The New Story of the Opium War
32 The Inexplicable Sea Battle

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Captain Wang, Political Commissar Zhao Liang, and the others were traveling slowly on the route to Tokyo Island. Due to the burden of the smuggling ship, their speed was really not high. It had been more than two hours, but they had only traveled less than two to thirty nautical miles. When would they be able to go ashore to understand the situation? This made them extremely anxious. Suddenly, the navigator came over to report. After repeated confirmation, the radar found that there were three ships with abnormal trajectories 15 nautical miles to the west ahead. Moreover, the radar response of two ships was rather strange. They could not match the ship type saved in the database. They were quite different from the currently known ships, but they were quite similar to ancient sailing ships. Captain, please decide how to deal with them?

After hearing the report, Captain Wang, who was already a little uncomfortable, frowned even more and cursed the navigator in his heart! Why couldn't she make him worry? We must be careful now. It's more important to return to the shore as soon as possible. Don't tell me you didn't report it when you found out? Now that you've reported it, it'll definitely be recorded in the voyage diary. What a fool! Although he was extremely unwilling in his heart, he still had to deal with it on the surface. Who asked him to be a police officer? Captain Wang said helplessly,""Alright, let's go over and take a look!”After saying that, he followed the navigator to the front of the radar screen. As the operator locked onto the target, he found that the tracks of the three obvious targets were not ordinary. It gave people the feeling that the two ships behind were chasing the ship in front that seemed to be a fishing boat. This situation was really unbelievable. Following the instinct of the police, Captain Wang immediately decided to go ahead and take a look no matter how uncomfortable he was! He asked the radar personnel to scan the surrounding waters and found that other than the three ships, the entire sea was very clean. There was actually no other ship! After the radar locked onto the target again, Captain Wang immediately issued an order for the smuggling boats to anchor and stop. After assigning policemen to watch the boats, he led the anti-smuggling boat towards the fishing boats at a high speed. In less than 20 minutes, he could see some boats circling in the distance through the telescope. At the sight of them, all the people in the cockpit were shocked. The ship in front of them was a transport ship that had been modified from a fishing boat. Although they could not tell where the fishing boat came from, such a ship naturally would not be very fast! The two ships behind were actually Old Antique's sailing boats. On the high masts, sails of all sizes were hung from the front and back masts, and their speed was actually not slow! It seemed that the players were all experienced. The situation was still unclear. Captain Wang had to be careful, so he lowered the speed of the ship and asked the communicator to contact the ship in front while slowly approaching to continue observing. At the same time, in order to prevent other accidents, the front cannon and water cannon were ready, and the motorboat was ready to attack at any time.

As they got closer, their target became clearer. The other party had also discovered their ship. They saw that the fishing ship was heading straight for them without any regard for its life. The two antique sailboats behind them were clearly hesitating. Their speed had obviously decreased, but they were still slowly following them. When they saw the number of the fishing boat, they knew that it was a fishing boat from Tokyo Island. They were originally heading to Tokyo Island. Now that they had discovered a boat on the island, they naturally had to be more enthusiastic. Soon, a motorboat went into the sea to receive them. When the other party saw that it was their own anti-smuggling boat, more than ten people suddenly swarmed onto the deck. Many of them were waving all kinds of things in their hands. Some were towels, some were clothes, and so on. It was obvious that the other party was enthusiastic about them!

However, Captain Wang and the others weren't happy because the fishing boat seemed to have suffered a blow. The canopy on the top seemed to have been pulled down by someone. It couldn't be seen when it was facing the wind, but now that it had slowed down, it was hanging like a ribbon under the support. The bridge was also in a mess. The glass on it was broken, and the antenna pole on the top was bent to one side. No wonder it couldn't send a message! At this time, the members of the motorboat who went to pick up the ship sent a radio message back. It turned out that this was a modified transport ship that went back and forth between Dongjia Island and the mainland. This morning, on the way back from the mainland to the island, they saw two ancient sailboats on the waterway, so they leaned over to take a look. They did not expect that these two ships would actually want to rob their ship. They did not have any weapons on board, so they could only turn around and run. However, these two ancient ships actually had cannons--ancient smooth-bore cannons, which were fired at them! Due to their carelessness, they were hit by the explosions for a few times. Some passengers were injured, so were the boats. Additionally, the boats were loaded with many things. Therefore, they couldn't move fast at all. Therefore, the two boats kept chasing them. They escaped all the way here by being familiar with the surrounding sea area. Thankfully, they met the anti-smuggling boat led by Captain Wang. Otherwise, they would have been at a loss! When they asked them again, the fishermen did not know where the other party came from. The other party's boat was hung with colorful flags, but there was no national flag!

