Several pirate ships went out today without looking at the yellow calendar, and as a result, they directly collided with the Tang Navy, and after the opening of the Long Beach-Vallarta route, the pirates thought that an excellent way to make money appeared, but the truth was not what they thought. The active Datang Navy www.biquge.info often appears on this route, and this world is also strange, a country is serious about its navy, escorting a group of smuggling ships. Even the Qi Jiguang-class frigate, which has the smallest tonnage in the Datang Navy, is also a third-class frigate of the European Navy, in other words, it is the capital ship of various countries.

Not to mention that the Datang frigate still has a speed of more than a dozen knots, and there are more excellent guns, even if they encounter a standard 74-gun third-class sail battleship, the pirates can only run fast with their tails between them. It was even more unlucky to encounter the Datang warships, because these flat-headed ships had two huge chimneys stuck in their backs, and when the black smoke was billowing up, no pirate ship could escape the pursuit of the Datang Navy.

Moreover, the Tang people seem to be more interested in shelling enemy ships, even if sometimes the pirates pull the white flag and surrender, the warships of the Tang Navy will arrest the sailors on it, and use their sharp naval guns to completely sink the pirate ships to be happy, as if they have no intention of storing the spoils of war.

This is actually a good explanation, like the army, the navy, which has been in a short army for a long time, even if it has weapons that are ahead of its time, still needs to explore tactical tactics little by little, and they will bombard enemy ships at every opportunity to test their artillery performance and find out the best mode of operation.

If the pirates don't know how to fight them, then even the captains of the Datang Navy will be "happy", and the enemies who can move and the enemies who can't move are two different things after all.

Today's naval battle is even more popular with the navy. Because there were multiple pirate ships at one time, the Datang Navy was also a formation of two ships, although the opponent was not stupid enough to directly come up and fight with the Datang warship, but he did not surrender directly, but just hugged his head. The Datang Navy can just take this opportunity to test the formation tactics.

The cruiser Fenwei easily took out a disproportionate number of enemies, while the frigate Yu Qian took a little more time, and it was clear that the pirates were very good at escaping, and even set off smoke to obstruct the Yu Qian's pursuit. However, the faster speed still helped Yu Qian take out the enemy. In this battle, the Datang Navy annihilated two pirate ships and captured a total of 79 pirates, achieving a brilliant victory.

After the battle, the people of the Navy boarded the Jialong and greeted the people of the International Trade Company. And several people from New England also duly paid their respects to the people in the Navy. The Datang Navy then escorted the Jialong until it arrived at the port of Long Beach.

John Jie looked at the battleship in front of him and sighed: "What a mighty and majestic navy, only now did I really believe the rumors of the Mexicans, with such a strength of the Tang Navy, no country in Europe can compare." ”

The young officer, Dearborn, nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, excellent speed, more long-range and accurate artillery, and even the steel armor wrapped in that big battleship, they don't need to formulate any tactics, they can win almost with their eyes closed." ”

Jensen was also deeply shocked, and said: "I can't believe it, joining the Continental Army and having such a warship, then we can blockade the port, so that the British can't send troops to the mainland, send supplies, and master the sea, we will be able to defend ourselves." ”

John Jie shook his head and said: "This is not realistic, I don't think that the Tang people will make such excellent warship technology public, nor will they send a fleet of sufficient size to the east coast, and if they leave, the British will still make a comeback." ”

Dearborn said: "Maybe we don't need their warships, you see this battleship is also a flat-headed ship, in fact, it is not very suitable for sailing in the sea, the Tang people rely on the addition of some machines to make her run fast, I also think we can't get this kind of magical power, but we can fight for the Tang artillery, it doesn't have to be able to fight three thousand yards, even if it is fifteen hundred yards, a thousand yards, as long as it is accurate, it is a very useful weapon, we can rely on a small number of ships, against the British warships." Britain can't afford to fight on a large scale in the colonies, as long as we hurt Britain and make them feel that the cost is unbearable, we will win! ”

Several people nodded in approval.

