1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 861 Occupying Liuheng Island

Even after confirming the identity of the intruder, Li Luotou and Motegi Shinobu still did not give up the idea of ​​​​resisting immediately. They hoped that this menacing fleet was just a strong foreign force, at least they had to try their tricks first.After all, the Haisha Gang is also a well-ranked armed force in the East China Sea. They have experienced many armed conflicts, large and small.The two immediately ordered the ships moored in the port to rush out of the port as much as possible, and offered a huge reward as an incentive.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade the two of them to die, Gomez had no choice but to retreat. He hurriedly organized his men to assemble, and at the same time sent people to the small port on the east side of the island to prepare the escaped ships there.Gomez has a musketeer team of 300 people, and more than 30 gunners and seven or eight artillery pieces, which can be regarded as the elite of the sea sand gang's land combat power.However, he didn't want to command these people to make a final resistance on the island, but he wanted to take advantage of the chaos and lead these people to find an opportunity to withdraw from Liuheng Island.

Gomez knew that even if all his elite soldiers were thrown into the battlefield, at most it would be able to temporarily delay the Haihan people's offensive, but it was absolutely impossible to reverse the decline of the Haisha Gang.There is no chance of winning by staying on the island to fight stubbornly. It is wise to preserve as much strength as possible for the future.

But the speed of the deterioration of the situation was obviously faster than he could react. The ships moored in the harbor could not rush out at all. The powerful firepower of the Haihan fleet was not something that the pirates could resist at the risk of their lives.In a very short time of firefighting, the desperate leaders of the Haisha Gang saw their sailboats capsized after being continuously hit by artillery fire at the mouth of the harbor.However, the expected scene of encircling the enemy ship by relying on the number of ships and then jumping to fight to complete the ship capture has never appeared.

Li Luotou and Mogi Shinobi stared dumbfounded at the pier as their own sailboat rushed out decisively, and then turned into a pile of broken planks floating on the sea under the artillery fire.The only good thing is that they didn't board the ship and go out to sea to command the battle, otherwise they would probably have become pieces of meat eaten by the fish in the sea by this time.Only at this time did they remember the various warnings that Gomez made yesterday, but it was too late at this time, seeing that the Haihan people's offensive was already impossible to stop as soon as it was good, it was clear that they wanted to block the Haisha Gang The plan to kill on the island.

The person Gomez sent to the eastern port to give orders has not yet returned, but the person who rushed over there to ask for help arrived first.When Gomez heard that the port on the east side was also attacked, he knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly sent someone to notify the other two leaders to abandon the port and retreat to the inland area of ​​the island.

It only took about an hour and a half for the coalition fleet to basically control the situation in these harbors of the Haisha Gang. The pirates either fled back to the harbor or surrendered on the spot, and it was difficult to form an organized resistance.Gao Qiaonan led a company of the army to land on the pier that Xu Ke and Zhao Cheng had scouted a few days ago, and then under Zhao Cheng's guidance, they quickly found the entrance to the cave casino.

At this time, the members of the Haisha Gang on the pier had fled and surrendered, and there were no armed personnel on duty at the entrance. The soldiers entered the cave smoothly and found that it was also a mess.There are still many people in the cave who don't know the outside situation, fighting for the broken silver on the gambling table.

Gao Qiaonan is not interested in these scattered silver. What he wants to know is the location of the secret bank where the Haisha gang used to hide the casino proceeds. That is one of the main tasks of this operation.

"Zhao Cheng!" Gao Qiaonan ordered loudly, "Find the bank before dark!"

Zhao Cheng's luck was really good. Not long after receiving this order, his men caught a small leader of the Haisha Gang on the pier, and this guy happened to be recognized by him-he had been with Xu Kelai six days ago. During Hengdao's reconnaissance, it was this leader nicknamed "Seventh Brother" who led them into the cave casino.

"So it's you!" The seventh brother recognized this face immediately when he was escorted in front of Zhao Cheng.But at this time, Zhao Cheng was no longer dressed as the captain of the ship at that time, but in a gray combat uniform, and the expression on his face did not even show the slightest bit of flattery at the beginning.

