Chapter 218 Under the Sea of the Southern Ocean
The lush rainforest covers Palawan Island. If you can look down from the sky, the narrow island that divides the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea is like a huge green gem lying on the sea.
The dilapidated Taitai Port has also been rehabilitated and walked inward. The former pirate stone castle has completely changed. Not only has the place where it was collapsed by explosives last time has been repaired, but also a large number of houses and secret whistles have been added.
It is said that the natives within dozens of miles near Taitai, Palawan Island, can't even see the scum now. Yonglun is not the first time to come here, but he can't help but be secretly shocked. Unexpectedly, after the second-rate small water village was annexed by Luo Sanniang, it developed to such a scale, especially when he saw the two installations of the village gate. Two Maxim machine guns and four 75mm legal cannons made his eyelids jump violently.
"Yongda, why did you come in person this time?"
"It's Zheng San. I heard that you are the deputy owner here now." Yonglun narrowed his eyes and glanced at the machine guns and cannons in the two parts of the Zhaimen. He smiled and said, "All machine guns and cannons are used."
"Ha ha, isn't this the blessing of the head of the family?" Zheng San smiled and said, "Our fish head gang is just a little fight, which can't be compared with you."
"Nonsense. I don't have these good things." Yonglun pointed to a few cannons and suddenly said, "Zheng San, I don't think I will change the silver this time. How about giving me two cannons?"
Zheng San's eyelids jumped, and he immediately made a mistake.
This Yonglun is not an ordinary person. I heard that his father had been under the big pirate Zhang Baozai. Later, after Zhang Baozai was besieged by the Qing Dynasty and the United Kingdom, he took dozens of boats to Vietnam from the coast of the Qing Dynasty. Later, he went to the island of Sumatra. I heard that there are hundreds of ships under him now, which are Nanyang. The area is the best water village.
In the past, Zheng San must have been willing to go online with such a person, but now it is different. That night, more than a dozen masters, except for themselves, were all killed by the Pacific Army and Luo Sanniang. They still left a small life because they made friends with Luo Sanniang and did not participate in the business.
Although the people in the water village are thriving and their strength has soared at this moment, everyone knows that the Yutou Gang has long been gone. Now there is only the strange name of the Nanyang Special Action Team, which is now the credit of others. What's more, there are still hundreds of people stationed in the village at this moment. These machine guns and cannons are also controlled by others. , I'm just for a lively meal.
Seeing that Zheng San didn't say anything, Yonglun also guessed that the other party might have difficulties. What's more, he just casually asked and wanted to find out the details. He immediately turned his smiling face and patted Zheng San's shoulder and said, "Come on, don't give me a sad face. I don't want this cannon machine gun, but this time I brought the person. You have to give me a good price."
Hearing that Yonglun brought someone here, Zheng San's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly bowed his head and complimented, "How dare I not give a good price for the goods in charge of Yongda?"
"Ha ha, that's good. Let's go and inspect the goods."
After saying that, he looked at a few more cannons and snibbed his lips before walking to the dock with Zheng San.
When he got to the dock, Zheng San couldn't help but be shocked. In addition to four or five ships leaning against the shore, there were still seventeen or eighteen three-masted sailboats waiting to enter the port on the sea behind. If he didn't know this situation, he thought that someone wanted to attack the water village. Yonglun's men were constantly driving the nervous and ragged natives down from the cabin, and even the deck was full of natives!
"Yongda is in charge, you are a big deal!"
"Ha ha, where is it?" Zheng San's surprised expression made Yonglun couldn't help but be complacent. He laughed and said, "It's hard for me, Yonglun. As long as the head of your family is willing to open up, I can get it no matter how much."
"Open, of course it's open." Zheng San quickly patted his chest and promised that the number given by the north could not be satisfied by 100,000 or 80,000 yuan. Of course, the more the better.
