In the past two years, Pierce has experienced great growth in all aspects.

This growth is holistic and comprehensive, and reflected in the performance report, which means that the report is not only concise and clear, but also moderate, leaving enough space for the old Dylan around him to extract backgrounds and characters.

This is also what Lorraine is most satisfied with.

Among everyone present, Lorraine and Carmen are familiar with Pierce's experience in the past two years.

Because the special service formation belongs to the direct fleet, according to the procedures, each branch must obtain Lorraine's consent if it wants to use it, ask for instructions before and report later.

But except for Lorraine and Carmen, others have only heard of the whereabouts of the Secret Service formation in the past two years, and most of them are in a mess and in a systemic way.

Dylan's addition allows Favna, who has never paid attention to the direct formation, to understand the cause and effect of the matter easily. In Lorraine's view, this is the key factor in a successful report.

Pierce continued to report on his work.

"When I first arrived in Gibraltar, I knew nothing about the Barbary pirates. It was just that Admiral Artest said that the three pirates were rampant in the Mediterranean for more than 200 years, with a total of more than 300 armed merchant ships. Unlike the Turkish merchants, their ships were mixed, ranging from Arabic to European, and even some Eastern hard sailboats."

"In addition, the Barbary Pirates are cunning. In the Eastern Mediterranean merchant war, we have a large number of allies, using European merchants to fight against Turkish merchants, and have an advantage in terms of quality and quantity of the fleet."

"In the war with Barbary, Barbary relaxed restrictions on other European merchant ships. We are fighting alone, with a disadvantage in quality and quantity, and a great disadvantage..."

Pierce, who had just arrived in Gibraltar, was still the impulsive. Without the steady Pierce, Artest's introduction failed to scare him away. In fact, Pierce was eager to prove himself at that time. He was more happy than worried about his opponent's strength.

After receiving the mission, he began to plan the war. He persuaded Sir Teye to suspend the Chamber of Commerce's supply to the Mediterranean and prepare a 30 ship in half a month, including five Brigentinas and two Brigs.

On April 3, 1786, Miami was preparing to build an Indian Labor Company. The fleet set sail for Alexandria, Egypt under the escort of the Secret Service formation, and did not pay taxes to any Barbary pirate as usual.

This is the first time!

Previously, although the Barbary Pirates imposed targeted oppression on Drake, Sir Teye still resisted the opposition and maintained the regular tax payments with his years of dealings in the Mediterranean.

There are also his friends among the Barbary Pirates. It is the inside and outside cooperation between the two parties that allowed the Chamber of Commerce to barely maintain the hard-won business base during the losses.

But because of Pierce's special identity, this customary path of intestinal intestine was finally completely broken into two parts.

On the night of April 7, fierce battle broke out in the Tunisian Strait in the western waters of Sicily.

In this battle, the Barbary pirates dispatched more than 50 pirate ships with a crew of more than 4,000, while Pierce led the battle with a special service formation.

The fierce battle lasted for a day and night, and the Lady and the Future locked the Barbary flagship with a successful circumference raid, the 50-goal-level Arab sailor Lesworth, and the pirates broke through with one shot.

Lorraine read the summary of this battle a long time ago.

The Lady killed all sides. In the nearly 18-hour battle, the Communist Party was injured, 16 pirate ships were sunk, and a total of 17 pirate ships were sunk, 22 were injured, including the 50-point and 40-point level chief and deputy admiral ships.

But Pierce himself was not feeling well.

The Tunisian Strait is too wide, the winds in the Mediterranean are too small, and the battle is in chaos and fragmentary.

The new code name was broken, the mast was broken, the future was broken, and Freemani was injured. In addition, eight brigs, including the Xiangyang Flower, three sinking and three injured, and more than twenty Skunas used as bait, sinking 13, which can be said to be both defeated.

Pierce was forced to give up his original navigation plan toward Alexandria, and the entire ship turned to France, entering Toulon Port for renovation.

In the study, Pierce frowned.

"I was careless about this battle," he said. "I underestimated the climate of the Mediterranean. The winds there were too small, and our high-speed ships were greatly reduced in their advantages, especially their control over the battlefield was obviously insufficient."

"But this battle was not without gain. Compared with the Caribbean outlaws, the Barbary thieves who had been rich in their ancestors were comfortable in the small ponds in the Mediterranean for too long."

"They have long since degenerated into a group of mobs. In my opinion, the Kingdom of Barbary is a group of paper sharks!"

Pierce's declaration was exactly the same as the battle report he sent back to Miami at that time.

