Palawan is covered in lush rainforest, and if you look down from the sky, the long, narrow island that separates the South China Sea from the Sulu Sea looks like a giant green gem lying still on the surface of the sea.

The dilapidated port of Taitai has also been renovated, and when you go inside, the pirate stone fortress of the past has completely changed, not only the place where it was destroyed by explosives last time has been repaired, but also a large number of additional houses and outposts have been added.

It is said that the natives within a radius of dozens of miles near Taitai in Palawan Island can't even see the scum now, and Yonglun is not the first time to come here, but he can't help but be secretly frightened, he didn't expect that after this second-rate small water village was annexed by that Luo Sanniang, it would develop to such a scale, especially when he saw the two Makqin machine guns installed in two places at the gate of the village, and four 75mm French cannons, which made his eyelids jump suddenly.

"Master Yongda, why did you come here in person this time."

"It's Zheng San, I heard that you are now the deputy owner of the village here." Yonglun squinted his eyes and glanced at the machine guns and cannons in the two places in the gate of the village, and said with a smile: "I have used machine guns and cannons." ”

"Hehe, isn't this a blessing for the big boss." Zheng San smiled: "Our fish head gang is just a small fight, and it can't be compared with you." ”

". I don't have any of these good things. Yonglun pointed to a few cannons, and suddenly said: "Zheng San, I don't think I will exchange silver this time, how about giving me two cannons?" ”

Zheng San's eyelids jumped, and he suddenly made a difficulty.

This Yonglun is not an ordinary person, I heard that his father was still mixed under the hands of the great pirate Zhang Baozai, and later Zhang Baozai was encircled and suppressed by the Qing Dynasty and the British, so he split up and took dozens of boats from the coast of the Qing Dynasty to Vietnam, and later went to Sumatra, I heard that now there are hundreds of boats under his hands, which is the leading water village in the South Seas.

If it was before, Zheng San would definitely be willing to hook up with such a person, but now it is different, except for himself, more than a dozen leaders that night were all killed by the Pacific Army and Luo Sanniang, and he still left a small life because he was friendly with Luo Sanniang and did not participate in that transaction.

Although the people in the water village are thriving at the moment, and their strength has skyrocketed, everyone knows that the Yutou Gang is long gone, and now only the strange name of the Nanyang Special Operations Team is left, and it is all the credit of the people to be able to have it today, not to mention that there are still hundreds of people stationed in the village at the moment, and these machine guns and cannons are also controlled by others.

Seeing that Zheng San didn't speak, Yonglun also guessed that the other party might have difficulties, not to mention that he just casually asked to find out the details, and immediately turned his smiling face, patted Zheng San's shoulder and smiled: "Come on, don't give me a sad face, you kid, I don't want this cannon machine gun, but this time I brought the person, you have to give me a good price." ”

Hearing that Yonglun was coming, Zheng San's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly bowed his head and complimented: "Yongda is the master's goods, how dare I not give a good price." ”

"Hehe, that's good, let's go, go and inspect the goods."

After speaking, he glanced at a few more cannons, smacked his lips and walked towards the dock with Zheng San.

When he walked to the dock, Zheng San couldn't help but be startled, only to see that in addition to four or five ships that had already docked on the shore, there were seventeen or eighteen three-masted sailing ships waiting to enter the port on the sea behind. I saw that Yonglun's men were constantly driving the nervous-looking ragged natives down from the cabin, and even the deck was full of natives!

"Master Yongda, you are a big deal!"

"Hehe, where, where." Zheng San's surprised expression made Yonglun proud, and said with a smile: "Ten thousand people can't help me Yonglun, as long as your big boss is willing to open up, I can get more." ”

"Open, of course, open." Zheng San hurriedly patted his chest and assured that he must know that the number given by the north is not 180,000 that can be satisfied, of course, the more the better.

Hearing Zheng San's affirmative assurance, Yonglun was surprised, you must know that since half a year ago, it was rumored that the Yutou Gang bought the natives, and also offered a price of two taels of silver for a man and one tael of silver for a woman.

