1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 44 Talking about Conditions ([-])

On the other side of the gate of the No. [-] base were the captured pirate weapons. There were quite a few knives and guns. There were seven cannons and two three-eye cannons. The strength of the armament is actually not very weak, it is a little stronger than what Chuanzhong imagined, but the vast majority of these weapons have not come in handy in this battle with a huge disparity in power.People from the Military and Police Department have inspected these weapons and gave an evaluation of "the quality is too poor to be used", and the only thing waiting for them is the ending of iron-making.

Luo Shengdong noticed that there were several Guangzhou ships on the seaside of Victory Harbor. The two larger ships were the same size as the Haicang ship under his command. The other two smaller ships seemed to be bitten by some monsters. One sip, it was badly damaged, and one of them even had an obvious hull tilt due to too much water.Luo Shengdong was also a man who had been running at sea for a long time. From these damages on the ship, it was not difficult for him to imagine how fierce the battle was when the pirates attacked yesterday.But looking at the orderly appearance of the port, it should be that these have been defeated by the shorthairs on the sea before they have completed the landing.

Luo Shengdong was suddenly moved by a sense of happiness. He had previously thought that if he could meet these pirates, he might be able to cut off some heads and return to Yazhou to ask for credit.But judging from the current situation, the strength of this group of pirates is not weak. If their own Haicang ship really encounters this pirate fleet at sea, most of them can only choose to retreat.

"Put him on the boat first, and Mr. Tao will handle his affairs later." Yan Chujie, who came to receive Luo Shengdong, said with red eyes and a yawn.

Yan Chujie also stayed up all night last night, and organized manpower to conduct an overnight raid on the captured pirates.Judging from the current situation and the confessions of the pirates, the Traversing Party has basically controlled the situation.The initial target of the pirates who went south from Leizhou last night was not Victory Port, but a densely populated coastal area near Yazhou City.

However, when they passed the waters around Sanya after going south on the east coast of the South Island, they accidentally discovered two catamarans that had ended their patrol and were on their way back.The pirates had never seen such a strange ship, so they carefully bypassed the entire bay, found a place to dock at Luhuitojiaojiao, and then sent several spies disguised as local fishermen to go deep into the Victory Harbor area to investigate.What happened later was just as Tom Wang had speculated. After the pirates determined that the defenses of the port area were empty, they wanted to seize the opportunity to return to the port by crossing the patrol boats to launch a surprise attack.

Although the lurking pirate spies found out the patrol schedule of the crossing people, they didn't know that there was a hidden early warning post on the mountains of Yulinjiao, and it had communication technology that they could not imagine.The spies also saw the iron-hulled fishing boats docked on the shore, but they couldn't imagine the great power of these strange ships without masts and sails in naval battles.The nearly 400-year gap in technology made it almost impossible for these pirates who used to dominate the sea to effectively resist the offensive of the crossing crowd, and they were quickly and completely defeated in a one-sided situation.

The leader of this gang of pirates was unfortunately hit by three bullets in the first meeting with the crossing crowd yesterday and died on the spot.The deputy leader is on another large ship that ran aground, and is still leading the crowd to abscond.According to the pirates' confession, their total number is about 70 people. There should be about 40 people who escaped from the stranded ship. The "missing persons" who have not been found so far are estimated to have died in yesterday's naval battle. fish.

This morning, Yan Chujie will lead the elite forces of the military and police department to pursue and suppress the pirates near the sandbar where they abandoned their ship yesterday, but it is still hard to say what the result will be.Next to that sandbar are several mountains with an altitude of about 300 meters. If the pirates choose to escape into the mountains, then the current limited manpower of the Israeli military and police department will definitely not be able to enter the mountains to encircle and suppress them.

However, the Military and Police Department did not think that these escaped pirates could cause any trouble. The pirates admitted that the food reserves on the ship were not much, and at most it was only enough for the crew to last for another four or five days. May I wait any longer and choose one of the reasons for the attack yesterday.On the west and north side of the sandbar is the Tiandu River estuary. It is surrounded by continuous mountainous areas to the south and east. The surrounding area is desolate and uninhabited for dozens of miles. It is difficult for people who have not received special field survival training to survive in this environment for a long time. .

Luo Shengdong was locked in the barge cabin again. It was still the same place, and it was still a familiar smell.Luo Shengdong even recalled the days when he was just arrested. At that time, he thought that he would be dragged out and killed by the short-haired people for any reason, but he did not expect to survive well.However, fate has turned, and he has come back here again, and he does not know whether waiting for his own results is a blessing or a curse.

