882 Farrahs Revenge (1/2)
Chapter 882 – Farrah's Revenge
Ouyang Shuo did not immediately approve Lu Su's suggestion because he had other plans.
Ouyang Shuo planned to use the first batch of Z1 Type Warships as the structure to build a personal squadron. It would be temporarily called the Emperor Squadron and was similar to the Guards Legion Corps of the army.
Country wars would be very prevalent in the future, so Ouyang Shuo would need to go out to sea often. As such, he would need a squadron that was always on alert.
Hence, the Emperor Squadron would not need to reach the five squadron full organization. Currently, one squadron was enough. However, the Emperor Squadron needed a strong marine force to replace the Guards Legion. Ouyang Shuo could not bring the Guards Legion Corps every time he went out to sea as that was really inconvenient.
During the voyage last year, the voyage squadron would be the predecessor of the Emperor Squadron. Luckily, the Nanjiang Squadron had already left Beihai Bay, so the Emperor Squadron could camp there.
Listening to the king's plan, Zheng He expressed his support, ”The king is the ruler of the country. Amongst the navy, we do need such a squadron to protect the King's safety.”
Building the Emperor Squadron could raise the navy's position in the military. As the admiral, Zheng He was naturally glad, so he was first to express his opinion.
”I agree!”
The officials present all nodded their heads in agreement. After all, the Emperor Squadron would only have one division, so it was not a huge burden on the dynasty.
Since that was the case, why would the officials oppose? It was a fact that the king often went out to sea so having such a squadron was protecting the dynasty's face.
Ouyang Shuo nodded. Once again looking at Lu Su, ”Of course, Zi Jing's plan makes sense. In my opinion, let's do it. The Emperor Squadron matter can be completed in the 10th month. The turreted warships can be passed over to the Binhai Squadron to form it up quickly.”
”Yes my king!”
Zheng He asked carefully, ”Toward the choice of Fleet Admiral of the Emperor Squadron, does the king have any plans?”
Ouyang Shuo waved his hand, ”Let the Navy Headquarters make a detailed organization plan, the squadron will be built by the headquarters. As for the choice of Fleet Admiral, let's discuss that it in the future.”
Out of all the chief generals, there was none that Ouyang Shuo was especially delighted with.
”Yes my king!”
With the matter decided, the meeting was adjourned.
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Not long after Ouyang Shuo returned to the Imperial Reading Room, the messenger from the Transmissions Division that was in charge of sending official documents hurried over.
”What's with the panic?” Ouyang Shuo frowned.
The messenger held a letter in his hands, bowing, ”My king, it's an emergency letter from Friendship City mayor Gu Xiuwen; it's an absolute emergency!”
”What?” Ouyang Shuo stood up.
Based on the system, unless it concerned a matter of life or death, officials could not send letters that were labeled as absolute emergency.
”Hand it over!”
”Yes my king!”
Ouyang Shuo took over the letter and opened it, and his face turned uglier and uglier. He did not expect for something to happen to Friendship City at such a time.
Chasing the root cause, one had to look back to the voyage last year.
In the 6th month, Ouyang Shuo had led the voyage squadron to Somalia and stopped in Berbera Port. That night, he had faced a carefully planned assassination.
Luckily, Ouyang Shuo managed to survive.
In Somalia, he led the voyage squadron and destroyed the three big pirate organizations there, exposing the identity of the guild leader, Farrah.
Using this contribution, Ouyang a Shuo obtained a reward from the Somalia King and was allowed to build Friendship City, giving the territory a foothold in the Gulf of Aden.
On the contrary, the loser of the battle, the traitor of Somalia, was forced to become the leader of the Sky Wolf Pirate Organization, hiding in the surrounding regions of the Gulf of Aden.
This hiding lasted for close to a year.
Who knew that under Farrah's leadership, the Sky Wolf Pirate organization not only recovered, but they also swallowed the other two pirate organizations, becoming the biggest presence in the Gulf of Aden.
Moreover, Farrah was given the title of pirate king.
Ouyang Shuo did not expect that his mercy would actually come back to bite him.
Farrah naturally hated Ouyang Shuo to the core. Just this morning, the Sky Wolf Pirate Organisation had taken the chance that the 5th division of the Mediterranean Squadron was still in Jidian City to launch a sudden sneak attack on Friendship City.
With no defense, Courage Port instantly fell and many of the merchant ships were raided. Just as Gu Xiuwen sent the letter, 60 thousand pirates had killed their way into the city and were engaging in a massacre within it.
The capital of trade was in flames.
The Garrison Division of Friendship City was not enough and had already backed off into the inner city. They wanted to rely on the defenses to drag it out till reinforcements arrived.