Hearing Zheng San's affirmative pat on the chest, Yonglun was surprised. You know, since half a year ago, it was rumored that the fish head gang bought the natives, and also offered a man's two taels of silver, and a woman's price of silver. All the water villages in the sea area of Nanyang were almost crazy. They didn't even do business, and specially went to the islands of Luzon. Catch those unarmed natives to sell money.
According to the eye reward, the fish head gang has collected at least 100,000 yuan in the past six months, which has made the water villages in this area make a lot of money. Even the water villages that eat near Sumatra Island are greedy to bring people to sell. Unexpectedly, they still accept it, so he deliberately gathered soldiers and horses to catch tens of thousands of people this time. He thought they would He couldn't eat it. Unexpectedly, he was still open, which made him a little hot-eyed.
Who is this big buyer? Although the price is not too high, there is nothing in Nanyang, but there are so many locals. On an isolated island, I don't know what is in the rainforest. For the pirates who fight for wealth with their lives in peace, it is far more convenient to catch these unarmed strong men than to carry their heads to do business.
If you really continue to open the harvest, it is estimated that it won't take a year, at least a million!
That requires at least millions of taels of silver!
Such a big deal, no wonder the Fish Head Gang can not only recover the neighboring water villages, but also equip them with machine guns and cannons. It turns out that they are not short of money! Thinking of this, a sharp look flashed through Yonglun's eyes, and an idea suddenly rose. You know, he came to 20 ships this time, if...?!
Zheng San has no other ability, but he is an connounist. Otherwise, he can't survive in this ocean. Therefore, when he saw Yonglun suddenly stopped talking, his smile changed a little. He laughed at Yonglun from the bottom of his heart, but although he was not afraid of the other party, it was not a way to make trouble, so he immediately talked to his subordinates behind him. Make a look.
After a while, he only heard the noise around him. Yonglun quickly turned his head and looked around. He saw hundreds of men in uniform thick blue clothes and trousers and cold faces with guns on their backs, especially the whole eight machine guns they dragged out, which almost made Yonglun fall into the sea.
"Zheng San, this is..." Looking at the yellow bullet belt on the machine gun, Yonglun was so scared that he swallowed and hurriedly asked.
"Oh, they." Zheng San smiled proudly: "Don't be nervous, big head. Didn't you send a lot of people? It's not good if it's messy. Isn't it hard for the brothers to take care of it?"
Yonglun pulled the corners of his lips twice and said that he was lucky. If he had been biased just now, I'm afraid he would have fallen here. He laughed a few times: "Ha ha, so that's it. I don't know if Luo Da's head is there? Yonglun hasn't visited yet.
Zheng San hurriedly smiled and said, "The big head went to sea to do business. I'm afraid that the head of Yongda will come for nothing this time."
"Do business?!" Yonglun didn't understand. The Fish Head Gang opened up the locals so much. Obviously, it was a big deal to fight gold. Why did he risk his life to do business?
Not to mention that Yonglun, who came to Taitai, can't figure it out, even many people who went to sea with Luo Sanniang didn't understand why they didn't continue to do the business of grabbing heads after cleaning up the natives near Palawan Island, and still came out to work hard?
On the blue sea, seven or eight small boats quietly docked on the sea. The bandits, who had become soldiers of the special operations team, sat on the deck one by one, talking about the recent hot business of the eartheners, while looking at the iron-shell gunboat in the middle of the fleet.
In the gunboat, Luo Sanniang sat in the quiet room specially designed for her, slightly sideways, looked at half of the cheeks kissed by Li Mo in the mirror, and shook her teeth gently.
"Light prodigal son!" Luo Sanniang bit her teeth and cursed secretly, but her cheeks involuntarily turned red. She was scolding a few more words. Suddenly, a few drops from the cabin next door made her quickly put away her teeth comb and coiled her hair. As soon as she inserted the silver hairpin, she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in."
"Third sister." The hatch opened, and the young man came in. Seeing Luo Sanniang, he quickly said, "Mr. Yan turned Qiangzi's telegram over."
