In the sea off Luzon, the blue waves rise and fall.

Suddenly, dozens of plumes of smoke rose from the end of the Ichiki sea, and a fleet of ships flying the Hawaiian flag and Pacific Cargo logo shattered the calm and sped towards the waves.

Tan Wang stood on the high part of the bridge, looking at the two dhows that were squeezed into the rear fleet, and he was a little nervous.

With the entry of the Pacific Army into the Ryukyus, the young master set off a boom in the development of the Ryukyus, and the Nanyang route he managed became more and more important. Timber, iron, rubber, and even tobacco are all urgently needed materials, in response to this situation, Lin Yongxiang also vigorously developed Nanyang shipping, and even put more than half of the transport ships bought from the fleet into this route.

Originally, the fleet did not need him, the person in charge of the South Seas, to escort it personally, but recently bandits have been rampant in this sea area, and there have been frequent reports of ship destruction and death, and there has been an incident last time, so he has to be vigilant and adopt the local method of centralized escort.

This fleet consists of ten large ships, six of which are the most urgently needed pig iron raw materials, and the other two large ships are also loaded with tobacco, rubber and other important materials, and the bottom bilge of this new freighter just bought from Italy is loaded with several tons of gold collected from all over the South Seas, which can be used by the Government Council to take special care of the red goods used for the construction of the future bank!

Such a huge amount of money, not to mention him, even the Government Council in Honolulu also attaches great importance to it, although the navy is not allowed to enter the South Seas to escort under the strict order of the young master, but still sent a modified gunboat from the Ryukyus to protect.

Although there were gunboats to escort them, and the four Pacific Army-standard 37mm rapid-fire machine guns and steel hulls on them were enough to deter pirates who relied on small boats and muskets, Tan Wang was not very reassured. Especially now that the Pacific Army has strongly intervened in the Far East, defeated Yuben, forcibly occupied the Ryukyus, and blackmailed tens of millions, I don't know how many people have red eyes and ears, and they can't wait to pounce on it and take a bite, so even if a gunboat cruises next to the fleet, it follows closely like a faithful hound, which does not make Tan Wang feel at ease.

In addition, piracy has been rampant recently, and since the fleet went to sea, small ships have been joining the formation to drag it to the end, hoping to scare away pirates with the huge fleet size of Pacific Cargo.

In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the South China Seas, and there are often lone ships following large fleets or foreign ships around, using this way to avoid pirates. After all, this is a business of running the sea, who can guarantee that there will be no three disasters and six disasters in the future, and the convenience of others is not an empty word, so this has become an unwritten rule, as long as it does not threaten the safety of the fleet, everyone will turn a blind eye and will not take the initiative to expel those ships that are lonely.

Perhaps it is because Pacific Freight is becoming more and more famous, and scattered ships continue to join along the way, which makes Tan Wang's eyebrows tighter and tighter. Fortunately, the fleet had left the offshore sea at this moment, and for the pirates who relied on the muskets of the sailboats, the danger of the waves in the open sea was not much less than that of machine guns and cannons.

But he didn't know that at this moment, on a seemingly ordinary small boat behind him, a young man of about thirty years old, dressed in the costume of a student, was looking at his fleet from the cabin with a hideous expression.

Behind the young man, several people in kimonos stood solemnly left and right, holding long knives, looking at the young man's eyes full of admiration and respect.

It is said that this is a country with a strict sense of hierarchy, and the concept of respect and inferiority in this country is very clear, even after the end of the shogunate period, but the ronin, as a samurai similar to rangers and lone travelers, has always regarded himself as the emperor's own soldiers, and there is no room for ordinary people in his eyes. At this moment, they would show humility to a young man who looked like an ordinary person in appearance and bearing, and would be surprised if others saw it.

The young man didn't seem to see the expressions of the ronins, stared at the large fleet of Pacific freight in front of him, looked at two of the new freighters that had not even been completely scraped clean with the original name of the ship, and squeezed his fist fiercely, before turning his head and asking the ronin who looked like the leader, "Harumami-kun, is everything arranged?" ”

"Your Excellency Ensign, rest assured, I have already sold that gunboat to those pirates, and now that they have warship cannons, and they are blinded by wealth, I believe that this moment should have arrived!"

