Zhang Jiexu was shocked by the words of the soldiers under his command.

No large warships have ever come to the small island they occupied in so many years.

When more than 300 of them landed on the island, the island was still an uninhabited deserted island.

After a period of operation, the situation quickly improved. Generally, merchant ships come to the island, mainly purchasing their fish catches and local specialties.

How could there be warships here today? Could anyone want to occupy the island they have worked hard to manage?

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiexu was shocked. He grabbed the soldier's arm and asked:

"You are sure that there are warships here, so you are not mistaken or confused? Have you seen clearly which country's warship is?"

The soldier was almost confused by his continuous questions and said hurriedly:

"Island Master, how dare we lie to you? If you don't believe me, go and see. We really don't know where the warship came from."

Zhang Jiexu let go of the soldier's arms and immediately sent an order:

"Quickly, inform all young and middle-aged people and take a firearm to take a look. Once someone dares to peek at our treasure island, we will never stop with them!"

"yes"

There are not many people on the island, only more than a thousand people, but they are almost all young and middle-aged people. When they encounter danger, they are all soldiers.

There are firearms on the island, with more than 500 flintlock guns and Vulcan guns.

These firearms were bought by Zhang Jiexu from outside at a high price, with the purpose of protecting the island where they live.

The situation was not stable at that time, and pirates were often encountered at sea, and they had to prevent pirates from landing on the island to rob.

Soon five or six hundred people gathered together, and they rushed to the port with firearms in hand.

Before they could reach the port, they had already seen the Ming dragon flag floating in the wind on the warship.

Zhang Jiexu rubbed his eyes in disbelief, then looked carefully, and screamed:

"God! No way! The Ming Dragon Flag is flying on this warship, which is the warship from our hometown!"

When Zhang Jiexu was confused, everyone else was shocked to discuss:

"What? The Ming Dragon Flag, the Ming Dynasty is here! Does the Ming Dynasty have such a large warship? This is impossible. If it were really the Ming Dynasty warship, it would not have occupied our island..."

Zhang Jiexu pondered for a moment:

"It is very likely that it is the Ming warship. I heard that the Ming Dynasty had taken Batavia some time ago. Without my order, no one is allowed to open fire. Let's take a look first."

The Chinese soldiers nodded. After finally seeing the warships coming from their hometown, how could they shoot casually?

"Okay, don't worry, the island master, we will never fight our compatriots from the Ming Dynasty. It's just that the Ming Dynasty warships are too big and don't even need sails. Is the Ming Dynasty so powerful now? I guess the Eastern Abduct has been destroyed, long live the Ming Dynasty..."

When the Chinese on the island saw the flying dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty, they couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in their hearts.

Of course, the warships coming were the Ming Dynasty warships. At present, which country in the world can have iron-armored warships besides the Ming Dynasty?

Shi Lang was holding a telescope in his hand and was standing on the deck of the battleship to watch the island ahead.

Whenever they arrive at an island, they will bombard the island's fortresses.

Of course, if the islands without a fort are refused to surrender, they will use naval guns to destroy everything on the coast and force the small countries on the island to surrender.

Shi Lang knew from the map given by the emperor that the small island in front of him was called Ampona Island (Natura Islands were called Ampona Islands in the Ming Dynasty.)

"The main gun is ready to fire, warning the island residents to surrender and come out to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty."

"Yes, the main gun is loaded with shells and is ready to fire a gun warning."

The messenger immediately conveyed Shi Lang's order, and the artillery immediately prepared to fire.

However, before they fired the gun, Shi Lang waved his hand to stop them from firing the gun warning.

"Suspend the fire, it seems that there are my Daming people on the island. Don't hurt them by chance."

It turned out that Shi Lang discovered in the telescope that the people on the island looked very similar to the people of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of their clothes and skin appearance.

Worried about hurting his own people by chance, Shi Lang hurriedly stopped shelling Amponna Island.

"Host the whistle and send out the flags to tell the people on the island that we are the Ming Navy!"

"yes"

“Woo woo woo woo…”

The Wanli warship began to honk its whistle, and the melodious and loud flute sounded immediately.

This is the first time people on Ampona Island hear warships honking, and only the Ming warships have this function at present.

Then the flag words were uttered on the battleship:

"We are the Ming Navy warship. Who is the one on Amponna Island? Please answer?"

The sound of the whistle of the Ming Dynasty's Iron Armored Battleship was heard by people around the island.

At first, Zhang Jiexu and others were frightened very much and lay on the ground to prepare warships with guns.

In fact, no matter how powerful their firearms are, they cannot hit the Ming warships a kilometer away.

It was not until he saw the flag language of the Ming warship that Zhang Jiexu and others realized that it was really the Ming warship that was coming.

Although no other country has come to attack Ampona Island in recent years, merchants from nearby powerful countries often buy and sell forcing them.

Now seeing the Ming warship, Zhang Jiexu knew that the legendary Ming Dynasty took Batavia should be true.

It was as if a long-lost child saw the arrival of his family, and he hurriedly sent an order:

"Hurry up, go to the shore to welcome the Ming warships, and no one dares to oppress us again!"

The Chinese on the shore immediately threw down their firearms and rushed to the beach to welcome the Ming warship with their hands.

Seeing the scene on the shore, Shi Lang smiled on his face and put down his telescope to send a message:

"The warships dock immediately. Just in case, don't leave the gun after getting ashore."

"yes"

With Shi Lang's order, the team began to enter the port, and the warship quickly landed on the dock one kilometer away.

Shi Lang's fleet has five armored warships and three sail warships, and a navy of 1,500 people.

Left the deputy captain to guard the warship, Shi Lang led 800 naval soldiers to land on Ambona Island.

As soon as they stepped into Ampona Island from the warship, Zhang Jiexu and others ran over quickly.

After seeing the Ming general, more than 500 Chinese compatriots who fled here all fell to the ground.

"Zhang Jiexu, a native of the Ming Dynasty who is wandering outside, pay homage to the general!"

The Ming army has now cancelled the kneeling ceremony, and even if the army soldiers see the emperor, they don’t need to kneel down.

Shi Lang grew up so old, but this time there were so many bowing to him. Shi Lang was excited and felt a little sad.

He hurried forward and helped Zhang Jiexu up:

"We are all my family members, please get up quickly. Don't give such a big gift, let your subordinates get up!"

Zhang Jiexu stood up and clasped his fists again:

"General Thank you!"

"Welcome the Ming fleet to Ampona Island and invite the soldiers to our residence to have a drink."

Although Shi Lang was not an emperor, he was also a second-rank general of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhang Jiexu was equivalent to the local emperor, he was first a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and he was very clear about this.

He seemed very humble and polite in front of Shi Lang, and was preparing to hold a banquet to entertain the Ming Navy.

Shi Lang also wandered on the sea with Zheng Zhilong all year round, and he could understand the mood of Zhang Jiexu and others.

Shi Lang would not refuse Zhang Jiexu's banquet, he laughed generously:

"Hahaha... OK, since you meet your compatriots thousands of miles away, Shi Lang will certainly not be disrespectful and lead the way!"
Chapter completed!