"Really? Say it quickly, Qiangzi, what did Qiangzi say? Hearing the telegram from her younger brother, Luo Sanniang's eyes lit up. In addition, the harp and their siblings were all partners who escaped together in those years. They were as close as family members and confidants, so they did not shy away.
The bully smiled and scratched his head and said, "The strong man said that he is no longer in Ryukyu now, but has gone to Lushun."
"Go to Lushun! Why not?! Didn't that bastard say that Qiangzi would not go to war?!" Before she finished reading, Luo Sanniang quickly interrupted him. You know, Lu Shun is fighting a war. Isn't it too dangerous for his brother to go?
Seeing Luo Sanniang's gritting her teeth, the thie smiled secretly and quickly comforted, "Third sister, don't worry, Qiangzi said that their Pacific Army has defeated Russia and destroyed all their sailors. At present, Liaodong, Jilin and Heilongjiang are already their territory."
"What!" Luo Sanniang suddenly stood up, covering her red lips with a face of disbelief. You know, even Mr. Yan sighed and worried to death every day when he came from Russia. It's only a few days! Unexpectedly, it was defeated? It not only destroyed all the sailors, but also occupied the whole northeast!
Not to mention Luo Sanniang, even the hus are full of excitement. Although he was a little reluctant to be under the jurisdiction of others at the beginning, with the continuous delivery of a large number of weapons and equipment, he has been loosened. Now this Hehe battle report makes his eyes shine with stars. He can't help but smacking at the strength of the Pacific Army, and also against Luo Qiang. I am envious of the honor to participate in it.
A man can only show his true colors when he makes contributions. If he hadn't been entrusted by Luo Qiang to guard San Niang, he would have couldn't help joining the Pacific Army!
" Qiang Zi said that he has now become a new platoon leader, in charge of No. 20. He said that he would work hard and strive to be the battalion commander of the company. Here you..." The phroach read here and suddenly laughed. Seeing this, Luo Sanniang quickly said, "What are you laughing at? What are you giving me?"
"He said he wanted to give you a face on the young master's side, and he couldn't weaken the prestige of the fish head to help the elder sister."
"Well, I have to show off when I'm in charge of more than 20 people. I'm just thinking about it all day long!" Unexpectedly, her younger brother joked like this in the telegram. Luo Sanniang's face turned red. When she saw the harp, she also smiled secretly at the corners of her mouth. She pulled the telegram and said angrily, "Get out of here and do something."
The harper spit out his tongue. Just as he was about to get out of the cabin, he felt that the figure behind him was flashing and full of clothes.
"Chief Staff Officer Zhang, what's the matter?" Seeing someone coming, the hull quickly asked. After hearing this, Luo Sanniang's face quickly returned to cold. Looking at the second lieutenant's staff officer and telegraph administrator sent by Li Mo, she also hurriedly asked.
"The big head of the family, our people are here." Zhang Shofei sent a telegram and continued: "In addition, the sentry in front of you reported that a fleet was coming fifty kilometers away. It was a big fat sheep."
The big fat sheep didn't let the harpoise have any idea, but when he heard that the Pacific Army was coming, the harpoon didn't have time to listen any more. He hurriedly ran to the deck to see how powerful the fleet had just defeated the Russian sailors was, but when he rushed to the deck, he found that it was already surrounded by people, and two were floating in the sea like whales. The large black cylinder on the surface points.
What the hell is this?
Seeing that there were still two people standing in the thick tube standing forward in the middle of the cylinder, the harper was even more puzzled. At this time, Luo Sanniang and Staff Officer Zhang also came to him. The former was also confused by this strange thing. Is this the support force in the telegram that said that it could help him fatten the sheep effortlessly and stir up the Nanyang?
"Ser Staff Officer Zhang, what is this?"
