Chapter 624 Guarding the Island

I heard that there were originally many scattered small islands around Waguo Island, and there were also different tribes on them.

However, the people of Waguo Island relied on their large numbers and ruthlessness to occupy all the surrounding islands.

The prime men and useless old men were killed, leaving only the young women as their playthings, and the young children as little slaves, enslaved and bullied by them.

The evil reputation of the Japanese has spread throughout this large sea area.

Even passing merchant ships did not dare to dock in the waters of Waguo Island, but preferred to dock at Agate Island and surrounding islands to rest.

I originally thought that the sea area of ​​Agate Island was still quite far away from the Japanese island, and the Japanese would not try to take advantage of them.

Unexpectedly, two months ago, for some unknown reason, the Japanese began to send people frequently to occupy the dozen or so larger islands on Agate Island.

Battus managed to unify these islands with great difficulty, how could he be willing to give them up to others?

Moreover, these islands are also where these islanders have lived and thrived for generations. If the islands were occupied by the Japanese, so many of them would have nowhere to go.

Therefore, protecting their homeland is the unanimous belief of all islanders.

Bartus also vowed to lead these islanders who surrendered to him to defeat the Japanese, and when they became stronger, they would not let foreign enemies even think about this sea area again.

They used agates, emeralds, pearls, corals and other rare treasures produced on various islands to exchange some iron weapons with passing merchant ships.

It's a pity that the merchant ships coming and going also need these weapons, so there are not many iron weapons in exchange.

In the previous battles, the islanders sacrificed themselves in exchange for piles of corpses and weapons left by the Japanese.

This time, there are hundreds of iron weapons that can be equipped with more than a hundred islanders.

It's a pity that although there are thousands of strong tribesmen in more than a dozen large islands combined, the islands are not as good as the land. Travel between the islands relies on self-made boats. If there is an enemy, they won't be able to catch up in a short time. Come support.

Therefore, Battus must think of a good way to unite all the islanders in this sea area to help each other.

That night, all the islanders on Agate Island and the leaders of other surrounding islands gathered on the beach.

They lit a bonfire, recited prayer spells around the bodies of the more than 20 islanders, cremated their companions who had killed the enemy together, and then scattered their ashes into the sea to let their souls protect this place. An island.

The ceremony was held very late, and Bartus did not sleep when he returned to his wooden house. He took out the topographic map made by the Japanese and looked at it again and again, guarding a fish oil lamp and thinking hard about good ideas.

Early the next morning, Batus summoned the other island tribal leaders who were still on Agate Island and told them the solution he had come up with last night.

Bartus's plan was to send people to stand guard day and night on the larger islands closest to the Japanese island on the periphery of the island, and immediately light fires as a warning when the enemy was discovered.

If wet wood is placed on a fire during the day, it will give off thick smoke.

At night, a fire is lit with dry wood and leaves on the top of the highest mountain on the island so that it can be seen clearly at night.

Each island must also have someone on duty at night to avoid missing warnings.

As long as warning smoke or fire is seen, people on all islands must be on alert, observe which island the invading ships are heading to at any time, and then rush over to provide support.

In order to facilitate transportation and support, it is necessary to speed up the construction of more large and small ships.

The Japanese ships were distributed to various islands, and each island was assigned a few ships.

Bartus asked everyone to build identical ships according to the Japanese ship styles. These ships were much more practical than those they built themselves.

In addition, in order to reduce casualties, Bartus also asked everyone to make more wooden and rattan shields.

He even searched the clothes of some soldiers in his mind and taught everyone how to make helmets, breastplates, back armors and shoulder armors to protect the main parts.

In addition, each island is also asked to train a diving team. When an enemy ship attacks, the divers will dive under the enemy ship from the water, drill through the enemy ship, and let the enemy fall into the water.

The leaders were deeply impressed when they heard Bartus' plan.

Sure enough, the big chief is better than these rough guys who can only act recklessly. All of them can come up with one or two of these methods, which is good, but the big chief can come up with so many good ideas in one night.

Everyone happily returned to the island and arranged for the tribesmen to implement it according to the chief's plan.

After seeing off the leaders, Bartus also asked the witch doctor to find several poisonous medicines that can seal the throat when exposed to blood. He prepared these concoctions and asked his own people to dip the heads of their weapons in the concoctions before the battle. This can destroy the enemy faster and reduce your own losses.

Battus did not trust the witch doctor, because the witch doctor belonged to the old chief and was once ordered to drug Battus, causing him to lose all his memory and become a person without a past.

Since that trip to Fire Island, Battus has become wary of the old chief, the chief's daughter Blinka, and the witch doctor.

Later, every time he had a headache, he secretly poured out the medicine prepared by the witch doctor and endured it by relying on his very strong willpower.

Slowly, he felt that his memory began to recover. Not only did he remember that he was a Dai Viet, he also remembered how he went to sea with the caravan and encountered a shipwreck and was rescued by Blinka.

It was just that Blinka saw that he was handsome and strong, but also had a literary temperament. He was not like the men on these islands who had rough, dark skin, ugly features, and rude manners, so she became greedy and asked the witch doctor to Put a charm on him and make him forget the past.

The voodoo got into his brain and usually fell into a deep sleep, waking up every once in a while to eat. It gave him an unbearable headache and pain that he could only rely on the medicine given by the witch doctor to relieve it.

But no one could have imagined that he would have such strong willpower and be able to withstand the bite of the brain-eating worm. He would no longer be controlled by the medicine and gradually regain some memories.

From the recovered memory, I learned that he was lying on a piece of driftwood and drifted to the beach on the shore of Agate Island with the waves. He would not have died without anyone rescuing him.

But Blinka lied to him that he was rescued from the sea by her, so that he would always be grateful to her.

But now he realizes that he has been deceived and controlled by the old chief and Blinka, causing him to forget the past.

Thinking that he had been separated from his family for several years because of these people's deception and poisoning, the anger in his heart burned brightly.

He imprisoned the old chief and Blinka, uprooted all the old chief's cronies, and took full control of the Butulu tribe.

The witch doctor was also controlled by his people, but when the life and death of the entire island residents was at stake, he had to use the witch doctor.

The witch doctor and his family were under control, and the witch doctor had to listen to him if he wanted to survive.