The long and narrow island of Palawan acts as a natural barrier separating the South China Sea from the Sulu Sea. The whole island is slender and narrow, and the widest point is only more than 30 kilometers.

On the northeast side of the island, near the South China Sea, there is a deep and long bay, at the end of which is a place called Taitai, the whole bay is more than ten kilometers deep, the reef and shallow are dense, only a few small boats can walk, and if it is not for the old sea wolf who is familiar with the situation, he will not dare to drill into it.

In addition, Taitai is close to the Sulu Sea in the southeast, so everyone will choose to go in and out of the southeast to avoid this dangerous place. Obviously, Wang Laohu, the big pirate leader, is quite good at choosing the lair, at least this place is convenient to run.

Wen Xiu looked at his watch, at this moment he didn't have time to care about Wang Laohu and his gang who were eating, drinking and having fun in Taitai, he looked up at the sun that was gradually going west, and his face was a little anxious.

According to the time of the telegram, the troops who came to reinforce should have arrived yesterday, but they have been held all night, and they have not been seen yet. Originally, he was not in a hurry, but according to the preliminary investigation, in recent days, Wang Laohu and his gang have been in and out frequently, and other pirates have come to meet from time to time, and it seems that they are preparing for a big operation, which is a good opportunity to annihilate the other party.

Looking at the still empty sea, Wen Xiu licked her lips, reached into her pocket and took out a cigarette case, only to find that she had already bottomed out, and just wanted to go back to find someone to borrow one, when suddenly a low sound of gas motors came from a distance, and she saw that several flat-bottomed steamboats appeared on the sea level that was empty just now, and quickly raised the binoculars.

On the other side of the camera, three unmarked steamboats crashed into the waves and swooped towards the shore, and several soldiers in Pacific Army uniforms were also pointing at the beach, as if considering landing.

Seeing the familiar military uniform, Wen Xiu's heart was hot, and he waved his hand to the nighthawk behind him, who immediately took out the two small flags that had been prepared long ago, and stood on the high place of the flat stall and made a few flag codes.

The other Nighthawks continued to hide their figures, until the contact code was also typed on the opposite dinghy, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Meng Tao, the reconnaissance company of the first battalion of the 3rd Army Regiment, was ordered to come to support."

"Wenxiu, captain."

After a simple salute, Wen Xiu began to look at the commander of the reconnaissance company who was about thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, short and strong, and the muscles on his arms were distinct.

Seeing Wen Xiu staring at his face, Meng Tao was not embarrassed, took out a cigarette and handed it over: "I just soaked on Iwo Jima for two months, and it became like this." After speaking, he glanced at the rifle on Wen Xiu's shoulder again, and his eyes lit up: "Captain Wen, I heard that you have good marksmanship?" ”

Wenxiu took the cigarette, and when he heard Meng Tao's slightly provocative tone, he was not angry, anyway, the nighthawk has been used as a target for many years, and deliberately raised his eyebrows: "You will see." ”

After saying that, while passing his addiction to smoking, he looked at the troops who were disembarking, and thought carefully to the secret channel command, Nighthawk had also conducted tropical training on Iwo Jima, where the climate and environment were similar to here, and it was obviously the most suitable to use this troop that had just completed tropical jungle adaptation training to support.

After relieving his addiction to smoking, the soldiers on the three steamboats also got off the ship one after another, looking at these young faces with the same dark complexions and rifles on their backs, Wen Xiu suddenly frowned: "Why didn't you bring a mortar?" Didn't a telegram be sent to the command saying that the pirates had stone forts for cover? ”

Meng Tao, who seemed to know that Wen Xiu had this question, and was thinking about whether to find a place to compete with this Nighthawk's number one sharpshooter, immediately beckoned, called the soldier who was carrying a one-meter-long thing like a black iron pipe next to him, took the iron pipe from his hand, and introduced: "This thing is called a blasting canister, it has just been equipped, I heard that the power is much greater than a cannonball, this time the command asked us to bring it out for testing, not to mention the stone castle, even the dark castle poured with ash can be blown up!" ”

"Oh?" Wen Xiu took the blaster and found that there were threads at both ends, it seemed that this thing could still be picked up and used, and he was also a little curious, but this was not the time to study it, so he immediately returned it to the soldiers, and walked side by side with Meng Tao towards the hidden woods.

