Shaihuo Island, Chiyang temporary camp.
During the days when Kang Lin led the team to the East China Sea, the Chiyang people who stayed on the island did not rest. Under the command of Yan Si and Fan Huzi, the men among them built a temporary wooden circle around the simple camp. On the wall, the old, weak, women and children were doing what they could under the leadership of Yang Liu, deputy director of the logistics team. Among them, there were even strong women sweating profusely and working hard together with the men. Therefore, when the commander of the Kurut Alliance Army and the war chief Onnit took thousands of the three tribes' coalition troops off the eight-legged boat and arrived at the Chiyang temporary camp, what stood in front of them was no longer the leader of the Kurut Army. The extremely simple and dilapidated camp in Shekou was replaced by a thriving medium-sized camp with complete defense facilities! This discovery once made the former shaken. However, the next moment, when the guy turned his attention to the guards on the wooden wall, the unwilling thief's heart was revived again, because he clearly saw that there were very few guards on the wall. , and they are not equipped with a large number of bows and arrows! In this guy's simple understanding, a large number of bows and arrows are necessary to defend the city. Otherwise, the low wall cannot be defended by other weapons alone. As for the flintlocks placed behind the crenels, It was directly used as a fire stick for setting off artillery.
Next, Onnit, who consciously grasped the context of the whole matter, could not help but become more confident. So soon, under his command, the Kurut Alliance Army launched a tentative attack on the wooden wall occupied by the Chiyang Infantry. ! But he had calculated everything, but he failed to calculate that although the foreigners did not have enough bows and arrows to defend the city, they did have more powerful flintlock muskets and cannons. If a row of muskets or cannons were fired, no matter how brave the indigenous warriors were, Even if you are not afraid of death, you have to retreat to your original position in despair. Therefore, after several battles, the two sides finally entered a state of confrontation helplessly. It was not until Zheng Nansheng led a large group of troops to the island that the situation changed! After realizing that the victory of the naval battle had been decided, Onnit, who was as cunning as a fox, immediately left behind some of the old and weak, and fled with the main force to a small bay on the seaside. However, as the saying goes, "Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and God's way is good." "Reincarnation, if you don't believe it, look up and see who the heaven will spare." Just when this guy thought he had escaped the disaster and was about to celebrate, Chiyang's centipede boat came! The latter, which was extremely fast and had great firepower, was a dimensionality-reducing blow against the simple eight-legged boats of the indigenous people. With only two boats, the Kurut Alliance Army's landing force was blocked in the small bay. Next, Chiyang The main force of the fleet arrived one after another. These old Ming army ships with generally low displacement took advantage of their own firepower. Without saying a word when they met, they held down the indigenous eight-legged ships and beat them hard until the latter lost more than ten eight-legged ships. The boat had no choice but to raise the white flag before giving up in frustration! Therefore, at the post-war summary meeting, when Zheng Nansheng, Wu Fang, Luo Meng and others reported to Kanglin Kangda Hundred Households, their words were more or less high-spirited, but they did not notice that the latter's eyes had revealed There was deep dissatisfaction! It is true that Chiyang, with dozens of elite warriors and hundreds of ordinary new immigrants, defeated thousands of indigenous people, plus the Japanese pirate fleet that came to help, which is a gratifying thing. However, here During the process, Chiyang's various shortcomings were exposed, but they were selectively ignored by these complacent new officers and supervisors. They only knew that their side had won, but they did not know that their victory was a bit of a fluke. If The Japanese pirate fleet desperately chooses to die with its own side, and Chiyang will lose at least a few precious warships; if the indigenous fleet makes a desperate move and chooses to attack in groups, Chiyang will lose an additional number of warships; among them, the most valuable warships will be lost. What's a pity is that the Kurut Alliance Army under Onnit's command could clearly break through Chiyang's defense with more force, but they gave up the attack at the most critical moment and gave Chiyang's new recruits, who were on the battlefield for the first time, With an excellent chance to breathe, this wave of operations by the natives made Kang Lin feel somewhat unreal, but this could not be the reason for Zheng Nansheng, Wu Fang, and Luo Meng to be complacent. It should be noted that in this offensive and defensive battle, Chiyang also exposed many loopholes and shortcomings. Putting aside everything else, the performance of ordinary recruits cannot be described with a bad word. They are cowardly in the face of the enemy and do not listen to orders. It's light. The most irritating thing is that they have no concept of military discipline in their eyes. The superior officer asked them to stay in place, but in a hurry, they launched a suicidal attack on an enemy whose combat power was obviously higher than theirs! If he could help the natives to support him before he died, Kang Lin would have looked down upon them, but as a result, hundreds of new immigrants Qing Zhuangfu armed with iron weapons were beaten by the latter who were still armed with wood and stone weapons as soon as they came into contact with the native warriors. The soldiers were beaten to pieces. In the end, if Zheng Nansheng hadn't led more than 20 well-armed elite soldiers to resist, let alone a great victory. It would have been great to have been completely annihilated by the native coalition forces!
