Chapter 1381 Cleaning the Chicken Coop

The raging waves beat against the shore, and in the year-round northeast wind, the rugged rocks on the beach of Dajilong Island made a howling sound.

A dark cloud obscured the stars and the moon, and several dark shadows climbed up to the West Battery on the mountain ridge like nimble monkeys.

On the gun platform, ten thick and long cannons sat quietly in their positions, with their muzzles pointing directly at the sea.

Several bald bandits wearing horse trousers and holding bird guns gathered under a lantern, chattering in bird language, and from time to time there were bursts of **** laughter.

Suddenly, a real Kun saw a dark shadow appear behind his companion sitting opposite him. He was so frightened that he was about to open his mouth to warn, but he felt a chill in his throat and could not make a sound.

Before he fell to the ground, he saw his companion being covered by someone's hand and having his neck slashed with a knife...

In an instant, the four real Japanese soldiers on this sentry post went to see Amaterasu silently.

Soon after, more shadows climbed onto the turret and cleared out the sentry posts in an orderly manner.

It was not until they rushed into the lower level of the fort and began to massacre the Japanese pirates sleeping in the large bunk beds that exclamations, screams, and cries for help resounded throughout the island.

The real Japanese in the barracks not far away heard the noise and realized that something serious had happened. They hurriedly put on their wooden clogs, picked up their Japanese swords and cannons, and rushed to the artillery position to rescue.

At this time, Ximen Qing's squadron had already eliminated dozens of real Japanese in the artillery position, and was ready for battle on the ridge artillery position that the Japanese pirates relied on.

"Brothers, the captain and his men are lying in ambush right where we were just now! We can't bring shame to the reconnaissance squadron!" Looking at the real Japanese pirates rushing over with torches, Ximen Qing said to his team members in a deep voice: "Don't you guys keep saying that you have never killed any Japanese pirates? Today, I will let you have your fun!"

"Ah!" The soldiers responded excitedly while taking off their backpacks and taking out wooden boxes from them. When they opened them, they found "Cha-Cha grenades"... This little cutie, named by Zhao Shizhen after A-shi's little daughter, made its first appearance on the battlefield after passing the test.

"Coach Wu, why are you so quiet today?" Ximen Qing lit two Coast Guard brand cigars and handed one to his partner.

"What's the point of mobilizing people to fight the Japanese pirates?" Wu Song took a deep puff of his cigar and coughed non-stop, "I'm worried that if I say too much, the brothers will get confused."

"Hahaha, that makes sense! This stuff can't enter the lungs." Ximen Qing held a cigar in his mouth, exhaled thick white smoke, and watched the Japanese pirates rushing within 20 meters. He gave an order in a deep voice: "Go!"

The team members immediately picked up the Cha-Cha grenade, lit the fuse with the Coast Guard cigars or Victory cigarettes in their mouths, and then quickly threw it out.

Bamboo tubes with sparks at the end flew down to the top of the Japanese pirates. Instantly, balls of dazzling white light, accompanied by huge explosions, exploded among the Japanese pirates.

Countless pieces of porcelain and bamboo tube fragments flew everywhere, and countless Japanese pirates fell to the ground screaming.

The Japanese pirates behind were startled, not knowing whether it was a gun or a cannon, but no matter which one it was, it shouldn't have exploded...

However, the Japanese were notoriously stubborn, and after a brief hesitation, they continued to charge forward, roaring.

Naturally, I got another round of Cha Cha grenades...

This shows how fierce and cunning the Shimazu samurai group was. If it were an ordinary Japanese pirate, they would have been scattered after being bombed twice.

But after someone spoke a few words loudly in bird language, the shouting Japanese pirates all fell silent, moved more gently, and dispersed carefully. Taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, they crouched and moved towards the artillery position from all directions.

Now if you want to use Cha Cha Grenade to achieve victory, it will just depend on luck...

This is also the reason why the main force of the Marine Corps did not launch an attack immediately - they had to rely on the cover of night to capture the artillery position, but the night would also cover the Japanese pirates in the barracks, making it impossible for the Marine Corps to take advantage of firepower, and even the mandarin duck formation would be greatly reduced. Once a melee ensues, casualties will be unpredictable!

The cost of training a qualified coast guard for Mr. Zhao is equivalent to that of training ten ordinary government troops, not to mention these Japanese pirates. Therefore, commanders are unwilling to take such unpredictable risks unless it is absolutely necessary.

Therefore, the battle plan formulated by the General Staff was to have the best-equipped and most powerful reconnaissance squadron hold the island and wait for reinforcements, so as to attract all the Japanese pirates on the island and make dumplings before daybreak.

In order to be cautious, the reconnaissance squadron would load ten times the gunpowder and double the shells in each gun chamber, and immediately blow up the gun chamber if they could no longer defend the fort. When the main force of the brigade heard the gunfire, they would rush out to help them retreat.

At that time, I wouldn't care about casualties...

But the detective squadron, which was carefully selected from the coast guard, was full of skilled and arrogant members. How could they tolerate a hasty escape?

In Ximen Qing's opinion, two hundred to one thousand, the advantage is on me! He wants to beat the Japanese pirates on this fort and kill them!

He ordered a halt to the bombardment to save ammunition, and had people go to the lower level of the tower to roll up all the rags, rags, quilts, and straw mats from the large bunk beds, pour lamp oil on them, light them, and throw them down the tower.

Balls of fire suddenly ignited outside the fort, and the burning cotton cloth ignited the dry grass in the bushes. The Japanese pirates crawling in the grass jumped out like grasshoppers and ran towards the nearby fort!