Entering the woods, Wen Xiu immediately took out the map that had already been marked, and said: "This bay is about ten kilometers deep, and there is a stone fort on each side at the end, and there are pirates guarding it at night, and beyond the stone fort is the pirate's lair, I don't know what happened in the past few days, pirates from all over the world have gathered here, and there are almost five or six hundred people." ”

"Their ships are all anchored at the other end of the sea, so I am going to divide my troops into two routes, the main force will follow me to touch it, and the other team will block here before the fight, so as to prevent the pirates from escaping."

"Okay, I'll arrange the road blockage." Looking at the narrow mountain road, Meng Tao nodded. Wen Xiu didn't seem to understand him when he saw him, and immediately said solemnly: "Be careful of the natives around you, their relationship with pirates shouldn't be so simple." ”

Native?!

Meng Tao immediately understood what Wenxiu meant, and nodded vigorously.

With the completion of Wenxiu's deployment, the last ray of sunlight also disappeared at the end of the coastline, and the entire South Ocean was suddenly plunged into darkness.

"Wang Laohu, why haven't you continued to do it until now!"

In the spacious hall of Shuizhai, twelve Taishi chairs are arranged on both sides, and a wide sandalwood Taishi chair in the center is not missing a tiger skin, but it is quite a bit of the posture of the ancient knot hall.

Wang Laohu sat on the Taishi chair in the center, slanted at the arrogant man who was standing in front of him holding a sword, and his face was full of arrogance, and after the corners of his mouth twitched, he suppressed his anger and said with a smile: "Mr. Kikuno, I happen to have something here recently, but don't worry, as long as it is past tonight, I will definitely take all the boats to do a big deal!" ”

Hearing this, Kikuno, who was standing opposite, not only did not ease his face, but became even more angry, and his right hand slowly put it on the hilt of the knife, staring at Wang Laohu's eyes with fire!

This damn Chinese pig, after getting the gunboat and Pacific Freight Company that Akashi-kun had so hard to get and did it once, he didn't even make a move, and every time he came to him, he kept pushing and blocking and making excuses, could he just watch Akashi-kun's plan to attack and disturb the Honolulu Nanyang transportation line fail?!

Looking at the pirate leader with a meaty face in front of him, Yeju suddenly discovered the biggest problem in Akashi Genjiro's plan, that is, ignoring the surname of the Shina people who like infighting!

It was expected that after getting the gunboat, this insatiable fellow would focus all his attention on robbery, and then he could continue to attack Hawaii's South Sea route as long as he was blowing the wind next to him, but apparently the big pirate leader didn't think so. After he got an armed gunboat far beyond the ordinary pirates, his ambitions gradually expanded, and he was no longer satisfied with being a little pirate, so he first coerced the nearby natives to attach himself to him, and became the emperor of the earth on this sparsely populated island far away from the emperor of the sky.

Although he did this, it was also a way to integrate forces, but Yeju really couldn't afford to wait, according to domestic telegrams, Hawaii had already formed an escort team composed of more than a dozen small warships, and was carrying out the final reorganization in the Ryukyus, once they went south to start escorting the fleet, not to mention a gunboat, even if there were a few more, it would not be useful, so it was necessary to take advantage of this gap to launch more attacks!

That's why he only urged again and again during this time, regardless of the danger of exposure, but he didn't expect to get this result today!

Seeing that Kikuno was holding the hilt of the sword, several pirate soldiers behind Wang Laohu also took out their revolvers and aimed them at him, and the air in the hall suddenly became cold.

Sitting on the wide Taishi chair, the smile on Wang Laohu's face gradually solidified, his eyes were even more angry, and he cursed constantly in his heart. Now they themselves can't protect themselves, and they dare to threaten Lao Tzu!

But considering that some places still had to rely on each other, he finally reluctantly suppressed his anger and said coldly: "Mr. Kikuno, please rest assured, my Wang Laohu is also a famous lord on the road, since I promised you, I will naturally not regret it." It's just that tonight is too important for me, and I hope you're giving me a few days. ”

Seeing the muzzle of the gun aimed at him, Kikuno also knew that he couldn't kill the other party by himself, so he had to let go of the hilt: "Then I believe you once, but I also want to remind you one last time, although the Great Empire has failed once, it does not mean that it will fail forever!" Moreover, we still have hundreds of thousands of the most elite army forces! ”

After Ju Ye finished speaking, without waiting for Wang Laohu to reply, he walked out by himself.

