Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 255 Pirates
"Boss, it's bad! All the brothers who went out are finished!"

On an unknown island in the East Indies, a Chinese pirate hurried into a wooden house and spoke in an urgent voice.

"Why are you so flustered? Didn't you see that I was discussing important matters with the bosses?" Wang Luoba habitually scolded his rash subordinates. Before he finished speaking, he reacted and said in disbelief, "What the hell are you talking about? Two or three hundred brothers were all handed over to the Han people?"

"This is absolutely impossible!" Wang Luoba's expression changed.

He put down the wine glass that was about to reach his mouth and said in shock, "Taiping Island is only the size of a palm. The Han people have at most fifty or sixty standing soldiers on the island. And the brothers we sent out have two or three hundred people. Even if we can't take Taiping Island, it is impossible for the whole army to be wiped out!"

The more Wang Luoba thought about it, the more he could not believe his subordinates' report. He said fiercely, "Second Master has only been out for two days. Maybe he didn't have time to come back because of the storm. If you dare to spread rumors, I will kill you immediately!"

"Boss, I am innocent. Even if I had ten guts, I would not dare to deceive you!"

"Stop your dawdling,
Tell me quickly, what is going on! "

Wang Luoba's face was full of murderous intent, and he said anxiously.

"Yesterday morning, I followed the instructions of the big boss and took more than 20 brothers to Taiping Island to gather information disguised as fishermen. When I got close to Taiping Island, I found that the Han people were trying more than a dozen captured brothers. Moreover, on Taiping Island, I also saw more than a hundred bodies of brothers who were beaten to death..."

The pirate henchman nervously recounted the news he had heard, and from time to time he raised his head and vigilantly observed Wang Luoba's expression, fearing that he would be unhappy and retreat and kill him.

"How is the Second in Command? Have you seen the Second in Command on the island?"

Wang Luoba interrupted the pirate's words impatiently and asked.

"I have carefully searched the island, but I did not find the Second in Command."

"No sign of the second in command?" Wang Luoba slowly believed the news that the pirates he sent out were annihilated. At the same time, after having to accept the reality that his forces suffered heavy losses, his emotions gradually stabilized and he began to consider the subsequent impact of the failed attack on Taiping Island.

The capture of dozens of ordinary minions by the Han army would not have a great impact on Wang Luoba's forces, but the second in command was the person whose strength was second only to Wang Luoba among the pirates. If he did not die in battle but was captured by the Han army, it would be a major blow to Wang Luoba's pirate forces.

The more Wang Luoba thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. Then he looked at the messenger standing cautiously below and quickly made up his mind, "Chen San, I'll give you three days to take your brothers out to sea immediately.

No matter whether the second in command is dead or alive, he must be found!"

"Little understands."

The pirate wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and cautiously left the wooden house.

After the pirates left, the cabin was quiet for a while. After a while, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes broke the silence and said, "Boss Wang, your men have suffered heavy losses. Do you think you should attack the Han fleet and rob the Jiangnan Shipyard's workers?"

"A word of truth is a nail. I, Wang Luoba, never regret what I promised." Wang Luoba stood up and sneered, "Although the loss of two or three hundred brothers is not small, I, Wang Luoba, have more than a thousand brothers under my command. This loss is still affordable. Besides, it was not only me, Wang Luoba, who participated in the ambush of the Han fleet.
More than a dozen Chinese Kapitan leaders, including Perak Kapitan Zheng Jinggui, Kuala Lumpur Kapitan Yap Ah Loy, Negeri Sembilan Kapitan Dunn, etc., agreed to cooperate.

With more than a dozen Chinese Kapitans and the cooperation of all the big bosses, can't they deal with a fleet of transport ships from the Han Kingdom?"

Wang Luoba's obvious provocation naturally could not be hidden from the other pirate leaders in the wooden house. As soon as he finished speaking, a pirate leader stood up and refuted, "The National Defense Force has eight gunboats and twenty-four steam-armed merchant ships in Southeast Asia. Their strength is much higher than ours and more than ten Kapitans.

Moreover, Boss Wang, our current situation is not as good as it was in the past. We don’t have steamships and cannons. Even if we have several times more ships than the National Defense Forces, we cannot defeat them.

So in my opinion, we should just guard our own territory and not get involved in the feud between the foreign devils and the National Defense Army."

"Brother Liu Wu, what you said is not right. Our maritime forces are mutually integrated. Without mutual cooperation, we would have been swallowed up by the Dutch and the British long ago."

Another fat, dark-skinned pirate leader said with a shrewd smile, "Since the National Defense Force came to Southeast Asia, we have been able to rob fewer and fewer cargo ships each year, and the protection fees we receive are not as much as in previous years. The brothers tied their heads to their belts and followed us to do this dangerous business, all for the sake of making some money. But the National Defense Force, on the other hand, set up many rules for themselves after arriving in Southeast Asia. Their transport fleets, ordinary Chinese, and Chinese merchants under their protection cannot be robbed. With so many rules and regulations, they have cut off more than half of our livelihood. If we continue to live like this, even without the foreigners and the National Defense Force dealing with us, in a few years, we will all be left with nothing."

The fat black pirate slowed down his speech, quietly observing everyone's reactions, and continued, "So, it's not that we took the initiative to become enemies with the National Defense Forces, but that the National Defense Forces didn't let our brothers live.

Our ancestors have said that to cut off someone's wealth is like killing their parents. Since the National Defense Forces won't let us live easily, you big bosses don't need to be polite to them. Gather all the brothers and follow the arrangement of the foreign devil Kirby to rob the boatmen on the Han transport fleet. It's much better to live a comfortable life than hiding in the woods on a deserted island every day."

"Everyone has heard what Master Xie said, so I would like to remind you a few more things."

Wang Luoba followed up on what the fat black pirate leader said, "First, according to the news I received, the daughter of the Lord of Songkhla is about to marry the King of Han. The National Defense Force will use more than half of its maritime forces in the South Seas to escort the daughter of the Lord of Songkhla to South America. Therefore, we will set off in two weeks. The escort force of the Han fleet that transports the ship workers will be greatly weakened, and the possibility of success of the operation is very high.
Second, the foreign devil Kirby brought news that two weeks later, 800 Jiangnan textile women workers and 227 Jiangnan shipyard ship workers would set out together. By then, the brothers would seize the transport fleet, and those delicate textile women workers would be at the disposal of the bosses.

Third: The personal representative of the Dutch Governor Van Ransberg promised that as long as we complete the task of attacking the Han transport fleet, they will mark out several unowned lands in the Borneo region as private territories for each family in the future.

Dear bosses, the conditions offered by the Dutch and the foreign devil Kirby are not low. I hope you will think carefully and not waste this great opportunity. "

Under Wang Luoba's earnest persuasion, more than a dozen pirate leaders quickly expressed their stance and decided to participate in the attack on the National Defense Forces' transport fleet, while the remaining four or five pirate forces of medium strength still did not express their stance.

"The attack on the Wehrmacht transport fleet was supported by the Dutch. After the attack was successful, the entire transport fleet was captured by us. The Wehrmacht will not know which force was involved in the attack, so there is no need to worry about the Wehrmacht's retaliation."

Wang Luoba continued to persuade.

"Boss Wang has found a good way for everyone to make a fortune. We can't miss it. Sun Jiu is willing to take the lead and participate in the action!"

Under Wang Luoba's instigation, the last few pirate leaders quickly expressed their intention to join, and Liu Wu, the pirate leader who had first raised objections, also agreed when he saw that everyone agreed.

(End of this chapter)