When the Zhoushui Alliance was undergoing a large-scale equity transformation and military power transformation, thousands of miles away on the Shandong Peninsula, this skeleton pirate gang became famous for its wanton looting of merchant ships.

This pirate gang drove 10 light pirate fighting ships and unscrupulously haunted the coastal areas of Yantai and Weihai, charging 10% and 0% tolls when they caught merchant ships. There was no strong naval fleet in these two places, and the cabin ships and sailing ships of ordinary caravans could not compete with fighting ships like them, which were specially used for combat. As a result, the group of pirates made a fortune by looting merchant ships, paying off half of the debt they owed for the purchase of ten light pirate fighting ships from the Zhoushui Alliance.

At the same time, the fame of the skeleton pirates also caused the major chambers of commerce on the Shandong Peninsula to start strengthening their armed forces and hiring more troops to protect the fleet.

At 5 o'clock on April 10, Weihai, a glimmer of dawn had just appeared in the sky.

Taking advantage of the dawn fog covering the coast of the Yellow Sea, the ten fighting ships of the Skeleton Pirates quietly arrived at Blackfish Island in Weihai and lurked in a harbor on Blackfish Island, preparing to wait for the dawn to suddenly attack and rob the merchant ships in Weihai.

A few pirate leaders, such as the Grey Raven, were on the flagship, while the rest of the leaders were in command of the other nine pirate ships.

Holding his bronze sword, he sat lazily on the captain's throne of the flagship, and shouted to the group of mentally exhausted pirate players around him, "Brothers, cheer up, be vigilant, and don't scare the fish away." Other players say we're insatiable. Just robbing doesn't produce, but how do they know that we are working hard?! Look at us people, one by one, we get up early and are greedy for darkness, and we start to prepare for action in the middle of the night, hungry and full, and half tired to death in order to support our families. Those who are lucky can grab a little bit of subsistence, and those who are unlucky will be planted with one heel. You say, 'Is it easy?' ”

"It's not easy!"

Dozens of pirate players shouted loudly one by one. They were all in rags. The animal skin clothes were shabby, and even the weapons in their hands included stone, bronze, and bronze tools, and the types were "complete", and there was everything. It's not that pirates are rich, in fact, most pirate players are very poor, not even ordinary players.

"That's it!"

I stood up and shouted. "It's not easy for us. But pirates exist, this is the law of survival. Where there are big fish, there must be small fish, and where there are wolves, there are sheep. Unfortunately, we just eat sheep and wolves, and specially select the weakest sheep to eat, so as to maintain the vitality of the sheep and promote the evolution of the sheep. If only there were no wolves. Sheep will flood and eat up the grasslands. We exist to make the world healthier and more progressive. I love robbery! Long live the robbery! The Skeleton Pirate business is bound to achieve great victory! I jumped to my feet, stood on the throne, held aloft my bronze sword, and roared excitedly.

The pirate players on the entire pirate ship looked at each other: the boss began to soar again, and when it came time to rob, he was like a madman. It has to be said that this is an effective means of stimulation. Many pirate players also shouted excitedly, "Long live the robbery!" Long live the Skeleton Pirate Army! ”

Roar on the flagship. Infected other fighting ships. Moments before the robbery was carried out, the morale of the entire pirate fleet was high for a while.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the sky is getting brighter.

At this time, some merchant ships had already left the port of Weihai and headed for Yantai, Laizhou Bay, Qingdao, Lianyungang and other places.

There are a large number of garrisons in Weihai Port, although there is no fleet of fighting ships, but there are many sailors who operate boats. The pirate fleet, which is self-serving, does not dare to get too close, so it can only carry out quick raids along the way. Run when you're done.

Four or five pirate scouts leave the pirate fleet's hiding place in a small boat. When you come to Weihai Port, you can use a pair of 8x binoculars to watch the entry and exit of ships in Weihai Port from afar. The telescope was also bought from the Zhoushui Alliance. 1,000 copper coins were bought for a total of 15 pairs, one for each pirate battleship, and the other 5 for pirate scouts. It's a must-have for pirate robbery, and it's expensive, but it's definitely easy to use. Their pirate gang can frequently rob successfully, and most of them rely on this thing, otherwise it would not be so easy to succeed.

A pirate player carefully looked at the port through the binoculars, and more than twenty minutes passed before jumping up in surprise, "Large fleet, there is a group of dozens of sailing ships coming out of the port, sailing in the southeast direction, it should be going to Qingdao." Haha, let's just hijack three or two of them, and we can make another one! ”

Several other pirate players were overjoyed and hurriedly grabbed the binoculars to look.

