Chapter 861 Occupying Liuheng Island

Even after confirming the identity of the intruder, Li Luotou and Motegi Shinobu still did not give up the idea of ​​resisting immediately. They expected that the menacing fleet was just a strong-armed force, and they had to at least give it a try first. After all, the sea

The Sand Gang is also a leading armed force in the East China Sea. It has experienced many armed conflicts, large and small, and there are so many desperadoes licking the blood of the gang. It seems that they can fight with each other. The two of them can't.

Even if he ordered the ships anchored in the harbor to rush out of the harbor, he would offer a large reward as an incentive.

Seeing that he could not persuade these two people to commit suicide, Gomez had no choice but to do the next best thing. He quickly organized his men to assemble, and at the same time sent people to the small port on the east side of the island to let the boats there prepare to escape. Gomez's men

There is a musketeer team of 300 people, plus more than 30 gunners and seven or eight artillery pieces, which can be regarded as the elite of the Haisha Gang's land combat power. However, he does not want to command these troops to make the final resistance on the island.

Instead, he wanted to take advantage of the chaos and take these people to find an opportunity to evacuate Liuheng Island.

Gomez knew that even if he threw all his elite men into the battlefield, at most it would be able to temporarily delay the Haihan people's offensive, but it would never be able to reverse the decline of the Haisha Gang. Staying on the island and resisting would have no chance of victory.

, it is wise to retain as much strength as possible for the future.

But the situation was obviously deteriorating faster than he could react. The ships parked in the harbor could not get out at all. The powerful firepower of the Haihan fleet was not an offensive that the pirates could resist at the risk of their lives. In a very short time

During the exchange of fire, the desperate leaders of the Sea Sand Gang saw their sailboats capsizing after being continuously hit by artillery fire at the port. They expected to rely on the numerical advantage of the ships to surround the enemy ships, and then join the gang to complete the capture.

The boat scene never appeared at all.

Li Luotou and Motegi Shinobu were stunned on the pier as they watched their sailboat rush out decisively, and then turned into a pile of broken wooden boards floating on the sea under the gunfire. The only thing to be thankful for was that they did not board the ship in person.

Go to sea to command operations, otherwise they would probably have become minced meat eaten by the fish in the sea. At this time, they remembered the various warnings Gomez made yesterday, but it was already too late.

It is no longer possible for the Haihan people to stop the offensive as soon as it is ready. They clearly have plans to block the Haisha Gang on the island and kill them.

The people sent by Gomez to give orders to the eastern port have not returned yet, but the people who rushed over there to ask for help arrived first. Gomez heard that the eastern port had also been attacked, so he knew something was wrong and hurriedly asked people to go there.

Notify the other two leaders to abandon the port and evacuate to the inland area of ​​the island.

It only took the coalition fleet about an hour and a half to basically control the situation in the harbors of Haisha Gang. The pirates either fled back to the harbor or surrendered on the spot, making it difficult to form an organized resistance. Takahashi Minami led

A company of soldiers landed at the dock that Xu Ke and Zhao Cheng had scouted a few days ago, and then under the guidance of Zhao Cheng, they quickly found the entrance to the cave casino.

At this time, the members of the Haisha Gang on the dock had already fled, and there were no armed personnel on duty at the entrance. The soldiers entered the cave smoothly and found that it was also in a mess. There were many people inside the cave.

People who don't know what's going on outside are fighting for the broken silver on the gambling table.

Takahashi Minami was not interested in these scattered pieces of silver. What he wanted to know was the location of the secret bank vault used by the Haisha Gang to store the proceeds from the casino. That was one of the main tasks of this operation.

"Zhao Cheng!" Gao Qiaonan ordered loudly: "Find the bank before dark!"

Zhao Cheng's luck was indeed good. Moments after receiving this order, his men caught a small leader of the Haisha Gang on the dock, and this guy happened to be someone he recognized - he had been with Xu Kelai a few days ago.

When they were conducting reconnaissance on Hengdao, it was this leader nicknamed "Seventh Brother" who led them into this cave casino.

"So it's you!" When the seventh brother was escorted in front of Zhao Cheng, he recognized this face immediately. However, at this time, Zhao Cheng was no longer dressed as the ship boss at that time, but was wearing a gray combat uniform.

The expression on his face is no longer even a little bit flattering.

