Chapter 2157: Encounter pirates
After resupplying at Brest at the sharp corner of western France, ahead is the Bay of Biscay between Spain and France. The "Göteborg" no longer sails off the coast, but crosses directly.
The sea is vast, and the most technologically demanding thing makes the crew feel at ease that their commander can drive the boat to the correct course. It took less than 4 days to see the land again. One check, it was exactly what was scheduled. The city of El Ferrol, Spain.
After the confirmation, the crew's morale was greatly boosted!
Then proceeded along the coastline of Spain and Portugal. After crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, the Spaniards in the Gibraltar Fortress knew that they were going to the east. They admired them very much. They gave them ten sheep and gave them a good meal!
The next time I eat sheep, I will be in Tunisia. The "Gothenburg" sails along the coast of North Africa. This is a dangerous voyage. Because there are so many pirates in North Africa, they are eyeing them. As long as there is a little chance, they will kill you!
The pirates here are famous, the Chinese can't control them, and the Spaniards don't want to control them, so they are in a lawless situation.
Since entering this sea area, the "Gothenburg" has increased its alert level, dispatched double guards, and sent additional mobile outposts, always paying attention to the surrounding environment, especially at night, especially careful.
There are two small suspicious ships with spinnakers, just like African hyenas, patiently following the "Gothenburg" for more than a hundred kilometers!
Eriksen was annoyed, and ordered the blastholes to be opened, so that the two ships could see his own cannon!
The suspicious ship followed, but not so closely.
The power of the 12-pounder gun was still there, and the boat fell apart after eating the shells, and there was no way to fight.
The boat did not dare to approach, they wanted to take advantage of the night to make a surprise attack, but they could see the "Gothenburg" brightly lit and people coming and going.
When the boat got closer, Eriksson ordered the cannon!
The sound of the artillery rumbling, hit the side of the boat, and splashed water on the boat.
Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, he had no choice but to leave angrily.
There are more than two suspicious ships, which is an eye-opener for the crew of the "Gothenburg" to see.
They have been very careful to stay away from the coastline. Sometimes the coastline is just a line in the telescope, but they are still being watched by the pirate ship.
They saw a large Calais boat, which was a dragon boat, but the dragon boat was more slender, and the Calais boat was a row of oars. The boats were also equipped with sails. There were sails for wind, but oars for no wind.
This suspicious Calais was equipped with more than twenty guns and also had a 12-pounder cannon.
After it found the "Gothenburg", it chased it over!
This is the open sea far away from the coastline. It can be said that the sky is high for birds to fly, and the sea is wide for boats.
Fortunately, God bless the "Gothenburg". A strong wind blows and the "Gothenburg" flies away as if, leaving the slave oars on the Calais to use all the strength of the milk, and was scarred by the pirates. , Did not catch up with the "Gothenburg".
Good luck!
The pirate ships are mostly sloops. Once they saw a number of canoes. This type of boat had driftwood on both sides to enhance stability. The pirates used them to drive out into the open sea!
Seeing those pirate ships fluttering in the Mediterranean like toy ships, they even tried to get closer to the "Gothenburg". The crew of the "Gothenburg" expressed their deep admiration for their profession.
Dedicated Barbarossa pirates!
North Africa has a harsh natural environment and a single landform, with the world's largest desert area-the Sahara Desert. Here, "buried in sand and boiled eggs" can be realized.
The slave trade in North Africa has long existed. It traveled across the Sahara Desert to the local ethnic tribes, provoked local conflicts, and waited for opportunities in the tribal conflicts to find those who were alone, abduct them and sell them.
In the seventh century AD, the Arabs fought in North Africa and brought advanced shipbuilding technology. Let North Africans become pirates and begin to have the ability to plunder European coastal towns and merchant ships passing by.
The number of pirates in North Africa is increasing rapidly, wherever they go, they are like locusts crossing the border, plundering all useful materials and people, and gaining huge profits from high ransoms and human trafficking. The white skins they grab are white slaves.
Strong pirate groups quickly emerged, forming the Barbarossa pirates well known by Christians.
The Barbarossa pirates strike!
White slaves have a very wide market, mainly sent to Algiers, Tunisia and Tripoli for sale, and sold to North Africa, Ottoman, India and Persia.
In recent years, the sales of white slaves in the East have greatly increased, especially in the South China Empire. The demand for female white slaves is how much they can receive, which has caused the price of female white slaves to skyrocket and demand exceeds supply.
On the other hand, the Japanese paid a lot of strong male white slaves to improve their ridiculously low races.
In Siam, almost 50,000 male white slaves were purchased to open up wasteland, burn bricks and work in the sand field!
The "Göteborg" is a white-skinned ship, only a small ship, which aroused the intense interest of the pirates.
Although the "Gothenburg" has repeatedly avoided many pirate ships, there is always a pirate ship that can catch them.
This is a thin, long and very beautiful ship. It does not look like the European style. Its body is bright red. Its size is similar to that of the "Gothenburg". The hull does not look high. It has a streamlined hull and three masts. The main mast and rear mast of the company have large curved double-triangular sails.
Although it is far away, Eriksson can still see that its sails are also red. There are at least sixteen side cannons facing the "Gothenburg", and they are rushing towards the "Gothenburg" at full speed, and you can see it. The waves are moving forward.
A skull banner hung on its foremast to show its identity.
Pirate Ship!
"Quick, quick! Go to the fore mast and open the sail to make it eat the wind!" Deputy Captain Larson scolded the sailors for working like idiots, kicking with their feet unceremoniously. they.
The white-skinned people on the deck of the "Gothenburg" were holding various telescopes, observing the incoming red three-masted ship at a very fast speed.
The crew on the "Göteborg" turned like a spinning top. The sails were swollen and drove the ship to run fast, but the red three-masted ship was faster than the "Gothenburg" and kept drawing them closer. the distance between!
"Why are they running faster than us?" Anxiously sweating, exclaimed.
Eriksen faintly said: "We are fully loaded~www.wuxiaspot.com~ They are light loaded, so naturally they can catch up with us!"
The red three-masted ship approached more and more, and it could be seen that its side gun was large and thick, with an 18-pounder gun.
When did pirates actually own such a fierce battleship? !
"This is a cruise ship!" Sailor Burcher screamed, making everyone's hair creepy.
"This is a Chinese man-made cruise ship!" He confirmed.
"How is this possible!" Everyone is deeply disturbed. When did the pirates have such an advanced Clippers?
Could it be that the Chinese are on the boat? But there is no oriental appearance.
"Or was the Chinese cruise ship robbed by the pirates?" Someone said, but everyone thought it was weird.
The Chinese fleet is the overlord in the Mediterranean. The pirates are very polite to the Chinese. First, the Chinese fleet is powerful, and second, the business with the Chinese is booming.
Seeing the red three-masted ship getting closer, the "Gothenburg" rang the alert bell and was ready for battle.
Burcher stared at the red three-masted ship that came over, and said to Eriksson, "Hang out our Chinese flag!"
Yes, the "Gothenburg" has a flag of the South China Empire. It was one of the things that Eriksson did when he landed in Calais, France. It was to visit the South China Empire Consulate in France. The South China Empire's consul paid a visit and paid a visit. After passing the "Gothenburg", a South China Empire flag was given to Eriksson.
Hopefully, Eriksson ordered the flag of the South China Empire to be raised.
What shocked the white skins happened. The speed of the red three-masted ship slowed down, and the bow made a beautiful arc in the sea. It turned its rudder and made a detour!
The pirate ship miraculously stopped chasing the "Gothenburg", it was safe!
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