Li Guang saw very clearly, a small boat about two nautical miles away is estimated to be only three or four hundred tons. Judging by the style, it should be a sailboat, no different from the fishing boats of this era. Although it has sails, it is also powered by a steam engine.

While the brothers on the pickup were busy de-icing, there was a burst of gunfire from the boat.

Zheng Xuechang said: "Pirates." He casually handed the telescope to Li Guang. Li Guang looked at it, but it was not, there was a pirate skeleton flag on the mast.

Li Guang was interested at that time, the power of nature could not be resisted, and the little pirate actually came to the door, which was unbearable for uncle and aunt.

Immediately ordered: "Prepare for battle." ”

At this moment, Li Guang immediately figured out the reason why the pirates came to the door. At this time, the pickup was as slow as an old cow, and because the ship was icy, the deck was very close to the sea, and it was indeed difficult to distinguish the tonnage from a distance. And the four guns on the deck and the torpedo launchers on the bulkheads, now like ice sculptures, are impossible to tell what they are. It is estimated that the pirates thought that they had encountered a freighter that had been hit by a snowstorm and almost lost power.

Zheng Xuechang has always been in accordance with the requirements of the actual combat crew, and he is also in accordance with the actual combat requirements. By the time the sonar reported the discovery of an unidentified vessel, he had already made some preparations. And now that it was clear that it was a pirate ship, the whole ship began to act.

The sonar team came in handy this time, it was originally like a target on the sea, and it was easier to observe with telescopes and periscopes. However, this time the periscope lens was completely covered in ice and snow, so I didn't notice it in advance.

Since it is a corsair, then it is estimated that it will not be only rifle machine guns, there should be cannons. The Pickup is now unusable with cannons and torpedoes, but that doesn't matter.

You must know that there are more than 100 torpedoes on board, and there is no shortage of launch tubes. The 327mm torpedo weighed only more than three hundred kilograms, and it was still easy for more than a dozen people to dump this thing onto the deck. With an order, a torpedo launcher and two torpedoes were transported to the firing position, connected to the spare gas pipe, and ready to be fired at any time.

Even if the opponent has artillery, it is only some old model of 37mm or 47mm howitzer, and it is unlikely that there will be armor-piercing shells at all. Li Guang is not worried about this, if the pirates are willing to fight in close combat, then a few heavy machine guns on the pickup are enough for the pirates to suffer a big loss.

Su Qing, the gun commander, played a great role at this moment, and the performance of those who had fought was different. Commanding a group of subordinates, quickly put in place. In less than five minutes, the torpedo heavy machine gun rifles were all in place.

Li Guang built so many torpedoes, but he really didn't use them once in actual combat. At this moment, he said to Zheng Xuechang: "Let the torpedo open the meat." ”

The pickup is now bulky, but it's not a big problem to do a steering angle. At the same time, several math students were already working on calculations.

In the telescope, you can already see the pirates flaunting their might on the ship, shooting indiscriminately, and even turning a small cannon to aim.

With Li Guang's order, "Torpedo, prepare...... Put. ”

An electric thunderbolt leaped out and quickly plunged into the water. At first, you could still see the trajectory of the torpedo, but suddenly it was gone.

At this time, the two ships were only 1,500 meters apart, and at the speed of the torpedo they could hit in only one and a half minutes.

Zheng Xuechang pinched the stopwatch and waited patiently for time. At this time, several people in the command cabin were waiting for the results to be announced after the exam.

Ninety seconds, Li Guang stared at the pirate ship with a telescope at this time, and suddenly a thunderbolt appeared, and the tail of the pirate ship seemed to be lifted up by a giant beast, and finally the bow of the ship was facing down, and the stern was facing up, standing upright.

At this moment, the explosion reached the pickup number, and the explosion was still deafening from a distance of more than a thousand meters.

The soldiers on the pickup were so shocked by the huge power of the torpedo that their mouths couldn't close their mouths, and several soldiers from the army were even more surprised, this thing was dozens of times more powerful than the 150mm heavy gun.

