Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 63 Battle at Sea
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While the Chinese Independence Army was busily rectifying the morale of its troops, Hou Taiyuan's pirate fleet had already ambushed in the waters where the Peruvian fleet was passing.

"General, they are coming." Behind a deserted island, Li Han reminded Hou Taiyuan in a low voice.

Just like the information provided by Wang Yongtian, this fleet consisted of five merchant ships and two wooden sailing frigates, with the two frigates guarding the merchant ships in the middle, one in front and one behind.

"Brothers, get ready. Let go of the frigate in front and concentrate your ships to kill the frigate behind."

"Yes, sir." Four pirate ships, one large and three small, quickly raised their triangular sails, ready to attack at any time.

In the Peruvian fleet, the person in charge of buying and selling Chinese was Manuel, a close subordinate of Rustuart. This time, he personally escorted the Cuban Chinese workers on the orders of the Peruvian President, who admired Rustuart.

"Major Medellin, how long will it take to reach the coast?" Manuel asked the fleet commander on the Victory frigate.

The two frigates are the Victory and the Jeanne, two small frigates of the Colombian Caribbean Fleet.
After consultation between the President of Peru and the Government of Colombia, Medellin commanded two frigates and two main warships to be responsible for the task of escorting the Chinese. The two main warships left with the merchant ships in front. Medellin still had two frigates and five merchant ships under his command.

"We can reach Tipana tomorrow, and then you can get off the ship there and reach Porto Jurado by land. Finally, you can change ships and leave Colombia," said Medellin.

Medellin didn't talk much, and after Manuel asked the question, he didn't say anything else.

The Chinese workers' fleet entered Hou Taiyuan's attack range. Hou Taiyuan was about to order an attack when a pirate fleet consisting of seven or eight small boats suddenly appeared. The boats were full of black pirates holding knives and guns.

"General, these are pirates under Babu." Li Han has good eyesight and was the first to recognize the identity of the pirates who suddenly appeared.

"Damn it, the niggers are trying to steal our business again."

A sailor on the ship said indignantly.

Babu was the leader of the black pirates. He was cruel and often tortured the captured prisoners to death. Therefore, Hou Taiyuan and his gang of pirates were very dissatisfied with their behavior, and the two pirate groups had unpleasant conflicts.

"Everyone, don't be anxious. Let them rush out first to test the opponent's strength, and then we will rush out."

Hou Taiyuan was not sure about attacking the merchant caravan escorted by warships, so he decided in advance to let go of the frigate in front and severely damage the frigate behind, forcing the warships to leave.

The sudden appearance of Babu and his gang of pirates just solved Hou Taiyuan's problem. Using them to consume the defense power of the Peruvian fleet was a good idea.

Hou Taiyuan's words calmed the restless emotions of the crowd. The four pirate ships stayed on standby, waiting for the Peruvian fleet and the Babu pirate gang to be both defeated before attacking again.

On the leading pirate ship, the black pirate leader Babu excitedly waved his sword and shouted at his men to approach the Peruvian fleet.

"Pirate attack." The sudden appearance of pirates alarmed the Colombian sailors on the warship.

"Hold the rudder to the left, fire the cannons, and all personnel are in place immediately." The black pirates' small boat rushed towards the fleet like an arrow from a bow. Medellin loudly commanded the warships to fight the enemy.

The small boat modified from the Polynesian ocean-going canoe is the standard equipment of Caribbean pirates, just like the AK47 in the hands of later terrorists. This kind of small boat is easy to obtain materials and simple to manufacture, and is deeply loved by pirates everywhere.

A minute later, the pirate ship where Babu was located sailed to a distance of two kilometers from the Victory. At this time, the Peruvian fleet quickly formed a team. Five merchant ships sailed westward to avoid pirate attacks. The Jenny sailed from the back to the front to cover the merchant ships. The Victory turned its sails to directly engage the pirate ship where Babu was located.

"Boom," the two warships fired one after another, and more than a dozen shells were fired at the speeding pirates, but none of them hit a pirate ship.

The eight pirate ships had small hull areas and were difficult to attack. The shells fired by the two warships in the vast sea were not enough to form a covering strike range.

After a round of bombardment, the distance between the two fleets was shortened to less than one thousand meters. "Musketeers, get ready," the black pirates arrived within a hundred meters of the warship in a blink of an eye. At this time, the lethality of the artillery on the warship decreased, and the two sides began to fight at close range.

Medellin calmly ordered, "Shoot." Thirty musketeers on the Victory took turns firing, and the pirates approaching the warship began to suffer casualties.

The black pirates withstood the initial casualties and arrived at the Victory's hull.

Three black pirates rushed onto the deck of the Victory along the side of the ship, occupied a small area, and used their muskets and swords to resist the attacks of the sailors on the warship.

Black pirates continued to swarm onto the Victory and Jenny warships, while the warship sailors retreated steadily in neat formation.

Babu didn't expect it would be so easy to board the two warships. He happily showed his white front teeth.

The surrounding black pirates gathered around Babu, constantly shrinking the area occupied by the twenty or so sailors on the deck.

Most of the pirates followed Bob onto the Victory. Compared with more than one hundred pirates and more than twenty sailors, Bob's side had an overwhelming advantage.

Just when Babu was preparing to pursue the victory and completely wipe out the sailors on the ship, something unexpected happened. Teams of soldiers kept pouring out of the Victory ship, and dense bullets hit the pirates, immediately causing a large number of casualties.

"We've been fooled." Babu reacted and without caring about the remaining pirates on the ship, he turned around and pushed away a pirate blocking the way in front of him, quickly jumped off the warship, and hurriedly fled with a dozen pirates.

After dealing with the pirates on the ship, Medellin and Manuel walked out of the hold and came to the deck that had not been cleared yet.

"Twenty-one pirates were killed, fifty-three were captured, seven of our men were injured, and no one was killed." The first mate of the Victory reported.

"Has the pirate leader been caught?"

"No, he escaped in the chaos."

"Forget it, he's just a little pirate leader, just run away."

The statistics of the Jenny's battle results have not been sent in yet, but according to Medellin's estimate, more than one hundred pirates were wiped out in total. With this achievement, Medellin is likely to be promoted to lieutenant colonel.

"Major Medellin defeated the pirates and protected the safety of the fleet. On behalf of the workers on the merchant ship, I would like to express my gratitude to the people." Noticing Medellin's joy after his victory, Manuel thanked him at the right time.

"You are too polite, sir. It is my duty to protect the safety of merchant ships." Medellin said.

“Major, what are you going to do with these captured pirates?

Medellin took a look at the captured pirates. Except for a few injured ones, the rest were all strong men.

"To be honest, Major, there is a rebellion among Chinese workers in Peru and there is a shortage of workers, so I want to buy these pirate captives to work as miners."

"I can sell you the prisoners, but I hope you will cooperate with me in this battle."

"I understand. Major Medellin wiped out five hundred pirates, and the ones he killed were sunk into the sea."

"Haha, it's a pleasure working with you." Medellin smiled and shook hands with Manuel.

With Manuel as a witness, and using the money from selling the prisoners to bribe his superiors, his military rank promotion was almost certain.
Therefore, Medellin was in a very happy mood.

(End of this chapter)