Linde has been following his two brothers to open a mountain and set up a cabinet on Liuheng Island for several years, and he has experienced a lot of fighting, killing and killing, and he killed two people with his own hands in yesterday's battle, and the scene of desperate fighting is not new to him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but when he saw the way the Haihan militia fought, he still inevitably developed a feeling of fear.

This was not a close battle, but a completely one-sided massacre, even though the Haisha Gang had a Musket team that gave Linde a headache, but still didn't even get the slightest chance to play a role against the Haihan militia, and was completely crushed by the opponent from the moment the battle began.

The panicked musketeers saw that the people standing in front of them were falling down, and they didn't even have the courage to shoot, so they just spread their feet and ran back. Probably the first time in their combat experience that they encountered such a scene where they were pressed to the ground by the opponent as soon as they came up, and they didn't know how to deal with it except to run away quickly.

The stragglers on the left and right were even more unprepared, all of them were still waiting for their own musket team to open the situation, but they didn't expect to eat the opponent's onslaught first. When they fought with the Sanlin Gang yesterday, the opponent's formation only had sporadic muskets and bows and arrows as a means of long-range attack.

Seeing the men and horses of the Haisha Gang in the distance falling in rows like harvested rice, Lin De couldn't help but shudder, he knew that if it wasn't for the eldest brother Lin Xing who resolutely chose to take refuge in Haihan from the beginning, it was likely that he would be facing Haihan's musket and cannon at this time. Compared with the Haisha Gang, the Sanlin Gang lacks long-range attack methods, and there is really only a dead end for the Shanghai Hanmin Regiment.

Seeing the Haihan soldiers attacking in a neat formation, Linde couldn't help but compare them with the gang under his command, one was orderly, the other was chaotic, and the gap between the combat effectiveness of the professional army and the civilian armed forces was also very completely exposed at this level. If Lin De still had a trace of doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Haihan militia before, then now he has been completely impressed by the facts in front of him, not to mention the Haisha Gang on the Liuheng Island, even if the officials and soldiers of Ningbo Mansion come, they probably can't deal with these wolf-like Haihan soldiers. No wonder the Haihan people dare to run from Fujian to Zhejiang without fear, it is true that they have real skills, and they can't accept it.

After Gomez confirmed that the Haihan people were involved in the battle in the fortifications ahead, the Haisha Gang quickly lost the will to continue the battle, leaving behind hundreds of corpses and hurriedly retreating. The Haihan militia behind the defense line did not rush forward to pursue, because Takahashinan had just received a notice from the headquarters, and the troops responsible for outflanking the rear of the Haisha Gang had also arrived at a place where it was only five miles away, and the Haisha Gang was now retreating backwards, and the only result was to collide with the large army coming up from behind.

"Send someone to count the results of the battle. Takahashi Minami put down the binoculars and ordered.

"Such trivial things will be handed over to the younger brother's people to do, and the Haihan military masters will rest. Lin De immediately took over the errand from Takahashi Minami, and at the same time did not forget to order his men to bring more meat and wine to the rear to comfort the Haihan militia who had just completed a major battle.

Just as the coalition command had predicted, the Haisha Gang was caught off guard by this heavy blow, and it was already in chaos. Hundreds of people hastily withdrew from the front line, only to find that the Haihan militia had also appeared on the back road, and it seemed that there were more troops than their own. The few pirates who tried to resist stubbornly had already been defeated by the platoon of guns before they could rush to the Haihan army.

"You have been surrounded by the Haihan militia, immediately abandon your weapons and surrender, put your hands behind your heads and lie on the ground, all those who flee and disobey will be killed!" The mechanical and indifferent voice sounded repeatedly on the battlefield, and several Haihan soldiers held huge iron horns and shouted loudly in the direction of the Haisha Gang.

When someone began to lie on the ground out of fear, he immediately led the people next to him who wanted to live to do the same-all those who were standing would become the live targets of the Haihan militia, and only by lying on the ground could they effectively avoid the stray bullets flying around in the air without long eyes. If you want to survive, you have to lie down first.