While the young man nodded to express his satisfaction, a sadness flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Harumami-kun, I am no longer a second lieutenant in the Imperial Army, you can call me Akashi-kun, or call me by my name, Akashi Genjiro!" ”

"Hey!" Harukami nodded in response, but he wondered a little in his heart, why did Akashi Genjiro not let go of a good second lieutenant, but he came to the South Seas to plan an attack on the fleet of the Pacific Cargo Company? And where did he get the gunboats? Not all of the Imperial Navy have been .......

Before Harugami finished thinking about it, he felt as if his face was hung by a sharp blade, and he quickly raised his head, and found that Akashi Genjiro's eyes had already locked him, and he was not afraid of heaven and earth, and he was not afraid of these two sharp eyes like substance, and his heart trembled when he didn't come.

"Harusami-kun, as a samurai of the Great Empire, you should know the situation in the country at this moment! I don't want to say anything more, I just want to tell you that what I have done, what you are doing at the moment, everything is for the Empire! ”

"Hey!" Hearing this, not only Harumami, but even the ronins next to him also straightened their waists and were full of fanaticism.

Genjiro Akashi slowly turned around, his eyes flew to the Pacific Cargo Company fleet in front of him, and remembered what Mr. Fukushima Yasuyu said when he touched his shoulder when he set off.

"Although the Empire lost the war, the entire nation felt that the Empire had been cornered. But in my opinion, this is not an opportunity! Fukushima's gaze seemed to penetrate time and space, and his voice was slow and clear.

"The empire at this moment is like a tiger in a cage, watching his brothers and sisters being killed, his eyes are red but he is powerless to break the cage, what do you say the tiger will do if the cage is opened in a few years?"

"Now is the time for the tiger to sharpen his teeth and recharge his batteries! The Navy can take advantage of the total destruction of the main forces to make a new revolution, introduce the most advanced warships in the world, and catch up with the pace of the great powers! The army can also take advantage of the past few years to complete the problem of declining the quality of its troops caused by the hasty expansion of the army. ”

"What we have to do is to take advantage of the preparations for the imperial truce to weaken the opponent as much as possible and make them slow down! That's why I'm transferring you out of the army to carry out a mission, not for you to take revenge, but to weaken the enemy as much as possible! ”

"For an island regime that is the same as the Empire, but smaller and more fragmented, their lifeblood is sea routes! Go ahead! Even if you can't destroy it, you have to scratch it as much as you can and put a noose around their necks! ”

Akashi Genjiro gently stroked his shoulder, as if feeling the warmth of Fukushima Yasei's big hand pressing on his shoulder, and the corners of his mouth suddenly cold: "Are you all ready?" ”

"Yes." Harukami nodded, and was about to continue talking, when suddenly a ronin next to him questioned, "Akashi-kun, why don't we just attack the fleet ahead with those pirates?" ”

Akashi Genjiro was not annoyed by this kind of overstepping question, but pointed to the huge ocean-going freighter in front of him and the small gunboat beside him, and smiled: "Do you think that if they run away with all their might, the pirates' sailing ships will be able to catch up with these new freighters?" ”

"But didn't we sell the gunboat to the pirates? Can't you rely on gunboats? ”

"Mr. Takeda, you must know that the Empire has already ceased war with the Pacific Army, so I can't get the excellent Imperial Navy personnel to personally pilot the gunboats, and even if those rabble get the gunboats, do you think there is a chance to annihilate them?" Akashi Motojiro glared fiercely at the ronin samurai who spoke, and suddenly his voice changed: "As a samurai who has lived in the land of Taiwan China for many years, you should know that those people who run the sea all year round have a very bad habit ....... ”

The corners of Akashi Genjiro's mouth hooked: "The sea is deep and the waves are urgent, and helping each other in the same boat is the virtue of the Shina people, but it is their biggest weakness!" They are too affectionate! Speaking of this, his voice suddenly raised a few degrees, pointed to the ships around him, large and small, and said viciously: "Let those pirates do it, use these people as bait, lure that gunboat over, and tell them that all the wealth is theirs!" ”

"Let the despicable Hawaii know that my empire will never give in!" ――

Keelung.

