1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 864
Lin De has followed his two elder brothers on Liuheng Island for several years, and he has experienced a lot of fighting and killing. He personally killed two people in yesterday's battle. It's nothing new.But after seeing the fighting methods of the Haihan militia, he still inevitably felt fear.

This was not an evenly matched battle, but a completely one-sided massacre. Even though the Haisha gang had the Musketeers, which had given Linde a headache, they still had no chance to play a role against the Haihan militia. If he didn't catch it, he was completely crushed by the opponent from the moment the battle started.

The panicked musketeers saw that the people standing in front kept falling down, and they didn't even have the courage to shoot, so they just spread their feet and ran back.Probably in their combat experience, it was also the first time they encountered such a scene where they were pressed to the ground and rubbed hard by their opponents as soon as they came up, and they didn't know how to deal with it except to run away quickly.

The stragglers on the left and right were even more unprepared. They were all still waiting for their musketeers to open up the situation, but they didn't expect to eat the opponent's onslaught first.When they fought against the Sanlin Gang yesterday, the opponents only had sporadic muskets and bows as long-range means of attack. Unexpectedly, the shotguns were replaced overnight, and their own side could not hold their heads up because of the powerful firepower.

Seeing the people of the Haisha Gang fall down in rows like harvested rice, Linde couldn't help shivering. He knew that if it wasn't for his elder brother Lin Xing, he had resolutely chosen to join Haihan from the very beginning. Lu, at this time, it is very likely that he is facing Haihan's guns and cannons.Compared with the Haisha Gang, the Sanlin Gang lacks long-range attack methods, and there is really only a dead end for the Shanghai Han Mintuan.

Seeing the Haihan soldiers attacking in a neat formation, Linde could not help comparing them with the group of people under his command. One was orderly, the other was chaotic, professional army and civilian armed forces. At this level, the gap in combat effectiveness is also thoroughly exposed.If Linde still had such doubts about the fighting power of the Haihan militia before, then now he has been completely convinced by the facts in front of him, not to mention the Haisha Gang on Liuheng Island, even the officials of Ningbo Mansion. When the army came, they probably couldn't deal with these wolf-like Haihan soldiers.No wonder the Haihan people dared to run from Fujian to Zhejiang without fear. It is true that they have real skills, and they can't accept it.

After Gomez confirmed that there were Haihan people participating in the battle in the fortifications ahead, the Haisha Gang quickly lost the will to continue fighting, dropped hundreds of corpses, and hurriedly retreated.The Haihan Militia behind the line of defense was not in a hurry to pursue, because Gao Qiaonan had just been notified by the headquarters that the troops responsible for outflanking the back of the Haisha Gang had also rushed to the place only five miles away, and the Haisha Gang was now going to After retreating, the only result was to hit the large force coming up from the back bread.

"Send someone to count the results of the battle." Gao Qiaonan put down the binoculars and ordered.

"Let's leave these trivial matters to my younger brother's people. The Haihan Army men just need to rest." Lin De immediately answered the question, taking over the task from Gao Qiaonan, and at the same time, he did not forget to order his men to go down and come back later. Bring more meat and drinks to comfort the Haihan militia who just finished a big battle.

Just as the coalition command had predicted, the Haisha gang was caught off guard and was hit hard, and they were in chaos immediately.Hundreds of people retreated from the front line in a panic, only to find that the Haihan militia also appeared in the rear of their own, and their strength seemed to be greater than their own.The few pirates who tried to resist were knocked down by the volley of guns before rushing to the front of the Haihan army.

"You have been surrounded by the Haihan militia. Immediately abandon your weapons and surrender, put your hands behind your head and lie on the ground. Anyone who escapes or disobeys will be killed without mercy!" Mechanical and indifferent voices sounded repeatedly on the battlefield. The Han soldiers shouted in the direction of the Haisha Gang with huge iron horns.

When someone started to lie on the ground in accordance with the instructions out of fear, he immediately mobilized the people around him who wanted to live to do the same—everyone standing would become a living target for the Haihan militia, and it would only be effective if they lay on the ground Avoid the blind stray bullets flying in the air.If you want to survive, you have to get down first.