"Zou Qi, we meet again!" This time Zhao Cheng will not address him as "Brother Qi" anymore, but directly calls him by his real name: "Whatever I ask next, you'd better tell the truth, don't play tricks, don't

Follow me in circles, if you want to be clever or pretend to be a tough guy, you will suffer a lot, do you understand?"

"My surname is Zhao, how can I, Zou Qi, be greedy for life and afraid of death? Hey, if you want to force a confession, why don't you try it? I've never been in prison or beaten?" But Zou Qi was extremely stubborn and refused to give in at all.

Zhao Cheng frowned slightly when he heard this. At present, he only had such a pirate leader in his hands. A lot of important information had to fall on him, so he had to pry open his mouth as soon as possible.

"You can be tough, but don't regret it later." Zhao Cheng turned his head and ordered: "Inform the people from the Secret Service to come over and let them deal with this guy."

The Secret Service that Zhao Cheng mentioned is not an agency under the military, but is affiliated with the Field Service Division of the Haihan Security Department. Many of the people in this department are veterans who have served in the Six Doors for many years and have switched to the Haihan for various reasons.

Of course, among them were torture experts who were familiar with torture methods. During Haihan's Northern Expedition to Zhejiang, the Ministry of Security also sent some personnel to accompany the army in order to come in handy at this special time.

After a while, someone came to Zhao Cheng with two middle-aged men. The two men were thin and had a vague resemblance in their eyebrows. One of them introduced himself: "I'm in Xiaguanyuan. This is my brother Guan Ping, who belongs to the Security Department."

Special Service, here to report."

Zhao Cheng nodded and said: "Now I need you to pry open this guy's mouth as soon as possible. He knows some very important information. I can only give you a stick of incense and hope you will do your best. I only want information, but his life

It doesn’t matter.”

That Guan Yuan cupped his hands and said, "It's not too late, I'll take action now."

Guan Yuan and Guan Ping walked up to Zou Qi and looked him up and down. Their eyes were so intense that Zou Qi's body was hairy. He wanted to curse a few more words to embolden him, but he suddenly faced Guan Qi.

The distant look in his eyes and his deathly gray pupils made Zou Qi shudder, and he couldn't even curse out the words that came to his lips.

"He is five feet three inches long and has strong bones and muscles. It may be difficult to injure the flesh." Na Guan Ping looked at him and suddenly started to take action. He poked and pinched Zou Qi's thighs, arms and other places while muttering to himself.

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Guan Yuan responded: "The military master said that life doesn't matter, so let's choose the quickest way to do it. Please help the military masters, find a strong chair to tie him up, tie his hands and feet separately, and try to tie him as strong as possible.

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Zou Qi felt a little nervous in his heart. He didn't know what these two people who were like living ghosts were going to do to him. But hearing this tone, it didn't really sound like a good sign. Several soldiers had already rushed up to hold down his hands and feet and tied him up.

He was tied to a chair, and his waist and forehead were tightly tied to the back of the chair with ropes. Except for his fingers and toes, he could hardly move any other joints on his body.

The two brothers Guan Yuan and Guan Ping each held a leather doctor's bag in their hands - this thing was passed down from two foreigners, Morgan and Johnson. Later, not only did many barefoot doctors trained by Sanya Medical School have one in their hands, but also other

Some industries that need to carry multiple tools have also begun to use this kind of large-capacity, thick and durable leather bags.

The two put the leather bag on the table next to them and opened it, and then began to take out various small tools and some special instruments with unknown names one by one. Among them were knives, hammers, axes, saws, chisels, drills, hooks, drills,

There are tools such as pliers, ropes, etc. Each tool often has several different models, sizes and even different materials. There are also some glass vials containing unknown potions, which are spread out on the table in a large area. It is difficult to find

I believe they can hold so many things in those two leather bags.

Guan Yuan took out a steel needle, which was about a foot long, waved it in front of Zou Qi and said: "Next, I will drive this steel needle through your finger, and slowly pass it along the joint meridians to the elbow.

, if you can bear it, I will nail another one. If you don’t tell me when all ten fingers are pierced, I will replace it with another one."

Guan Ping held a small hand drill that was only four inches long in his hand and said expressionlessly: "I will use this thing to drill through the joints of your hands and feet in sequence, and then spread the raised eggs into your joints."

In the hole, after only two or three days, the maggots will take shape, burrow into your bones and devour your marrow. You may not be able to imagine the feeling."

