Power and Empire Chapter 3090: Nan Fenglie (18)
Zhong Biya, the sea off Longchang Port
The blue waves are rippling, the sea is blue, and you can vaguely see the beautiful corals in the strait, the sea fishes flying freely in the water, these tenacious and humble life forms, through the accumulation of millions of years, have turned the entire seabed into In my own world, the three islands formed by the reefs emerging from the sea are like three beacons embedded on the vast sea.
The extension of these three coral reef islands, six Aden warships hidden in the shadow of the island are rising and falling with the sea. These Aden warships are all fast sailing warships, and their size is only medium in the warship. , There is no flag flying on the top of the mast of the battleship, and most of the hull looks dilapidated, looking like ghost ships in the shadows
At this moment, under the impact of the sea, a white-flag Zhongbia merchant ship is approaching the side of one of the larger Aden warships. Seeing this Zhongbia merchant ship, the side of the Aden warship is lowered. The rope ladder. Soon, a figure on the Zhongbia merchant ship followed the rope ladder to the deck of the battleship. It was an Adenite wearing a white robe
"Master Yabu! I knew I had good luck today. Seeing you is as lucky as seeing the morning light of Longlin"
On the deck, a brawny man in Aden with chainmail and leather buckles walked towards the white-robed Aden man with a grin. On top of his bald head, under a pair of thick eyebrows, there are a pair of bloodshot eyes. The nose looks weird, and it feels like there is no bridge of the nose. It is a mark of being cut off. There is an old tear like a cross on the right cheek, giving the strong man's originally sordid face even more. It looks terrible. When the corners of the mouth are open, a mouthful of yellow teeth makes the white robe Aden’s face more ugly,
"Captain Yola, I brought the order of the elder"
Yab's ugly eyebrows are frowning, and he smells a smell of sea fish between his nose and he almost vomits it out. It is the first time he has seen this infamous Captain Jola, he was looking for it. The pirate liaison in the port found here through the identity of the special envoy of the elder, who would have thought that the Aden nobles would also need to take advantage of these notorious pirates for a day
But there is no way. The Imperial Navy blocked the South Sea of Central and Biyah. The naval ships of the Kingdom of Aden were suppressed by the Imperial Navy. In several wars, the Imperial Navy won by a big advantage, and the Aden Navy was in the south. The strongholds in the sea area were removed one by one by the Imperial Navy. Now they can only guard the position in the Longlin Strait. By using the unique geographical position of the strait, it can be regarded as able to stop the imperial navy’s persecution.
And those cunning Aden pirates who can bypass the imperial navy blockade and appear outside Longchang Port are the only ones who can become pirates, and most of them have one or two secret routes. Otherwise, once they encounter regular navy Pursuing and killing is a dead end, but such a hidden route often represents its danger. Generally, it is not a storm zone or a stranded area full of islands and reefs. Only the pirates who are chased by the dog jumping over the wall will not be afraid of death in it. Wade out a way. For example, this Yola in front of me is such a pirate leader, who is said to be a lowly navy slave.
In one mission, Yola instigated other slaves on the ship to kill naval officers and robbed the warship. When the Aden Navy ruled the southern sea of Central Bahia, the Aden Navy once offered a bounty of 20,000 yuan. As a result, instead of being caught and beheaded, this guy took advantage of the fierce battle between the Imperial Navy and the Aden Navy in the South China Sea, and led his pirates to ransack a dock port of the Aden Navy, and finally took away from it. Several battleships of Aden. Because of this incident, the Admiralty of the Kingdom of Aden directly replaced the fleet commander in the Zhongbian Sea, and seized them on charges of ineffective combat. The news came out that the pirate king Yola was a shock to the entire Zhongbian. In the sub-sea, Yola’s power has expanded, and now he is a great pirate with six sailing warships in Aden and a full 1,100 sailors.
