"From now on, this treasure ship will be called Noah's Ark, and it will serve as the command center of the fleet."
After the 40 billion burned, Noah's Ark, protected by a fleet of thirty warships, sailed toward the unknown sea.
This Noah's Ark is bigger than the treasure ship that Zheng He sailed to the Western Ocean. Even the aircraft carrier cannot compete with it. It can carry 170,000 knights at the same time. The food, fruits, vegetables and meat stored in the cabin can sustain the large ship.
half a year.
In addition, gold, silver, agate, jade, etc. were also transported, weighing about sixty or seventy tons. These precious metals and jewelry are very cheap in Azeroth, but Chen Feng always firmly believes that in other continents, they will become rare items.
At that time, the 40 billion burned in shipbuilding were recovered with profits.
With Azersia as the center, everything within a radius of four hundred nautical miles has been explored by Gladstone.
Glenn got the map, which was the navigation chart he had drawn before following Gladstone.
"I suggest you take a detour. Ahead is the Somari Canyon, where pirates appear all year round."
Pirates are not uncommon. They are made up of death row deserters and refugees from various continents. They are all desperadoes, they are very fierce and difficult to deal with.
Caravans had encountered them before, and their goods and fishing boats had been robbed. The sailors had their necks wiped and thrown into the sea to feed the sharks.
"If we take a detour, it will take us half a day to sail. It is not worth it. If we shrink the formation and force the crossing of the Somali Strait, I don't believe that pirates dare to hijack a country's warship fleet."
All warships are equipped with Maxim heavy machine guns on the deck, and some are even equipped with rocket launchers and Tiger tanks.
These equipment are at least thousands of years ahead of pirates.
Pirates in this era don't have rocket launchers, but warship formations do!
The vanguard formation encountered fishing boats blocking the way, and the sea was covered with fishing nets and fences.
boom!
The three warships at the forefront fired cannonballs at the enemy, blowing up the fishing boats blocking the way into powder. They turned Maxim's guns and swept across the pirates who came to attack from both ends of the strait.
In just two or three minutes, hundreds of pirates fell in a pool of blood.
Suddenly, there was an explosion ahead, and one of the vanguard ships was sunk. The knights on board fled to the next ship in an emergency.
One wave came after another, and before the obstacles in front were cleared, there were continuous explosions at the rear of the formation. This time, three fishing boats sank into the ocean.
The attack was unsuccessful and four warships were destroyed first, which made Chen Feng frown.
"The floating gourd is filled with black gunpowder! As long as it hits a ship, it will trigger a series of explosions." Glenn reminded that the probability of encountering a pirate with black gunpowder is lower than being hit by an extraterrestrial rock.
But this is not the worst thing. The strait is very narrow and can only accommodate two warships passing side by side. The pirates cast out fishing nets and barbs, tied one end to a tree trunk, and threw the other end at the warship to force it to stop.
As long as the head and tail are impassable, the warships in the middle, including Noah's Ark, will become turtles in the urn.
"The pirates hid behind trees and rocks, and Maxim could not harm them."
"Don't panic, you cut the rope and withdraw from the strait, I will take care of the cover."
Chen Feng threw out the metal card, summoned an armed helicopter, flew into the airspace, and launched two Patriot submunitions towards the left and right straits.
The explosion disrupted the pirates' strategy, and Chen Feng took the opportunity to throw bombs, blocking their view.
Then the covering formation retreated and fled the strait.
"It's better to take a detour! Pirates call the sea their home all year round. We are not necessarily their opponents. A strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local snake."
After escaping from death, Glenn took a deep breath and wiped his sweat, patting his chest and saying, "The pirates in Somalia are all a group of desperadoes, led by the white-bearded Willow White Ape, who was then the commander-in-chief of Gladstone.
They almost lost their lives at his hands."
"Approximately how many pirates are there?"
"In addition to the Somali Strait, there are several isolated islands, all of which are Whitebeard's territory. According to my preliminary guess, the number of pirates should be around one hundred thousand. This is information from a few years ago."
"Then do you know how many knights we have? In addition to the 3,000 sailors in Petersburg, I also have 50,000 new troops and 200,000 knights. There are currently 26 warships left. If we encounter a slight setback, we will
If you slip away, why are you still sailing? Why not go home and have a good sleep."
"Wang Jue, what do you mean?"
Monty's new army had the advantage in weapons and warships, as well as 3,000 veteran sailors from Petersburg. However, most of the knights were participating in ocean voyages for the first time. As soon as they left the port, some knights became seasick.
There is also a very serious problem. In order to load the thirty warships with gold, silver and jewelry, some of the Maxim and ammunition were unloaded.
If we fight a protracted war, this will eventually become a hidden danger.
On the other hand, the pirates under Liu Baiyuan have always been at home all over the world and are familiar with water. For them, the ocean is no different from the land.
"If you beat him, even if you can't destroy Whitebeard's lair, you should at least make him feel the pain."
Chen Feng was resolute and it was hard for Glenn to refuse.
Three thousand old Petersburg sailors were evenly distributed to other warships to serve as captains and commanders.
The Somali Strait is the home base of Liubai Monkey. It has tunnels and rock piles and is heavily defended. If you confront him, you won't get much advantage. If you just want to vent your anger, you can just launch artillery bombardments on Whitebeard's other island stations.
At first, Glenn mistakenly thought that Chen Feng was upset because the four warships were destroyed, so he said that he wanted to wipe out Whitebeard. In fact, he just wanted to vent his anger. Those islands with average defense were enough.
But Chen Feng just planned to kill Whitebeard to enhance the military power of Monty Empire.
"Hang three flags, with the Monty Empire's battle flag in the middle, Emperor Leia's dragon flag and my commander's flag at both ends to identify themselves to the pirates."
When the bombardment started, Chen Feng was not stingy with the shells. After razing the isolated island to the ground, he sailed towards the next destination and bombarded three islands one after another before giving up.
"If you do this, you will definitely anger Whitebeard. To endure the calm for a while and take a step back to open up the sea, I still suggest a detour. I would rather take a few more days of voyage than offend the maritime overlord easily." Glenn was puzzled.
Seeing Chen Feng's behavior, he didn't just vent his anger, but wanted to swallow up Whitebeard in one go.
"This is the effect I want. Pirates like Whitebeard who have been entrenched in the strait all year round must have a lot of property hidden in their lair. This wave of fighting will not be a big loss."
What else did Glenn want to say? He was interrupted by Chen Feng, "I know what you are worried about? It's just that you think I'm fooling around, but Liu Baiyuan will always be a threat, even if we open the channel, Mongolia
The merchant ships of the Ti Empire also dare not go to sea."
"I understand, and I will try my best to win this battle."
After nightfall, the warship formation anchored and stood guard, forming a six-pointed star formation to protect Noah's Ark.
But on the calm sea, countless black shadows were slowly approaching the warship under the water. Taking advantage of the dark night and high wind, they threw out rivet hooks and skillfully climbed to the deck with their hands and feet.