"You will know when the fleet comes to the head of the house." After Staff Officer Zhang smiled and raised his hand to the submarine, countless bubbles suddenly surged around the two submarines. In less than a moment, they slowly sank into the water in everyone's sight, leaving only a ventilation chimney of less than one meter still exposed to the water.
The pirates were stunned and couldn't figure out what this was. They could actually dive under the water.
In everyone's gaze, two dark shadows slowly slid through the fleet under the clear water. With a thin iron buoy floating behind the shadow's buttocks, they quickly disappeared from the field of vision. When the sea ship carrying them in the distance gradually withdrew from the water, Staff Officer Zhang quickly came to Luo Sanniang and said, "Master, it's time for us to go."
Luo Sanniang withdrew her curious eyes and ordered to set sail. At the same time, she also wanted to see what the mystery of that man was. When she sent two strange things, she dared to say that she wanted to fall into Nanyang, and she was not afraid to let herself listen to his command!
Well, I want to see what's so powerful these two strange things!
Under the sea, Qin Shou quickly turned back to the periscope, removed the camera from Luo Sanniang's charming cheeks, and turned the corners of his mouth. No wonder last time someone said that the young master always talked about this mother and that mother, it was indeed...
With a smile, Qin Shou ordered to take back the periscope and checked the information he had just received.
From the intelligence, this is a large fleet of 16 cargo ships. Of course, if it's just the fleet, he is not interested. The most important thing is that there are two gunboats in it, one of which is British!
It is necessary to fight, otherwise you will run so far for nothing, but be careful when the British arrive. In case the other party runs away, the secret of the submarine will not be kept.
Thinking of this, Qin Shou gritted his teeth and decided to take a risk for the success of the first battle. He patted the telegraph officer and said, "Tell the No. 2 boat that I came to fight the British. He dealt with the Spanish gunboats and told them to make the distance as close as possible and make sure that you hit with one hit."
"Yes." -
The bright sunshine made Sandro, who was on the deck on guard, take a breath. Although pirates in this area have been rampant very frequently during this period, and he often rushed inland to arrest locals. All countries asked the ships passing here to be careful, but he didn't care, because so far there has been no report that the pirates would Attack on Spanish ships.
What's more, there are two escort gunboats in the fleet, one of which is the British [***] ship that accompanies here. Although the machine guns they are equipped with are unable to deal with the warships, they are enough to tear up the wooden sailboats of the yellow monkeys.
Sandro waved to the Spanish gunboat escorting the fleet in the distance. In a while, he could reach the beautiful Philippines. I heard that the women there were very good, so I didn't know how many I could enjoy during the loading period.
Thinking of women, he seemed to feel hot all over. This damn fleet, starting from Spain, then detoured France to load the goods to the West Indies and the Philippines, drifted for more than two months, nestling in the cabin for a long time, chewing black bread every day, which is really hard to say.
This time, you must take the opportunity to get off the boat and relax!
Sandro held a gun in his arms and sat on the ventilation pipe, fantasizing about the relaxing scene of arriving in the Philippines. As soon as a silver smile appeared on the corners of his mouth, he was suddenly attracted by a black spot in the distance.
Is it a shark with its dorsal fins exposed?
Looking at the black dot leaning towards the fleet little by little, Sandro slowly stood up. Unfortunately, he didn't have a telescope at hand and didn't know what it was. At first, he was not worried, but as the black dot got closer and closer, an inexplicable irritation suddenly surged in his heart.
Suddenly, a few shouts came from the front along the sea breeze. Sandro looked at it quickly. He saw several people pointing to the sea on the cargo ship leading in the distance. He looked at it quickly. Although it was far away, he could faintly see the same black spot.
Irritated but turned into deep uneasiness, Sandro quickly raised his gun and aimed at the black dot in front of him, but when the escorted gunboat gradually formed a T-shaped with the black dot, he suddenly opened his mouth.
"No. 1 torpedo tube launch!"
"No. 2 Torpedo tube launch!"
"Left rudder!"
"Everyone is ready to attack!"
