In the era of sail warships, the Spanish Armada and the British Imperial Navy, these prestige, their confrontations and duels, in the history of naval warfare, wrote a strong stroke.

Whether it is the Spanish Armada or the British Imperial Navy, they all represent the official and represent the invincible power on the ocean, then there is another force active in the ocean.

On the sea, there is also a force that uses individual and its own combat power to obtain wealth and form a force other than the official force, which is profiteering and bloody, but because of the quick money and the inexplicable mystery, this is piracy.

When the sea lanes are busiest, pirates are numerous, countless people devote themselves to this field, take risks, kill, and get rich overnight, in the mainstream consciousness, pirates' evaluation, really not high, is often synonymous with wanted and evil.

However, in later generations, there are a number of books and movies about pirates, which have been ruthlessly whitewashed, and this is what Pirates of the Caribbean tells about, and most of the characters described in him are pirate groups active in the Caribbean, and their hands are covered with blood.

On land, there are robbers, the one called robbers, called bandits, robbers and bandits, is a very ancient profession, and even in primitive societies have appeared, relatively speaking, pirates are much later, he should have developed on the basis of water bandits.

When primitive human beings conquered the river, the river was used, as a means of transportation, the water bandits appeared, and pirates were similar, shipping at sea began to be busy, pirates came into being, looting, always the fastest way to get money, for people who do not work, this is indeed a shortcut.

Not to mention the origin and history of piracy, simply talking about the threat of piracy, in the era of sail warships, even if it is a merchant ship, it is also an armed merchant ship, and a merchant ship without the slightest armament is like a lamb to the slaughter at sea, if you are lucky, you can do it, if you are unlucky, if you are unlucky, once you encounter pirates, it will be a catastrophe.

However, most of the merchant ships of the Dinghai Navy do not have too many weapons, at most, they are only light weapons for self-defense, is it because the Dinghai Navy does not pay enough attention to the islands?

No, the Dinghai attaches great importance to pirates, and after the establishment of the Dinghai, the most direct danger encountered by the Dinghai Navy was not brought by the Northern Song Dynasty, but by pirates.

This danger is not a direct threat, and it is impossible for pirates to directly threaten the Dinghai Navy, but in the vicinity, only one or two hundred kilometers away, there is actually a pirate's lair, and it was also solved by accident.

If it had not been discovered at that time, but had been entered by these pirates, perhaps, it might not have caused much harm, but there would still be necessary trouble.

After that, in order to ensure the safety of the Dinghai Navy itself, the Dinghai Navy dispatched a large number of ships many times to crack down on pirates.

The reason why pirates are difficult to fight is not that the dynasty is incapable, but that there is no need for it.

In the 21st century, isn't it okay to fight piracy? The U.S. military has the most powerful navy and air force in the world, with the world's delivery capabilities, satellite control, and global precision guidance.

There must be a way, but there is no need for that.

For the Somali pirates who came into flames in later generations, when they first appeared, all countries did not realize that when they finally began to use warships to escort them, although such pirates decreased, they did not completely eliminate them.

The reason is very simple, not worth it, not to mention the difficulty of searching for pirates, these pirates, as long as they go to sea with assault boats, are pirates, and when they return to the shore, they are ordinary people, those places in Somalia are extremely poor, and there is nothing to praise.

The biggest advantage of the US military, cruise missiles, even against a village or a building, cannot be drawn, and according to the price of the eighties and nineties, the price of a Tomahawk missile is $1.69 million.

If it is exchanged for benefits, or for a purpose, the money will be spent, but it will be spent on pirates, how is this possible.

Not to mention cruise missiles and guided bombs, let's just say that the guns on the ships, their shells are expensive, and a shell may be thousands, tens of thousands of dollars.

Relatively speaking, the pirates have something, the Somali pirates are just assault boats and AK47s, such an asymmetry makes the pressure on the escort very great.

Further back, in the era of sail warships, perhaps, the difference was not so big, but at the peak of the sails, the combat effectiveness of the pirates' pirate ships was not weak, and if they were elusive and had less power, it was very likely that they would be eaten by pirates, and if they used a large army, it would be almost impossible to catch the pirates, and they would slip away in advance, and in the face of a huge army, the pirates would definitely not be hard.

However, in this era, the ships in the hands of the Dinghai Navy, as well as the weapons used, were not extremely expensive.

Even if it is artillery, as well as machine guns, ballistas or something, it has not reached the level, a shell is equivalent to the level of an opponent's ship, plus the fixed navy with the island as the core of the country, the route has a vital role, so when the power of the country is shown here, after the focus is put over, these pirates will immediately disappear.

Of course, pirates have special reasons, most of them are fishermen who can't survive, and the same is true for Somalia, the whole country is in turmoil, and they can't even get by, and it is also a helpless behavior to choose to take risks in order to survive.

For pirates, except for some likes and vices, the first evil that has been infected with the habit of killing people is, of course, resolutely cracked down, and for some ordinary, or coerced, of course, it chooses to transform.

Just like Somalia in later generations, if someone gave them a job so that they could live a decent life, would they become pirates, such an analogy is not necessarily correct, and the industriousness of black Africans is not as good as that of the Chinese, but it is a view and opinion.

In short, under such a policy, especially the high pressure of the Dingna, whether it is a Spanish sailing ship or a modified armed sailing ship, their combat effectiveness is much higher than that of pirates, and the remaining weapons, combat will, and even tools, mainly telescopes and sextants.

