After Zheng He's fleet left Xiangjiang, it made major adjustments.

The ironclad ships equipped with gas turbines were divided into three groups and moved to the front, middle, and rear positions of the team, respectively, by dragging, pushing, and pushing, to speed up the wooden battleship in a headwind environment.

When the wind is favorable, the wooden battleship relies on the mounted turbine device to drive the ironclad ship.

Two days later, Zheng He's fleet sailed through the South China Sea, near the Maliu Strait.

During the voyage, except for docking at the Xisha Islands, I encountered two dragon-class civilian fishing boats and three ocean-going oil tankers, and did not encounter anything else.

This made Ge Xiaotian feel the power of nature, the vast sea, the turbulent Pengbai, the occasional terrifying waves, the occasional howling wind, and the occasional torrential rain, far from being able to be shaken by manpower.

Fortunately, along the way, the system ship was very powerful and did not suffer the slightest damage.

This also made Ge Xiaotian experience the thrill of conquest.

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The Maliu Strait is a shortcut from the Great Plains Ocean to the Sange Ocean, with a total length of 1,000 kilometers, which is jointly governed by Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

But as the so-called free is the most expensive, if you want to use the Maliu Strait, you need to pay some price.

After all, the three countries under their jurisdiction also need to make money and develop, watching so many freighters coming and going from their doorsteps every day, and it is the crude oil channel of 85% of the countries in the sub-region such as Huaxia and Wadao, even if they are not robbers, they will give birth to some ideas, otherwise where will the four tigers of the sub-region come from.

The price of using the Malliu Strait is not to pay directly, which is a bit too obvious, but to dock.

There are more than 300 wharves on both sides, which can be selected at will, can rest, can transfer goods, and can be used for foreign trade......

What?

Straight to the past?

I'm sorry, the channel is only twenty or thirty meters deep, and a 300,000-ton oil tanker ran aground a few days ago, and the channel is impassable, so if you want to get there, you can only wait a few days.

Compared with the cost of detouring, 90% of ships will dock here for 3~15 days.

And the 10% of the ships that choose to go around will encounter pirates 100%, and they will still dare to fire guns in warships......

Zheng He's Western Ocean project was reported to the home star navigation agency as early as last year, and he also applied for the use of the channel two months in advance.

With the joint efforts of large international enterprises such as the Horton Foundation, KS Group, Finland Construction, and French Hilton, the three countries readily agreed to the request to vacate the shipping lane.

In other words, they have a good reason to block the passage of other companies' freighters.

In this regard, Ge Xiaotian did not engage in moths, nor did he develop his own business.

The purpose of this trip to the European zone is to drag back the big iron lumps, and other things can be put aside first.

However!

August 5th

It took a day to cross the Maliu Strait, and not long after entering the Sangeyang, the fleet ran into trouble.

It was a sunny afternoon.

The sponge is calm, and the sky is blue.

Ge Xiaotian and Horton and others were experiencing VR omnidirectional fighting, and a roar came from the front of the fleet.

Six relatively advanced medium-sized converted fishing boats, surrounded by more than 20 speedboats, approached head-on and quickly approached the ironclad ship at the front.

A notice from the person in charge came from the dedicated channel:

"Boss, it's supposed to be a pirate. ”

Hearing the sound, Ge Xiaotian, Horton and others walked into the cockpit of the treasure ship and checked the opponent's lineup through electronic monitoring.

There were about three or four hundred people.

All of them were dressed in miscellaneous costumes, carrying ice bears in their arms, and more than a dozen shoulder-carrying cylinders......

Most of the converted fishing boats have large-caliber turrets......

Without hesitation, Horton dialed the North American fleet's satellite liaison and called the nearest warship to come to support.

And ahead, after more than ten seconds, there was already an exchange of fire......

I had already conducted anti-piracy drills at home, and now when I encounter pirates, I naturally can't show my cowardice......

Tianwei, who was wearing Tiancheng's standard uniforms, took out Huaxia Tutu Tutu, which was comparable to the other party......

