Chapter 1998: Encountering Pirates in the First Battle

Generally speaking, the speed of ships sailing in the sea is fixed, and it is impossible to have such a fast speed. The pirates over there obviously also found that the speed of these ships coming towards them is very fast, and they There seems to be densely packed small grids on both sides of the boat. I really don’t know what these things are for. Everyone knows that the sides of the ship should be made stronger. Knowing where these people came from, they felt even more strange as the distance approached. There is no sail on this boat. How did they come here? Did it come by rowing oars? Impossible, if this is in some rivers in the mainland, it should be fine, but now this is the sea, and you have to sail for several years if you don’t move, how can it be possible to work all the time, no matter how powerful you are It's too much, what's going on? And besides some large official ships of the imperial court, it is impossible for other ships to come here. How did they come here? Judging by their size, they are very huge, and there are no signs on them. These guys seem to have suddenly appeared from the sea, which makes people feel weird.

"Boss, the speed of these ships is surprisingly fast. It is better for us to retreat quickly. These guys seem to be hostile. If they really want to fight us, we may not be their opponents." The pirate's second The head of the family looked at the front and said that he was also scared to death.

"Idiot, what are you afraid of? They are nothing more than a little faster. Look at their boats. There are no offensive weapons at all. There is not even a ram on the bow. Why should we be afraid? They are gone, they may be new things developed by the imperial court, maybe there will be a lot of things we need on them, this time I thought there would be a lot of good things on these ships, who knows, they are just some purchased garbage Things, how much is this worth? That’s just hundreds of thousands of silver. Thousands of our brothers are dispatched for these hundreds of thousands of silver? Leave them alone. Tell them that our Haijiao Gang is doing something and tell them to get out of here One thing, if we want to fight against us, we are not afraid of them, we just ate them together." The one-eyed boss said disdainfully. He is very powerful in this generation of sea. The pirates around him or those from the government generally would not come to confront him. This guy has a way of commanding at sea, which is one of the reasons why everyone dare not come here. He is the overlord here in many cases. Even some court officials on the shore contacted him and gave him some money every year, hoping that he would not cause trouble in his own jurisdiction. He is also very arrogant, as can be seen from his words.

"That's right, what the boss said is, the second boss, it's better for us to hurry up and work at this stall." The third boss came over and said, these two people have been fighting openly and secretly for a long time, if they don't work hard when they encounter such an opportunity The smelly guy was really sorry for himself, and he didn't show mercy to himself.

These pirates usually live in such a lawless way, and now naturally they will not change their minds due to the temporary appearance of these ships. They are kings on the sea, and they will not be afraid of anyone's threats. Don't Speaking of these people, even if the navy of the Southern Empire comes out, it is the same. The army of the navy is basically unable to find the north after being played by them. It is no wonder that they are on the sea every day,

They are very clear about what they make a living, so their ships are rebuilt very well, and their technology is also very good. If the navy can't catch them, they can continue to do it next time, but If they are caught by the navy, it will be a big deal. Not only will their own heads fall off, but some of them will be killed even if they have relatives at home, so their boss Just tell them, it is absolutely impossible to fail, because you don’t have that chance, as long as you fail for the first time, your life is over, and there is no time to go back, the difference between them and the navy This is the place, if you want to get along better, you have to practice your skills better at ordinary times, this is a standard for being able to live well.

One by one, these pirates rushed to the opponent's ship by the rope on the mast. The opponent was also an official ship, and there seemed to be two more powerful archers on it, at least second-level archers. Several people were shot to death by these guys. If they were in the past, they would definitely have trapped the entire ship. Let time slowly toss these masters. Masters are also human, and they will be tired sometimes, but Now it is different from that time, the fleet behind is coming soon, they don't have so much time to wait for these guys to get tired slowly, they have their own business, they want to use these people There is another way to kill them. Their method is to rush up against the hostages. Of course, if the people inside don't pay attention to these hostages, there is no way to do it. They can only rush up. Of course the one who died will lose his life, and the others can kill this guy.

