A group of British pirates walked out from the side, looking at the Far Eastern Army in the distance, a bearded pirate said hatefully: "A group of cruel Tatars, who don't even understand the minimum of gentlemanly etiquette, are really barbaric fellows." ”

The British pirate who opened his mouth to help Li Shaojie turned his head to look at the bearded man and said with a smile: "Buck, they are not barbarians, they come from that mysterious dynasty in the East, and they look like they are from the army." It is not easy to get the allegiance of those Japanese samurai who are skilled in swordsmanship, and a group of Dutch people to help them steer their boats. ”

A tall and thin British pirate next to him frowned and said, "Mr. Wood, you mean you want to pull them in?" But they were very strong, and I always felt that they were not pirates at all, but like armies. ”

Wood laughed and said, "They weren't pirates in the first place, that person should have come from the army of the Eastern Dynasty, maybe they were forced to do pirates." Such talents are what we want to recruit, no matter how strong they are on land, but when they get to the sea, it's not up to us, what's wrong with letting them be our cannon fodder, anyway, even if they succeed, I haven't thought about giving them anything too much. ”

The surrounding pirates laughed, and Wood waved his hand, turned to the tall and thin pirate, and said, "Hall, you can give me a good look at the details of this group these days, and if it's okay, we'll pull them in." ”

In this way, Li Shaojie showed his sword last time and easily defeated his opponent, and was naturally remembered by the British. With six ships missing, they had to find a way to recruit some strong pirates.

The British have been secretly watching these days. It happened that Li Shaojie and the others showed their strength, and their situation also met the requirements of the British, so these Britons secretly got in touch with Li Shaojie, and the two sides hit it off and reached an agreement immediately.

Li Shaojie not only mixed into the British pirate fleet, but also got in touch with He Tianxing, the owner of the island, and drank a few times.

He Tianxing felt that Li Shaojie was strong, so he tried his best to win them over. Li Shaojie also wants to take a line here in Southeast Asia. Also very welcoming. After going back and forth, the two hooked up.

Qiao Haipeng has led the fleet to cruise in the waters near Bataan Island for nearly a month, training hard every day. Every day or two, Qiao Haipeng will contact Li Shaojie.

Although the situation is very good, Qiao Haipeng is still very worried. Once Li Shaojie, they fell into the scuffle between the two sides. That's too dangerous. Qiao Haipeng repeatedly asked Li Shaojie to pay attention to safety. We must bring everyone back safely.

"Commander, Li Shaojie has news......

As soon as Qiao Haipeng heard this, he immediately ran back to the communication room, and Li Shaojie came to the caller ID. They had left Pirate Island in batches with the British pirate fleet and were sailing northeast of Batanes.

After getting the news that the pirate ship had left the port, Qiao Haipeng immediately sounded the alarm and ordered the fleet to chase in the direction of the pirate ship. Li Shaojie is now constantly using a sextant to determine the bearing, keeping in touch with the fleet at any time.

After a few days of traveling, the pirate fleet began cruising around the area, waiting for the arrival of the Spanish fleet. You may wonder how pirates manage to lock on to their targets in the middle of nowhere. In fact, pirates will never wander around the sea, and they may not be able to make a deal once a year.

At a time when sailing technology was relatively primitive, sailboats could not deviate from their course at will. Fixed trade routes limited the area, monsoon trade limited the time period, and the sea route was essentially the same as the land route, just like the bandits would guard the avenue and squat.

The pirates also roughly estimated the Spanish Manila galleon fleet, and the approximate time passed here, although there is an error, but it is definitely not too large. And their intelligence may come from state agencies, and there will not be much deviation at all.

They cruised in this sea area for several days, and finally waited for the Spanish Manila galleon, and not two, there were six Spanish galleons of more than 1,000 tons, and four Spanish naval vessels escorted it.

When the pirates heard the news, they shouted excitedly, this is definitely a fat prey, more than twenty British privateer pirate ships, plus five or six temporarily recruited pirate ships, everyone together is more than enough to share these things.

The British pirate Wood was also very excited, and laughed at the person next to him: "Raise the pirate flag, and then send signals to the other ships, according to the previous method, first deal with those fast Spanish warships, sink them, and then we will grind slowly with those big guys." ”

The tall and thin pirate next to him thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Wood, did you let those ships you recruited rush up first?" ”

Wood shook his head and said, "It's a pity to use them now, let them lead people to take those big ships later, especially those Japanese samurai, who are masters of melee combat." The firearms in their hands are also very sharp, and they may also come from some Eastern dynasty. That's when it was said to use them. ”

In fact, Li Shaojie and they have already guessed that there will be such an ending, according to Van Pitt, these British privateer pirates have a very bad reputation, they are very grouped, they treat other pirates are distrustful, and often do black things.