"Yes, a large sailing fleet indeed. Such a fleet must have carried a lot of good things on a long voyage. ”

"Quick, go back and report immediately!"

The four or five pirate scouts hurriedly rowed their boats back to the harbor where the pirate fleet was lurking on Blackfish Island a few miles away, and reported to us about the situation of the sailing fleet.

Rejoicing at the information, I ordered the pirate fleet to set sail and follow the sailing fleet.

The pirate fleet headed in a southeasterly direction without haste. There is no need to follow too closely, go southeast, there is only one route, in the vast sea, such a huge prey cannot be lost.

They did not intend to carry out the robbery immediately, but were hundreds of miles away from the Weihai Sea before they started. In this way, they can avoid exposing their rules of conduct as much as possible, so that the sailboat does not know when they are targeted. If you make a move near Weihai, then it is easy for the merchant ships to see through the law of action and deliberately set up an ambush with bait. This is the experience of their pirate gang after a long period of robbery.

The sailing ships and fighting ships were very fast, and at about 10 o'clock in the morning, they arrived at the area of Haidonkey Island, which was a hundred miles away. Hailu Island is the most cutting-edge inflection point of the Shandong Peninsula. After passing here, the route changes to the southwest.

I went my own way and decided to carry out the robbery.

Ten pirate ships are fully added, and the sailing ship is quickly pursued.

Although they are all dhows, cargo sailboats are much slower because of the pursuit of higher loads, wide bottoms, and much slower sailing. Because of the needs of combat, the light fighting ship has a light load, and the design of the bottom of the ship is narrower, and the progress is faster.

After crossing Sea Donkey Island, it took just over an hour for the pirate fighter to catch up with the large caravan of sailing ships with dozens of sailing ships. At first, the fleet was a little far apart, and the large galleon did not react, thinking that the ten sailing ships behind were other merchant ships. But the players of this large sailing ship are a little strange as to why the other party's boat is running so fast and can catch up with them.

1. From only being able to see some vague shadows of sailboats, to being able to see the general appearance of the other party's ships. The players on the last ship of the merchant fleet finally became terrified, and the ships they were chasing after were skeletal sails. It was the players of the Skeleton Pirate Fleet Merchant Ships, which had recently become famous in the Shandong Peninsula area, running loudly on the deck and shouting, "Oh no, it's a Skeleton Pirate!" "Quick, sail, don't be caught up by them!" "Pull all the NPC soldiers onto the ship's armor, quick, don't rub it off!" "Inform the other sailing ships ahead, the pirates are coming after you! Have the brothers in front come over and help snipe and stop them from getting on the boat. ”

In contrast to the horror of merchant ship players, the pirate players on the pirate fighting ship stood on the deck and yelled excitedly, wielding hunting bows, stone spears, and bronze weapons in their hands.

I took the binoculars and looked at the frightened players on the sailboat in the distance, with a satisfied smile on my face, and raised my arms and shouted: "Brothers, chase, pull the biggest sail, plus, add all your strength!" We're about to catch up, and after this deal, we'll have more pirate ships in the future! We will become the most powerful pirate fleet in the Yellow Sea! ”

Pirate players are about to catch their prey, and they are full of motivation, and while letting the NPC pirates row hard, they pull the sails and chase hard.

Because of the ship, the two fleets are quickly closing the distance.

Ten pirate fighters had already chased the tail of this fleet of twenty or thirty sailing ships, and the two sides were no more than a few hundred meters apart.

"Boom!"

The pirate fighter shot a huge crossbow, but unfortunately it was too far away to miss, and it only flew less than 100 meters before falling into the sea, which was still far from the target, and there was a bang, splashing a large wave. The players on the sailboat were in no mood to laugh at the pirate's head, and they turned pale in horror at the power of the crossbow.

Fighting ships have extremely high defense, have little combat power, and rely entirely on the loaded weapons to function. These pirate ships are equipped with two giant crossbows at the highest point on the top, which are designed for long-range fire. Other than that, it completely depends on the soldiers carried on the fighting ship.

The pirates were poorly armed, mostly hunting bows, with a range of only fifteen paces, and could only shoot arrows from the shooting holes if they were close to the sailing ship. However, although the range was very short, they purchased a large number of bronze arrows from the Zhoushui Alliance, and the lethality was guaranteed. I didn't have the money to buy a large number of fine war bows, so I had to buy these cheaper bronze arrows.

The fighting ship is protected by a female wall, and it is difficult for archers to be shot when they hide inside. And the soldiers of ordinary sailing ships all stood on the deck without any protection, and a single shot was a large area. With this advantage, one fighting ship can easily challenge the siege of five or six sailing ships.