Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1517
While the Governor's Mansion was singing and dancing, Captain Jonathan and his merchant ship "Oak God" were facing an unprecedented crisis.

The "Oak God" is a mixed passenger and cargo ship with a displacement of 8500 tons. It travels between southern Africa and East Asia all year round. It basically transports food and meat from southern Africa to East Asia, and then purchases various specialties from East Asia. , and then bring the new immigrants in the immigration departure camp back to southern Africa.

As usual, in addition to cargo, the merchant ship "Oak God" also brought about 350 new immigrants. These new immigrants were all arranged in cabins on the upper deck of the "Oak God". It's Port Edward.

This is the last trip to East Asia before the Spring Festival of the "Oak God". In order to return to southern Africa as soon as possible, Jonathan traveled day and night, but he did not expect to be attacked by pirates in the eastern waters of Palawan.

Jonathan immediately sent distress signals to Lion City, Coconut City, and Manila in the Philippines, and then drove towards British Malaya with full power, hoping to get rid of the pirates.

"Coconut City and Lion City promised to send warships to help us, but it will take at least half an hour to arrive—" Second Officer Dick forced himself to be calm, and there were intermittent gunshots not far away, which were pirates forcing "Oak Tree" The "God" stopped the ship.

"What about Manila?" Jonathan was still looking forward to Manila.

"Manila hasn't responded yet." There was despair in Dick's voice.

"Damn it!" Jonathan slammed his fist heavily on the bridge in front of him, expecting help from Manila, rather than relying on God.

"Captain—" Alfred, the first mate, handed Jonathan the binoculars in his hand, and motioned to Jonathan.

Jonathan picked up the binoculars to watch, just in front of the "Oak God", a pirate ship of less than [-] tons was showing off its might.

At the stern of the pirate ship, a captain wearing a blindfold, an ancient rapier, and a binoculars in his hand was looking at the "Oak God" with gloomy eyes, when Jonathan noticed the mine at the pirate captain's feet Suddenly, Jonathan's face changed drastically.

Based on tonnage alone, a pirate ship of less than 8500 tons cannot threaten the [-]-ton "God of the Oak Tree". However, if the pirates have mines, it will be different.

Although the mines at the feet of the pirate captain look rusty and are old models that have been eliminated by the navies of various countries, even so, if the pirate ship drops the mines on the route of the "Oak God", then the "Oak God" The ship and hundreds of new immigrants on board were buried at the bottom of the sea.

"How could the pirates have mines? Could it be a disguise—" Alfred wondered.

Jonathan's eyes were incredulous.

If it's fake, it's easy to handle.

But what if it is true?
"Captain, we have more than 30 crew members, we can give it a go." Dick didn't want to be caught without a fight. The pirates seemed to be only a dozen people. Guns, if organized, may not be incapable of resistance.

Jonathan was distraught.

"No, there are hundreds of new immigrants on board, we can't take risks—" Alfred was also full of worries.

"But we give up, those women and children are more dangerous—" Dick yelled.

The current new immigrants in southern Africa are mainly families. If they are single members, they are mainly women and children.

Among the 350 new immigrants on the "God of the Oak", nearly 300 were women and children. If these women and children fell into the hands of pirates, the consequences would be equally disastrous.

"Contact the pirate captain, I want to talk to him." Jonathan hoped to find a better solution.

The pirate captain was very courageous, and soon boarded the "Oak God" alone. The pirate ship loaded with mines was still on the channel in front of the "Oak God".

"Mr. Captain, hello, my name is Walter Drake, I don't need to introduce you, you must know what this name means—" The young man who claimed to be Drake was proud.

In the nautical world, the surname Drake is indeed well-known. As mentioned in the previous chapter, Francis Drake participated in the British-Spanish sea battle that defeated the Spanish Armada as the second-in-command.

As for Walter, this is the name of another famous "navigator" Walter Raleigh who was a contemporary of Francis Drake.

Like Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh is also a legend. He graduated from Oxford University Law School and was funded by Queen Elizabeth. He set up a fleet called "Queen's Ship" and started his pirate career.

In the popular Japanese anime "One Piece", Sirbazz Raleigh, the deputy captain of the Roger Pirates, was created based on Walter Raleigh.

"Hello Mr. Drake, as you can see, if we stand up and resist, then there will be a big battle between us." Jonathan didn't care whether the so-called "Walter" in front of him was called this name, and Walter boarded the "Oak Tree" Before the "God", Jonathan gathered all the sailors and lined up on the deck to meet them.

