The Rise of the European Emperor

"Bang-bang-bang-" After a round of shooting, when the smoke cleared and the musketeers in the second row hadn't fired yet, Commander Weissette began to observe the results...

Generally speaking, at a distance of fifty or sixty meters, shooting is more secure. However, Weissette was surprised to find that the other party didn't die a few people...

why? Because this group of Japanese pirates are charging in skirmish lines, they are the most suitable for dealing with queuing and shooting. This is not because the Japanese pirates know how to deal with muskets, but they are originally equivalent to the martial arts masters in the novel, with strong personal martial arts, but no discipline. Therefore, when charging, the formation is more chaotic. But precisely, this is very consistent with the tactics of dealing with platoons.

Of course, this is just one of them. Another important reason is - the height problem...

Yes, height matters. These Japanese pirates are generally only 1.5 meters tall, and those who exceed 1.6 meters are considered "great men". However, the sailors of Beihai Kingdom are generally 1.6 meters tall and 1.7 meters tall. As a result, the two sides formed a height difference...

According to the custom in Europe and the Ming Dynasty, when the musketeers were shooting, they would raise their muskets to the height of their shoulders, and then point them straight ahead to shoot...

The problem is here...

These Japanese pirates were a head shorter than the sailors of the North Sea Kingdom, and the sailors' muskets were straight forward. Then, the height of the musket is aimed at the head of the Japanese pirate instead of the chest...

But how big is the brain? In addition, when people are charging, their heads are shaking, and it is very difficult to aim and hit. In later generations, even if a sniper uses a scope to aim for a headshot, he will only dare to aim at the head when the target stops. If the target is active, it is better to target the upper body. Because it's better to hold...

The sailors and musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom committed empirical dogmatism and still fired their muskets horizontally, but the shooting coverage area was the heads of those Japanese pirate warriors, and the natural hit rate was greatly reduced. Originally, the hit rate of the musket was not high, and with the head shot, the hit rate was even lower.

Therefore, in the first round of shooting, only a few Japanese pirates were shot. But the Japanese pirates who were shot were all killed on the spot. why? Because he was shot in the head... the bullet hit him, he might twitch for a long time before he died. But when it hit the head, dozens of grams of lead bullets hit him, and he was basically killed on the spot. And some of the Japanese pirates who were unfortunately shot in the head have their brains broken...

If the group of peasants and military households in the Daming Southeastern Guards saw such a scene, they might be frightened. However, this group of Japanese pirates was not frightened. Because they are all murderous robbers, they have long been numb to death... Even if they were splashed by the brains of their companions, these Japanese pirates fiercely waved Japanese swords and continued to charge forward...

...

Weissette thought for a moment,

It also reacted - this group of opponents is too short to aim in the old way. So, he commanded the second row of musketeers loudly:

"Everyone, press down the gun slightly and aim at the chest of this group of enemies!"

As a result, the musketeers in the second row pressed their guns down one after another...

"Boom-boom-boom-"

Sure enough, the second round of shooting brought more casualties to the Japanese pirates—a dozen Japanese pirates were shot and fell to the ground...

However, this group of Japanese pirates was still unaffected. Under the leadership of the samurai leader Fujita Kijiro, who was lucky not to be shot, the remaining Japanese pirates shouted "onboard" and continued to swing their swords forward...

"Third row, aim for—"

"Fire--"

...

After the three-stage attack, there were only four of the more than thirty Japanese pirate warriors left, including the Fujita Kijiro. However, the Musketeers also had a brief gap. Because, the reloading of the musketeers in the first row is not over yet...

So, under the order of Weissette, a total of 40 spearmen on both sides, holding 4-meter-long spears, flanked the four surviving Japanese pirate warriors...

Forty spearmen fought four Japanese pirates, and everyone thought it was stable. However, the results were surprising...

These four Japanese pirates, although small in stature, are extremely flexible in their movements. Although so many spears stabbed, they dodged unhurriedly. Relying on their short height, they nimbly avoided the stabbing of dozens of spears...

Moreover, the Japanese swords in their hands were so sharp that they even cut off several spears...

"Hizen is a knife!" After cutting off the spear of a North Sea sailor, the highly skilled Fujita Kijiro took advantage of the situation, shouted, and smeared the sailor's neck with a knife, killing him on the spot. For this hapless sailor...

When the battle was over, Columbus and Conté were surprised to find that 40 spearmen were fighting against the 4 Japanese pirates. Although they were all killed in the end, 3 sailors were killed and 5 sailors were killed. cut...

"What a fierce enemy!" Kong Tai said in surprise.

"Yeah, despite being short!" Columbus also nodded.

At this time, Kong Tai suddenly remembered that when Marin was teaching them Chinese, he said something along the lines of that - to deal with Japanese pirates, it is best to use spears or plate knights. (Of course, Marin didn't say that the mandarin duck array is also very suitable. But he didn't engage in such a thing as the mandarin duck array, so there is no need to mention it)

Needless to say with guns, the results just now proved everything. And the plate armor knights are also very powerful in their own martial arts, and the plate armor can resist the swords of Japanese pirates, and can gain the upper hand...

As for Weissette, he also concluded one point—that is, when fighting Japanese pirates, the musketeers must press down the muzzle a little, otherwise they will not be able to hit... After all, the opponent is a little short...

You must know that before Japan's later generations vigorously promoted the policy of drinking milk to grow taller, the Japanese people were indeed not tall. Even during the Anti-Japanese War, although the living conditions of Japanese soldiers were good, their height was generally only 1.6 meters. Moreover, it is mostly 1.6 meters. If there is a devil with a height of 1.7 or even 1.8 meters...don't guess, it is a North Korean devil...

