Chapter 3024
Chapter 3024
Chapter 3024
Lopez is not the kind of person who has never seen the world. Before he came to Malacca to take up his post, he had served in the army for many years and had certain practical experience. He would not be fooled by Tan Tianlei so easily.
However, Tan Tianlei was also prepared for this. Hearing Lopez's question, he smiled and said: "General Lopez, I didn't say that this is the headquarters of the pirate gang. You have already seen that this is just a small-scale makeshift camp, but the pirate gang is much more than that."
"According to the information we have, there may be hundreds of pirates hiding on this small island. We have already started a search operation on the island, and I believe there will be harvest soon."
"As for the pirate ship you are concerned about, it is a pity that we did not find the main force of the pirates here. When our army launched a landing offensive, an unidentified sailboat tried to escape here, but it was sunk by us at sea."
"Then there should be someone alive?" Lopez immediately asked.
There were only a few dead bodies executed by muskets in this temporary camp, and there were no prisoners.These corpses can't speak, and they can't prove whether what Tan Tianlei said is true.
However, when a sailboat is sunk at sea, it is very likely that someone on board will jump into the water and escape, and then be captured by the Haihan Army.If there are survivors, it may be able to reveal the origin of this group of mysterious pirates.
Tan Tianlei's response disappointed him again: "The shells concentrated the gunpowder and other things on the ship, and a violent explosion occurred. We searched the waters of the sunken ship carefully, but did not find any living people there."
No survivors mean the truth is still unknown.And the actions of the Haihan people probably won't stop there.
Lopez keenly noticed that Tan Tianlei claimed that the Haihan army would continue to hunt down the pirates hiding in the forests on the island, which meant that Haihan would station troops here.
What does it mean to be garrisoned by Haihan in a certain area? There is no need to ask Tan Tianlei about this question. Lopez can think of the answer by himself.He doesn't think it will do Portugal any favors if Hayhan's tentacles are allowed to reach here.
Tan Tianlei continued: "We think this is just one of the strongholds of this group of pirates, not their real base camp, so our army will continue to march north to search for traces of pirates."
continue north?A map of the Strait of Malacca immediately appeared in Lopez's mind.
The three to four hundred miles north from Penang Island should all belong to the territory of Kedah, but this weak and small country should not dare to resist the military operations led by Haihan.For example, at the moment, Lopez has not seen warships from the Kedah Kingdom appearing in the waters nearby.
But in front of Tan Tianlei, he still has to question this: "Your country's actions, and plans to garrison troops, have you communicated with Kedah?"
Tan Tianlei smiled and said: "General Lopez, you seem to have overlooked one thing. The actions we have taken are to eliminate hidden dangers affecting regional security, which will also be of great benefit to Kedah. If Kedah follows The pirate gangs have no common interests, so they will definitely not oppose us. Regarding the details of diplomacy, we can communicate with Kedah after the dust settles, and I think they will be able to understand."
Lopez was at a loss for words for a while, and was choked up by Tan Tianlei's words.
This means that if the Kedah country protests Haihan's actions, or adopts more radical means to fight against it, it means that the Kedah country is in the same group as the pirates.
At that time, it is likely that these pirates will not be the only ones who will be unlucky, Haihan may beat Kedah together - or maybe this is the situation Haihan wanted to create.
If Kedah is smart enough, of course it will be deaf to this and pretend nothing happened.Regardless of whether Haihan is here to fight pirates or to garrison Penang Island, in short, don't make a sound, so as not to be troubled by Chi Yu.
"General Lopez, I suggest that you temporarily rest on this island for a few days, and wait for our actions to have further results, and then ask you to go and check together."
Tan Tianlei's suggestion was not pleasant to Lopez. He chased all the way from Malacca City, and he didn't intend to come on vacation.Haihan defended him everywhere and prevented him from contacting the real battle situation on the front line, which made him very dissatisfied.
But is it useful to protest to Tan Tianlei?Of course, Lopez also knew that the key still depended on Roger's attitude, and Tan Tianlei was just running errands in the middle to spread the word.
