On the blue sea, more than twenty wooden sailing ships are scattered on the sea in a radius of more than ten miles. The bows of these ships are covered with gray cloth, the flags on the masts have also been lowered, and some cargo covered by canvas are piled on the deck.
These sailing ships are the notorious and famous pirate gangs in the Indian Ocean. However, they now have another name, called the special fleet of the Eastern Fleet of the Franco Kingdom.
The special thing about the so-called special fleet is that they are all pirates who have taken refuge in the Franco Kingdom. But now, they all fall under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Fleet of the Franco Kingdom.
In the cabin of a tall sailing ship, Timothy, the tall and dark-skinned bandit leader, was sitting on a chair drinking tea. This man was nearly forty years old, strong and capable. Especially his eyes, which were dark and sparkling.
, exuding a cold and sharp light. When looking at it, it makes people shudder.
Timothy has a nickname called "Evil Shark". His eyes are indeed as hollow and cold as the eyes of a great white shark. But the origin of his nickname is not because of his eyes, but what he does.
In the past ten years, Timothy has led pirates to hijack thousands of ships, including naval ships from countries around the Indian Ocean. They have attacked dozens of seaside towns. They once massacred six small towns.
Countless men, women, and children died in his hands. He was as cruel and vicious as a man-eating shark in the sea, and had no humanity.
His existence is a nightmare in the Indian Ocean. Before the arrival of the Eastern Fleet of the Franji Kingdom, the Garo Empire once united with more than a dozen small surrounding countries to form a joint fleet to try to wipe out this scourge in the Indian Ocean. However, it ended up being defeated by Timo.
The Western bandits beat him to pieces. Since then, Timothy has become the king of the Indian Ocean.
Although his land is not large, it is just some islands and reefs in the depths of the ocean. But his control range extends to the Strait of Manchuria in the east, the Indian mainland in the west, and Bangladesh in the north. It has become a nightmare in the Indian Ocean.
However, when the Eastern Fleet of the Franco Kingdom arrived, the Timothy gang was punished. They originally resisted outsiders trying to occupy the area where they ran, and launched an attack on the Fleet of the Franco Kingdom. But after
Under the attack of the powerful artillery of the Franco warship and the firearms in the hands of the soldiers, they did not take any advantage. Instead, they angered Almeida, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Fleet at the time.
Almeida vowed to destroy this gang of pirates. The home of the Timothy gang, the Goli Islands deep in the ocean were all occupied by Almeida, forcing him to wander on the ocean and not dare to fight with them.
But the change in the situation made them turn enemies into friends. Almeida led his army to attack the Guri port of the Garo Empire, but encountered a fierce counterattack. The attacks failed several times. After Timothy learned of this situation, he decisively sent troops
Find Almeida and offer to help him attack
The exchange condition is that his gang can continue to roam the ocean and become a special extra-staff force of the Eastern Fleet of the Franco Kingdom. They can fight for the Franco Kingdom, but they need to obtain status recognition.
recognition and funding for ammunition ships, etc.
Almeida led the Eastern Fleet to the east for the purpose of invading and plundering. He didn't care about the identity and reputation of the other party. What he wanted to do was to conquer the countries in the East, establish trading ports and colonies, and extend the power of the Franconian Kingdom to
The distant east. His adventurous actions were not favored by others at the time. He urgently needed continuous victory, not failure.
The two sides hit it off immediately. Timothy was originally from the Jialuo Empire. He was not tolerated by the Jialuo Empire because of his rebellion, so he fled to the sea and became a pirate. He was even more familiar with the Guli Port of the Jialuo Empire. He brought him with him
Hundreds of pirates pretended to be local people and sneaked into Guri Port. When Almeida's Eastern Fleet launched an attack, he led the pirates to cooperate inside and outside and attacked the garrison of Guri Port from the front and back. In the end, Guri Port was successfully captured by Almeida.
Since then, Timothy has become the accomplice and thug of the Francois Kingdom in this area. Timothy was also awarded the title of viscount by the Francois and officially converted to the Francois Kingdom.
At this moment, Timothy is sitting in the cabin of the flagship Sea King, drinking tea. Although he is already a Viscount of the Franco Kingdom, Timothy cannot change his habit of drinking tea. After all, he is still essentially a man from the Indian continent.
Big people.
Sunlight shone in from the window in front of the ship's hall, making it difficult for him to open his eyes, so he had to squint slightly. Without the black shark flag flying on the bow, the bow in front looked a little bare. It was a bit uncomfortable to look at.
However, these are all to disguise their own fleet. In order to successfully attack the Malacca harbor, all pirate ships are disguised as merchant ships. Naturally, all the black shark flags hanging on the ships must be removed. After all, what is being attacked this time is
Manlajia Harbor is a huge port city, and there are many soldiers and horses of the Manlajia Kingdom and Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses from the east stationed there.
Based on my past combat experience, a sneak attack is always better than a swaggering attack. Disguising as a merchant ship can better approach the Malacca port and launch a surprise attack.
In fact, Timothy was unwilling to attack the Malacca seaport. But he had to come. Alfonso, the new commander-in-chief of the Eastern Fleet, issued an order to help defend against the attack of the Ming Empire fleet.
Timothy is not a fool. He has long known about the battle that took place in the Malacca Harbor. The Eastern Fleet of the Franchi Kingdom was actually defeated in the battle of the Malacca Strait, and even the Malacca Harbor was lost.
