"Brother, I discovered the fleet of foreign devils." The sailors on the mast finally discovered the long-awaited coalition transport fleet.

"Damn it, I've told you many times. We are now in the army, not pirates. We must understand the rules and call you an adult in the future." Liu Yuan finally couldn't help it, and he started to swear words at the sailors on the mast. These sailors from pirates were used to swearing in swear words on weekdays. When Liu Yuan scolded this, everyone else laughed. The sailors on the mast also replied with a smile: "Yes, brother, no, he is an adult." Then there was another burst of laughter.

"Damn it, stop laughing. Brothers, the day for promotion and wealth is coming. Kill the foreign devils' fleet. I will reward you with me and guarantee that you will reward you with a lot of silver. After the war, I will take you to Hangzhou City to drink a big bowl, eat a lot of meat, and find a girl to sleep for a night." This is Liu Shiba's pre-war mobilization. The other pirates were excited. Wrong, they were already sailors. The sailors were ready to go, and the sailors on the mast even conveyed Liu Shiba's words to the warships in flags.

Compared with Liu Shiba, Liu Yuan was not at all easy. On the surface, Liu Shiba was the commander-in-chief of this fleet. In fact, Yang Yi had already told Liu Shiba that he had to discuss everything with Liu Yuan. Seeing Liu Shiba and the others so excited, Liu Yuan quickly poured some cold water on him and said, "I said, sir, let's arrange how to fight quickly, right? Don't forget that this fleet is not easy. In Tianjin City, Brother Yang found many carpenters, repaired and repaired to get these thirty warships together. Don't impulse to let the fleet suffer losses in our hands. These are all Brother Yang's treasures."

Liu Shiba then calmed down a little, thinking to himself that the foreign devil's warship was a good thing, the ship was big and stable, but it was difficult to control. The Pirate Sect was trained by the sailors found by the boss Hoffman, and after half a year of training, it looked a little. If the fleet was really destroyed in his own hands, he might as well jump into the sea directly. Thinking clearly, Liu Shiba said seriously: "Yes, yes, you can't be impulsive, give me orders and order all ships to drive at full speed. I want to make dumplings from the foreign fleet.

"After a serious matter, Liu Shiba pointed to the flag on the mast and said, "I said, brothers, tell me, why is the flag of Yang Guizi so ugly? It's better than the flags we see in the play." It turned out that Liu Yuan had the idea, and all these warships were obtained. The military flags on the warships were retained in the command warehouse as spoils. Liu Yuan remembered them and asked the warships to hang the flags of the coalition forces and ran to the Taiwan Strait to ambush.

This is a not-so-large coalition transport fleet, four light warships and twelve transport ships, transporting the ammunition and weapons needed by the coalition forces to Shanghai as usual. In the impression of coalition soldiers, the Chinese army has no warships, and the Chinese navy is just small wooden ships, which is not an opponent at all. Even the smallest and smallest warships of the coalition forces are not something that the Chinese army can deal with. Since the war started, coalition ships and warships can be said to be unobstructed in China's coastal waters, as if they were entering a no-man.

The coalition's transport fleet also discovered Liu Shiba and the others at the first time. The transport fleet never thought that it would meet such a powerful Chinese fleet here, not to mention that the fleet that came was full of British and French flags.

As Liu Shiba and his pirates got closer and closer to the transport fleet, Liu Shiba shouted, "Change the flag." The flag bearer on the mast immediately informed the ships of this order in the flag language. As the flags of Britain and France fell rapidly from the flagpole, bright red flags were hung up, which was the battle flag of the new army. Yang Yi also tried a lot to write about this battle flag. The dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty did not consider it, but he had no time to design it for a while, so he simply used a red flag to make the battle flag of the new army. As for how to change it in the future, the transport fleet of the coalition forces completely entered the pocket set by Liu Shiba, so they thought that it was their own people. With a cannon, Liu Shiba and the others took action.

The first thing that suffered was the four escort warships, 30 to 4, and the power difference was really different. The commander of the transport fleet cursed the damn Chinese while organizing the warships to counterattack and cover the transport fleet to retreat.

