Chapter 301

This is a rather strange joining experience.

After cutting off the solid conference table, threatening the noble guardian and claiming that he would hunt and kill pirates as pirates, Lorraine left the dome hall with Haina and Barto.

Only half an hour later, Dylan led more than a dozen sailors off the ship and sent a brand-new flag painted with colorful pupil skeletons for the maritime brotherhood, which was flat and neatly covered on the five thousand gold pounds.

Dylan took out his short gun, pressed the flag and said proudly, "the governor ordered me to convey his greetings and thanks. You made him have a pleasant afternoon. He also said that toltuga should be renovated. Whether it is a dilapidated dome hall or a filthy lakeside holy land, it is not worthy of a great organization with a glorious history."

The captain's face was uncertain, his eyes twinkled and his voice drifted.

"We only have one problem, the thief who stole Drake's wealth..."

"Alexandro dilabi, a shameless man who only dare to wave a knife at those who surrender. If you think this name is a little strange, he has another name in the pirate world, pirate king Jack VII."

"He's going to challenge a pirate king?"

"You're wrong." Dylan sneered. "It's not a challenge, it's hunting!"

……

Bimini islands.

Although the Bahamas is the exclusive hunting ground for cotton jack, Bimini, which is operated as a base, is not part of the Bahamas.

It is located in the northwest sea of the Bahamas, 80 kilometers away from the coast of Florida, 175 kilometers away from the core town of the Bahamas and Nassau on New Providence Island. It is isolated from the world.

The archipelago is mainly composed of two main islands and scattered islands, reefs and sandbars, and the outline of the continental shelf is similar to an isosceles triangle.

The North Island fits the apex of the triangle and the East waist line, narrow in the north and wide in the south. The South Island is a long strip, occupying the South bottom line of the triangle, just like a lazy lying silkworm.

In the middle of the two islands is the inland sea of the islands, which is open from east to west and narrow in the center. The average depth is less than 5m. Moreover, there are scattered sandbars in the sea area, which are uncertain in depth and complex in hydrology. If you want to cross it, big ships are very easy to run aground.

Obviously, this is not a place suitable for human reproduction. Otherwise, greedy colonists would not ignore it and let it become a den of pirates.

On the fourth day after the declaration of war on Turtle Island, Lorraine hid with his fleet on an uninhabited palm island off the east coast of Florida.

This island is a standard weir Island, flat, desolate and narrow. Because the main trend is parallel to the coast, the West Beach faces busy nearshore routes, and the east beach is adjacent to the ocean, which is not visited all year round.

This is the closest location to Bimini on the Florida coast. It is not only a unique hiding place for the fleet, but also an excellent starting point for attack.

Lorraine's fleet anchored here for ten days.

During the ten days, Lorraine would ride three eyed crows to explore Bimini's north and South Islands at night almost every day. The longest time was to stay on the North Island with Haina for three days, hide in the dense Island woods and survey the whole coast at a close distance.

Until the basic exploration was over, Lorraine gathered all the sailors of the fleet and convened a pre war meeting on palm island.

"I've heard of Bimini island for a long time." he sat under a tall palm tree and recalled, "when I was young, at the age of 10 or 11, my father Elia arranged a deduction guidance for Shaq. The topic is to launch a fleet in Bimini as a strategic extension of Bermuda and compete with Spain for the dominance of the important Florida channel."

"In that war, Shaq represented Spain. My father was great Britain. As a result, Shaq won."

"This is the main reason why I can remember this long story. Shaq defeated his father for the only time on the picture, so the battle on Bimini island became my only bedtime story in the next month."

He laughed. Laugh and spread out charts on the sand.

"This is the terrain of Bimini Island, with high outline and low inner edge. Its natural berths are distributed on both sides of the inner sea, of which the berths of South Island are concentrated in the middle of the north bank, while the coast suitable for berthing ships of North Island is concentrated in the upper part of the west line."

"Bimini's internal sea has two East-West exits. Sandbars are mainly scattered in the middle and East. There are few sandbars in the Western sea area, but they have their unique regularity."

He crossed a short line off the coast of the North Island and then crossed it.

"Just west of the north island berth, along the West waist line of the continental shelf, almost all the sandbars and most of the scattered islands and reefs in the Western sea area are concentrated. Although the sandbars and reefs are not connected to each other, continuous shoals with a depth of less than 2 meters are deposited in the gap. Most ships can not be navigable except assault boats and small fishing boats."

"This natural underwater seawall makes a huge difference in the port conditions of the north and South Islands. The south island berth is facing the sandbar area, with complex hydrology, no access to large ships and narrow vision. The north island berth is deeply hidden in a natural shelter, with open sea surface and good vision."

"In the battle on the map in those years, my father designed this problem because he liked the good port conditions of the north island berth. But the final result proved that a good port does not necessarily have the corresponding military potential. For example, the north island berth must have excellent conditions for being used as a civil port, but as a military port, it has a fatal defect."

At this point, Lorraine's fingers moved slowly from the palm island, along the cliffs on the northeast coast of the North Island to the east mouth of the inner sea.

"At that time, shack divided the fleet into two. One dived from the east entrance by taking advantage of the shallow draft of brig ship, ventured through the sandbar sea area, easily avoided all his father's observation posts, and closed the door without his father's knowledge."

He made a move to close the door and gently moved his finger to the bay mouth of the safe haven.

"This is the bay mouth. Two unknown islands and reefs are stuck in the west, and the remaining width is less than 60 meters. As long as a brigantine is placed horizontally at the midpoint, the whole port will become a tight pocket."

"Then, another big ship, in a dignified place, burst into the west entrance from the front of the observation post arranged by his father. Because the door has been closed, no matter whether his father's sailors are dedicated or not, they can't stop Shaq from picking the fruits of victory."

When Lorraine finished, acharin touched his chin and tilted his head to look at the chart in front of him.

"Does cotton Jack put his nest in his pocket?"

Lorraine shrugged with regret.

"The North Island safe haven is a natural trap set by nature for the defender, which perfectly meets all the conditions of an excellent port. Although the situation of military port and private port, navy and pirates is somewhat different, as a result, my father was deceived in those years, and now cotton jack can't notice it."

Alves whistled, "it seems that we can celebrate the victory in advance!"

Lorraine nodded naturally: "this operation is code named [weir plug]. Next, I will announce the specific operation details and personnel plan..."