In the army, the 150mm howitzer is already the most powerful weapon, a 150 grenade explodes, the shrenchnel flying within a radius of 20 meters can kill every living person, and the shock wave formed by the explosion can still shock people within a radius of 40 meters. But no one ever thought that a single bomb (torpedo) could blow up a ship of several hundred tons to the ground.

The pirate ship in the distance was erected and immediately plunged straight into the sea. Then a pile of waves rolled up on the surface of the sea, leaving a few pieces of garbage, and disappeared.

Ji Kelian listened extremely carefully at this time, and in the headphones he could clearly hear the creaking business of the pirate ship as it shattered, terrifying and creepy.

The Pickup searched the area where the pirate ship sank for a while, and actually fished out five pirates. These pirates were really fatal, and they were just stunned. However, if the pickup refuses to save it, these pirates will not survive for a few hours in this icy water.

won lightly, and Li Guang was very happy. Although his pickup truck cannot be compared with a real destroyer, there is still no problem in dealing with pirates, and it is not much of a problem compared to dealing with merchant ships, and Li Guang's confidence began to swell.

Li Guang is very interested in pirates, to be precise, he is interested in money, isn't it the legend that pirates like to hide treasures? You must know that a 327mm torpedo costs a lot of money, worth thousands of dollars, and you have to earn some interest, right?

The pickup has cleared the snow and ice and is sailing north in the scorching heat. The weather in the South Pacific is so strange, it was freezing cold a few hours ago, but now you only need to wear a coat.

Li Guang moved a chair and began to interrogate a few pirates on the deck like a county magistrate. At this time, he discovered that there were five pirates, and there were whites, blacks, and yellows.

A few pirates fell to their knees on the deck shivering. When they arrived at the pickup, they found that the people on this ship were all dressed in the uniforms of the navy of an unknown country. Only then did he wake up from a dream, and the robbery was robbed on the warship, but there was nowhere to buy the regret medicine. The pirate leader Juan, the Spaniard, was deeply ashamed that he had been a pirate for twenty or thirty years. Juan's redbeard was about to turn green, it was like a wolf in sheep's clothing, and Juan was even more stunned when the terrifying 88mm of the four gun barrels revealed his true face. Juan is also a veteran of playing with cannons for decades, but he has never seen a cannon with such out-of-proportion barrels.

In fact, not to mention Juan, a pirate, the regular soldiers of many countries have never seen such a powerful anti-aircraft artillery. Like a little devil's anti-aircraft gun, the body-to-barrel ratio is more than 40 times that is already very good, and the 88mm anti-aircraft gun body-to-barrel ratio is as high as 56 times, which is really a sharp weapon for armor-piercing and air defense.

At this time, several pirates kept begging for mercy on the deck. As soon as the yellow man spoke, Li Guang immediately realized that this was a pirate. Being able to clean up the small book, Li Guang was a little satisfied, and his interest was immediately higher.

Li Guangdao: "I'm not interested in your life, I'm only interested in treasure." ”

Before Juan could speak, the pirate stammered in Spanish, "I know where their treasure is." Willing to point it out to the general. "What's the word? Servile and charming, yes, that's what it looks like. Li Guang didn't expect the interrogation to be so smooth, but if it went well, he couldn't find fault with himself, right?

It's good if someone speaks, whether it's a pirate or a Spanish pirate. Li Guang motioned for the two warriors to drag the Japanese pirates to the cabin for interrogation.

Then he turned to the other pirate and asked, "What treasure do you have to honor your uncle?" "That pirate is just a pawn, and he doesn't know any treasure. As soon as Li Guang signaled again, the two warriors grabbed the pirate and threw it directly into the sea.

Several pirates were frightened by Li Guang's methods, this Li Guang was too ruthless, there was no procedural torture and questioning, and he directly threw people into the sea, not giving the pirates a chance at all, the pirates were good swimmers, but they were thrown into the vast sea with their hands tied and the final result was only one - death.

In just a few minutes, only the pirate leader Juan was left on deck.

