Chapter 431: To Live or To Destroy
Shakespeare once said that it is a question of survival or destruction.
Now the same question has fallen on these Dutch, whether to accept the mercenary of the Ming people as a mercenary or to go to the mines to serve as hard labor, this is a question that almost does not need to be considered, as long as people who are not IQ problems know how to choose, but on this choice they also have some disagreements.
After Lu Guangbiao and his entourage left, the more than 500 Dutch prisoners of war in the prisoner of war camp quickly divided into circles and discussed in twos and threes.
Dozens of officers including Onkos also gathered, and everyone sat on the ground or lay on the grass and watched in the distance silently thinking about their thoughts, and the gray-haired Tajik asked Neam on the side: "Lieutenant, which fleet do you plan to work in?" ”
"Me?" Neham said, "I don't know yet, but I'm curious about the First Fleet and his commander who defeated us, so maybe I'll go there." After speaking, he glanced at Tajik and asked, "What about you, have you figured out where to go?" ”
"Me?" Tajik hesitated for a moment before saying: "I may go to the Second Fleet, I heard that the Second Fleet is a newly formed fleet, and there must be a great need for experienced personnel, and I should be more valued when I go there." And didn't you see that the commander of the Second Fleet turned out to be ...... Unexpectedly...... God, I never thought that there would be a woman as the commander of a fleet, and such an attractive woman, I felt like I was going to fall! ”
"Tajik, I advise you not to dream." As soon as he said this, someone next to him immediately poured a scoop of cold water, "Didn't you hear about it just now, she is a guerrilla general, according to our rank, she is at least a brigadier general, you little second lieutenant should not dream." What's more, we are still prisoners of others, and the Ming people are still notoriously conservative. I can guarantee that if you dare to expose your thoughts, you will be sent to the mine the next day. ”
Tajik's face turned red as he was ridiculed, and his eyes widened and he glared at the other party: "I...... I'm just talking, isn't that okay? Damn Albertin, aren't you just a petty lieutenant, what's there to be angry about! ”
The second lieutenant who poured cold water rolled his eyes: "Yes, I am indeed just a little ensign, but I know what I need, and I don't daydream all day like some people!" ”
"Damn it, you bastard, I'm going to teach you a good lesson!" Annoyed, Tajik stood up and was about to rush towards the second lieutenant next to him, but was stopped by Onkos on the side.
"Enough, you idiots, don't forget what this place is. This is a prisoner of war camp, and we are all a group of prisoners, do you want everyone to be taught a lesson by those soldiers? Ankos stopped Tajik and scolded: "You guy who likes to daydream, put away your little fancy intestines, if you can't take care of your lower body, I can guarantee that those Ming people will teach you how to be a person." And you! ”
Onkos turned to the other lieutenant and said, "If I hear your foul mouth talking nonsense again, I don't mind smashing your mouth, do you hear it?" ”
"Yes sir!" Seeing that Enkos was angry, the two ensigns lowered their heads helplessly.
Ankos sighed lightly, turned his head and said, "Everyone, I estimate that I will return to the city of Geranza tomorrow, and you can send me any letters you want, and I will pass them on to your family for you." ”
Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and Neam asked in surprise, "Major, do they want you to go back?" ”
"Yes!" Onkos nodded: "His Excellency the Admiral has already told me just now, and he needs me to bring some words to His Excellency the Governor of Sonod for them, so I was able to release him early." ”
"Oh......"
For the good fortune of Oncos, although envious but not jealous, who made Oncos not only the highest-ranking officer among them, but also the special envoy of His Excellency the Governor, let him go back to report to His Excellency the Governor, and now everyone is already thinking about how to write letters to their families.
It was a decision made by Yang Feng to let the prisoners of the prisoner of war camp choose which fleet to do things in their own way, originally this decision was opposed by Liu Xiang and Lu Guangbiao, in their opinion, these prisoners have no choice at all in this kind of matter, and it is already a great grace not to kill them, and the Hou Ye even gave himself the choice to work in that place, which is too generous, right? It's just that Yang Feng's answer is not unreasonable.
"Since this piece of meat is going to rot in the pot anyway, does it make any difference to the Fujian sailors whether they go to the first fleet or the second fleet?"
Facing Yang Feng, who insisted, Liu Xiang and Lu Guangbiao could only reluctantly agree. However, the final result also surprised everyone, less than 200 of the more than 500 prisoners were willing to work in the First Fleet, and the remaining 300 people all rushed to the First Fleet, which also surprised many people......
