The pirates all had knives in their mouths, and they aimed at the outermost of the lone ships.

After boarding the ship along the hook, the guard was first assassinated silently, then the package on his back was removed, the black ** was wrapped in a tarpaulin, and it was neatly stacked on the outside of the cabin, and the lead was slowly pulled to the edge of the deck.

Purple smoke rose over the Somari Strait, a signal from the leader Whitebeard to attack.

All the pirates were instructed at the same time to light the fuse and jump out of ship to escape and swim back to the small fishing boat that had come to meet them.

"Lord Wang, just now purple smoke suddenly rose from the strait, this is the usual way of communication of pirates, the specific code word, it changes every day, I can't understand its meaning. ”

After Glenn discovered the abnormality, he hurriedly reported the matter back to Chen Feng, "It must be that our bombardment of the isolated island during the day angered Liu Bai Ape, so he wanted to take advantage of the dark wind to attack the fleet." ”

"Blow the horn now and let the Knights prepare for battle!"

As soon as Chen Feng's words fell, he only heard a dull explosion in his ears, which exploded almost at the same time, and the outermost warships were all attacked, and a few feet high fires burst out, lighting up the night.

After the ship was sunk by the bombing, it slowly plunged into the sea.

After nightfall, the sea water is cold and biting, and people who soak in it for a long time will suffer severe frostbite on their legs and feet.

These knights who galloped through the wilderness were originally impervious to water, fell into the deep sea, did not know how to save themselves, and drowned after a few desperate tosses.

"The flotilla on the periphery moved forward, fended off the pirates, and then rescued people. ”

At this time, as soon as the sky was bright, a fishing boat of willow and white apes suddenly appeared on the sea, on which the flag of skulls and swords was hung high, and the totem was covered with fluorescent powder, which was very conspicuous in the misty night, even if it was eight or nine hundred meters apart, it could be seen very clearly.

From a distance, there are as many as twelve or thirteen ships.

The formation of warships equipped with Makqin took the initiative to launch an offensive before the enemy could get closer, and the bullets swept towards the fishing boats one after another.

"Wait, don't shoot yet!"

Chen Feng came to the main pilot of the treasure ship alone, found a commanding height, set up a high-precision sniper, and observed the incoming enemy through the sniper eyepiece.

"The boat is full of scarecrows? ”

The pirate's fishing boats were clearly deliberately put on display to attract firepower.

"I used to think that the story of the straw boat borrowing arrows was stupid, but now it is my turn to be a fool, these pirates know that we have machine guns and artillery, and they do not have any advantage in long-range fighting, and they dare to come and attack blatantly? It is clear that they want to deliberately consume the ammunition of the warship, and this can be deceived? I am too careless to underestimate the enemy. ”

"It's not your fault, it's your fault, it's the pirates who are too cunning!"

Not only Chen Feng, the idea of exterminating pirates, Gladstone also had it, the Monty Kingdom at that time, mobilized two hundred warships, nearly 350,000 elite knights, wanted to declare war on Whitebeard, but encountered various ambushes along the way, and in just two or three days, the knights could not bear it and were forced to retreat.

Gladstone's journey to explore the New World was terminated by pirates, and his nautical charts only reached the Somari Strait.

The fishing boats were devastated by bullets and crumbling on the sea, but there were four or five small boats hanging from the stern of each one.

Relying on the weak wind, the dilapidated fishing boats gradually approached the formation of warships.

Realizing that they had been tricked, the Order ignored the existence of the fishing boat, as if it were a non-threatening existence.

At the moment when the pirate fishing ship was about to approach, the mast suddenly rose, and the flames in the cabin ignited, and it crashed into the outermost warship formation at a great speed.

The pirates on board hurriedly got back into the boat, untied the ropes, and fled in the opposite direction under the cover of the fireboat.

In desperation, the ship could not be avoided, and the knight had to abandon the ship and escape.

A few more boats were destroyed, but fortunately, the formation was a six-pointed star, and they still kept a long enough distance from each other, otherwise these dozen or so fishing boats collided head-on, and the fire would spread in an instant, and the whole army might be wiped out.

"Don't panic, raise the flare first to light up the night sky and prevent pirates from sneaking up on the water. ”

Hundreds of flares were lifted into the air at the same time, as if it were daylight, and the knights could observe the movement of the nearby sea with the naked eye.

"Raise the muzzle of the cannon and bombard the Somari Strait!"

"Lord, we have no ammunition. Glenn leaned over and whispered.

The bombardment of the four island nests before, and the strafing of the scarecrow just now, the only ammunition left in the cabin was consumed.

The sea surface is different from the land, and there are too many uncertainties, and the number of people cannot play a key role in victory.

And the most terrible thing is that at a range of five hundred meters, the pirates are close to invincibility.

"Then retreat in the direction of the Monty Empire and sail away from the Somari Strait. ”

The existence of pirates threatened the safety of the entire formation, and Chen Feng was forced to withdraw to the port to temporarily avoid the edge.

Arrived in such a hurry and with confidence that they unloaded a large number of heavy weapons and ammunition, so that now they are unable to carry out long-range strikes against pirates.

This simple engagement, which lasted only two days, ended with the loss of twelve ships in Monty's formation.

In addition to this, the gold, silver, jewelry, and silk carried by these ships were forever sunk into the sea, and the losses were quite heavy.

The news of the defeat soon reached the royal city of Monty, and the voice of slander sounded again.

That's a full 40 billion gold coins, and nearly one-third of the taxes of Azethea and Grenfell are buried in the sea, and this expedition has not brought any tangible benefits to the Monty Empire.

The thirty-seven existing princes of the empire jointly impeached Chen Feng and demanded that Emperor Leah revoke the Sea Patrol Division.

"Four tens of billions, enough to pay for five years of military salaries, if used for the renewal of weapons and equipment, can make the Monty Knights stronger. ”

"I don't deny the historical merits of Prince Chen Feng, but now he is messing around, even Gladstone has repeatedly run into pirates, why should he provoke? Our merchant ships must go to sea with the consent of the pirates, and to anger him now is equivalent to blocking the sea trade routes, which is digging his own grave. ”

"If Emperor Leah protects Prince Chen Feng, then we will follow the rules of our ancestors and invite the heads of the ten nobles to remove the Monty family from the throne. ”

There was a lot of discussion among the princes, these people were hereditary nobles, because the military merit system was eliminated, and they were only taken back after Leah took control of the throne, but they only hung the title of prince, and did not grant real power.

For Chen Feng, the princes have long been dissatisfied, and now they can be regarded as letting them seize the opportunity.

"Are you princes teaching me how to do things? I read that you are uncles before you return the title of nobility, and now you want to threaten the emperor and the prince of the current dynasty with the laws of the previous dynasty?"

The Praetorian Guards broke through the door and surrounded the princes.