"Oh, this vast Dongting Lake will be dead if you go down!"

"You don't care about your credit!"

“…”

The twenty or so water bandits wanted to get up to resist, but they were pressed to the deck by Fei Ge, with the guards and the Marines. Their insincere words were the guns that were smashed to death.

"Let's talk about humanity, let go of the ropes on them and throw them down!"

With Chen Tianhua's order, a group of marines cut off the ropes of the water bandits beside them, lifted them up and threw them into the lake one by one.

"Big...buggy..."

Dozens of water bandits were all thrown into the lake in less than ten minutes.

Chen Tianhua watched coldly, only glanced at the bandits swimming desperately in the lake, snorted coldly before walking back to his command cabin.

These bandits usually do many evil deeds, and they will survive if they fall into their hands?

Well, you may be alive now, and how long you can live depends on their own luck.

He knew in his heart that these water bandits must not be rude and do not control the troops. Fengzhong Mining must have gained fame in Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake, and eventually let the bandits stop.

At this time, the two military doctors on the Blood Wolf gunship, with the butcher and four escort team members who were more seriously injured and were not suitable for continuing the escort mission, came back in a speedboat.

"Report!" As soon as the butcher arrived at the door of the command cabin, he stood attentively and saluted.

"Come in and sit down, butcher!" Chen Tianhua waved with a smile.

"Major General, I finally hope for you!"

"I was delayed for a long time by Yang Shanxin and the others on the way. Fortunately, you were brave in fighting and persevering until the end, and you were able to mobilize the crew of Orchid to help you. You are very good!"

Chen Tianhua knew the butcher, but it was his first time to communicate alone. He was familiar with more than 20 battalion-level chiefs and deputy chiefs under his command, but when he reached the level of a company officer, it was impossible to cover everything.

However, this time, the butcher was able to hold on for a day and night in a serious shortage of troops, with bandits and large gangs facing each other and fierce offensives.

He is not afraid of the butcher's in danger and has a flexible and diverse strategy and tactics, which is also a trick for him to discover and promote talents in actual combat.

"Tell me, what do you think about the first armed escort?" Chen Tianhua said as he returned to the command cabin wine cabinet bar, personally poured a glass of Zhangyu red wine produced in Yantai, Shandong for the butcher, and handed it over.

"Thank you, Major General!"

The butcher took the wine glass and was a little flattered. Nowadays, Changyu wine is a precious item, and he has only sung it at the celebration banquet.

He saw a pot of coffee on the bar and thought the protagonist poured him a cup of coffee, but he couldn't drink the smell of Chinese medicine.

Chen Tianhua had long known that most of the local buns such as Yang Shanxin, Song Xiaoniu, butcher, etc. could not drink foreign coffee, so of course they would not pour it.

The butcher drank a big mouthful of red wine in a regular manner, then put down his glass and replied:

"Reported to the Major General, I believe that the current mode of transportation of freighters tow several large barges has great disadvantages. The heavy-loaded barges are easy to attack and are difficult to attack. When attacked by water bandits, they can be captured without gunships, armed fishing boats and speedboats."

Chen Tianhua sucked the coffee and said with a bitter smile:

"The tug-up barge is a common water transportation model for merchants in the Yangtze River basin. To be honest, except for a few oceanic banks such as Fengzhong Mining, most of whom are barges, and large barges are towed to pull small barges. The one with better conditions now is the machine sail barge. Therefore, when merchant fleets encountered interceptions from water bandits, they would pay the so-called protection fee. They would rather make less profits and seek safety."

"Fengzhong Mining began to take the initiative to seek peace as the best strategy. It signed an agreement with Yunze Gang in advance, but never thought that the Japanese would get involved. This matter would be complicated. We had no choice but to escort the ship and strengthen gunboat cruise."

"You have been armed escort for the first time, and your understanding is insufficient. The escort personnel and weapons and equipment are seriously insufficient, which almost caused serious consequences."

After hearing this, the butcher lowered his head and said a little embarrassedly:

"This time, Lord Yang Shanxin and I were in armed escort for the first time. We didn't have enough experience. We thought that the twenty-five members of each fleet had enough light and heavy machine guns. We didn't expect that the bandits were so rampant and the attack was so fierce, which was indeed unexpected!"

Chen Tianhua glanced at this loyal subordinate and comforted him:

"You can't blame you for this. The main reason is that the Eastern people are cheering behind their backs. Their purpose is to completely block Fengzhong Mining's two shipping lines in southern and western Jiangxi. Fortunately, I planned ahead and built two large gunships, the Blood Wolf and the Wild Wolf, in advance. After obtaining the information, I came here in time, which made the conspiracy of the Eastern people not succeed."

"This two consecutive days of battle has severely hit the arrogant Yunze Gang and caused them to suffer heavy losses. It may be calm during this period. They need to replenish their strength, especially ships, and the real competition is still ahead."

"The waters in this area are long and wide. In addition to patrolling the Blood Wolf frigate and armored gunboat, I decided to place a thousand-ton armed sailboat in the northern and southern waters of Dongting Lake, plus twenty speedboats as a transfer station to solve the supply, rest, treatment, and short-distance rescue during maritime escort."

"The number of escort members in each fleet is no less than one platoon forty people, and two mortars and two light machine guns are added. In short, a number of measures must be taken to ensure smooth shipping."

After hearing this, the butcher felt much more at ease and felt very lucky to meet a wise lord.

"When you go there, I will bring you some ammunition and twenty marines. You will escort the Orchid out of the Dongting Lake waters and enter the Yangtze River channel. At the port at the junction of Hunan and Hubei, there is a transit station built by Fengzhong. You will get off the ship and then take another cargo ship back to Songjiafang. The Blood Wolf gunship is waiting for you to set sail tomorrow. First take me to Songjiafang Wharf, and then they will cruise back and forth on this channel."

"I understand the Major General, we will do our duty and never let Fengzhong's mining economy and reputation be damaged!" The butcher said with his head held high and his chest.

Chen Tianhua nodded with satisfaction. The two of them tasted Zhangyu's red wine. After chatting about some family affairs, the butcher brought twenty Marines, machine rifle bullets, and took a speedboat to return to the Orchid.

The two ships were only five hundred meters apart, and the speedboat was used as a transition tool. The butcher brought twenty new Marines and a large amount of ammunition to replenish them, which made the crew members on the Orchid so excited.

The bearded captain said excitedly to the butcher who had just returned:
Chapter completed!