Battle statistics:
Result: 102 people were killed on the spot, 70 enemy people died of serious injuries, and 213 people were captured, 35 of whom were slightly injured. More than 400 cold weapons, 7 three-eyed guns, and 7 war horses were seized. I ate the 8th one tonight and it hurt my leg.
11 of our people were slightly injured, and 10 people were sprained or fell during pursuit - running in the paddy fields shortly after harvest is indeed a dangerous move. One person broke his foot while carrying the shells.
By the afternoon, the prisoners were basically taken in. Following Ma Qianzhu's instructions, meals were arranged for the prisoners. The food given to the prisoners in the canteen remains the same for a long time, and they are rice porridge. The captives were clearly shaken and fearful of the food they were crossing. Finally, I was brave enough to lose my hunger and started to drink porridge in big gulps. With the leader in charge, the rest swarmed up and surrounded the rice pail. You pushed me and squeezed me, but the guards scolded me and you didn't start fighting. Now you can finally take a closer look at the legendary Ming Dynasty pirates. I saw a bunch of messy peasants squatting in a heap. He didn't even have neat clothes, he was shirtless and wearing a singlet. The clothes and pants were dirty, smelly and in tatters. It seemed like it was going to break into pieces at any moment. The bamboo-like ribs and bulging belly can be seen through the gaps in the clothes. Xiong Buyou and several translators and people from the security team were working hard towards them.
There were also a dozen or so people who looked much more alert and did not fight for food. These people had no expression on their faces. Appearing stupid and depressed. But occasionally a few eyes looking around revealed that these people were harboring evil intentions.
"These people should be the backbone." Ran Yao looked at it for a while and said, "Let's start with them."
According to preliminary interrogations, the pirates confessed that they were Zhu Cai's men. Among the people who came, 50 were old pirates, and the others had just been recruited in the past two months. They had not gone through any battles and were just here to make up the numbers.
The most ridiculous thing is that dozens of them are military households in the rear camp of Lingao. It turns out that in order to make more money, Liu Qianhu in Housuotun often leased his weapons, ships and military households to pirates for fighting. It is not uncommon for Liu Qianhu to be associated with pirates. The coastal officers and soldiers in this area have some relationship with various maritime heroes.
But none of the prisoners were considered leader-level figures. Last time, they managed to capture a captain-level Shi Shishi, but this time there was no decent leader among them. They were transported to Shipai by five large ships early this morning. After landing, they advanced here under the command of a "shopkeeper". As for the shopkeeper, I don't know if he died or ran away. Anyway, he was not in the prisoner team, and he couldn't be found among the corpses that were beaten with blood by the shells.
Most people knew they were here to fight the "Kung Bandits". The people who recruited them said that the "Kung Bandits" had robbed the bosses of a lot of treasures. The Bairentan area was full of treasures, and the bosses attacked just to vent their anger. They also said that everything they won would belong to them.
Among the things seized, many weapons had Zhu Cai Lao's mark and name on them, and some of the corpses were found with documents and flags from Zhu Cai Lao's gang. Looking at the prisoner's confession and numerous evidences, Ran Yao frowned.
Dusk is gradually falling, and all the camps of the crossing group are filled with laughter and laughter. Zhu Cai Lao is not so good, and Zhang Bolin is laughing to the ears. In today's battle, a total of 80 shells were fired, and more than 400 pirates were killed. The army was completely defeated, which was too shameful for the artillery.
The canteen disembowelled the horses that had been beaten to death, and provided them with a full meal of horse meat and water for the training camp. Although it is horse meat, there is fish sauce, spices, and plenty of salt in the cafeteria. It is as good as the ordinary horse meat stewed in water. Wu Nanhai also boiled some horse oil. This stuff smells disgusting, but it is fragrant when used to fry things. It is the famous Beijing snack fried enema. Wu Nanhai didn't use enema, so he directly fried the dried pumpkin slices that are most common here, and then topped them with chopped garlic. It was warmly welcomed by the majority of soldiers. Compared with a small portion of horse meat and sewer per person, this open supply and oily thing can better meet the needs of the masses.
Huang Xiong received his own small bowl of horse meat and offal. He poked it with chopsticks and saw a few pieces of meat, a few pieces of intestines and lungs, etc. It smelled of a strong aroma of spices mixed with meat. Although the meat was old, , but extremely delicious. As a former Ming army officer, he had eaten dead mules and horses before, but this was the first time he could make it taste so delicious. He raised his eyes and looked around. All the soldiers in the company were eating and drinking, with sounds of satisfaction coming out of their mouths from time to time. After winning the second battle, the leader was really stingy and gave him horse meat! Huang Xiong thought he would order a silver reward or something. But then I thought about these two battles. Apart from forming a formation with rifles, I really did nothing. They were both won with cannons.
Looking around, company commander You Huhu and the platoon leaders were also eating horse meat, fried pumpkin slices, and brown rice in their bowls. On this point, Huang Xiong really admired the officers and soldiers of these leaders: besides many officers, Apart from some equipment, they don't get any special treatment. They eat and dress the same as them, and even though they have a single room, it's just a military barracks. Apart from going to Bairen City for a "weekend" every week, there is really no enjoyment - there is not even anyone to make the bed and fold the quilt.
While I was eating, I heard soldiers from my company talking about the second war.
"...If we all fight like this, being a soldier would be easy..."
"The cannons of our commanders are so powerful, who in the world can stop them."
"Do you think the elders want that?"
"Stop pretending, kid. Isn't this just a rebellion? I think it's possible."
"Anyone who rebels will be executed—"
"Whatever you want to kill, the officers and soldiers are as bad ass, and they are not afraid of rebellion." The man dreamed happily, "If the rebellion is really successful, we will all become the founding fathers of the country, and each of us will have thousands of acres." land."