Looking at Juye's back, Wang Laohu took a sip fiercely, and the anger that he had been holding back for a long time suddenly broke out, and he slammed the teacup in his hand to the ground, and shouted angrily: "Dog, dare to threaten Lao Tzu, if it weren't for Lao Tzu, I would have to rely on you to ship, Lao Tzu would have led someone to kill you first!" ”

The boss was angry, and the soldiers behind him immediately laughed and said: "The tiger master is angry, what are you angry with the Japanese who have been bombed in their hometowns and can't protect themselves, it's important to prepare for tonight's big event earlier." ”

As soon as he heard the big thing, Wang Laohu immediately calmed down, and his face was even more proud, and he immediately asked, "Are all those in charge here?" ”

"It's all here, and I'm resting at the dock right now."

"Okay." Wang Laohu shouted, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "Go, invite all the masters up the mountain, let the kitchen prepare some good wine and food, I want to have a good drink with all of you tonight." ”

When his subordinates heard the order, they immediately prepared to go out to prepare, Wang Laohu wanted to tell him again, but suddenly his subordinates outside the hall reported: "Master Hu, Mr. Bao is here." ”

"Oh? What did he come to do? Please! Wang Laohu frowned, and then ordered someone to invite him.

In less than a moment, a young Chinese man dressed in native clothes walked into the hall, and Wang Laohu immediately got up to greet him, and said with a smile: "Brother Bao, you are a rare guest." ”

The young man also immediately opened his arms, hugged Wang Laohu, and said with a smile: "Lord Tiger has been proud of the spring breeze recently, I saw so many boats on the dock when I came, is it your Tiger Master's good words today?" ”

"Haha......."

The young man's words aroused Wang Laohu's expectations for tonight, and he couldn't help laughing proudly, and said, "Brother Bao, you are really a coincidence, how about you give me a testimony tonight?" ”

"Witness? What to witness? The young man was stunned for a moment, remembered the reason why he came here, and said anxiously: "Master Tiger, I'm afraid it won't work, I'm here to pick up the goods today, and I'm urging it over there." ”

At this time, Wang Laohu couldn't let others be disappointed, patted the young man's shoulder and promised: "Don't worry, ten boxes, original French goods, are piled up in the warehouse, besides, my brother is not bad for this night." ”

Hearing that there were ten boxes of goods this time, the young man's face suddenly showed joy, and he also knew Wang Laohu's temper, so he had to nod: "Okay, since your tiger master has said so, then I will accompany you to the end, and I will not get drunk tonight." ”

"Okay, don't get drunk and don't go home!"

"Haha......." ――

"The pirates have strengthened their vigilance, there are more than 30 people in each of the two stone forts, and the gate of the cottage has also been sealed, and I have seen a few mountain cannons."

The nighthawk who came back from reconnaissance squatted on the ground, and by the light of the fire fold, he marked the arrangements on the ground one by one, and finally threw down the branch and said in frustration: "I can't touch it for the time being, so I don't know where the two machine guns are arranged." ”

Hearing that he didn't know the position of the machine gun, Wenxiu immediately frowned.

In this raid, he was most worried about the two Makqin machine guns that disappeared with the Tianhai Ferry after the last attack on the fleet, and the protection of the fleet at that time was only a few days of training, and they would definitely not destroy the machine guns like their own people in the moment of life and death, so these two machine guns must have fallen into the hands of Wang Laohu.

The Maxim machine gun is not an ordinary equipment, it is better than the Hasbeg machine gun equipped by the French and the British in Malay and other places in Annam at this moment, and the young master also saw this at that time, so he spent a lot of money to buy the patent.

He was not afraid of the mountain guns arranged on the gate and the stone fort, these old front-loading guns were not as powerful as grenades, but those two advanced machine guns were a big threat, and if the pirates placed them in the gate or other key positions, I am afraid that they would have to pay some price to take down.

