Hu Xi and Uncle Mack carefully read Wang Mumu's telegram "Some Suggestions on How to Deal with the Current Situation on the Island," and the two discussed for a long time. It was decided that the current white cat, flower cat, black cat, war cat and a small part of the original pirate mix were drawn into four teams.

The first team was led by Ariston, the one-day king of the Flower Cat Corps, Ayivana, the obedient cat of the War Cat Corps, and assisted by the original Catholic pirate Captain Cheval and the indigenous Islamic pirate Great White Shark, with 500 pirate ships, stationed and operated Captain Cheval's original anchorage - Port Selcher in the south of the Bozburun Peninsula; And not far from here, the anchorage of the former Islamic pirates, the Datca Peninsula, has a sphere of influence of 120 square kilometers. There are 150,000 people of all kinds who are engaged in trade, shipping, fishing, agriculture, animal husbandry, and handicrafts. This configuration has greatly surpassed the living force of the original two pirates. Because this is the only base that has maintained the mainland since the development of the East and West in the Mediterranean, it is determined to pay some costs.

The second team is led by the one-day king of the War Cat Corps, the violent war cat Hiroo, the one-day black spider Iijima Ai of the Black Cat Corps as the deputy leader, and the former Islamic pirate Basha Shark is assisted, with 500 pirate ships, stationed and operated on Rhode Island, with 100,000 personnel of all kinds, engaged in shipping, fishery, agriculture, and service industries here. Here, because of the trade function of the peninsula and the island, there are no longer large shopping malls and trade centers here; But the concept of a new service industry has been proposed here, mainly because of the geographical location of Rhodes, which is suitable for ships to replenish fresh water, food, etc., as well as rest; At the same time, it is also the base camp of Queen Lot, the princess of Sissi, and it must have been somewhat prosperous, so the service industry was emphasized, and the hospital was ready to be opened.

The third team is led by the black humor Friedman, the king of the day of the Black Cat Corps, and the deputy leader of the Jiaojiao Cat Don't Blame Me Ya after a day of the War Cat Corps, assisted by the former Islamic pirate smooth shark, with 500 pirate ships, stationed and operating Kos Island and the surrounding islands in the Dodecanese Islands, with 30,000 people of all colors, engaged in shipping, fishing, and agriculture here.

The fourth team is led by the one-day king of the Flower Cat Corps, the one-day king of the Angora cat Adonis, the one-day king of the Black Cat Corps, and the deputy leader, the former Islamic pirate hammerhead shark, with 500 pirate ships, stationed and operating Karpathos Island and the surrounding islands, with 20,000 people of all colors, engaged in shipping, fishing, animal husbandry, and agriculture here.

The remaining 600 pirate ships and pirates equipped with 150,000 original units were led by rose sharks, lame bears, and iron foxes, and were transferred from the Mediterranean to the Pacific Ocean, and assigned to Lu Dongbin and Han Zhongli, and sent small white sharks, dwarf sharks, megamouth sharks, dancing sharks, and beautiful sharks to accompany the fighting sharks. On this eastward trip, Huxi also packed and handed over most of the harvest of the anti-piracy and anti-robbery, as well as 6,000 tons of blister copper mined and smelted on the island in the past year.

How to deliver this large number of ships, people, and things? The plan was to transport all the people and goods to Suez by the island's aircraft carriers, ironclad ships, and three major steamers; Then, the people, by land through Suez; Ships and cargo are flown by airships and monsters. Valuables are headed by the mobs on a direct flight to Ryukyu and handed over to the leaders.

Now, the biggest challenge for Hussey is how to get 600 pirate ships from the Mediterranean Sea across Suez to the Red Sea. Because, in the eyes of ordinary Europeans now, the pirate ship captured by Huxi is already a top-class ship, 40 meters long, 8 meters wide, and weighing 80 tons. However, this kind of ship can be called the king in the Mediterranean, but it is unrealistic to really ask it to run the ocean, circle the Cape of Good Hope, and endure tens of thousands of kilometers. Therefore, under Wang Mumu's design, Huxi wanted to build an air corridor over the current Suez to carry these 600 pirate ships to the Red Sea.

