Ming Zuo

The huge fleet began to turn, heading from west to south.

The endless coast began to appear west of the fleet.

At this moment, both Putmans and Menezes showed relaxed expressions.

"We have finally stepped out of the territory of the Ottomans, and the rest of the journey will not encounter any trouble."

"really?"

Liao Zhongjian didn't believe it.

Just because he saw that many small boats with sails were rushing towards him in the distance.

These boats are very simple and can be seen at a glance.

There are only four or five people on each boat, and the clothes are very simple.

wrong.

Many people are bare buttocks at all, but their expressions are normal, with no courtesy, no shame.

Because the boat is small, although the sails are simple, the speed of the boat is very fast.

Moreover, these small boats were irregular, rushing over like locusts.

Seeing this scene, Putmans was very angry.

"Damn pirates!"

Kong Zhiguang was full of question marks.

"Such pirates are rare."

Putmans gritted his teeth to explain.

"General Kong doesn't know something. This place is called Somalia. It is very poor and backward, and the people here are bold and brutal. What they like to do most is to drive a small boat to rob passing merchants. I don't know how many people are here We suffered losses and lost our fortunes. We must be careful not to let these pirates succeed."

The Xia people on the boat looked at each other in blank dismay, never expecting to encounter pirates for the first time since going to sea, and it turned out to be like this.

According to Zuo Menggeng's description, the pirates should not be driving large ships with similar performance to warships, and there is an unruly captain standing on a tall mast.

If the captain had worn a blindfold, it would have been even more powerful.

As for the flea-like boats in front of me, and the black people with bare butts on them, are they really pirates?
But anyway, after these small boats approached, it was discovered that the people on board were holding weapons in their hands.

Regardless of whether it is simple or not, as long as it is a weapon, it can always hurt people.

The size of the fleet is too large, and one consequence is that it is difficult to take care of each other.Especially those merchant ships, if there is a negligence, there will be accidents.

Kong Zhiguang, Putmans, and Menezes gave orders respectively, and the entire fleet began to enter a fighting state.

Those pirates were very cunning, and they kept cruising around in small boats, never approaching for a moment.

Obviously, they are like advanced hunters, very patiently looking for the flaws of their prey.

In the minds of these pirates, there has never been a concept of whether the enemy is strong or not.

As long as they pass through here and leave nothing behind, it is an insult to their profession.

Moreover, although these pirates are ignorant, they have fought too many times with the western colonists in the past, which has already given them a deep understanding of the performance of this large ship and the weapons on board.

They were not at all afraid of the ship's artillery.

Whether that kind of big iron ball hits a person or a ship, the consequences are very dire.

However, their boat was too small, and it was as difficult as hitting the big iron ball.

The range of the muskets on the ship is also very limited, and because the big ship is too high, there are many blind spots, which are spaces they can use.

Now they just have to swim back and forth, finding their moment, and creating panic at the same time.

With such a large fleet, for these pirates, as long as they robbed one ship, they would have enough food and drink for a year.

"What annoying flies, kill them for me."

Hearing Kong Zhiguang's order, Putmans quickly stopped him.

"General Kong, don't act recklessly because of anger. As long as we maintain our formation, we will be safe and sound."

Hearing his words, Kong Zhiguang smiled cruelly.

"These pirates need a whole new understanding of the world."

He waved his hand, and several soldiers came to the side of the ship with muskets.

The muskets in their hands are very different from those used by ordinary soldiers.

The barrel is long and has a mirror on it.

This was something Putmans and Menezes had never seen before, and they stopped talking in surprise.

Those soldiers with guns were very ordinary. After finishing reloading, they put their guns on the side of the ship and leisurely aimed at the pirates on the sea.

After a while, one of them opened fire.

There was a loud noise, and Putmans and Menezes hurriedly looked towards the sea.

On one of the pirate ships, a dark man screamed "ah" and fell into the sea on his back.

The other pirates on board were all frightened, and even forgot to hunt for people, and hurriedly paddled the boat and ran away.

This very monotonous gunshot was heard one after another from all Xia Guo's ships.

But there was no accident, as long as the gun was fired, almost one pirate was killed.

Although there were few gunshots, the pirates couldn't afford such consumption.

The pirates who were still leisurely were all frightened at this moment, and they retreated to the distance one after another, not daring to get closer as before.

But they were unwilling to leave.

They have never seen such a large fleet in their entire lives.

The wages of avarice is death.

They were still fantasizing about the robbery.

"I really don't give up until I reach the Yellow River!"

Kong Zhiguang's laughter became more cruel.

After waving their hands, the soldiers who stepped forward this time started in groups of three.

One of them was carrying an iron pipe about one and a half meters long, which was the rocket launcher that was commonly equipped in the Xia army.

The pirates thought that if they ran far away, they would be safe if their muskets couldn't hit them.

How did they know that Xia Jun's weapons were various and varied, and they were extremely powerful.

The new generation of rocket launchers, like sniper rifles, have been equipped with scopes.

With the cheater Zuo Menggeng around, everything seemed very scientific.

When the scope is not in use, it can be removed and carried separately.

As for the bazooka...

It's just a broken tin box, if it's really a drag, it's not a pity to throw it away.

Fire it up, fire it up.

The rocket shot out quickly with a long tail flame.

Accurate...

Very touching.

But it doesn't matter.

Even though it missed the pirate ship and exploded ten meters away, the fragments from the explosion still wiped out everyone on board the pirate ship.

On every Xia Guo ship, they began to use bazookas to deal with the pirates.

When had the poor pirate seen such a weapon?

More than half of them were killed in a short period of time.

At this moment, the rest of the pirates finally knew that they had kicked the iron plate, and they all fled away.

On the flagship, Putmans and Menezes looked at Xia Jun's endless stream of weapons, and felt their blood boil.

The two of them had already made up their minds by coincidence.

They want all these weapons!

Damn Spaniards, your days are over.

Encountering Somali pirates was just an episode of the fleet.

Sure enough, as Putmans and Menezes said, since then, they have not encountered any disturbances along the way.

Ten days later, a long and large island appeared in the field of vision.

Madagascar, here we come!