It's a dark time, but it's also a time of opportunity! With the development of the Industrial Revolution, the old colonial powers were weakening, while the emerging powers were expanding rapidly. In addition, the decaying Qing Dynasty is about to begin**. Long Yufei wants to do something earth-shattering in this era, for himself and the whole nation!

After coming to Flying Fish Island, he already had a preliminary plan, that is, to use these pirates to develop his own power, based on the South Seas region, to build a strong army to resist the invasion from the west. It's just that he's just an ordinary soldier on Flying Fish Island now, and no one listens to him. If you can convince Luo Sangu, the big boss on the island, it will save you trouble. However, why should Luo Sangu listen to him?

"Damn! Do you want Lao Tzu to use beautiful men? When the time comes, Luo Sangu will marry the entire Flying Fish Island as a dowry? Long Yufei thought secretly in his heart. However, he thinks that this is too unlikely. Luo Sangu's likelihood of falling in love with him is even lower than winning the five million jackpot. There was no other way, he could only find a way to slowly climb up the mountain, and strive to be able to get out of the Flying Fish Island.

One morning a week after Long Yu flew to Flying Fish Island, Long Yufei was called by Li Hu and came to the dock. The pirates have begun to board the ship one after another, and Long Yufei said that this is going to work at sea, and this is also his first action after joining the gang.

Perhaps because of Long Yufei's knowledge, he was assigned to the boat where the big boss Luo Sangu was, which was a large ship about thirty meters long, divided into two tiers, with three masts, and was the largest boat on Flying Fish Island. In addition, Long Yufei also saw that there were two cannons on each side of the ship. However, judging by that caliber, it should be a four-pounder gun. As for the range, it is estimated that it should be around a thousand to two thousand meters!

Long Yufei's weapon is a musket, and his small arms and legs are estimated to not be able to carry a steel knife. In addition, his marksmanship is not bad, and if he uses a musket, he can do his best.

It can be seen that Luo Sangu attaches great importance to this operation, and the pirates of Flying Fish Island have dispatched more than ten ships, large and small, and there are more than 200 pirates dispatched. But only the ship where Luo Sangu was was equipped with cannons, and the pirates on the rest of the ships were equipped with muskets or weapons such as steel knives and spears.

After leaving Flying Fish Island, the fleet sailed westward, out of the Sulu Sea, and into the South China Sea, which took a total of two days. In one area of the ocean, the fleet stopped, and several small boats sent out to reconnoitre. Long Yufei guessed that this was the pirates preparing to ambush a certain target.

"Huzi, who are we going to attack this time?" Long Yufei asked.

Huzi looked around, there was no other person, and then whispered to Long Yufei: "Mr. Long, we have received news that the treasure ship of the Spanish governor in Luzon is going to return to China in the next two days. So the big boss led us here, ready to do a big one! ”

"The treasure ship of the Spanish governor in Luzon?" Long Yufei was dumbfounded. Spain is an old colonial power! Although it has declined over the years, how can ordinary pirates deal with it? Besides, the treasure ship of the Spanish governor in Luzon was most likely a warship. Can the pirates of Flying Fish Island rely on these small boats to deal with warships? He thinks that Luo Sangu is completely hitting a stone with an egg and letting these pirates go to death!

Long Yufei knew that the Philippines, which is now Luzon, is a country rich in mineral resources, with gold reserves ranking third in the world, copper ore reserves ranking fourth in the world, and nickel ore reserves ranking fifth in the world. At a time when independence movements in Latin America were on the rise, the Luzon colony had become Spain's most important colony. One can imagine how well defended the treasure ships of the Governor of Luzon would be. With more than 200 pirates, there is no problem in dealing with ordinary merchant ships, but when it comes to dealing with the regular army of Spain, what is the difference between that and looking for death.

"Huzi? Can we beat the regular army of Spain? Their treasure ship, most likely, is a warship! The cannon on top can wipe out our boat with a single shot! Long Yufei said.

"Don't worry! We're not dealing with a Spanish warship, it's just an armed merchant ship! The Spaniards' treasure ship had already left a month earlier, and this time it was just an armed merchant ship transporting the last unfinished treasure! I don't know when Lu Dao appeared, Luo Sangu appeared beside them and spoke.

Hearing this, Long Yufei was relieved.

"Big boss, I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to see my brothers make senseless sacrifices!" Long Yufei explained!

"I know that I won't risk my brothers' lives to die!" Luo Sangu said.

In the afternoon, a small boat flew away and reported to Luo Sangu that the target had been found. Luo Sangu immediately ordered the pirates to prepare for battle, and quickly thought about sailing to the northeast.