For example, starting from the island of Seiki and ending at Manila in Luzon, the Mediterranean → Suez→ Red Sea→ Indian Ocean → Manila, the whole journey is about 14,000 kilometers; If you go west from the island, the Mediterranean → Gibraltar→ the Atlantic Ocean→ Cape of Good Hope→ the Pacific Ocean → the Indian Ocean→ Manila, the whole journey is about 3,500 kilometers. There is hardly any possibility of sailing like this, not only because of the long distance, but also because of the complexity of the composition of this team, if it does, a quarter of the people and ships will be impossible to reach the destination.

Now, the 150,000 people heading east have taken the aircraft carrier to Port Said and disembarked to the southeast, aiming at Suez City on the side of the Gulf of Suez in the Red Sea. In addition, Hu Xi also has a careful eye, lest you carry private goods in large and small bags, and I justifiably reduce each other's internal friction in the name of reducing the burden, isn't it?

Now, the shortcut from Port Said on the Mediterranean side of the Suez Canal to Suez City on the Red Sea side of the Suez Canal has also had some small rivers in history, the small Suez Canal, the predecessor of the later Suez Canal, with a total length of about 163 kilometers.

Now, the only monster in Huxi flew straight to Ryukyu, and Wang Mumu asked a monster in Ryukyu to adjust his defense with him, in case the island was in need.

There are now 30 airships on the island, 10 of which are kept as caretakers and 20 of which come to Port Said to work as porters. The airship has a lifting force of 3.5 tons, so it cannot handle a pirate ship, and its task is to lift goods, copper, and some pirate ship parts, such as forty long oars per ship and unloaded sail mast anchors.

Now, the Boss hoisting the pirate ship is the key to the team's eastward march this time. The monster has a wingspan of 156 meters, a fuselage of 156 meters, a payload of 700 tons, and a maximum speed of 800 km/h. So, the big monster can lift ten pirate ships at a time. Note, to clarify, the original weight of 80 tons of the Corsair, after removing all the detachable parts, weighs 68 tons.

Now, it is theoretically not necessary to spend thirteen minutes in the air for a round trip, but in fact, considering the complicated bundling at the starting point and the careful unloading of the ship at the end point, even if you are fully prepared in advance, it will take an hour to go back and forth. Beforehand, the Ryukyus had calculated that 600 ships would drag for 60 hours, which was too long, too variable, and too unsafe. Therefore, this time the big and small monsters of the Ryukyus went together, and the big and small monsters adjusted their defense. It's just that the little monster of the defense flies directly to the island, and the big monster of the defense must first cooperate as a porter over the Suez River, and then take place after the operation is completed. But even then, it takes 30 hours.

There are 163 kilometers of land under the current Great Monster flight path. On foot, it takes nearly 30 hours and 12 minutes to walk at 5.4 km/h, and strict implementation of this data can make all people, objects, and boats run almost seamlessly, so that they will not be idle.

Now the big monster is "loading the ship", because the big monster has a static floating airbag, so it is quietly suspended in the air three meters above the ground. Its 156-meter fuselage and 156-meter wingspan, Wang Mumu gave Hu Xi a binding suspension point starting from structural mechanics, ten ships divided into four columns, two columns in the middle with three rows, a total of six boats; two rows on the left and right, a total of four boats; Asteste ship. The ligation stopped, the monster floated, and there was no problem; The big monster panned, the start was a little shaky, and the acceleration was controlled, and there was no problem, so it went east! The Port of Said in the Mediterranean Sea flies directly to the Port of Suez in the Red Sea.