As the body of the British gunboat in the camera became bigger and bigger, Qin Shou decisively issued an order to fire. Suddenly, with the thin bangs of compressed air in front of him, the small submarine shook twice, and everyone held their breath, because everyone knew that it was the unique rhythm when the torpedo rushed out of the launch tube.
Qin Shou grasped the handle of the periscope. At the other end of the lens, black torpedoes loomed in the two white tails, rushing towards the British gunboat like a sharp arrow from the string.
Through the periscope, he could clearly see the picture of the British sailors on the gunboat looking at the rapidly approaching torpedo for a moment and then suddenly exploded like a bird.
"Quick, fast, fast!"
Seeing the torpedo getting closer and closer, Qin Shou couldn't wait to shout. With his voice, the sailors were also nervous one by one, and secretly asked the God Buddha to bless the submarine troops in the first battle.
In the mood becoming more and more anxious, a huge roar suddenly came, and before everyone was excited, then another same voice exploded in my ears like a celebratory salute.
"I hit it!"
Qin Shou shouted violently and waved his fist excitedly, and the submarine suddenly burst into cheers.
"Ready for the impact!"
Before everyone's excitement was over, Qin Shou drank again. With his voice, everyone seemed to feel that the submarine had sailed into the stormy wind and huge waves. The water waves caused by the torpedo explosion suddenly made the boat shake violently, and several sailors who did not grasp it fell down.
Countless small objects fell from the table, and the pilot grabbed the steering gear. He knew that if he let go at this time, the rudder might deflect due to the shock wave, causing the submarine to sink or roll over!
The violent shaking made everyone's hearts rise to their throats, and Qin Shou sweated coldly. The shock wave generated by the explosion during the close-range attack was really too serious, but in order to make contributions to the first battle, he could only grit his teeth and gamble!
The periscope in front of him could not see anything. At this time, the other two explosions suddenly came, and the sailors who grasped the white finger bones of the railing shouted again.
Boat No. 2 also hit!
Fortunately, the shock wave passed quickly. Qin Shou hurried to the periscope to look for the target. After turning a small half of a circle to reposition, he found that the body of the boat was deflected 90 degrees by the water wave.
The sailors around also saw the position of the commander and guessed what had happened. While secretly, they were glad that the iron coffin was still strong, they couldn't help but be annoyed by the range of the torpedoes. If they could attack further, how could they be worried about this crime?
While everyone was looking at Qin Shou and waiting for him to confirm the news of the hit, the commander of the submarine force who went into battle in person slowly loosened the periscope and exhaled deeply: "Look at it yourself."
As soon as the words fell, the first mate standing on the side squeezed in front of the lens. The gunboat, which was loaded with two explosives of up to 40 kilograms of heavy explosives, was hit within 700 meters and hit by two torpedoes, was already miserable. The hull not only rolled over directly, but was torn into two pieces, and began to sink at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The second pair of monkeys hurriedly opened the first officer, followed by the captain, and then the co-pilot. Until the sailors who rushed from the engine room finished watching, the British gunboat could only see the bottom of the overturned ship.
Sandro pointed to the big whirlpool and trembled slightly. He couldn't figure out that the gunboat that had been with him since Malacca had been sneaked under his eyes, and he just blinked a few times and sank to the bottom of the sea.
God, what are those black spots?!
Sandro stared at the last wooden board spinning in the whirlpool. The screams of his partners in horror came to his ears. He raised his head. Seven or eight pirate ships suddenly appeared in the distance. The bow of the iron shell gunboat at the head had begun to roar, and the dense rapid-fire gun was torn in an instant. He broke his body.
On the deck of the gunboat, Luo Sanniang slowly put down the telescope, and her pretty face was full of astonishment and disbelief. The kind of gunboat that could dive under the water and sink the pirates as natural enemies in the blink of an eye!
"How can there be such a thing as that light prodigal son? What else does he have to do!" ......
(to be continued)