William asked: "Can't you just say that we are officers and soldiers?" They can't get along with their own people, can they? ”

Xia Nan reacted quickly and answered, "What are we going to do?" It's to carry out sneak attacks, kill people and set fires! It's too late to hide your true identity, and you can't expose yourself? This place is very close to Zheng Zhilong's lair, and some news will pass soon. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

William spread his hands: "What should I do then?" If you only stay for one day, you can find a small port to deal with. But we need to wait for the best time to attack, and who knows how many days we will stay on this island? ”

Xia Nan frowned and asked, "How many infantry can we get ashore on our ship?" ”

William replied: "My sailors cannot be used as infantrymen - their arena is on the sea, and they are not good at land warfare. Except for them, there is only the head of your guard. "The Guards, as the armed forces that directly protect the security of Xia Nan, have always been inseparable from Xia Nan.

Xia Nan thought about it for a while, and finally made up his mind: "If you want to go to the port, your identity can't be exposed...... Anyway, this operation is to pretend to be someone else, so it should be rehearsed in advance -- let's pretend to be Liu Xiang's people and go to clean up the officers and soldiers on the island. ”

Pretending to be Liu Xiang? William and the others were stunned at first, and when they reacted, they couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Good idea!" ”

It has to be said that under the banner of Liu Xiang is the best choice, and that he can justifiably take action against the officers and men, and when the news from here reaches Fujian, Zheng Zhilong will only believe that the "Liu Xiang" who attacked Nanao Island and the "Dutch" who attacked the Zhongzuo Institute are in collusion, and he is convinced of the identity of this "enemy."

The fleet directly bypassed the northeast of Nan'ao Island and came to Qing'ao Bay, the largest deep-water port on the island. The port has simple wharves and trestle bridges, and several ships of small tonnage are moored, hanging the common general flag of the Ming army, which seems to be the ships of the garrison on the island. Looking at these dilapidated small ships, William doubted that they would be able to withstand a single impact of a Wuyi-class battleship without falling apart.

The wharf has improvised fortifications, all made of stone, with arrow stands every dozen steps. There is a road leading to the island in the rear, and it can be seen to the naked eye that there are more than a dozen rows of bungalows about a mile, hanging flags, and it is estimated that it is a barracks.

There were a few soldiers on the wharf, who were bored basking in the sun, and when they saw a ship approaching, they were in high spirits, and thought that the trade was coming, and such a big ship would have to extort fifty or sixty taels of silver. When they came to the shore with high spirits, the boats that pressed over like a hill were one after another, and it was actually a very large fleet, all of which were large ships with thousands of materials!

Several soldiers were dumbfounded at first, and when they reacted, they shouted "Mom" and turned around and ran back. A fleet of this size is definitely not a merchant ship, and ordinary merchants can't afford to buy such a big ship, maybe only the red hair of Dongfan Island has such a big ship. I heard that the red-haired plywood ship artillery is powerful, if a few of them don't run, it won't be enough for people to stuff their teeth here.

The fleet approached the shore without resistance, and originally thought that there would be no decent resistance on the island, but there was a gong sound on the shore, and a group of chaotic Ming soldiers ran to the fortifications to stand, and behind the low wall, there were many swords and guns, and some people took out bows and arrows. In this case, the landing operation with the infantry of the Guards alone will inevitably cause unnecessary casualties.

The training course for naval officers of the Qiongzhou battalion explained in detail how to break the coastal defenses, and even if William did not command, the captains of the ships knew how to do it.

Under William's unified command, the entire fleet lined up in rows, opened the gun windows, and aimed at the shore. This is not far away, but it is not close, and it is a little difficult to use the Caron cannon, so you can only use a long-barreled cannon.

A moment later, there was a loud "boom, boom", and solid bullets flew towards the Ming soldiers with a whistling sound.

How can a simple fortification made of stones withstand the powerful kinetic energy of a 10-pound cannonball? Sections of the low wall collapsed in whole sections, debris flew and some Ming soldiers were smashed into pulp, others crushed to death by the falling stones. Their determination to resist was dashed by the shelling, and the soldiers who had narrowly escaped the shelling screamed and fled faster than they had come.

Xia Nan smiled contemptuously, a few shots can test the quality of these officers and soldiers, which is worse than the people in Guangzhou City. So the order was given for a landing attack.

Yang Youji took the soldiers of the guard team to the shore with loaded guns and ammunition, and chased the soldiers to the barracks. A few minutes later, several gunshots were heard in the distance.

Hearing this sparse gunshot, Xia Nan knew that the resistance was not fierce, and his mood was very relaxed, and he made a bet with William.

"William, I guess Yang Youji can solve the battle in half an hour, do you dare to bet with me?"

William's eyes widened: "I heard that there are two battalions of soldiers stationed here, and just a hundred people can defeat them?" I swear this battle won't end for an hour, and maybe even naval guns......"

"Haha, Murong Longcheng said that the officers and soldiers here are divided into Fujian battalion and Guangdong battalion according to geography, this is just a name, not that there are thousands of troops like our infantry battalion. You must know that the battalion of officers and soldiers of the imperial court is a very magical formation, it can be large or small, there are thousands of people at most, and there may be only two or three hundred people at the few......"

William couldn't comprehend this very resilient compilation, and he still didn't believe it: "I don't believe it, I'll bet with you." If you lose, you can give me the special pistol that Mr. Lin gave you......"

The special pistol he said was a "limited edition" Qionghai five-year pistol carefully made by Lin Weiye for Xia Nan, the shooting accuracy was higher than that of the production version, and the original brass accessories were replaced with gold, which was shining and very high, and William had coveted it for a long time.

Xia Nan smiled: "No problem. But if you lose, you will be deducted two months' allowance. ”

William is the commander of the fleet, the highest position in the navy at present, equivalent to the commander of the army's major battalion, with a monthly salary of 15 taels, and 30 taels for two months, which is enough for an ordinary family of five for a year. William thought to himself, reluctant to let the child not be able to catch the wolf, how to get his beloved pistol without risking, so he nodded: "Deal!" ”

According to William's understanding, the officers and soldiers on the island fought on their own territory, and the attacking guard only had more than 100 soldiers, and even if the combat effectiveness was poor, the defenders could always hold out for more than half an hour. But a scene that made him extremely disappointed soon happened: more than half an hour later, Yang Youji led the soldiers of the guard to drive cattle and sheep to drive hundreds of Ming soldiers wearing shabby mandarin duck jackets to the sea. Although these people were several times more numerous than the guards, they did not have the slightest intention of resisting.