At this time, Li Guang said to Juan: "Now it's up to you to see your chips." ”

Juan's eyes were on fire, and the little one actually told the treasure first. Juan, as the leader, naturally has an even more secret treasure hiding location. But at this moment, in order to survive, I had to pour beans into a bamboo tube and say everything.

Robinson Island. This island is so famous that anyone who has read the Robinson Crusoe novel knows that it is a treasure trove of legendary pirates.

Robinson Island is located in the eastern part of South America, 700 kilometers from the South American country of Chile. Although the island belonged to Chile at this time, a desert island had no political axe at all, and it has always been a pirate den.

The southern part of South America is a long and narrow terrain, and Uruguay, where Li Guang is located, is actually at the same latitude as this Robinson Island, which is only 1,500 kilometers in a straight line. But Li Guang's journey from Uruguay to Robinson Island was 2,000 nautical miles – that is, about 4,000 kilometers.

The snowstorm just past reminded Li Guang that he must get a few bases in the South Pacific, otherwise the cost and time period will be too high every time he makes such a detour. Isn't it true that the United States of later generations set up naval bases everywhere around the world just for the convenience of supply?

This time, in order to rob the world, the cabin of the pickup truck, which could hold six or seven hundred tons, was filled with three or four hundred tons of diesel fuel and a large amount of grain and fresh water. Now the endurance is at least 15,000 nautical miles, and the side effects of increased endurance are also obvious, the originally light hull is now very bulky, and the maximum speed can only run nineteen knots. In addition, fuel is also very dangerous in the hold.

If there is a base, it will undoubtedly provide strong support for sea navigation and combat. Robinson Island, on the other hand, is more than 1,000 nautical miles from the Panama Canal, but it is much closer than from Uruguay.

Li Guang and Zheng Xuechang were very interested in this, and the two of them kept searching for nautical charts, and as a result, Li Guang found a place that interested him even more - Easter Island.

Easter Island, more than a thousand kilometers west of Robinson Island, is in the center of the South Pacific Ocean, which was almost a paradise in this era, almost disturbed by outsiders, and very hidden.

And as Li Guang's eyes roamed the South Pacific, Li Guang discovered an island again, and when he saw this island, Li Guang almost screamed.

Li Guang regrets this, the traverser, he is so short-sighted. He has always wanted to support China's resistance, but he has never been able to find a material with the highest surname value ratio for shipping. And the small island marked on the nautical chart - Nauru.

This name immediately reminded Li Guang that China lacked everything in the War of Resistance, but in addition to guns and ammunition, there was also food.

Li Guang once transported more than 2,000 tons of food to China, and although the freight was slightly profitable, after all, Li Guang was currently unable to transport a large number of foodstuffs, and he was seriously short of funds and too inefficient.

Nauru, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is about 41 kilometers from the equator in the north, 4,160 kilometers from Hawaii in the east, and 4,000 kilometers from Sydney, Australia in the southwest from the Solomon Islands. It is an oval coral island with a length of 6 kilometers, a width of 4 kilometers, and a maximum altitude of 70 meters. Three-fifths of the island is covered with phosphate. It has a tropical rainforest climate. Over the years, countless seabirds have come to inhabit the island, leaving behind a large amount of guano on the island, which over the years has undergone chemical changes to become a layer of high-quality fertilizer up to 10 meters thick, known as "phosphate mine".

It is said that in 42 years he occupied Nauru and carried guano to Nauru. It should not have occupied the island yet. This is Li Guang's opportunity.

Transporting fertilizer is more effective than transporting grain, and China has always relied on farmer's fertilizer for farming, and there is no concept of chemical fertilizer at all. And Nauru's guano is, to put it bluntly, a natural phosphate fertilizer. This thing has an immeasurable effect on increasing food production. Although Li Guang did not understand agriculture, he was sure that a shipload of guano transported to China would definitely be more effective than a shipload of grain. And the price of guano is not expected to be high.

