The Lombok Black Shark Gang, a month after the five battalions were streamlined, the combat strength of the five battalions had been initially formed. Chen Zuyi decided to go to sea to take over the work. Screening out a more suitable target from the information received from the outer hall.

The caravan, consisting of two frigates and three merchant ships, sailed from the Sultanate of Aceh, the westernmost point of Sumatra, through the Strait of Malacca to look out for the Luzon trade.

The caravan set out with large quantities of gems and local specialties, which were shipped to Luzon and sold for gold and coffee beans. Luzon is rich in rice, coffee beans and gold, so the value of gold there is much cheaper than here in Malacca.

From the day the news was received, the fleet had been out of port for eight days, and it was estimated that it would take three more days to reach the old port to replenish fresh water, and it should take about five days to reach the waters between the Natuna Islands and the Bo Ni Kingdom.

In this mission, the two battalions of the A and B battalions took two 2,000 warships and four Mengchong warships to intercept them.

At the same time, a fleet of two frigates and three merchant ships had slowly sailed out of the docks of the Old Port. On the warship of the frigate, Sun Xiaoguo stood at the bow of the ship, and beside him was Qian Wu's bodyguard, Qian Dahai.

"Qian Guard, do you think the Black Shark Gang will really come? I didn't find any Black Shark spies! Sun Xiaoguo asked worriedly, if the people from the Black Shark Gang didn't come, the guys from the Holy Gang hidden in the merchant ships wouldn't be very easy to talk to.

"Camp Commander Sun, rest assured, as early as the Banda Yaqiyou Wharf in Archie, the spies of the Black Shark Gang's outer hall have already inquired about our caravan, and it is the villain who has dealt with it."

"Oh?! I didn't even realize it, you know where the outer hall of the Black Shark Gang is? "Sun Xiaoguo is very curious about the outer hall of the Black Shark Gang, and it is because of the lack of such a peripheral organization that their Wanli Gang has not been able to develop on a large scale. One is that there is no money, and the other is that there is no money. Where does the money come from? Naturally, they robbed merchant ships, but how to accurately find merchant ships depends on these spies.

"I don't know, that's why those people in the outer hall don't know me!" Qian Dahai is very honest, he is Qian Wu's own brother, he usually has a high degree of freedom, and he doesn't like to be lively. So I rarely go out of Lombok, and naturally I haven't seen anyone from the outer hall.

"Well, then Captain Qian knows where the branches of the Black Shark Gang's outer halls are located?" Sun Xiaoguo asked immortally.

"I knew it before, but I may not find it now." Qian Dahai still replied unhurriedly.

"Why?"

"The Black Shark Gang has a lot of alternate addresses, and if there is a drastic change on the island, each branch of the Outer Church will activate the alternate points."

"Then there's no way to find them?"

"Yes, report to the Black Shark first, and he will notify the master of the outer hall, and then go to the designated place with the seal letter of the helper to contact the local branch."

"Tsk! You Black Sharks are so careful! It's a pity... ”

"I'm not a member of the Black Sharks anymore." Qian Dahai corrected.

On the morning of the five days of sailing, the ship's lookout alerted six warships, four of which were Exocets, to be approaching.

Sun Xiaoguo was overjoyed, "Wave the flag and tell the Nasser Hall Master in the merchant ship that the Black Shark Gang is coming!" ”

Lombok Chen, the back hall of the Juyi Palace.

"Zishi, what's going on over there in the juvenile hall lately?"

"Back to the lord, the children are working very hard, but you haven't been there in the past month, and the children miss you more!"

"I've been too busy lately, and I haven't had time to spare, so the children's food must be guaranteed, they are growing up!"

"Don't worry, the poultry raised on our island will be picked by the Juvenile Hall first, and the rest will be sacrificed to the brothers!"

"Lin Er, Lin San, and Lin Si, how do they teach?"

At the beginning, Lin Xian's eldest apprentice was arranged into the baggage camp, first acting as the battalion commander for a period of time, if he could do it, let Father Meng have a good rest, but this period of time was not easy for the old man to toss. Lin Er was assigned to Meng Chengbi of the C-shaped battalion, because Meng Chengbi usually had too many affairs, and he had to stay on the island when he was stationed on the outer islands, so he could only let Lin Er take people to garrison, which was equivalent to the work of the deputy battalion commander. The other two were arranged by him into the juvenile hall to teach the children the art of war and martial arts respectively, while Meng Chengbi was the chief teacher, responsible for the children's literacy and etiquette education.

"Woo~~" Suddenly there was a warning horn outside.

"Report --- gang leader's big thing, a total of ten warships from the Wanli Gang and the Liesheng Gang are heading straight for my Lombok Island!"

"Quickly send two clippers to ask for help from Moon Swallowing Island and Julu Island! I'll take a look! Chen Zuyi put on the iron armor of the gang leader as he spoke, there is only one battalion of 500 people left in Lombok Island at present, and there are only 1,000 people in the baggage battalion of 500 old and weak, and he really has no bottom in his heart. But there was still a calm on his face, and it was this calmness that reassured everyone who saw the helper, and there was no panic just now.

"Mobilize the heavy battalion to help defend it!" As if remembering something, Chen Zuyi called the guards who ran out, "Let Lin Da lead, Daddy Meng doesn't have to come over!" ”

"Order the young people to Tang Lin San and Lin Si, let them take a group of teenagers to hide in the cave in the back mountain, and they are not allowed to come out without my order!" Another guard ran briskly towards the Houshan Children's Hall.

When Chen Zuyi and Meng Chengbi came to the wall of the water wall, Lin Xian was already standing on the second floor of the city gate tower and watching. Seeing Chen Zuyi coming up, he hurriedly put down the clairvoyance in his hand.