Jensen added: "The Tang people have captured a lot of pirates, I don't know if they will be like us, escort the pirates to the port, and then hang them directly on the execution ground." ”

In fact, this is what Jensen thinks too much, although the crime of piracy is extremely heavy in the West, but for the Tang Dynasty, which lacks manpower, pirates who can sail are still somewhat useful. The Tang captured a group of pirates from various countries, including Mexicans, Indians, and blacks, as well as Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, British, and Danish from Europe. Sailors were the most likely to communicate in this era, so it was not a surprise to encounter such a mixed group of pirates on the remote west coast of North America.

The pirates demanded militarized training and forced them to learn Chinese, telling them that if they could not learn Chinese or violated discipline, they would be deemed useless and hanged. Of course, pirates who do a particularly good job will receive extra food and even the occasional credit.

In fact, all European countries will recruit sailors from other countries, and the profession of sailors in the Age of Discovery, there are almost no borders, and the nation-state consciousness at this time is not as good as that of later generations, so sailors have no burden to work for other countries.

For these pirates, it is undoubtedly much more suitable to get rid of the precarious life and lick the blood of the knife and sail for the shipping company of Datang, at least they will have a stable income and reduce the danger.

Under the escort of the Datang Navy, Jensen and others finally arrived at the Datang Long Beach Port. It had been nearly half a year since they left New York, and before they knew it, it was January 1776, and they did not know that the Continental Congress would proclaim the establishment of the United States of America in July of that year.

Now a few people, are extremely excited to complete the trip, especially the young Dearborn, he is curious like a baby looking around everything, the port of Long Beach is huge and busy beyond imagination, just galleons have more than a hundred moored here, in addition to galleons, there are about the same number of steamers, the current port of Long Beach is more busy than when it was first established, not only the smuggling ships from Mexico come to trade, but also the Tang merchant ships that travel to and from Qingguo, Hawaii and Long Beach routes, San Francisco, Coastal cities such as Weihai and Chucheng have also developed, and there are often products imported from these places and products exported from Los Angeles. Datang Fishery's fishing boats are the most frequent, bringing a lot of fish to the country.

Dearborn quickly discovered Datang's warship, "Over there, there is one more warship like a giant, and there are three smaller Datang warships." ”

Jensen pulled Dearborn, pointed to a ship not far away, and asked, "Henry, look at that ship, do you still think that warship is a giant?" ”

Dearborn followed the direction Jensen pointed and saw the giant ship, a 30,000-ton steamer, which was actually a World War II American freighter used for transportation, which was assigned to the Nationalist government after the war, and then appeared in the fleet of ships crossing the sea.

"My God, how can there be such a big ship? How did the Tang people build it? ”

John Jie said: "I think, this is a mystery, as far as I know, the Tang people came from the Far East, but the Qing Kingdom in the Far East did not have such a level of technology, and the Tang people who belonged to the same nation as them had such technology, it is really incredible." The ships in the port of Long Beach alone are comparable to the capacity of a medium-sized country, and even, to put it mildly, the capacity of ships here exceeds that of our entire New England, but the population of Datang is not large, which is really difficult to explain. ”

Jensen waved his hand and said, "I don't think it means anything to us, no matter what kind of secrets Datang has. Our mission is to get advanced weapons to support the Continental Army from here, or to get reinforcements from them, which is what is most valuable to us. ”

John Jay nodded, "You're right, it's true, Mr. Jensen. ”

After a short time, the officials of the Tang government found Jensen and others who were waiting here, and it was Bai Nan who came, and Guo Shuda radioed the news of Los Angeles when he was on the ship, and the cabinet was also very interested in the future Americans. For the time being, there is no direct conflict of interest between the United States and the Republic of Datang, although potentially speaking, the United States is Datang's most direct competitor. The Tang Dynasty will continue to expand its territory to the east, while the Americans, who shout the Mandate of Heaven, are constantly moving westward, and on the vast North American continent, once the two countries border, a border of thousands of kilometers may arise, and various conflicts may break out.

However, for the time being, the United States is still a weak chicken, and the control area is limited, Datang has better development potential, and now in Datang's strategy, Britain, which is rapidly becoming a new empire, is the biggest threat. Therefore, on whether to help the Americans against the British, the cabinet's opinion is still relatively unified.