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- Southeast Asia? Brunei.
Governor Twenty-Four accepted the South American cigars sent by Frafen.
¡°It¡¯s great, I didn¡¯t expect to smell this here!¡± The governor¡¯s girl was in love again.
"If you need it, sir, there are many more. Our country has a fleet that regularly travels to and from Europe."
"Really? We want long-term cooperation." The governor said, writing down a piece of paper, "Your Excellency is so generous, I think if Kuhn can do business here, it will be beneficial to everyone, I will give 5% of the Fang Family Navy The share will be transferred to your Chamber of Commerce.¡±
"Thank you, Lord Governor, for making this decision for the prosperity of Southeast Asia, everyone will benefit." Frafen is a typical Dutchman with a split head, but his face is a bit flat, his eyes are a bit small, and he is not very handsome.
Governor Twenty-four then sighed: "Yes, the Fang family navy has done a lot over the years, but now, they seem to have given up on this sea area and returned to the country to take care of some things."
Frafen pursed his lips and said with a smile: "That quagmire is not so easy to get out of."
The governor then asked: "I still don't quite understand. If your chamber of commerce intends to do business in our ports, why doesn't it directly declare war with the Fang family navy and use such gentle means to encroach step by step."
"What the Governor said is that we don't want to waste a lot of time. This is an order from the royal family."
"Royal family?"
Frafen said helplessly: "We have gone too far in Africa, India and Southeast Asia. The royal family hopes that we will use 'gentle' methods, be sure to take care of our country's honor and image, and not leave any words to other countries."
"'Tenderer'?" Governor Twenty-Four covered his mouth to suppress his laughter. "Your Excellency, with all due respect, is there any difference between being gentle and being tough? Why do I feel like this is an act of deceiving myself?"
Frafen whispered: "I feel the same way. I don't know what illness the royal family has. Maybe they suddenly want to go to heaven."
The governor¡¯s face changed: ¡°Your Excellency, please don¡¯t make fun of Christ.¡±
"Okay. Okay" Frafen shrugged, "We are different people after all, and hell has already registered my name."
The Governor sighed again: "The Lord is too tolerant. We only need to repent before death, and no matter how many sins we commit, we can be forgiven."
Frafen laughed and said: "By the way, I can still confess. Thank you Governor for reminding me."
Governor Twenty-four felt that it was boring to talk about this topic anymore, so he asked: "I heard that the East Asian waters are in chaos recently. Does your chamber of commerce have any intention of going north?"
Frafen shook his head: "I don't know, these are all arranged by the people above. Our squadron admiral can only obey the orders. But the fat man in East Asia is not just us who are watching, the French and British , the Portuguese are all eyeing them, they are taboo with each other, and they dare not go north easily. This must be the reason why the royal family asked us to 'take into account our image'. But believe me. It is only a matter of time, whether to invade them gently, or to enslave them brutally. They, the people above will make a decision sooner or later."
"I wish I could be gentler."
"Of course, this way I can talk less when I am confessing before I die."
""
In the past few months, the Fang family navy has disappeared in the waters of Southeast Asia. The Kuhn Chamber of Commerce used various means to rapidly plunder their share. Letters of recommendation written from Europe, tobacco brought from South America, and even popular products were dumped. Kuhn's three fleets frequently traveled to and from the Fang family navy. The developed six ports have almost squeezed the Fang family navy away from this sea area.
As for what happened in East Asia, almost no one knows. In the eyes of most Europeans, it should be a place similar to Southeast Asia. The most advanced weapons are large fishing boats carrying spearguns. If a war breaks out, they may be scratched by the spearguns thrown at them.
But Admiral Frafin of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce¡¯s Second Fleet doesn¡¯t think so.
He had contact with some Easterners and heard some legends during his voyage.
Regardless of the artillery skills of the Easterners, at least their sailing ships deserve recognition. There once was a Chinese fleet with astonishingly huge sails that traveled to and from Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean several times. Even Africans have heard of it. The admirals of this fleet were sent to various places along the way. Plant gifts and tell everyone that there is such an ancient country in the far east.
