Great Entrepreneur of the Universe

Chapter 246 is so full of martial virtue!

It's another new day. Wang Shouliang went through a simple morning exercise at home and was about to go out to inspect the factory area in Zhabei, Shanghai, when he received a report that the mid-level escort He Dahai was visiting.

Wang Shouliang thought for a while and nodded.

A moment later, while he was drinking tea in the living room on the first floor, he saw He Dahai stepping in and saluting respectfully.

After the simple military salute, He Dahai said quickly, "Report to the boss, I received a tip that someone is forming an organization to deceive and traffic my Chinese compatriots, and sell them as piglets to the ocean. It seems that the destination is South Africa, and they are sold to mine. "

"There are more than 800 young men in this batch, and they should leave the sea from Tianjin Port at the end of February."

He Dahai was once one of the hundreds of dead soldiers in the Battle of Kume Island. He and his comrades sank an island nation's cruiser, and was promoted to the head of the bodyguard based on his merits.

He once took charge of the destroyer Longhushan of the Sihai Escort Bureau. He roamed the sea for more than half a year, robbing and integrating all kinds of island country merchant ships and supply ships, and made a lot of money.

Because in September 1902, he was ambushed by the island nation's fleet and the Longhushan was sunk, and he escaped with a few close associates.

Being punished as a gangster, in addition to having to pay compensation for the many brothers who died, he also had to pay an additional pension in addition to the pension from the escort agency. He was also fined and was not allowed to be promoted for five years without significant contribution.

In the Xiaoliuqiu naval battle in October 02, He Dahai turned into a torpedo boat suicide squad again, hoping to wash away his guilt, but Wang Shouliang personally acted as the sharpshooter in that battle.

When we caught up, the merchant ship over there explained that the Chinese sailor was infected with a serious disease and had to be abandoned for the sake of the health of other crew members.

People like He Dahai, who have been working as mid-level escorts for a long time, are encounters between ships. The other party's ship is flying the North American flag. There are many sailors or escorts from the Four Seas Escort Agency who may have noticed something is wrong, but whether they should make a move or not Semaphore tells North American merchant ships to stop for inspection...

Wang Shouliang nodded, "You did a good job. If everything goes well this time, as long as you rescue 300 compatriots, I will promote you to a senior bodyguard."

But as Chinese, not many people will really regard those compatriots who were deceived and kidnapped as real commodities. The Chinese compatriots on a ship are completely different in nature from the oil, rubber, armored steel, etc. on a ship. of.

How profitable is the Hua Gong businessman trade? ?

For European and American capital, it is more valuable and more profitable than the black slave trade.

But under normal circumstances, a large man-carrying ship can handle more than 800 Chinese workers. After all, man-carrying ships never follow the order of battle, and a large ship is fully equipped with hundreds of people.

They are trafficked almost all over the world.

In the end, He Dahai had no other achievements except cooperating with his comrades to sink a Japanese torpedo boat, which was just a reward of some money after the war.

From the beginning of the Crow War to the end of the Qing Dynasty, Chinese workers were sold as slaves to mine owners and plantation lords in Southeast Asia, and then to North America, Latin America, Oceania, and so on.

This is how salvation is achieved! !

"This is not just a ship transporting Chinese workers."

Lao He, who returned to work as a gangster, went to sea with the fleet, captured and captured a man-carrying ship that was deceived by a ghost, and rescued hundreds of Chinese workers who were deceived and kidnapped.

In short, on the surface, it is not certain that it is a man-carrying ship and not a serious merchant ship!

It is normal for the escort chiefs and escort masters to hesitate. Everyone knows that the maritime power of the Sihai Escort Bureau is not weak, but there is already a certain pressure to conquer an island country.

At that time, there were also some scattered Chinese sailors wearing sailor uniforms on the ship, explaining and covering up the North American ghosts, whether they were motivated by profit or forced to do nothing.

"I never had the opportunity before, and I didn't know what a significant contribution would be."

He Dahai inquired about the people-carrying ship departing from Jinmen Port. This batch should be more than 800 compatriots who were kidnapped and deceived.

Chinese workers... This is a type of work that has a history of blood and tears in modern history.

Three large island nation ships were destroyed at the beginning.

If nothing inappropriate is found after forcing the other party to board the ship and search, North America puts pressure on the escort agency and negotiates, he will be fully responsible...

To the northwest of Suguo Island, when Wang Shouliang was sitting on the Xihai with a displacement of more than 7,000 tons, using his binoculars to look at the large chimneys with upward smoke at the end of the distance, he immediately said to the messenger beside him, "Inform me. Advance at full speed and stop the fleet ahead!"

At the end of last year, He Dahai's ship accidentally encountered such a people-selling ship, and he was just a grassroots tripper.

From October 1902 to the end of 10.

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When the messenger quickly ran to do the work, Wang Shouliang also put down the telescope and said with emotion, "Have you caught a big fish?"

