Everything is ready, and this copycat version of the Caribbean Pirates is about to set off.
Because this time he went out to sea, he wanted to help Li Huamei conquer two other forces and also to collect pirate bases, Shang Yi also hired Spanish mercenaries to fight, and led by Alisonde himself, and brought a total of sixteen warships.
Two flying scissors, more than 2,200 soldiers, and five pirate ships set sail.
Li Huamei's base is located in the middle of the Yaeshan Islands, which belongs to the southwest Xiandao Islands of the Ryukyu Islands. It is located in the sea east of Taiwan and about 30 to 40 kilometers south of the fishing bird. In later generations, it belongs to Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, but in this
In the era, famous discussions belonged to the jurisdiction of the Ryukyu Kingdom, but at this time the Ryukyu Kingdom had long become a culprit regime of the Satsuma vassal state. Therefore, the Xiandao Islands were actually a three-doubted area.
Because Xiandao Islands are a must-pass sea route from Taiwan and the Philippines to Ryukyu, Japan, and to Northeast Asia, their geographical location is very important. Shang Yi wants to accept Li Huamei's base, not just to cut off Li Huamei's support, so that Li Huamei can completely
Relying on oneself is also a strategic point for seizing the sea surface, and it is the first step for the merchant army's navy to move towards the distant sea.
The fleet first arrived in Taiwan, rested overnight at Keelung Port, and continued to set off early the next morning. After about three hours, it arrived at the sea area of the Xiandao Islands, where dozens of islands were distributed in various sizes, with reefs densely packed, and
Located in Zhechong Road, it has been a good place for pirates to leave and hide since ancient times.
Li Huamei's pirate base is mainly located on the two largest islands in the Xiandao Islands, namely Ishigaki Island and Nishimoji Island in later generations. Before Li Huamei surrendered to Shang Yi, the internal forces of the pirate group were composed of about 267 under Li Huamei's subordinates.
Ten people, seven boats; Liu Hu had nearly three hundred people and six boats; Xie Shan had more than two hundred people and four boats. There were a total of more than eight hundred people, and there were more than one thousand family members, including the pirates.
Most of the family members of the elderly and young are placed on Ishigaki Island, while the main pirate members gather on Nishio Island.
With Li Huamei leading the way, the merchant army's fleet sailed very smoothly. However, after entering the waters of Xiandao Islands, he encountered a pirate ship coming out. Li Huamei immediately recognized that the ship belonged to him.
The ship on the island that first suddenly left the base must have been a reason, so he immediately set up a boat to greet him. And Alisandra was not worried and immediately ordered to surround him first.
Because she saw that Li Huamei came back, the pirates on the ship did not resist and leaned against Li Huamei's ship. Someone came to Li Huamei's ship and told her that there had been major changes within the pirates during this period.
It turned out that Li Huamei had not returned for more than 20 days this time, and there were rumors that Li Huamei's ship was sunk by the official army. Without Li Huamei's restraint, the balance between pirates was also broken, Liu Hu and Xie Shanzhi
During this period, a fight immediately broke out, and Liu Hu killed Xie Shan and acquired Xie Shan's subordinates. Li Huamei's few subordinates who were still on Xibiao Island were forced to surrender to Liu Hu. But no
The young man was unwilling to accept that Li Huamei would be sunk by the official army, so he found a loophole and stole a boat to escape from Xibiao Island, wanting to find Li Huamei. Of course, Liu Hu was also on the island at this time.
After hearing this, Li Huamei couldn't help but be shocked and angry. She immediately came to the Sea Rose and reported the incident on the island to Alisand.
After hearing the whole story, Alisandra thought that this was a good thing for the merchant army. Liu Hu killed Xie Shan, which also reduced a lot of trouble for the merchant army. Li Huamei killed Liu Hu again, which was also the same.
Famous sayings are as follows. Therefore, she and Li Huamei decided to divide the troops into two groups, sending Morient to lead six warships, guided by a Li Huamei's warship, first to seize Ishigaki Island and control all the pirates' families, and her
The warship army was led by Alisandra and Li Huamei, and they all went to capture Xibiao Island.
After the dispatch was completed, the fleet immediately split into action. Li Huamei also stayed on the Sea Mei Soul for the time being to assist Alisandra in command of the battle. At this time, Li Huamei's subordinates also knew about the island's changes, so everyone was very angry.
He had enough energy to deal with Liu Hu. At this moment, three more warships sailed out of the archipelago. It turned out that Liu Hu found that a ship was running away, so he also sent three ships to chase him out.
Of course, Alisandra would not be polite and immediately ordered a fight. Her ship, Sea Soul, personally led four frigates, arranged in a column, sailed in a font of "一" to welcome these three pirate ships.
At the same time, four cruisers were divided, led by Li Huamei's other two ships, and they took a detour to cover the pirate ship's retreat, while the rest of the ships were in the second echelon. This is not to say that they are afraid that the front-line combat will not be able to defeat the pirate ship, but to be afraid that the pirate ship will escape
It's right.
