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Brian paddled his arms vigorously under the big waves, paddling towards the beach dozens of meters away, and finally rushed onto the beach with the help of a swell. He spit out the mud and sand in his mouth and lay on the beach weakly.

He was a British businessman who had organized a small fleet from England to South Africa two months earlier. Although the alliance of players in Africa's Big 6 is full of voices that exclude European players, South Africa is not exclusive, there are many players of white European ancestry, and they will not target Europe, but join forces with European players to carve up the local market.

He started out on ten small sailing boats, sold British-made goods to South African players, and then returned to England from South Africa loaded with gold, diamonds, lead, copper, and other minerals, and in this way he soon made more money.

But it didn't take long for this trade to become unprofitable, as too many merchant players entered the industry.

Fortunately, he immediately found a more lucrative business - selling ships. With the increase in trade between South Africa and Europe, there was a shortage of sailing ships, and the profits from selling them far outstripped of reselling minerals. He exchanged all the money in his hand for sailboats, and began to sell ships, and soon became one of the famous ship dealers in South Africa.

During this time, Indian shipbuilders became his strongest competitors. He united with other English, Dutch, and French merchants. He hired a group of pirates and mercenaries, dealt a heavy blow to the Indian shippers, drove them out of South Africa, and made him Brian's reputation. But the good times did not last long, the Indians did not leave for long, and the Chinese are now coming again. And the competitiveness of Chinese ships is even more terrifying than India's.

In any case, he will never let the Chinese snatch the rice bowl from his hands. A tactic that was once used on Indian shipbuilders. He used them on Chinese shipbuilders as well. As long as he can drive the Chinese shippers away, he can do whatever it takes.

But he did not expect these Chinese merchants to fight back so fiercely, three days ago he had lectured a group of Chinese merchants, and today he crossed the Cape of Good Hope with a large fleet of ships to be sold to Port Elizabeth. When they passed the Cape of Good Hope, they were suddenly ambushed by a pirate army, and before the fleet could recover from its senses, hundreds of merchant ships were sunk by artillery fire.

Revenge, this is definitely revenge! There could be no one other than the Chinese businessmen who would have resorted to such a crazy act of revenge.

Brian rubbed his sour arm. Staggered to his feet, ready to leave for Cape Town. ^^^^ there was a British fleet there, and he wanted to teach these pirate troops some lessons, as well as these Chinese merchants.

"Brian!"

Cries for help were heard in the sea.

Blair was startled and looked out into the sea, only to see a Dutch player doing business with him rushing over in the waves.

"Dumbledore!"

He hurriedly jumped into the water and rescued the Dutch player. "Dumbledore, it's great that you're still alive. Let's go to Cape Town together. Dumbledore went ashore in disarray. The two of them walked on the beach with each other.

Suddenly, Dumbledore pointed to the surface of the sea in horror. I saw several gunboats breaking through the waves and driving on the sea hundreds of meters away, and the muzzles and muzzles of the black holes were aimed at them. Boom! A shell landed just over a few dozen meters away from them, flying sand in all directions.

The two of them didn't have time to feel lucky, just listen to bang, bang, bang! It was torn to shreds under the dense fire of muskets.

Cape Town, South Africa.

Brian, Dumbledore and others came to the base camp of the fleets of various countries in South Africa, where a large number of mercenary fleets from Britain, the Netherlands, and Portugal gathered. \ These fleets do not have a unified command, as long as you give money, they will help you do things. Whether it's a bodyguard escort. Or robbery, arson, and murder. Occasional incidents of mutual conflict have occurred. Of course, if you encounter a foreign enemy. These fleets are often twisted together to engage in military cooperation.

However, when Brian offered revenge on the Chinese merchant player to the leader of a British mercenary fleet, he was unexpectedly refused.

Brian was furious, "Is the money I give you every month just to hear your rejection at a critical time?" ”

The leader was silent and said, "Brian, including your fleet, has received more than thirty attacks on the European fleet today. The Chinese naval fleet has landed in the port of Maputo in the Kingdom of Mozambique, the port of Durban and Port Elizabeth in South Africa6, and the eastern coastline of South Africa is no longer our territory. What you encounter is their forward fleet. ”

Brian's face changed drastically, "The Chinese want to start an all-out war with us?" ”

The leader nodded and said, "The war has begun, and this is no longer a matter of one fleet, but a challenge for all European players. Now that all the European fleets west of the Cape of Good Hope are preparing for this war, my fleet cannot act alone at this time. As for when the war will start, I think a decision will be made at the round table. He patted Brian on the shoulder and left.