Therefore, Frafen is still positive about the ocean-going capabilities of the Orientals, which is also confirmed by the fact that the Fang family navy frequently sailed in Southeast Asia.
But on the contrary, Frafen could only laugh at the Easterners' fighting methods.
He believed that the facts also confirmed this point. When the Fang family navy was doing business here, they would always go around the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce, even from afar.?I didn¡¯t even bother to say hello. When the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce still tried to squeeze their share, they directly chose to escape and fled back to their East Asia.
Frafen thinks this is the character of Oriental people, who only give gifts but don¡¯t know how to fight.
But it was useless to know how to fight. The Frafen soldiers did not think that their broken wooden boats and terrible artillery could make a difference on the battlefield. Legend has it that their artillery was imported from Germany. Of course, the Germans sold half Products from centuries ago may have become rusty and moldy.
When Frafen returned to the dock, the sailors had already packed the corals into warehouses. They could make a lot of money by handing the goods over to the caravans returning to Europe.
Frafen used to be a gambler, but he has stopped gambling since he came to the island.
He found that plunder was far more profitable and interesting than gambling.
Frafen boarded the ship and said to the adjutant: "Go back to Jakarta."
The adjutant took the order, and several large North Sea three-pole sailboats made in the Netherlands left the port.
"Admiral! Look over there!" The sailor shouted from the lookout.
Frafen felt that he was too rare and strange. Southeast Asia should be the safest sea area in the world, and the indigenous people were the most tolerant people he had ever seen.
"What are you calling? Is it the ship of Preyla Chamber of Commerce?"
"It's not likeit seemsit's not like a sailboat at all"
Frafen smiled and scolded: "Fishing boat?! You also report to me? Little Charlie, is your position too boring? Do you want to stimulate my nerves from time to time?"
"No, Admiral" the sailor on the lookout gulped, "Admiral, if those are fishing boats I think the only possibility is that they were hunting fishing boats for Poseidon"
Frafen finally became nervous and took out the telescope from his pocket to watch it himself.
In the distance, there are several black lumps sailing this way, just from an aesthetic point of view. It's just too ugly.
Frafen even thought that their rocks, thanks to the two pitiful little sails on the knots, were definitely ships. This kind of ship is a little different from the ships that Frafen knows. It seemed that it was not just moving by the wind, but huge waves were rolling on both sides of the ship. It's like there are many people paddling.
¡°It¡¯s a paddle boat?!¡± Frafen screamed in surprise.
"Admiral, what did you say?" The adjutant was a little surprised, "Is it the kind in the park?"
"No, no, it's for war. It's a Calaisian paddle warship. Oh my God, isn't this something in a museum?" Frafen still looked at the lumps in the distance, wanting to see more information.
"Galaise? This looks like a name from the ancient Roman period?" The adjutant was a little dizzy. Is this a ghost?
??Flavin paused for a while, then turned around and said: "If you haven't heard of Galaise, at least you have heard of Venetian gunboats, right?"
"Venetian gunboats? Oh my god" The adjutant finally understood. "A gunboat created only for war, with 15 rows of huge guns, 20 heavy gunsa fortress on the oceanbut hasn't this type of ship been eliminated long ago?"
"Well as navigation technology matured, this type of ship began to be restrained by British cruisers. Later, it was eliminated due to high labor costs and fragile defenses. The all-powerful Venetian gunboats, I didn't expect to see them here."
The adjutant only looked at a few black spots from a distance, imagining what Venetian gunboats looked like.
Frafen shouted: "Why are you still dazed? Go and display the negotiation flag!"
"Yes Yes¡¡"
Frafen¡¯s side first raised a flag asking for identity, but there was no response from the other side. After repeating it three more times, Frafen was finally a little scared because the number of black pimples had increased from 3 to 10.
"The enemy's situation is unclear, retreat first." Frafen gave the order, and the fleet no longer stayed, but headed west.
Frafen stood at the stern of the ship, clenching his fists: "This Qiu Kun Chamber of Commerce has taken note of it. No matter you are British or Spanish, I, the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce, will never give up."
The speed of Frafenpo is getting faster and faster.
"Little Charlie?! What's going on?" Frafen felt something was wrong, so he asked the lookout.