In twenty-five minutes, they wiped out all three ships. The boss looked at his brothers happily and captured about 400 people. He also lost dozens of them. It doesn't matter. Yes, these guards are their best supplements. These people usually lose their things and they will definitely be beheaded when they go back. The rest of the people basically came in this way. Of course, he would also let these people submit a satisfactory answer sheet, otherwise he would not let them follow him. It is necessary to buy insurance.

"Boss, the search is clear. Except for the spices and clothing materials on the ship, there are only four boxes of silver. It's really unlucky. Damn, if the things on the ship are sold, they will be less than 300,000 silver at most. Damn .Looking at such a good ship, how can there be such a little valuable thing? It’s really fucking unlucky.” The second head came over depressed and reported to the boss. They originally thought that there must be a million silver on these ships. Who knows, that's all. These ships are very good ships, and they won't suffer a loss if they tow them back, but they feel uncomfortable if they don't find what they ordered.

"Okay, don't be so annoyed, this matter is not as bad as we thought. At least we have so many more people. It is still very good to go back and renovate these ships, just a few of ours The boats are not very good anymore. If we continue to use those boats, we may have problems in the future. It is good to have these supplements now. By the way. Call me all those people. I want Have a good chat with them and see how they are, by the way. Are there any women?" Among pirates, silver comes first, and women come second. They really miss women.

"Don't mention it, fuck it, there isn't a single woman among hundreds of people. I really don't know what the hell they think. Even if there is one cook, who knows, there is none. It was also our worst failure. The brothers have lost all interest in playing with those in the lair. No one is willing to take a look at them even if they take off their clothes and walk in front of our eyes. These bastards , just don’t give us a way to survive.” The second master is also a sly ghost, talking about this matter is also the most depressing thing for him, if possible, he would rather not come to rob these ships.

"Boss, now is not the time to talk about this. We should do something else. This fleet seems to be getting closer to us. Do we have to run away now? They seem to be unkind, saying To be honest, I also felt this way before, I was a little scared in my heart, I also felt this way when we confronted those guys last time, brother, this feeling is very accurate." The third master came over and said, He has always been the team's think tank. Generally speaking, he is responsible for making suggestions, but he is the second in command in battle and charge. It's still very good. Now that the third child has such an idea, something will definitely happen. The boss still believes in this issue very much, so now he also wants to retreat a little bit, but if he goes directly now, the ship will But I can’t take it back. Their pirate ships are much faster than these official ships. Sometimes official ships need a certain momentum. As for other things, they don’t need them. What pirates need is speed. In this regard, the two ships are diametrically opposed to each other. If they want to leave, they have to leave behind the biggest harvest this time, not even the captives.

"Boss, how can you say no to the things that the brothers bought in exchange for dozens of lives? Those guys are approaching, but look at what kind of ships they are. They are just cargo ships. Isn't it just a little faster? That's all, we might as well rob them as well, so that we can gain enough, anyway, they bumped into it by themselves, and it has nothing to do with us, it's their bad luck today, they met us, boss, what do you think? If we can use their speed, we will be able to catch up to all the ships. In the future, we don't need to be afraid of anyone's pursuit. This sea area is really our world, no For anything else, just for this matter, I feel that we should do it.” The second leader is also plausible, the third child will be a bad thing when he sees this matter, and the second child will use these things every time he is smarter than himself. It is precisely because of this reason that I have made so many contributions and now I can only be the third child, and this guy is the second child if he is brave and foolish. I have studied it many times, maybe this The guy is a very wise guy, and there are fights in the small bandit team. This is a very certain thing, there are everywhere, and there will be no absence.

"Okay, I don't need to say any more, I have already made a decision." Seeing what the third child wanted to say, the boss waved his hand quickly, and the unsafe feeling in the third child's heart returned. "Third brother, you take your brothers here and continue to clean the battlefield. Take away everything you can take away. If you can't take it away, just burn it to me. It's useless to stay Yes, the second child, ask the brothers to do it for me, I don’t believe it, how capable they are. Tell them to see how powerful our Haijiao Gang is.” The boss said, and the third brother shook his head helplessly, every time This is the case every time, and the loss is huge.

