In the era of sailboats, the Spanish Armada, the British Imperial Navy, these well-known, their confrontations and confrontations, in the history of naval warfare, wrote a heavy sum.

Whether it is the Spanish Armada or the British Navy, they represent the official, represent the invincible power of the sea, then there is another force active in the sea.

In the sea, there is also a force, with the individual and their own combat power, to obtain wealth, the formation of an official power outside the force, this force is profiteering, is bloody, but because of the money fast, coupled with inexplicable mystery, this is the pirate.

When the sea lane is busiest, pirates are as many as cattle, countless people are involved in this field, adventure, kill, and overnight rich, in the mainstream consciousness, the evaluation of pirates, really not high, is often the name of the wanted and evil.

However, in the future, there are a lot of pirate books and movies, which are heavily whitewashed, and the Pirates of the Caribbean tells the story of this, most of the characters he describes are active pirate groups in the Caribbean, and their hands are full of blood.

On land, there are robbers, robbers, bandits and bandits, which are very old occupations, and even in primitive societies, pirates are much late, and he should have developed on the basis of water bandits.

When the primitive human beings conquered the river and used the river as a means of transport, the water bandits appeared, and the pirates appeared, and the pirates began to be busy, the pirates came into being, plundering, is always the fastest way to get money, for the unearned people, this is indeed a shortcut.

Not to mention the root causes and history of pirates, simply to say that the threat of pirates, in the era of sail ships, even if it is a merchant ship, it is also an armed merchant ship, and there is no armed merchant ship, just like a lamb to be slaughtered at sea, if you are lucky, you can, bad luck, once you encounter pirates, it is a disaster.

But most of the merchant ships of the Navy, almost no too many weapons, at most, only self-defense of light weapons, is the Navy not enough attention to the island?

No, the Navy attaches great importance to pirates, and the most direct danger encountered by the Navy after its establishment is not brought by the Northern Song, but by pirates.

This danger is not an immediate threat, the pirates can not directly threaten the fixed navy, but at the close hand, only one or two hundred kilometers away, there is a pirate's nest, but also unexpectedly found that this was solved.

If, at that time, it had not been found, it had been taken by these pirates into the interior of the designated navy, perhaps it would not have caused much damage, but the necessary trouble would still be.

After that, in order to ensure the safety of the Navy itself, the Navy sent a large number of convoys to fight pirates.

The reason why pirates are difficult to strike is not that the dynasty is not capable of it, but that it is not necessary.

Is it possible to fight piracy in the 21st century?The US military has the most powerful navy and air force in the world, with the world's delivery capabilities, satellite control, global precision guidance, even the country has done it.

There is a way, but there is no need.

For the swelling Somali pirates, when they first appeared, they did not realize that by finally starting to use warships to escort them, such pirates, although they had decreased, were not completely eliminated.

The reason is very simple, not worth it, not to mention the difficulty of searching for pirates, these pirates, as long as they take the stormtroopers to the sea, that is, pirates, back to shore, that is, ordinary people, those places in Somalia, the poverty is abnormal, and there is nothing to praise.

That is to say, the frontal confrontation, is also unable to draw, the U.S. military's biggest advantage, cruise missiles, even against a village, a building, are not drawn, according to the price of the 1980s and 1990s, the price of a Tomahawk missile is 1.69 million US dollars.

If there is a profit, or a purpose, the money will be spent, but it will be spent on pirates, how is it possible?

Not cruise missiles, guided bombs, that is to say, the guns on the ship, their shells, the price is expensive, a projectile, maybe thousands, tens of thousands of dollars.

Relatively speaking, the pirates have nothing, Somali pirates are just stormtroopers and AK47, such as the asymmetry, so that the escort pressure is very large.

Further forward, in the era of sail warships, perhaps, the difference is not so big, but in the peak of the sails, the pirate ship's combat effectiveness is not weak, and the magic, the use of less power, it is very likely, to be eaten by pirates, the use of the army, it is almost impossible to catch the pirates, will slip away in advance, in the face of a huge army, the pirates will certainly not be hard.

However, in this era, the ships in the hands of the Navy, as well as the weapons used, are not too expensive.

Even the artillery, as well as the machine gun, the crossbow gun or anything, did not reach, a shell, it is equivalent to the degree of an opponent of a ship, coupled with the island as the core of the establishment of the Navy, the route has a vital role, so when the national strength, here to show, the focus is put over, these pirates, immediately destroyed.

Of course, pirates have a special reason, most of them are fishermen who can't survive, and Somalia is the same, the whole country is in turmoil, even if they can't survive, and they can't survive, and they can't take risks in order to survive.

For pirates, in addition to some good and evil work, has been infected with the first evil of the habit of killing, of course, resolutely hit, for some ordinary, or coerced, of course, choose to transform.

Just like in Somalia, if someone gives them a job and allows them to live a decent life, they will be pirates, this analogy is not necessarily correct, the degree of industriousness of black Africans is not as good as that of Chinese people, but it is not a view and opinion.

In short, under such a policy, especially the high pressure of the fixed navy, whether it is a Spanish sailing ship, or a modified armed sailboat, their combat effectiveness is much higher than that of pirates, the remaining weapons, the will to fight, and even the tools, mainly telescopes and sextants.