When the crew members on the boat heard this, they were all surprised. Pirates? He didn't seem to have the guts to do so, right? Which pirate would dare to rob in broad daylight? Moreover, it was close to the mainland. This was not the way to seek death. However, since they knew that the other party was an armed robbery ship, as the police, they naturally had to take action. Even if they did not want to gain credit, they would at least get rid of the evil for the people! Therefore, Tokyo Island, which was the only one who had contact with them, reported the situation here and told them their next move. They also asked the other party to send a rescue boat. After all, they only had one boat here. However, other than a few smuggling boats, there was also an injured fishing boat. In addition, there were two antique boats that were about to be attacked. They definitely could not take care of it alone. After confirming it on the shore, Captain Wang continued to approach the two ancient ships that were still hesitating. As he approached, he sent out a signal, asking the other party to stop the ship, lower the sail, and close the cannon for investigation! At the same time, he tried to establish radio contact with the other party, but the other party seemed to ignore the signal here! There was no reaction at all! He was still spinning in circles as if he was observing him! Since the other party did not accept his orders, what else was there to say? Then let's fight…The front cannon received the order to prepare to fire, and immediately loaded the cannon and aimed at the target! Captain Wang was just about to give the order to fire when Political Commissar Zhao Liang pulled him back and told him anxiously that the other party's ship seemed to be filled with Westerners! People of the Celestial Empire, no matter which dynasty or generation, would have a habit of thinking too much about people who were not from their own country! Hearing that there were westerners on the other ships, Captain Wang hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked carefully again. As expected, there were many westerners on the two ships! This time, his thoughts were a little complicated. This was because once foreigners were involved, this was a major diplomatic matter. They had been educated a lot. There were no small matters in diplomacy, let alone now that they were going to use guns and cannons! But this ship just fired at our fishermen, and it was within our borders! Captain Wang had been in a bad mood today, but now he was even more depressed. The gunner captain didn't care about this. Seeing that they were too close, he asked the captain if he should fire immediately. Captain Wang was about to answer when the other party fired a cannon at him! All of a sudden, a puff of black smoke came out of the dark window of the opposite ship. The surroundings of the anti-smuggling boat were like dumplings being thrown into the water. Water splashed everywhere! This was a tickle for Captain Wang! He was worried about these Westerners. Now, they had fired the first shot! Then I won't be able to get through if I don't counterattack! "Fire! Open fire immediately!" The gunner was also shocked and took advantage of the situation to shout! Immediately aim and fire! The front gunner was getting impatient. When he heard the order, he immediately pressed the firing switch and did not even think of letting go! However, he only had one ship and one cannon. Although the attack speed was fast, the enemy had two ships after all. Therefore, there would always be shells that slipped through the net and fell on the anti-smuggling boat. He could only hear the sound of collisions occasionally. This made Captain Wang's heart ache. His ship was new! However, the sound soon disappeared because the windows of the ship that had been hit by the first round of attacks had been blown up. The other ship saw that something was wrong and was quickly turning around to escape! Naturally, it could not be bothered to fire back, but how could it escape? This wasn't a contest of numbers at all! The front cannons turned their muzzles, and the cannonballs followed. Those westerners would never have thought that the cannonballs would still hit their ships after traveling for two to three miles! As the cannonballs exploded on the escaping ship, a large white flag was quickly raised on the ship that had been hit until it was silent. It was as eye-catching as it could be! As the cannons stopped firing, the ship that was originally planning to flee unwillingly raised the white flag!

The people on the inspection boat were all shocked. How could they come and go so quickly! How long has it been? The guy who was looking at the watch shouted, 2 minutes and 42 seconds! It was over! The cannoneer at the front was also very unhappy as he gestured with his fingers! F * ck! It wasn't easy for him to get a chance to fight, but how many times had he fought? It was too unsatisfying! They didn't expect their heads to be in pain! Although the other party had expressed the intention of surrendering, he still had to be careful! That was why he did not remove the battle alarm! He wanted everyone to be careful and prevent the other party from playing any tricks! He commanded the motorboats waiting at the side to accept the surrender! The process of accepting the surrender was quite smooth. Most of the westerners were chased into the small boats that they were dragging. Only a few people were left to clean the environment on the boat, extinguish a few open fires, and lower the sails. After checking that there was no danger, these people were also chased into the small boats. When they saw that the battle had really ended, they immediately reported the situation to a few places. At this time, the rescue ship on the island was still on the way! At the same time, he also checked the situation on his ship. Fortunately, no crew member was injured. Some parts of the ship had been knocked off, and two shallow pits were left on the inclined plane. Only then did Captain Wang relax a little!

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