Chapter 111: Naval Battle (I)

The silver eagle does not need to hatch, as long as it is placed in a place that is not too cold, and the four silver eagle eggs given to Tan Weiying can hatch in a maximum of ten days according to Assad. As for how to raise the silver eagle, after explaining for a long time and not figuring it out, Assad simply gave one of his entourages to Tan Weiying. And the four Afghan hounds have become Tan Weiying's cherished treasures. The beagle, which was only a little over a month old, was full of energy, and even on the swaying deck of the ship, they wandered around Tan Weiying, and seemed very enthusiastic about his new owner. Assad, who was busy with various things all day long, liked to raise hunting dogs, but he didn't have much time to establish a close relationship with them, so the litter was quickly conquered by Tan Weiying.

When the two Lanshui ships fired a salvo of six "Mars bombs" at the pirate fleet on Ice Shark Island, Tan Weiying was holding a beagle in his arms and looking curiously on the deck. The beagle looked a little bored in Tan Weiying's arms, and was vigorously tugging at Tan Weiying's sleeve with his weak teeth, occasionally biting on Tan Weiying's hand. The beagle can't make Tan Weiying feel pain, at most it's just a little itchy, Tan Weiying will lovingly pat the little guy's head to respond to the beagle's curiosity.

Ye Tao ...... Brother-in-law...... Why didn't you say that naval battles were so unfun, and you knew I wouldn't be here. Tan Weiying looked at Ye Tao, who was standing aside and carefully watching the battle situation with a telescope, and said a little dejectedly.

"You dare to say I didn't say that?" Ye Tao pursed his lips and said helplessly.

Naval battles are indeed a bit boring. One Cangshui ship and two Lanshui ships are the main attack, which is a bit of a luxury for the pirates who only have a dozen or so small ships on Ice Shark Island. And not far away, two Lanshui ships are still eyeing each other.

Even the two armed merchant ships brought by Assad were eager to join the combined fleet of the Seven Seas Trading Company and the Yicheng Naval Division after learning of the anti-piracy operation on Crescent Island, and they were rushing from the back of the pirate fleet with full sails at this moment. The Persian-style armed merchant ships have a narrow hull, curved bow and sharp underwater ramming angles, which are more suitable for ramming and jumping than Lanshui and Cangshui ships. And the elite Persian warriors on Assad's ships are easy to fall into frenzy in battle. These people are keen to be able to stretch out in a victorious naval battle.

With such a lineup, Ye Tao had already reminded Tan Weiying and Tan Weiran that fighting was bound to be boring. Tan Weiran was on a Lanshui ship that was carrying out the main attack at the moment, watching the naval battle at close range and experiencing the atmosphere of the battle firsthand. The pirate fleet lacked the means of long-range strikes, and the twelve inner court guards were enough to keep Tan Weiran safe in any situation. Tan Weiying and Ye Tao watched the entire battle from the Cangshui ship in the distance. Ye Tao also had to assess the power of those "Mars bombs", but for Tan Weiying. It's all about watching a play. She could see fireballs flying out of the Lanshui ship, smashing into the pirate ship or falling into the sea. And at such a distance, she didn't have to see clearly that the naval battle was actually still very bloody. The screams of the pirates, who were covered in fire, could not be heard here.

"Well, I'm not right." Tan Wei pouted, and the little unpleasantness was quickly licked away by the wet tongue of the beagle in her arms approaching her head. "I knew that I also went to that ship with my second brother. It's closer. I can see it a little more clearly. ”

"Don't toss, okay? If I really let you get on that ship, I'll be unlucky when I go back to Danyang. Ye Tao said with a wry smile.

The power of the Mars bomb made him very satisfied, and it also surprised the officers and men of the East Pingshui Division on the Cangshui ship. After hearing about the excellent safety of the Mars bomb, many people said that they would let Min Yue consider switching to the Mars bomb. And the accuracy, rate of fire and range of the ballista also made them quietly ask Ye Tao if they could get some for them to play with. This time they brought a total of twenty ballistas. Each of the four Lanshui ships is equipped with three guns, while the two Cangshui ships are equipped with four guns each. So far, there has been no chance to fire, and the officers and men of the ship they are on are very depressed. It's just so boring.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess, Ye Gongzi. Please go back to the cabin. ”

The sergeant, who stood at the top of the mast, watched from the flag bucket and noticed a fleet in the distance, appearing to be twelve to sixteen ships. And looking at the arrangement of the sails and the speed of the ship, it is obvious that they are all battleships. The captain of this Cangshui ship signaled to his companions in the battle situation, and at the same time asked Tan Weiying and Ye Tao to enter the cabin for temporary shelter. He couldn't afford anything to go wrong.