"I want to find a wife. I'm already over 20 years old and I haven't even touched a woman's hands."
"One wife is nothing, I want more than a dozen, just like the rich man in the city!"
"You're a lean kid to begin with, so you're not afraid that a dozen wives will turn you into a scumbag!"
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Huang Xiong's heart skipped a beat after hearing this. Coming to join the army yourself is just a refuge for your criminal body. At the moment, it seems that this group of "Kun thieves" have great ambitions. Even if they don't want to rebel, they probably have the idea of separatist rule. While I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a soldier ask:
"Monitor Huang, do you think the leaders have this intention?"
Huang Xiong put down the bowl: "I don't know that, but these two opponents were too rough. If it were the army, it probably wouldn't be so easy to fight."
"Our cannon——"
"The government and army also have it, isn't it the Hongyi cannon." Huang Xiong has seen the gunners in this town perform exercises. The operation of this cannon is similar to that of the Hongyi cannon, but it seems to be lighter than the Hongyi cannon and much easier to carry.
"Besides, it doesn't matter if there are Hongyi cannons in Liao Town. They still gave Donglu a terrible blow outside the pass. Can you fire the cannons continuously? Donglu relies on fast horses and sharp arrows. He can kill up to ten people with one cannon. Several people and hundreds of cavalrymen rushed over dozens of feet at once, and you couldn't fire a few cannons before the cavalry rushed into the team, and you still had to rely on the infantry to fight hand-to-hand."
These words made the soldiers a little scared, and the originally lively atmosphere was reduced a lot. Huang Xiong suddenly became alert, what happened to him? If you are in the army, you can be accused of "shaking the morale of the army" and beheaded immediately. Why are you talking about this when you are full and have nothing to do!
He quickly put the words aside: "This is Qiongzhou. Jianzhou is still far away from here. Why are you panicking? Brothers, don't go to Liaodong to fight."
As he spoke, he quickly looked around to see if anyone was present, and casually mentioned some random stories to divert the soldiers' attention.
The setting sun slowly fell on the Lingao corner of Bopu. The renovated Lingao beacon tower stood. The gun emplacement on it had just been completed. The muzzle of a 12-pound cannon pointed at the sea. There is a searchlight on the fort, which is guarded by Li Di, who is equipped with a walkie-talkie and night vision equipment around his neck, and two naval sentries. Looking at Bairen City from a distance, the hustle and bustle of a busy day gradually calmed down, and the people on duty outside the city lit piles of bonfires. Many departments in the city are still showing their lights, and these places are still working. The charcoal stove here in Bopu is blazing. The fishy smell of fish comes with the wind. This is the smell of aquatic product processing factories. At the mouth of the river, there are faint lights on Fengcheng Wheel, which almost blend into one under the starry sky.
Every few minutes, he would use night vision binoculars to look around the camp. Now Bo Pu is no better than when he first landed on 6. A circular camp can be guarded. The workplace has been expanded a lot, although the important places are all A circular fortification was built, but it was difficult to achieve the brightly illuminated defenses that were used in the past. In addition to placing lighting equipment at key intersections and thoroughfares, they also relied more on night vision equipment and lurking sentries. At the moment, they can't completely trust the indigenous soldiers, so they have to travel across the country to take charge of or at least lead the team for night sentry duty.
In the telescope, he saw several figures slowly approaching the beachside camp. Judging from the appearance, this should be one of his own, but according to the rules, he had to notify the lurking sentry immediately.
"Tan Ming, Tan Ming, someone is approaching your post."
"Understood." Tan Ming, who was on duty at Hekou, belonged to the construction engineering team. Because he was in particularly good physical condition and was a hard-working type, he was recruited into the basic militia. His work during the day was not counted, and he had to work at night. The advantage is that you can enjoy some extra items that are in short supply right now: cigarettes, cans, and cola. In addition, the militiamen often organize movie watching: the first one is a military education movie, the second one is a variety of commercial movies, and the third one is a late-night movie. , showing movies that are not suitable for good children.
"Password!" Tan Ming shouted.
"Fridge! Reply?"
"Haier! Which department are you from?" Tan Ming tightly held the SKS rifle in his hand.
"I am Wu De from Bairen Commune!" The visitor had a dark face and was followed by several big men in training uniforms.
It's Wu De, good boy, a high official. Tan Ming immediately stood at attention, and his speech was a little unclear:
"Mr. Wu, no, President Wu——"
"Just call me Ade, you are not a native." This was the first time Wu De saw a traveler treat him with such respect.
"I am Tan Ming from the construction engineering team -" Tan Ming was a little embarrassed. He had no choice but to be like this after being at the bottom of society for a long time, and he felt a little desolate.
Wu De still has some impression of this person, because he had more contact with the construction engineering team during the early construction.
"You are -" Fei Ming matched this man's nickname with his face deep in his memory. To be honest, this nickname is not worthy of the name now. Long-term labor and high protein and low fat intake have made him not "fat" at all. On the contrary, it looks solid enough.
"Yes, yes, I am 'Fa Ming', you still remember me."
"Didn't we often meet at the construction site?" Wu De saw that he was a little excited and wanted to reminisce about the past. He thought that this place was a lurking post and it was not a problem to talk like this. But he still had other things to do, so he quickly continued. Going down: "I want to board the Fengcheng ferry. Where can I get on the boat?"
"You can go to the Naval Port Office under the High Point Fort. They are in charge of this place."
Wu De shook his head. It was not a good sign that the navy was so ambitious. Although he himself is from the Navy, he has been working on the Executive Committee for a long time and has a comprehensive view of things. He is not optimistic about the current momentum of the 6th Navy. He also wanted to take the opportunity to talk to veteran soldiers such as He Ming and Ming Qiu when he came this time.
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