"Zou Qi, we meet again!" This time, Zhao Cheng would no longer address him as "Seventh Brother", and just called him by his real name: "Whatever I ask next, you'd better tell the truth, don't play tricks, don't Go around in circles with me, if you try to play tricks or pretend to be a tough guy, you will suffer, do you understand?"

"My surname is Zhao, am I, Zou Qi, a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Hey, if you want to extract a confession, come here and try, pretending that I have never been imprisoned?" But Zou Qi was extremely stubborn and refused to back down at all.

Hearing this, Zhao Cheng frowned slightly. At present, only such a pirate leader has been caught, and a lot of important information has to fall on him, so he must be pried open as soon as possible.

"You just have to be stubborn, just don't regret it later." Zhao Cheng turned his head and ordered: "Notify the people from the Secret Service to come over and let them deal with this guy."

The Secret Service Department that Zhao Cheng mentioned is not an agency under the military, but a branch of the Field Service Department of the Haihan Security Department.Many of this department are veterans who have served in the Six Doors for many years, and for various reasons, they switched to Haihan to play for them.Of course, torture experts who are proficient in torture methods are also indispensable. This time Haihan's northern expedition to Zhejiang, the Ministry of Security also sent some people to accompany the army, in order to be useful at this special time.

After a while, someone came to Zhao Cheng with two middle-aged men. The two men were thin and thin, and their eyebrows and eyes were vaguely similar.One of them introduced himself: "In Xiaguanyuan, this is my younger brother Guanping, who belongs to the Special Service Department of the Ministry of Security, and is here to report."

Zhao Cheng nodded and said: "Now I need you to pry open this guy's mouth as soon as possible. He knows some very important information. I can only give you a little time. I hope you will do your best. I only want information, and his life It doesn't matter."

Guan Yuan cupped his hands and said: "It's not too late, I'll do it now."

Guan Yuan and Guan Ping walked up to Zou Qi's side, looked him up and down, their eyes made Zou Qi hairy.He wanted to swear a few more words to strengthen his courage, but when he met Shang Guanyuan's eyes, those gray pupils like death made Zou Qi shudder, and he couldn't utter the words when he got to his mouth.

"The body is five feet three inches long, and the muscles and bones are strong. It may not be effective for flesh and blood injuries." Guan Ping looked at it and suddenly began to use his hands, poking and pinching Zou Qi's thighs, arms and other places, muttering to himself .

Guan Yuan responded: "The military master said that fate doesn't matter, so I will choose a quick and effective method. Please help me, military masters, find a strong chair and tie him up. Separate the hands and feet and tie him as firmly as possible. .”

Zou Qi's heart trembled when he heard this, he didn't know what these two people who were like living ghosts would do to him, but hearing this tone, it really didn't look like a good omen.Several soldiers had rushed up to hold down his hands and feet, and tied him to a chair. Even his waist and forehead were tied tightly to the back of the chair with ropes. Except for his fingers and toes, almost all other joints on his body were intact. Can't move.

The two brothers Guan Yuan and Guan Ping each carried a leather doctor's bag in their hands - this thing was passed on from two foreigners, Morgan and Johnson. Some industries that need to carry a variety of tools have also begun to use this large-capacity, thick and durable leather bag.

The two put the leather bag on the table next to it and opened it, and then took out various gadgets and some special utensils with unknown names one by one.Among them are tools such as knives, hammers, axes, saws, chisels, brazing, hooks, drills, pliers, ropes, etc. Each tool often has several different models, sizes, and even materials, and some of them are unknown. There was a large piece of glass vials of medicine spread out on the table. It was hard to believe that the two leather bags they carried could hold so many things.

Guan Yuan took out a steel needle, which was a foot long, shook it in front of Zou Qi and said, "Next, I will nail this steel needle in from your finger, and slowly pass it through the joints and meridians to the elbow. , if you can bear it, I'll nail another one, and if you don't say anything after all ten fingers are pierced, I'll replace it with another one."

Guan Ping held a small four-inch hand drill in his hand, and said expressionlessly: "I will use this thing to drill through the joints of your hands and feet one by one, and then sprinkle the raised eggs into your joints." After only two or three days, the maggots will take shape, penetrate into your bones and devour your bone marrow, the feeling is probably beyond your imagination."

