Chapter 557: Fierce Battle Pier
"These Japanese are so damn cunning." Yan Lang, who was in charge of artillery, saw that only one Japanese ship was sailing towards the dock, while the other Japanese ship actually raised its sails and detoured to the west of the island, and immediately cursed.
Fortunately, the five artillery on Dongsha Island is very cleverly designed. No matter which direction the invading ship is close to Dongsha Island, there are always two artillery launch angles that can be obtained. At this time, Yan Lang was busy directing his assistant to adjust the angle of the artillery, but it was only to hit the moving ship, which was obviously much more difficult.
Xu Jin was not surprised that there was only one Japanese ship sailing towards the dock. After all, Japanese merchants and pirates were not good at dealing with each other. Both sides would definitely be wary of each other's bad habits when trading. It is understandable to be cautious.
According to Shen Laoqi's confession, they also had this procedure when trading with Japanese merchants before. The Japanese merchants' ships never all docked, but first sent a ship to dock to inspect the goods. After calculating the value of the goods, they loaded the goods while paying the silver. Moreover, the pirates had to send the ship to another Japanese ship on the sea to pick up the money. This transaction was fair and effectively preventing the other party from shaking bad things.
After standing in the third fortification, Xu Jin held a monocular lens and observed the sea. He did not pay much attention to the Japanese ship heading towards the dock. After all, once the Japanese ship sailed into the dock, it would be like catching turtles in a jar and would never be able to escape. Therefore, Xu Jin focused more on the Japanese ship heading towards the detour. The payments carried by the Japanese merchants were probably on the Japanese ship heading, so they must not be allowed to escape, otherwise this operation would be a loss.
After about ten minutes, the Japanese ship finally entered the harbor and began to slowly dock. At this time, another Japanese ship also detoured to the west of Dongsha Island, and lowered the sails again, and actually stopped!
"Hey, what the hell are these Japanese? Do you think that the cannons on the island will not reach the location where they are parked?" Yan Lang scratched his head with a strange expression.
Xu Jin was always paying attention to the detoured Japanese ship, and was quite surprised to see this. He thought that the Japanese ship was taking detour actions to avoid the aim of the cannon on the island, but he didn't expect that it would stop when it detoured to the west of the island. Isn't this taking off his pants and farting - it's just a waste of time.
Xu Jin looked at the Japanese ship slowly berthing on the dock, and a bold idea suddenly broke out in his mind. Could it be that these Japanese also wanted to attack the island?
"Zhao Bin, you bring fifty brothers to the west of the island to defend."
As the saying goes, it is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist. Xu Jin issued an order decisively to avoid being in a hurry when he gets it.
Zhao Bin was one of the eleven personal soldiers who followed Xu Jin to fight against King Ning in Jiangxi. Now he has a hundred households in the 500 battalions and commanded fifty people. After receiving the order, he immediately led his fifty brothers to the west of the island.
Speaking of this, Xu Jin went south to govern Zhizhe, in addition to the 500 battalion guards, there were also 100 Jinyiwei accompanying him. Among them, Wang Lin'er led 200 500 battalion soldiers and 50 Jinyiwei stayed in Yangzhou City to be sent to Xia Yan, deputy envoy of the imperial envoy. In addition, in the battle a few days ago, five people died and dozens of people were injured, so Xu Jin currently has only about 300 people under his command.
At this time, Qi Jingtong led fifty brothers to dress up as pirates, standing on the dock to welcome the Japanese merchants who were docking; Xie Erjian led one hundred brothers to guard the first fortification and respond after the response; Zhao Datou and fifty people were ambushed on the water camp ship, ready to cut off the Japanese ship's retreat at any time; and the remaining one hundred people were led by Xu Jin to support him.
Therefore, after Xu Jin sent Zhao Bin to defend the west side of the island, there were only fifty Jinyiwei left his guards. Of course, he was hiding behind the third fortification, so there must be no problem for Quanxian.
With a dull bang, the huge Japanese ship docked. Orishimiko led more than 100 Japanese samurai down and quickly dispersed on the dock. It seemed that the formation was scattered, but in fact it was making room for the samurai who were disembarking from the ship behind.
When Qi Jingtong saw that the Japanese samurai who had disembarked, they all used Japanese swords, and they were all fierce. They couldn't help but feel a little nervous and quietly made a gesture. The fifty brothers behind him slowly took a few steps back.
As the saying goes, doing a full set of plays. In order to dress up as pirates, Qi Jingtong and fifty brothers were not only wearing pirate costumes, but also holding miscellaneous weapons seized from pirates at the moment. Once they were close contact with the Japanese samurai on the opposite side, they would undoubtedly suffer a great loss, so Qi Jingtong decisively ordered a few steps to retreat.
Xie Erjian led 100 people to guard the first fortification, and he was already relaxed, but when he saw the group of Japanese samurai who came down from the ship, his lazy expression disappeared and he jumped down from the sitting sandbag.
"The Third Head, where are the Chen family and the Chen Er head?" Cui Shuiwan looked around the dock with his eyes rolling, and felt something was wrong in his heart.
Orishinomiko obviously felt something was wrong, and she swept vigilantly over Qi Jingtong and others behind Shen Laoqi, her eyebrows gradually frowned, and her right hand subconsciously pressed the handle of the Japanese knife.
