The gourmet among pirates

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that after you saved your life from the pirates, your character still hasn't changed, Mo Lin!"

"Some things cannot be changed if you want to, uncle."

Chapter 9 Situation

"Huh? Have you really not changed? Just from these words, I can see that you have become much bolder. Yes, it seems that that battle was not all bad."

"A man may not have power or strength, but he must not be timid, otherwise you will not be able to survive in this sea."

Maureen remained silent to these words.

Because he doesn't really agree with this. In this dangerous world, having no power is nothing, but if you have no power and no strength, the end will be very miserable...

As for courage, it is the confidence brought by strength.

Without strength, even if you have blood and courage, what can you do?

"Okay, I have a meeting here later, so I won't tell you more. After you have truly seen the cruelty of war this time, do you still plan to stay in Branch 13? Come to me."

"With uncle here, you don't have to be sent to those battlefields and become low-level cannon fodder. As the only male of the third generation of the Roy family, I don't want anything to happen to you again."

"And if you come to me, you will have better room for development in the future."

Not going to the battlefield? Safe and stable, there can be better development.

To be honest, Mo Lin was really moved at this moment.

But in the end, Maureen chose to refuse.

"No."

After all, this world is a world where strength is supreme and the strong are respected. What he needs now is the improvement of strength rather than stable laws.

After hearing this rejection, the other person on the phone sighed, but seemed not surprised by it.

"Hey, I knew you would refuse. Forget it. If you figure it out one day, you can come to me at any time."

"Oh, by the way, this time your crew fought tooth and nail to resist the pirates. Although they didn't stop them, they all died heroically. As the only survivor of your crew, I also fought for something for you. Let's go back. See you, Chief Mo Lincao."

After saying that, the person on the other end let out a "chirp" and hung up the phone.

Chief Mo Lincao?

It seems that this cheap uncle was busy promoting me the past few days?

No wonder no one from the top management of the 13th branch came to express condolences to him in the past few days.

It stands to reason that, in a situation like his, soon after returning to the base, a commander directly under his command should come to the hospital to offer condolences and give the soldier a consoling promotion in rank.

But when we arrived at Mo Lin, after he was discharged from the hospital, the chief was nowhere to be seen.

Of course this was because he was discharged from the hospital too quickly, but now that I think about it, it was also because his uncle was fighting for him.

Captain Cao, this military rank in the navy, although it is still a low-level soldier, it is only one step away from the "lieutenant" level officer who represents the real officer class.

This is the lowest military rank that can lead a training ship independently and go to sea.

(PS Navy positions from high to low, marshal, general, lieutenant general, major general, brigadier general, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant, warrant officer, commander, sergeant, corps commander, first class private, private , third-class soldier, miscellaneous soldier.)

(At the same time, the military ranks of the Navy Headquarters are about three levels higher than those of the Sihai Branch. For example, a colonel of the East China Sea Branch has roughly the same strength as a captain of the Navy Headquarters.)

He was able to jump several levels in a row, allowing him to be promoted to Cao Captain as a big-time soldier. It seemed that his cheap uncle had paid a lot of price to win this position for himself.

"Doesn't it seem like a bad thing to have such a cheap uncle?"

Thinking of this, the corners of Molin's mouth couldn't help but curve.

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A month later.

A small patrol ship that was fully supplied with ammunition, medical drugs, and stuffed with enough food to feed a hundred people for two months, carried the fifty naval soldiers assigned to it, and sailed away from the 13th East China Sea Branch.

This was Morin's first time leading a ship out to sea.

Fortunately, as a warship, the navigator, helmsman, chef, doctor and other equipment on board are still very complete.

At least even with the new captain Mo Lin, they could still make the ship operate normally.

Of course, Mo Lin has not been idle for more than a month.

While constantly training and improving various combat skills.

Molin is also fully absorbing all kinds of knowledge of this era.

Although improvising will not allow him to quickly become a qualified captain, it can at least prevent him from giving blind orders.

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Two nights later.

There is a warship floating on the sea at a constant distance from the 13th branch of the East China Sea.

Yes, this warship was the Wave Chaser led by Morin, which was ordered to patrol the nearby waters.

The Wanderer was the original name of this warship, not Molin's.

This warship had been called the Wave Chaser for two years before Morin arrived.

After patrolling for two days, Molin did not encounter any pirate ships. Instead, Molin saw a lot of merchant ships from the Kingdom of Oiket and nearby kingdoms.

There are at least ten of them.

Not to mention anything else, there is still a merchant ship sailing leisurely about two or three nautical miles away from the Wave Chaser.

Just when Mo Lin thought that today would be the same as the previous two days, a calm night, a pirate ship with its torch extinguished was sailing out from behind a rocky desert island under the cover of darkness and slowly approaching. The merchant ship in front of the Wave Chaser.

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On the pirate ship.

A watchman, under the dim moonlight, struggled to look at the looming fire on the sea in the distance, and the almost invisible fire in the distance of the merchant ship.

After blinking hard, he could only see the lookout hand of the merchant ship's flag in front clearly. He didn't pay much attention to it. He just followed the cable and skillfully slid down the mast in three strokes and arrived at the pirate ship. The captain stood up and said:

"Captain Mitos, it seems that our information is correct. The merchant ship in front is none other than the merchant ship of the Lyon Chamber of Commerce. However, behind the merchant ship, about two or three nautical miles away, there is a ship whose shape cannot be seen, because it is dark at night. It was too dark and I really couldn’t see what kind of ship it was.”