"Four Exocets, six Tarpon, two Whales...... It was the Black Eagle flag. The lookout in the banner shouted, "It's the Black Hawks." Get ready for battle! ”

"Captain, the Lanshui ship where Old Man Qi is has lowered the command flag...... You see? A sergeant on deck asked hesitantly.

glanced at pushing the reluctant Tan Weiying into the closed bridge, but he hurried towards the bilge to Di Ye Tao. The captain smiled bitterly, there were a bunch of things that Ye Tao insisted on carrying in the bilge, including weapons and armor from other places, Ye Tao obviously wouldn't be watching. And now Ye Tao, who has the function of the Ministry of War and is still the official of the two armies to consult the government clerk, has the highest military rank on the entire battlefield.

Old Man Qi really doesn't let people live in peace. At this time, I still want to make Ye Tao famous. "Raise the command flag!" The captain shouted.

The scarlet command flag was raised. The captain, named Ou Zhen, soon discovered that the Black Hawk Gang fleet had significantly slowed down.

"The old man is playing with me!" Ou Zhen immediately understood. It turned out that Qi Zhentao lowered the command flag not because he wanted to make Ye Tao famous, but because he wanted Yicheng Sailor to top the tank.

The Black Eagle Gang's sphere of influence extends from Chunnan and Dongping to Northern Liao, covering almost the entire coastline, and is considered the largest pirate group in any case. Usually, the Black Eagle Gang also robs some small and medium-sized maritime merchants with no background, and they generally do not touch those maritime merchants and maritime merchant groups who are powerful and have official friends. Even after the hijacking, the ship and cargo will be returned, and then, in return, the party who was robbed will pay some "ransom" as appropriate. The Black Hawks want to say that they are rich, but they can't be poor. Occasionally, they will also do something targeted for some "partners" with whom they have a good relationship. Compared with the maritime merchants and sailors in Dongping, the relationship between the Black Eagle Gang and those maritime merchants in Chunnan is more intimate. Even relations with Northern Liao, which had relatively weak maritime power, were better than those with Dongping. From the Chunnan side, the Black Hawk Gang could get a considerable share of filial piety from the trade of maritime merchants, while for the Northern Liao, who could not break through the naval blockade of Dongping, they could only buy some special goods through the Black Eagle Gang. As for Dongping, although the maritime trade is gradually catching up with Chunnan, Dongping, which has a strong military tradition, was so tough and desperate to exterminate pirates even when it was only weak enough to protect its own coastline.

Over the past few years, the Black Eagle Gang has always adopted a strategy of "can't you hide if you can't provoke it?" for the sailors stationed in several ports along the coast of Dongping. These three types of warships used by the Black Eagle Gang's fleet, such as silver carp, flying fish, and whale, were all replaced by pirated Lanshui ships and Cangshui ships made according to the drawings provided by Dongping by the Chunnan Navy Division over the years, and were first bought by the sea merchants who had a good relationship with the Chunnan Navy Division, and then sold to the Black Eagle Gang. It is precisely because of the great favor of the Spring Sea Merchants that when they learned that the Seven Seas Trading Company was going to attack Ice Shark Island, the Black Eagle Gang dispatched such an absolutely elite fleet to rescue Ice Shark Island, and they had to find ways to suppress the Seven Seas Trading Company.

However, the behemoth's Cangshui raised its command flag and stopped between the Black Hawk Gang and the warband outside Ice Shark Island, which made the Black Hawk Gang have to think about it. Indeed, the Black Eagle Gang and several sailors in Dongping have fought battles, and they can be regarded as winning and losing each other. But the Black Hawk Gang also understands very well that it is extremely troublesome to provoke Dongping's sailors for no reason.

Leading the Black Hawk Gang's fleet is now the Tiger Shark Hall Master of the Black Hawk Gang, Jiang Fangzhou. Jiang Fangzhou, who is in charge of all the combat power of the Black Eagle Gang, is the third person of the Black Eagle Gang, and he originally proudly led the team to show off his might in front of the Seven Seas Trading Company, but he didn't expect to bump into the Dongping Water Division. His stacks of "Niang Xipi" fully showed his mentality at the moment.

"Three masters, what's the whole of this? To fight or not to fight? One of the gang asked cautiously.

"The flotilla dispersed, and I went to negotiate. Damn, there are only a few broken ships on Ice Shark Island, how could they provoke the cangshui ship of the Dongping Water Division. Jiang Fangzhou said viciously.

"Three masters, not only the Cangshui ship, look over there...... As for the four Lanshui ships, they are flying the flag of the Seven Seas Trading Company, God knows what's going on. And over there, those two ships don't look like they belong to Dongping. Another helper kindly prompted.

Jiang Fangzhou really looked at the two armed merchant ships in the distance, all of which were black, and finally found the same black flag on the top of the mast, and when he saw the white crescent moon and star pattern on the black flag, his face changed suddenly. "He***, why did Samir's boat come here to fight Ice Shark Island? The Samir family hooked up with the Seven Seas Trading Company? ”