Thundered......

Another two minutes passed, and the smoke of the ironclad ship was billowing and one of the pirate-converted fishing boats was on fire......

In addition, the speedboat rushed to the back of the ironclad ship, a freighter converted from a wooden battleship......

The firefight intensified......

Horton was incredulous, "It's unbelievable that there is such a powerful group of foreign pirates on the home planet." ”

"The world is so big that there are no surprises. ”

Ge Xiaotian was very calm, lit a cigarette, and hid his trembling fingers, "Old Huo, when will the North American fleet arrive?"

"It should be soon, they are repairing in Sri Lanka, saying that they will send two Apache first. ”

"That's good!"

Ge Xiaotian took a long breath of smoke, and next to him, Dao Yi, who was holding a communicator to contact the person in charge of the fleet, quietly sent an encrypted message.

Thundered......

Seeing that they could not quickly take down the fleet guards, the pirates in front were a little angry, and two rounds of artillery bombardment sank three wooden ships, shouting and cursing, and withdrew to the southern seas......

Horton picked up the communicator again and contacted the North American fleet......

Ge Xiaotian counted the losses......

An hour later, two Apache roared by......

did not say hello to Zheng He's fleet, but chased after the pirates who were evacuating in the direction of the South Pole......

Another hour later, a destroyer came in through the waves.

Ge Xiaotian and Horton boarded the ship to thank the North American fleet for their support, while Horton secretly handed the North American commander a magnetic card......

Day 3.

Zheng He's fleet bypassed the Maldives......

It's night.

A rush of sirens shattered the silence.

"Boss, in the face of torpedoes, the wooden cargo ship in the rear is ready to block the guns for the ironclad ship......"

Bang!

Before the words fell, a fifty-meter-tall ship was torn apart in the loud noise......

Horton and the others were stunned.

"Crazy, where are there so many pirates?"

"Maybe we're too ostentatious. ”

Ge Xiaotian pressed the counterattack command.

The fleet passed through many countries and was not allowed to carry armaments, but in order to protect itself, its own ships were equipped with bed crossbows, ballistas, and ultra-long-range trebuchets......

Searchlights turned on, and electronic surveillance showed more than a dozen pirate ships converted from fishing boats, the most striking of which were the rows of Katyusha that resembled oil pipes.

"Oh my god, damn it!"

Horton couldn't help but cover his forehead, "Those pigs, I actually gave my money to those pigs." (Magnetic card to the commander of the North American fleet)

"Lao Huo, this time we look good at ourselves. ”

"No, I'm going to ask Xiaobu where my money is spent, my fleet has encountered super pirates one after another!"

“......”

The corners of Ge Xiaotian's mouth curled slightly, squeezed out a sad look, and called to the Tianwei ahead, "All pay attention to self-protection, and would rather abandon the ship than have any casualties!"

The pirates seemed to hear this order, and the Katyusha flew all over the sky......

Thundered......

The three ironclad ships at the front were covered in bruises, and the wooden ships in the rear sank one after another......

Among them was a Holden cargo ship carrying a DuPont Band-Aid......

Fortunately, this time the North American fleet came faster, and the five Apache flew at great speed with searchlights, and before they could get close, they turned on strafing mode......

However, the pirate regiment has already left early......

Horton angrily boarded the North American warship, spitted saliva and pointed at the North American commander and scolded:

"I suspect that there is a traitor among you, and someone has betrayed the news!"

On the other side, Dao Yi had already contacted Nong Qijiu, and then quietly found Ge Xiaotian.

"Boss, there's also a North American fleet close to the Mediterranean, we need to do it all again and lure them all away......"

"Again and again, go around Soma, and come with the real 61 pirates once, otherwise the North American fleet will always return in vain and will be suspicious. ”

"The Soma pirates don't have the strength or the guts to rob our fleet. ”

"Are you stupid, let Nong Qijiu send him military equipment, don't rumble, just be sudden, the more the merrier, by the way, shoot a documentary about the battle for the freighter, and show the demeanor of Tianwei security......"