Zou Qi's face turned ashen after hearing this description. He thought that the Haihan people's methods of torture to extract confessions were nothing more than traditional methods such as fists, feet and whips. He never thought that the Haihan people would use such evil and cruel methods.Although he wasn't very afraid of death, he didn't want to be tortured so harshly before he died.

Zhao Cheng only waited for a cup of tea before Guan Yuan came out of the house, cupped his hands and said, "Fortunately, that person is willing to say it."

"So fast?" Zhao Cheng was also slightly surprised: "How many tortures did you say to him?"

The corner of Guan Yuan's mouth twitched: "I didn't execute the torture, I just showed him the torture equipment, and then threatened him, this guy will be scared."

"So powerful?" Zhao Cheng couldn't believe it, the pirate leader who had been clamoring just now, was cowarded before he was executed.But now he didn't bother to ask about the details, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your help, I will treat you to dinner when the matter here is over."

"It's easy to talk about." Guan Yuan also cupped his fists and said goodbye: "We two brothers still need to go to other places to deal with things, so I'll see you later."

Half an hour later, the army led by Gao Qiaonan arrived at the location Zou Qi mentioned, and bumped into the Haisha gang members who were carrying their belongings here, and an encounter immediately started.

The bank of the Haisha Gang is located in a mountain depression. The Haihan troops turned over from the mountain ridge, just facing the side of the Haisha Gang team from a high position. The disadvantage of the terrain alone is enough to make the Haisha Gang suffer.

Haihan's troops participating in the battle are mainly special warfare battalions, and they have rich combat experience. They did not rush forward to fight with the pirates, but immediately formed an formation and used muskets to shoot at the chaotic pirates.The pirates also had quite a few musketeers, but it was impossible to organize a neat line of guns in the chaos, and if the zero-scattered bullets wanted to hit a specific target at a distance of [-] meters, it could only be pure luck.As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, the pirates' team huddled in the col fell down in a row like ears of rice blown down by a strong wind.

After four rounds of shooting, the pirates couldn't bear the casualties and began to retreat, abandoning the silver box that had not been transported away in the col.Gao Qiaonan knew that these bandits had no way to leave Liuheng Island, so he was not in a hurry to pursue them. He just asked his subordinates to control the area immediately, and sealed up the seized silver and the secret bank in the col, waiting for the relevant departments to send people over inventory.

The Haisha gang who hurriedly retreated to the inland of the island did not have a chance to breathe. They soon ran into the Sanlin gang who came from the northwest of the island.After receiving the secret letter sent back by Lin Xing from Shipu Port a few days ago, the Sanlin Gang prepared for today's operation, and put almost all the combatants into the task of going south to intercept the Haisha Gang.When the leaders of the Haisha Gang saw that they were members of the Sanlin Gang, it was not difficult to infer that the other party was in collusion with the Haihan people, otherwise it would not have been possible to kill the Haisha Gang so quickly.

There is not much difference in the level of armed forces between these two groups. Although the Haisha Gang has a little more people, they lost a lot of elites in the previous sea battles. Now the number of people fleeing to the northwest is not as large as that of the Sanlin Gang. .One side wants to gain more combat achievements in exchange for the opportunity to hold Haihan's thigh, and the other side wants to fight to the death for survival. They both want to get rid of the opponent and quickly, and there is no room left in the fight.

At [-]:[-] p.m., the three harbors of the Haisha Gang located in the south of Liuheng Island were all cleared, and more than [-] members of the Haisha Gang were captured, and more than [-] other foreigners. As for the casualties of the Haisha Gang during the battle, it is difficult to count for a while After all, many ships capsized and sank in the sea during the battle. Whether the people on board fed the fish or escaped ashore, it is temporarily impossible to find out.

However, according to the confessions of the captives, there are still at least 3000 to [-] members of the Haisha Gang on the island, and there are still about [-] combatants among them.Fortunately, all the Haisha Gang's Linhai garrisons have been occupied by the coalition forces. These people can only flee to the mountains and northwest of the island, and the chance of leaving Liuheng Island is very slim.

Before dark, the courier of the Sanlin Gang sent news that they had fought several times with the Haisha Gang in the middle of Liuheng Island. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. They implored the coalition forces to send troops to help as soon as possible after tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)