As for the linkage between the Dutch and the pirates, Li Tianyang and these high-level people can naturally imagine it, otherwise, even if they give these pirate gangs ten guts, they will not dare to come out and provoke Hong Tang when most of the Hong Tang is gathered in the chicken coop port.

"Look, look, this Dutchman is also starting to be unstable, and he has found our stupid port!" Although Li Tianyang was not surprised, when he really received the message from Bengang Feige, he still couldn't help but be worried and angry.

The worry is certain, because the relationship between the shark department and the leopard department is seriously damaged, and the recruitment order is issued, there are too many pirates and seafarers coming and going to the chicken coop port, so that the two departments dare not leave the chicken coop easily for a while. So now, in addition to the land defense personnel, there are only hundreds of Leopards and 200 sailors from the Shark Department who stayed on Turtle Island.

The reason for his anger is that he has been bullied by the Dutch, which has made Li Tianyang's grievances in the past few months reach the extreme. It has been nearly eight years since Li Tianyang and them came out to fight, and once upon a time, they were killed so ruthlessly and for no reason.

This made him think of the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, as well as the darkest years of the Chinese nation during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

However, being angry was angry, and after being angry, Li Tianyang could only calm down and continue to discuss with Hong Zhengkai and them how to deal with these two attacks.

"Now it seems that this group of pirates has come up to harass our Huludao station, and most of the idea is that we can't be distracted by others, and we will send troops back to rescue Bengang." After briefly sorting out the information, the members of Hong Zhengkai's crew came forward and reported their judgment to Li Tianyang, Wu Daofu, and others present: "Therefore, the question we are facing now is to make a choice between Bengang and Jilong Harbor, and which side of the war should be taken into account first? ”

"Bengang is where our entire foundation is, and now nearly seventy percent of the food and materials of the entire team are produced in Bengang; There is also Qixintang, most of the products are also produced by Bengang workshops, so other places can be abandoned, but Bengang must not be abandoned, otherwise we have so many manpower, and we can't feed it at all with Jilonggang. Wu Daofu got up and was the first to express his opinion: "Moreover, in our team, most of the team members' families and relatives live in Bengang, if they know that Bengang is in danger, I am afraid that it will cause panic among everyone." ”

After all, he is already in his forties, although Wu Daofu is still fighting on the front line, he inevitably adopts a conservative attitude in his thinking, and the first thing that comes to mind is still the safety of Bengang.

"I don't agree with Uncle Wu's words, let's not mention that in this letter, the Westerners waited until the warships were scouting our Bengang, and did not say that they would send a fleet to attack. And in the past few years, with the development and growth of our Bengang, even if there are no sharks and leopards on the wings, it is not possible for Westerners to occupy Bengang in a while. Wu Jie did not agree with Wu Daofu and others, in his opinion, since both sides are enemies, why should they go to the far and far Bengang to defend against strong enemies, and let the weaker pirate gangs in front of them not care: "And the closest to us, the strength is weaker, but these groups of pirates who are ostensibly advancing and retreating together, but in fact, they are fighting separately." Most of us are on the side now, as long as we find an opportunity, it is not difficult to annihilate the other party in one fell swoop, so as to avoid our worries! ”

"It's naturally good for you to think like this, but we are facing the strong man on the Western Sea, the last battle on the chicken coop sea, we don't know what the final result will be, at this moment, we should concentrate all the elites, so as to have a chance to keep the Westerners out." After listening to Wu Jie's discussion, although Wu Daofu knew very well that what Wu Jie said was not bad, he was more worried that after fighting with the pirates for a long time, their own casualties and the time they were held back by the pirates would make them too late to rescue, or have no more strength to expel the Dutch.

"Third uncle, what do you think?" When the two sides couldn't hold on, suddenly Li Tianyang asked Wu Juren, who was sitting on his right.

This is the first time Wu Juren has participated in this kind of business council since joining Hongtang, on the one hand, he is his son who has been in charge alone, on the other hand, he is his old subordinate for many years, from the heart, of course, he is more willing to support his son, but from his own considerations, Wu Juren, who is also inclined to be conservative, is more in favor of Wu Daofu's suggestion.

went against his heart and supported his son's idea, which Wu Juren, who has always been upright, couldn't do; But if he demolishes his son's platform and supports Wu Daofu's opinion, then he, as a father, will not be even more willing. Wu Juren, who was sandwiched in the middle, simply watched from the wall, silently watching the argument between Wu Jie and Wu Daofu, without saying a word.

At this time, hearing Li Tianyang's question, Wu Juren waved his hand: "What the two of them said makes sense, and I don't know which one to choose?" ”

"But I think that no matter how we deal with it next, the first thing to do is to bring the team together."

It's not an old talk, but it also reminded Li Tianyang of them, and they suddenly found that their argument had forgotten the initial topic.

Li Tianyang hurriedly glanced at Wu Daofu and motioned for him to quickly organize people to welcome back the training team members on several isolated islands.

"According to our estimates, with the strength advantage of Bengang itself, as well as the first line of defense formed by our two natural villages along the coastline, even if the Red Fan Ghost is dispatched, it will take at least seven or eight days to capture our Bengang base."

"If we let go of the safety of Jilong Harbor and Huludao and go all out to reinforce Bengang, we are worried that we will be waiting for the warships of the Red Ghost Fleet to wait for work and surround the point for reinforcements, and to tell the truth, even if our whole army comes back to help, the overall strength of the other party will be at most between the two sides, or even slightly inferior, and we will not be able to tell the winner in a short period of time."

"And the pirate gang that harassed and attacked Huludao here is definitely not our opponent of Hongtang in terms of strength, but they are familiar with the terrain and will not fight us head-on, so unless we set up an ambush, we can't seize the opportunity to give the other party a full blow, we can only be taken around by them, wasting time."

"Both strategies have their own shortcomings and advantages, but the advice given by our crew is not one of these two, but we feel that this is the best time to attack the fortress of Hongfan Ghost Magong Island!!"

(End of chapter)