"Admiralit seems that their target is not Brunei" After the lookout confirmed that he had read correctly, he said blankly, "Their target seems to be us."
"Who is so bold? War without declaring it?!" Frafen snorted and ordered, "Full combat readiness, full of artillery, it's just an antique ship, how dare you challenge the authority of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce in Southeast Asia. "
He just gave the order and hesitated again. After all, the enemy only had 10 ships, and their combat strength was still unknown. Although the Venetian gunboats have obvious shortcomings, ifWhen soldiers meet each other, their firepower is quite amazing.
Frafen coughed and had to change his life: "Reload the ammunition and stand by. First drive towards Jakarta at full speed. Note, it is full speed!"
Jakarta is the base of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce. No matter how evil the Venetian gunboats are, they cannot avoid the encirclement and suppression of Kuhn's three fleets. Everything is safe first. If a country declares war with the Netherlands, there may be more things to consider.
Half a minute later, Frafen was sweating profusely.
"Full speed, isn't it full speed? Why are they still approaching?!!"
The sweat on the adjutant's face was no less than that of Frafen: "Admiral we are really at full speed. Now that the wind is blowing, is this the fastest?"
"Humph, because there is a paddle boat on the opposite side, can we ignore the wind direction" Frafen snorted and ordered, "Change the course according to the wind direction and get rid of them first!"
A minute later, the horror on Frafen¡¯s face could no longer be hidden.
"Little Charlie, count for mehow many slurries do those boats have?"
"" After repeated confirmation, the lookout said in his throat, "40 rows Admiral, a total of 80 squid."
"How is it possiblethe largest Venetian gunboat only has 15 rows of propellers" Frafen said in shock, "Do they ignore the cost? Don't they want warehouses and gun bunkers? This is simplypirates!!! Kyoto Pirates!¡±
Frafen has already thought of this, which basically abandons the configuration of artillery and cargo warehouses. It consumes a lot of manpower and can get close to the enemy's configuration in a short time. The only ones who need to do this are pirates.
Now, due to the strengthening of artillery, even this kind of hand-to-hand combat with pirates has basically disappeared. After all, they usually suffer heavy losses before close combat. More pirates choose to use artillery as a deterrent. Force the opponent to surrender.
Frafen knew that it would be impossible to escape if bitten by this terrifying 40-row giant boat, so he made a prompt decision. Order the ship to move sideways and aim its guns at the enemy.
Frafen is an experienced admiral, and the formation adjustment will be completed. He shouted to the whole ship: "Don't be afraid. Although the enemy has 10 ships, our artillery shells are enough to sink them at close range."
The sailors all said yes. Up to now, they were just surprised at most, not very scared. A large North Sea three-pole sailboat equipped with 12 cannons. The last time an armed fleet of this level was forced into hand-to-hand combat by pirates was decades ago.
But they didn¡¯t expect that before the enemy entered their own firing range, the enemy¡¯s artillery shells would hit first.
The sailors all laughed. How could there be such a long-range artillery shell? There was really a group of rustic pirates on the opposite side. They all thought that this was a fleet formed by a group of uncivilized Southeast Asians. They were pushed savagely by giant pulp, so there was nothing to worry about.
Until a shell landed 50 meters next to the flagship. When the waves shook the flagship, the sailors finally fell silent - the range of the opponent's artillery was half as much as our own.
Frafen¡¯s heart was already in his throat. Even the range of the artillery was suppressed. Who is this damn fleet?
"Admiral, do you want to surrender?" the adjutant asked tremblingly.
"Nowait a little longerif the enemy wants to annihilate us. They have already begun to bombard us indiscriminately, but they only use bow guns and are still approaching at full speed. I think their artillery is not as powerful as it looks."
As expected by Frafen, after four rounds of bombing, the opposite side went silent. Dozens of shells only hit two. The fire on Frafen's ship has been extinguished, and the losses are basically negligible.
"The opponent's artillery shells have been used up, fight back!!" Frafen shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, the more than a dozen gun bays on each battleship launched their full firepower, and tons of shells hit the opposite side like raindrops.
Frafen said with a ferocious smile: "Let these idiots see what firepower is."