According to the eyeliner report, the fish head gang has collected at least more than 100,000 yuan in the past six months, which is enough to make a lot of money in the water village in this area, and even the water village near Sumatra Island is so greedy that he brings people to sell, but people still accept it, so he deliberately gathered soldiers and horses this time to catch tens of thousands of people, thinking that they would not be able to eat, but he didn't expect it to be open to collect, which made him a little hot.

Who is this big buyer? Although the price is not too high, there is nothing here in Nanyang, but there are many natives. On a lonely island, in the rainforest, there are many mortals, and for the pirates who fight for their lives and wealth in peacetime, catching these unarmed strong men is far less troublesome than carrying their heads to do business.

If it really continues to open up and harvest, it is estimated that it will not take a year, at least a million will have to be obtained!

That's at least a few million taels of silver!

With such a big deal, it's no wonder that the Fish Head Gang was not only able to recover the neighboring water villages, but also equipped with machine guns and cannons. Thinking of this, a trace of fierceness flashed in Yonglun's eyes, and a thought suddenly rose, you must know that this time he has twenty ships, if he ......?!

Zheng San has no other skills, but he is an expert in observing words and feelings, otherwise he would not be able to survive in this ocean, so when he saw that Yonglun suddenly stopped talking, his smile changed a little, and he laughed at Yonglun in his heart for not being able to do anything, but although he was not afraid of the other party, it was not always a way to make trouble, so he immediately glanced at his subordinates behind him.

After a while, only to hear the loud noise around him, Yonglun hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw hundreds of men wearing uniform coarse blue cloth clothes and pants with cold faces on their backs suddenly pouring out of the surroundings, especially the entire eight machine guns they dragged out almost made Yonglun fall into the sea.

"Zheng San, this is ......." Looking at the yellow bullet belt on the machine gun, Yonglun swallowed his saliva in fright and hurriedly asked.

"Oh, they." Zheng San smiled proudly: "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, isn't it that there are many people you sent, it's not good if it gets messed up, doesn't this make the brothers work hard to take care of it." ”

The corners of Yonglun's lips twitched twice, and secretly said that it was lucky, if he was partial just now, I am afraid that he would be planted here, and laughed a few times: "Hehe, so that's the case, I don't know if the boss of Luo Da is there?" Yonglun hasn't visited yet. ”

Zheng San hurriedly smiled and said: "The big boss went to sea to do business, I'm afraid that this time the big boss will come in vain." ”

"Doing business?!" Yonglun was a little puzzled, the Yutou Gang was so open to the people who collected the land, it was obviously a big deal to make money, why did they risk their lives to do business?

Not to mention that Yonglun, who came to Taitai, didn't understand, even many people who accompanied Luo Sanniang to the sea didn't understand, why didn't they continue to do the business of arresting people after cleaning up the natives near Palawan Island, and they still had to come out desperately?

On the blue sea, seven or eight small boats were quietly docked on the sea, and the pirates who had turned into soldiers of the special task force sat on the deck one by two, talking about the recent uproar about the sale of land sellers, while looking at the iron-hulled gunboat in the center of the flotilla in a secret daze.

Inside the gunboat, Luo Sanniang sat in the quiet room specially set up for her, tilted her face slightly, looked at the half of her cheek that had been lightly kissed by Li Mo in the mirror, and shook the toothcomb in her hand slightly.

"Thin prodigal!" Luo Sanniang bit her teeth lightly, scolded secretly, but her cheeks involuntarily turned red, and she was about to scold a few more words, when a few dripping sounds suddenly came from the cabin next door made her quickly put away her toothcomb, coil her hair, and just plug in the silver hairpin, she heard a knock on the door.

"Come in."