There are also some people who are unwilling to be captured and flee to the mountains in the southwest direction. For them, no matter what the final result is, they can at least linger in the mountains and forests for a while, and retain a glimmer of hope of escape.However, the Haihan militia did not immediately arrange to pursue them. The coalition forces have already controlled the main freshwater sources on the island and the surrounding villages. Even if these people escape into the mountains, it will be difficult to survive for a long time without supplies. Walking out of the mountains and forests, I cast myself into a net.There are no Haihan civilians on Liuheng Island, and the army is also stationed collectively in several major ports. There is no way for these sporadic and small fish that slipped through the net to escape, and it is difficult to cause any trouble for Haihan if they stay on the island.

By noon, the coalition forces had preliminarily completed the counting of the prisoners of the Haisha Gang.Li Luotou, the leader of the Haisha Gang, died in the rebellion with two fatal gunshot wounds on his body, but it is impossible to verify who made the credit.The second master, Shinobu Mogi, was nowhere to be seen. According to the captives, he took advantage of the chaos and fled into the forest. There were about [-] or [-] Japanese Japanese pirates who fled with him, almost all of whom were dead soldiers supported by Shinobu Mogi.

The third leader, Gomez, was the only leader of the Haisha gang who was captured alive. In fact, he had given up running or dying when he realized that the situation was over.Being able to survive on the sea by licking blood from the edge of a knife and still living well until now, being able to adapt to the wind is one of his must-have tricks to save his life.For Gomez, there is nothing wrong with surrendering to the strong. When he came here, he thought about establishing himself as the king, but in the end he chose to submit to Li Luotou and Mogi Shinobu , to be the third head of the Haisha Gang.Since the Haihan people gave the Haisha Gang a chance to surrender under the situation where their combat power was completely crushed, it meant that they did not intend to kill them all. Surrendering had a much better chance of saving their lives than stubborn resistance to the end.In such a situation, Gomez not only fell to the ground first, but also ordered all the remaining subordinates to abandon their weapons and surrender, and stop making unnecessary resistance.

After some counting, after two consecutive battles, a total of more than 200 members of the Haisha Gang were captured, most of them were family members of the Haisha Gang who were coerced to escape, and the actual combatants were actually less than half.The number of casualties of the Haisha Gang was more than [-], which was nearly a hundred times higher than that of the coalition forces, which fully reflected the strength gap between the two sides.When the Lin brothers heard the news, they also calmed down a little. They lost more than [-] people in the battle last night and night, and they were very distressed.If the Haihan militia hadn't arrived in time to take over the line of defense today, the number of casualties would probably not be less than yesterday, and it might not be able to hold this key line of defense.

In the evening, several groups of people basically wiped out the southern area of ​​Liuheng Island. Except for the mountainous area, there are still sporadic people fleeing. It can be declared that the Haisha Gang has been completely wiped out.This armed force that used to line up in the East China Sea became the target of the Haihan militia in Zhoushan in such a muddle-headed way.

When the three Lin brothers heard the news, they couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional. They had been fighting openly and secretly with the Haisha Gang on Liuheng Island for more than a year or two. There is unwillingness, but there is only one way to maintain this situation of confrontation between the North and the South.But as soon as the Haihan people came, they completely defeated the Haisha Gang in just two days. Few people were able to escape from the island.The efforts of the Sanlin Gang for several years were no match for the unreasonable force of the Haihan Militia. This made the Lin brothers admiring, but also a little disheartened-they knew that even if they struggled all their lives, they probably would not be able to fight. Unable to manage the Sanlin Gang to such a situation as Haihan, the formidable enemy who is trying to suppress them is probably not even a stumbling block in the eyes of Haihan people, and it took two days to take care of it.The only advantage that the Sanlin Gang has over the Haisha Gang is that they stood in line early enough and resolutely, otherwise the three brothers might be among those who surrendered on the ground at this time.

Contrary to the speed of counting the prisoners of war, the counting of the various property seized in this battle has only just completed a small part.As one of the main trading ports in the southern part of the Zhoushan Islands, there are indeed a lot of goods and goods on the Haisha Gang. There are more than [-] cargo owners captured by the coalition forces on the island alone, and the countries involved are more than ten. One, in terms of the object of international trade alone, the prosperity of this place is already comparable to that of Sanya Port on Hainan Island.This also just shows from the side that after Haihan controls this region, the international trade resources he can master will be quite rich.