"Shoot!" Ximen Qing fired his short gun. The team members also took aim in the light of the fire, and pulled the trigger one after another, firing bullets and short arrows.

The screams rang out again.

For tonight's operation, all members of the reconnaissance squadron were equipped with flintlock pistols. This naval version of the Longqing-style rifle has no buttstock or bayonet, and even the barrel is only half the length of the army version. The effective range is only two-thirds of the army version, but it is easy to carry and load. It is a close-combat weapon developed by the 00 Institute based on the characteristics of self-defense on the coast guard ship.

In particular, it allows soldiers to reload without having to stand up, which is very user-friendly in a defensive battle with a parapet to provide cover.

After firing a shot, the team members quickly hid behind the fort's parapet, skillfully reloaded, and then raised their heads to shoot, which naturally greatly reduced the chance of being hit. Moreover, the two sides were now one above and one below, so the range was nothing.

This shows the benefit of having a staff office that is responsible for formulating combat plans and considering combat details. They can always choose the right weapons for the soldiers, allowing them to maximize their advantages and reduce casualties.

The Japanese pirates kept firing their guns and arrows, but only caused the fort's stone chips to fly everywhere, but it was difficult to cause effective casualties. Their own casualties were very heavy...

But as the saying goes, a trapped beast will still fight, let alone this group of Japanese pirates who had no home to return to and no way to retreat. The huge casualties stimulated their ferocity and they rushed to the fort with their absolute advantage in numbers.

After knocking on the fort's gate several times without being able to break it open, they began to climb up the fort from all directions.

After all, the fort is not a city tower. The base is only two meters high, and the walls built by the Japanese are always rough and can be climbed everywhere.

The reconnaissance team members fired desperately, but still could not shoot down all the enemy soldiers. There was no time to reload, so they dropped their short guns, picked up iron spears from the ground and started stabbing down.

This iron spear is a three-section spear developed by the 00 Institute for the "Marine Corps version of the Mandarin Duck Formation". Each section is 58 cm long and made of wrought iron. It can be disassembled and tied together for easy carrying. When used, the three sections of the iron rod are connected end to end to form a 1.7-meter spear that can restrain all short weapons!

Excellent equipment, scientific and hard training, a strong physique cultivated by rich nutrition, and high morale are the sources of Ximen Qing's confidence!

Watching the team members' spears flying and blocking the Japanese pirates behind the women's wall, Ximen Qing shouted, "Throw!"

The grenadiers who retreated to the inner line began to throw Cha-Cha grenades frantically under the artillery position.

The sparking bamboo tube flew over the heads of the team members, as well as the heads of the Japanese pirates who were fighting fiercely with them, and landed on the outside of the artillery position, exploding the Japanese pirates who were gathered under the artillery position.

Ximen Qing's move of cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot was a stroke of genius, which immediately cut off the connection between the city wall and the subsequent Japanese pirates, greatly reducing the pressure on the soldiers. They cheered up and drove the Japanese pirates off the fort in one go.

The team members had no time to catch their breath, and quickly dropped their blood-stained spears, picked up their short guns and crossbows, reloaded them, and prepared to meet the next attack from the Japanese pirates.

Moreover, they saw that the Japanese pirates, who had been attacking crazily just now, began to flee in panic.

"Hey, why did you run away? I haven't fought enough yet!" The team members looked at each other and found that the other party's face was covered with blood and ashes, unrecognizable.

"Hahaha, silly boys, it's because it's daybreak." Coach Wu laughed loudly and pointed to the distance, "The captain and his men have started making dumplings!"

The team members looked in the direction Wu Song pointed, and saw that it was already bright in the east. Countless black shadows flashed out from behind the rows of reefs and counterattacked the Japanese pirates who were surrounding the artillery tower!

In the morning light they could see that the Marines had formed a mandarin duck formation, with eleven men in a team advancing steadily behind the Japanese pirates.

The Japanese pirates had been annoyed because they had been attacking for a long time but when they saw someone coming to them, they turned around, brandishing their Japanese swords in anger and rushed towards the teams of enemy soldiers.

However, the Japanese pirates never expected that these enemy troops on the plain would make them feel even more desperate. Although they were all ferocious beasts from Kyushu, although they had experienced many battles in Japan, although they were skilled in swordsmanship, and although their Japanese swords had been tempered a thousand times, in front of the more courageous and strong Coast Guard and the anti-Japanese treasure, the Mandarin Duck Formation, they could not exert any strength at all and could only be chopped down and chopped.

Fighting to the death will only make them die faster...

Soon, the battle turned into a one-sided massacre, and even the stubborn and brutal Japanese pirates became desperate.

"It's the Mandarin Duck Formation! It's the Mandarin Duck Formation of Qi Jiguang, the fierce tiger of the empire!" Several Japanese pirates who had once invaded the Ming Dynasty finally recognized this dreaded killing formation. They immediately dropped their useless Japanese swords in fear and turned around to run away.

The collapse always started from one point and spread to the whole army in a blink of an eye. Soon, all the Japanese pirates lost their fighting spirit and fled in all directions.

A sharp whistle sounded, and the coast guard soldiers formed the Five Elements Formation and the Three Talents Formation and began to freely pursue the fleeing Japanese pirates.

Even Ximen Qing on the artillery platform couldn't hold back. He rushed out with half of his men and joined the team to hunt down the Japanese pirates.

Those are all points and bonuses!

(End of this chapter)