But who cares now! I don't know who counts whom.

The pirates set sail at the signal, steered the pirate ship into an ambush position, and then used the wind, speed and dexterity to maneuver diagonally into the course of the Spanish fleet.

Li Shaojie also picked up the radio and shouted loudly into the microphone: "The target appears, the target appears, and the direction ......."

As he continued to report the coordinates, Qiao Haipeng also began to adjust his course and rushed towards the sea area where the target was located. Because they now fly ships that are purely sail-powered, they always keep a certain distance from the pirate fleet in order not to startle the snakes.

Where they are now, when they go to the war zone, the wind is not good. Therefore, they did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately took action, moving forward as fast as they could.

The two Manila galleons that set sail from Acapulco on the west coast of Mexico were set sail more than a dozen days earlier because they were accompanied by two more undeclared galleons.

In previous years, a large number of undeclared cargoes were added, but they were all galleons sailing out of the port of Acapulco, and then countless small boats with goods and silver ingots would swarm up to get their stuff onto the two Manila galleons to avoid declarations.

This year, however, due to some special reasons, there was a sudden increase in undeclared cargo and silver ingots, so the additional large amount of cargo had to be loaded onto two other galleons, and with them came to Manila in Luzon.

The Spanish fleet had already spotted the pirate ship, and the six Spanish Navy sailboats immediately picked up speed, protecting the four slow galleons in the middle, and the entire Spanish fleet began to get busy nervously.

A well-dressed middle-aged man stood on the largest Manila galleon, looking solemnly at the pirate ships that rushed up around him. He turned his head to an elderly man next to him and smiled wryly, "Edwin, it looks like we're in trouble." ”

Edwin was the captain of the Manila galleon, and he frowned and said, "Lord Sir, could it be that the Governor's affairs have been leaked this time, will the kingdom be ......?"

Sir Albert shook his head and said, "That's nothing, the governor of the kingdom has already taken care of it." The ships that came today were all privateer fleets of the British, and it seems that the British already knew the news. ”

At this moment, a major of the Spanish Army came running and said respectfully to Sir Albert: "Sir Abel, please return to the cabin, the battle is about to begin, and it may be dangerous for you to stay here." ”

Sir Albert nodded slightly to the Major, and then, led by two servants, gracefully walked into the aft cabin, where Captain Edwin and the Major watched him go, and then prepared to go.

Although these Spanish galleons were slow, their firepower was not bad at all, and they were armed with dozens of cannons and long guns. Moreover, the characteristics of the Spanish galleons are that they will be equipped with a certain number of army units, and it is very difficult to attack them.

But the British corsairs were also bold. They were not in a hurry to touch those galleons, but first went to besiege a few warships of the Spanish Navy on the periphery, a few fast-armed merchant ships, which had already pasted past, and the side guns rang out like beans.

One by one, solid bullets and chain bullets roared out of the guns and smashed into the warships of the Spanish Navy, although the Spanish warships resisted stubbornly, but they could not hold up the British privateers.

The British Royal Pirates are the best at this kind of melee, relying on the speed and agility of fast ships. Some pirate ships braved the dense artillery fire, and even swept at high speed from the close side of the Spanish battleship several meters away, and all the guns on the side opened fire in turn, fiercely bombarding the Spanish battleship.

The fast armed merchant ships of the British pirates, armed with a large number of heavy guns of more than eighteen pounds, with well-trained gunners and an extremely high rate of fire, caused great damage to the Spanish warships. For a while, the battle entered the white heat, the sea was rumbling with cannons and smoke.

Li Shaojie and Van Bit were holding binoculars, looking at the battle situation in the distance. Li Shaojie said helplessly: "I don't know when, we can control the sailboat and be able to achieve the level of the British." It is really a country that started as pirates, not only is it a good sailing skill, but it is also very brave and full of a strong spirit of sacrifice. ”

Van Bit snorted and said disdainfully: "Sir, you haven't seen the Dutch navy, and that's where I came from." The British are simply vulnerable in the eyes of our Dutch navy. And with the help of me, a captain from the Dutch Navy, in a few years you will be able to surpass these guys. (To be continued......)

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