Here Li Cong also looked at the pirate ship in front of him in surprise. They could still be divided into two parts. Only five ships came over. The rest should be dealing with the things on the ship. These guys are all there. Li Cong suddenly understood whether there was something wrong with their brains doing such a thing. These ships of their own are very strange. But still can't give them any deterrence, each of these guys is still thinking about why they don't get captured by themselves, since this is the case, let their first battle begin. Li Cong nodded towards fleet commander Desi. This kid was the first to accept the naval theories Li Cong said. During the exercise, the squadron he led killed several other similar fleets. His strength has been demonstrated in actual combat, and he should be able to quickly deal with these five pirate ships. They want to do it? That is absolutely impossible, what awaits them is death.

Desi also knew that this war must be a turning point for him. More than a dozen fleet commanders like him did not get this opportunity. They all have official positions but no military ranks. He hopes to get the first rank of brigadier general , in his eyes, this is like a title given by the imperial court, but the treatment given by the commercial firm is different. There is a small gap between the colonel and the brigadier general, but the treatment is very different. As long as he can After obtaining the rank of brigadier general, all the descendants of his three generations will receive a living fund. Although it is not very much, it is enough for them to live comfortably. This is all they can do. What he wanted was to give his descendants a share of the world. He immediately started to command after seeing Li Cong nodding. There were two semaphore soldiers standing next to him. Their task was to give his orders quickly. There are no communication tools in this era, and everything on the sea depends on this. If you rely on shouting, it is simply nonsense. There are no barriers on the sea, and there are open spaces everywhere. Yes, even if you yell out your throat, it is probably useless, and in the end it will only make the sound farther and farther away, which is completely different from the echo on land.

"All non-combat fleets began to slow down and wait here. All combat ships, 106, 107, 108, 109, and 110 turned, and sailed from north to south. 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105 turned. Sailing from south to north, cross-attacking, and turning around after arriving at both ends, the four ships 111, 112, 113, and 114 carried out peripheral interception, 115, 116, and 117 prepared, and 118 maneuvered. This is just a group of mobs, not our navy's first Opponents of the first squadron, tell the brothers that this battle is our first stop, it will be written in history, let them be the ones who make history just like me." Desi started imitating Li Cong's tone Saying these words, but sometimes I still feel that I am a bit lacking in enthusiasm. The tone of this young master seems to be completely different from my own. Anyway, I am not as good as others. This may be the gap between them and myself, but I am indeed the protagonist today, even more the protagonist than the young master.

After receiving the news, more than a dozen warships immediately began to change their formations. Their current communication system is still a bit weak. Now they have two observers who are constantly observing the orders from the flagship, and then repeat them. , the two people around them will hold something like a trumpet and shout at the people around them, one by one, which can be said to be a waste of time, but it is okay, because they have binoculars, other navies estimate The contact method is much slower than theirs. They can only see it with their own eyes. If they look at it that way, there will be problems in many places, and sometimes they may convey the wrong order. These pirates It also needs to be passed on, but their semaphore is much simpler, but they did not do anything wrong, because their tacit understanding was developed in actual combat, and their captains can understand the meaning of other captains. Even hand gestures can be read very clearly.

The five ships of the pirates were also lined up, but they came side by side. They didn't understand what these people meant. How could they form such a formation? Exposing their sides, it's really I have never seen such a thing. If the side is exposed, just hit it directly. What's the use of fighting? A group of pirates are all smiling happily on their own boats. These guys who don't know how to fight really don't know what they do in normal times. You don't need to panic when you encounter pirates, right? , only the third leader saw something wrong in his heart when he saw it at the back. It is estimated that neither the boss nor the second child will come back. Do he have to make some plans for his future? He asked someone to move all the valuable things to one. On the fast boat, the rest of the things are taught to the boss's subordinates, as for the second. Not many people were left at the moment. They all followed the second child to the front to rob, and the third child also gathered his men to take away the clippers. If something went wrong later, he would have to take them and start running for his life. At that time, it was more reliable to live with one's own people. And when I go back, I want to be the boss. These people who have to stand up to help themselves, how can they not take them with them.