"Third sister." The hatch opened, the young man walked in, and when he saw Luo Sanniang, he hurriedly said hello: "Mr. Yan has forwarded Qiangzi's telegram." ”

"Really? Tell me about it, what did Hadron say? As soon as she heard that it was her brother's telegram, Luo Sanniang's eyes lit up, and Harrier and their sister and brother were partners who escaped together back then, and they were as close as family and confidants, so they didn't shy away from it.

Harrier smiled, scratched his head and said, "Qiangzi said that he is no longer in Ryukyu now, but has gone to Lushun. ”

"Go to Lushun! No why?! That bastard, didn't you say that you won't let Hadron go to war?! Before he could finish listening to the harrier, Luo Sanniang hurriedly interrupted him, you must know that Lushun is fighting, wouldn't it be too dangerous for his brother to go!

Seeing Luo Sanniang's gritted teeth, Harrier smiled secretly and hurriedly comforted: "Third sister, don't worry, Qiangzi said, their Pacific Army has defeated Russia, and they have wiped out all the sailors, and now Liaodong, Jilin and Heilongjiang are already people's territory." ”

"What!" Luo Sanniang stood up suddenly, covering her red lips with a look of disbelief, you must know that in the period when Russia came, even Mr. Yan was worried to death every long sigh, this is only a few days! Actually defeated? Not only did it destroy all the water divisions, but it also occupied the entire Northeast!

Not to mention Luo Sanniang, even Harrier was full of excitement, although he was still a little reluctant to be under the jurisdiction of others, but with the continuous delivery of a large number of weapons and equipment, he has already loosened, and now this great battle report makes him even more starry in his eyes, and he can't help but smack the strength of the Pacific Army, and he is also envious that Luo Qiang is fortunate to participate in it.

If it weren't for the fact that he was entrusted by Luo Qiang to guard Sanniang, it is estimated that he couldn't help but join the Pacific Army!

"Qiangzi said that he has now become a recruit platoon commander, in charge of the twenty people, and he said that he will work hard, strive to be the company commander and battalion commander, and give you ......." The harrier read this, and suddenly laughed, Luo Sanniang saw this and hurriedly said: "What are you laughing at, what are you giving me?" ”

"He said that he wanted to earn face for you on the young master's side, and he couldn't weaken the prestige of the eldest sister of the Yutou Gang."

"Hmph, it's a shame to be in charge of twenty or so people, and you can't think about it all day long!" didn't expect his younger brother to make such a joke in the telegram, Luo Sanniang's face turned red, and when she saw the harrier, she also snickered at the corner of her mouth, and pulled the telegram and said, "Get out, go and do something." ”

The harrier stuck out his tongue, and just as he was about to get out of the cabin, he felt a figure behind him flash and suddenly pretended to be full.

"Staff Officer Zhang, is there something wrong?" Seeing the comer, Harrier hurriedly asked. After Luo Sanniang heard this, her face quickly returned to coldness, and she looked at the second lieutenant staff officer and telegraph administrator sent by Li Mo, and hurriedly asked.

"Great boss, our people are here." Staff Officer Zhang flew the telegram and continued: "In addition, the sentry in front reported that a fleet was coming fifty kilometers away, and it was a big fat sheep. ”

The big fat sheep didn't let the harrier have any thoughts, but when he heard that the Pacific Army was coming, the harrier didn't care to listen any further, and hurriedly ran to the deck to see how powerful the fleet that had just defeated the Russian sailors was, but when he rushed to the deck, he found that the surroundings were already full of people, pointing at the two big black cylinders floating on the sea like whales.

What is this thing?

Seeing that there were still two people standing in the thick cylinder erected in the middle of the cylinder, the harrier was even more puzzled, at this time Luo Sanniang and Staff Officer Zhang also walked to the side, the former was also confused by this strange thing, this is the telegram said that it can effortlessly help itself to fight fat sheep, and can stir up the support troops in Nanyang who are not in peace?

"Staff Officer Zhang, what is this?"

