Big Ear Thief Selling Straw Sandals

Chapter 288 Fisherman Jiang Sanlang, the opening match in Jiujiang

Off the coast of Japan, fishermen who got up early leisurely cast their nets to catch fish.

Since the arrival of the Han governor, the lives of the fishermen have completely changed.

In the past, fishermen were at the bottom. They could only eat delicious rice dumplings during festivals and festivals.

Fishermen wear almost no clothes, not even their children, and women do not wear any clothes when working at home. The only set of clothes in the house is the dress worn by the head of the family to attend clan sacrifices.

Okamoto Esaburo has been very happy recently. He married a wife half a year ago, and she recently became pregnant. All the relatives and friends at home came to congratulate them with gifts, such as Han Dynasty Golden Buddha, Sanhan silver jewelry, and even Xianbei cheese and authentic forest. Yi brown sugar is expensive.

Jiang Sanlang's parents said with emotion: "I have never heard of these things in the past, and I dare not even think about them. Your generation is living a good life!"

In fact, Esaburo has been remembering things since he was a child.

In the past, kings, dignitaries, and warriors bullied the common people, and no one dared to resist.

All the fish they earned and caught were taken away by them. The poor will always be poor, the same for generations to come.

But the Han people came, defeated the king and the powerful, distributed land to the poor, and distributed rice porridge for free in bad years.

Repair docks, build factories, and recruit people to mine on Jinshan Island. The wages paid are extremely high.

Of course, mining involves risks. The government said during the recruitment process that the mortality rate is 5.00%. They also advised applicants to go home and think carefully about it and negotiate with their families.

As the war in Japan subsided, the tax revenue decreased by [-]% every year.

Now, you only need to pay 5.00% every year, and you declare and pay it yourself. If you don’t want to pay it, no one will urge you to do it.

The government will make a detailed public announcement of the food expenditures collected every year, such as welfare homes for the elderly and children, and families affected by disasters or needy. In short, they are basically used for social welfare, so farmers voluntarily pay the food.

In addition to being consumed at home, the grain produced by farmers can also be sold in the market. However, some people learned how to make wine and collected grain to set up breweries and made a fortune.

But Esaburo would rather be a fisherman. Every time he goes to sea on a fishing boat, he imagines that one day he will become the Pirate King or Captain Jack Sparrow.

Dominate the four oceans.

This is another "pirate fan".

But Jiang Sanlang failed to realize his dream after all. Instead, he married a wife and had children. This may be the case for the rest of his life.

Although Esaburo cannot be a pirate, his boating and swimming skills are the best in the fishing village, including diving for ginseng.

Therefore, he usually goes farther from the shore than other fishermen and catches bigger fish. Today he decided to change the direction and go farther.

When he turned around an island and reef, he suddenly found an extra-large sea ship floating alone on the sea.

Strange, whose ship would come here?
He sailed his boat up to it.

Wow, although this ship is a bit shabby, it is more than three times larger than Esaburo's ship.

"Hey, anyone?"

There was no sound and no one showed up.

He changed to Chinese and shouted again, but still no one answered.

Wasn't it robbed by pirates?

Esaburo threw out the grappling hook, climbed onto the deck of the ship, took out his short knife and looked carefully.

There was nothing on the deck cockpit and it looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.

He shouted to the bottom cabin, went down and turned around, and found a lot of sand and soil piled up in the cabin.

Who would use sea ships to load sand and soil?

Puzzled, he could only return to the deck. Suddenly, he heard a very strange sound, like a dolphin swimming at high speed underwater.

Then, the entire ship shook suddenly, and then he intuitively flew out in the clouds.

"Oh!"

His back hit the water, and the huge impact made him unconscious.

The ten-meter-long ship was broken into two pieces and gradually sank to the bottom of the sea in the light of the fire.

"Hey, why is there someone flying? Damn it! Really, there is a small fishing boat, go up and rescue people! Ask the Coast Guard, who is responsible for the alert?"

One day later, Esaburo Okamoto woke up leisurely and found that he was admitted to the Coast Guard General Hospital.

A female officer from the Coast Guard came over and told him that due to negligence, he was accidentally injured and the fishing boat was damaged, so she apologized to him and compensated him.

At the same time, she expressed curiosity about why he appeared near the islands and reefs far away from the coast. She was obviously very interested when she learned that Esaburo was good at driving and swimming.

Esaburo was only knocked unconscious by the impact, and no other injuries have been found so far.

However, the female police officer said that no matter what health problems arise in the future, she can come to the Coast Guard General Hospital for free treatment.

Finally, she tried to ask if she would like to join the navy?
Esaburo Okamoto asked casually: "Isn't this year's naval recruitment over?"

The female police officer smiled awkwardly, handed him a contact card, and said, "It's a confidential naval unit. You can't disclose it until you join. You should think about it again."