Of course they are all armed.

It must be said that the sailors of southern Africa were very courageous, and almost all of them were equipped with pistols, and a few were also equipped with shotguns that were powerful at close range.

"Since you want to talk to me, the battle will not happen. Of course you can kill me now, but in that case, you will sink into the cold and dark sea forever like your ship." Drake grinned , a mouthful of white teeth combined with a bronze skin, perfectly in line with the aesthetics of white people.

The Chinese regard white as beauty, because white skin symbolizes wealth and pampering.

Caucasians regard the so-called "healthy wheat color" as their beauty, because only those who have the time, mood, and enough money to bask in the sun all year round have such a complexion.

So when Matt Damon pretends to be a rich kid in "The Talented Ripley", he will be spotted by the real rich kid because Matt Damon's skin is too white.

Like Drake, Jonathan has bronze skin, a full beard, and an ancient walnut pipe with a jade-studded mouthpiece.

"Yes, you're right, if you can ensure the safety of everyone on board, then we can give up resistance." Jonathan begrudgingly asked for completeness, and it was very difficult to say this.

"Of course, we only want money and don't kill people!" Drake laughed, and then he noticed in surprise that the corridors of the ship were full of new immigrants.

"Yes, as you can see, the merchant ship 'God of the Oak' belongs to the great Rhodesian Company, and the children and women on board are the property of the Marquis of Nyasaland. The property of the Marquis of Nyasaland, believe me, you don’t care where you hide, even if you hide under your grandmother’s skirt, the Marquis of Nyasaland will find you and hang you on the pier with the cruelest means— —" Jonathan's words are full of deterrence, so pirates will have no scruples?

Don't be funny, pirates also watch people order dishes. Chapter 1557 says that Kitchener is the god of death, and in the eyes of ordinary people, Roque is also—and Roque is a more terrifying god of death than Kitchina.

Kitchener killed [-] Boers in the Second Boer War.

In the First World War, Roque commanded the British troops to kill at least millions of enemies. In terms of killing people like hemp, no one in this world is better at it than Roque.

For pirates, the "Marquis of Nyasaland" is equally deterrent.

As soon as Jonathan finished speaking, the smile on Derek's face froze.

Jonathan was surprised to find that Derek swallowed subconsciously.

It's not greed, it's fear.

"Don't scare me with the Marquis of Nyasaland. As long as I get the ransom, I will let you go." The panic in Derek's eyes was fleeting. Although Lord Rhodesia is also a nobleman, nobles and nobles are different. , Annoyed a military aristocrat with real power like Roque, some people would really die for it.

Don't think that rich people don't care about this little loss because they have a big business, and they will let Derek and the pirates go.

Really rich people really don't care about a little loss.

What the rich care about is that if some people get a taste of it, others will follow suit, and there will never be peace.

So what do rich people do?
Every penny must be weighed, and he will be hunted down to the end, even if he pays a hundred times the price for this result.

"I hope you will do what you say." Jonathan sneered, took out the gun from his waist, and handed it to Derek with the handle reversed.

When Derek's hand touched the handle of the gun, it trembled as if it had been scalded.

Alfred and Dick looked at each other, and with helpless faces, they took out their guns and threw them on the ground.

Half an hour later, when the destroyer "Endeavour" first arrived at the sea area where the incident occurred, there was no trace of the "Oak God" in the sea area where the incident occurred.

Ten minutes later, the heavy cruiser "St. George" issued a signal to stop the search and return to the Lion City.

Don’t think how difficult it is to hide an 8500-ton merchant ship at sea. The sea area in South Asia is very large, and it is different from warships with deep drafts that require natural harbors to dock. If you hide in a harbor, no one will find it.

Of course, Tang Li wouldn't give up just yet. Although the sea power in East India was weak, the air force was still good. In fact, the air force had an advantage over the navy in carrying out sea search missions.

But now it's getting late, and it's hard to get anything out of dispatching the air force. Even if you want to dispatch, you have to wait until tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, before the East India Air Force had time to dispatch, the Rhodesia Company received a blackmail message from pirates.

The pirates asked the Rhodesia Ocean Trading Company to pay [-] rand, which included not only the ransom of the "God of the Oak", but also the ransom of the new immigrants.

(End of this chapter)