Volume 1 Tigers in Southeast Asia Chapter 15: First Test of Blade, First Battle
Everyone was panicked when they heard the news. Lin Fei was the first to calm down and said to everyone, "Don't worry, let me ask what happened."
So Lin Fei asked the sailor: "How did you find out about the Spaniards? Tell me everything."
The sailor panted and said, "We just followed your instructions and headed south to scout the hydrological conditions. But not long after we went out, we saw a ship coming from the south. Fortunately, the weather was fine today and we could see far away. We could see the Spanish flag on the ship. When we looked closer, we found that the ship was a troop transport! We didn't delay and immediately rushed back to report the news."
Lin Fei was worried that the intelligence was inaccurate, so he asked, "Did you see clearly that this ship is not a warship with artillery, but an ordinary troop transport ship?"
The sailor nodded repeatedly and said, "I can see clearly that this ship has no main guns. It is definitely just an ordinary steam troop transport ship."
Lin Fei nodded, thinking that it was good that it was not a warship, and turned to say to everyone: "Everyone follow me to the southern dock to meet the enemy."
Li Mingbai came over and said, "Captain Lin, you must not act rashly. The Spanish are coming aggressively. We should not confront them directly at this time. It is better to avoid them."
Lin Fei frowned and said, "This island is only the size of a palm. Where can we hide?"
Li Mingbai was speechless. Lin Fei said, "No need to say more. I have a good plan to defeat the enemy! Everyone follow me!" Seeing Lin Fei's confident look, and thinking about their escape from Japan, they were relieved. At this time, Lin Fei said to the sailor, "Go find Chen Jingui and ask him to find some natives to bring 20 boxes of bullets over."
The sailors ran away, and Lin Fei led everyone to run forward. These people did a lot of work when they were prisoners of war, so they were strong and ran fast. Ten minutes later, Lin Fei led everyone to the ridge opposite the dock. Lin Fei pointed to the dock in the distance and said, "See it? The dock is only 500 meters away from us. It's all open land. There's no place to hide. We can set an ambush for the enemy!"
Li Mingbai suddenly realized, gave a thumbs up and said, "So this is Captain Lin's strategy to defeat the enemy, he is really resourceful!" But Li Mingbai 's smile soon froze, and he said worriedly, "What if the Spaniards don't land at this pier? Wouldn't our ambush be impossible?"
Lin Fei shook his head and smiled, "When the troops attack, they must choose the route they are most familiar with. This dock is where the Spanish come most often. Why would n't they attack from here?"
Li Mingbai nodded and told everyone to get ready. Although Lin Fei appeared calm and cheerful on the surface, a huge wave of emotions had already risen in his heart. Although the ambush had a great chance of winning, the soldiers under his command had just learned the aiming theory and had not even fired a shot before going to the battlefield. This was like a student who had only listened to the teacher's explanation of the knowledge points once and had not even taken a mock exam, but was already in the college entrance examination room.
If you are worried that these people may not be able to shoot accurately, then there is only one way, which is to wait until the enemy gets closer before shooting. However, when the enemy gets closer it will bring a whole new problem, which is psychological breakdown!
The battlefield is very terrifying, especially the sound of bullets flying past your ears. That whizzing sound is a signal of the arrival of death. When people think that the bullet will hit their head if it is off by an inch, the timid people will have a mental breakdown on the spot. Lin Fei has even seen people in actual combat who could not bear the fear and pointed the muzzle of the rifle at their head, then took off their socks and pulled the trigger with their toes to commit suicide!
Lin Fei was just getting worried when he saw Chen Jingui coming with twenty or so natives carrying boxes of ammunition. Chen Jingui asked the natives to put down the boxes of ammunition, pretended not to see Lin Fei, turned around and ran away. Lin Fei shouted, "Chen Jingui."
Chen Jingui came closer to Lin Fei with a smile and said, "Captain Lin, what do you want me to do?"
Lin Fei said: "Why did the Spaniards come in one night?"
Chen Jingui replied: "Denison must have gone to Batan Island, which is the closest to Ibayat Island. The reinforcements are the guards of the plantation on Batan Island. But the Spaniards on Batan Island and Colonel Denison are not from the same boss! How could they help Denison?"
When Lin Fei heard this, he asked, "Are the people on Batan Island also gangsters?"
Chen Jingui said: "Yes, they are all gangsters."
Lin Fei let out a long sigh, thinking that since they were gangsters, their fighting ability would not be too strong, and the chances of this victory were not low. Chen Jingui smiled and said, "If there is nothing else, I will go back first. I still have to continue teaching the natives Chinese."
Lin Fei pointed at the natives and said, "Teach them how to load bullets into the magazine, and then you can go."
Chen Jingui then taught the natives how to load magazines and ran away. With the natives' help in loading magazines, the shooting speed was much faster.
