Daming pirates

A tall man stood on the shore of the river mouth. Under the cover of night, his waist was as straight as a javelin. Several people were surrounding him, all silently looking at the sea outside the Tamsui River mouth.

This man always held a monocular telescope and silently searched the sea. Through the eyepiece, he could see the lights of several Dutch warships far away from the shore, until he could see the entire sea.

After that, he put down the telescope in his hand.

Yu Xiaotian turned around, with a look of disdain on his face, and said to Liu Wang beside him: "The Dutch are really arrogant! They dare to come to us without enough cover by boats.

trouble!

What I was afraid of was that they wouldn't come. Now it seems that my worries were unnecessary! They couldn't help but come here after all!

However, Waite was quite careful. He only sent three boats into the river mouth and left four boats outside the river mouth. This created some trouble for us!

But forget it! It’s unrealistic to want to eat them all in one bite. This red-haired commander is not a fool! He also knows how to save something! But three boats are enough! Next, it’s up to Liu Yidao and One-eyed Dragon! Send the signal

Let’s start taking action!”

Liu Wang's face was filled with an uncontrollable excitement, and he immediately nodded and said: "Yes! Pass the master's order and send the signal!"

After a short while, three red flares flew rapidly from the shore, rushed straight into the night sky, and flew very high before slowly starting to descend.

The light of a red flare in the night can be clearly seen from a very far away place. This kind of flare is actually a kind of rocket.

For Seawolves, who have long mastered the gunpowder production technology, they began to trial-produce this kind of rocket very early. After adding some raw materials, it can produce various dazzling colors. In fact, it is just some large fireworks bombs.

, but the burning time is longer.

This kind of thing is naturally an excellent thing for transmitting signals at night. In the era before radio, this kind of thing was undoubtedly the best way to transmit signals at night.

This kind of rocket can fly to a height of more than 100 meters in the sky, and then burst into a dazzling light. Even from a dozen or two miles away, the light of these rockets can be easily observed.

Of course, the Dutch are not blind. After these three red flares were launched into the sky, they also immediately discovered these three flares, but they did not know what they meant. However, Waite immediately had a feeling

An ominous premonition.

Sending signals at night was definitely not a good thing. He didn't dare to neglect what Sea Wolf might do if he didn't know what to do. He quickly ordered the signal lights to be hung up and summoned several other ships to converge towards his position to prepare for what might happen next.

situation.

He had some understanding of the sea wolf's night fighting ability. When he was escorting Yu Zigao's fleet to Nanri Island, the sea wolf once attacked Yu Zigao's fleet at night and achieved considerable results.

This made Yu Zigao disgraced and lost many ships. It also frightened Yu Zigao into stopping night sailing and only dared to sail during the day.

So he was still quite wary of Sea Wolf's night fighting ability. Now that Sea Wolf suddenly sent out such a signal at night, he might take some action against them.

The night has become the sea wolf's best cover, making it impossible for the lookouts on their Dutch ships to see the distant sea. Although these lookouts have been ordered to closely observe the surrounding sea before dark.

situation to prevent a sneak attack by Sea Wolf ships, but no matter how wide they opened their eyes, they could not see further.

The weather has also caused a lot of trouble for the Dutch. There are some thin clouds in the sky tonight, blocking the moonlight and making the sea look even more dark.

On the shore outside the river mouth, piles of bonfires began to be lit at this time, outlining a long stretch of coastline. Just by looking at these fires, you can determine where the coastline is. Such bonfires continue for a long time.

It's very far, more than ten or twenty miles.

The appearance of these bonfires on the shore made Waite feel even more nervous. He immediately thought of why the sea wolves lit so many bonfires on the shore. This should actually provide navigation for their fleet and prevent their fleet from getting lost in the sea.

Accidentally sailing close to the coast at night, causing it to run aground or run aground.

So he immediately ordered the lookouts to quickly strengthen their observation of the surrounding sea and search for possible traces of enemy ships. However, the sea was still black, like a monster that could swallow all light, making them unable to see anything on the sea.

, they could only hear the roar of the waves hitting their hull, and the roar of the sea water hitting the rocks on the shore.