As for why He Dahai was so brave at that time, it was because before the Sihai Escort ship caught up with the North American merchant ship, it found two Chinese who had been thrown into the sea and drowned.

Under the words of He Dahai.

Wang Shouliang took a sip of tea, then gestured to Xu Si to pour tea for He Dahai, and then said, "Did you use the intelligence department to find out? Or did you spend your own money to find out?"

And he is willing to promise to the captain and senior escorts that he will not be held responsible for any accidents.

After all, Sihai Escort Bureau does not have the ability to build its own ships so far, so it relies on Wang Shouliang, the big boss, to buy them.

From the captain in charge of the ship to the senior escorts and intermediate escorts, there were many things to consider. During the discussion, He Dahai was the first to stand on his own ship and fire a rifle, injuring several people on the other side.

A few days later, March 3nd.

Although, in terms of the values ​​of the earth at this stage, rescuing a ship of hundreds of people by Chinese workers may not be much more expensive than robbing a cargo ship of several hundred tons.

It is inappropriate to have many powerful enemies.

He Dahai finished the tea excitedly and saluted again, "Master, I have been dreaming for more than a year to avenge my shame and make up for my big mistake of allowing the former Qingcheng Mountain to sacrifice more than a hundred brothers."

But after the incident was over, everyone who was on board the ship at the time received at least a reward of 100 black Mexican eagles.

Only then was he re-employed as an intermediate bodyguard.

"So after the rescue operation near Bad Rock Island in November last year, I have been using the wealth I accumulated in the past to collect intelligence from various places."

The action at that time was also an accident. Large ships were sailing on the sea, swaying every day, and not only merchant ships from island countries could encounter them by chance.

"This time it seems that a North American ghost guy named Lao Hu bought Chinese workers for some mine owners in South Africa. He deceived and kidnapped people in the inland cities and villages west of Tianjin."

Regardless of whether North America is a jackal in Yalun's eyes, it cannot be denied that its industrial shipbuilding capabilities are not weak, including that of gun-making on land.

Ships that transport people often keep Chinese workers in the cabin like a pack of rats. They often don't see the light of day, and there is not much water and food. The environment is extremely bad.

Even though the Shikishima-class battleship has a displacement of 15,000 tons and only has a full combat order of 700 or 800 people, it is normal for a human transport ship, any wooden armed merchant ship of 2,000 to 3,000 tons to transport 400 to 500 people.

Before Wang Shouliang went to sea, he asked the Intelligence Department of the Sihai Escort Bureau to investigate the ship that also went to sea from Jinmen, and it was escorting two thousand Chinese workers who were defrauded.

The news is more accurate than that of He Dahai.

But at the end of the sight of the telescope ahead, there are several wooden armed merchant ships and three steel ocean freighters. The three freighters have a displacement of more than 10,000 tons and are equipped with ordinary artillery.

The advantage of the big ship Xihai compared to its opponent is that it only has four more twin-mounted 305MM main guns. Putting aside these two main gun turrets, the other guns are not much larger than the muzzle diameter of the -ton freighter.

What is even more speechless is that all the ships in that small fleet are flying the Hans Cat flag.

While Wang Shouliang was thinking, He Dahai quickly ran from the side of the deck, "Big shopkeeper, there is a big intelligence mistake. We won't fall into the trap, right?"

"Hell, how come there is such a big armed steel freighter??"

Wang Shouliang smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry, if only the Xihai comes, it's hard to say whether it will be an opportunity or a crisis."

"With me here, don't be afraid."

"The biggest difference between a battleship and a steel freighter is that even if a steel freighter is temporarily equipped with artillery, apart from the fact that it cannot be equipped with a 305MM heavy gun, it does not have armored steel all over the hull."

"Keep going, what you caught this time is not a small fish!"

No problem, a steel freighter with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons looks scary, but as long as it is not equipped with thick armored steel in the conning tower, turret, deck, waterline, etc., then this freighter is still a freighter!

Where did the freighter get its steel bunker-style turret?

This is not the same level of combat effectiveness as a regular battleship.

As for the picric acid shells... at this stage, picric acid is only used in the Yanlun Navy.

Even French and Hans cats are not many.

As for island countries? The island country has already gone to war with the Mao Xiong, and all picric acid is concentrated in the Tsushima Strait with the highest priority.

He didn't know who came up with the bad idea to fly the Hans Cat Navy flag, but in fact it was probably a North American ghost guy headed by Old Hu who built several people-carrying ships to sell and transport 2000 Chinese workers.

Three steel merchant ships with tens of thousands of tons of steel may have accidentally colluded with Lao Hu.

Originally, after Wang Shouliang learned the whereabouts of this batch of people-carrying ships, he did not take his own Sihai, but switched to the Xihai because he was afraid that the Sihai would scare people.

As soon as he appeared on the scene, he scared the opponent's ships and fled in all directions.