Lin Fei raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was now 10:20 in the morning. Half an hour had passed since the sailor's report. The Spanish troop transport ship should have arrived, but the sea in front of him was empty. Li Mingbai asked anxiously, "Captain Lin, could the Spanish troop transport ship have gone somewhere else? Could they land somewhere else?"
In order to prevent his subordinates from getting nervous, Lin Fei said, "How is that possible? When have I ever made a mistake in my judgment? Stay still and don't say a word."
Lin Fei said this, but in his heart he was thinking about how to deal with the Spaniards if they landed from other places. While he was thinking, he saw a black dot appear on the sea sky line. Soon the black dot turned into a long mast, and then a ship appeared on the sea. Judging from the waves created by the bow, the ship was not fast, and the hull was square, obviously a transport ship.
Lin Fei took out a ruler from his pocket, held it in front of his eyes, and used the proportional method to measure the distance from the ambush point to the seashore. It was 500 meters. Lin Fei calculated in his mind: "Wait until the enemy is 300 meters away before shooting. This distance can both kill the enemy and not overly scare these new recruits." Lin Fei then said: "Everyone listen to my orders. Shoot when I tell you to."
At this time, the troop transport slowly approached the dock, dropped anchor, lowered the gangway, and a team of Spaniards walked down. In the cabin of the troop transport, a skinny Spanish man smiled at Dennison and said, "Colonel Dennison, we will go and avenge you right away!"
Denison felt a dull pain in his wound when he heard the word revenge, and said to the little man, "Major Raul, those people sneaked into my plantation after careful planning. They must be very powerful. I hope you will be more careful."
Major Raul said disdainfully: "I think these people are definitely pirates. There is nothing to be afraid of. You wait here, I will bring the bandit leader back to you in a moment!"
After Major Raul finished speaking, he led his men off the troop transport ship. Major Raul and his men were in a very relaxed mood because they had already determined that Lin Fei and his gang were pirates. In their impression, pirates only knew how to use knives, and they each had a rifle, so how could the pirates be their opponents?
More than a hundred Spanish guards, led by Major Raul, staggered towards the ambush point set up by Lin Fei like a group of noble ladies on an outing.
Lin Fei calculated the distance between the Spaniards and them. At a distance of 500 meters, a person was just a small black dot. Fortunately, there were many Spanish guards and Lin Fei was experienced, so he was able to calculate the distance.
Four hundred meters later, Lin Fei ordered everyone: "Get ready!" Everyone raised their rifles and prepared to aim.
Three hundred and eighty meters away, Lin Fei raised his rifle. There was no scope on the gun, so Lin Fei couldn't see clearly who the commander was, and he couldn't use his sniping skills.
Three hundred and fifty meters, Lin Fei ordered: "Set the sight to three hundred meters and turn on the safety."
The soldiers adjusted their sights and turned on the safety. At this time, Lin Fei felt a cool breeze blowing across his cheek. He was startled and said to himself, "Oh no! The wind is blowing!"
Wind has a huge impact on bullets, especially at a distance of 300 meters. The wind can blow the bullet off by dozens of centimeters. In this case, the wind deviation must be corrected. However, Lin Fei had just finished teaching aiming and had not yet taught how to correct the wind deviation!
Lin Fei stretched out his hand to feel the wind speed, and simply calculated the distance of the wind deflection in his mind, and then ordered: "When aiming, aim at the enemy's right shoulder. The wind will blow the bullet to the body."
Three hundred meters away, Lin Fei shouted loudly: "Shoot!" After that, he aimed at the Spanish guard in the front and pulled the trigger. The Spanish guard aimed at by Lin Fei was shot in the chest and fell to the ground. Other soldiers also opened fire. Although these soldiers were firing for the first time, the Spanish formation was too dense and many people were knocked to the ground.
Major Raul was immediately panicked when he saw this, and cursed inwardly: "How come pirates can use guns?" He quickly lay on the ground and shouted loudly: "Disperse, fight back, fight back!"
When the Spanish guards heard this, they immediately dispersed their formation, knelt on the ground and fired at the position where Lin Fei was. Most of the bullets fell in front of the position, splashing dust, and some bullets flew over the heads of the crowd with strange "whoosh". Lin Fei glanced and saw that the soldiers and natives were shooting or loading bullets, and they didn't care about the bullets at all. Lin Fei no longer worried about the problem of mental breakdown.
More and more bullets fell on the position, and gradually Lin Fei discovered a strange phenomenon, that is, the Spanish bullets were concentrated on the left side of the position, as if there was a magnet installed on the left side that specifically attracted bullets.
Lin Fei frowned and thought: "What's going on? Why are they all shooting to the left?" Lin Fei understood the reason after thinking about it, and this understanding almost made Lin Fei laugh to death.