Zou Qi turned pale after hearing this description. He thought that the Haihan people's methods of torture and extorting confessions were nothing more than traditional methods such as fists, kicks, and whips. He never expected that the Haihan people would use such evil and cruel methods. Although he was not very afraid.

He wanted to die, but he didn't want to suffer such severe torture before death.

Zhao Cheng only waited for a cup of tea before Guan Yuan came out of the house, cupped his hands in front of him and said, "Fortunately, that person is willing to speak."

"So fast?" Zhao Cheng was also slightly surprised: "How many kinds of punishment did you give him?"

Guan Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and said, "I didn't execute him. I just showed him the torture tools and threatened him again, and the guy gave up."

"So powerful?" Zhao Cheng couldn't believe it. The pirate leader who had been clamoring just now gave up before he was even sentenced. However, he didn't care to ask about the details now, and cupped his hands and said: "Thank you both for your help.

, after the matter here is settled, I will find time to treat you two to dinner."

"It's easy to talk." Guan Yuan also said goodbye with clasped fists: "We two brothers still need to rush to other places to deal with things, so I'll see you later."

Half an hour later, the army led by Takahashi Minami arrived at the location mentioned by Zou Qi, where they bumped into members of the Haisha Gang who were transporting their belongings, and an encounter immediately began.

The Haisha Gang's bank vault is located in a mountain col. The Haihan troops climbed over the mountain ridge and faced the side of the Haisha Gang's troops from a high position. The terrain disadvantage alone was enough to put the Haisha Gang in bad luck.

Haihan's side was mainly composed of special operations battalion troops with rich combat experience. They did not rush to engage in a melee with the pirates. Instead, they immediately formed a formation and used muskets to shoot at the pirates who were in a mess. The pirates were not.

There were also many musketeers, but it was impossible to organize neat gun formations in the chaos, and if the scattered bullets hit a specific target at a distance of 100 meters, they could only rely on pure luck. As soon as the two sides exchanged fire

, the pirate team huddled in the col fell down in rows like ears of rice blown down by the strong wind.

After four rounds of shooting, the pirates couldn't bear the casualties and began to retreat, abandoning the silver box that had not yet been transported in the col. Takahashi Minami knew that these remnants of the bandits had no way to leave Liuheng Island, so he was not in a hurry to pursue them, and just let his men control the area immediately.

, and sealed the seized silver and the secret bank in the mountain col, waiting for the relevant departments to send people to inventory.

The Haisha Gang who hurriedly evacuated to the inland of the island did not get a chance to breathe. They quickly ran into the Sanlin Gang who came from the northwest of the island to cover up the enemy. The Sanlin Gang received a call a few days ago.

After Lin Xing sent back the secret message from Shipu Port, he made preparations for today's operation and devoted almost all combat personnel to the task of going south to intercept the Haisha Gang. Several leaders of the Haisha Gang saw that they were Sanlin.

It is not difficult to guess that the other party is colluding with the Haihan people, otherwise it would not be possible for them to kill the Haisha Gang so quickly.

There is not much difference in the armed level of the two groups. Although the Haisha Gang has more people, it lost a lot of elites in the previous sea battles. Now, the number of people fleeing to the northwest is not as many as the Sanlin Gang participating in the war.

.One side is trying to get more military exploits in exchange for the opportunity to embrace Haihan's thigh, while the other side is fighting to the death to survive. They both want to eliminate the opponent quickly, and there will be no room left in the fight.

At about 6 p.m., all three harbors of the Haisha Gang located in the south of Liuheng Island were cleared, and more than a thousand Haisha Gang members and more than 700 other outsiders were captured. As for the casualties of the Haisha Gang during the battle, it is difficult to estimate them at the moment.

, after all, many boats capsized and sank in the sea during the battle. Whether the people on the boats fed the fish or escaped ashore has not yet been determined.

However, according to the prisoners' confessions, there are at least two to three thousand members of the Haisha Gang on the island, including about a thousand combat personnel. Fortunately, all the Haisha Gang's locations near the sea have been occupied by the coalition forces.

People can only flee to the mountainous areas and northwest direction of the island, and the chance of leaving Liuheng Island is slim.

Before dark, a messenger from the Sanlin Gang sent news that they had fought several battles with the Haisha Gang in the central part of Liuheng Island. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. They implored the coalition forces to send troops to help as soon as possible after dawn tomorrow.
Chapter completed!