Li Guang shared the idea with the brothers on the pickup, and the brothers were extremely excited, most of them from peasant backgrounds, and they all expressed their support for the plan. Li Guang's global robbery once again added an item. The plan is getting bigger and bigger, and Li Guang still has no score at this time. If you can't grab this freighter, everything is a pipe dream.

Two days later, the Pickup successfully captured Robinson Island, and the battle was almost lackluster. The island's remnants of pirates were wiped out almost without resistance.

The pirates were far inferior in combat effectiveness to Su Qing's gang. Don't look at Su Qing's subordinates, there are only a few veterans, but these veterans are all elites of the Chinese army, and now they are equipped with better weapons than German mechanics, and they are complete with light and heavy machine guns and mortars.

The rest of the fighters had only been trained for two or three months, but their opponents were too weak, just some old muskets and rifles. Although most of the pirates were outlaws, their training methods were fundamentally different from those of the troops. Armies exist to kill.

In this skirmish, Su Qing showed the command art of a captain of an elite unit of the Chinese army.

The gun crew of more than 30 people, led by the Japanese coward Junjiro Koizumi, quietly touched the pirate's lair.

As soon as the war began, Su Qing used a heavy machine gun to block the cave where the pirates were entrenched, and the rainstorm of bullets continued to compress the pirates into the hole, and finally the grenades were like hailstones. As a result, most of the pirates, before they even had time to surrender, were blown to pieces. Twenty or thirty pirates were killed on the spot, and in the end only a dozen pirates were captured.

In the process, Li Guang also learned a lot of military knowledge. According to Su Qing's words, if the army is fully trained and has all kinds of technical weapons, there will be no problem for a regiment to defeat a light infantry division. On the Chinese battlefield, what the Chinese army lacks is technical arms, such as heavy artillery units and armored units. As for the tactical arrangement, there are many famous generals in the Chinese army, and the art of command is definitely no worse than that of foreigners. This was a discovery made by Su Qing in the training of the German Mechanic.

In this way, Li Guang's pickup won the first naval battle easily, and the first land battle was a victory without suspense.

However, the proceeds of exterminating pirates were not as brilliant as Li Guang thought, and the silver and gold jewels worth less than 30,000 US dollars could basically make up for the consumption of this voyage. The small victory greatly boosted the morale of the army, and Li Guang was very satisfied with this. And these recruits are also considered to have seen blood, and their performance on the battlefield is expected to be a little better in the future.

Later, Li Guang learned that although Robinson Island belonged to Chile, there was no political axe or naval patrol throughout the year.

And the Pacific islands of this era are mostly ownerless. Although nominally the United States, Great Britain and France were the suzerains, many of the islands were in fact not administered by Europeans at all. In fact, the European and American powers were just staking land, and there was not much land they really managed. This is completely different from later generations, in later generations, Li Guang's pickup number wanted to suppress bandits on Robinson Island, but he didn't even think about it.

How can you allow outsiders to shoot and fire on the territory of a country?

But in this day and age, the islands of the Pacific Ocean were not actually valued by the great powers, especially those that were barren. Most of the importance attached to overseas territories by the European powers was still placed in rich places, and desert islands were almost uncared for.

In fact, even in later generations, some islands belonged to European and American countries to find excuses to occupy according to their own strengths and weaknesses. Most of the excuses are when a certain explorer of our country once landed on a certain island. In fact, it is not tenable at all, but with the backing of strong force, knowing that it is just an excuse, the local natives have no way to read. Even the traditional owners are having a hard time recovering – like the Malvinas Islands, where the pickup number just passed a few days ago. This large island is close to Argentina, but it is currently under British rule thousands of miles away. Even later, after the Battle of the Falklands, the British still ruled the Malvinas Islands.

After World War II, all countries began to pay attention to the sea, and as a result, the uninhabited islands in the Pacific Ocean became fragrant and quickly divided among various countries.

As he went deeper into this era, Li Guang found that if he did a good job, he could completely strive for some interests for the country and the nation in the Pacific, but the premise was that he must become strong.

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