Concentricity

After the walker was built, the monsoon had already begun to turn. At this time of the year, the number of pirates' invasions was less.Everyone thought that the newly launched ship would not come in handy until the second half of the year, and the navy's patrols began to relax.

Mo Jinyan, however, insisted on continuing to patrol, at least sending a pair of scouts along the river and sea to patrol along the river.Zhuang Xu supported his brother, so Zhong Yong had no choice but to follow the advice and continue to send out the parade.

That night, Mo Jinyan and Meng Changling were on duty.Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather suddenly became extremely hot. At night, the situation in the sky changed suddenly, and the dark clouds gathered from all directions as if being driven away, and a heavy rain was brewing.

On the walkway, pine oil torches were lit, and they went down the river. The oarsmen stopped their oars, wiped their sweat, and chattered about the weather with their necks straight. Only the helmsman was in control of the course.

Mo Jinyan is now the head of the bow and arrow corps. He is in charge of commanding a walking archer. He did not participate in everyone's topic, but just stared at the river calmly.It's been too quiet recently, the pirates haven't come to commit crimes for three months, they will never stop here, they will definitely appear in the near future.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, and the pine oil torch flickered almost to the point of being extinguished, followed by a burst of pea-sized raindrops.

"It's finally raining!" Everyone on the boat breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone was depressed by today's dullness all day long.When the rain fell, it seemed that the stone hanging in my heart finally fell to the ground.

Mo Jinyan glanced at the torch worriedly, worried that it would be extinguished by the heavy rain, and then the river would be pitch black and nothing could be seen.Sure enough, after the rain started, the torch was quickly extinguished.It was pitch black all around, and I couldn't see anything.

"Shh, everyone, don't talk!" Mo Jinyan quickly issued an order, "I can't see it, pay attention to the movement in the water."

Meng Changling held Mo Jinyan's sleeve tightly, and asked nervously, "Is there any enemy?"

Mo Jinyan hissed, motioning him not to speak.

Everyone was quiet, only the sound of crackling rain could be heard in the ears, and nothing else could be heard.The boat drifted quietly along the water, and after a while, when everyone could hardly hold back their desire to talk, they suddenly heard Mo Jinyan shout: "Who is it?!"

No one answered, and the sound of paddling in the river suddenly became louder. Mo Jinyan said: "There are three boats going downstream, paddle, hurry up and catch up." The dry torch started to block the rain.

In the light of the fire, three small boats could be vaguely seen rowing fast.Mo Jinyan took out his bow and arrow: "Stop, I'll shoot if I don't stop." This sentence was shouted to the people on the boat, for fear of accidental injury.

However, the boat didn't stop at all, but a cold arrow flew over with a "swish" and hit the parapet of the walkway with a bang. Now it can be determined that it is definitely an enemy and not a friend.

"It's a Japanese thief, be careful of the opponent's arrows, shoot the arrows." As he spoke, he pulled the bow and set the arrow vigorously. According to the source of the sound of the water, he estimated the distance between the two boats, and shot back the arrow with a "swoosh". up.

Mo Jinyan curled the corner of his mouth and hit the shot.

It was the first time Meng Changling met Japanese pirates. He thought that following Mo Jinyan would be a formality at most, but he didn't expect that this time he was going to drive ducks to the shelves, so his legs and feet became weak, and he fell softly behind the female wall.

Mo Jianyan didn't have time to take care of him, and while setting up an arrow and drawing the bow, he said: "Brother Changling, don't be afraid, get up, hide behind the female wall, and treat them as targets on the archery range, just shoot the arrows."

Meng Changling nodded, took a few deep breaths, took off the bow on his body, and started shooting arrows from behind the parapet. The first arrow was not aimed at all, and fell into the water silently.

Meng Changling's ears turned red, and he glanced at Mo Jinyan who was concentrating on injecting arrows beside him. He had already fired five or six arrows in a row.Mo Jinyan took a deep breath and calmed down.Nocking the arrow again, straining your ears to listen, you can tell the opponent's direction from the sound of the rain, and you don't need to aim at all, the arrow shoots at the opponent's boat, and a scream comes from the darkness.

Mo Jinyan turned his head and grinned at Meng Changling: "Good shot!"

Meng Changling grinned, and hastily went to draw an arrow and shoot an arrow.

A gust of rain, accompanied by a strong wind, almost blinded the eyes, and the newly lit turpentine torches were extinguished again.

A flash of lightning flashed across the sky, almost illuminating the entire world. At that moment, everyone saw three small boats not far away. There were at least seven or eight people on each boat, rowing desperately downstream. go.

The archers on the walking boat took the opportunity to release an arrow each, and they hit the fleeing ship accurately.

After Mo Jinyan shot the arrow, he hurriedly said, "Turn around, stop chasing."

Everyone was chasing vigorously, and they were a little puzzled: "Why don't you chase?"

At that moment just now, Mo Jinyan had seen the situation clearly: "We have reached the mouth of the sea, and the sea is beyond us. Today, the wind and waves are strong, and our boat is small with a shallow bottom, so it is not suitable for operations in the sea. Besides, they must There is a large ship to meet them, and our small ship has few people, so we have no advantage. Today we have achieved the purpose of expulsion, so let’s go back first, and come after us next time when we open a large ship.”