"Then how big are our losses?" Looking at the expressions on the faces of the captain and the officers under his command, Kang Lin, the leader of Chiyang, just nodded thoughtfully, and then began to listen quietly to his subordinates who continued to report military information. , during this period, although he occasionally asked one or two questions, he generally focused on listening. This made the latter a little uneasy, but he had to answer the leader's questions. Therefore, in the end, everyone recommended Yan Si, the leader with the highest official position in Chiyang except Kang Lin, stood up and continued to answer questions for his leader, "Master Baihu, before the war, we owned one Haicang ship, two Bird ships, and one Xiaoguang ship. , a small sand ship of 500 stone, plus seven second-hand ships purchased by the adults from the East China Sea, a total of 12 large and small ships; more than 60 elite warriors, and more than 400 ordinary new immigrants, a total of There are more than 500 personnel. After the war, our army lost more than ten elite soldiers and more than fifty ordinary new immigrants. The ships were only generally injured but not damaged due to the weak weapons of the enemy they encountered..."
"We lost more than ten elite soldiers and dozens of ordinary young men. This is the result when we have the right time, location, people, and weapons superiority. In the future, if we encounter enemies stronger than the natives and Japanese pirates, , can we still laugh so happily?"
"Hiss..." As soon as Kang Lin said this, everyone in the Chiyang temporary camp meeting hall was shocked, whether it was the painting official Yan Si, the official Yan Xiaosong, the official Chang Jiansheng, the official Sun Wumu, or the ones lined up on the left. On the right, the team officer Fan Huzi, the sentry commander Zheng Nansheng, Wang Tang, Lin Wu, the boat manager Gu Wenlai, Liu Xiong, Luo Meng, Qin Lin and others all showed serious thinking looks on their faces after hearing this. They are not idiots. On the contrary, those who can become Chiyang's middle and low-level officers are all quick-witted people. Therefore, they can understand the inner and outer meanings of their leader's words almost instantly! But the second they understood, the second they understood, they were so shocked by Kang Lin's words that they couldn't help but take a breath of air! My leader is right. Facing the Kurut natives whose weapons are not as good as ours and who are still in primitive clan society, it is so difficult for us to defeat them. If we encounter weapons similar to ours or even more sophisticated in the future, As an opponent, wouldn’t our side not even have the slightest chance to make a comeback? At this thought, the originally smug expressions on everyone's faces gradually collapsed. Everyone no longer had the high spirits before and began to become silent.
"So, we have to take a longer view and defeat a group of primitive savages who are still growing hair and drinking blood. What can we be happy about? If we want to fight, we must fight the most powerful enemy. That's what we are capable of! Everyone, now Kang A certain person has been recruited by the Ming Dynasty. Not only has he become a sixth-grade guerrilla householder of the East China Sea Guard, but he also owns Salmon Island as our new territory. So the next thing we have to do is to train soldiers and reserve food and grass. Repair warships and weapons, constantly consolidate your foundation, and at the same time be ready to attack! Because this time Donghai recruited us and gave us official positions, equipment, food, and land, all with conditions, the capital and the court needed it We will take their place on the front line against Japanese pirates and protect them from the increasingly rampant Japanese pirates and natives. We must not allow any Japanese pirates or natives to set foot on the land of Donghaiwei again..." We have no time to care about the blank faces of those subordinates. With a look on his face, Kang Lin took a sip of tea and continued to talk to himself, "Originally, I was only going to take the grain, grass and weapons from the East China Sea Capital, and occupy the land of Salmon Island to play a trick between king and minister with them. I have been waiting to gain enough development time by establishing myself in another world, but now I have changed my attention. Aren’t the Kurut natives coveting the treasures of our fleet and want to capture us and sacrifice us to their Seljuk god! Okay! , Okay, okay, since tigers can hurt people's hearts, don't blame me for being cruel and raising troops to destroy their tribe! Where is the team officer Fan Jing? "
"Chief, the villain is here!" Over here, a group of officers from Chiyang were listening to their leader's instructions. Unexpectedly, this guy suddenly ordered a general, and the person who was ordered was the commander of the infantry force directly under the Chiyang fleet. Fan Huzi, a guerrilla tester from the Chiyang Qianhu Station of the Ming Dynasty East China Sea Guards, was stunned for several breaths before he realized that his boss was calling him. He did not dare to neglect, and immediately stepped forward and saluted, waiting for further orders from the former.
"Currently, in addition to those who died or were injured in the war, our hundred households still have more than 60 elite flag troops, more than 80 ordinary flag troops, and nearly 300 young men, which are enough to eliminate the culprits of this war. , the Kurut clan of the Mamat tribe! Team Fan, in the name of the leader of the Chiyang fleet of the Donghaiwei Chinan Qianhu Station, I order you to reorganize your team immediately, follow the escape route of the natives, and attack directly. The lair of the Kurut barbarians, damn it, our Chiyang fleet has more than ten warships and nearly a thousand troops, how can we let a mere aborigine ride on our head and do whatever we want..."