In Xiamen City, in Yang Feng's mansion, Yang Feng was lazily lying on a lazy chair. Zheng Tuniang and Xianniang snuggled up to him left and right, one was beating his legs for him, and the other was carefully peeling the grape skin before bringing the grape to his mouth.
The informant asked curiously while beating Yang Feng's legs: "Husband, the concubine has never understood why you are doing this, do you really value those Dutch people so much?" Even where to do things is up to them, and even the concubines have heard about it, but the people of the First Fleet are very unconvinced. Those Dutch are our captives, they have to do whatever we ask them to do, why should they be so good to them? ”
"What's unconvincing about that." Yang Feng opened his mouth, swallowed a grape into his mouth, and after chewing for a while, a few grape seeds were accurately spit out from his mouth into the garbage basket next to him, and then said: "First of all, although those Dutch are our prisoners, they have real skills, if anyone is not convinced, I can also give them a boat, see if they can drive the boat to Obaro?" ”
Speaking of this, Yang Feng sneered again: "Here I can say in person, although those Dutch were defeated by us, but if you pick up the ability to open ships, sail and even naval battles, the Dutch are much higher than our level, since you want to learn the skills of others, then correct your attitude, don't take out the stinky frame that I let you teach me to look up to you." If you want to learn real skills, but you are not good to others, why should people teach you? ”
The line girl stopped talking, after all, what Yang Feng said was reasonable. If you want people to teach yourself with your heart, you have to be kind to others, otherwise if people leave a hand in a key place when teaching you, you can't usually see it, but when it suddenly breaks out at a critical moment, then the fun will be great.
Looking at the two girls who were silent, Yang Feng said with a straight face: "You remember, it doesn't matter if your skills are not as good as others, it's not a shame." Let's just work hard to learn well, but we still have to hold a shelf even though we don't have the ability, that's the most humiliating, understand? ”
Seeing Yang Feng rarely speak with such a serious expression, the two daughters were startled, nodded in unison like chickens pecking rice, and said in unison: "The concubine body remembers." ”
The Dutch prisoners of war who had made their choice were then officially assigned to the First and Second Fleets as instructors, and at first the officers and men of the Fujian Navy Division did not look down on these Dutch. This was especially true of the officers and men of the First Fleet, and many sailors even openly declared that it was an insult to them to let these men lose and teach themselves how to sail ships, but reality soon gave these people a slap in the face.
After hearing this, Yang Feng personally went to the fleet station, and summoned the officers and men of the First Fleet to have a military skills competition with these Dutchmen, and conducted all-round competitions in navigation, surveying and mapping, sailing, artillery, etc., but the result was a big surprise, and the officers and men of the First Fleet were completely defeated in all the competition items.
This result made the officers and men of the First Fleet couldn't believe their eyes, and many people were very unconvinced and shouted that they wanted to try again, Yang Feng agreed to their request very reverently, and the result of the second test was not unexpected, the officers and men of the First Fleet were still completely defeated, and the officers and men of the First Fleet were all dumb.
And at this time, Yang Feng appeared on the stage, and scolded these officers and soldiers who began to swell fiercely, and finally Yang Feng also issued a strict order, and another competition would be held in a year, if they were still completely defeated like today, let them all go home and eat themselves, in Yang Feng's words, those who know that their skills are inferior to others and do not work hard to catch up with people There is no need to stay here and waste food, otherwise they will only give the enemy a head when they go to the battlefield in the future.
Under Yang Feng's call, the Fujian Navy Division began a large-scale military training activity in full swing, not only for the First Fleet, but also for the Second Fleet. And after removing these unstable factors of Liu Yizhou, Yang Feng sent thousands of officers and officers to the Second Fleet to strengthen the control of the Second Fleet, Liu Xiang was not surprised by this, after all, she would do the same if she was the one who was heart-to-heart, no superior would like to have a team under his hands that could not be inserted into the water and splashed, Yang Feng was very patient if he could endure it until now.
Just as the Fujian Navy Division was starting a major military exercise, Major Oncos, who had been released, also returned to the city of Geranza in a gloomy manner, and met Sir Sonod, the Dutch governor in Taiwan.
After seeing Governor Sonod, Major Oncos told him about the experience of the past two months, and after saying that, he stood quietly in front of Sonod with his hands hanging down and waited for His Excellency the Governor to leave.
After hearing this, Sonod did not get angry on the spot, but was silent for a long time before asking, "Major Oncos, has the Marquis of the State of Explanation already sensed our plan to conquer the Ming Kingdom?" ”
Angkos naturally didn't dare to tell Sonod that he had told Yang Feng all about this plan, otherwise he would be stripped of his military uniform by Sonod even if he was not shot on the spot.