"The Grand Elder asked me to give it to you. As long as you can do this well, the Grand Elder can consider coming forward and saying something for you. You Yola don’t want to be a pirate forever! Now the Kingdom Navy The defeat in the South Sea is exactly when strength is needed. If it is recommended by the Great Elder, I believe the Kingdom’s Admiralty will also consider it!" After Yabu handed the letter from the Great Elder to Yola, he looked arrogantly slightly. Full of the taste of grace, he is a nobleman of Aden, and Yola is at best a slave. If he is in Aden, a slave like Yola, even if he raises his head to look at himself, he will be regarded as rude and gouged out. I am so condescending now, it is already quite a face
"What the Great Elder means, I understand"
Yola's eyes glowed with excitement, and he was completely invisible to Yabu's arrogance. He just stared at the letter in his hand with fiery eyes. After confirming that it was the handwriting of the noble elder, he carefully accepted the letter in his hand. Bag, his gaze showed a bit fierceness. The elder wanted him to attack Longchang Port tomorrow. For Yola, who even dared to rob the Aden Military Port, there is no difficulty at all. If you plunder Longchang Port, you can still get it. The recommendation of the great elder, how can such a good thing be let go,
"Just tomorrow noon, it is when the merchant ships of Longchang Port are gathering, everyone will send a big sum!" Yola sent away the special envoy of the elder, and immediately ordered all the captains of the fleet to convene a meeting, Yola's There are a thousand sailors. Although Longchang Port also has the so-called city guards, the number is also five hundred, and they have not really been on the battlefield. It is okay to maintain law and order. I really want to fight. As far as the Aden pirates are licking blood, they are simply vulnerable! Longchang's piece of fat is already in front of him, as long as he bites it down.
The scorching sun evaporates and the water vapor floats in the sea,
The east side of the sea off Longchang Port, calm to the entire sea, like a smooth and transparent mirror, white waves hit the bow of the ship that is heading forward, like a white line blooming on the sea, in the squadron On both sides of the flagship June Wind, there are three Imperial Dragon Tooth battleships escorting the side of the fleet, breaking the sea surface neatly forward, the huge white sails are swollen by the sea breeze, the pulled reins jump straight, and the rear of the battleship, It is a huge logistics supply fleet composed of more than eight imperial transport ships. The entire fleet has a total of seven Longya warships and eight transport ships, presenting a triangular queue.
The young man, known as the rising star of the Imperial Navy, stands proudly on the bow alone, wearing a black imperial navy uniform, looking far away, looking at the sea below his feet with condescending eyes, with a fortitude on his face. A look of longing and envy, such clear water, the beautiful and picturesque coral reefs in the water, on the side of the huge and orderly uniformly advancing fleet. The coral reef emerges shallowly from the sea, sporadically and orderly surrounding an oval ring, like a garland of a bunch of flowers thrown onto the blue sea, and like a string of white jade pearl necklaces thrown onto the sea, gorgeous Colorful, the waves hit the coral reef, splashing broken white waves like jade.
Received the emperor’s order, Kartis immediately mobilized the imperial Zambia South China Sea Squadron into the Longchang waters. As the rising star of the imperial navy this year, Kartis single-handedly damaged the Aden Navy in the Zambia South China Sea. , Completely cut off the line of the Aden people to obtain property and supplies from Central and Bahia. The status of the South China Sea Squadron in the imperial navy has the status of a so-called regional giant, although there is still a big gap with the main force of the imperial inland waters. , But the size of the squadron has long surpassed that of the ordinary squadron. The Empire spent a lot of money. The dozens of large docks built in the Tengyang Lake upstream of the southwestern river ensured that the Imperial Longya battleship and transport ships were continuously sent in. Squadron,
In just one year, the size of the South China Sea Squadron of China and Biyada has expanded from the original six Longya warships to the current size of 18 Longya warships and more than 20 large transport ships. In the South China Sea area of Central Biyah, more than a dozen large and small islands were snatched from the hands of the Aden people in one fell swoop, and all the tentacles of the Aden people extending to the direction of Central Bia were completely cut off, making the Aden people hateful for this fleet. It hurts, but there is no way. This time, some fleets were transferred to perform tasks for a short time. Kartis did not think there was any danger. In fact, although only about half of the squadron's power, the entire fleet is already sufficient in the waters of Central and Bahia. Go sideways, because there is no navy in Central and Biyah. As for the sporadic pirate forces, the first reaction to seeing the imperial fleet is how far and how far away, because those pirates still know very well that the imperial navy Thor can be sent hundreds of meters away Their boats are sieved and their masturbation is torn into pieces,
This time I went north to Longchang, Casti was more like a holiday, and the mentality of the entire fleet is also the same, so the fleet is only a loose queue,
"Look at what I said, right? You were fighting too hard. The Aden people replaced a fleet commander. It seems that the canyon will not be out in the next half month. It should be said before the June monsoon. There is no plan to come out." A middle-aged man in the uniform of the Imperial Navy came up from behind and handed a copy of the information in his hand to Katis in front. He was only recently transferred to the Southern Squadron of Central Bahrain. Deputy Commander Amirak, as the Southern Fleet continued to grow in size, the Imperial Admiralty had begun to propose to the emperor that the Southern Squadron should be divided into one or two, but the emperor vetoed it.