Everything was too late. The four warships were quickly attacked by thirty Chinese warships and had no power to fight back. They were shot and caught fire one after another, and then they were fired by artillery fire, and then they began to sink. The transport fleet full of materials could not escape, and was threatened by Liu Shiba and others to stop the ship and surrender with cannons.

The sea was in a mess, with floating objects left by coalition soldiers falling into the water and coalition warships everywhere. Liu Shiba rescued the coalition soldiers falling into the water in the spirit of humanitarianism, and shouted loudly to the rescue soldiers: "Everyone is quick, Lord Yang said, these foreign prisoners are all good things, and even if they can't exchange silver, they can still be used as donkeys and horses." Fortunately, these coalition soldiers couldn't understand what Liu Shiba was calling, otherwise they would have to carry them on the spot.

Taking the seized transport ship, Liu Shiba and his fleet returned to Keelung Port in Taiwan. Seeing Liu Shiba and his team brought back such rich results, Li Hongzhang was envious and excited. The envy was because Liu Shiba and his friends made great contributions, and the excitement was that the supplies of these dozen ships were cheaper.

In Shanghai, in the coalition command, the coalition squadron suffered heavy losses after being attacked by unknown floating objects in the Yangtze River. Marshal Weirkinson was anxious and angry. What was anxious was that the Yangtze River channel was blocked by the sunken "Royal Ark" battleship, and the fleet's plan to advance along the Yangtze River was blocked. What was angry was that such a glorious battleship did not sink in the vast sea and collapsed in the Yangtze River and capsized the ship. The sinking of the battleship "Royal Ark" was undoubtedly a morale to the coalition.

A heavy blow. Even if the waterway was not blocked, God knows how many unknown floating objects the Chinese have produced. In short, this plan seems to be ruined. Virginson was anxious and made Marshal Carmondo too anxious. Only Lieutenant General Ferrenando from the French Navy was secretly glad that he had thought of leading the fleet to fight, but Adams took it first. Now it seems that his luck is really good. If he went there, the one who was unlucky now would be related to himself.

After finally organizing a rescue fleet, he dragged all the injured warships back to Shanghai for repair. While several members of the coalition command were discussing what to do next, another bad news came, and a transport fleet was hit by a devastating blow near the Taiwan Strait and the entire army was wiped out.

This is really a blessing, and misfortune never comes alone. Before he recovered from the severe blow of the squadron, he heard such bad news again. Adams, who always boasted of being a gentleman, also cursed, "Fuck." (translated in English, it is fuck)

Marshal Virginson held a pipe in his hand, stuffed it with tobacco, and took out a match, but he couldn't catch a fire even after a long time. He asked Marshal Carmondo to take off his hat, revealing his head that had already been bald in the first half, and kept scratching the pitiful hair on his head with his hands. Mr. Fernando performed much better, took out a handkerchief and kept wiping his sweat.

Learning from his mistakes, Marshal Virginson finally wiped the match, lit the pipe in his hand, took a deep breath, and said firmly: "Gentlemen, it's time for us to treat our opponents correctly. I strongly ask everyone to support my plan to occupy Taiwan first. I believe that only by occupying Taiwan can we be invincible." This time, there was no more opposition in the commander's headquarters. The Chinese army actually had a navy and a fleet, and now hid in Taiwan. How could such a conclusion not shock everyone here? Let such a fleet be behind its butt, with Taiwan as its base, and constantly cause trouble for itself. This cannot be accepted by anyone with a little military knowledge, letting these marshals and generals.

In Taiwan, Liu Shiba really kept his promise and took his brothers to enjoy the scenery in the brothel in Keelung. Although he promised to take his brothers to sleep with the big girls, the army was disciplined and not disturbed the people, otherwise he would have to be beheaded. There was no way, so he had to replace the kiln sisters. Of course, if any brother had the ability and was able to get along with the local girls, the girl was willing to let him sleep, and Liu Shiba would not stop him. However, he would never rape women. The discipline of the new army was strictly stipulated. As long as he was discovered, he would be executed on the spot, without any ambiguity. Liu Shiba's move was deeply welcomed by the Taiwanese brothel community. There were too many sailors in the fleet, so there were few girls in the brothel, so all the staff in the meat industry near Keelung rushed to Keelung to support their peers. And the women said happily: We are going to work for the army.