Although the north is still cold at the moment, the southeast coastal areas are already busy with spring sowing, not to mention Taiwan, which is like spring all year round.

"Uncle Zhao, how's it going?"

Uncle Zhao is the housekeeper of the Huang family, because he was afraid that his son would have no one to take care of him, so Huang Xing asked the housekeeper to accompany him to Taiwan. Hey, if this continues, we are almost out of people! ”

Syllable!

As soon as he heard that another worker was sick, Huang Zichen was so angry that he slammed the documents in his hand on the table, as if he wanted to vent his frustration.

Entrusted by the young master, it has been more than a year since he came to Taiwan, and it stands to reason that it should be time to make achievements, and seeing that Ryukyu has been controlled by the young master, Keelung is not far from Ryukyu, and it is the time when he needs to make his own contributions, but he has no place to make his own efforts, which makes him feel frustrated.

At the beginning of the establishment of the factory, in order to cover people's eyes, he used the cover of the great oriental behavior, and recruited craftsmen from the mainland mainland, but also achieved some results, but later because the weather gradually became hot and rainy, those recruited craftsmen died of illness soon after, and the attrition was as high as 30%! Just purchasing cinchona cream from foreigners every month is more astronomical!

Therefore, the construction period of the original expectation of two years has been delayed again and again, and it is only now that the shipyard has dug two dry docks, and the machines and equipment bought at a high price are still wrapped in temporary warehouses.

Seeing that according to the original schedule, the first batch of shipwrights to study in Hawaii is coming, but not to mention the supporting factories on my side, even the machines have not been disassembled and installed, what can I do?

Seeing Huang Zichen's sad face, Uncle Zhao was also anxious, and after his lips squirmed a few times, he still said another bad news: "Young Master, there is something wrong with the piece of land we are looking at." ”

"Ground?" Huang Zichen was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered the land located outside the Keelung Port Shipyard, which was one of the few places in the port area with flat terrain, and was the base of the follow-up supporting factories and automobile factories that he had already been optimistic about. Didn't you talk to the government last year?

Uncle Zhao didn't hide it, and hurriedly said: "A few days ago, I took someone to go through the land handover procedures, but they said that this matter needs to wait for the approval of the new governor Tang before it can be handled. But in the past few days, I have received news that Lin Weiyuan has also taken a fancy to this land and is ready to buy it to build a sugarcane plantation, saying that it will be necessary to go through the procedures in these days. ”

What!

Huang Zichen couldn't sit still now, you must know that this land is related to his subsequent development here, if there is no land, the shipyard will become an island, and the supporting factories will be placed there?

Although he wanted to go to the local officials immediately to ask why he suddenly changed his hexagram, the experience of these years had already made him mature a lot, and after thinking about it, he slowly sat down.

It's not that he is willing to give up that piece of land, but that this Lin Weiyuan is not an ordinary person, not only is he the richest man in Taiwan today, but he is also a servant Siqing.

The official position of Taifu Siqing may be very unfamiliar to others, but for Huang Zichen, who is gradually familiar with the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, it makes him feel a little tricky. In terms of official rank, Taifu Siqing is not a great official, at best, he is Bi Ma Wen who raises horses for the emperor, but according to the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, this kind of official often has the opportunity to meet Tianyan and belongs to close ministers.

Even if it is a governor of the territory, he often welcomes this kind of people more, and few are willing to offend them, let alone himself, an outsider who has no background in the Qing Dynasty.

If the land is in the hands of this person, it will be very difficult to get it back, so it is necessary to take advantage of these few days. Thinking of this, Huang Zichen tugged at the fake braid on the back of his head, if it weren't for the young master's scruples, he really wanted to directly suggest that the army come over, and it would save him from having to socialize with those officials every day.

But far water can't quench the thirst of the near, even if the young master is determined to take Taiwan, it is not a matter of a day or two, so he had to grit his teeth, took out a stack of silver tickets from the drawer and handed it to Uncle Zhao: "Uncle Zhao, this is to trouble you to go to Taipei immediately, dredge and dredge, and if you have the opportunity, go to meet the new governor, no matter how much it costs, you must get this land." ”

Uncle Zhao also knew the importance of this land, and hurriedly took the silver ticket, thinking about how to help the eldest young master get the land back, and when the work started as soon as possible, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and before he could see the person clearly, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.