...

Looking at the three dead sailors, Conté suddenly had a big head. The 5 injured sailors are easy to say, because a lot of gold drugs, alcohol and gauze were prepared on board. Knife wounds look terrifying, but as long as they don't cut into vital organs or blood vessels and arteries, and do a good job of sterilization to ensure that they won't get infected, it's actually no big deal.

Fortunately, although the wounds of the five sailors were deep, one of them was cut off by a sharp Japanese knife, but it did not hurt the vital point. After emergency treatment, as long as you rest for a while, it will be fine. But the three unlucky bastards who were hacked to death on the spot had no choice...

So, Kong Tai decided to take the ashes back to China according to the method of the Marin army - cremation...

In fact, Christians do not popularize cremation, but rather burial. However, Comte once heard Marin explain that if the fleet returned home with a coffin containing the dead, it would be easy for a plague to breed on the way. Once the plague breeds, no one else on the ship can escape...

Therefore, in order not to let the dead interfere with the living, Marin's attitude is - the dead are cremated, and the ashes are brought back to the country for burial... Or, burial on the spot... Moreover, Marin gives each soldier the right to choose, choose After he died in the war, should he be cremated and take his ashes home or buried on the spot...

Most soldiers chose to cremate their ashes back home, because the soldiers believed that when they returned home, their souls would be redeemed...

...

Just when Kong Tai was worried, the more than 50 refugees who fled for their lives, led by an old man in his 50s, came to Columbus and Kong Tai...

I saw the old man came to Columbus and Kong Tai in Chinese clothes, bent down and said:

"The old man Liu Laogen, on behalf of the survivors of Jilong Village, has written about the life-saving grace of the two adults." The old man used Daming Mandarin, which is not very proficient, but Kong Tai could understand it.

Hearing the old man's words, Kong Tai said in surprise:

"Do you understand Mandarin?" Kong Tai couldn't be more curious. During his time in Guangzhou, Kong Tai discovered that the villagers of the Ming Dynasty generally spoke dialects, which he could not understand. Only those officials and scholars with high status can understand Mandarin.

However, this is Dongfan Island, not the mainland of Ming Dynasty. It is too rare to meet an old man who can speak Mandarin. Logically speaking, it should be all the people here. However, looking at this old man's clothes, he looks a bit like a commoner in the Ming Dynasty, and he can speak Mandarin...

Liu Laogen rolled his eyes and said in his heart—you are a yellow-haired and blue-eyed ghost who can speak Mandarin, is it strange that this old man can speak Mandarin?

But he patiently explained:

"When I was young and old, I also studied in a private school for a few years. Although I was not good at school, I couldn't get a job title, but I could speak a little Mandarin!"

"So that's the case..." Kong Tai suddenly realized, but asked in doubt:

"Listening to the old man's conversation and clothes, he should be a commoner of the Ming Dynasty, how could he appear in Dongfan Island?"

Old Liutou sighed and explained:

"To be honest with this lord, the old man and dozens of people in the same village originally lived in Xiaoliu Village by the sea in Putian County, Hujian's Xinghua House. He took the villagers and took a dozen fishing boats to the sea for refuge. He originally wanted to go north, but when he encountered a strong wind, he was blown to Dongfan Island... I found this island by accident, and took the surviving dozens of people to settle down on the island. After six years, I am quite happy... It's a pity to meet this group of Japanese pirates... Today, more than a dozen people were killed by the pirates, and there are only more than 50 people left... If not for the army of the adults, I am afraid all of them will die here... ..." After speaking, he gave a deep bow to the two of them...

"You're welcome, it's just a little effort. We are the ship of Daming's ambassador from the Northwest Sea of ​​Thailand, and we happened to pass by here. It's just a matter of time to rescue you. But, old man, why don't you board the big island? On this small island, The land that can be cultivated is very limited..."

Indeed, the total area of ​​Sheliao Island is only over 100 hectares. Among them, 66 hectares have been designated as Heping Island Marine Park in later generations. In the park, there are mainly strange rocks on the seashore... That is to say, this island can reclaim up to 30 to 40 hectares of arable land. Even if it is fully reclaimed, Liu Laogen's entire village has dozens of people, and each family has only ten acres of land... And looking at the development of the island, it seems that the cultivated land on the island is equally divided among the villagers of Jilong Village. There are only five or six acres of land...

Liu Laogen, the mayor of Jilong Village, sighed and said:

"We also wanted to go to the land on the other side of the Dao River to farm, but those Fanmins were not allowed! We tried to go to the island, but they drove us back! We only had so many people, we couldn't beat the Fanmin, so we could only hide in Farming on this island!"

"I see……"

To put it bluntly, the group of exiled Han people in Jilong Village couldn't beat the indigenous Fan people on the main island. If they could beat them, they would have landed long ago to snatch the fertile land on the banks of the Keelung River...

As for why it is called Jilong Village, it is said that he fled to this time a few years ago, dealing with the local aborigines, asking them about the place names, and the aborigines taught the chicken cage... So, the name of the new village simply used the Fujian language chicken cage. Named here...

In other words, on Sheliao Island, Kong Tai and the others unintentionally rescued a group of Daming refugees... However, after these refugees fled to Sheliao Island, they found that they could farm there. And if you farm here, because you are not under the jurisdiction of the government, you do not need to pay taxes, and you do not need to take corvée. So, the whole village simply settled down here and didn't leave...

It's just that they didn't expect to live on an isolated island. The surrounding water can withstand the indigenous people on the island of Taidao, but it can't stop the pirates who are good at sailing.

If Kong Tai did not lead the army, Jilong Village would have become history today... After all, those Japanese pirates are all demons who kill without blinking an eye...