It seems like we got a little surprise this time? ?

When the Xihai moved forward at full speed and was finally included in the observation range of the other party, the Xihai quickly signaled and ordered the other party to stop the ship and undergo inspection.

The other side quickly called back with a signal saying that they were the Hans Cat Caravan and the Sihai Escort Agency had no right to issue orders.

While chasing each other, Wang Shouliang himself reached the 150MM breech secondary gun and fired decisively...

Even if this is a 150MM secondary gun, it does not use picric acid shells, but the 150MM is really not a small gun, a big ship cannon, a big ship cannon!

The 150MM of this era is already a super heavy artillery on land.

That is to say, for large ships, a 305MM caliber shell weighing 390 kilograms is the caliber and axiom!

When the 150MM shell flew more than ten kilometers and directly hit the deck of a steel freighter, it caused a crowd of people to fall on their backs...

Before Wang Shouliang could fire the second secondary gun.

In the small fleet ahead, several wooden armed merchant ships raised white flags.

Three steel merchant ships began to escape!

Regardless of whether it is Yin Lun, Hans Cat or the current North America and France, when encountering the armed forces of the Four Seas Escort Bureau flying flags, there is really no need to flee directly.

Wang Shouliang entered a twin-mounted 305MM turret, and hit a steel merchant ship with a single shelling, tearing a large hole in the waterline, causing seawater to pour in crazily.

If he hadn't intentionally controlled it, then the two cannons would have hit it together. Even if it wouldn't completely sink it, it would seriously injure the opponent and lose his ability to escape.

That's it, it's still cotton gunpowder shells, not picric acid.

Again, a steel freighter without an armored belt is two different species from a battleship. Cotton gunpowder shells are also shells weighing 390 kilograms! !

If you don't have 200 or 300MM armor steel coverage, you're looking for death if you encounter one.

The three escaping steel merchant ships also gradually raised their white flags and began to slow down and berth.

As the Xihai continued to approach, Wang Shouliang not only stood behind a 150MM secondary gun, but also asked the auxiliary artillery to replace it with picric acid shells. He also ordered the entire Xihai to make a surprise attack once the opponent counterattacked at close range.

Use picric acid directly to sink the rebels!

No matter how small the caliber of the makeshift artillery on the three steel merchant ships was, once each other's ships came within a kilometer or two of each other, they would start shooting at each other's faces.

He will not let the other party use delaying tactics such as false surrender, causing him heavy losses.

Things did not go beyond Wang Shouliang's expectation. When the Xihai entered the two-kilometer range, three steel merchant ships and several temporarily equipped 150MM artillery opened fire directly on the Xihai.

"Fire!!"

With an order, Wang Shouliang controlled the picric acid bomb attack, as well as four 75MM Krupp cannons and 37MM machine guns, all firing at the same time, picric acid bombs one after another.

The 10,000-ton steel merchant ship that exploded within tens of seconds was torn into pieces and began to sink rapidly.

all of a sudden.

The other boats that were still floating had more white flags raised!

By this time, Wang Shouliang had already passed a close distance and discovered that the sailors and gunners on several steel merchant ships were basically Asians, or more accurately, islanders!

No wonder.

After he left the artillery, he walked on the deck carrying an imitation Mauser M1898 and Jiachen 1904 long rifle produced by the Pearl River Ordnance Factory, and an armed belt filled with magazines.

The Xihai is also approaching the big ships faster.

When everyone was within one kilometer, Wang Shouliang directly held the Jiachen 1904 long rifle and walked on the undulating deck. He fired one shot at a time, directly hitting the Japanese gunners on the steel merchant ships one by one.

Even though the effective range of the Mauser 1898 is limited, usually around seven or eight hundred meters, when Wang Shouliang takes action himself, he is the world's strongest marksman and gun king.

The Jiachen 1904 long rifle in his hand that fires continuously and seamlessly changes magazines is really more effective than most snipers who use their epoch-making sniper rifles.

Japs, no matter what these Japs steel merchant ships are escorting.

Now everyone’s surname is Wang and Sihai Escort Bureau. The Sihai Escort Agency in this era is so full of martial virtue!

While Wang Shouliang was explaining the martial ethics of the Four Seas, the ghost sailors, ship owners, and merchants on several wooden armed merchant ships were shivering and hugging each other to keep each other warm.

Watching Wang Shouliang's performance on the Xihai and watching the figures on the Japanese ship being named and having their heads shot, I was almost scared to death.

Xihai is a Zhenyuan class with a displacement of more than 7000 tons. Its biggest advantage is armored steel and a twin-mounted 305MM heavy artillery turret!

From the moment of contact, the Xihai's artillery hit rate, the power of the artillery explosion, and the hit rate of Shopkeeper Wang who was named and shot on the floating sea were all too abnormal.

(ps: I wish all brothers and sisters family harmony, success, good health and long life~)

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