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Chapter 1285 The battle on the Mediterranean

The Barbary pirates in Algiers did not know that a powerful fleet was slowly approaching.

In the waters about fifty miles northwest of the Algiers Mountain City, a large Arab spinnery with the Algiers flag led several small galleys to surround a large Venetian galley, just like a wolf king and a pack of wolves besieging a bison.

The Arabian spinnaker was loaded with more than 20 artillery pieces, and they fired fire with Venetian-style galleys, filling the air with white smoke!

Some solid bullets fell on the vast sea, splashing water, and the solid bullet that hit the big galleon caused great damage to the galleon!

The Arabian spinnery almost fired against the Venetian galley. The solid bullet caused the broken wood of the galley to rupture and splash, and the sailors hit it was even more bloody!

The main mast of the Venetian standard galleon was destroyed and broken by artillery. The octagonal cross flag originally hung above the main mast fell on the side of the ship, half exposed outside, covered in scars in the war.

Iron hooks were thrown up from the pirate galley and hooked up the sailboat. The pirates' sailboats were closely adjacent to the Venetian ship!

"Catch these pagans and sell them for a good price!" Faced with the trophy that was about to be obtained, the pirates showed a hideous and excited expression.

Some of them carried muskets, some held shields, and others held bows and arrows, and had a variety of weapons.

I worked hard to siege the ships on the sea to get on board and robbery!

On the large galleon, a group of musketeers wearing knight armored gunfire against the cover on the deck and shoot at the pirates who are dependent on them. The projectiles fly over the sea, and someone may be shot at every moment.

"Many of our cannons have been silenced, and the gunners are extremely damaged and cannot engage in close combat with the Barbary Pirates. How are the paddlers in the cabin?!" asked a sailor who seemed to be the commander of the Venetian galley trotting downwards.

"The leader of the big regiment, the starboard pulp hand suffered heavy casualties due to the opponent's artillery. We may not be able to get rid of the entanglement of the Barbary pirates. We can only fight for our lives to fight for the final resistance..." The sailors who came out of the cabin brought unfavorable news.

"Damn Barbary pirates, they will go to hell after they die!" The commander, known as the commander of the Great Commander, gritted his teeth and shouted to the surviving sailors and crew members: "Dear warriors, our warships have not yet fallen, and the gunners are still fighting back against the enemy! The enemy is evil and despicable pagans. Even if we have the last breath, we will use up gunpowder and only the knight's sword, we must draw out the knight's sword to fight the enemy for the last desperate battle! Guard faith and aid suffering!"

"Guard faith and aid suffering!" The sailors without muskets in their hands pulled out their swords, their eyes full of fanaticism.

They are ready to fight the pirates until death.

The Ottoman Turkish Empire once organized more than 100,000 troops to attack their islands, and most cities were destroyed. Half of their members died in battle, but they never surrendered. Until the arrival of Spanish reinforcements, the Ottoman Empire lost more than 30,000 people.

In the Mediterranean, few people may have the same firm will as these fanatical believers.

"If the pirates climbed onto the deck and killed everyone on the deck, you ran to the cabin to ignite a batch of gunpowder stored in it, and burned our entire ship. The warship we purchased from the Venetian merchants would not fall into the hands of the Barbary Pirates."

The commander of the group inspired the crew and sailors with generous speeches, but he understood that their warships had little hope of escape under the harsh conditions of some cannons being silenced and the paddlers were killed and injured.

They are like the Barbary pirates, and any person who catches the other will torture and execute them - rather than being tortured to death, it is better to die like a medieval knight, leaving no spoils for the other party.

The struggling Venetian galley was using surviving artillery to fight back. The knights and sailors on the ship had a tenacious will to resist, and both sides suffered great losses.

On an Arabian spinnaker, a pirate wearing a turban is directing the pirate galley to hunt.

There was a knife mark on his face that stretched from the corner of his eyes to the corner of his mouth, and a pair of eagle-like eyes wandered on the Venetian galley.

"Master Amur, maybe we can catch a big fish this time..." His servant rubbed his hands excitedly and looked at the soon-to-be-fall Venetian galley.

The fierce pirate leaders did not show any excited expression. They robbed warships and merchant ships every year. Every year, thousands of people became slaves.

He was originally directing the pirate ship to launch a final offensive against the Venetian galley, but his after-light suddenly noticed the shadow of sails appeared in the sea to the west.

Although the sails seem small due to the distance, with his years of experience across the Mediterranean, it must be a big ship.

But the next thing that made the scalp tingling was just beginning - more sails appeared behind the pointed sails on the sea level!

This is obviously a single merchant ship, but a huge fleet!

Merchant fleet or warship?!

The pirate leader and all the pirates fighting were stunned and stared at the fleet of unknown origin on the sea level with wide eyes.

The arrival of the fleet will affect this robbery at sea.

"Battleship! It is a warship equipped with artillery!"

Even at a distance, the pirates can easily judge what type of ship would be equipped with a large number of artillery based on their experience in the Mediterranean.

"Five, six, eight...that are the Rice Flags of Britain! The British warships!"

The pirates were counting more and more warships, and they were uneasy.

"No, there are ships behind them! Thirteen, fourteen...!"

Behind the Royal Navy Fleet in Britain, two formations of the Fourth Fleet appeared, and the sails fluttered in the wind, covering the sky!

The pirates were in a terrifying situation when a combined fleet of more than thirty sailboats appeared in this area of ​​sea.

"Retreat! Retreat immediately!" The pirate leader Amur saw the sailing fleet that suddenly appeared here, and knew that they were likely to assist the Venetian galleys that were being besieged at this time, so he ordered the pirates to retreat.

The pirates, with a little unwillingness, cut off the rope that hooked the Venetian galleys. The arrival of groups of warships made them realize that they might die if they did not retreat!
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