Tao Donglai went with several heads of the shipping department to check the several sailboats seized yesterday.The condition of the two large ships is very good, except for the overall disinfection of the cabin, there is basically no need for major repairs.According to the confessions of the pirates, they had also done a special maintenance on the bottom of the two large ships before going south this time, which was cheaper for the shipping department.

But the condition of the two boats is very worrying. The ribs of one boat were pulled out by a large gap of more than seven feet long and nearly two feet wide, while the stern of the other boat was seriously damaged and needed to go ashore and go to the dock to repair it. .The final judgment given by Sun Changmi is that the damage to the hull structure of the ship is difficult to repair completely. Even if the stern is repaired in the future, the ship will not be able to withstand strong winds and waves due to insufficient structural strength, and will no longer be able to sail to the ocean. It can only be used in coastal areas.Sun Changmi's suggestion is to use this ship as a training ship for the Ministry of Shipping, and occasionally run short-distance transportation near the estuary of the Hotan Du River in Victory Harbor.

However, in this way, it relieved the pressure of the Ministry of Shipping to launch the shipbuilding project in a hurry.At present, the preparation progress of marine wood is far from meeting the requirements of shipbuilding. To build a lucky ship with the same tonnage as the Haicang ship, it will take at least one to two months to prepare the ship materials. Well, maybe it will be the end of the year.Now that these four ships are acquired, they only need to be repaired, and the materials and man-hours required are much less than those of shipbuilding, and the speed of putting them into use will definitely be much faster than building new ships.

After Tao Donglai discussed the matter with the shipping department, he brought some fresh fruit to visit Luo Wudan, a war correspondent who was injured on duty.However, regarding Luo Wudan's suggestion that she should lead the establishment of an independent news agency, Tao Donglai, like Gu Kai, played haha ​​and perfunctory first.It's not that Tao Donglai discriminates against journalism and is unwilling to support this project. On the contrary, it is because he knows the public opinion-oriented role played by news reports that he dare not easily agree to Luo Wudan's application.

Many of the big men who participated in the time-travel came here for the days of having three wives and four concubines in the future. Let Luo Wudan, a strong woman who can speak well, master the publicity mouthpiece, and the "sex life" that everyone expects in the future. Do you still want it?To set up a news department in the future, Tao Donglai's favorite candidate is Ning Qi or Bai Kesi. In his opinion, both of them are qualified in terms of cultural level and ideological awareness, and their political stance is stable. They are much more reliable than the daring Luo Wudan.

After doing this, Tao Dong came back to the headquarters office of Base No. [-]. He sat down and took a sip of water when he suddenly remembered what happened to Luo Shengdong. When he asked, he realized that people had been escorted from the upper reaches of Tian Du River early this morning. Immediately call someone to pick him up on the barge.

This was the first time Luo Shengdong had entered the interior of Base No. [-], and he couldn't help looking around curiously all the way.The No. [-] base was built according to the drawings jointly designed by the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Military and Police. area and several parts of the material warehouse area.The functional division of the entire camp is clear, there are no redundant buildings, and even the drainage ditches on the ground are dug neatly.However, there are not many people living in the camp recently, and most of them have gone out to work early in the morning, so they seem very deserted.

Luo Shengdong was surprised by the neat rows of prefabricated houses here, but also had some inexplicable contempt: "These shorthairs are so powerful, but the houses they live in are so rudimentary, they haven't even built a courtyard."

Tao Donglai saw Luo Shengdong being escorted in, and pointed to the stool opposite him.Luo Shengdong understood, walked over and sat down.

"I heard that you caught the pirate's spy last night?" Tao Donglai first asked with interest what happened last night.

"A mere pirate, it's just a hands-on effort." Luo Shengdong clasped his fists contentedly, but his hands and wrists were tied with straps, making his movements a bit awkward.

"You suddenly proposed to negotiate with us, presumably it has something to do with the appearance of these pirates?" Tao Donglai continued to ask.Last night, he, Yan Chujie and others analyzed the situation and thought that Luo Shengdong's proposal to negotiate at this time should be influenced by some external factors, such as the sudden attack of pirates.As for his real thoughts, several people have been able to figure it out after a long time.

Luo Shengdong nodded and said, "That's right. I hope you can give me these pirates."

"Huh? Leave it to you?" Tao Donglai didn't recall this sentence for a while: "We do plan to put all these pirates captured into labor camps, and they should be your subordinates by then. The establishment of the labor camp may change in the future, you can just listen to the arrangement of the superior."

"No, I want their heads." Luo Shengdong said calmly, "I need to bring these pirates' heads and return to Yazhou City for meritorious service."

(End of this chapter)