Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1520
If you look at it this way, the Royal Navy is just molesting the waiters in Cyprus.

The Royal Navy in Halong Bay is the true face of the Royal Navy.

Proven body?

No need, the Royal Navy says you are a pirate and you are a pirate.

Justice trial?

Not to mention, the Royal Navy says you are guilty if you are guilty.

This is just the beginning, and then the Eastern Fleet actually demonstrated what a "Royal Navy-style" combat against piracy is.

The terrain in Halong Bay is complex. Both the "St. George" and "Haukins" have a draft of about 7 meters and cannot go deep, so they can only carry out long-distance strikes.

So the villages along the coast of Ha Long Bay were out of luck.

I have to say that the bombardment technology of the Royal Navy is still good, and the power of the 7.5-inch main gun is also good. The Royal Navy is indeed rich and powerful. It builds scattered villages on the hills, even if there are only a dozen families, "Hawkins" The number will not be let go, I can't wait to plow all the targets with artillery fire.

"Aren't you going to join? This is a rare opportunity—" Major William Bray, the liaison officer of the Eastern Fleet, warmly invited. With his surname, he was born to be a soldier.

Major William Bray was a loyal fan of East Indian coffee. The coffee provided by the "St. George" was brought from southern Africa. William Bray didn't like it. When he came to the "St. George", he brought a large bag of coffee with him. East Indian coffee.

William Bray was very generous and willing to share, so the bridge of the "St. George" was filled with a strong aroma of coffee, which made Tang Li very helpless.

Tang Li really couldn't understand white people's enthusiasm for coffee.

As a Chinese, Tang Li still wants to drink tea.

And if you drink coffee, you can drink coffee, and you also like the weird ones, such as the cat poop coffee that William Bray is obsessed with. The name is disgusting enough.

"No need, we're ready to send ground troops—" Tang Li didn't want to waste the life of his main guns on such a target. The southern African navy is not as rich and powerful as the Royal Navy.

Nor did the Royal Navy kill innocents indiscriminately.

Maybe there are really pirates in these villages, but such an indiscriminate shelling is not in line with the habits of the southern African navy.

It's not that Tang Li is pedantic. Looking at the burning villages on the shore, Tang Li didn't feel happy.

Decades ago, the Anglo-French allied forces opened the gates of the Qing Empire with strong ships and shells. This scene was frequently staged on the long coastline of the Qing Empire.

If the opponent was a pirate like Walter Drake, Tang Li assured that the performance of the Indian Ocean Fleet would be more cruel than that of the Eastern Fleet, but facing these unarmed villagers, Tang Li really couldn't give the order to "fire".

"Hehe, general, there is no need to send ground troops at all, and there is no legendary pirate treasure. These poor ghosts have nothing." William Bray was free and easy. He thought Tang Li sent the ground troops to participate in the robbery. The fleet didn't do much less.

No, it can't be said that way. How could the great Royal Navy do such a thing as robbery? It was a thorough cleanup of the pirate's lair.

"Wait, don't we need to completely wipe out the pirate's lair?" Tang Li still didn't know the process of the Royal Navy's crackdown on pirates.

"We have wiped it out very thoroughly—" William Bray sincerely.

Tang Li looked at the "Hawkins" which was shelling hard.

If it's just this level, it's really quite thorough.

Before Tang Li could speak, he saw Oddington shaking his head slightly.

"What's wrong?" Tang Li immediately switched to Chinese.

Both Oddington and William Bray were frowning.

Oddington frowned because doing so seemed to show little respect for William Bray.

William Bray frowned because he really couldn't speak Chinese.

It's right if you don't know it, so it is still necessary to master one more language.

"Maybe this is the way of the Royal Navy." Oddington is a white man born in southern Africa, so he can speak Chinese naturally.

"But if that's the case, those pirates will come back after we leave—" Tang Li wanted to get rid of the evil.

"No, no, general, when the water is clear, there will be no fish. You can understand the relationship between the Royal Navy and the pirates as symbiosis—" Oddington was still polite, and did not reveal the old background of the Royal Navy.

That's right, if we cut the grass and get rid of the roots, how can we highlight the value of the Royal Navy.

It is precisely because of the existence of pirates that the Eastern Fleet is necessary.

It really is a symbiosis.

Then there is no need to send ground troops.

Of course, "St. George" is not idle. In a relatively hidden harbor, the United Fleet found several wooden ships. William Bray swore that this was the fleet of pirates.

A fleet of fishing boats?
Well, Tang Li finally issued a combat mission, and the main gun of the "St. George" finally started to rotate. About a minute later, the "St. George" finally fired a round of salvo.

Against fixed targets, even in rough seas, the "St. George" has a good hit rate. The second round of salvos accurately hit the "Pirate Fleet" docked in place, which made Tang Li's side William Bray hesitated to speak.