The sky in the 11th century, originally, except for birds, was clouds. Due to the fall of Wang Mumu, due to the westward movement of Hudong, and due to the creation of the Harvard flying machine. People know that the sky, human beings can also go up. At first, I just saw the airship, floating in the sky leisurely, the big white balloon, not much different from the clouds, and it was not much strange to see more. After the big monster came to the island, because the big and small monster consumed a lot of energy, usually stay on the ironclad monster mother, and don't go to the sea, so, people have little knowledge of it.

Now, because the big monster is overloaded, the engine roars, the fire erupts, the momentum is huge, the power is infinite, the giant bird takes off, and everything is silent.

There are 150,000 people in the east, because there is a sequence of disembarkation, so the first to form a column first; the back row of the column; Two people in a row, two hundred people in a row; Half a meter apart per person, 150,000 people captain 37.5 kilometers. A long snake, winding eastward. From a distance, it is like a wave of turbidity, rolling to the east.

Twenty airships began to fly in and out of the sky, and excluding the pauses in loading and unloading cargo, one airship could be seen flying slowly almost every ten kilometers in the 163-kilometer airspace. Therefore, the 150,000 people on the ground are not lonely, not to look at the stars at night, but to look at the airship during the day, to see, to chat, and not to feel tired under their feet.

If the airship gave 150,000 people a kind of viewing, then the big monster gave 150,000 people shock, horror and suspicion. So, when we were fighting against the island, if they just put a hook down and catch us, and catch us head or tail, wouldn't we all be dumped into the sea like dumplings? If it flies over our heads when we were against it, I guess that wave of air can overturn us! Also, if we were to face the enemy, the two big fire-breathing creatures on its body, facing us, wouldn't we be scorched into ashes? If......

If it is said that the coming and going of airships has sent 150,000 people loneliness, they have been talked about leisurely; And the strange sky was so terrifying that 150,000 people stopped to watch, and when they flew overhead with ten boats, they all stopped and saluted. The team leader said, in the past 30 hours, the monster has to fly over our heads more than 30 times, 60 back and forth, you have to see, don't stop, hurry, hurry......

150,000 people are on the way, and the airships and monsters in the sky are busy, so let's skip them first; Now let's talk about a small group of these 150,000 people, especially one of these small people, who? Iron Fox, the leader of the former Islamic pirates.

Although the basic reasons for the series of organized and planned robberies that have occurred in the Eastern Mediterranean have long existed, it was the Iron Fox that provoked the fuse of this series of battles. It was the deliberate leak of the Iron Fox that instigated the greed of these pirates, which eventually led to their own demise. Although the cause of this incident was the Iron Fox, the development and evolution of the situation was completely beyond the Iron Fox's estimates, so from the hollow circle to the solid circle, from the Dartcha Peninsula to the Port of Said, he never got a chance to slip away. Helplessly, following the crowd, now walking on the road to the east, secretly, and made an agreement with a few henchmen to stay on a boat for a while, waiting for the opportunity to move.

The opportunity that the Iron Fox was eagerly awaiting did not appear for a long time, and after more than 30 hours of walking and flying by boat, he boarded the ship in the port of Suez at the northwestern tip of the Red Sea, and came to connect with an aircraft carrier, an ironclad ship, and three cement steamers. Later, the aircraft carrier towed two hundred pirate ships; The remaining four ships each towed 100 pirate ships. The cargo was all loaded onto a large ship such as an ironclad ship, and the parts of the pirate ship that had been transported by air were returned to their places one by one.

Speaking of the return of the parts of the pirate ship by air, it seems that thanks to the Iron Fox. Because the Iron Fox was the first to set off from Port Said, he was also the first to arrive at the port of Suez, and he told the person in charge of this piece, Mai Ba, that we had arrived, and it would take more than ten hours for all 600 ships to be in place, and it would be idle to be idle, so I would call a few skilled hands to assemble the disassembled ships and parts, so that in case of need, these pirate ships could also sail. Mai Ba heard it and felt reasonable, so he agreed.