The sudden situation made all the Dutch people feel nervous. The captain ordered the sailors on the ship to immediately open all the gun doors, and ordered the gunners to get into position immediately and be ready to load and fire at any time.

The four Dutch warships began to gather together on their own initiative, forming a diamond-shaped formation, huddled together and prepared for battle.

However, they waited and waited, but found nothing unusual. Instead, the bonfires on the shore began to go out one after another. Finally, the entire coastline returned to silence and was shrouded in darkness again.

"What do these damn pirates want to do?" This was the thought of all the Dutch. They were so nervous that they waited for a long time but there was no movement.

"Could it be that these cunning Chinese people are deliberately scaring us? Do they want to scare us away in this way?" So some people started to look for the reason in a smart way.

Waite still did not dare to be careless and continued to lead the fleet to stay vigilant. However, after about an hour, the sea was still quiet and there was still no movement.

At this moment, all the Dutch, including Waite, began to have the idea of ​​being teased. What the Sea Wolf did just now was not to summon a fleet to attack them at all, but to scare them.

So all the Dutch people couldn't help but feel like they wanted to yell. It was so scary at midnight that people would be scared to death! Their nerves were about to break, but nothing happened.

Just when they were about to relax, three more red flares suddenly rose from the seaside, and then along the coastline, a line of bonfires were lit again, outlining a long coastline.

The Dutch who had just relaxed became nervous again and quickly searched the surrounding sea with wide eyes. As a result, after an hour passed, the bonfires on the coastline were extinguished again, but nothing happened on the sea.

At this time, the Dutch finally couldn't help but started to curse. Naturally, there were some scumbags on their ship. They cursed all the curses they could think of and hurled obscenities at the coast.

Tossing them like this twice in a row is just toying with people! Tossing them like this in the middle of the night, isn't it clear that they need to tighten their nerves? It's just a return, but twice in a row. People's energy is limited and they can't do this several times in a row.

For these Dutch sailors, it is not a fun thing. If they keep going like this, they will not even think about resting for a whole night.

But after waiting for a while, they still found nothing unusual. The sea was still quiet without a trace of movement. Now the Dutch began to relax. After all, it was not long before dawn. They

They vaguely heard a rumble of cannons coming from the Tamsui River. In their opinion, the three ships they sent into the Tamsui River had probably started bombarding the pirates' castle.

But at this moment, three more red flares were raised on the beach for the third time, and then the bonfire was lit again, and the flames outlined the long coastline.

This time, even Waite himself didn't bother to stay alert anymore. He cursed these damn pirates in his heart. He only had so much ability to scare people. He did this three times in a row in one night, as if he was tireless. Once or twice was enough.

, to still come now is really the ultimate bastard.

So by this time, Waite's fleet was no longer nervous from top to bottom. The sailors on several ships were lying staggeringly on the cabin deck, and some people had simply fallen asleep. Even the gun ports on the side of the ship were

It was also closed, and the gunpowder that was taken out was put back into the ammunition depot.

Since the damn pirates are willing to do the hard work, let them do the hard work. These many days of sailing have already made these sailors very tired. Yesterday, they had a gun battle with the forts on the shore, which made them even more tired.

, plus the pirates kept doing this all night, and almost everyone didn't sleep. At this time, even Waite himself felt very tired, so he asked his officers to take over his command and went back to the cabin to rest.

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As soon as Waite lay on the soft bed, he fell asleep almost immediately and snored.

The seawater lapped against the hull of the ship, making a rhythmic but boring sound that made people feel sleepy. Even the watchmen who had been nervous all night began to take a nap on the watchtower, too lazy to continue staring at them.

With sour eyes, I went to search the sea.

But at this moment, two large fleets appeared on the sea not far away from them. All of these ships kept the lights on, except that a one-way glass lamp was lit at the stern, which made them light up.

Only the ships following the front ship can observe the position of the front ship. Their lights cannot be seen in other directions, let alone their whereabouts.

Liu Yidao and Cyclops each led a fleet and sailed towards the mouth of the Tamsui River from the north and south. In fact, they started sailing before it got dark last night and had already approached the mouth of the Tamsui River. However, they

After dark, he stopped and remained silent, waiting for the signal on the sea.