Chapter XXXVII

The big war is coming, all the pirates on the island are busy, practicing on the ship, this time facing the regular army, not those merchant ships, the combat effectiveness is not worse than them, every five ships as a group, divided into a joint attack, firing cannons, shelling the target floating on the sea, and then the firearms group prepares, a fierce shot, and then the archers prepare, carry out saturation strikes, and finally the knife gunners simulate on the enemy ship, slash and kill the enemy, for a time the sea is filled with gunsmoke, and the battle is full of sky. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

On the upper floor of the island owner's mansion, looking at the scene on the sea, Xiao Lang'er hugged Jiaojiao, kissed her and said, There are no weak soldiers under the strong general, this time I will fight side by side with you.

After two days, the Portuguese fleet finally sailed over, with a total of about 20 large ships, 30 medium warships, and the remaining 20 or so were relatively fast small ships, each with twenty or thirty men. With nearly 4,000 people, this is probably the greatest strength of Portugal in this region.

The owner of the island sent fifteen vanguard troops to introduce the enemy ships into the sea area from Palembang to the old port, the hydrology of this sea area is particularly complicated, those who are not familiar with this sea area will be washed away by the whirlpool, noon is the time of high tide, if the ship sails here during this time period, there is a danger of annihilation, is to use this time period to bring in the enemy ships, when the enemy ships are introduced, and then send fifty warships from the rear to annihilate the enemy ships in one fell swoop, and the remaining more than 1,000 people are under the command of Fu Min and Hacker to guard against the enemy.

And announced that this victory over the enemy ship, each person will be rewarded with at least five taels of silver, and there are more meritorious ones, and for a time, the pirates are gearing up and actively preparing for war.

At about 11 o'clock in the morning, when it took more than an hour to drive the ship to a fixed location, Xiao Lang'er led 15 huge ships, each with about 200 men, to drive towards the enemy ship. Xiao Lang'er stood on the main ship, the main ship was in the middle position, one left and one right formed a goose-shaped array and headed towards the enemy ship, preparing to intercept the enemy ship.

The two fleets were separated by a nautical mile, and the commander of the enemy ships saw that Palembang had sent a detachment of 15 ships, and ordered all the sections to be launched, surround the Palembang fleet, and the fleet of 100 or so was divided into two wings and sailed towards the fleet led by Xiao Lang'er, who waved his flag and slowly headed towards the enemy ships on the port side, and ordered the gunners and firearms men to prepare and launch when the enemy ships were about to enter the firing range! All 15 battleships opened fire, and immediately destroyed several of the enemy's vanguard.

After the launch, he immediately adjusted the course and headed towards the destination, to bring the enemy ship into the sea of death, the enemy ship received the cabin, the commander was very angry, saw the enemy ship fleeing, immediately ordered the ship to follow, chased them to fight, the small and medium-sized boat went fast, slowly getting closer and closer to the battleship in Palembang, some ships adjusted their direction, and could already hit the ship in Palembang, a few guns fell on the ships on both wings, the deck was broken, the sail was on fire, the enemy ship looked at this situation, even more excited, and cursed in his mouth.

At this time, the wind is blowing, the sea water is slowly rising, the current is complicated, forming a lot of whirlpools, and there are many reefs around, if you accidentally hit it, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

By the time the enemy commander realized this, it was too late, and the ships were constantly shaking and spinning, and even the cannons on top were rolling, crushing down and killing many people. The Portuguese commander said angrily, stand back!

However, more than 50 ships had come out from behind to block the attack, and under the command of the island owner, one cannon after another was fired, hitting the enemy ships that were constantly circling, and the enemy ships caught fire at once, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the whole ship was surrounded by fire, and there was no time to extinguish the fire, only a loud noise was heard, and the ships exploded, and even injured some small boats next to them.

After firing from the port side, it adjusted another direction, attacked again with the guns on the starboard side, and the artillery fired a salvo, and at once, more than twenty enemy ships were sunk, and some ships were injured.

After attacking for more than an hour, the sea slowly stopped, and the enemy commander-in-chief, seeing that the fleet was badly damaged, ordered a hasty retreat to break through.

Xiao Lang'er turned defense into attack at this time, and ordered the fleet to surround and destroy the enemy ships, the cannon roared, the smoke and dust billowed on the sea, the fire soared into the sky, and a kind of sanitizing atmosphere was pervasive.

At this time, all the ships of Palembang came out and chased the water dogs, and the enemy commander led more than a dozen ships to break through.

Some of the remaining ships had no choice but to surrender and raise the white flag, and in this naval battle a total of more than 50 enemy ships were sunk, and all but 20 broke through, and all but 20 were captured, and more than 300 soldiers and 20 ships were captured.

The battle at sea was a complete victory, with only four or five ships lost on the Palembang side, and this war made full use of the favorable time and the unity of the pirates on the island to fight the enemy bravely.

The enemy ships and soldiers who were escorted back to Palembang and sent the soldiers, including some officers, to prison, were a fiasco for them, and it was estimated that the commander of the enemy ship would be removed from his post and investigated.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, and all the pirates rested and assembled in the square to receive their salaries, and this time the reward was very rich, and the owner of the island was ready to give a million taels of silver for the reward. Each pirate is rewarded with five taels, the ships that kill the most enemies are rewarded with ten taels, the bosses are rewarded with fifty, one hundred, and one hundred and fifty taels respectively from small to large, and the reward for particularly outstanding merits is one thousand taels such as Leader Shen, this time the strategy was completely proposed and implemented by him.

After the pirates received the silver, they carnivaled in various entertainment places on the island, drank and gambled to have fun, and they also had to spend money on the island, except for food and lodging, other entertainment cost money, and the island owners were not thin on them, but they also had to develop, so they charged a certain entertainment tax, and everyone had no opinion.

In the tavern, the pirates hugged the captured singers, the women indulged in carnivals, and some drank and poured the wine into the **** of the singers, causing a wicked laugh. At the door of a brothel, the bustard's face was smiling like a chrysanthemum, and he kept beckoning the pirates in, and the women were very scantily dressed, twisting their fat buttocks to bring the pirates in, which was a land of revelry and a place of suffering.

The captured soldiers were sent to prison, surrounded by stones, and it was delusional to want to escape from prison, and if they wrote a letter back and asked their families to bring money to ransom them, they would be able to work here as coolies, and build the good island stronger, and build blockhouses, walls, and fortifications everywhere, and if they had the skills, they could be treated better, and they could repair ships and make all kinds of utensils.

This time, Xiao Lang'er made a great contribution again, and in the hall of the Island Lord's Mansion, all the leaders were listening to the instructions and arrangements of the Island Lord Chen.

"Today's victory would have been a victory if it hadn't been planned by Leader Shen, and this time he has made great contributions, and I decided to make him the deputy island master!"

All the pirates stood up and congratulated Shen on his appointment, and some of the pirate leaders were convinced by his resourcefulness and command skills in this battle.

"I still have something to announce, that is, to marry Vice Island Master Shen! The time is set for seven days, please get ready, come to the house for a glass of wine when the time comes!" As soon as she announced, everyone was stunned, but there was no way, who called her the island owner, but this Shen Lang was also too lucky, and his status, power, and fortune were all occupied.

Everyone congratulated the owner and the deputy owner, and then left, this time by Fu Min prepared all the things that were used for the great pleasure, and tried to organize a major festival, the gathering of the gathering, the slaughter of pigs and sheep, the setting of a hundred tables of flowing water in the square, so that all the pirates and inhabitants could eat and drink well, and all the leaders attended the banquet in the island lord's mansion.