The experiences of Huang Huer and Li Yaer are just inconspicuous waves in the wave of vigorous development. After Yu Zhu arrived at Zhoushan Port, he quickly summoned Li Kaipeng, Qian Boss, Liao Nilu, and Xia Dagen for discussion. These people formed the military and political joint meeting of Liuqiu Company. The content of the discussion is to implement the Pili Army's development strategy for Liuqiu, with the focus being on occupying Keelung Port and building it into the headquarters of Liuqiu Company. After all, Li Kaipeng's team has thousands of people, plus Boss Qian brought more than 100 people and Yu Zhu brought 1,500 people, the number is really quite large. If you include the refugees Li Kaipeng secretly recruited, the number has reached thousands. With so many people staying in Zhoushan for a long time, the government will never sit idly by. Get to the island as soon as possible to avoid attracting the attention of all forces.
Even before arriving, Yu Zhu asked Li Kaipeng to prepare ships suitable for naval battles. The wind and waves on the sea are strong, and river ships can sail along the coast but cannot go out to the open sea. The rivers in western Sichuan have small winds and shallow waves, so the boats built are small and have shallow drafts, and their shape and sails are not suitable for long-distance voyages. After receiving Yu Zhu's order, Li Kaipeng spent a lot of money to purchase ten large-scale ships, and under the guidance of technical personnel who arrived in the early stage, he worked overtime to transform them. Even so, after Yu Zhu led his army to arrive, it took another five days to move the artillery to the sea ship.
After being prepared, Liao Nilu set off with his army and appeared outside Keelung Port three days later. The pirate leader of Keelung was overjoyed when he saw this, saying that it was just a merchant fleet that had been blown away by a typhoon. It is said that after they occupied Keelung, they robbed ships traveling nearby with their elusiveness and cruel methods. Over time, no merchant fleet dared to pass through this sea area, let alone approach Keelung Port, which greatly affected the "career" of the pirates. Although this group of pirates were fierce, they did not dare to go to the mainland to rob. After all, the Song Navy was very powerful, and Pu Shougeng and other large merchants were not something they could offend.
According to the saying in Western Sichuan, "It is a three-point crime to see a pig without a clean slate." Seeing the big fat sheep coming to the door, the pirates, who were stunned by the pie falling from the world, rushed out of the port in a swarm, paddling as hard as they could. , while wailing. The movement of sea-going ships mainly depends on the wind, and paddling cannot increase the speed much. The pirates obviously understand this truth, but they still paddle forward hard for fear of falling behind other boats. These pirates also have a performance appraisal mechanism. For example, the pirate who joins the ship first has priority in selecting trophies. These trophies include gold and silver, as well as the pirate’s favorite woman. Years of living at sea have made the pirates extremely thirsty for women. The brave ones will even risk being eaten by teaming up to rob the women of the Shengfan tribe.
The pirate sentry on the port tower felt that something was not good at this time. According to normal circumstances, merchant ships would either run away or form a defensive formation if they saw dozens of large and small ships rushing towards them. Not only did the merchant ships outside the port not escape, but they lined up in a straight line and aimed their broadsides at the pirate ships. When the pirate ships rushed within a mile, the sides of the merchant ships began to shine with fire, accompanied by bursts of thunder and a large amount of white smoke. The sentry looked at the ships on his side. Except for a few that were still moving forward, most of them had stopped moving forward. A small number of ships had their bows deflected, apparently losing control.
There are strong waves at sea, and sea-going ships are much larger than inland waterway ships. Greater tonnage means more artillery can be accommodated, resulting in stronger firepower density. Since Liao Nilu was absolutely sure of this battle and Liuqiu Company needed to capture the pirates' ships, he ordered all shotguns to be used this time, which were less harmful to the ships. It is said that sea-going ships are too expensive. Buying those ten sea-going ships almost cost Li Kaipeng more than half of the funds he saved in the early stage. Yu Zhu and others discussed building various factories after occupying Liuqiu, and the shipyard was among the first batch of factories.
While the pirates were still confused, Liao Nilu commanded the ship to aim the other side at the pirate vessel. After the second round of shelling, the water bandits' boats were completely in chaos. Some stopped sideways, some began to turn around and prepare to escape, and two small boats were on fire. Liao Niluo became anxious when he saw the pirate ships catching fire. In his eyes, those pirates were already free labor in the mines, and those ships were also assets of the Pili Army. How can you not feel heartbroken when you see that the ship you are about to receive is burning? At that moment, he ordered all the ships to surround him.
After a short while, half of the pirate ships were captured by the Perak Army, and most of the remaining ones returned to Keelung Port. Only a few small boats escaped the encirclement with lightness and scattered in all directions. Liao Nilu did not send a boat to chase them. On the one hand, these pirates were familiar with the surrounding sea conditions and could hide wherever they wanted. On the other hand, the target of the Perak Army was Keelung Port. They must not pick up sesame seeds but lose the watermelon. As for those pirates who escaped, there would be plenty of opportunities to deal with them in the future. They did not dare to go to the coast of the mainland and surrender themselves into a trap, let alone take the risk of driving a small boat to Japan and Korea in the north, or to Jiaozhi or Luzon in the south. The sea around Liuqiu is very windy and rough, and a big wave can capsize a light boat, and the people on board can also be killed.
The soldiers were very fast, and Liao Nilu led his army to attack Keelung Port. The wooden gates and fences of the pirates could withstand artillery bombardment, but they fell apart after one round of shelling. However, these pirates were very stubborn and hid in the corners of the stronghold, turning a deaf ear to the Perak Army's calls to persuade them to surrender. Liao Nilu was reluctant to destroy the houses in the village, so he had to send troops into the village to fight on the streets. In this expedition to Keelung, the Perak Army dispatched a total of 800 people, including 500 naval troops and 300 infantry troops. It can be said that they are all the best. This is also the confidence of Liao Niluo to win the battle. After all, according to the intelligence, the pirates are only four. There are five hundred people, and there are less than a hundred large and small ships, and most of them are small and medium-sized ships.
The reason why the pirates refused to surrender was because they wanted to make a comeback through street fighting. These pirates have been making a living by licking blood from the edge of a knife for many years. Gang fighting is their strength. They are especially good at close combat and can even easily defeat an equal number of officers, soldiers and navy. The pirate leader and his bodyguards are also equipped with Japanese swords and sea shark leather armor. The Japanese swords inherited from the Tang sword are extremely sharp and are a weapon for individual combat, and can even split a human body in half. Marine shark leather armor is made from the skin of adult marine sharks after repeated tanning. It is smooth and tough and can slide against scimitar slashes and sharp blade thrusts. The pirate leader believes that with sophisticated weapons and home field advantage, he will defeat this group of unknown origins.
But what these pirates don't know is that times have changed. The Perak troops who came ashore were organized into squads, with some in the front row holding shields for cover, and others in the back row shooting with muskets. If the pirates rush out of the house, they will be stabbed by spears and rained down by bullets. If they hide in the house, they will be killed by grenades thrown in. The government, navy and navy were also equipped with firearms, but those firearms produced loud smoke and noise, but had low lethality. The power of the firearms in the hands of these attackers was far beyond their imagination. Even the bandit leader and his bodyguards all fell to the ground after a burst of sound like exploding beans. The shark's leather armor, which was invulnerable in the past, was also full of holes. Blood and water mixed with bubbles were gurgling out of the body.
Seeing that the opponent was unstoppable and that the bandit leader was dead, the other pirates surrendered one after another.