This was something he didn't expect at all.
He also knew about the internal strife within the Eastern Fleet and the fight between Alfonso and Almeida. But this was not something that Timothy was interested in. To be honest, he didn't like Alfonso, he preferred to be with Alfonso.
Almeida was dealing with him. However, these matters had nothing to do with him. After all, as long as the Franco Kingdom continued to supply arms and ships, he didn't care who was the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Fleet.
After Alfonso retreated to Guri Port, he called him and issued an order asking him to help fight against the Ming fleet. His words were very stern and he could not refuse at all. Timothy was very dissatisfied, but he knew that he had to agree.
.
But Timothy was not stupid enough to really want to engage in a head-on battle with the Ming Dynasty fleet and serve as cannon fodder for the Francois. So he suggested to Alfonso that his pirate troops help the Francois pass through the Eastern Fleet and attack Malacca.
seaport, turning the Manlajia Seaport into ruins to destroy the supply and parking base of the Ming fleet, and also rendering the Manlajia Port occupied by the Ming Dynasty useless.
This approach can be called a tactic to drain money from the bottom of the cauldron. It will be more effective against the Ming Dynasty fleet than participating in the war as a combat force. When Alfonso heard it, he immediately agreed to his suggestion. For Alfonso, he was not worried.
The Eastern Fleet did not have enough warships and troops. What he needed was to retrieve the troops of the Ming Empire who invaded Manlajia Harbor and drove them out of there. This was the first major event for him after taking office.
of blow.
If the Ming fleet dared to attack Ceylon and Guri, he was ready to fight them. But he had no confidence in taking back Manlajia. The battle that night had left a shadow on him. What if
Timothy was willing to do the work for him, and he was happy to let Timothy chew this hard nut. Anyway, the victory was his own credit, and the defeat was due to Timothy's pirate soldiers and horses, and it was not his own failure.
The two sides reached a consensus with their own ulterior motives. As for Timothy, he would certainly not be stupid enough to attack directly. A month ago, his fleet was all pulled to a secret bay located on the northwest side of the Malay Peninsula.
When we anchor, there are towering cliffs and dense forests and steep slopes on the shore, which no one knows about.
What he was waiting for was the opportunity for the Ming Dynasty fleet to go out and leave the harbor of Malacca. The men he sent to lurk in the harbor had figured out all the situations, and at the first opportunity, they passed the news to Timothy through Sea Eagle
.
Three days after the Ming Dynasty fleet left the port, Timothy ordered the entire fleet to move out from the bay and head straight for Malacca. Timothy estimated that at the speed of the Ming Dynasty fleet, they could sail close to the sea in three days.
Three hundred miles away. When they launch an attack on Manlajia, they will not be able to come back to stop it no matter what.
By the time they came back for rescue, they had already succeeded, and Manlajia would become a dead city.
Timothy was a little drowsy due to the sun, and it was still more than a hundred miles away from the harbor of Malacca. The fleet would arrive at about dusk tomorrow, after all, it was facing the ocean current. But the time was just right. It would be dark after arriving.
It's a good time to take advantage of the darkness. One night is enough to burn the Malaka Harbor into ruins.
When he thought that two days later, the entire Malacca Harbor would be filled with blood and flames would burst into the sky, Timothy was trembling with excitement. He liked to see flames and blood, and he liked the pleasure of killing people. Every time at this time, he would
You will be inexplicably excited. This excitement is even more pleasurable than the pleasure of rushing against a woman.
"Commander, what is that in front of you? It looks like a big ship." One of the men watching from the front of the ship's hall suddenly shouted, his voice sharp and harsh.
"Son of a bitch, Singer, you scared me." Timothy was really startled and cursed loudly.
"Commander, I'm very sorry, but... there seems to be a really big ship ahead. It seems like... it seems like..." Singer, who was as thin as a monkey, shouted.
Timothy stood up, held the arbor with his hands and squinted at the sea, but still saw nothing. So he raised the telescope and looked, and he could see clearly through the telescope. There was indeed a ship.
It was a gray-black, shiny ship. Although it was four or five miles away, Timothy could still feel the size and majesty of the ship. The bow was high, and the face of a huge beast was floating in the waves.
ups and downs.
Timothy's camera moved up, and he saw the colorful dragon flag flying on the tall mainmast.
"The warships of the Ming Dynasty! The warships of the Ming Dynasty! Send a signal quickly and notify all the warships to prepare for battle!" Timothy roared loudly.
Just as he roared, three dazzling red flares rose from the animal-headed iron-clad warship in the waves ahead. Even under the scorching sun, they were still dazzling and conspicuous in the sky.
At the same time, the Ming warship was slowly crossing the body, like a warrior guarding a checkpoint, standing in front of the entire pirate fleet, turning its huge body sideways, revealing a row of black holes and opened cannons.
Shooting hole.
"Send an order to the warships in front to maneuver quickly to evade. The enemy ships are going to fire." Timothy yelled.
However, at this moment, a series of black smoke rings erupted from the side of the Ming Dynasty armored warship in the telescope. The roar then spread to his ears. At the same time, Timothy saw his own ship in front of the fleet.
Fires rose up on the pirate ship, and the hull exploded. In an instant, a clipper ship filled with more than 20 people turned into pieces of dust.