But there is no way to wait any longer, the pirates have suddenly increased the guards, something must be serious, and they must be done immediately! So Wen Xiu turned his head to look at Meng Tao, who was eager to try, and suddenly remembered his provocative words on the shore in the afternoon, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly: "Commander Meng, how about we play a game?!" ”

"Games?" ――

The sea dog shyly stomach, picking his teeth, walked up to the stone castle step by step, saw his subordinates all sitting by the bonfire, and said angrily: "Bastard, stand up for me, staring wide-eyed, I don't know if the tiger master has something big to do tonight?" If something goes wrong, I can't guarantee you! ”

The little head of the steward was furious, and the pirates who were chatting energetically in the north and south of the world lazily got up and stood by the wall to pretend to look around a few times. Seeing such a slack of work, the fur dog became even more angry, kicked the nearest pirate, and drank: "Paralyzed, this is also called wide-eyed?" ”

Hearing the scolding, the pirates who were usually disgruntled became even more annoyed, and one of them even shouted: "Boss Hai, this bay is so deep, it is difficult for ships to enter in broad daylight, who the will come here?" Besides, the tiger master and those masters are not going back and forth twice, so I don't see anything going on first. ”

"yes, it's getting dark, who's going to come here and hang out."

"That's it, those boats are in the southwest, and there aren't even ghosts here."

With the beginning, the rest of the pirates also shouted, and the sea seals became even more popular, but the reason for the anger of the people was also clear, and they immediately lowered their voices: "I said brothers, it's not the brothers who embarrass you, it's really the tiger master who takes care of him tightly, saying that there is something big to do tonight, and everyone must keep their eyes open." ”

"Shh......h Seeing that the sea seals rarely had such a tone, the pirates couldn't help but take a breath and gathered around: "Boss Hai, what is going on tonight?" Tiger Master stares so closely? ”

"I don't know very well, but I heard from the people around the tiger master that today our tiger master invited all the masters within a radius of 100 miles to come over, saying that they want to join forces to do a big deal!"

"Big deal!" As soon as they heard about the big deal, the pirates' eyes suddenly lit up, and they all asked which fat sheep it was, it was worth summoning all the masters within a hundred miles, was it the Pacific Freight Company fleet last time?

Seeing that everyone's appetite was aroused, the fur dog moved a few steps towards the parapet wall, glanced at the dark outside, and was just about to make up a few nonsense words. Suddenly, the light flashed in the bushes not far away, and as soon as the sound of "bang" sounded in my ears, I felt as if my eyebrows had been hit by a sledgehammer, my head was tilted back, and my eyes fell back violently.

The pirates who were waiting for the fur dog to speak were all stunned, and watched in a daze as the sea seal's head suddenly exploded in front of them, like a watermelon hit by an iron hammer, and blood mixed with the white brain pulp splashed all over the ground.

"There is an enemy ......."

After a while, the first pirate remembered the gunfire he had just heard, and suddenly raised his head and was about to shout, but the sound rolled in his throat less than half a circle, and the same sound exploded in his ears, and his head was cut in half like that of a sea seal.

Looking at their companions who had fallen again, the pirates knew what was happening, and one of them hurriedly ran to the nearest gong, ready to ring the gong to warn him, but seeing that his hand was about to touch the stick, the gun rang out again, and his head exploded again in front of the remaining pirates.

The three shots in a row were all headshots, and the death was even more miserable, and the remaining pirates were immediately confused, shouting, shouting, and hiding under the parapet with their heads in their hands, never daring to show their heads again.

At this time, there were also bursts of frightened shouts from the stone fort in the distance, and a bold fellow saw through the gap in the parapet wall that the stone fort next door had already become a mess, and the figures scurrying everywhere in the firelight fell one after another in the intermittent gunfire at that time.

Even if there are a few bold ones, leaning out with guns and ready to shoot back, but before they can find their target, they will always be accurately hit by a bullet, and then either their heads will burst open, or their hearts will be dug with a big hole.

The pirates hiding behind the parapet wall have never seen such accurate marksmanship, and they have raised their guns to shoot desperately into the distance, and suddenly the stone castle exploded like fried beans, but the intermittent light spots on the opposite side are always wandering, and no one dares to aim and fight again because of the death of their partners, so no one found that the foot of the stone castle has been stuffed into several iron pipes, and wisps of green smoke are emitting from the pipes.

Bang!

Another crisp gunshot rang out from the side, looking at the body that slowly fell down with a big hole exploding in the center of his eyebrows in the firelight, Meng Tao's eyes straightened, and he spat fiercely again.

"Damn, it's another headshot!"

Wen Xiu glanced at the demolition team that had withdrawn, put away the gun and smiled: "Remember, you owe me ten packs of cigarettes!" ”

"Grass!"

"Come out, who the instigated Lao Tzu to make a bet just now?"

(To be continued)