Chapter 127: After the war
Chapter 127 After the Battle
Ever since the last time the pirates gathered up more than 10 ships to go out, the island has been much colder.
Of course, this was a good thing for Alan and the others, with fewer pirates, there were fewer people to support them to do this and that.
Just when they were enjoying their rare “leisure” time, they realized that the atmosphere on the island was slowly getting a little bit wrong.
Some of the remaining pirates began to fear for their lives, as if the sky is falling.
“Have you heard? The pirates have suffered a defeat!”
When they ate together at noon, Pine mysteriously whispered to them, the boy was always so well informed.
Alan and Tom were instantly interested, if the pirates had suffered a defeat, they would have the possibility of seeing the light of day again.
“Tell me more about it.”
“The flotilla that left a few days ago was led by the pirate leader Gaden himself, and now three days have passed and none of them have returned yet.”
“You mean they’re all finished?”
“What other reason could there be? It’s probably because they really went to mess with the Alda Navy, and then they were taken out in one fell swoop.”
Tom looked hopeful, “Will the Aldar come to our rescue?”
“Shouldn’t come specifically to save us, we’re not Alda’s territories, but people say that the pirate’s nest is hoarding a lot of treasure, the Alda people shouldn’t let go of it, it’s not impossible to free us by the way.”
“O Lord of Light, please bless the Arda people to definitely come here.”
The three of them prayed to the gods with great expectations, with their current abilities, they could only honestly wait for others to come to their rescue.
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After defeating the fleet of the Gaden Pirate Corps, the Alda Navy had to make some repairs, and this naval battle could be described as a brilliant battle: except for one pirate ship that escaped, the other 9 pirate ships were all captured, totaling more than 300 pirate kills and nearly 200 captures.
But the navy’s own losses are also great, in addition to the hope that did not take place in a gangway battle, the other ships just sacrificed as many as more than 50 people to participate in the battle still alive, almost everyone with injuries, such a huge loss of the Navy’s top management was extremely shocked, for the current volume is not large Alda Navy, this loss is difficult to bear.
Let the Navy heavy casualties is the direct cause of the captives in the confession of that mysterious drug, pirates take, immediately after you can get far more than normal people’s fighting ability, if not the Navy has musket artillery, there is also because of the jump gang battle, so that the pirates had to run from the narrow springboard one by one, then the victory or defeat of the battle is really not yet known.
Pirate leader Gaden in the fight at the end of a large number of swallowed drugs after the performance, but also let the presence of a group of officers and men impressed, that in the end what is the evil drug ah, so that a good and proper a normal person in a flash into a monster.
But when asked about the specifics of the drug, such as how to make it or where it came from, all the prisoners know little.
The only information obtained is that this drug is the pirate leader Gaden from a mysterious figure in the hands of, or by the mysterious figure personally sent to the pirate stronghold, or Gaden sent people to the land on the joints place to get.
All the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle were given a gag order, except for proclaiming the news of the victory, any details about the battle were not allowed to be leaked to outsiders or talked about in front of outsiders.
Combined with the intelligence gathered from the Gaden Pirates, their strength was almost completely lost in the battle, and even if each of them could show the same kind of exaggerated combat strength as in the previous sea battle, it was still not enough for the navy to fear.
Of course, still can not be taken lightly, who knows Gaden this loach will not hide their strength.
And through the interrogation of the captives, also learned about the mud loach pirate group’s various hidden strongholds, which is located on an unnamed island of the stronghold is Gaden operated for the longest time, but also the largest stronghold, that is his base camp.
Naval headquarters quickly formulated a follow-up plan to completely eliminate the Gaden Pirate Corps, which would be implemented as soon as the troops were repaired.
The Hope, a sloop vertical sailing ship, took great credit, and although it did not participate in the pickup battle, it single-handedly held as many as four pirate ships at bay, and sank one and captured two. Moreover, the crew of the Hope suffered minimal casualties, with only a small number of people suffering from arrow wounds due to arrows shot over the enemy ship as it approached.
Because the Hope suffered minimal losses, it was given a new task: to scout and monitor the pirate strongholds on the nameless island.
This sea battle was recorded as the Double Ten Sea Battle, and an urgent report with a detailed account of this sea battle was also immediately sent to Huxin Town in a fast and furious manner, in addition to the battle’s passage, it also emphasized on two other points: firstly, the kind of mysterious drug, and secondly, that the Hope Ship had made a big splash in the sea battle, and that similar new types of sailing ships should be built more, more, more… …
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At this time, the stronghold of the Mud Loach Pirate Corps was already in chaos, the top leaders were on edge, and the minions at the bottom of the hierarchy were rumored to be in a flurry of rumors.
The chief led a flotilla of ships to attack, to the pre-agreed return date but delayed to see people, it is obvious that something has happened.
Some say that Gaden chief has left them to surrender to Alda, some say that the fleet has been completely destroyed, there is also said that Gaden inquired about the whereabouts of Edward, led his own beloved to join, in short, all sorts of rumors are diverse.
Soon from the land came the news, the navy in the sea near the port of Frankland won a great victory, the fact is more than obvious, their fleet has been a terrible defeat, the leader of the Gadsden is either dead or captured by the navy.
After confirming such bad news, even worse things followed, the brothers who went out on patrol found mysterious strange ships in the nearby waters, everyone guessed that it was a scout ship sent by the Blue Streak Dogs to find out their reality, this secret stronghold was feared to have been exposed.
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“Son of a bitch Gaden, I have been a pirate with him for so many years, and I still don’t know that he has such a comfort zone.”
Quake held up his binoculars and carefully observed the nameless island, this island has a natural sheltered harbor, looking inside, a pier with all kinds of facilities is in sight, and then look in the distance, there are curls of cooking smoke rising from the island.
This former pirate leader indignation: “How did I not find such a place first back then? Surprisingly, that two-faced bastard got there first.”
According to the direction provided by the captive, the Hope and another paddle sailing ship came to this sea yesterday evening, and finally found the unnamed island where the pirate stronghold was located, and during their approach, they also found a ship cruising near the island, but the other party quickly accelerated and sailed into the harbor.
The two warships circled the island and found no large pirate fleet except for a few small paddleboats in the harbor, and then the Hope stood guard while the other paddleboat returned to the base to report the news.
The navy’s plan was to send ships to take turns keeping an eye on the island to prevent the pirates who stayed behind from escaping, and then after the whole army had finished repairing, send troops to take it down in one fell swoop.
The first to take charge of the watch was the Hope, and after the night had passed, the officers on board picked up binoculars to scrutinize the situation on the island.
The gunnery officer on the side asked, “Captain, are we just going to guard them dryly?”
Quirk knew the guy was itching again, ever since the gunnery officer had commanded the side guns that sank an enemy ship plus killed countless others in the Battle of Fullan Harbor, he had been longing for the next naval battle, and had to touch the ship’s guns one by one before going to bed every day to fall asleep.
“I knew you were restless, Pete, Henry, approach the harbor, let’s find a way to fuck him up a few times!”
Quirk shouted orders to the sail handler and helmsman, apparently the gunnery officer wasn’t the only one who was restless.
The mate had some concerns, “What if we spook the pirates and they run out to fight us to the death? We only have one ship!”
“You mean they fight us with those small sampans parked at the pier? Wouldn’t that be just right?”
“Uh …… well.”
The gunnery officer was incredibly excited, “Brothers, redden the shells and send them a few scorching rounds to taste!”
(End of chapter)