"When the fleet comes, you'll know." Staff Officer Zhang smiled slightly, and after raising his hand towards the submarine, countless bubbles suddenly surged around the two submarines, and in less than a moment, they slowly sank underwater in everyone's sight, leaving only a ventilation chimney less than one meter still exposed on the water.

The pirates were dumbfounded, wondering what it was to dive underwater.

Under everyone's gaze, two black shadows slowly slid across the fleet under the clear water, and quickly disappeared from view as a thin wire buoy floated behind each of the black shadows' buttocks. When the big ship carrying them in the distance gradually withdrew from the water, Staff Officer Zhang hurriedly approached Luo Sanniang's side and said, "Big boss, it's time for us to go." ”

Luo Sanniang retracted her curious gaze, and while ordering to set sail, she also wanted to see what mystery that person had, and when she sent two such strange things, she dared to say that she wanted to make trouble in Nanyang, and she was ashamed to let herself obey his command!

Hmph, I want to see what these two weird things are so good!

Under the surface of the sea, Qin Shou quickly turned back to the periscope, moved the camera away from Luo Sanniang's coquettish cheeks, and the corners of his mouth twitched, no wonder someone said last time that the young master was always talking about this mother and that mother, and it was really .......

With a smile, Qin Shou ordered to take back the periscope and check the information he had just received.

Judging from the intelligence, this is a large fleet of sixteen cargo ships. Of course, if it was just the fleet, he would not be interested, the main thing is that there were two gunboats in it, one of which was British!

It is necessary to fight, otherwise you will not run so far in vain, but if there are British people who arrive, they should be careful, in case they run away to the other side, the secret of the submarine will not be kept.

Thinking of this, Qin Shou gritted his teeth violently, and decided to take a risk in order to succeed in the first battle, patted the telegraph operator and said: "Tell the No. 2 boat, I will fight the British, he will deal with the Spanish gunboats, and tell them to close the distance as much as possible to ensure that they can hit with one hit." ”

"Yes." ――

The bright sunshine made Sandro sigh as he was on the deck, although pirates in the area had been very frequent during this time, and often rushed inland to capture the natives, and all countries asked the ships passing here to be careful, but he did not care, because so far there were no reports of pirates attacking Spanish ships.

Moreover, there were two escort gunboats in the fleet, one of which was accompanied by the British [***] ships passing through here, and although their machine guns were not able to deal with warships, they were enough to tear apart the wooden sailing ships of the yellow-skinned monkeys.

Sandro beckoned to the Spanish gunboats escorting the convoy in the distance, and it would take a while to reach the beautiful Philippines, where the women were very nice, and he didn't know how many he could enjoy while he was loading.

Thinking of the woman, he seemed to feel hot all over his body, this damn fleet, departing from Spain, detouring to France to load the goods destined for the Philippines in the West Indies, wandering for more than two months, nesting in the cabin for a long time, chewing black bread every day, it is really hard to say.

This time, you must take the opportunity to get off the boat and relax!

Sandro held the gun and sat on the ventilation duct, fantasizing about arriving in the Philippines to relax, and at the same time as a silver smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he was suddenly attracted by a black dot in the distance.

Could it be a shark with its dorsal fin exposed?

Watching the black dot lean towards the fleet little by little, Sandro slowly stood up, but unfortunately he didn't have a telescope at hand, and he didn't know what it was, he wasn't worried at first, but as the black dot got closer and closer, an inexplicable irritability suddenly surged in his heart.

Suddenly, a few shouts drifted from the front along the sea breeze, Sandro hurriedly looked, only to see that there were also a few people on the freighter leading in the distance pointing at the sea, he hurriedly looked, although the distance was far away, but the same black dot could be faintly seen.

Annoyed but turned into deep unease, Sandro quickly raised his gun and aimed at the black dot in front of him, but when the escorting gunboat gradually formed a T-shape with the black dot, he opened his mouth sharply.

"Torpedo tube No. 1 launched!"

"Torpedo tube No. 2 launched!"

"Left full rudder!"

"Everyone, get ready for the impact!"