The iron fox is scheming, and he takes the initiative to work like this, which makes a good impression on the surface; Secretly, because he needs helpers and assistants to work, he can send people in a grand manner, he does not send others, he sends his old subordinates and old henchmen, gather forces, and prepare to carry out his own conspiracies.

Iron Fox also had a plan, that is, when he heard that he was going to Southeast Asia, and that there were 600 pirate ships that were also going to Southeast Asia, and these 600 ships were to be hoisted up by airship, he had been thinking about how some of his hidden belongings could continue to be under his control. He had thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a way to hide his belongings in the mezzanine of the compartment of the pirate ship. Now that the ships with hidden treasures were in front of him, he had to try to control them himself, so as not to let others pick them up.

After all 600 pirate ships flew over to the Red Sea, the leaders who took over these ships and personnel were Han Zhongli and Tie Guai Li.

In order to hurry, Han Zhongli let his big ship continue to tow 600 pirate ships eastward. The iron fox looked at Han Zhongli with a fierce face, and thought, I have to hurry, if I really get to them, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to escape, he looked at Tie Guan Li next to him, and felt that he seemed to be easy-going, just after the fleet sailed out of the Red Sea, he came up flatteringly and said, two adults, you see, the wind and waves in the Indian Ocean are so big, much more than the wind and waves in the Mediterranean, and much more than the wind and waves in the Red Sea.

Tie Guan Li has also been the commander of the navy, and he thinks that Iron Fox has a point. Because these ships were flown in from Europe and were not the same as the warships used by the Asians. The boats used by Asians are centered on China, and neighboring countries are painting gourds in the same way. In terms of anti-collision, people here often use bamboo or rattan to weave bamboo baskets and rattan baskets, which are hung on both sides of the boat. Now, if these corsair ships had such hollow baskets, then, collision friction in towing should be resolved. The problem is that the pirate ship of the Europeans is powered by long oars sticking out of the side of the ship, so for them, there is never the possibility of bumping. What the Iron Fox said makes sense, so what do we do?

The Iron Fox continued to offer advice, and he said, "Let's get off the boat, control the rudder, and use the long oars as a penny, and then we'll be fine."

Tie Guan Li thought, in this way, the people who get off the boat must be harder, who will go? So, don't squeak for a while.

Han Zhongli thought, you are pirates who earn food in the wind and waves, so you can go down, so he looked at the iron fox with a eager face and said, then you can pick some people to go down!

The rose shark came to take a look, and since the people here were not familiar with it, he said a few words to the lame bear, and asked him and the iron fox to arrange for the original Islamic pirates to go to these 600 ships.

The fleet went southeast, out of the Red Sea, it was getting late, and after another three or four hundred kilometers, it came to the area of Socotra Island.

Socotra (English: Socotra; Arabic:?????; The name comes from Sanskrit meaning "island of bliss"), an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, which in the 21st century belonged to the Yemeni province of Socotra. Its location is about 350 kilometers south of the Arabian Peninsula, east of the Horn of Africa, where the Arabian Sea meets the Gulf of Aden. Socotra consists of 4 islets and 2 rocky islets, with the main island covering an area of 3,635 square kilometers. The island has been isolated from the continental plate for 18 million years, and the long-term geographical isolation has produced many endemic flora and fauna. 37% of Socotra's plants (825 species in total), 90% of reptiles and 95% of snails are unique to the island. Due to its large variety of rare creatures, it is considered the "Galapagos of the Indian Ocean".

The plains on the south coast of the island are wider. It has a wide sandy beach and limestone formations scattered throughout the island. Inland is Mount Hajar at an altitude of about 200-600 meters, trending northeast-southwest, almost across the entire island, with the central main peak at 1,372 meters above sea level.

