The Dutch's warships docked near the mouth of Bengang Creek, eagerly awaiting the return of their reconnaissance team, but in the end they were greeted by five or six remnants of soldiers who had lost their souls and fled for their lives.

In order to float and flee for their lives, the weapons and other burdens on the bodies of several Dutch sailors have long disappeared, the original majestic and bright military hats have disappeared, and the long hair on the head is as messy as a chicken nest!

"What's going on?" Captain of the fourth-class battleship "Tulip". William. Van Persie was the supreme commander of the reconnaissance, and when he saw several officers and soldiers returning from the rout, he shouted in shock: "What about the manpower you still have?" Why are you just coming back? ”

"Report to the sir, we were ambushed by the Hongtang people of Bengang, and only a few of us were spared in the whole team of officers and soldiers, and the others were ........." At this time, the only person who could cheer up and speak was the deputy of the reconnaissance team, Sam. Second Lieutenant Van Selle replied.

"Why are you so uncautious, knowing the risks of this trip, and still being discovered by others??" Captain Vincent rebuked in a serious and painful manner.

"Sir, people have obviously discovered our existence a long time ago, and we have just touched the territory of Bengang when we are surrounded by each other! It's as if our team, of course, has been under surveillance and ambush, just waiting for us to walk in! Ensign Sam retorted loudly.

"Found out a long time ago?" Captain Vincent didn't believe it, but he had to trust this subordinate who had followed him for many years, and then looked left and right and reacted: "The whole ship has anchored and sailed back!" ”

Since people have been waiting for their reconnaissance team to enter the urn for a long time, it means that they have been waiting for their secret actions to be in the eyes and ears of others. Although I don't know how the other party discovered their existence and asked the Bengang team to ambush them, the Dutch, who now only had one "Tulip" warship, did not dare to be carelessly surrounded by the other party's warship.

After experiencing the Battle of Jilong Harbor, not only Li Tianyang and their Hongtang were greatly frightened by the strength of the Dutch warships, but the Dutch also took the pirates of the Ming Dynasty seriously.

Fortunately, this time their investigation work can be regarded as something gained, and they can also explain a little to the commander when they go back, although many details they have not been able to check in detail because of the relationship of time, but combined with the information sent by the pirates, they should be able to understand the actual situation of Bengang for seven or eight points!

However, what they didn't know was that most of the information that the pirates had collected for them was outdated. Bengang was opened to the public for a short period of time, and then with the establishment of Jilong Port, Bengang was hidden by Li Tianyang and them intentionally or unintentionally, except for their own cargo ships coming in and out every month, it was really difficult for others to sneak in to understand a thing or two.

In a short period of time, how could the pirates collect the details of Bengang, and in order to encourage the Dutch to target Hongtang again, they exaggerated the outdated information of Bengang by three or four points and passed it on to the Dutch.

This is also the reason why the Dutch reconnaissance team was moved at the first glance of Bengang's true face, but when they waited for a short time to observe, they couldn't observe too closely, so that the appearance of Bengang they saw didn't seem to be much different from the information handed over to them by the pirates.

By the time the "Tulip" rushed back to the fortress of Magong Island in a hurry like a lost dog, it had not yet entered the middle of the night, and the time for this round trip, plus the time for reconnaissance, only took the "Tulip" battleship only seven or eight hours.

Originally, I thought that the "Tulip" had returned because I had not found the location of Ben Harbor, or for some other reason, but when he heard Captain Vincent report that he had already reconnoitred the situation in Ben Harbor, Lai's eyes were full of disbelief.

When the pirates learned that there was a Hongtang base lurking in it opposite their Magong Island fortress, although he was surprised, Lai Jiechen also felt that the distance between him and Hongtang Bengang should not be too close. But until now, the disgraced and badly lost "Tulip" returned and told everything they had met and seen in 1510, and Lai Jiechen felt remorse and anger in his heart, like a volcano that was about to erupt.

"This is completely a dereliction of duty on the part of our Dutch fleet, for most of the year, people have lived comfortably under our noses, and we don't know anything about each other!!" In addition to Lai's anger, it was more of self-examination, and after touching a nail in front of Hong Tang, some of Lai's conceit in his heart disappeared.

"What information did you detect this time, how many people are in the other party's Bengang base, and how many soldiers are there?" After the review, what Lai Jichen was more concerned about was naturally Vincent's harvest from this investigation.

Compared to the information given to them by the pirates, Lai Jichen undoubtedly trusted the news brought back by his subordinates.

"I'm sorry, sir, the team we went to reconnoiter this time, only a quarter of an hour close to the opponent's base, was surrounded by the other party, and the news we saw in the end was not complete." Vincent's face was full of guilt, whether it was the almost annihilation of the reconnaissance team, or the completion of only half of the reconnaissance mission, as a soldier, he couldn't help but feel ashamed.

However, in shame, what should be reported still had to be reported, and Vincent called Ensign Senm to him and told them all what they had seen, what they had encountered, and what their reconnaissance team had judged.

"The population of Bengang is at least 30,000 or more, but there are not many warriors left behind, according to the situation of our battle with the other side, there are only about 300 people at most. As for whether there are any soldiers in their town, that's not for us to know! After reporting what had happened to his group, Second Lieutenant Sam paused and waited quietly for further questioning from Lai.

"Then what do you think is more fertile and promising than the Chicken Coop Harbor we attacked before?" Faced with the few subordinates who had participated in the battle of Chicken Coop Harbor and personally reconnoitred the Bengang garrison, Lai Jichen couldn't help but ask Sam what he thought of the two places in Chicken Coop Harbor and Bengang Harbor.

"Xia Guan thinks that Bengang is richer than Jilong Port in terms of scale and land development!" This was not just Senm's judgment, but also the thoughts of the few remaining Dutch warriors.

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(End of chapter)