"My lord, the Wanli Gang and the Lie Holy Gang are here together, probably to see the emptiness of our island's troops. Looks like we have each other's spies here! ”

"Well, I expected that! I guess even the news of that caravan was faked by the other party! ”

"Ahh How is that good? Aren't the head of the Sang Sect more auspicious than they are?! "It was Hu Sanwa who was stationed on Dragon Island today, and when he heard Boss Chen say this, he immediately panicked.

"Nervous fart! Now that I know this is a trap, I definitely won't let our people suffer! Chen Zuyi kicked Hu Sanwa aside, this product is still the battalion commander, and he is still so unworthy of the stage, it's really embarrassing for him!

"I just see that everyone is too nervous, talking about playing......" Hu Sanwa rubbed her ass and returned to Chen Zuyi's side, muttering in her mouth.

"Humph! Out of breath! Chen Zuyi didn't pay attention to this guy anymore, picked up the clairvoyance that Lin Xian had put down, and looked at the warship that was approaching rapidly. There were many people standing on the boats, estimated at about two hundred people per boat. In other words, this time the opponent dispatched at least two thousand to attack him.

"Humph! I really look up to my black shark! The Wanli Gang should have all been dispatched, and the Liesheng Gang had dispatched seven or eight out of ten. Lin Jiaotou, how do you say you should keep it? ”

"According to my previous experience in defending a city, it is extremely difficult to break through a city without three to five times the number of troops! What's more, the other party is a pirate who has not been trained at all, and our T-shaped battalion is professionally trained! In addition, the lord was transferred to the baggage camp to help. The other party is even less likely to come up. If the two battalions of Swallowing Moon and Julu can return to help in time, it is not impossible to lose each other! What Lin Xian said must be incomparable.

"Hmmm! It makes sense, this time it will be commanded by Lin Jiaotou! Chen Zuyi took the initiative to let Xian, even if there are professionals, let them do it!

"Obey!" Lin Xian officially hugged his fists and knelt on one knee, which can be regarded as officially taking over the command.

"All artillery diagonally forward at a distance of one mile, clear the charge!"

"The stone thrower corrects the distance!"

After saying that, the soldiers on standby on the city wall moved, first adjusting the elevation angle of the artillery, and then cleaning the chamber and filling the gunpowder. The so-called adjustment of the range is only approximate, and Lin Xian has already taught them how to do it. The small stone throwing machine in the city adjusted the distance and was ready to go. The large stone thrower under the wall has already twisted its long arm with a winch and loaded it with a boulder, just waiting for the captain's order.

Lin Xian stood calmly on the top of the city tower, followed by the herald carrying the flag. Chen Zuyi sat back in the city tower, there was still a cup of steaming tea on the table, he didn't drink it but nervously looked at the approaching warships outside. He didn't understand Lin Xian's order to adjust the range of the artillery, and he didn't say anything to stop it, he wanted to see what this guy was doing.

Seeing that the enemy was two miles away, if the artillery had not been adjusted, it was now possible to open fire. Frowning and watching the enemy's warship approaching, the opponent has begun to turn the bow diagonally, so that the warship will slide in an arc, and when it reaches a few hundred meters before the water wall, it is exactly facing the city wall, and when the eighty guns on ten ships are fired together, it will definitely rain bullets! Chen Zuyi felt that he was going to be forced to be hard, so he took a lot of effort to invite a mallet that could only brag. Even so, he didn't interfere with Lin Xian's command, he was waiting, hoping for a miracle.

When the enemy ship had already slid in an arc and came to a place only a mile away from the city wall, Lin Xian finally shouted, "Release!" ”

The herald hurriedly waved the red and green flags in his hands at the same time, repeating constantly.

First, the huge throwing machine behind the wall fixed the boom bracket was smashed, and the long boom sent the boulders into the air in front of them, and then the rumbling of artillery on the city wall. Then there was the small stone thrower of the city wall, and the hand began to light the loaded incendiary ball.

There were ten thick shore defense guns on the front wall, 8 pounds of cannonballs and huge water columns stirred up by boulders, which seemed to interrupt the arc of the enemy warship, and one cannonball pierced the hull of the opponent's ship, and the people on the boat were screaming to put down the clipper to escape. The boulder also smashed on the other party's tower, directly smashing the three-story tower into a pile of rotten wood, and the people on the ship went over to save people in panic, and it is estimated that the commander of the ship died unluckily inside.

The other eight ships were lucky enough to escape the shelling and continue their advance, and they did not stop because of their comrades who had fallen overboard. Just as they had advanced two hundred meters, another round of artillery rang out, and the warship that had been knocked down was unlucky enough to receive two more shells and sank directly to the bottom of the sea, and even the sailors who had already jumped into the sea were sucked into the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool of the sinking ship.

When the opponent's fleet came to the predetermined position and was ready to open fire, countless fireballs fell from the sky, and the fireballs fell on the ship and dispersed, and streams of fire oil flowed out in the middle, and the fire burned wherever the oil flowed. Almost instantly, four warships caught fire, and the pirates on deck jumped into the sea screaming.

The four warships, which were not on fire, lit their cannons and fired back at the walls. The distance was too close, and the ten shore defense guns on the city walls had lost their effectiveness. Lin Xian ordered people to replace it with a light small cannon, which can fire 7 catties of lead bullets, with 3 catties of bullets and a smaller total weight of 1 catty "Sun bullet" (a single shot weighs only 2 or 3 money) 200 rounds, effective range: 100 zhang; The maximum firing range can reach 270 zhang.

The enemy ship was exactly 200 zhang away, which was good, but first 3 catties of bullets smashed into the opponent's deck like a violent wind, beating the pirates standing on the deck and preparing to fire again into a honeycomb. Although then there were fireballs.