Chapter 64 Tsushima Strait

The Tsushima Strait was the busiest trade route in East Asia when players were not yet able to sail far, connecting the countries with the high profits of trade between countries and domestic offshore trade. With most of the seafaring players in Goryeo Province and all the seafaring players in Kyushu Island in Fuso Province, plus a large number of player captains from Fuso Honshu and Shikoku, the long ocean trading fleet is connected in a long line of ships in the narrow Tsushima Strait.

The booming maritime trade has bred the emergence of pirates, especially in the narrow waters of the Tsushima Strait, and the cross-border crimes of neighboring pirates in the coastal waters of Fuso and Goryeo have increased the difficulty of the navy to clear the pirates.

Robbery, rebellion of naval battles are staged in this sea area all the time, but the lure of profit has made a large number of players still invest in the ocean trade one after another, and the captain players are constantly learning how to protect themselves in the battle, and uniting together to form a large fleet of collective actions can effectively shock the pirates, and build up fleets one by one. The pirates are also keeping pace with the times, and the excitement of naval battles attracts more captain players to join the pirate team, and the ever-growing pirate groups set off a larger-scale battle for the sea.

The maritime merchants once again changed their tactics from confrontation to cooperation, and used a part of their profits to win over their own pirates, and the pirates quickly split into two camps: the Goryeo pirates and the Fuso pirates. With the support of the maritime merchants, the pirates' equipment soon followed, and the previous small sailing ship group began to appear sloops, and the two major pirate groups faced each other, and the intensity of the naval battle escalated again.

The sun rises in the east and it is the beginning of a busy day, but in fact, the Tsushima Strait is not divided into day and night, and ships in pursuit of money are shuttling all the time.

Lee Yoo-tae is a member of the powerful Star Pirate Regiment among the Korean pirates. As a group of pirates with more than 100 members and as many as four sloops, the STAR pirate group controls a route in the Tsushima Strait, and all merchant ships sailing on this route must pay a certain amount of protection money before they can sail, and the members of the STAR pirate group patrol the route back and forth to ensure the safety of the route.

This is a compromise made by the pirates after several rounds of scuffle and heavy losses on all sides, with large groups of pirates opening their own safe routes to collect protection fees, and players who don't want to pay can choose other routes, but where the pirates focus on taking care of them. However, the sea is so big, it is impossible for pirates to defend everything, and there are still many players who are unwilling to pay a lot of protection fees and take risks.

Lee Yo-tae's task is to find these players and gather his accomplices who are doing the same work around him to teach these players a hard lesson. He searched the southern part of the Tsushima Strait in his small sailboat, the empty sea in stark contrast to the strait, and he observed the sea boredly while recalling the chief's speech yesterday.

Calls for the removal of pirates are growing stronger in the country, and the big groups are slowly becoming uncooperative. Looting and collecting protection money may seem like a non-starter, but the wealth captured by the pirates through various means is quickly consumed in various battles, which is far less fast than the accumulation of funds by trade. And those chambers of commerce and organizations are now all fat, naturally thinking about how to solve pirates to make the most profits, for example, the star pirate group has begun to find it difficult to buy small sailboat drawings in the hands of the chamber of commerce.

Recently, a group of players with territories approached the Star Pirate Group in hopes of recruiting them, and there were signs of division within the Star Pirate Group. Of course, some people hope to rely on a large force, especially a guild with a strong injection of real funds, so that it is simple to quickly absorb nutrients and grow rapidly; While the other part of the people have a fanatical obsession with the profession of piracy, thinking that robbery and fighting are the sailing that men play, what is so terrible about being surrounded and suppressed, the sea is so big, where can you not go?

Li Youtai tends to join a large guild, and there is no personal emotional factor, and it is completely a forced idea. It was lucky for him to be able to become a captain, but the poor net worth was sad for a captain, a small sailing ship could not play a role in the hands of Li Youtai, he could not even equip enough cannonballs and gunpowder to go to sea, and joining the pirates was also the last helplessness to be robbed of funds. If you can take refuge in a large guild, even if you can't become a key training object, as long as you become a member of the escort fleet, you will have a certain commission to get, and by the way, you will not live this life of insecurity. Maybe one day his little sailing ship will be sunk, and then he won't even have the money to rebuild the ship.

Li Youtai, who had made up his mind in his heart, decided that no matter how the Star Pirate Group decided in the end, he would definitely find a large guild to recommend himself after landing this time, and he would never do this kind of sentry ship that pirates couldn't get much money at the bottom again.

The peaceful day he was looking forward to did not come true, and Li Youtai soon received a call from his accomplices: "All the members of the Star Pirate Regiment are supporting the southern :*coordinates of the Tsushima Strait, and the Fuso pirates have crossed the border to rob, this time they must be let know how powerful our Star Pirate Regiment of the Great Goryeo Kingdom is." ”

This kind of fighting is common in the Tsushima Strait, and the narrow sea area makes it easy for pirates to chase after fat sheep, and it is inevitable that the pirates on both sides will fight.

Although he decided not to be a pirate again, Li Youtai did not dare not participate in this battle. The pirates and the Chamber of Commerce are not old and dead, and once Li Youtai's non-fighting matter is exposed to the forum, it is estimated that all the guilds will not dare to use him in the future. Spit out his bad luck today, Li Youtai turned the bow of the ship and rushed to the place of battle.

Arriving at the place of battle, the pirates on both sides had already engaged in a scuffle with more than twenty small sailing ships, and the fat sheep had long since disappeared. It's a matter of face and honor, the whereabouts of the fat sheep are no longer concerned by the pirates, and the Star Pirate Group has the ability to collect protection money in the Tsushima Strait, relying on the strength of daring to fight.