As early as ancient times, the ancient Indians continued to come to this island to obtain **, gentian, dragon's blood, myrrh, aloe vera, civet, ambergris and other precious medicines, they called this island "happy island". Socotra is home to some of the most exotic plants in the world. Socotra subverts all perceptions of "normal" scenery, as if the island is from another planet or from some time in the future and the earth. For example, the Socotra dragon's blood tree has a unique and strange appearance, with a dense canopy, like an upside-down umbrella, and also like a large mushroom. They are evergreen trees with a deep red sap, hence the name. It can be used in medicine, dyes, witchcraft, alchemy, and folk magic, and it is said that the use of dragon blood can increase the effectiveness of spells. Another example is the desert rose of Socotra, which is very much in line with the image of alien creatures, with a thick and short appearance, appearing on the cliff, growing directly into the stone, without the need for soil at all, the bark is shiny like rubber, and beautiful pink flowers grow at the tips of the branches......

For Socotra Island, during the Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, Egyptian pharaohs often sent people to this island to collect precious medicines, focusing on buying the island's ** for mummification. It is said that at that time, the selling price of ** was higher than that of gold. The ancient Egyptians called the island "Banch", which means magical island. In 52 A.D., Thomas is said to have been one of the twelve disciples of Jesus who came here to preach, and the islanders converted to Christianity. Thomas traveled east to Parthia and India to preach the gospel and establish churches, but he was arrested by the idolatrous priests, tortured with a hot iron plate, burned in a furnace, and pierced through his body with a spear until he died. Later, the queen was healed of the soil from Thomas's tomb and came to faith, and the king followed suit. So there was a church in India named after Thomas, and many relics of him can be found.

In this day and age, on this island, the islanders believe in the Christians, but there is no political authority ruling the island, and it is entirely the faith that maintains some ties with the Eurasian continent.

Han Zhongli and his entourage included an aircraft carrier, an ironclad ship, three major steamers and 600 pirate ships, and traveled eastward, passing through Socotra Island. At that time, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the waves were high. The iron fox said, tonight is not suitable for night flights, why don't we rely on Socotra, and go to buy some **, gentian, etc. tomorrow morning?

Han Zhongli and Tie Guan Li both thought this was a good idea, and said, then rest for a day, go ashore for some barter, and leave on time at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

At noon the next day, everyone who had gained a lot of precious medicinal materials was placed in large bags and prepared to set sail. Han Zhongli and Tie Guan Li looked at it and felt that something was wrong, one, two, three, four, one count, 20 boats were missing. Han Zhongli was furious, and he was very angry that he lost 20 ships and more than 100 soldiers for no reason when he first went out to lead troops in Luzon. A doxing search is to be sent immediately.

Tie Guan Li persuaded, General Zhong was angry, these people are pirates, and they want to be thieves, since they don't want to go along, the twisted melon is not sweet, forget it. Let's take our Yangguan Road and let them go to their own single-plank bridge. Besides, we are not familiar with this sea area, the pirates in the Gulf of Aden have been stinking for thousands of years, and they are not easy to deal with, let's go back first, and report the situation here to the prince of Mumu before making plans. Alas, it's also to blame me for not being careful, remember, the day before yesterday, Rose Shark sent a beautiful shark to say that they had all surrendered, so the management of their people is our business, and she Rose Shark, the leader of the past, is inconvenient to say more about the performance of the subordinates of the old days today. At the time, I thought this beautiful woman's words were a bit clueless, but now that I think about it, she was reminding us to think twice about what Iron Fox said.

Later, the matter was telegraphed to Wang Mumu, and Wang Mumu was very impressed, alas, these two are not familiar with history! In one of the birthplaces of St. Thomas, why didn't the "St. Thomas effect" be triggered? It is said that when he appeared in front of the apostles after his resurrection, Thomas had strong doubts about his existence, and it was not until he touched the crucified wound on his body that he believed that he was really resurrected. The "St. Thomas effect" refers to the intense desire to confirm the existence of someone or something by approaching, touching, and taking pictures. Hehe, isn't this the catastrophe of all the peace-loving people of the world, where the iron fox will be here day and night, scourge the Gulf of Aden? Befriending Somali pirates? Robbing merchant ships? We need to prepare a convoy?