Chapter 884: The Legend of Yankee Ghani (1)
The battle between the "Kaohsiung 100" cruise ship and the Hong Maofan ship at sea is just a microcosm.
In 1646, Europeans and Chinese fought in Southeast Asia.
With their tenacious fighting will and fearless spirit, coupled with first-class training and logistics, the Chinese expelled the main European fleet from the Southeast Asian waters and achieved significant results.
However, the hundreds of ramadan boats scattered in the waters of Southeast Asia that have turned into pirates have caused a deep headache for the Chinese.
The seas of Southeast Asia are too big!
Undefeated, the Chinese are struggling too far, lacking in connotation, and weak control.
Although the Chinese worked hard to suppress the bandits, they were also very strenuous.
Chen Zhongji, Premier of the Southeast Government and Chief of the Army, believes that everyone has done their best, and no one dares to let it go, and there is no such thing as no effort.
After all, the authority of the leader shook Southeast Asia, especially when the news of his coming return was so day by day, no one dared to let him settle accounts after the fall.
There are frequent reports of ramblings attacking villages and cities and looting ships. Among them, the British Yankee Ghani ransacked the spice warehouse in the port of Maluku and the Dutchman Andrew attacked the Port of Rising Sun.
The Maluku Islands are rich in spices, originally owned by the Dutch. The Chinese made a fortune by exporting the spices to Europe after robbing the Dutch.
However, due to the effects of the war this year, spices exported to Europe are piled up in warehouses.
The Englishman Yankee Garney was born in a fisherman family in Plymouth. He grew up after hearing the story of "Pirate King" Drake. He yearned for it and wanted to become Drake.
Drake was originally a pirate. He made a fortune by robbing Spanish American silver. Queen Elizabeth I of the United Kingdom whitewashed him and called him the owner of the privateer. In fact, he was a pirate.
Later, Yankee Ghani left his hometown to participate in ocean trade, arrived in India, and then went to Taiwan to transport sugar to trade with West Asians and Arabs. Then he ran away from the spice trade and went to the Maluku Islands for the spice trade. The Rugu Islands are very familiar!
He worked very hard. When he was thirty-five years old, he owned a large three-masted ocean-going merchant ship "Golden Deer". The name of the ship was exactly the name of the pirate ship that Drake had commanded. He hoped that Drake would be in the spirit of the sky. Can bless him to make huge profits.
He is very hardworking, but also very hard and bitter.
At sea, only the strongest man can do it!
In his later memoirs, it was recorded that before the war broke out, his ship was being repaired in India, towed ashore to clean the bottom of the ship and repair the hull.
For the first two months, he stayed on hold until the end of March, when he set sail and set off from India on the southern seaway of Sumatra, because the Strait of Malacca to the north of Sumatra had been blocked by the Chinese.
"My ship crossed the island of Sumatra in a very large arc, so that the Chinese cruisers would not be able to track me down!" Yankee Ghani recounted.
"Because of the maintenance in India, the ship is in very good condition and the speed is very fast. We also used a large Chinese (cannon-type) telescope. I bought it at a high price from the captain of a Chinese merchant ship. It helped us. We found Chinese ships and we avoided their patrol line."
As a guy who likes bigger, thicker and harder guys, after sending official Hong Xi to get the technology to make glass from the West, he immediately went to work. Many large observation telescopes for military use were made. This type of telescope is not The little guy in his hand, but the long gun and short cannon type supported by a stand, is worthy of an astronomical telescope!
This kind of binoculars is an export-controlled commodity, military supplies, and shouldn't have fallen into the hands of ordinary merchant ship captains, let alone be used by Baipi. Yankee Ghani was indeed lucky to get one.
The observation effect was very good. After Yankee Ghani used this telescope to find the traces of the cruise ship of the Southeastern Prefecture from a distance, he used his extraordinary sailing skills to get rid of the pursuit of the cruise ship.
At that time, there was no radar or radio. The distance was too far. If the cruiser could not catch up, it could not catch up. Moreover, the endurance of the cruiser was not as good as that of him. It is difficult to notify the warships in the rear defense zone to intercept him.
His Golden Deer crossed Sumatra, Java, and then to the east, passing through the Savu Islands of Nusa Tenggara, and going northeast up to the Maluku Islands!
Did not fire a shot in the middle, and did not fight a battle with the Chinese!
On the sea, the Golden Deer was speeding wildly, and the Chinese cruise ship far away, even if it tried its best, could not catch them.
The Golden Deer is a clipper made in India. It has a large number of well-trained sailors. The hull is a streamlined hull, which is very fast. It only carries 16 guns, eight 12-pounder guns and eight guns. With a 6-pounder gun, he didn't plan to go to war at all, only to win with speed.
This is a legendary voyage from India through Sri Lanka to the Maluku Islands, a voyage of 8,000 kilometers!
On the way, only a short stop on the unnamed island to fight some beasts and replenish some fresh water.
The most dangerous one was on the southern side of the Banda Sea (next to the Nusa Tenggara Islands). A cruise ship chased him. Several times it entered the cannon's range, almost interrupting his legendary experience.
"The cruise ship has been chasing behind me since the day. In the aftermath of the evening, I raced with them on the warm and smooth sea. The cruise ship obviously had the upper hand in speed. They were getting away from me. Near!" Yankee Garney described.
This unexpected encounter with the cruise ship made Yankee Ghani frustrated. He passed the tightly defended island of Sumatra (this is the front line of the enemy) and the island of Java (this is the center of Chinese immigrants), but Unexpectedly, there was a big trouble in the vast Banda Sea! ,
This trouble could have been avoided. He had been assigning watchmen to observe the sea conditions, but the eyes of one sailor who was in charge of the starboard watch that day became irritated, and the other sailor was lazy and did not sound the alarm until the cruise ship rushed in.
Otherwise, as long as the Golden Deer sees the Chinese warships from a distance, it will drive away, and it will be difficult for the warships to catch them.
Trouble did come. When the sun was close to the horizon, the magnificent sunset glowed over the sea and sky, but the crew of the Golden Deer were in a bad mood.
The cannon rang, and a 12-pound shell flew over and landed ten meters behind the Golden Deer!
Then in less than a minute, it was the second one again!
This time the sound of the cannon was louder, and the shell was less than three meters away from the Golden Deer!
It should have used additional charges, but it is almost out of range, so there is no need to worry about the power of shelling for the time being.
Go to war with the cruiser?
The crew of the Golden Deer knows very well ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The Chinese cruiser is the latest Kaohsiung II, with 28 guns, including 6 for the 18-pounder, 12 for the 12-pounder, and 12 for the 6-pounder. 10, 18-pounder guns can fight battleships. Ordinary cruise ships use 12-pounder guns at most. The Kaohsiung Type II obvious boat carries cannons. If it fights, the Golden Deer can hardly gain the upper hand.
It seems that this battle is inevitable, and it may not be fought tonight, but it is hard to say tomorrow. The crew prayed and hoped that God would bless.
Some of the veteran red-haired crewmen looked unremarkable. They didn't pray to God because they believed in Mazu Niangniang!
They often run Southeast Asian routes, knowing what gods to ask for.
The problem is that Mazu Niangniang is a Chinese god, and it seems to bless the Chinese more.
"This is in trouble!" The sailor on the Golden Deer was a Polish man named Mozart, and he shook his head straight.
However, his captain Yankee Ghani had a great idea to get out of trouble.