Tang Li No matter what William Bray is thinking, the Eastern Fleet wants to support the bandits, that is the Eastern Fleet's business, and has nothing to do with the Indian Ocean Fleet.

What the Indian Ocean Fleet needs to ensure is the safety of the waterway. After this exercise, the Indian Ocean Fleet and the East India Fleet will start a cruise escort system and thoroughly clean up the surrounding waters.

It is not easy to complete this task. After all, the situation surrounding South Asia is too complicated. Britain, France, the United States, and Japan are concentrated in such a broken place. Almost all major countries in the world are concentrated. Any slight disturbance will cause a chain reaction in other countries.

To ensure the safety of the waterway, the cooperation of the Americans and the French is also needed.

Just as the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Eastern Fleet were launching operations, a public opinion offensive against the United States was quietly starting.

An active-duty officer turned into a pirate, such a shocking news immediately occupied the headlines of all the mainstream media around the world.

Especially the European media, who didn't like the United States in the first place, let go of all the intrigues they usually have at this moment, and pointed their finger at the unprepared U.S. Navy one after another.

In Manila, many reporters gathered in front of the official residence of Leonard Wood, the US Governor in the Philippines. Everyone who entered or left the official residence would face the siege of reporters. As soon as MacArthur got off the car, he was surrounded by reporters.

"General MacArthur, can you talk about Captain Franklin, is he really a pirate?"

"General, does Captain Franklin's behavior have anything to do with the US troops stationed in the Philippines?"

"How many people in the US military stationed in the Philippines have ties to pirates, and are there any higher-ranking officials involved?"

MacArthur didn't say a word, and the guards on duty at the gate of the mansion rescued MacArthur from the siege of the reporters. MacArthur got rid of the entanglement of the reporters and entered the mansion quickly.

Leonard Wood stood behind the curtains on the balcony on the second floor, watching the farce in front of the mansion with a livid face.

The continuous rebellion in Palawan had already disgraced the U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines. The U.S. Congress once recalled Leonard Wood to Washington. Leonard Wood finally regained the trust of Congress, but now the U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines broke out again. Bigger scandal.

Leonard Wood is also physically and mentally exhausted. For the rebellion in Palawan Island, Leonard Wood can also shift the responsibility to some unknown forces behind the scenes.

The active-duty U.S. military actually became pirates, and this responsibility cannot be shirked.

"Has it been dealt with cleanly?" Leonard Wood reacted quickly. After learning about the matter, he immediately ordered MacArthur to deal with it.

"All the Filipinos who participated in the robbery have committed suicide in fear of crime. This is a spontaneous behavior of the Filipinos and has nothing to do with us." MacArthur's handling is simple and rude, and death without evidence is the best way to deal with it.

"Where's Franklin?" Leonard Wood didn't care about the fate of the Filipinos, and Franklin was the culprit.

"Franklin has been controlled by the Ministry of Military Police. He denies any charges against him and does not admit any relationship with pirates." MacArthur came to Leonard Wood's side. At this time, another official left the mansion. The reporters in front of the mansion once again When they swarmed up, the car door couldn't even be opened.

"It's useless not to admit it. Benjamin Kipling has been taken to Lion City by southern Africans and imprisoned. The Rhodesia company is filing a lawsuit through the International Court of Hague. Will Franklin dare to confront Benjamin Kipling face to face?" Lun Nader Wood returned to his desk, slapping the table and roaring wildly.

It is no longer Franklin's problem. The Rhodesia company is deliberately making things big. Through litigation, the whole world knows that active US military officers have turned into pirates and carried out unscrupulous attacks on merchant ships.

Not only the U.S. military stationed in the Philippines, but also the U.S. government’s national image has been greatly affected by this scandal.

"Damn Rhodesia, damn umbrella, they did it on purpose!" MacArthur was at a loss. The US government is powerful, and the federal government of southern Africa is not weak, and Rhodesia is the most powerful company in southern Africa. One of them, Franklin also lost his mind, and it is not good to rob anyone. If he insists on robbing the Rhodesian company's ship, it would be a pity to die.

"Whether they did it on purpose or not, you have to solve this trouble. If you can't solve it, you and I must be responsible for this matter." Leonard Wood is in great trouble, even if this matter stops here, It has already caused irreparable damage to the image of the U.S. government and the U.S. military. After the events of the U.S. government and U.S. military, it must be settled after the fall.

MacArthur did not speak, and left angrily after a while of silence.

That night, Franklin committed suicide in a cell of the Manila Gendarmerie.

ps: There is a previous chapter with a repeated chapter name, and it has been too long to modify it. This chapter has been changed——

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