There are also some people who are unwilling to be captured and flee to the mountains to the southwest, for them, no matter what the final result is, they can at least survive in the mountains and forests for a while, and retain a glimmer of hope of escape. However, the Haihan militia did not immediately arrange a pursuit, the coalition forces have already controlled the main freshwater source of the island and the surrounding villages, even if these people escape into the mountains and forests, it is difficult for them to survive for a long time without supplies, and finally have to get out of the mountains and forests by themselves. There are no Haihan civilians on Liuheng Island, and the army is also stationed in several major ports en masse, so there is no way for such small groups of fish to escape, and it is difficult to cause any trouble for Haihan if they stay on the island.

By noon, the coalition forces had preliminarily completed the inventory of the prisoners of the Haisha Gang. Li Luotou, the leader of the Haisha Gang, died in the chaos with two fatal gunshot wounds, but it is impossible to verify who made this credit. The second master, Shinobu Motegi, was nowhere to be seen, and according to the captives, they took advantage of the chaos to flee into the mountains and forests, and there were about thirty or forty Toei Japanese who fled with them, almost all of whom were dead soldiers raised by Motegi Shinobi.

Gomez, the third leader, was the only leader of the Sand Gang to be captured alive, and in fact he had given up on running or dying when he realized that the tide was turning. Being able to survive by licking blood from the edge of a knife at sea and survive until now, seeing the wind and making the rudder is also one of his necessary life-saving tricks. For Gomez, there is nothing wrong with surrendering to the strong, I think when he came here, he also thought about setting up his own door to occupy the mountain as the king, and in the end, he didn't choose to succumb to Li Luotou and Motegi Shinobu and be a three-in-command in the Haisha Gang. Since the Haihan people have given the Haisha Gang a chance to surrender when their combat power is completely crushed, it means that they do not intend to kill them all, and surrendering has a much greater chance of saving their lives than stubbornly resisting to the end. In such a situation, Gomez not only took the lead to the ground, but also ordered all the remaining men to abandon their weapons and surrender, and no longer make unnecessary resistance.

After some counting, after two successive battles, a total of more than 1,400 Haisha Gang personnel were captured, most of whom were the families of the Haisha Gang who had escaped by coercion, and less than half of the actual combatants were actually killed. The number of casualties of the Haisha Gang was more than 300, which was nearly 100 times higher than the battle losses of the coalition forces, fully reflecting the difference in strength between the two sides. When the Lin brothers heard the news, they were also a little relieved, they had lost more than 200 people in the battle yesterday evening and night, and they were very distressed. If it hadn't been for the Haihan militia to take over the defense line in time today, probably the number of casualties would not be less than yesterday, and it might not be able to hold this key defense line.

By the evening, several groups of people had basically cleared the southern area of Liuheng Island, except for the scattered people who fled in the mountainous areas, which could declare that the Haisha Gang had been completely wiped out. This armed force, which used to be ranked in the East China Sea, became the object of the Haihan militia in Zhoushan in such a daze.

The three Lin brothers couldn't help but feel a little emotional when they heard the news, they had been fighting openly and secretly with the Haisha Gang on Liuheng Island for more than a year or two, and they had used both civil and military means, and neither of them could completely defeat each other, although they were unwilling, but they could only maintain this situation of confrontation between the north and the south. But as soon as the Haihan people came, they completely defeated the Haisha Gang in just two days, and few people were able to escape from the island. The efforts of the Sanlin Gang for several years could not withstand the unreasonable force of the Haihan militia, which made the Lin brothers a little disheartened while being impressed - they knew that even if they fought all their lives, they probably would not be able to manage the Sanlin Gang to the situation of Haihan, and the fierce enemy who was trying to suppress it was probably not even a stumbling block in the eyes of the Haihan people, and it took two days to cook it casually. And the only advantage of the Sanlin Gang over the Haisha Gang is that they stand early and resolute enough, otherwise there may be three brothers in the middle of the people who are lying on the ground and surrendering at this time.

Contrary to the pace with which the counts of prisoners of war were counted, only a small part of the inventory of the various belongings captured in the war had been carried out. As one of the main trading ports in the southern part of the Zhoushan Islands, there are indeed a lot of various commodities and goods on the land of the Haisha Gang, and there are as many as 50 cargo owners captured by the coalition forces on the island alone, and more than 10 countries are involved. This also shows from the side that the international trade resources that Haihan can grasp after controlling this region will be quite abundant.

