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Chapter 1289
In the port of Algiers, there are large and small ships gathered in all directions, including galleons, Arabian dhows, Calais ships, and small galleys.

The pirates who owned the ships got into a dispute with the Pasha's guards at the docks.The pirates noticed the tense atmosphere in Algiers. In order to stay away from the flames of war and save their lives, some pirates wanted to leave Algiers, a place of right and wrong.

"Ah!" A pirate had his right arm cut off and fell into the water, staining a small piece of water.

"No one is allowed to leave Algiers without the order of Lord Pasha!" The soldiers of Pasha's guards held muskets, spears, knives, and round shields, and controlled the restless pirates.

The pirates still on board were driven ashore, and their fate was forcibly tied to Algiers by Pasha Murat.

"My lords, what happened? Why is the whole city under martial law, and you can't even go out to sea?" Some pirates tried to ask the officers of the Pasha Guards.

"Ghost knows what happened. Maybe it's the Europeans calling." The soldier of Pasha's guard said angrily, "Without Algiers, let's see where you people will get rich. If we in Algiers Captured by the Europeans, the ports of Morocco and Tunisia will not be spared any time soon!"

Many pirates who make a living by plundering became quiet after hearing the news. Once Algiers, the pirate's lair, is captured, the impact will be incalculable—whether it is pirates or slave traders, they may lose them. rice bowl.

The atmosphere of the battle in Algiers became more and more serious, making it difficult for the pirates in the mountain city and the port to even breathe.

Pasha Murat led the soldiers of the guards to the heavily fortified coastal defense fort, which was divided into two forts, north and south, and deployed more than 60 large and small bronze artillery pieces, as well as brackets for heavy arquebus guns.Dike walls were firmly built around the two forts, trenches were dug outside the dike walls, and wooden piles were erected.

There are also sunken ships, iron cables, and anti-wave lifts on the sea.

The rulers here have set up layers of defenses against the Spaniards who have always been against them.

"I want to see what kind of huge fleet it is. It's okay if the Easterners dare not attack us in Algiers. If they dare to attack, they will definitely smash their heads and use their blood to sacrifice to me. The son who died at their hands." Murat patrolled the north and south forts with a straight face.

No matter what the British and the Chinese are up to, he believes that as long as he takes strict precautions, no one will be able to touch the city he has worked so hard to manage.

The pirates in the city cast awe-inspiring gazes at Pasha in horror, and even the ruler here personally appeared to supervise him, which shows how powerful the possible enemy is.

The atmosphere became more tense, and the pirates in Algiers were in a constant state of panic.

Finally, they understood what their lord Pasha was afraid of—on the sea level, there were many sails, and warships appeared from the sea level!

There are more and more warships, and there are small and medium-sized gunboats patrolling and guarding on both sides of the large battleships!

In the entire Western Mediterranean, no, it should be said that there is no such a large fleet in the entire Mediterranean.

The size of more than 30 warships is equivalent to the size of the fleet that can be dispatched in a decisive battle between two naval powers in this era.

With the appearance of such a huge fleet, the pirates of Algiers were completely panicked.

Those who come are not good, and those who are kind do not come!The arrival of such a huge fleet will definitely not be a visit, there is only one possibility-to start a war!
To organize an expedition for a fleet would cost thousands of sailors over ten weeks, and no country would undertake such an operation without benefit.

More than 30 large and small sailing ships appeared in the waters near Algiers. They blocked the sea outlet and besieged hundreds of galleys in the sea.

Now the pirates who originally wanted to go to sea and leave Algiers, a place of right and wrong, gave up their plans.

The harbor has been blocked by an unknown fleet. If they go to sea at this time, they may be sunk by the unknown fleet.

"Damn it, which kingdom's fleet is this?! Why did they come to attack us in Algiers?"

"Only the Spaniards have such a huge fleet... No, it seems to be the ships of the British!"

Groups of pirates gathered by the sea, facing the huge fleet assembled on the sea, with fear in their eyes.

Since the fleets of the Ottoman Empire and the European Allied Forces clashed in the Mediterranean Sea decades ago, the pirates have rarely seen such a large fleet able to pose a threat to them!

Pasha Murat's pupils shrank, and he had never seen such a terrifying fleet.

As far as he could see, there were at least six thousand-ton ships, and none of these ships were galleys with oars, but all large sailing ships that could sail the Atlantic Ocean.This kind of large sailing ship can carry a large number of artillery, and its firepower is even more terrifying than the galleys and Arabian dhows in the Mediterranean.

"Master Pasha, the ships in our port are no match for them at all..."

Seeing the strength of the enemy fleet, Amur and his subordinates were filled with a trace of despair, thinking that the opponent was hard to match.

"List ships with artillery in the port to form the first line of defense. If the opponent launches a strong attack, let the two fortresses in the north and south bombard their ships. The earth is our reliance, and the artillery on their ships cannot hit them. Shen Dadi, as long as we guard the coast, they will have nothing to do with us." As one of the top Barbary pirates, Murat dared not go out to sea to deal with the incoming fleet, but he was full of confidence in his well-protected stronghold.

The two forts in Algiers and more than 60 large and small artillery can pose a threat to ships attacking here, equivalent to an unsinkable battleship.This is also the fortification that Murat relies on most.

In addition to the fort, there is also the Pennion Fortress that can be defended. It is like a turtle shell, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"Whatever they intend to do, we just have to hold out until winter before they have to retreat due to lack of supplies," Murat said.

"Do we need to ask the empire for help? We are a territory belonging to the empire. The Europeans united with the Orientals to fight. If our Algiers were captured, it would be disgraceful to His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, and the Empire is in the Western Mediterranean. Prestige will also drop to the bottom." Amur asked Murat for instructions.

"Find out their intentions first, and then find two fast boats to break through the harbor when it is foggy, and ask for help from Constantinople..." Murat agreed to the proposal to ask the Ottoman Emperor for help. He didn't know why Some uneasy.

(End of this chapter)