But Roger kept avoiding him, and Lopez had nowhere to vent his anger. He didn't know where Haihan's next target was. After tonight, he might not even be able to find the whereabouts of the main force of Haihan's fleet.
When Lopez was depressed in Penang, the Haihan fleet was rushing to its next target in the starry night, Langkawi Island, two hundred miles north of Penang.
Compared with the uninhabited Penang Island, Langkawi Island, which has a natural harbor, is of course no longer an uninhabited island.
As early as the Yuan Dynasty, the navigator Wang Dayuan visited Langkawi Island, and mentioned the island called "Dragon Tooth Bodhi" in his book "Daoyi Zhilue".
In the Ming Dynasty, when Zheng He sailed to the West, Langkawi Island was also included in the nautical chart.
According to written records hundreds of years ago, there were already a large number of settlers on Langkawi Island. At that time, the islanders had not yet mastered the cultivation techniques of food crops such as rice, and could only grow yams and taro as a staple food ration. .Today, the population of the island has remained at 3000 people, which is not too many, but it is not negligible.In recent years, Kedah has even set up government agencies on the island to conduct daily management and collect taxes.
For such an environment, no matter how simple and rough it was when they landed on Penang before, it would be a bit out of date to temporarily deploy a few troops to fight before arriving, and some adjustments must be made.
Regarding the combat plan for attacking Langkawi Island, it had already been formulated long before the troops set off.The bay on the south side of the island is the first target of the Haihan Army.Of course, this bay is also the most densely populated area on the island.
According to the information held by the Military Intelligence Bureau, most of the residents on the island are farmers and fishermen, and there is no army stationed there, so it is unlikely that they will encounter fierce resistance.But to control the situation on the island as soon as possible, some careful deployment is still required.
The time of action was set at dawn, and the chaos caused by the landing at this time should be minimal, which would help the Haihan army to control the situation as soon as possible.However, the troops involved in the operation, as well as the generals commanding the operation on the flagship, could no longer get enough sleep time, and had to enter the combat state from midnight.
(End of this chapter)
Lopez is not the kind of person who has never seen the world. Before he came to Malacca to take up his post, he had served in the army for many years and had certain practical experience. He would not be fooled by Tan Tianlei so easily.
However, Tan Tianlei was also prepared for this. Hearing Lopez's question, he smiled and said: "General Lopez, I didn't say that this is the headquarters of the pirate gang. You have already seen that this is just a small-scale makeshift camp, but the pirate gang is much more than that."
"According to the information we have, there may be hundreds of pirates hiding on this small island. We have already started a search operation on the island, and I believe there will be harvest soon."
"As for the pirate ship you are concerned about, it is a pity that we did not find the main force of the pirates here. When our army launched a landing offensive, an unidentified sailboat tried to escape here, but it was sunk by us at sea."
"Then there should be someone alive?" Lopez immediately asked.
There were only a few dead bodies executed by muskets in this temporary camp, and there were no prisoners.These corpses can't speak, and they can't prove whether what Tan Tianlei said is true.
However, when a sailboat is sunk at sea, it is very likely that someone on board will jump into the water and escape, and then be captured by the Haihan Army.If there are survivors, it may be able to reveal the origin of this group of mysterious pirates.
Tan Tianlei's response disappointed him again: "The shells concentrated the gunpowder and other things on the ship, and a violent explosion occurred. We searched the waters of the sunken ship carefully, but did not find any living people there."
No survivors mean the truth is still unknown.And the actions of the Haihan people probably won't stop there.
Lopez keenly noticed that Tan Tianlei claimed that the Haihan army would continue to hunt down the pirates hiding in the forests on the island, which meant that Haihan would station troops here.
What does it mean to be garrisoned by Haihan in a certain area? There is no need to ask Tan Tianlei about this question. Lopez can think of the answer by himself.He doesn't think it will do Portugal any favors if Hayhan's tentacles are allowed to reach here.
Tan Tianlei continued: "We think this is just one of the strongholds of this group of pirates, not their real base camp, so our army will continue to march north to search for traces of pirates."
continue north?A map of the Strait of Malacca immediately appeared in Lopez's mind.