"Zichen, ...... are you?" ――

"Quick, go get the machine gun out!"

"Hide if it's okay."

"Full rudder left, speed up and pass, don't entangle with pirates."

Sharp whistles sounded from all over the deck, and the freighter was suddenly in chaos, perhaps to match the tension, several bullets were fired from a distance, causing a "chirp" sound on the deck.

Suddenly, one of the boatmen on deck, who had not yet had time to dodge, froze, and the bullet hit him in the neck accurately, piercing a wound the size of a bowl, and blood gushed out, staining the deck red with the fallen body.

Seeing this scene, the crew became even more nervous, and hid behind the deck, which made the approaching pirates even more rampant, and they ran to the bow of the ship and raised their bodies, shooting and scolding, and some even brandished machetes directly, which was quite terrifying.

But Tan Wang was not frightened by this momentum, but showed a contemptuous smile, and when he saw a few sturdy crew members pull out the machine guns specially equipped for each ship for this escort, he immediately shouted: "Quick, get on the bullets, kill these dogs!" ”

The crew members who had received simple training loaded the bullets with their hands and feet, and pulled the bolt, only to hear the "da-da" explosion from their ears like fried beans, and the approaching pirate ship was suddenly hit with sawdust, and several pirates standing in front with broadswords were directly torn apart by the bullets.

Probably didn't expect that there was such a strong firepower on this freighter, and the nearest pirate ship hurriedly turned its rudder to avoid it, and finally knew that this was a hard scum, and did not go around it, and rushed directly towards the ordinary small boats that were dragged behind, which made the nervous boatmen on the deck breathe a sigh of relief.

With the help of machine guns, after forcing away the nearest pirate ship, Tan Wang breathed a sigh of relief. Raising the binoculars and looking at the ship behind him in the distance, which had been following since the beginning of the departure, ready to borrow the fleet to avoid the pirates, but at this time it became the first small ship to be occupied, and always felt that something was wrong.

The pirate appeared not suddenly, and the way of following in disguise was not clever, at least he had already vaguely guessed some when the first ship was hoisted behind the fleet, and deliberately let people focus on observation, but at that time he didn't think that the pirate would do it, after all, his side was full of ocean-going ships, and there were gunboats to escort him, so he only thought that he would follow for a while, and he left when he saw that he couldn't start.

But to everyone's surprise, the pirates actually did it, and they chose this sea area, which is really unexpected!

It stands to reason that pirates like the most is the offshore, multi-island sea, where they can use the island to cover and escape as soon as possible if they miss. Therefore, he carefully selected the route of this escort, and did not take the traditional route of Luzon and Penghu to detour through the Taiwan Strait, but chose to go to the open sea, although the distance was a little farther, but most of the walking was in the open area of the deep sea, just to avoid the pirate attack, but I didn't expect them to follow here!

It's also blatantly done!

Doing business in this kind of sea area where you can see the flowers at a glance is a problem for pirates who rely on a few sail boats, how to return safely once they miss! Therefore, most pirates do not choose to enter the open sea to do business, and if this kind of place is a little poor, it is no different from dying in vain!

And the timing of the pirate choice is also strange, usually they choose to start early in the morning or evening, using the sun as a cover, now it's good, when the noon start to cut people, completely out of common sense to play cards!

Could it be that this is a group of newcomers who have just opened? Don't know the rules of the sea?

Tan Wang shook his head, looking at the pirate ship that turned around and joined the team, like a wolf into the flock, and watched them skillfully separate the fleet, chasing and beating those freighters with deep drafts, he knew that these guys were by no means rookies!

But why did they dare to attack such a large fleet in the deep sea, or in broad daylight? And the most important thing is that they have been following and following for a while and a half, and they must have seen the escort gunboats, why do they dare to do it? Do they think that with a few wooden sailboats, they can withstand the ardent bombardment of 37mm guns?!

