Chapter 20: Ship Robbery
For a ship as huge as the Perfect, it was a dream for any seafaring power in the 17th century, and even pirates like Jim coveted it, let alone the former seafaring powers of Spain, and the newly rising Dutch, the English. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
As a pirate exiled in the Far East, Jim understands what a huge ship is like for pirates, and he knows that the Perfect is a steel ship, and this ship can be said to be a giant at sea.
In many records of the 17th century, there is not much difference between merchant ships and warships in this period, because whether they are merchant ships or warships, they will be equipped with a different number of large and small guns and arquebuses.
Semi-armed merchant ships were the dominant configuration at sea during this period, because you don't know where you will encounter pirates, and the identities of pirates are sometimes varied, some from the navy of a certain country, and some are from a certain line of sea merchants, in short, the relationship between them is complicated.
So if you want to completely fight piracy, this can be difficult to do between almost all colonies.
Jim and the others made up their minds to hijack the Perfect and capture the people on board for their own use, and he even thought that as long as he owned this giant ship, he could change from a pirate to a sea transporter at any time, of course, all this must be premised on him being able to take this giant ship.
At the stern of the Perfect, a dozen coolies had already boarded the Perfect through the rope ladder, and before them, two real pirates had already boarded the ship, and these two people took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, and lurked into the cabin.
However, they must not have known that there was such a thing as a surveillance camera, and the guy in charge of monitoring found out that something was wrong at the first time, and the two strange-looking coolies disappeared without carrying a few boxes of goods on the ship, and there were many people at the stern, and they must have thought that the staff on the Perfect did not pay attention.
But I don't want their every move to be under the monitoring of the guys, as long as they have any bad behavior, they can be controlled immediately.
Wang Tiehammer had already ordered all the personnel of the ship to enter the armed state and prepare for battle, and from the pirates on board to investigate the internal structure of the ship, he analyzed that the other party wanted to hijack the ship.
Therefore, when Zhou Billy returned to the ship, after telling Wang Tiehammer the results of his and Wu Zhengdao's analysis, Comrade Wang quickly made adjustments, secretly transferred 20 armed men to the stern of the ship to cooperate with the cargo transfer work, as long as those coolies dared to do anything bad, they could shoot them directly.
This is the second time that Lao Wang has said such a thing, and after coming to this plane, he found that he seemed to have become a little tyrannical, although he knew in his heart that it was not good, but sometimes he had to do it.
Except for the necessary personnel, the other personnel who are not responsible for armed combat are all locked and stay in the room, and they are not allowed to come out without an order, Xiao Chen's stern will be handed over to you, and the pirates may come up from there, in addition to Xiao Zhou, you take a few people to pull out these two small nails, and bring them here for a good interrogation.
"Yes, Commissioner Wang."
Zhou Billy entered the working state and saluted Wang Tiezhu, very military.
At this time, the two pirates who entered the Perfect, Huang Wei and Liang Fa, not only did not find out the situation in the ship, but were lost in the cabin, and at this time they were sadly entering a toilet, and the luxurious decoration in the toilet instantly opened the eyes of the two hillbilly pirates.
The white porcelain embedded in the walls, the glass mirrors that are more than half a person high, and the silver nozzles that can spew out water all reflect the luxury and extravagance of the interior of this cabin, and Liang Fa's heart gave a hundred praises to the wise act of the boss to rob the ship.
It is no exaggeration to say that this ship is full of treasures, and as long as you take one of them and sell them in Batavia City or Daming, you can get a huge fortune.
It's just that there are many treasures in the treasure boat, but not being able to go out at this time is equal to zero.
Huang Wei and Liang Fa, who had not yet come back after two hours of inquiry, caught Jim's attention, and he wondered if they had been caught, but when he saw that the work at the stern was still continuing, he thought it was a little impossible, but if he continued to wait like this, his plan would definitely be disrupted, so he fired a shot into the sky as a signal.
At this time, more than a dozen pirates who had been arranged to seize the ship earlier had already boarded the Perfect, plus the original fake coolies on the Perfect, there were more than two dozen people in total, and after hearing the gunshots, they instantly pulled out their broadswords from the marked bags and slashed at the coolies and the staff of the Perfection on the side.
However, the ship's crew was some distance from them, and as they attacked, they quickly pushed back a few and drew their pistols.
"Bang, bang," after a few shots, the alarm on the ship was completely clear, and the army guys who heard the sound were carrying semi-automatic rifles and attacking the pirates with big knives and axes, and they didn't care if they hit or missed, but one thing was for sure, under the rain of bullets from dozens of barrel cheats, few people could dodge.
In just a split second, the dozen or so pirates who rushed ahead were completely brought down, and they were all lying on the ground before Jim could even board the ship.
Jim and the other pirates didn't know what was going on, and they kept climbing up the rope ladder, and when they climbed onto the deck and watched the black holes of their guns pointed at them, he knew that everything was over, and the defense on the giant ship was very strong.
Holding their heads in their hands and squatting on the ground, Jim and a group of pirates were already captured, but the two pirate ships they were on found that something was wrong, and they immediately turned their sails and took the opportunity to escape.
So the king gave the decisive order to sink them.
With a loud bang, the cannonballs fired from the recoilless cannon hit the front of the pirate ship, and as long as they took a step forward, the cannonballs could sink them directly.
Immediately after that, the pirate ship tried to change the direction and continue to escape, but the gunners on the Perfect did not let them be satisfied, and after firing more than a dozen powerful cannonballs in succession, the people on board finally couldn't sit still, and they didn't know where to find a white strip of cloth, hung it on the bow of the ship, and then waited for the crossing to take over.
Receiving prisoners, Wang Tiehammer didn't even think about it, and it can even be said that this naval battle was a rare opportunity for practical training, and he had already surrendered after beating the pirates.
However, according to the international case of the Navy, once the enemy surrenders, it is not allowed to launch an attack, and even prisoners must be treated preferentially.
"Accept their surrender and send fifteen army soldiers on each ship to guard them." Wang Tiehammer and his reluctance gave the order.