The emperor believed that the importance of the South China Sea area of China and Piyah is self-evident, and that it is still in fierce competition with the Aden people and divided into one or two fleets, which will only cause dispersal of strength and inconvenience in command. In the end, the emperor is just He agreed to the request of the Admiralty to add a deputy, and the responsibility of this deputy is not to command the fleet. As the emperor’s special envoy, he is stationed in the southern squadron. In other words, the southern squadron of Central and Biyadh is actually run by the emperor. Directly in person. The deployed deputy is called Amirak. In order to weaken the influence of the Ministry of the Navy on the southern navy of Central and Bahia, the emperor transferred directly from the Ministry of Supervision this time.
"Isn't this better, we have been fighting with the people of Aden for more than half a year, everyone needs a break"
Kasty’s eyes fell on the deputy who complained to him. Regarding the background of the deputy’s supervision department, the corners of his mouth sneered and said, "I have reported to the Admiralty that as a squadron, I should have one of my own. The Dragon-class battleship is the flagship. The June Wind in front of you can still be used before, but now you must have a Dragon-class!"
"Do you think it is also written in the report to the emperor? Don't look at me with this kind of eyes. I know that people in the Supervision Department do not have a channel that can directly submit to the emperor.
"Dragon-Class? Don’t be kidding. It is not difficult to send a Dragon-Class by the Admiralty. The difficult thing is, how do you let the Dragon-Class pass through the Southwest Waterway." Impossible, although not from the Ministry of the Navy, but before coming, I also put a lot of effort on the research of the Southern Squadron of Central and Bahia, knowing that the warships of the Squadron were all transported from the southwest waterway, the width of the southwest waterway is so large. , It’s impossible to pass the huge volume of the Dragon-class battleship
"It would be great if we could set up a dock in the southern port of Central and Biya"
A touch of excitement appeared on Kasti's face~IndoMTL.com~ His eyes were red, and he was eager to try, but soon dimmed, and he drooped his head and said in a decadent helplessness, "This is even more impossible. The Yachaotang will never allow it unless the empire launches a war to persecute the Chinese and Biyachaotang. However, I heard that the progress of the empire on the front line of Deyang is very slow, let alone the coastal port areas."
At the moment of sighing, the urgent whistle sounded suddenly and sharply. It seemed particularly harsh in the calm sea. The sharp whistle seemed to pierce everyone's eardrums. The sailors who were on lunch break were immediately squeaked by the sharp whistle. Waking up and falling off the hammock
Kasti and his deputy Amirakdin raised their heads to look at the high mast at the same time, only to see the top of the mast, the hand holding the sight glass, is sending out the most urgent alarm through gestures and whistle. . The gesture of looking at the hand vigorously slashed downwards and then swiped across his chest again. This action was repeated several times in succession, as if the scene in front of me was really incredible
But in the eyes of the imperial sailors and Casti, it only means "Aden Fleet"
Kasty was like a chicken blood. It was really nowhere to be found. It didn't take any effort to get it. He didn't expect to encounter the Aden Navy here. He brushed and drew out a cold saber. Screamed: "The order goes on, the whole fleet! Fonts! Face off! Attack!"
The rapid and sharp whistle sounded through the entire fleet, and all the sails of the seven Dragon Tooth warships in the front were fully opened, and the brushes began to accelerate on the surface of the sea. Because of the rapid rotation, the calm sea drew a long line. The waves and the sea are also surging due to the intense movement of the ship. The sea breeze is blowing, and the huge falcon flag waving on the mast of the battleship flutters in the wind.rw