The three to four hundred miles north from Penang Island should all belong to the territory of Kedah, but this weak and small country should not dare to resist the military operations led by Haihan.For example, at the moment, Lopez has not seen warships from the Kedah Kingdom appearing in the waters nearby.
But in front of Tan Tianlei, he still has to question this: "Your country's actions, and plans to garrison troops, have you communicated with Kedah?"
Tan Tianlei smiled and said: "General Lopez, you seem to have overlooked one thing. The actions we have taken are to eliminate hidden dangers affecting regional security, which will also be of great benefit to Kedah. If Kedah follows The pirate gangs have no common interests, so they will definitely not oppose us. Regarding the details of diplomacy, we can communicate with Kedah after the dust settles, and I think they will be able to understand."
Lopez was at a loss for words for a while, and was choked up by Tan Tianlei's words.
This means that if the Kedah country protests Haihan's actions, or adopts more radical means to fight against it, it means that the Kedah country is in the same group as the pirates.
At that time, it is likely that these pirates will not be the only ones who will be unlucky, Haihan may beat Kedah together - or maybe this is the situation Haihan wanted to create.
If Kedah is smart enough, of course it will be deaf to this and pretend nothing happened.Regardless of whether Haihan is here to fight pirates or to garrison Penang Island, in short, don't make a sound, so as not to be troubled by Chi Yu.
"General Lopez, I suggest that you temporarily rest on this island for a few days, and wait for our actions to have further results, and then ask you to go and check together."
Tan Tianlei's suggestion was not pleasant to Lopez. He chased all the way from Malacca City, and he didn't intend to come on vacation.Haihan defended him everywhere and prevented him from contacting the real battle situation on the front line, which made him very dissatisfied.
But is it useful to protest to Tan Tianlei?Of course, Lopez also knew that the key still depended on Roger's attitude, and Tan Tianlei was just running errands in the middle to spread the word.
But Roger kept avoiding him, and Lopez had nowhere to vent his anger. He didn't know where Haihan's next target was. After tonight, he might not even be able to find the whereabouts of the main force of Haihan's fleet.
When Lopez was depressed in Penang, the Haihan fleet was rushing to its next target in the starry night, Langkawi Island, two hundred miles north of Penang.
Compared with the uninhabited Penang Island, Langkawi Island, which has a natural harbor, is of course no longer an uninhabited island.
As early as the Yuan Dynasty, the navigator Wang Dayuan visited Langkawi Island, and mentioned the island called "Dragon Tooth Bodhi" in his book "Daoyi Zhilue".
In the Ming Dynasty, when Zheng He sailed to the West, Langkawi Island was also included in the nautical chart.
According to written records hundreds of years ago, there were already a large number of settlers on Langkawi Island. At that time, the islanders had not yet mastered the cultivation techniques of food crops such as rice, and could only grow yams and taro as a staple food ration. .Today, the population of the island has remained at 3000 people, which is not too many, but it is not negligible.In recent years, Kedah has even set up government agencies on the island to conduct daily management and collect taxes.
For such an environment, no matter how simple and rough it was when they landed on Penang before, it would be a bit out of date to temporarily deploy a few troops to fight before arriving, and some adjustments must be made.
Regarding the combat plan for attacking Langkawi Island, it had already been formulated long before the troops set off.The bay on the south side of the island is the first target of the Haihan Army.Of course, this bay is also the most densely populated area on the island.
According to the information held by the Military Intelligence Bureau, most of the residents on the island are farmers and fishermen, and there is no army stationed there, so it is unlikely that they will encounter fierce resistance.But to control the situation on the island as soon as possible, some careful deployment is still required.
The time of action was set at dawn, and the chaos caused by the landing at this time should be minimal, which would help the Haihan army to control the situation as soon as possible.However, the troops involved in the operation, as well as the generals commanding the operation on the flagship, could no longer get enough sleep time, and had to enter the combat state from midnight.
(End of this chapter)