An hour later, a merchant ship flying the Spanish flag appeared in the distance. It was a merchant ship more than forty meters long, with three tall masts and white sails.

This merchant ship, an armed merchant ship of the Manila Chamber of Commerce, named the 'Black Pearl', was employed by the Spanish Governor in Luzon to transport a shipment of gold back to Spain. In order to ensure the safety of this batch of gold, the Spanish army in Luzon arranged more than 20 soldiers to protect it. In addition, this armed merchant ship also has two 6-pounder guns and four 4-pounder guns, which is no problem at all to deal with ordinary pirates!

"Captain Carlos, Captain, please come over!" A sailor approached Carlos, a captain of the Spanish Army.

"Did something happen?" Captain Carlos asked.

"We may have run into pirates!" Said the sailor.

"Pirates? Second Lieutenant Karl, get your men ready for battle! Let those damn pirates know we're awesome! "Captain Carlos immediately gave the order, and then, led by the sailors, went to the wheelhouse!

The captain of the armed merchant ship 'Black Pearl' was a bearded Spaniard in his thirties, and his ship, which had traveled between Luzon and Spain for many years, was very familiar with this route.

"Your Excellency, Captain! I think we're being targeted by pirates! However, at the speed of the Black Pearl, we can get rid of them! The captain said.

"Your Excellency, why do you want to get rid of them? Wouldn't it be better to send them all to hell? Captain Carlos said with a smile.

"But, Your Excellency, the gold on board is very important, and we don't need to make any extraneous problems!" The captain said with some concern!

"Your Excellency, the cannons on the Black Pearl can easily send those pirate ships to the bottom of the sea! My soldiers will also be responsible for keeping the ship safe! Captain Carlos insisted!

"Well, as you wish!" The captain said indifferently. He didn't take these pirates seriously, he just didn't want to do much! Since Captain Carlos wants to teach these pirates a lesson, he won't say anything more!

The 'Black Pearl' was ready for battle, and the pirates of Flying Fish Island drove more than a dozen ships of all sizes to surround the 'Black Pearl'!

"Give them flags, tell them to lay down their arms and surrender, we can spare their lives!" When the distance between the two sides was only more than two thousand meters, Luo Sangu ordered!

However, the Black Pearl did not respond to the pirates' flags.

"Boom!" A dull explosion rang out, and black smoke rose from both sides of the Black Pearl. When the pirates' ship was just over a thousand meters away from the Black Pearl, the cannons on the Black Pearl opened fire!

Under the action of kinetic energy, the solid projectile flew into the distance and smashed on the surface of the sea, splashing a column of water.

The cannons of the Spaniards did not frighten the pirates, but inspired them to be ferocious. A few small boats were speeding towards the Black Pearl, and the shirtless pirates with steel knives were still shouting at the bow of the ship.

"Boom!" A solid cannonball hit a pirate's boat, and the 6-pound shell fell at high speed, and the pirates on the bow of the ship were instantly killed, and the two people were smashed on the spot, and the bow of the ship was smashed into a large hole. The wooden hull could not withstand the attack of artillery shells at all.

"Fire!" When Luo Sangu saw that her subordinates were killed, she was so angry that her face turned blue.

It's just that the pirates' artillery skills really don't dare to compliment, and several rounds of shelling in a row did not hit the target, but the pirates' small ships were sunk twice, and the pirates on board suffered heavy losses.

"Big boss! Lean in, let's kill and kill those red-haired ghosts alive! Chen San said with a fierce face.

Fighting artillery, pirates were indeed no match for the Spaniards, and they were good at hand-to-hand combat, not firearms.

Luo Sangu nodded, but her face was not very good-looking, because of this kind of play, the pirates' losses would be very large. However, I can't care about anything else now, so I can't give up this action!

The pirate ship quickly approached the Black Pearl, and the speed of both sides kept getting closer, but at the same time, the Spaniards were hitting more and more of the shelling. Pirate ships are constantly being hit, and there are many casualties on the pirate's side!

Finally, a pirate ship approached the Black Pearl, and two iron claws flew up from the ship, grabbing the side of the Black Pearl, and several brave pirates climbed along the rope to the ship. However, as soon as they jumped on board, they found that the Spanish soldiers were already waiting for them.

"Fire!" Captain Carlos gave the order with a hideous face!

"Bang! Bang! Bang! "The Spaniards' rifles opened fire, and several pirates who had just climbed aboard the 'Black Pearl' were shot on the spot!

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