At this time, the pirate ship also discovered the fleet of the merchant army and was shocked. Although they didn't know that it was a warship from there, they also understood that this fleet was definitely not here to treat guests to dinner. A pirate ship immediately turned the ship.
He fled into the archipelago. The other two pirate ships were in front of him and could not escape, so they had to bite the bullet and welcome him.
Alisandra stood in the boat building, watching the distance between the two sides approaching, a smile appeared slightly at the corner of her mouth, and ordered a fire to shoot.
The Sea Rose is equipped with 86 artillery pieces. In terms of single-ship combat effectiveness, it is second only to the Galaxy among the merchant army's navy. The forty-three artillery pieces on the side are divided into three batches, and they fire in turn, and the shells are flying whistling.
The pirate ship left, and the hull also shaking violently.
Although Li Huamei was a pirate, she had never experienced such fierce shelling. She only felt her heart beating loudly and her ears were buzzing. She realized that the naval battles she had experienced before were actually all pediatrics.
Within this distance, the pirate ship's small cannons could not even hit half, so they could only get beaten and couldn't help but get rid of it. More than ten waves of water immediately rose on the sea surface, and the pirate ship's body was also shot continuously.
The merchant army's artillery shells were fired near the waterline of the ship, with the purpose of directly sinking the enemy ship. This pirate ship was not a strong big ship, so after several rounds of artillery fire, the pirate ship's waterline was near the waterline of the ship.
Two holes were made, and the sea water poured in, and the pirates on the ship jumped into the sea to escape.
Alisandra immediately ordered two frigates to clean up the mess, and she immediately rushed to the next pirate ship. Another pirate ship had just witnessed the experience of his companions, and she dared to fight.
It was too late to turn, and the pirates simply abandoned the ship and jumped into the water without waiting for the merchant army to attack. As a result, the merchant army captured the pirate ship without any effort.
The pirate ship that turned his head first did not fall. Before it ran a few hundred meters, it was immediately intercepted by the warship surrounded by the flanks. After a shelling, it was also broken by the side of the side, just waiting for a slow down
sink.
The entire battle ended in less than half an hour. Two of the three pirate ships sank and one prisoner, and the merchant army won the victory. Alisandra only left two warships to clean up the battlefield, and then led the other warships to continue
Head towards the westward island.
More than forty minutes later, Xidou Island also appeared in Alisandra's sight. Of course, at the same time, the watchtower on the island's coastline also found the merchant army's warships and immediately issued an alarm to the island.
Under the guidance of Li Huamei, Alisandra divided six warships and passed the port of Xibiao Island. She led the remaining nine warships to prepare for landing.
At this time, the pirates on the island had been alerted and rushed to the shore with their weapons to defend, and a small number of them rushed to the port to drive the ship.
Because the warships of the merchant army were relatively large and could not rely on the shore, they could only use small boats to transport soldiers to land. So the first batch of fifty boats were laid down, with more than a dozen soldiers on each boat, and rowing towards the shore.
Alisandra also ordered that all warships were lined up along the coastline, anchored and fixed, and attacked with artillery to cover the landing troops.
The artillery of the nine warships started together, this time they were fired with flowering bullets, and the sand was dancing on the beach on the shore, and the smoke was filled with layers of smoke. The pirates also fell to the ground and died in loud noises, screaming in the sky.
The pirates behind also knew that they were powerful and dared to rush forward. They hurriedly stopped and retreated, leaving a large blank area on the beach.
The landing boat also approached the shore at this time. Many soldiers jumped into the sea and waded forward in the sea. Therefore, the artillery of the warships also stopped firing, and only a few artillery raised their elevation angle to go further.
Local shooting. Alisandra also ordered that the second batch of thirty landing boats were dispatched and began to land. At the same time, she and Li Huamei also changed a small pirate ship to prepare to land.
After the artillery stopped firing, the pirates came one after another. But at this time, the first landing troops of the merchant army had already stepped on the coast. The battles were all Spanish soldiers, and they quickly lined up in three companies on the coast.
The shooting formation also shows that they are not inferior to the combat discipline of the Merchant Army. Now all foreign mercenaries of the Merchant Army have changed to smooth-bore guns that use thunder mercury as fire hats, and most of the weapons used by pirates are swords and guns.
There are only a few old-fashioned mesh guns, which are rivals of the merchant army. Therefore, when the pirates rushed over, the gunfire suddenly burst into loud noises, which only hit the pirates to fall to the ground and die.
The pirates' fighting consciousness is actually similar to that of the peasant army. They are typical bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. After several rounds of platoon shooting, when they saw that the other party was so powerful, they dared to fight again, and immediately retreated again and left behind on the beach.
More than two hundred corpses were found.
The Spanish army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, and first defended the beach's position, waiting for Alisandra to arrive at the shore with the second batch of landing troops.