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Chapter 1292 Breaking through the blockade
The pirates in Algiers are familiar with the weather changes in the nearby sea area. In this season, there will be sea fog on the coast in the early morning, especially when the sky is not completely clear. With the sea fog, it may be the best time to break out and need reinforcements. good time.

The waves beat against the coast, and on the relatively calm sea at this time, the three galleys were hidden in the sea fog, and the oarsmen rowed the oars regularly, making their movements as inaudible as possible.

The pirate oarsmen on the galleys struggled to catch their breath in rhythm with their rowing, sweat beading their brows and faces.

Not only does paddling require a lot of physical strength, but they are even more afraid of being discovered by the huge warships blocking the harbor.

Crack, beads of sweat slipped from the face of the leading pirate leader onto the deck of the galley, the pirate leader's face was covered with sweat, and his mouth was dry.

Leading the galley fleet to go out to the open sea for help at the risk of being discovered by the United Fleet, he felt uneasy at this time.

Facing the strong ships and guns of the United Fleet, the Barbary pirates had no chance of winning in the battle on the open sea.

The combined fleet was divided into three formations, and many frigates patrolled between the three formations to form a complete blockade of Algiers.

The three pirate galleys need to pass silently through the gap between the three formations.

In the sea fog, the looming shadows of the huge battleships of the United Fleet can be seen.

These huge battleships have terrifying monsters with three artillery decks, and iron-clad ships with a length of nearly [-] meters. They are definitely not ships that the pirates of Algiers can produce.

The Barbary pirates used the galleys commonly used in the Mediterranean Sea. The better warships were the modified and enlarged Arabian dhows-the Shebek ship, and the Calaisian warship imitating Venice.

But these ships allow them to plunder ordinary sailing ships and deal with single warships more than enough, and it is almost impossible to face the formal naval fleet head-on.

Three small pirate galleys sneaked cautiously between the formations of the Combined Fleet, their pirate captains intently watching for changes in wind and current.

The wind and waves on the Mediterranean Sea are not as strong as the Atlantic Ocean, but the wind direction is changeable.

Just when the galley was about to break through the blockade, suddenly a series of fires flickered in the sea fog!

not good!When the pirate captain saw the flames, a bad idea just came into his mind, and the overwhelming shells fell like meteors! !

Boom! ! !Several shells landed on the surface of the sea near the galley, stirring up water droplets ten feet high, and the water even splashed on the oarsman's face!
"Full up the sails, face the wind on the port side, and move forward at full speed!" The pirate captain found that the whereabouts of his party had been exposed, and there was no need to cover up, but ordered his men to get rid of the shelling of large warships at full speed.

If they can't break through the artillery blockade, they will either die in the Mediterranean Sea, or become the other side's captives!
The United Fleet discovered this team that was trying to break through the blockade and report the news. The large sailing warships quickly mobilized and began to form a second blockade line on the periphery.

"No!"

A shell fell on one of the pirate galleys, and the terrible lethality of the shell killed several pirates on the unprotected galley instantly!

The other pirates felt overwhelmed when they saw the bloody scene on board.

Because some of the pirates rowing were killed, the galley lost its balance and gradually deviated from its direction on the sea.

"You guys go to the starboard side to fill in the vacancies!" The pirate captain hastily mobilized the pirates on the port side to the starboard side where the losses were heavy.

The pirates held back the smell of blood and pushed their companions who were killed by shells into the sea.After these people sacrificed, they couldn't help providing power for the galley, and their weight became a burden for the galley to break through the blockade quickly!

The artillery is roaring!Three fast galleys passed quickly among the fierce artillery, accompanied by soaring water jets and screams!
The pirates in the city of Algiers, who had no mood to sleep, felt uneasy when they heard the sound of artillery in the early morning. Many pirates thought that the combined fleet was attacking the city, and they gathered on the coast with weapons in hand.

The sound of artillery in the sea outside the sea shook the whole of Algiers, making the pirates terrified.

"Who are they fighting? Could it be that our reinforcements have arrived?"

"How is it possible, we have only been surrounded for a few days, unless the reinforcements have wings, it is possible to arrive in such a short period of time!"

The pirates were puzzled by the sound of cannon at sea.Who was the fleet that blocked Algiers fighting with?

Only Murat Pasha and other high-level pirates knew that it wasn't the arrival of reinforcements, but that the galley squadron they sent for help was discovered by the United Fleet and was under the enemy's artillery.

"We must break through the blockade of the pagans, and we in Algiers will look at you." The pirate general Amur who was in charge of this matter looked at the blockade and the battle of breaking out from the fort, muttering to himself.

The United Fleet came prepared, which made him full of worries about whether he could hold Algiers.

The artillery on the sea area rang for a while, and more than 200 shells were fired.

These are shells fired when only some warships are firing. If it is a sea battle, thousands of shells may have been consumed.

"One enemy ship was sunk by artillery, one was captured by the Soochow, and a galley sailed out of the blockade and sailed quickly towards the Eastern Mediterranean. None of us were killed in battle, and 13 pirates survived were captured." Soon United The senior officers of the fleet were briefed.

"The sea fog in the early morning caused great interference to our sailors' sight. Most of them were afraid of hitting their own warships, so the artillery did not dare to fire easily, and an enemy galley escaped from the harbor. According to our report from prisoners According to the information I received, these three galleys were sent by their Pasha to Tunisia, Constantinople and other places to ask for help."

"Escape as soon as you escape, it's better to say that it's just right. It's not a bad thing for us to escalate the war and turn the entire Mediterranean Sea into a sea of ​​flames." Sun Xu, the commander of the Fourth Fleet, feared that the world would not be chaotic.

If there were only a dozen ships of the Fourth Fleet he originally led, it would be difficult for him to deal with the pirates in Algiers.But now he has successfully bundled the Royal Navy, which wants to restore its glory, to the same warship, and has also been joined by the Ironclad Ship and the Far West Dispatch Army. The more confident you are, the more you can act freely.

"It seems that they don't plan to hand over and compensate us 10 taels of silver. Let the Britons know that after we have breakfast, we will bombard the fort in Algiers as a warning!"

(End of this chapter)