Tan Wang was thinking about it, only to see a raging fire suddenly ignited on a passenger ship in the fleet following behind him, countless figures ran and dodged, and some people didn't even care about the consequences, and jumped directly into the sea.

"Bastard!"

Beside him, the captain of the freighter looked at the passenger ship that was on fire by the pirates, and suddenly his eyes were red and he urged fiercely, shouting: "Boss Tan, why don't you let the gunboat help!" ”

"Yes! We all have machine guns here, and those pirates don't dare to surround them anymore, so let the gunboats go! ”

"Everyone is running the sea, and they should take care of each other!"

"Yes, if people know that we will not be saved, won't it affect the reputation of our Pacific freight, and who will come to us in the future!"

Now that the captain had spoken, the large sailors and the ship's security team next to him were all shouting. Tan Wang also frowned, if he usually encountered this incident, he would definitely arrange a gunboat rescue, with the pirates' sail wooden boats, as long as the gunboats went over and fired a few cannons, it was enough to scare them away!

But as soon as I thought of the doubts just now, this order could not be exported.

"Boss Tan, give the order, otherwise those people will be killed by pirates!" Seeing another freighter on fire, the companions around him could no longer sit still.

"Report, the gunboat captain asked him to get rid of the pirates."

Hearing the report and seeing one after another cargo ships following the ships being flown by pirates, Tan Wang hesitated for a moment before he gritted his teeth and drank: "Let the gunboats go over to help them, but they are not allowed to fight!" ”

"Everyone go back, be careful!"

As soon as Tan Wang finished giving the order, the gunboat, whose eyes were already red, drew an arc like a shuttle, and the machine gun even spat out a series of tongues of fire, which immediately hit the hull of the nearest pirate ship full of holes.

Seeing that the large fleet actually sent gunboats, the remaining pirates didn't care about those small boats, and turned the rudder to evade, but to everyone's surprise, the pirates did not withdraw, but used the number and gunboats to swim away!

Seeing this scene, Tan Wang suddenly felt bad, and at this time, a voice that everyone didn't expect suddenly came!

"Report, a large number of pirates have been spotted ahead!"

A large number of pirates!

Hearing this news, everyone's hearts shook violently, and at the same time, a thought arose, and he was ambushed!

Tan Wang also hurriedly raised the binoculars, only to see more than ten large and small pirate ships suddenly appear on the sea level in the distance. There are both old-fashioned sailing wooden ships and a few converted freighters emitting black smoke. Looking back at the few pirate ships that roamed around the gunboats, even if the machine guns were cremated and splashed, he suddenly understood that they were coming for the Pacific Cargo Company!

"Let the gunboats come back at once, don't fall in love!" Almost instantly, the sea wolf fierceness that he had obtained from his father all burst out, and he suddenly pulled open his shirt and shouted angrily: "All ships keep in formation, see the flag action, don't mess up!" ”

"Rack up all the machine guns!"

"Prepare for battle!"

Thundered!

As soon as Tan Wang had arranged everything, he heard a few sharp sounds of breaking the air, and several water columns suddenly erupted around the sea, although the distance was still far away and did not threaten the fleet, but it made everyone's hearts tighten!

Cannon! It's the sound of cannons! These pirates actually have cannons?!

"Damn it! What the hell are these guys coming from? "After seeing a few fires erupting from a small iron-hulled freighter from the telescope, Tan Wang knew that this time it was probably more than lucky, although the caliber of those cannons was not scary from the caliber point of view, but through the actions of the pirates who screamed and loaded the shells, it can be seen that this is a real rear-loading naval gun, not the breech earth cannon commonly used by pirates!

Seeing that the pirates actually had cannons, the crews around them were also pale and hurriedly found a place to cover, and the captains also quickly turned the rudder to dodge, hoping to dodge the cannonballs, but they forgot that they were not driving a dexterous warship, but a slow, huge ocean-going freighter.

"Boom!"

Just as everyone was desperately dodging, a cannonball suddenly hit the outermost freighter, and suddenly made a large hole in the position of the rear bridge, not only swept several security guards and sailors into it, but also the flames instantly burst out of the cabin.