After the doctor's examination, he believed that there was basically no problem and Jiang Saburo could be discharged from the hospital.

Esaburo saw his fishing boat. It was indeed damaged in many places, but the problems were not major.

There are two types of compensation from the Coast Guard. One is to pay the full price, and the fishing boat belongs to the Coast Guard; the other is to pay half the price, and the fishing boat still belongs to Esaburo.

Jiang Saburo chose the latter option and could obviously make a fortune.

In the end, with the help of the female police officer, Jiang Sanlang successfully returned home with compensation and lost wages.

The Okamoto family was very anxious when they saw Esaburo returning depressedly, the boat still in tatters, thinking that he had encountered a storm.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Sanlang opened the package, took out a lot of money, and told the whole story.

That night, Jiang Sanlang tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

He finally climbed up quietly and came to the courtyard. The moonlight was like water, warm and bright.

He thought of the heroic female police officer. He felt that she had an indescribable attraction to her, as if there was a calling from somewhere that required him to go.

Over breakfast he finally made his decision.

"I don't want to fish anymore."

Mom asked with concern: "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? How many days do you need to rest?"

"No. I don't want to fish anymore."

The father glared and scolded: "My grandfather is a fisherman, your grandfather is a fisherman, and I am also a fisherman. Why don't you want to go to heaven if you are not a fisherman? After a few days of food, you don't know your last name? I interrupt you again. legs!"

"If you beat me to death, I won't be a fisherman anymore!"

The wife did not dare to speak, was very worried, and did not know how to deal with it.

The father picked up the pipe and pot and was about to teach the disobedient son a lesson, but his mother stopped him.

"Sanlang, if you don't fish, what can you do?" "I want to join the navy!"

Oh!
Joining the navy is an honorable thing, and the income is no worse than that of fishermen. However, the recruitment ends in the first half of the year, and we can only wait until next spring.

My father took back his pipe and pot, his expression softened, and he said, "You can join the army, but the conscription is still half a year away. If you don't work, what will you eat?"

Jiang Sanlang said: "It's a secret unit. You can join once you get there. Don't wait."

"What secret unit? Don't let others lie to you!"

No matter what, Okamoto Esaburo, who planned to see a new world, finally joined the secret navy unit and became a glorious naval soldier.

Training, training, intense training!

After three months of intensive training, Okamoto Esaburo became one of the newest and most special arms members of the Navy, a frogman, with outstanding performance beyond ordinary people.

When he first arrived at his base, the questions that had been lingering in his mind were answered.

Wild geese fly from the north to the south, the autumn wind rises, and the heaven and earth are desolate.

The 23-strong army marched southward, their chariots and horses galloping, looking out for the world.

Along the way, people rushed to see the Han army and lined the streets to welcome and send them off.

The army moved quickly, and the vanguard went straight to Yangzhou.

Yuan Shu wore a military uniform and beat drums to swear an oath.

He publicly claimed that the three lines of defense were impregnable and could definitely resist for three months. By then, the veterans of the Northern Army Division would be exhausted and annihilated in one fell swoop.

However, things were not what he imagined. On the first line of defense, the Northern Army hit dozens of cannons and bombed them indiscriminately, flattening almost all the fortifications.

For about two hours, a large number of tanks lined up and rumbled to attack.

The Northern Army's assault troops followed behind and penetrated into the defense line through the gap opened. In an instant, all the southern front-line troops were defeated.

The frontline commander felt that the opportunity was too late and ordered tanks and infantry to pursue them.

In less than five hours, the second line of defense also collapsed. Tens of thousands of troops in the south of the Yangtze River abandoned their positions and fled to the rear like a flood.

On the nearby high ground, Zhuge Liang, Sun Ce, Zhuge Jin, Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, Huang Zu and the observation group were surprised and helpless when they discovered that the Arctic Army had broken through both lines of defense in just half a day.

The Northern Army was technologically advanced and had abundant manpower and property. Their strategies and tactics were easy to implement. They immediately opened up their posture and beat the crap out of the Jiujiang defenders.

War is the best catalyst, and the battlefield is the best stage for truth testing.

Compared with the Yong Army, the Jiujiang Army's combat philosophy is very backward and is completely out of the same era.

After taking the second line of defense, although there was still an hour before nightfall, Yong's army did not continue the attack. Instead, they swept the battlefield and consolidated the defense line.

Sun Ce sighed: "It is as fast as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, and as motionless as a mountain. The Northern Army does not play tricks on the battlefield. Such an opponent is too terrifying. It is unreasonable for Jiujiang to be undefeated."

Huang Zu had a feud with Sun Jian before, but after Sun Cao united, he temporarily put aside his prejudices and came all the way to help in the battle.

"The Northern Army is armed to the teeth and is firing artillery fire at every turn. If calculated on a per-capita basis, almost everyone can get one. How can we fight this? Who can afford it?"