The other party is also a powerful pirate group in Fuso Country, this time the pursuit of merchant ships accidentally crossed the line and was discovered by the same sentinel ship as Li Youtai, and the battle began, and then as the two sides called for support, the scale of the battle continued to expand.

The small sailing ships in the battlefield are fighting separately, the four small cannons "bang bang bang ......" are very happy, and the limited power of the cannonballs is difficult to cause too much damage to the thin small sailing ship hull, so far no ship has been sunk, but the players are deeply intoxicated by this fierce and exciting battle, and even the wealthy players actually started the war song.

"This is also called naval warfare......?" Lee You-tae, who has always been an idol of the famous Goryeo general Yi Sunsin, complained again in his heart, this chaotic battle without a sense of art, although it will eventually end with the victory of the convenient Star pirate group with numbers, but it can't hide this ugly process, naval battle is to use a neat row of artillery to catch the opponent's ship and fight to the death, it is better to sink one than to damage the enemy's ten ships, as long as the firepower can be concentrated together to form a local firepower advantage, plus a certain tactic, it is not impossible for a weak fleet to defeat a strong fleet. Just like a naval battle fought by the Han people in the Bohai Sea, the tactics of the maritime fleet of Qingzhou University were highly respected by Li Youtai, and the battle videos were watched over and over again to learn their tactics and tactics.

Although he knew that he couldn't do anything, Li Youtai still shouted in the regional channel: "The friends of the newly arrived Star Pirate Regiment should not rush into the battlefield first, and line up close to me." ”

As expected, someone immediately scolded: "Line up, the main sloop will arrive immediately, and they all hurry into the battlefield, and entangle this helper to stop them from running away." ”

The little people are like this, they are humble and soft-spoken, Li Youtai laughed self-deprecatingly and drove the small sailboat into the battlefield, dodged when he was beaten, and put a round of cold artillery when it was safe, so as not to make people think that he was fighting passively, and also saved gunpowder and shells as much as possible, anyway, the battle would end when the main ship of the pirate regiment arrived. Of course, the sloop of the Star Pirate Regiment will not wipe out the other side as the man said, there are dhows like the Fuso pirates, and the sloops at this time are a deterrent, if the two sides do not want to start a full-scale war and risk the sinking of the sloop, they will definitely not engage in a sloop confrontation, at most, the two sides will fight against each other, warn each other and then withdraw their troops.

The situation really progressed according to Li Youtai's imagination, and when the dhow warships of both sides arrived, the battle ended instantly, and the small sailing ships surrounded the various capital ships, and the regional channels began a scolding battle on the screen.

This is not the naval battle in my mind at all, this is a disgrace to our Goryeo Navy, and when did the Fusang people be so timid, didn't they admire the sacrificial spirit of the katana before? Hiding behind the Grand Fleet, Lee You-tae despised the pirates of the two countries, completely forgetting who had just failed to contribute to the passive battle.

The battle of minions gradually subsided, and now that was the time when the minds of both sides were talking about the scene and then retreating, no one paying attention to the rapid arrival of a fleet from the southern waterline.

Li Youtai, who had no enthusiasm for such a battle, first discovered this fleet, four battleships lined up, three two-masted battleships took the lead, and the bulging sails carried the battleship quickly, and finally a military fortune ship, with three hard sails adjusted to the angle of the most wind force and followed closely behind.

This fleet did not play any flags, and the Fu Ship, as an ancient and mature ship of the Han Dynasty, has been imitated by East and Southeast Asian countries, so it is impossible to judge the belonging of this fleet, but the pressure brought by the three brigs still makes Li Youtai feel a little uneasy.

The approach of the unknown fleet finally attracted the attention of the player pirates, and the entire sea area instantly quieted down, and the players kept restraint and did not dare to make any moves, this is obviously the NPC naval fleet, they will support their own players in the player's battle, but this fleet without a flag, no one dares to judge its belonging, in case it is the opponent's navy, it will definitely be a disaster for their own side. Anyway, everyone is not a mortal enemy, there is no need to do gambling that may destroy themselves, as long as everyone is not hostile, with the NPC's nosy personality, they will soon drive over.

Li Youtai looked at the unknown fleet that was getting closer and closer, and his eyes revealed a fanaticism that did not match his temperament, the brig is the regular force of the navies of various countries, and the player's baby-like dhow is like a child compared to it. The tall hull, the cloud-like sails, and the dense and hideous muzzles of the guns, this is the battleship he dreamed of, this is what a man should play, and you can imagine how spectacular it would be for such a battleship to line out of battle and fire at the same time.

Wait a minute...... Battle Lines! Cannon!

Only then did Li Youtai realize that the fleet was reducing the distance of his ships, the gun doors had been opened, and the muzzles of the black holes were poking out, which was a gesture of preparing for shelling.

The other pirates were still disguised as ostriches, perhaps lamenting the strength of the fleet, but no one realized that they had been targeted.

Lee Yo-tae quickly typed on the regional channel, but it was too late. The fleet had reached the most comfortable position within the effective range, and the ships that had stopped motionless on the surface of the sea became their easiest targets.

"Boom Boom ......"

The chorus of dozens of real naval guns made Li Youtai, who was accustomed to hearing small sailing cannons, squat down and cover his ears, and the dense cannonballs crossed the parabola to cover this side, Li Youtai did not have a little fear in his heart, but the deepest excitement in his heart. He controlled his muscles trembling with excitement, and tried to look at the thick clouds of gunpowder smoke on the opposite side, "This is the naval battle, this is the addictive sound, this is the game I want, this is the man's battle ......"

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