The Sicily Naval War had a far-reaching impact. The European branch suffered heavy losses, which also allowed the entire Mediterranean to see the aggressiveness of the Drake Chamber of Commerce unlike other chambers of commerce.

The business road has become smooth, and perhaps the friction with Barbary has never stopped, but Drake no longer pays high taxes, and the frequency and scale of the friction have not escalated accordingly.

Both sides are restraining.

On April 25, Pierce left the special service fleet that was being trimmed in Toulon and returned to Southampton on the Sunflower, preparing to ask Ramos for a group of excellent sailors to supply.

In Ramos' office, he accidentally met Coterence, the Oceanic Admiral of the American Branch, who escorted the trans-ocean fleet.

A bold idea began to sprout in Pierce's young heart.

In May, Drake suddenly reduced his freight to the Mediterranean and took the initiative to resume tax payments. The Barbary Pirates thought that Drake could not afford the losses, and became domineering again, claiming to avenge the Battle of Sicily and let Drake withdraw from the Mediterranean.

Sir Teye urged Barbary and the three Pashas several times to maintain the Mediterranean trade environment, but each time they were humiliated.

This episode was played until June 16.

On June 16, Sir Tayer failed in his last negotiation and officially declared war on the Barbary Pirates in Port Toulon.

On June 17, a huge fleet of white-laborated pirate flags set sail from the Port of La Coruna in Spain, joined the direct fleet in Gibraltar, and marched towards the Mediterranean.

This fleet was composed of the Secret Service formation, the Second Fleet of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, the Drake Americas, the European Branch, the African Branch, and seven die-hard allies of the Drake Chamber of Commerce in Northwest Europe.

The flagship of the Grand Lady of Artis, Admiral Pierce Artis.

The First Squadron consists of two frigates, eight destroyers, and 16 Brig and Brigentina. The commander is the deputy admiral of the fleet and the ocean-going admiral of the American Branch.

The Second Squadron consists of six destroyers, Brig and 12 Brigentine ships, and the commander is the deputy admiral of the fleet and the deputy admiral of the direct special service formation Dylan Spurnas.

The Third Squadron consists of nine destroyers, Brig and 17 Brigentine ships. The commander is the deputy admiral of the fleet, directly under the second formation admiral, Frane, who is famous for his treacherous and love complaints.

The Fourth Squadron consists of one patrol ship, seven destroyers, Brig and nine Brigentine ships, and the commander is the deputy admiral of the fleet and the general admiral of the African branch, Barto.

This super-large fleet with a strong Drake color was summoned by Pierce's special identity and rumbled like an avalanche toward the Barbary Kingdom.

On June 18, the Pierce fleet fought the first battle with the Barbary pirates in the Balearic Islands. The first, third and fourth squadrons relied on the complex sea areas of the archipelago and dense artillery fire to resist the attack of nearly 100 pirate ships. Pierce led the second squadron composed of full-speed ships to attack the island, and the pirates were defeated.

After defeating the pirates, Barto led the first and the fourth two squadrons headed south to surround Algiers. Pierce will take the second and third squadrons directly to the port of Tunisia, the heart of the Barbari pirates.

On June 21, Pierce defeated the periphery defense.

On June 22, Pierce began bombarding Tunisia.

On June 23, Bartau began to bombard Algiers.

On June 26, the joint mission of Barbary and Pasha visited Gibraltar.

On June 27, the joint fleet stopped shelling and the two sides started negotiations at the Port Authority of Rabat, the colonial capital of Morocco.

Drake's side was attended by Ramos, Vice President of the European Branch, and Eddie, and African Branch President of the African Branch. Three Pashas on Barbary's side were all plenipotent representatives. In addition, the seven chambers of commerce that participated in the war also had representatives, and four chambers of commerce were delegated to the Turkey side.

On July 9, the Rabat Agreement was published, and all participants participated in the alliance.

The agreement stipulates that members of the alliance respect the maintenance of the Mediterranean trade order by the Kingdom of Barbary, but the maintenance fee charged within the framework of the agreement shall not be higher than 0.5% of the total cargo value, and the maximum per ship shall not be greater than 20 pounds.

Armed attacks are not allowed in any form within the framework of the agreement, and disputes are submitted to the Admission Committee for the Agreement. At the same time, the Kingdom of Barbary must unconditionally release the captured personnel of the Allied Members.

The minimum bargaining system for trade is implemented within the framework of the agreement. When internal commercial competition occurs, the minimum bargaining system must be followed. Price wars must not be started, etc. There are 7 major articles and 66 articles.

On July 11, the Pierce fleet withdrew its siege and the Barbary Chamber of Commerce war ended.
Chapter completed!