As the body of the British gunboat in the shot became larger and larger, Qin Shou decisively gave the order to open fire. Suddenly, with the sound of two thin slams of compressed air in front of them, the tiny submarine shook twice, and everyone held their breath, because everyone knew that it was the unique rhythm of the torpedo as it burst out of the launch tube.

Qin Shou grabbed the handle on the periscope, and at the end of the lens, two black torpedoes in the white wake appeared and disappeared, rushing towards the British gunboat like a sharp arrow.

Through the periscope, he could clearly see the picture of the British sailors on the gunboat, looking at the approaching torpedoes and being stunned for a moment, and then suddenly exploding like startled birds.

"Quick, quick, quick!"

Seeing that the torpedo was getting closer and closer, Qin Shou couldn't wait to shout, and with his voice, the sailors were all nervous one by two, and secretly asked the gods and Buddhas to bless the submarine force in the first battle.

Just as the mood became more and more anxious, a huge roar suddenly came, and before everyone could get excited, the same sound exploded in the ears like a celebratory salute.

"Hit!"

Qin Shou shouted violently, and waved his fist excitedly, and the submarine suddenly burst into cheers.

"Prepare for the impact!"

Before everyone's excitement was over, Qin Shou shouted again, and with his voice, everyone seemed to feel that the submarine had sailed into the violent wind and waves, and the water waves caused by the torpedo explosion suddenly made the hull shake violently, and a few sailors who didn't grasp it fell even more crookedly.

Countless small bits and pieces fell from the table, the bench, and the pilot grabbed the steering gear, knowing that if he let go at this time, the rudder might be deflected due to the shock wave, causing the submarine to sink or roll!

The violent shaking made everyone's hearts rise to their throats, Qin Shou was even more cold sweat, and the shock wave generated by the explosion during the close attack was too serious, but in order to make a contribution in the first battle, he could only grit his teeth and gamble!

The periscope in front of him could not see anything, and at this time, two other explosions suddenly came, and the sailors who clung to the railing and had white finger bones shouted again.

Boat No. 2 also hit!

Fortunately, the shock wave passed quickly, Qin Shou hurriedly approached the periscope to find the target, and after turning a small half circle to reposition, he found that the hull of the boat was actually deflected by the water waves by 90 degrees.

The sailors around also saw the commander's position and guessed what was happening, secretly glad that the iron coffin was still strong, but also couldn't help but be annoyed by the range of the torpedo.

Just as everyone was looking at Qin Shou and waiting for him to confirm the news of the hit in person, the commander of the submarine force who went into battle in person slowly let go of the periscope and exhaled deeply: "See for yourselves." ”

As soon as the words fell, the first mate standing on the side squeezed in front of the lens, and the gunboat that was hit by two charges of as much as 40 kilograms of explosives within 700 meters was already miserable, and the hull of the ship not only rolled over directly but was torn in two, and began to sink at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The second mate hurriedly removed the first mate, then the chief navigator, and then the first officer, until the sailors rushing from the engine room saw that the British gunboat could only see the bottom of the flipped ship.

Sandro pointed at the maelstrom's fingers trembling slightly, he couldn't understand that the gunboat, which had been with him since Malacca, had been attacked under his nose, and had sunk to the bottom of the sea in just a few blinks.

God, what the hell are those black spots?!

Sandro stared blankly at the last plank swirling in the whirlpool, and heard the frightened cries of his companions in his ears, and when he raised his head, seven or eight pirate ships suddenly appeared in the distance, and the bow of the iron-hulled gunboat led by him had already begun to roar, and the dense rapid-fire cannon tore his body apart in an instant.

On the deck of the gunboat, Luo Sanniang slowly lowered the binoculars, and her pretty face was already full of surprise and disbelief, the kind of gunboat that can dive under the water and can treat the pirates as natural enemies in the blink of an eye!

"That frivolous prodigal, how can there be such a thing? What else does he have to do! ”……

(To be continued)