This time, the experience was almost a complete victory. Everyone was excited and proud. After coming out so many times, it was finally the first time to confront Japanese pirates head-on, and it was a one-sided victory.Everyone is guessing how many pirates were shot.

"Our corporal seems to have shot several shots." A soldier said proudly, "I think there are at least five."

Mo Jinyan smiled: "Not that many, at most three. Brother Chang Ling performed very well, he hit at least two."

Meng Changling blushed in the dark. Except for the one hit by the second arrow, there was another one hit at the moment of lightning. Unexpectedly, Mo Jinyan saw all of them, and couldn't help but be proud of the score.

The second half of the night was calm and uneventful. Although everyone was drenched, no one complained. They went back to take a shower and slept harmlessly in the morning light.

In the afternoon, Mo Jinyan woke up in the scorching sun, and knew that the cicadas were singing among the green leaves. The sunlight poured into the camp from the window sill, and shone on the feet of a group of young men who were still sleeping. Life seemed particularly beautiful .

Since the boat was available, patrols no longer needed to be stationed in various villages and towns. They set off in the evening, finished work in the early morning, and returned to the navy camp during the day to catch up on sleep, which saved a lot of trouble.

Mo Jinyan got up and saw that there was no one in the yard, so he quickly ran outside to fetch a bucket of water from the well, and took a shower under the grape trellis.While wiping the water off her body, she saw Zhuang Xu coming from the other side, and hurriedly put on her unlined clothes: "Brother Xu, you're here, I'm going to change my clothes."

Zhuang Xu nodded, he didn't say anything, but he was suspicious in his heart: Could it be that this kid knows about himself and Zhong Yong, so why is he evasive to him.It didn't occur to him that it was actually Mo Jinyan who had a ghost in his heart.

Zhuang Xu looked at Mo Jin and said, "Haven't you had lunch yet?"

Mo Jinyan shook his head: "Not yet, I'm going to the kitchen to have a look." The kitchen specially arranged mobile meals for the soldiers on patrol at night, which is quite humane.

Zhuang Xu shook his head: "Go to my place, I've already prepared it for you."

At this moment, Meng Changling came out of the barracks yawning and dragging his waist: "Brother Jinyan, have you eaten yet?" Before he could finish speaking, he saw Zhuang Xu next to him, and hurriedly greeted him respectfully, "Master Zhuang, are you ready?" It's there too."

Mo Jinyan waved to him: "Brother Changling, let's go have dinner together."

Meng Changling ran over happily: "Okay, let's go to the kitchen together."

Mo Jinyan turned his head and said to his elder brother: "Brother Xu, let Chang Ling go together, we haven't eaten yet, is there enough food?"

Zhuang Xu didn't like to see Meng Changling very much, but his brother respected him, so there was nothing he could do, so he said, "Let's go together, it's enough."

Mo Jinyan laughed: "We have something good to tell Brother Xu, let's go, I'll tell you later."

Zhuang Xu looked at him, then at Meng Changling, Meng Changling smiled shyly.Zhuang Xu's heart skipped a beat: Could it be that there is something tricky between the two of them?

Facts have proved that there is nothing tricky between Mo Jinyan and Meng Changling. He just wanted to tell Zhuang Xu about his experience of chasing the enemy last night. Meng Changling was just embarrassed because he knew that Mo Jinyan would praise him.

While eating, Mo Jinyan vividly told Zhuang Xu how he chased the pirates in the rain last night. He envied Zhuang Xu to death. After fighting against the pirates for so long, he has never encountered such a relief. .

Zhuang Xu slapped the table: "This group of Japanese pirates will definitely make a comeback in the near future. This time I will definitely kill him bloody, hahahaha."

Mo Jinyan nodded: "I also think they will come again. They will definitely not return empty-handed. It was like this a few times before, but I don't know where their next target will be."

Zhuang Xu stood up: "No matter where it is, we must not take it lightly. We must strengthen our precautions these days. You eat first, and I will go to Master Qianhu to discuss countermeasures."

The victory this time is obviously very morale-boosting. Everyone's morale is high, gearing up, ready to compete with the pirates, vowing to drive them back to their hometown.

From this day on, two large boats, one Mengchong, and five walking boats were all sent out, and the troops were divided into two groups to patrol along the Minjiang River and the seashore.This time the scope of the patrol has been widened, covering all the areas under the jurisdiction of Meihua, and not leaving any dead corners for the pirates.

In order to guard against Japanese pirates, Zhong Yong even sent someone to deliver a letter to the head of the thousand households of Dinghai Institute in Lianjiang County, informing him that Japanese pirates had come in recently and that precautions needed to be strengthened.

This Dinghai Office is also the Thousand Households Office added by Jiang Xiahou. It even surpasses the Meihua Institute in terms of troops and warships, but they do not patrol day and night like the Meihua Institute.Last winter, Japanese pirates invaded Lianjiang, causing hundreds of deaths and injuries and countless property losses.

Naturally, he would be punished if something happened. The last time something happened in Jiangkou Fishing Village, Zhong Yong was severely criticized by the commander of the Zhendong Guard, lost his latest promotion opportunity, and was fined three months' salary.For an accident in Lianjiang, thousands of households in the Dinghai Institute must be punished, so after getting the news this time, the Dinghai Institute did not dare to take it lightly and sent ships to patrol the coast.