"Report, the two ships 101 and 105 have entered the shooting angle. The two captains asked if they can fire?" Desi's adjutant came up and reported that although the military salute was not so perfect, it already had a decent meaning , Such a person still looks very good, and has a future in the future.

"Order the captains and tell them that as long as they enter the shooting angle they think is the best, they can shoot freely. What I want to see now is their own command ability." Desi also found that at this time It's really good to have the feeling that thousands of troops and horses are in their own hands.

After receiving the order, the captains started their actions one by one. They all started their preparations, and everyone had already started aiming. Li Cong was also looking forward to this scene, because in this way I have never seen such a scene on Earth. Naval decisive battles on Earth depend on things like missiles or even laser cannons. I have never encountered such a decisive battle similar to cannons. Of course, this is also It was not a decisive battle of cannons, but a one-sided war. Li Cong sat on the top of the flagship and watched this scene cheerfully. He also adapted the planet himself. Although it changed the development of the planet, the sense of satisfaction It's unprecedented, the pirates on the opposite side can be said to die without regret, because they have also become a witness to history, but this sacrifice is their life, and soon Li Cong heard the first loud cry No. 101 fired first in the distance, followed by No. 105.

There are a total of 610 artillery pieces on this side of the two warships. The preparations have been completed. According to the captain's order, all their artillery pieces are fired in sequence. At most, 20 artillery pieces will be fired in salvo. The cannons were all fired at the same time. If so, the entire ship might disintegrate immediately because of the strong recoil. Starting from the first gun hole on the upper left, a shell will be fired about every three seconds. , Ships 102 and 106 following them will also enter the shooting angle in two minutes, and they will also add it. For such a formation, if there are thousands of troops in front of them, they will probably be killed, but There are not so many ships and people now, only five ships. Although there are ten ships in the distance, they are all too far away. It is impossible for Li Cong to equip them with cannons with such a long range. Things have to be done step by step, how can we start all at once?

How can there be such an attack mode? Such a loud noise? How is this going? All the pirates are confused about this matter. There is nothing on their ship that can make such a big movement, and they have never seen it before, but when they were wondering, suddenly a dozen meters in front of them A water column with a height of more than ten meters rose up, and there was a loud noise. What's going on? All the people looked around. I finally knew that this was someone else's attack, and it seemed to be something like a trebuchet.

Finally, when the fifteenth door was fired, one of the pirates' ships was hit. The shells are solid shells, which are most useful against sailing warships in this era. Blossom shells are the kind of explosive shells. The shells can only be used against some people on the deck, but the shells directly smashed several layers of wooden boards, and directly opened a large hole with a diameter of more than one meter in the bottom of the ship. The water is starting to enter, and there will be something under them that can block the boat, but it's such a big hole. It's still at the bottom of the ship. If it's on both sides of the ship, there might be a solution, but it's at the bottom of the ship. How the hell is it blocked? None of the pirates below will be below, one by one. They ran towards the deck. Of course, they still wouldn't believe that they had failed at this time. They just felt a little scared of this unknown thing. A dozen sailors ran up from below. They had just run to the deck when they heard a loud noise. Then a huge air wave came over, and then some people felt that they were hit somewhere all over their bodies, and they were blown up by the air wave, and then headed out of the ship. Flew into the sea. In the middle, I saw my own blood floating in the air. One pirate ship was reimbursed just like that, and the remaining four pirate ships were dumbfounded, and the pirate boss was reimbursed directly by a shell. Only two warships fired, and the remaining captains cursed the two warships vigorously, but they couldn't continue to fire. Now the battle is over before it even started. If they continue to fire, it will be a waste of ammunition , Such a thing is absolutely unacceptable. Fighting at sea is absolutely different from fighting on land. Everything is very precious. No matter how you do it, you must take good care of yourself. all combat materials.