"Quick, raise the flag and ask about the situation of the Tianhai Ship!"

As soon as he saw that the ship was shot, Tan Wang's heart became even more anxious, but the problem was that for this escort, the range of the two machine guns specially equipped with each ship was too close, and they could not threaten the opponent's naval guns at all, and although the gunboats escorting him were already turning at full strength, they had already distanced themselves from the fleet due to the previous trick and could not come in time.

What to do?

Boom, boom, boom. Seeing a series of water columns exploding from the side, and the pirate ship getting closer and closer to form an encirclement, everyone was anxious, and more importantly, the fire on the outermost Tianhai Ship was getting bigger and bigger, and even the speed had slowed down a lot, what should I do now?

The fleet must not be lost!

Looking at the Tianhai Wheel where the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Tan Wang gritted his teeth suddenly: "Raise the flag of the Pacific Army, order the Tianhai Ship to slow down and block the pirate's firing angle, and the rest of the ships continue to move forward." ”

What!

Hearing Tan Wang's order, not to mention the captains of the security team under him, even the captain and the first mate on the freighter were stunned. They are all old sea wolves who have been in the sea for a long time, and they dare not say that they have seen the wind and waves, and they can understand the raising of the military flag, and they can use the identity of the other party or the prestige of the Pacific Army to deter the other party, but at this time, if they let the Tianhai Wheel slow down, they can't figure it out, isn't this deliberately sending the Tianhai Wheel to death? !

If it slows down, the 5,000-ton ship, which has just been launched for less than two years and is now full of rubber tobacco leaves, will completely become a cannonball magnet and a lamb bitten by wolves!

But is there any other way? No.

Except to abandon the Tianhai Ship and use its huge body to block the pirates, Tan Wang couldn't think of any other way, either to sacrifice one ship and block the artillery fire, or to continue to maintain the formation and let the pirates bombard indiscriminately.

"Go, send a signal!" Seeing that everyone didn't move, Tan Wang kicked the signalman next to him and shouted, "Go!" ”

Hearing this roar, the signalman did not dare to delay, and immediately ran to the highest flying bridge, waved the flag desperately, and gave the signal to raise the battle flag and slow down the Tianhai wheel.

Looking at this signal, everyone on the remaining cargo ship had red eyes and hesitated a little at night. On the contrary, the Tianhai ship in the thick smoke took the lead in raising the eye-catching Pacific Fleet Blood Cloud Dragon Claw Flag and began to slow down, and at the same time, the captain immediately ordered to immediately remove the rubber sheet from the cargo hold and burn it on the deck.

Seeing that the smoke from the Tianhai Ship was effective, Tan Wang also hurriedly ordered all ships to burn fireworks on the deck, and for a while, the entire fleet was full of smoke, and the visibility on the sea suddenly dropped a lot.

As the Tianhai ship and the fleet ignited rubber and flammable materials, and suddenly the smoke billowed on the sea, and the gunboats escorting the fleet finally rushed back, and slammed into the pirate and the Tianhai ship like a hungry tiger pounced, and the trainee gunner, who was so hot by the battle flag, held down the trigger with his fingers, and suddenly four 37mm rapid-fire machine guns were like poisonous snakes breathing fire at night, pouring towards the pirate gunboat from nowhere.

Although the gunboats were piloted by young reservists, and even the captains were alternates, they were after all highly trained soldiers, and under the stimulation of the fleet's blood-cloud dragon claw flag, the pirate gunboats were covered in fire in just a few minutes.

But after all, this is a 37mm machine gun, not those big guys in the fleet, even if the pirate gunboat is suppressed, it is impossible to eat the other party with this small cannon, not to mention that at this time the other pirate ships are already very close, and some of the bows have a large puff of gunsmoke, accompanied by a rumbling sound resounding through the sea, the pirates finally took out the old cannon at the bottom of the box, aiming at Tian Helen and the gunboat. Suddenly, I saw countless black spots exploding around the boat, and the advantages that had just been gained were suddenly submerged in the crowd tactics.

