Chapter 109 The remnants of pirates
After the successful trial of the Hope, the Navy quickly took over the warship. It was eventually equipped with 8 side guns, 4 on each side, and 4 swivel guns. And deployed 50 sailors.
Since Quick is relatively the person who knows the most about maritime affairs in the Navy, and after this period of investigation, he did not find anything wrong with him, so with Paul's consent, he was appointed as Hope The captain of the ship jumped several ranks and became a temporary captain.
Quick burst into tears with gratitude. After staying in the navy for a few months, he slowly discovered that Count Grayman was not the kind of cruel and cruel lord who eats people without spitting out their bones, and it gradually started to take effect. In his mind, a great opportunity is now in front of him, and he must seize it.
He led a ship of sailors to train hard every day, even sleeping on the ship, and soon became familiar with every inch of the new ship.
After Paul stayed in Port Fulan for a few days, he planned to return to Lake Town. Before leaving, Austin introduced his long-planned plan to encircle and suppress pirates to Paul and Schroeder.
In a conference room at the naval base, a huge sand table was placed in front of everyone, which showed the terrain of the entire northwest bay coast, including large and small islands on the sea.
Of course, due to current technical limitations, this sandbox is not very accurate, but it is enough for the current navy.
"To sum up, our plan is..."
Austin pointed on the sand table with a thin stick.
"...with the help of the militia of coastal towns, and so on...the first target to be eliminated is 'Loach' Garden. Since the destruction of the Shark Gang, he has become the largest pirate force in the northwest bay."
"Wait a minute!" Paul interrupted Austin, touched his chin and asked, "Loach? Why does this nickname sound so familiar?"
Quick, who was standing behind Austin, coughed awkwardly. Said: "Lord Graiman, when I was a pirate, I wanted Garden to cooperate with me in attacking Lake Town. Later, he ran away when he saw the situation was bad, and then I was captured by you."
Paul then remembered: "It turned out to be the man with the oily soles of his feet. No wonder he was nicknamed 'Loach'."
Quick said: "Yes, this man is very cunning and good at ”
Austin continued: "They are very good at picking out weak areas of our defense to attack. It is also because of my incompetence that they succeeded in landing several times."
Paul reminded him: "We may have arrangements for him in our army. You have to be careful, Quirk, I'm not targeting you."
"Lord Earl, I'm already suspecting this, and I will investigate it carefully. ”
“According to the information we currently have, the Loach Gang has no fixed base, and the members of this pirate group are all good at boating. It is not easy to track their whereabouts.”< br>
Paul asked: "Can't our boat catch up with them? The other party is also using a galley, right?"
Austin admitted: "Yes, but they may also have some unknown modification technology that can greatly speed up the ship. Even if they are hit by our patrol when committing crimes, they can still leave us far behind." Behind the butt."
Quick added: "I've never heard of the Loach Gang having this ability before."
Paul said a little dissatisfied: "I didn't come here to listen to you. How difficult it is to complain."
Austin immediately changed the subject: "Of course, Lord Earl, what I just said is already in the past tense, because we have the 'Hope'!"
"No matter how fast the opponent's boat is, it relies on human power to row, and our Hope can continue to sail as long as there is wind. So we don't expect to catch them immediately. As long as we can bite them far and low, we will definitely The energy drained the strength of the other rowers and finally caught up with them. ”
"Is it really okay to use a new type of ship that has just been tested for a few days to fight against pirates? And if the other party has many ships, wouldn't it be difficult to defeat four with just one fist?"
Although Paul knew that the sailing battleship was the right path, Paul was a little unsure about the Hope, which was still a test model.
Quick immediately stood up and patted his chest and assured: "Please rest assured, Lord Earl, my sailors and I have absolute confidence in the Hope, and we will definitely be able to hold on until other captains come to support us."
Recalling the 8 cannons and 4 revolving cannons equipped on the Hope, Quick felt that he had the courage to fight against the sea giant Edward. He recalled the shock in his heart when he first came into contact with artillery. This kind of weapon was simply made for naval battles. As long as he had artillery and there were enough of them, he could blow the opponent to pieces from a distance and avoid even jumping into gang fights. .
Everyone continued to discuss for a while, and finally Paul looked at Austin and said: "I'll leave the maritime affairs to you."
"In addition to destroying pirates, we must also hurry up on opening up the southern route and wait for the second ship." After launching it, send it south."
Austin and all the captains saluted in unison: "Yes, please rest assured, Lord Earl."
Paul suddenly remembered something. Said: "I will leave Miss Dias, the language consultant, to help you enrich your maritime communication methods. She has helped the Army develop a set of semaphores, which are very easy to use after testing."
Austin nodded: " That couldn't be better, thank you Lord Earl."
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A raging fire broke out in the houses, and the voices of men begging for mercy and the cries of women and children were intertwined.
This is a village on the coast, located in the territory next to Arda, and is now being plundered by pirates.
A large number of pirates searched around the village, packed the found properties into wooden boxes, and then carried them to the ship.
The remaining pirates gathered the villagers in one place and began to select slaves.
A pirate took a fancy to a teenage boy, entered the crowd and lifted the boy up.
The boy was at a loss and was trembling all over, but the woman next to him suddenly hugged the boy's legs tightly.
"Please don't take my son away, he is the only relative I have left."
She stared with tearful eyes, looking horrified, and kept begging to the pirates .
“Let go!” The pirate who caught the boy glared at the woman and yelled at her.
The woman just kept begging the pirate, still holding on to her son's leg, but had no intention of letting go.
The pirate became impatient, raised his left hand holding the knife forward, and the woman fell into a pool of blood.
"Mom!!!" The boy caught by the pirates shouted angrily, "You devils!"
He bit the pirate's arm hard and With his size, this level of resistance is already the limit.
The pirate cursed the little brat in pain, then knocked the boy unconscious with the handle of his knife, dragged him and threw him at the feet of another companion.
These little boys who have not yet grown up and lack the ability to resist are the best candidates for slaves. After boarding the pirate ship, if they can quickly adapt to this big sauce vat, they will become the pirates' backup personnel and eventually grow into a real pirate. If you can't adapt, then you will be a slave for the rest of your life.
Other villagers sat on the ground tremblingly and watched all this. No one dared to stand up and resist, but they just prayed that bad luck would not befall them.
The pirates who selected slaves came to the crowd again, looking for the next slave...
(End of this chapter)