The remaining ships did not dare to act rashly at this time. They had to show their sincerity, otherwise they might continue to attack them. The remaining ships immediately attacked some of their own ships. Sexual weapons were thrown into the sea. As for things like raising a white flag, they probably don't know how to do it, because they don't have such education at all.

"Master, they seem to have given up resistance, shall we continue to attack?" Desi said after seeing the opponent's actions.

"Hehe, my commander, these people are all pirates. You saw them just now. Their actions are very powerful. If we don't have such a powerful force at this moment, we will probably be killed by them long ago, so Do you think we should listen to them? Now let me continue to order the remaining ships to fire, and at the same time, the reserve warships will rush up and catch the ships behind. We just need a few people who can give us news That’s it, why do we need so many captives? Don’t you think we have a lot of food?” Li Cong said with a smile, these pirates would rob people every day, if they were still operating in this place, their navy would definitely take action It is not very convenient. For the other three empires, their seas should be quiet. It is best not to have other ships. Otherwise, it is not so easy for Li Cong to keep secrets. It is better to send them all to the bottom of the sea. This way of doing things is in line with Li Cong's philosophy of doing things.

"Yes." Desi's military salute was quite standard, and he immediately went down to convey the order. In fact, even if he didn't mention the captains below, he wanted to try to fire a few shots. This came out, the first Once the big guys have to warm up their hands, after Desi's order, the warships that have not fired immediately rushed up, it seems that if they want to rush slowly, this matter may not be their turn. Overhead, this kind of thing lasted for about five minutes. After five minutes, these guys were honest one by one, because there was no target on the sea within their range, and now they couldn't attack even if they wanted to attack. It is possible, because all the pirates except those behind have already gone to the bottom of the sea.

The big boss and the second boss went down to feed the fish, and the third boss was happily trying to tell his subordinates to sail away immediately, and two shells arrived in front of them, which meant to tell you, unless you are a fool , otherwise, let’s try our cannonball skills. The third master naturally dare not make fun of his own life, and quickly ordered to stop the ship. In fact, no matter how fast they run, it is impossible to run out, but this It's on the sea, so it's better to be able to stop.

The rest of these people basically have no idea of ​​continuing to fight. Thousands of people in front of them died directly, not even a hair was left. In fact, their current distance is completely enough to put those guys who fell into the water. It was picked up, but none of them thought of going to get them up. This is really against the rules. If they move, the enemy's artillery hits their heads, and we will also fall into the water. How about In this way, it is better for us to preserve our own.

Li Cong's marines quickly approached, and each of them carried a chain crossbow and boarded the ship from the wooden plank. The pirates really cooperated very well. Everyone was ready to fight on the deck. They had never seen such an army and such an attack method. To be honest, they were frightened at the moment, and they would not If there is any other idea, even if the people who came up tell them to jump off, they will definitely do it. If they don't do that, the consequences will be clear.

"Who is in charge. Our commander has something to ask him. You all see it clearly. If you are honest, you can save your own life. If you are not honest, don't blame us for being rude. You also see clearly. We Doing things is different from the people you meet." A soldier from the Southern Empire said. His accent doesn't need to be recognized by others. At present, this guy's accent is considered acceptable, and other people can be heard by others with just one mouth.

"This... this military lord, the younger one is their third-in-charge. I don't know what you have to order, so you can just say it." The third-in-chief saw that everyone was looking at him, and scolded these bandits all without conscience. , Damn, just now I was thinking that you are Lao Tzu's people who want to take you away, but now you have betrayed yourself so easily one by one, just a few of you, I should have known that I shouldn't have taken you away together Yes, but now that people are asking questions, it can't be delayed, can it?