Speaking of which, although Qi Jingtong and others were wearing pirate costumes and holding various weapons, they were all big-shouldered and round-waisted young men, which naturally aroused Orishinomiko's alertness.
Shen Laoqi is so nervous now that he is at the forefront of the men on both sides. Once both sides take action, he will definitely be the first to bear the brunt of the attack, so he wishes to turn around immediately. However, the task assigned by Xu Jin has not been completed yet, so he can only calm himself down and continue to fool him: "The second boss is not on the island, but the boss is waiting on the cave. Please, please, the old rules, you can only bring fifty people to the island, and you have to hand over the weapons first...ah!"
Before Shen Laoqi finished speaking, he saw the sword light flashing like a chain of time, and one of his arms flew out of his body. When blood splashed out from the wound, Shen Laoqi felt severe pain and subconsciously let out a shrill scream.
"What a quick knife!" Xie Erjian jumped with a brow, raised his hand and pulled the flintlock rifle's plate machine. With a bang, the lead bullet shot at Miko Orishino, who was about to swing the second knife.
However, it was probably because of the hasty lifting the gun, Xie Erjian's shot was actually missed. He was the first to Orishi Miko's hair bun. A wisp of blue smoke rose from the top of the latter's head, and the bun was also scattered, and his long hair was dispersed.
It slowed down like this, allowing Shen Laoqi to save his life. The guy ran back with his broken arms covered with blood like a spring of blood. At this time, the Japanese warriors also took action and rushed towards Qi Jingtong and others fiercely, while waving the Japanese sword and screaming, as if a group of demons were dancing around.
Bang bang bang bang...
The 100 brave soldiers guarding the first fortification pulled the flintlock rifle's plate machine. Under the sound of bean-like gunfire, the first Japanese warriors who rushed forward were piled up on the spot.
At the same time, the fifty soldiers lying in the water camp also emerged and launched a raid on the side. In an instant, the Japanese warriors on the dock were harvested again, and more than a dozen people fell down instantly.
Miko Orishinomiko was shocked and angry. The more than 100 samurai warriors who landed on the island were all her elites. As a result, she lost thirty or forty people in one meeting. She was so painful that she almost went crazy. She shouted in Japanese: "There is an ambush, retreat quickly!"
The Japanese samurai were already stunned by the first wave of guns and dragged their long Japanese swords to retreat to the ship.
I have to say that these Japanese warriors are very good. They run and walk like flying without a springboard. They jump and climb onto the ship and capsize onto the ship. When the second round of guns from the Five Hundred Battalion came, there were only a few unlucky guys who had not had time to board the ship were shot.
"Kill!" Qi Jingtong led fifty brothers to rush out and tried to take the opportunity to rush onto the ship. As a result, a wave of sharp arrows were shot down on the ship. Several brothers fell to the ground on the spot and had to retreat quickly.
Fortunately, it is not easy to maintain bows and arrows on the wet sea, so there are obviously not many Japanese archers, otherwise Qi Jingtong and others would suffer heavy casualties just by this wave.
At this time, the two oars of the Japanese ship began to row, and it seemed that they wanted to escape, but it was not so easy. Zhao Datou gave the order, and the three-headed mother ship that had been prepared long ago sailed out of the water camp and rushed towards the Japanese ship.
The so-called mother-child ship is an ancient warship whose bow and hull can be separated, and is specially used for fire attack. The child ship is loaded with firewood poured with tinder oil and ignites when it is about to approach the target of attack. Moreover, there are iron spikes on the bow of the child ship. When it violently hits the big ship, the iron spikes can penetrate deeply into the hull of the big ship. At this time, the sergeant who is driving the boat separates the child ship and can escape on the mother ship.
When Orishinomiko saw the three mother and child ships full of firewood rushed over, she hurriedly ordered the archers to snipe the sergeant who was driving the boat. However, as soon as the archers showed up, they were immediately beaten into a hornet's nest by a row of guns.
Miko Orishinomiko was shocked and anxious. She raised a bow with her waist and leaped forward. Then with the sound of the bowstring collapsed, a sharp arrow penetrated a 500-battalion soldiers who were driving the boat.
"Fuck!" Zhao Datou couldn't help but curse: "Try me to target the Japanese slut."
Dozens of flintlock rifles were placed at the people where Orishimiko was located, so she didn't dare to show up again. However, the flintlock rifle was not a machine gun after all. Orishimiko found an opportunity to jump up again, but before the arrow in her hand could be shot out, Xie Erjian's flintlock rifle rang. He had been waiting for an opportunity for a long time and was waiting for this moment.
Bang……
Orishinomiko immediately turned red and fell on the deck in a mess, and the arrows on the strings shot into the sky.
"Miss Miko!" Cui Shuimaru was shocked and rushed forward to check.
When he saw Miko Orishinomi crawling away, Xie Erjian couldn't help but look dark and said coldly: "What a fucking fate!"
He failed to kill Orishinomiko's life, and Xie Lao Er was obviously a little angry.
With two dong thuds, the mother and child ships with a raging fire on both bows collided with the Japanese ship. The iron spikes on the bow of the child ship poked deep into the hull. The soldiers who were driving the ship immediately untied the connected iron chains and quickly fled with the mother ship.
Chapter completed!