From the several secret silver vaults of the Haisha Gang on the island and the silver trucks captured by the main force of the Haisha Gang in the end, the coalition forces have seized more than one million taels of silver, most of which are boxes of silver ingots, silver coins, gold bars, gold ingots, and so on. At present, the coalition forces have not yet had time to conduct a full-scale search of several of the Haisha Gang's garrisons, and the command is optimistic that many valuable items will be found in these places.

The affluence of the Haisha Gang was basically in line with the expectations of the headquarters, but seeing the mountains of gold and silver belongings, the leading party was not only swallowing saliva, but also a little surprised by the financial strength of the Haisha Gang. The Lin brothers and the Haisha Gang have been neighbors for so many years, and they have always believed that the other party is outstanding in force, and their financial resources should be inferior to the Sanlin Gang, after all, in terms of the scale of trade operations, the Sanlin Gang is recognized as stronger than the Haisha Gang, and the trade volume is also a lot higher, but if the Sanlin Gang wants to come up with such a huge amount of cash, it may not be able to make it up for a while.

According to the distribution plan agreed in advance, the Haihan militia group, as the main force of this operation, will receive 70% of the profits, and the accompanying Fujian Ming army will receive 30%. Half of the 70 percent of the income from Haihan will be allocated by the Executive Committee to the military as special military expenses. The current seizure on the territory of the Haisha Gang alone is enough for the military to build another "Majesty-class" capital ship, and it only took two days.

"There are at least five or six families in the Zhoushan Islands who are as rich as the Haisha Gang!" Shi Diwen looked at the soldiers who were busy carrying the silver boxes on the ship, and said to Qian Tiandun with an excited face: "Send back so much silver, who will jump out and go against us in the future!"

Qian Tiandun smiled and said: "Even if you move back to the gold and silver mountains, the one who should be in opposition will still be able to sing, and even if the person who sings the opposite tune shut up now, someone else will jump out to take over." Where there are people, there will be differences of opinion, and although we can win the battle every time, there will always be people who do not like this way of fighting and killing, and there will definitely be opposition voices. ”

"Bad things for civilian officials!" Shi Diwen actually understood that what Qian Tiandun said was the real situation, and the more brilliant the military's record, the more it would make the anti-war faction feel jealous. It is indeed a bit unrealistic to expect to completely silence the anti-war faction with military exploits.

"It's just a matter of doing your job. Qian Tiandun has to see things in politics more thoroughly: "Power always needs to be restrained, and if there is no restraint, it is easy to go to extremes." Although I am a soldier, I do not want Haihan to become a complete military regime. Some people are against the military, and this is normal. Besides, in the past few years, when the military wants to use force, even if there is opposition, the executive committee will still act in accordance with the military's wishes, and this is not enough. ”

"That being said, we still want our army to conquer more areas as soon as possible!" Shi Diwen sighed: "You and I are already in our early thirties, and now we are in the prime of life, and we can still work for twenty or thirty years at most." At the current rate of expansion, it would be good to be able to control the western Pacific region east of the Indian Ocean. ”

"It's hard to say. Qian Tiandun has a different view on this: "Our current development speed is limited, a large part of the reason is limited by the population, and when the population reaches a certain size, our maritime industry will also show a blowout development." Both the population engaged in seafaring and our shipbuilding and navigation technology will be greatly improved. When our steam-powered ships have the ability to cross oceans, the range of activities will expand accordingly...... You're an expert in this area, so I'm not going to get an axe in front of you. ”

Qian Tiandun raised his hand and pointed to the sea to the north: "If we can complete the integration of the waters of the Zhoushan Islands in the first half of the year, then we can continue to extend the route north to the Jiaodong Peninsula in the second half of the year, and strive to establish a new foothold in the local area next year to further control the maritime trade routes in Northeast Asia." ”

Shi Diwen responded: "Then it depends on how much support the executive committee can give to the military, and to do what you said, the navy needs to add at least two more fleets." (To be continued.) )