"Is there another ship? Hahaha, it seems that our Shadow Pirates will make a fortune tonight."

After hearing that there was another ship behind the Lyon Chamber of Commerce's merchant ship, Captain Mitos of the Shadow Pirates not only did not show displeasure, but instead showed an excited smile mixed with cruelty.

In his opinion, one more ship means one more harvest. Of course, the premise is that the ship behind cannot run too far after hearing their battle.

Otherwise, they might not be able to catch up with this fool.

So Captain Mitos lowered his voice and ordered to the pirates beside him: "Young men, did you hear that there is another ship following the merchant ship of the Lyon Chamber of Commerce? In the next few months, it will be Whether you drink alcohol, eat meat, or eat chaffy vegetables, it all depends on your next performance?"

Chapter 10 The First Battle

"Hoohoo!"

“Drink wine and eat meat, drink wine and eat meat.”

"Captain, in addition to drinking and eating meat, can we also do some entertainment? I heard that there are many women on board that merchant ship?"

"Woman, hehehe, captain..."

Looking at the excited pirates, Captain Mitos of the Shadow Pirates laughed and scolded: "A bunch of worthless things, don't let me screw up what's going to happen next, or else don't talk about women, You won’t be able to eat the northwest wind.”

He was scolded, but after scolding his men, Mitos felt that an evil fire had been stirred up in his belly and needed to be vented.

Looking at the merchant ship getting closer and closer, Mitos roared, "Young men, speed up and charge!"

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the other side.

On the Wanderer, Maureen, who had just finished dinner for ten people, was lying on the floor of the captain's cabin, sitting and doing push-ups.

These seemingly simple exercises are also a way for Morin to increase his strength.

Although ordinary food is not considered gourmet in the systematic evaluation, it does not add nutrients.

But the consumption of a large amount of food can also bring sufficient nutrition to his body.

For more than a month, Mo Lin found that even after eating a lot and exercising hard, he could still increase his own attributes.

Therefore, whenever he has free time, Maureen will exercise in his captain's cabin.

Such as now.

154, 155, 156, 157······

Just as Maureen was counting numbers silently in his mind.

A steady middle-aged navy man with a Chinese character face and a navy hat quickly ran to Molin's captain's room, knocked on the door, and said loudly:

"Captain Mo Lin, a pirate ship was spotted ahead, plundering merchant ships!"

Ok?

Pirates.

Mo Lin, who was exercising, didn't bother to wipe off the sweat on his body, got up directly, opened the door and asked:

"Sergeant Buddy, have you found out any information about the other party?"

"According to our lookout's identification, the group of pirates who are robbing the merchant ship are the Shadow Pirates founded by Mitos, the 'Shadow Blade' with a bounty of three million beli."

"A pirate with a bounty of three million beli?"

To be honest, Molin doesn't have a clear understanding of the strength of the pirates on the world's bounty list, so he still doesn't know how strong the pirate with a bounty of three million Baileys is.

Therefore, Molin asked cautiously: "Sergeant Buddy, based on your experience, how is the strength comparison between us and the Shadow Pirates?"

Sergeant Badi thought for a few seconds, and then replied: "If it is an artillery battle, with the firepower advantage of the patrol ship, we can easily defeat and expel the opponent, but the opponent has now landed on the merchant ship. If we engage in a boarding battle, we have to Look how many people are on the Shadow Pirates."

In this world, the number of pirates changes very quickly. A flu or several battles can cause the number of pirates to change drastically.

To be honest, the Shadow Pirates are not very famous.

Sergeant Buddy didn't know how many people were on the other side's ship. It didn't matter that there were only a few people. With the advantage of weapons, they could still defeat the other side.

But if the opponent has a large number of people, once a boarding battle breaks out, the navy on the Wave Chaser may suffer heavy losses.

This is not what Sergeant Buddy wants to see.

Of course, this is not what Molin wants to see.

If the ship suffers heavy losses the first time it goes to sea, it will not be so easy next time when Mo Lin goes to the branch to recruit people to join the ship.

After pondering for a while.

Molin ordered: "Sergeant Buddy, since the other side has already broken out a boarding battle with the merchant ship, the pirate ship has basically been contained. Let our gunners prepare and aim directly at me after approaching the effective range. The other side's pirate ship will fire until it sinks the other side."

"Of course, let the gunners aim and don't accidentally damage the merchant ship next to them."

"Yes."

After Sergeant Badi saluted, he quickly turned around and left to carry out Molin's order.

Soon.

On the patrol ship, there was a "rumbling" sound of cannon fire.

Calculations were made mentally and unintentionally, and the pirates on the opposite pirate ship were plundering the merchant ship.

The pirate ship of the Shadow Pirates was directly hit by the artillery on the Wave Chaser.

Although the artillery on the sea is not very accurate these days, if you fire a few times against a stationary target, you can always hit a few hits.

The roar of artillery.

It instantly woke up the pirates who were plundering the merchant ship, as well as the guards and passengers on the merchant ship.

Hearing the sound of cannons and realizing that reinforcements were arriving, the merchant ship escorts, driven by a strong desire to survive, broke out with astonishing combat power.

Based on their familiarity with the ship and the relatively thick door, they were able to block the next wave of attacks from the Shadow Pirates in a short period of time.

The pirates who were still on the pirate ship shouted in panic.

"Damn it, it was a shelling, our ship was hit."

"Where is our gunner? Fire back quickly! Otherwise our ship will be sunk."