The fleet of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce is all experienced sailors, and the hit rate of the shells is quite impressive. There are also a lot of armed turrets. In just two rounds of salvos, you can see at least 10 shells hitting the enemy ship.
"Two volleys were enough for them." Frafen was confident that he had won the battle. He only cared about who the enemy was, so he raised his head and asked, "Little Charlie, can you see their flag clearly?"
"OkayI haven't heard of this flag before. It seems to be a strange symbol, maybe a Chinese character."
"Chinese characters?" Frafen was startled and finally alerted, "Is it the Fang family navy?! Are they back?"
"Maybe."
Frafen tried his best to stabilize his mood. He wanted to tell President Kuhn this news immediately. Of course, it would be accompanied by the news of his victory over the opponent. He smiled and said: "You are an Oriental who overestimates your capabilities, little Charlie."He told me that he had sunk several of their ships, I guessed at least 4. "
"No less than four ships."
"Three ships? Oh my god, the other party is so lucky."
"Not even"
"What? There are only two ships. I have never seen such a bomb-resistant ship!"
""
""
"Admiral, their ship seems not to have been damaged, but 10 ships are still rushing towards us"
"This is impossible!" Frafen ordered the bombing again and took out the telescope.
This time, he saw clearly.
The shells accurately hit these black bumps one after another. However, these black bumps were only shaken by the hits. After a burst of black smoke, they still stood there intact.
The lookout has lowered his telescope. There is no need for a telescope at this distance.
"Admiral, this is not a black lump, it is a piece of iron!"
"Yeah." Frafen also threw away the telescope. He did not order the sixth round of firing. At this distance, there was no time to reload and launch. He could already clearly see the admiral on the other side's ship.
I don¡¯t know if the admiral opposite is possessed by a spirit or something, but he is standing shirtless on the bow of the ship, not hiding in the armor.
The black-haired young man held the serrated sword across his back shoulder, and God, he actually grinned.
"Is he Fang Xian?" Frafen Mumu stood and asked the adjutant, "Isn't he a businessman? Have you ever seen such a businessman? This is the most fucking businessman I have ever seen!"
Fang Xian took a step forward and pointed the sword at Frafen. His eyes said everything.
"Admiral! You can shoot him to death from this distance!!" The adjutant said quickly when he saw this.
"No." Frafen thought briefly, "Show the white flag, close the cannon, and surrender."
"Admiral!"
"We have no choice." Frafen was already prepared for the worst. "If you still want to live, please pray with me. Pray that the admiral is a businessman and not a pirate."
""
As the ten armored ships surrounded and approached, tons of brothel sailors poured out endlessly from the armored ships, the adjutant finally believed Frafen's judgment.
The opponent has at least two thousand sturdy sailors, and they are already at this distance. In hand-to-hand combat, they are enough to annihilate three Kuhn fleets.
The admirals of both sides met on the deck, and Fang Xian had already put on the admiral's shawl again.
Frafen just stared at him, not knowing what to say.
"When people leave, the ship, goods and money stay." Fang Xian smiled at Frafen, "Go back and tell Kuhn that I am a kind businessman and don't like fighting, and ask him to return what belongs to me. There will be a truce.¡±
"" Frafen said bravely, "Admiral Fang, are you declaring war on the entire Europe?"
"If so, you would have been buried in the sea by now."
"" Frafen had nothing to say, "I will convey your intention to President Kuhn As for the result, I'm afraid we still have to discuss it and convey it to the country. It will take a while"
"I don't have that much time." Fang Xian fiddled with his fingers, "I will rest in Brunei for three days, and then head to Jakarta. If you haven't expressed your position before we arrive in Jakarta, I'm afraid I will have to take off my clothes again. Admiral uniform, making a temporary guest appearance as a pirate."
The sailors in the Fang family navy all laughed wildly. The admiral's transformation was really a great joy in life. Being able to beat the Europeans to such a disgraceful state, and then surrender after just sticking to them, greatly boosted the morale of the sailors.
In this way, amid the ridicule of many sailors of the Fang family navy, the people of the Frafen fleet crowded into several lifeboats and fled towards Jakarta precariously. (To be continued)
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