From the several secret bank vaults of the Haisha Gang on the island and the silver trucks captured by the main forces that finally wiped out the Haisha Gang, the coalition forces have seized more than 100 million taels of cash, most of which were packed in boxes. Silver ingots, coins and bars, gold ingots and more.At present, the coalition forces have not yet had time to conduct a comprehensive search of several garrisons of the Haisha Gang. The command is optimistic that a lot of valuable property will be found in these places.

The wealth of the Haisha Gang is basically in line with the expectations of the headquarters, but seeing the mountains of gold and silver belongings, the leading party members are not only drooling, but also a little surprised at the financial strength of the Haisha Gang.The Lin brothers and the Haisha Gang have been neighbors for so many years, and they always think that the other party is superior in force, and should be inferior to the Sanlin Gang in terms of financial resources. After all, in terms of trade and operation scale, the Sanlin Gang is recognized as stronger than the Haisha Gang , the trade volume is also much higher, but if the Sanlin Gang is required to come up with such a huge amount of cash, it may really be impossible to get it together for a while.

According to the distribution plan agreed in advance, the Haihan Militia, which is the main force of the operation, will receive [-]% of the proceeds, and the accompanying Fujian Ming Army will receive [-]%.And of the [-]% that goes to Hai Han, half will be allocated by the executive committee to the military as special military expenses.Just the current seizures on the Haisha Gang site, the part that the military can get is enough to start building another "Majestic-class" capital ship, and this only took two days.

"As rich as the Haisha Gang, there are at least five or six in the Zhoushan Islands!" Shi Diwen looked at the soldiers busy carrying the silver boxes on board, and said to Qian Tiandun excitedly: "So much money to send Go back, who else will jump out and sing against us in the future!"

Qian Tiandun smiled and said: "Even if you move Jinshan Yinshan back, those who should sing the naysayer will still sing. Even if the naysayers shut up now, someone else will jump out to take over. Where there are people, there will be differences of opinion. , Although we can win battles every time, there will always be people who don't like this way of fighting and killing, and there will definitely be voices of opposition."

"Civilian officials are bad!" Shi Diwen actually understood that what Qian Tiandun said was the real situation. The more brilliant the military's record, the more fearful it would be for the anti-war faction.It is indeed a bit unrealistic to expect to use military exploits to completely silence the anti-war faction.

"Everyone is responsible." Qian Tiandun has a more thorough view of political matters: "Power always needs to be restricted. If there is no restriction, it is easy to go to extremes. Although I am a soldier , but I don't want Haihan to become a complete military regime. It is normal for some people to disagree with the military. Besides, after a few years, when the military wants to use force, even if there are voices of opposition, the executive In the end, the committee will still follow the wishes of the military, and that's enough."

"That's what I said, but I still want our army to conquer more areas as soon as possible!" Shi Diwen sighed: "You and I are already in our early thirties, and now we are in our prime. Two to 30 years. If the current expansion rate is followed, it will be considered good if the Western Pacific region east of the Indian Ocean can be controlled."

"It's hard to say." Qian Tiandun has a different view on this: "Our current development speed is limited, a large part of which is due to the constraints of population. After the population reaches a certain scale, our navigation industry will also show a blowout. Development. Whether it is the population engaged in sailing or our shipbuilding and sailing technology, it will be greatly improved. When our steam-powered ships have the endurance to cross the ocean, the scope of activities will expand accordingly... You are an expert in this regard , I won’t play tricks in front of you.”

Qian Tiandun raised his finger and pointed to the sea to the north: "If we can complete the integration of the waters of the Zhoushan Islands in the first half of the year, then in the second half of the year we can continue to extend the route northward to the Jiaodong Peninsula, and strive to establish a new local stronghold next year , to further control the maritime trade lanes in Northeast Asia.”

Shi Diwen replied: "That depends on how much support the executive committee can give the military. To do what you said, the navy needs at least two additional fleets."

(End of this chapter)