maps and find the treasure of the Bloodslaughter. Gradually, there were rumors that the Bloodslaughter was simply a pretense for drawing a treasure map, and its real purpose was to trigger a war between pirates. Such speculation is very much in line with the character of the bloody murderous maniac.
Slowly, the truth about the treasure map dissipated into history, and no one believed the rumors of the bloodbath. Treasure maps have also become collectibles, and no one has to fight for them anymore. (To be continued.) )