The competition between the "Kaohsiung 100" cruiser and the Hongmao boat at sea is just a microcosm.

In 1646, Europeans and Chinese fought in Southeast Asia.

With their tenacious will to fight and fearless spirit, coupled with first-class training and logistics, the Chinese expelled the main fleet of the Europeans from the seas of Southeast Asia, and achieved considerable results.

However, the hundreds of red-haired ships scattered in the waters of Southeast Asia that turned into pirates caused a deep headache for the Chinese.

The seas of Southeast Asia are just too big!

It is impossible to prevent it, the Chinese step is too big, the connotation is insufficient, and the problem of weak control is obvious.

Although the Chinese tried hard to suppress the bandits, they also struggled very hard.

Chen Xinji, prime minister of the southeast province and director of the armed forces, believes that everyone has done their best, and no one dares to let things go freely, and there is no such thing as not being able to do their work.

After all, the leader's authority is shocked by Southeast Asia, especially the news of his imminent return, and no one dares to let him come to settle accounts after the autumn.

There were frequent reports of raids on towns and villages and robbing ships, notably by the Briton Yankee Ghani sacking a spice warehouse in the port of Maluku and the Dutchman Andrew attacking the Port of the Rising Sun.

The Maluku Islands are rich in spices, which were originally owned by the Dutch, and the Chinese made a fortune by grabbing the territory of the Dutch and then exporting the spices to Europe.

However, this year, due to the impact of the war, spices exported to Europe are hoarded in warehouses.

Born in a fisherman's family in Plymouth, Englishman Yankee Garney grew up hearing the story of Drake, the "King of Pirates", and longed to become Drake.

Drake was originally a pirate, specializing in robbing Spanish silver and making a fortune, and was whitewashed by Queen Elizabeth I of England, calling him the owner of a privateer, but in fact a pirate.

Later, Yankee Ghani left his homeland to participate in the ocean-going trade, arrived in India, and then went to Taiwan to transport sugar to trade with the West Asians and Arabs, and then he ran away from the spice trade, and went to the Maluku Islands for the spice trade, and he was very familiar with the Maluku Islands!

He worked very hard, and at the age of thirty-five, he owned a large three-masted ocean-going merchant ship, the Golden Deer, which was named after the pirate ship that Drake had commanded, and he hoped that Drake's spirit in the sky would bless him with a good profit.

He is very diligent, but also very hard and bitter.

Only the strongest man can do it at sea!

In his later memoirs, he recorded that before the outbreak of the war, his ship was being repaired in India, towed ashore to clean the bottom of the ship and repair the hull.

For the first two months, he remained unmoved until the end of March, when he set sail from India and took the southern sea route of Sumatra, which was blocked by the Chinese.

"My ship crossed the island of Sumatra in a great arc, so that the Chinese cruisers would not be able to track me down!" Yankee Ghani recounted.

"As a result of the maintenance done in India, the ship was in very good condition and fast, and we also used a large Chinese (cannon) telescope, which I bought at a high price from the captain of a Chinese merchant ship, which helped us to spot the Chinese ships, and we avoided their patrol lines."

As a guy who likes bigger, thicker and harder guys, Yan Changwu, after sending Hong Xuguan to get the technology of making glass from the West, immediately went to great length, and made a lot of large-scale observation telescopes for military purposes.

This kind of telescope belongs to export-controlled goods, military supplies, and should not have fallen into the hands of ordinary merchant captains, let alone be used by white skins, and Yankee Ghani was indeed lucky to get one.

The observation was very good, and after Yankee Garney used this telescope to spot the traces of the Southeast Province cruiser from afar, he used his extraordinary navigation skills to escape the pursuit of the cruiser.

At that time, there was no radar and no radio, the distance was too far, the cruiser could not catch up, and the cruiser's staying power was not as good as his, and it was difficult to chase down, even if the carrier pigeon was used to transmit news, it was difficult to achieve smooth information after all, and it was difficult to notify the warships in the rear defense area to intercept him.

His Golden Deer crossed the islands of Sumatra and Java in one go, and then eastward, passing through the Savu Islands in the Nusa Tenggara archipelago, and heading northeast to the Maluku Islands!

I didn't fire a single shot on the way, and I didn't fight a single battle with the Chinese!

On the sea, the Golden Deer was speeding wildly, and the Chinese cruisers who were far away, even if they tried their best, could not catch up with them.

The Golden Deer was a clipper built in India, with a large number of well-trained sailors, the hull was streamlined, very fast, and he only carried sixteen guns, eight 12-pounder guns and eight 6-pounder guns, he did not intend to go to war at all, only to win with speed.

It was a legendary voyage that took 8,000 kilometres from India via Sri Lanka to the Maluku Islands!

Stop at the Nameless Island to hunt some beasts and replenish some fresh water.

The most dangerous time was on the southern side of the Banda Sea (next to the Nusa Tenggara Islands), where a cruiser pursued him, and on several occasions it came within cannon range, almost ending his legendary experience.

"The cruiser had been chasing me since daytime, and in the afterglow of the evening I raced with them on the warm and smooth seas, the cruiser clearly had the upper hand in speed, and they were getting closer and closer to me!" Yankee Ghani described.

This unexpected encounter with the cruiser frustrated Yankee Ghani, who passed through the heavily defended island of Sumatra (which was the front line against the enemy) and Java (which was the heartland of Chinese immigrants), but did not expect to run into big trouble in the Banda Sea, which was open to the sky! 、

The trouble could have been avoided, and he had been assigned lookouts to observe the sea, but one of the sailors who had been in charge of starboard lookout that day had an inflamed eye, while the other was lazy, and did not raise the alarm until the cruiser rushed in.

Otherwise, as long as the Golden Deer saw the Chinese warship from a distance, it would quickly leave, and it would be difficult for the warship to catch them.

Trouble did come to the door, as the sun approached the horizon and the magnificent sunset filled the sea and sky, but the crew of the Golden Deer was in a bad mood.

The cannon rang out, and a 12-pound shell flew over and landed ten meters behind the Golden Deer!

And then in less than a minute, it was the second one!

This time the cannon was louder, and the shells were less than three meters away from the Golden Deer!

It should have been recharged, but it was almost out of range, so there was no need to worry about the power of the shelling for the time being.

A war with a cruiser?

The crew of the Golden Deer knows very well that this type of cruiser of the Chinese is the latest Kaohsiung II type, with 28 guns, including 6 18-pounder guns, 12 12-pounder guns, and 10 6-pounder guns.

It seems that this battle is inevitable, and it may not be fought tonight, but tomorrow is difficult to say, and the crew prayed one after another, hoping that God would bless.

Some of the veteran red-haired sailors were pale, and they didn't pray to God because they believed in Mazu Niangniang!

They often run Southeast Asian routes and know what god to turn to.

The problem is that Mazu Niangniang is the god of the Chinese, and it seems that she will bless the Chinese a little more.

"I'm in trouble!" The boatswain on the Golden Deer was a Polish named Mozart, and he shook his head.

However, his captain, Yankee Garney, came up with a great idea to get out of trouble.

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