There is a huge gap in this, but it is farther than the US military and the Somali pirates, the pirates don't know at all, they are tracked into the lair, even if they know the timing, hide there and don't come out, there is no way, the entire island, the entire route, are under the absolute control of the Dinghai Navy, in this case, they have nowhere to escape.

Even the pirates in China's waters have been cleaned up by the navy, let alone in the Pacific.

The pirates of the Age of Discovery, that is, the pirates also mastered the high shipbuilding technology, and some pirate ships, in terms of technology, and even the degree of armament, are more powerful than warships, which is the fundamental reason for the rampant piracy.

However, in this era, whether it is weapons, core technology, or even ships, are in the hands of the Dinghai Navy, and the Dinghai Navy's control of various equipment, coupled with the problems of education and prospects, there is no one who is willing to leave the Dinghai Navy and throw himself into the arms of pirates, and in this case, the pirates have no basis for survival.

As for the North Pacific side, it is even more none, this vast ocean, inaccessible, although there are Indians in the Americas, there are huge Inca dynasties established by the Indians, but this dynasty is not known for its water power, even if they have ships, they are near the Caribbean Sea, not near the Pacific Ocean on the North American side, and even to a certain extent, the North Pacific Ocean, that is, the area of traditional Canada, is very sparsely populated.

That is, in such a unique environment as Asia, there is a relatively vast land and a variety of human races, and there has never been less alien races in the north, because in the north, there are large areas of grassland, suitable for the survival of nomads, but in the Americas, there is no such environment.

Of course, there may be, but because the Inca Empire, under the barbaric slaughter of Western colonizers, ceased to exist, even the kingdom was extinct, and some of the history of the kingdom, including the long past, of course, was completely covered up and ceased to exist.

Of course, the Navy will not consider such a small probability event, but with the flying clippers exceeding the technical level of this era, there is really no need to worry about pirates, even if there are pirates in the Pacific Ocean, the firearms on the ship alone can deal with ordinary pirates, there is no need for this.

It's a pity that if you want to escort the landing personnel, it will be too much power, even if there is a cannon with a not too many calibers, it can provide a lot of help.

Now, we can only rely on the ability of these people to go safely and leave safely.

Luckily, though, there were no dangers along the way.

What I observed before, there should be no problem, on this island, there is a high probability, there is no one, they did not meet anyone along the way, and they successfully put the markers and some things on the shore.

After that, the team quickly left, and the island was very huge, compared to the huge island, dozens of people, which was really not a lot.

After burying the necessary things, the team quickly left, and after completing the necessary things, next, their main task was to investigate the island, and spend two or three days to see if there was a limit to the island.

The speed of the clipper boat is very fast, generally speaking, in an ordinary state, it can reach an average speed of 14 knots, which translates to about 25 kilometers per hour, and according to the time of 10 hours a day, it can travel almost 250 kilometers.

Of course, in order to explore the relationship, the whole investigation is day and night, anyway, it is next to the island, even if you encounter any dangerous relationship, you can quickly go ashore and dodge, without worrying about any danger.

In this way, if you sail in 17 or 18 hours, you can travel at least close to 400 kilometers, which is a very large distance, that is, if it takes 3 days, in both directions, 1200 kilometers, if you can't find the edge, either this is a super large island, or it is a land.

No matter which one they are, they are also very close to the ultimate goal, large islands, there are many in the entire world ocean, but almost most of the huge islands of more than 10,000 square kilometers, they are on land, or close to the mainland, there is no doubt that in the ocean, there are mostly some small islands of several hundred or one or two thousand square kilometers, and some islands, not even one square kilometer.

In fact, when this news was delivered to Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin was almost certain that this was not a super island, but the American continent.

The largest island in the world is Greenland, which has a total area of 2.17 million square kilometers, but Greenland is in Europe, although it is also close to the Arctic Ocean, but it is not here.

Counting the second largest island, it has dropped to about 770,000, which is in Australia, and then it has gradually decreased.

The area of an equilateral triangle of 1,200 kilometers is more than six or seven hundred thousand, which is almost impossible on the American side.

However, this point, the expedition team here, did not know, they still according to the established plan, began to explore the surroundings, this sea area, seems relatively smooth, along the coastline, they with the fastest speed, began to sail in two directions, an average of more than 400 kilometers a day.

According to the agreement, the two directions will run for at least 3 days, that is, 1200 kilometers, and then they will turn separately and return to the previous base.

Because of the relationship between one to the south and the other to the north, even if it is turned at the same time, there will be a considerable distance difference and time difference, not to mention, the south, than the north, will have to run for 1 day longer, so that the time difference between each other will last more than a day, so as to ensure safety.

Even if they had expected it, but the news they got was still very good, the second day, the third day, the exploration carried out separately, there was really no end, especially to the south, it took a total of 4 days, that is, 1600 kilometers, the obvious land form of the coastline, may not be able to prove that this is the North American continent, at least can be proved, this island, at least in the vicinity of China, has not been seen at all.

China's border is not certain, North America may have, but under the premise of being larger, the possibility of the continent is getting higher and higher, and the chance of them getting bonuses and honors is also greater, just right, according to the time, it is inevitable that the responsibility is the captain's ship, after reaching the appointed time, it immediately began to turn, has gained so much, it is very likely to find the American continent, then, it is necessary to bring the news back, or bring the news back safely.