Chapter 110 "Loach"'s Ambition
On a nearby high ground, "Loach" Garden stood there looking at the fishing village with a sultry expression on his face.
At this time, a small leader ran over from the village and reported to him:
"Chief, we have almost robbed."
Garden nodded and said: " Gather everyone and let's retreat. It won't be good if we attract nosy blue-striped dogs."
"Yes!" The little leader responded before running towards the village.
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The establishment of the navy gave the pirates a huge headache, especially the pirates in the waters near Arda, which made them wary even when they landed ashore.
After Arda Lord Paul Grayman killed his father-killing enemy Shark, other pirates thought that the Lord would stop there and continue to abide by the treaty signed between the Northwest Territories and the pirates. Turn a blind eye to their behavior of going ashore to take a break from time to time.
Who would have thought that the bastard Shark had stirred up a hornet's nest? The young and energetic lord seemed to hate all the pirates together. After the public trial that day, a piece of news slowly spread throughout the land. Sea Area: Count Greyman wants to eliminate all pirates in the northwest bay.
This is not bragging, Count Grayman specially set up a navy to deal with them.
At first, due to lack of strength, the navy did not take the initiative to encircle and suppress them, but the pirates still felt the pressure.
Their operations along the coast of Arda began to hit a wall. In the past, the pirates would rest for two days at the place where they plundered after landing, but this is no longer possible. They must run away immediately, otherwise the Arda navy will smell it. The wind comes and beats them.
It’s not like the pirates didn’t expect a head-on confrontation, but the opponent was equipped with powerful weapons. Often, before they even touched the opponent, they would hear a strange crackling sound, and a large piece of them would fall down.
They must have dispersed in a hurry after that. The pirates finally understood how the shark was finished.
They had no choice but to change their strategy. Instead of staying in the plundered area to rest, they just grabbed a handful and left.
But gradually this method no longer worked. The Alda Navy sent commissioners to station in coastal villages and towns to organize, train and command the local militia.
Originally, the militia that the villagers organized voluntarily had their own style and were no match for the pirates. However, after being trained by the navy, they gradually gained the courage and ability to deal with the pirates.
In view of the fact that the coastline is too long and the navy cannot spread its forces too thin, Austin presided over the construction of a series of coastal defense projects at the beginning of taking office.
He convened representatives from coastal villages and towns in Port Fulan and proposed his plan:
Each village or town must build a simple fortress that can accommodate all local residents. Smaller villages can directly surround themselves with wooden walls. It does not need to be too strong, but the defense facilities on it must at least be able to hold up. One day and one night.
Each village or town will also build a beacon tower along its own coast, with local militia stationed on it and patrols organized on the shore.
Once a suspicious ship is detected approaching, a beacon fire is lit. After receiving the warning of the beacon fire, the people in the village hide in the fortress, and the militiamen prepare for defense.
Then just wait for the main force of the navy to come to your rescue. No matter how tempted the other side is, don’t go out to fight.
After September, the shore defense projects in coastal villages and towns were gradually completed and played a great role. Although after pirates attack, some property that is too late to take away will still be robbed, the number of people being robbed has been greatly reduced.
The navy immediately dispatched every time after seeing the beacon warning, blocking many pirate groups that had not retreated, and fought several annihilation battles.
As the training level of the militiamen gradually improved, they also learned how to judge the combat strength of the enemy and ourselves, and were able to deal with some small pirate groups at the appropriate time.
Arda Territory has gradually become a restricted area for pirates to land in the Northwest Gulf. All pirate groups have moved their targets to grab other territories.
But fishing boats and merchant ships were still threatened by pirates. After the threat on land was basically eliminated, Austin began to turn his attention to the sea.
Six trained galleys began patrolling the sea to provide escort for civilian ships. Although the sailors were basically newborn calves, they were still irresistible to the pirates due to the presence of muskets and grenades - these were discovered by Edward The little shrimps left behind could only fight in gangs. Due to the lack of long-range weapons such as bows, arrows, and crossbows, they were severely restrained by firearms.
At this point, the Arda Navy has finally become something that pirates have heard of. Their reputation gradually spreads, and their scope of activities is getting larger and larger. Sometimes they will "cross the line" to teach the pirates a lesson. Pirates raiding the territory next door.
However, there is one pirate gang that is relatively exception, and that is the "Loach" Garden Gang, which gives Austin some headaches.
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The "blue dogs" mentioned by Garden refer to the Arda Navy. The nickname comes from their white and blue sailor uniforms, which has become the symbol of the Arda Navy. logo.
The four pirate gangs that were originally in front of the Loach Gang, the Shark Gang and the Quaker Gang, were killed by Graiman himself because they were looking for death. The other two gangs were also bumped into by the Alda Navy when they came ashore. , was beaten severely.
Only the Loach Gang relied on his caution and cunning, and gradually grew stronger after suffering several small losses.
Unlike his fellow mad dogs who only know "rob, rob, rob", Garden has stationed many informants on land. These informants are either small traders walking in various villages and towns, or they are coerced and lured. From time to time, local residents conveyed to him some very useful information through some special channels, such as the defense strength of a certain place, the quality and quantity of the militia, whether there were naval activities nearby, etc.
With the help of this information, the Loach Gang boldly made several "deals" that made the entire Arda Navy somewhat disgraceful.
Frightened by the reputation of the navy, the Loach Gang only stole things in these operations and did not harm the lives of the people. There is a saying among the pirates that the lords of Arda will deal with those who have no lives in their hands. Pirates should be open-minded. Regardless of whether it is true or false, don't make the problem too big. But they were not so polite to the villages and towns in other territories, and they continued to burn and kill them.
The reason why Garden dared to do this after Arda became a restricted area for pirates to land was to declare to other pirates that there was a pirate group in the northwest bay that could make Grayman helpless, so as to build his prestige in the hearts of the pirates.
Because he gradually had a dream, or ambition, that he had never had before - to unify the pirate forces in the Northwest Gulf and become the second Edward.
At first it was just a thought. When it flashed through his mind, he would laugh at himself. It was just a daydream.
But as the strength in his hands increased, he became increasingly unable to restrain this idea, which eventually turned into ambition.
The recent contact with a mysterious figure made him even more persistent in his ambition.
(End of this chapter)