"The third leader? What about the first leader and the second leader? Did you just find someone to deal with me because I didn't have a high military rank? If that's the case, I think you should all be sent down. The fish below But I like you very much." The platoon leader picked up the brim of his hat and said, at this moment he also felt that they were perfunctory to himself, did the head of the family not come out because of his small rank? This fucking is a huge provocation to his own face.

"No, no, no...it's definitely not like that, it's because our big boss and second boss brought people over there just now, and now they and our brothers have been thrown into the water, in fact, it's because they are beyond their control It's directly related. Just now I saw the ships of the military masters and said that it was difficult to deal with. We should not go over and cause trouble for the military masters. These two guys don't listen to me. They insist on Go over and have a look, isn't something wrong? The fortune teller said that if the two of them are not careful this year, there will be a bloody disaster. Who knows that something really happened to these two guys. Look at the one of the two of them It looks like there are not many days left." The little mouth of the third master is still very eloquent, and he put all these things on other people in a short while, as if it was his own fault, and no one else had it. things.

"Since this is the case, then I will ask you, please listen to me, and you can say whatever I ask, but our boats are all around, even if you want to escape, it is not so easy. There will be something for you to do in a while, if you can do it well, you can save your life, if you don’t do it well, then don’t blame us for being rude.” Since they are going to attack the county , These guys have been here for a long time, and they will definitely know a lot of news. If they don’t use their news, I’m really sorry for them, so Li Cong feels that these people must give themselves Do things.

Soon the platoon leader asked about the news. They were the pirates around here, but they didn't know much about the news in the county. They didn't know much more about the news in the county than Li Cong and the others. It's really that they don't have the guts to go to this county town. There are sailors outside the county town. There are at least more than 20,000 sailors and nearly a hundred large ships. But there is one more thing. These sailors are already They haven't been out for a long time. They should be said to be not very good at things like combat. It is also very difficult to get them to fight. Recently, their main task is to collect money.

After seeing Li Cong, the third leader did not show much. Li Cong also admired this guy's brain very much. Anyway, he also needs a staff who understands local affairs, so it is better to just use this guy. The third leader originally thought that I may be beheaded or something. I really didn't expect my luck to be so good. I don't need to lose my head, and I even have a job. I can follow such a person. He also saw the attack method of their fleet just now. If there is a navy, there is no need to be afraid, 20,000 navy? Then he is nothing in front of such a fleet, and the sailors have to run away when they see them, not to mention these people, their skills are definitely very powerful.

"Master, we can see the mainland in about an hour. There may be naval patrol boats on the outskirts, but they may not be seen." San Dang hardly let his mouth idle along the way. However, I just wanted to let Li Cong know that he would definitely not suffer a loss if he hired this guy, and this little mouth is pretty good right now.

"If the navy doesn't conduct patrols, what else are they going to do?" Li never understood what this guy said. In Li Cong's impression, the navy's patrols should take fixed routes on a regular basis. Why didn't they?

"My lord, you don't know this. The Southern Empire hasn't encountered any enemies at sea for hundreds of thousands of years. The navy can be said to be the most useless army. Except for the official ships, the Southern Empire's ships are There are not many civilian ships, and there is no need for them to come out to patrol. If these official ships go closer to the sea, the journey will be farther, and they have to go along the coastline. We dare not rob them at such a distance. Those who go a long way are also afraid of meeting us, so they are naturally unwilling to come out. Even the military headquarters of the Southern Empire think that their navy is a bit redundant. Misappropriation, their warships are older than their age, and they are not our opponents at all." When the third master talked about the navy of the Southern Empire, his face was full of disdain. Come on, there is no need for these sailors to exist at all.

"Hehe, the Southern Empire really made a huge mistake. By the way, how do you feel about the ** county I'm going to rob this time? How much wealth is there?" Li Cong is concerned about this. Yes, it doesn't matter what kind of navy or something, whether he is strong or not, it doesn't matter much to me, because my army can kill them, and I am absolutely confident. (To be continued..)