Brian hasn't come back to his senses for a long time, and the Chinese fleet has already boarded 6 in Port Elizabeth? In that case, you won't be able to do business there for the time being. The leaders of the mercenary fleets of six European countries, including Spain and Portugal, held a short round table. The meeting unanimously decided to send a sternly worded note to China's Indian Ocean Command, demanding that the Chinese side compensate the European businessmen who had been attacked and withdraw from South Africa. Otherwise, it's war.

At the same time, the fleet of the six countries also began a joint military operation. With Cape Town as the center, a fleet was dispatched to the east of the Cape of Good Hope to clear out pirates and the Chinese pioneer fleet operating in the Cape of Good Hope.

The strength of the fleets of the six countries is different, among which the Dutch fleet is the most powerful. The Dutch fleet was weak in Europe's big 6, and could not compete with Britain, France, Germany and other powers, and was squeezed out, but they operated South Africa as their second nest. So in South Africa, on the contrary, the Dutch fleet is the strongest, accounting for about 40% of the total number of ships.

In second place was the British fleet. The main force of the British fleet is in the waters near Gibraltar and Morocco, and the French fleet competes for control of Gibraltar, so its strength in South Africa is not high, accounting for about 20% of the total number of ships. ^^^^

France, Spain, Portugal, and the strength of their fleets are basically deployed in the waters near Gibraltar and Morocco, which is about 50%. The main force of the German fleet was in Europe, and there was little interest in South Africa, so the strength was the weakest, accounting for less than 5%.

In addition, there is the fleet of South Africa's own players.

The coastline of South Africa has long been under the control of players in the six European countries, and has been reduced to vassals of the six countries. The number of South African warships was not large, and it was very close to the British fleet and was under the control of the British fleet. Combined, the British and South African fleets were approximately equal to the strength of the Dutch fleet.

It belongs to the South African player's own army, which is mainly the 6th Army.

The note from the six countries was quickly sent to the commander of the Chinese fleet in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

This person is the general of the Chinese Indian Ocean Commander Sea Soul, who slashes the mad demon with a sword, and is ordered to come to South Africa to escort Chinese merchant players. The note of the six-nation fleet, he did not pay attention to it at all. He came here to fight European merchants, how could he compensate European merchants for their losses?

He also sent a note to the fleets of the six European powers, demanding that the navies of the six countries hand over the culprits of the attack on the Chinese caravan and double the compensation for the losses of all Chinese merchants who had been accidentally attacked in the waters near South Africa. Otherwise only gunboats can speak.

Words are not speculative for more than half a sentence.

The demands of the two sides are so far apart that there is little room for negotiated compromise.

In the waters of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, the atmosphere quickly became tense. A small reconnaissance fleet consisting of several or dozens of warships from the European and Asian fleets frequently attacked caravan ships from other countries on the sea of hundreds of kilometers, and immediately exchanged fire when encountered.

Within a few days, the route was completely cut off in a military conflict, and the Cape of Good Hope-Cape Agulhas became a dead sea, and merchant ships were no longer seen passing by. The navigation lines of the east and west of Africa were completely cut off.

And a naval battle on a larger scale is brewing.

Things couldn't get any good, and China's Indian Ocean Command began to increase its troops in Port Elizabeth. It also gathered the fleets of more than 20 Asian countries in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia and stationed in Port Elizabeth.

At the moment, there are no naval battles in the Indian Ocean.

To the east of the Indian Ocean is Southeast Asia, which is China's big backyard and very safe.

To the west of the Indian Ocean are the countries of the Middle East, which are fighting against the Crusader fleet from the Mediterranean, and will not challenge China's position at this time. And the Chinese naval fleet also wants to go deep into the Middle East too early and get involved in the war between the Middle East and the Crusader fleet.

To the southwest of the Indian Ocean is Africa 6, with many small countries, none of which dares to go to war with the Chinese naval fleet. Looking around the Indian Ocean, China's Indian Ocean Command had a feeling of drawing its sword and looking around, and there was no other enemy in sight to deal with except for the need to watch out for the Indian fleet.

The current strategic situation of the Chinese fleet is very safe and good, and it can easily dispatch enough fleets to rush to South Africa and seize South Africa with the fleets of the six European countries. Thousands of gunboats were dispatched to the South African ports.

In contrast, the European fleet of the six countries is in a much worse position. The navies of the six European countries are constantly fighting each other in Gibraltar, and they are at war in the Middle East and Arab countries, and they have a bad relationship with most African countries, and at the same time, they are facing three major enemies, and their military forces are seriously dispersed, and they cannot concentrate their naval fleets to come to South Africa to participate in the war. The lack of reinforcements is their biggest weakness.

On 15 February, the fleets of the six European countries saw that the number of Chinese warships was increasing, and the total number of warships of the six countries had passed, and finally they could not hold back and decided to go to Port Elizabeth to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese fleet. If there is no more war, it will not take ten days and half a month, but I am afraid that they will have no chance to make a move at all.