There is a huge gap, but the U.S. military and Somali pirates are far less, the pirates do not know, was tracked into the nest, even if you know the time, hiding there can not be no way, the whole island, the entire route, are under the absolute control of the Navy, in this case, they have nowhere to escape.

Even the pirates in the Chinese waters have been set up by the navy to clean up, not to mention the Pacific Ocean.

In the future, pirates in the era of great navigation, that is, pirates have also mastered higher shipbuilding technology, and some pirate ships, in terms of technology, and even armed above, are more powerful than warships, which is the root cause of piracy.

But in this era, whether it is weapons, core technology, or even ships, are in the hands of the fixed navy, the control of the Navy for a variety of equipment, coupled with the problem of education and prospects, willing to leave the Navy, into the arms of pirates, there is no, in this case, the pirates have no basis for survival.

As for this side of the North Pacific Ocean, it is even more rare, this vast ocean, rare, although the Americas have the existence of Indians, there are Indians established a huge Inca dynasty, but this dynasty, not to the water power, they are even near the Caribbean Sea, rather than the North American side of the Pacific, and even to a certain extent, the northern Pacific side, that is, the traditional Canadian region, the population is very sparse.

That is, in such a unique environment as Asia, it has a relatively wide land and a variety of human species, and the northern foreign ethnic group has never been less, because in the north, it is a large area of grassland, suitable for the survival of nomadic people, but in the Americas, there is no such environment.

Of course, there may be, but because the Inca Empire, under the barbaric slaughter of Western colonists, no longer exists, even the kingdom is extinct, and some of the history of the kingdom, including the long-standing events, of course, have been completely covered up and no longer exist.

Of course, the Navy will not consider such a small probability of events, but with the sear to exceed the technical level of this era, there is really no need to worry about pirates, even if there are pirates on the Pacific, simple ship firearms, can deal with ordinary pirates, there is no need.

Unfortunately, if you want to escort the landing personnel, it is not enough, even if there is a caliber is not too much cannon, you can also provide a lot of help.

Now, only able to rely on the ability of these people to go safely, and safely leave.

Fortunately, there was no danger along the way.

Before observing, there should be no problem, this island, there is a high probability that no one, they have not met anyone along the way, and have successfully put the marks and some things on the shore.

After that, the team quickly left, the island is very large, relative to the huge island, dozens of people, really not a lot.

After laying what was necessary, the squad quickly left, and after having completed it, their main task was to investigate the island, and in two or three days, there was no limit to it.

The speed of the ship is very fast, in general, in the ordinary state, can reach the average speed of 14 knots, converted down, the speed per hour is about 25 kilometers per hour, according to the time of 10 hours a day, almost 250 kilometers.

Of course, in order to explore the relationship, the whole investigation is day and night, anyway, on the side of the island, even if it is encountered in any dangerous relationship, you can quickly go ashore and avoid, do not have to worry about what danger.

In this way, if you sail for 17 and 18 hours, you can travel at least nearly 400 kilometers, which is very large, that is to say, if it takes 3 days, you will travel 1200 kilometers in two directions, if you can't find the margin, either this is a very large island, or it is a land.

No matter whichever they are, they are very close to the end goal, the big islands, in the whole world of many, but almost the vast majority of the more than 10,000 square kilometers of the huge island, they are on land, or near the mainland, there is no doubt that in the sea, there are hundreds or two thousand square kilometers of small islands, some islands, even a square kilometer of less.

In fact, when this news is passed to Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin is almost certain that this is not a super-island, but the American continent.

The largest island in the world is Greenland, which covers an area of 2.17 million square kilometers, but Greenland is in Europe, although it is also close to the Arctic Ocean, but not here.

The second largest island has been reduced to about 770,000, in Australia, and then began to gradually decline.

The equilateral triangle of 1200 km, his area, is also more than six or seven hundred thousand, which is almost impossible on the American side.

However, this, the expedition fleet here, do not know that they are still in accordance with the established plan, began to explore the surrounding, this sea, appears relatively smooth, along the coastline, they began to sail in both directions, on average, to sail more than 400 kilometers every day.

According to the agreement, in both directions, the line will be opened for at least 3 days, that is, the line will be opened for 1200 kilometers, and then will be turned separately, returning to the base before the return.

Because a south-to-south, one-to-north relationship, even if it is turned at the same time, there will be a considerable distance difference and time difference, not to mention that the south, than the north, there will be more than one day of time, so that the time difference between each other will last more than a day, so as to ensure safety.

Even if they had expected it, but the news was still very good, the next day, the third day, the separate exploration, but really can not find the end, especially to the south, it opened a total of 4 days, that is, 1600 kilometers, the obvious land form of the coastline, perhaps can not prove that this is the North American continent, at least can prove that this island, at least in more than 1 million square kilometers of the huge, such an island, in the vicinity of China, simply did not see.

China's border is not sure, North America may have, but under the premise of a larger situation, the more the possibility of the mainland is higher, the greater the chance of their winnings and honors, just in time, responsible for the inevitable, it is the captain's ship, after reaching the agreed time, immediately began to turn, has gained so much, there is a good chance to find the American continent, then we must bring the news back, or security to bring back the news.