He had eaten, drank, and the woman had slept. Liu Shiba should take his brothers on the road. Taiwan is no longer a place to stay for a long time. The main fleet of foreign devils must come to take revenge. Liu Shiba quickly took his brothers to hide at the sea and waited for the next opportunity.

The fleet was anchored, and there were colorful women everywhere on the docks. They all came to see the fleet off. This time, the big party between the brothel and the pirates led to many brothel women's determination to wash away all the leads and become good women. Of course, there were also many good women among the people who saw off. They were seduced by the capable brothers mentioned by Liu Shiba.

The reason why the large number of brothel women became good is that, except for some of the so-called imperial naval officers and soldiers, most of them were pirates who graduated from military academy. In the past, they rarely met women on pirates. After finally recruiting them, they were dragged to train all day long, and they basically had no time to enjoy women. This time, the commander brought everyone to have fun. These rare women were not the opponents of brothel women. In a few words and gentle villages, the pirates became obsessed with these women. When they became obsessed with them, they wanted to redeem their favorite women, but they had to redeem their bodies.

Silver, where did the pirates get a lot of money? Some buddies with a close relationship with Liu Shiba came to Liu Shiba. Liu Shiba was always so determined that he brought a group of brothers to the brothel. The madams in the brothel dared not offend these evil gods. They just asked for a few silver to let the girls be free. With the first time, there was a second time. As the wind grew, the climate suddenly formed in the fleet, and everyone imitated it. The brothels were filled with women who were shouting to redeem themselves all day long. If it weren't for the war, I would probably not know how many brothel women could jump out of the fire pit and become good.

Liu Shiba and the others left, leaving only Li Hongzhang and his soldiers. Explosives were buried on the wharf in Kaohsiung, and the residents in the city were forced to leave and retreated deep into the island. The coal mines in Keelung were also buried with explosives. In short, nothing could be left to the foreign devils. After burning their boats, Li Hongzhang had decided to fight on his back and wait for the foreign devils to arrive.

In mid-May, the coalition forces, which had been repeatedly frustrated, changed their tactics. First, they sent some ships to use Shanghai as their base to start harassement on the southeast coast. In addition, they formed a special fleet of 80 warships and 50,000 soldiers, and rushed towards Taiwan Island with great momentum.

Except for the Hangzhou Bay coalition forces that did not dare to enter, Hangzhou was spared. Other coastal towns such as Ningbo, Taizhou, Wenzhou, etc. were attacked by the coalition forces one after another. After the coalition forces attacked, they left, and after the occupation, they burned, killed, looted and retreated. If Liu Mingchuan had not been prepared for it, most of the residents of the coastal cities would have been hidden and transferred. I really don’t know how much damage the coalition forces would bring to the coastal areas. The reason why Hangzhou was able to escape this disaster was entirely due to Liu Mingchuan’s alertness.

Hangzhou is different from other places. It is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River. It has a large city and a large population. It was originally one of the most abandoned ones because it was close to Hangzhou Bay. Fortunately, Siemens created mines. Although there were not many, it also hit the coalition forces with a heavy blow. After Liu Mingchuan learned about it, he had an idea and summoned a large number of carpenters overnight to make hollow mines with wood. The inside was filled with explosives or stones. Then black paint was painted with black paint, just like real mines. The more than 300 "water mines" driven out by the carpenters were thrown into Hangzhou Bay by Liu Mingchuan. After the coalition fleet discovered a large number of unknown floating objects, they did not know whether they were true or false, and they did not dare to use warships to test them, so they had to give up attacking Hangzhou. Hangzhou was spared.

On May 25, 1860, the coalition fleet appeared in the Fujian waters. The Fujian Governor Zhang Yide, who was prepared for a long time, had sent people to throw a large number of stones at the entrance of the Minjiang River to make artificial reefs. The coalition fleet did not dare to enter the Minjiang River, and Fuzhou also escaped.
Chapter completed!