Zhuge Jin nodded and said, "That's right, it's like the stock market. If you have more money, you will have less money. If you have money, you will have the last laugh. If you don't have money, you will only die if you surrender."

Cai Hao felt that everyone was too pessimistic and said: "It is certain that the Northern Army is strong, but that does not mean that there is no way to defeat them. I estimate that there may be a good show tonight."

Zhuge Liang immediately shook his head and said, "No chance."

Cai Mao heard about Zhuge Liang's deeds, but thought it was just a flash of inspiration from the kid, and asked, "I guess Jiujiang will counterattack on a large scale tonight."

"This is possible, but that's all. The Northern Army is fighting steadily according to the drill, but the defenses in Jiujiang are weak, and the attack will not be strong. Maybe it is just what the Northern Army's frontline commander expected, that way , Jiujiang’s morale is over.”

Cai Hao was secretly frightened and asked further: "In a close combat at night, no matter how strong the Northern Army is, it won't be that strong, right?"

"I once read a paper in "Science and Experiment" about an experiment that magnesium and aluminum can produce high light and high heat. It is said that the Northern Army spent a lot of money to buy this patent. Guess what they used it for?"

Zhuge Jin had also read that report, but didn't think about it. Hearing his brother mention it, he asked curiously: "What will they use it for? New explosives?"

Zhuge Liang nodded, raised his eyes, and said slowly: "Well, maybe. But I was wondering, what would be the effect if this kind of ammunition was launched into the air at night?"

Cai Hao trembled all over, and the high heat and high light were like fireworks lighting up the night sky, like that...

The Jiujiang army launched a night attack. Suddenly, the sky was filled with searchlights, and it was going to be a massacre.

For the sake of mutual aid between friendly forces, Cai Mao sent someone to inform Yuan Shu that the Northern Army might have night lighting equipment, so be careful with night attacks.

However, late at night, fierce fighting broke out on the second line of defense.

The observation group climbed to a high place and saw a large number of Jiujiang County soldiers exposed to flares. Bullets fired from machine guns and rifles on the Northern Army's position rained down on their opponents like a torrential rain.

Sun Ce glanced at it and concluded that Jiujiang had sent at least 6000 men, but the large-scale attack could not effectively concentrate on one point, and their sacrifices were in vain.

The flares like meteors in mid-air are like the eyes of death, watching human lives being harvested and trampled.

Cai Mao looked at Zhuge Liang and sighed: "Kong Ming's words are true. The highway is too conceited. This battle in Jiujiang will be troublesome!"

Sun Ce asked tentatively: "Mr. Kong Ming, do you have a way to defeat the enemy?"

"The Jiujiang battlefield cannot be defended, but it consumes effective strength and slows down the offensive speed of the Northern Army. We can use suspicious troops to distinguish the true from the false and the true from the false. The opponent will not be able to tell the difference, so they will not dare to make a large-scale attack. Then send out elites to harass the food roads and encourage them to attack." Heavy troop escort can slightly relieve the frontline troops."

Sun Ce thought it made sense and ordered it to be implemented.

At dawn, in front of the second-line position, the Jiujiang army left a total of more than 2000 corpses, which was a waste of money.

Yong's army was not arrogant in victory nor discouraged in defeat. After breakfast, they advanced steadily, using machine gun fire to reconnoiter all suspicious locations along the way.

In front of the third line of defense, Yong's army is still doing its old routine.

The artillery fired first, blowing up at least some of the artillery pieces after the infantry tanks charged. After breaking through a point, they quickly interspersed and quickly separated, completely disrupting the opponent's organizational intentions.

Although thousands of casualties were incurred yesterday, the Jiujiang army's morale is even lower today and its defense is half-hearted.

Everyone knows that Yong Jun is a paper tiger that really bites people, and Jiujiang County soldiers are no exception.

Most of the soldiers in Jiujiang County are farmers and have participated in several rounds of military training and reserve service, but after all they are not a regular army. In recent years, there have been no bandits or disasters.

Being suddenly drawn into the battlefield, the boss was already unhappy. Now that the enemy is winning continuously and our own side is suffering setbacks one after another, how can we still have much fighting spirit?

As the fighting continued, many county soldiers disappeared, and a considerable number of soldiers fled.

When the tanks rushed to the defensive position, the Jiujiang defenders once again fled quickly.

It's not that our army is incompetent, it's because the Northern Army is too strong and sharp.

With this escape, Jiujiang City was completely exposed to the gunfire of the Northern Army.

Yuan Shu began to panic and desperately asked Sun Ce, Cai Mao and others for help, hoping that friendly forces would help his brothers.

Sun Ce agreed with him that if Jiujiang held firm for three days, the Wu army's subsequent large forces would surely arrive.

Cai Mao said: "If you can't hold it, leave. Don't force yourself to the top. It's too easy for cannons to open the city gates and walls...keep your strength alive!"

(End of this chapter)