At this time, the Tianhai Steamer, which had already slowed down, used its huge body to block the channel for the pirates to continue to pursue the fleet, and two tongues of fire suddenly erupted from the thick smoke of the hull to support the gunboat that was holding on to its side and would not leave. It turned out that since the Tianhai ship was ordered to slow down, the captain knew that this was the tactic of the fleet to abandon the car and protect the commander, since he knew that he would die, he broke out an unprecedented resistance, and he had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, just waiting for the pirate ship to get close to give full play to the machine gun advantage.

The pirates who had risen up forgot that the freighter had machine guns, and the two sailing ships, which were still preparing to bypass the Tianhai ship to continue the pursuit, were suddenly unable to lift their heads suppressed by the machine guns, and even the main mast that was held up high was interrupted by the neighing of the machine guns, and there was no way to pursue them. Although the pirates thought that the Pacific cargo fleet would abandon the car to protect the commander, they did not expect to use the trick of thick smoke, and they were so angry that they concentrated all their firepower on the Tianhai ship.

The sailors and security guards knew that this was the most critical time, and only by dragging the pirates for a while could their companions escape further, they took up arms and engaged in the most brutal white-knuckle battle.

For a while, you and I fought back and forth on the sea, and the thick black smoke blocked the sight of the pirates to continue to pursue the fleet like a curtain, and the Tianhai ship and the gunboat were like two haunting evil sharks, no matter how the pirates attacked, they were stalking and delaying, and even relied on the hard hull of the ship to directly sink a wooden-hulled three-masted sailing ship!

The pirate fleet also knew that if they didn't kill these two ships, they would not be able to continue the pursuit, so they could only watch the fleet get farther and farther away, and vent their anger on the Tianhai ship and the gunboat.

At this time, on a sailboat with a strange fish head pattern in the center of the pirate fleet, a small old-fashioned monoculars quietly protruded from the side porthole, staring blankly at the blood cloud dragon claw flag hanging on the Tianhai ship and gunboat, and the eyebrows were twisted into Sichuan characters.

"Third sister, it's our turn!" The young, shirtless, two-revolver man excitedly pushed open the hatch and shouted at the slender figure still holding the binoculars.

Hearing the man's shout, the figure paused slightly, suddenly put down the binoculars, and said, "Go and tell Wang Laohu, we won't do this deal!" ”

"What! I don't do it. The young man almost couldn't believe his ears, seeing that it was his turn to continue the fight, and that the other party's gunboat was entangled, and that as long as he boarded the burning freighter, the deal was done! Why did the third sister shout to stop at this critical time? !

The man was puzzled, but he seemed to be a little afraid of his slender back, and after a pause, he muttered: "Third sister, but we have all promised Wang Laohu, if you leave now, I'm afraid." Without waiting for the man to finish speaking, his back turned abruptly and interrupted him: "Pass it on, don't do it, withdraw immediately!" ”

The man looked at the familiar third sister, at her exquisite cheeks, and lacquer-like cold eyes, and after a long time, he suddenly gritted his teeth and rushed out with an unwilling face.

Seeing the man leave, the woman raised her binoculars again, looking at the battle flag that was still fluttering, and her heart seemed to be covered with the thick black smoke over the freighter, throbbing and uneasy.

The fish-headed ship quietly left, but did not attract the attention of the pirates who had already had red eyes, they still rushed towards the Tianhai ship like a vicious wolf, and the dense gunfire and hook claws soon flooded the Tianhai ship, and even the escort gunboats were also encircled, and they were dragged by the relenting pirate gunboats and could not get out.

At this moment, a small British [***] ship suddenly jumped out of the horizon and galloped towards the battlefield defense line. This sudden accident, not to mention the rise of pirates, even Akashi Genjiro and others, who had been hiding in the cabin, were shocked.

Tan Wang also saw the British [***] ship, and was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked people to raise a flag and beg for rescue, but what he and all the crew members didn't expect was that the British, who had always been known as fighting pirates and maintaining safety, actually received the signal, hesitated for a moment and accelerated and left the battlefield without saying a word!

Tan Wang slammed the telescope on the deck, looked at the Tianhai ship that was getting fading in the smoke in the distance, and the gunboat that was almost all dumb, wiped the corners of his eyes hard, and shouted fiercely.

"Dog!"

(To be continued)