New World 1620

Starting from the Vikings in Northern Europe, the group of pirates has been an active participant and a shit-stirring stick for human beings to set foot on the ocean to seek living space.But no matter in terms of scale, degree of robbery or publicity, pirates of any era have never been able to compare with their counterparts after the Great Geographical Discovery.

The global Little Ice Age from the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 18th century led to more than a hundred years of famine around the world, inspired generations of people to venture into the ocean, and became a powerful accelerator for the period of great geographical discovery since 1492. .

During this process, European countries seeking more overseas resources and products directly regarded robbery at sea as ATM machines that did not require card numbers and passwords.

The proliferation, expansion, and even uncontrollability of piracy are inseparable from the open participation of England, France, and the Netherlands.

The world-class colonial empires established by poor Spain and Portugal since the end of the 15th century have made these three envious countries cut crop after crop like shearing sheep, and Spain and Portugal have to fight back in the same way.

The pirates with the country as the background became the supporting actors who grabbed the most lines on this sea stage that has lasted for hundreds of years, making the oceans of the whole world very lively.

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In just two hours, a three-masted clipper sailed on the side of the Mayflower, with a strange flag that looked neither like a pirate nor like a naval warship flying on the mast-the bright red flag in the center , Two long swords intertwined to form a holy cross.

Poor Captain Adelaide doesn't even have the courage to resist now. After the heavy artillery was removed by the "Yankee", there are only 5 light bronze cannons left on the Mayflower.This kind of self-defense firepower has no effect at all except to annoy the opponent and attract a heavy artillery fire.

A cannon rang, and the solid shell fired from the pirate ship more than 100 yards away fell directly to a place less than ten meters away from the stern, which was a warning.

After getting the "Yankee"'s approval, the English sailors who had already experienced a capture quickly lowered their sails, waited for the "harvest", and then prayed that the other party would at least spare their lives in a submissive attitude.

Su Zining's opinion was to watch it first, and Yan Xiaosong started admiring the pirate ship slightly larger than the Mayflower on the deck with great interest.

Zhou Kemin and Zhu Xiaoli, a retired special soldier, took the other three "German devils" and hid somewhere.Because they were seen talking quietly with Su Zining before the action, Yang Wenwen, Yuan Xinyi, and nurse Xia Qiuyu, who were so frightened at first, had to calm down and chose to hide behind Su Zining, Yan Xiaosong and other men to watch the show.

"I bet, the opening suggested by you, Su Zining, is so useless. Did you watch the movie for nothing?" Ren Changle, an accountant who suddenly burst out of courage and opposed the capture from the very beginning, took a sailor's knife from the side of the boat, and stared at it. Yabi looked at the sun, seeming to be thinking about something, "What happened in the movie? Do you really think the other party will calm down and chat with us?"

"They're not real pirates, otherwise they wouldn't be so polite." Su Zining pointed to the approaching ship, "My intuition tells me that they are not just here for money, nor for our lives."

"Okay, you are very knowledgeable, but I warn you, you have never been to the 17th century before!" Seeing that the pirate ship was about to jump to the gang, Ren Changle, who had switched back to timid and fearful, quickly dropped it with a weapon, his body stiffened, and the corner of his mouth muttered, "If you guess wrong, we will probably be sold to Jamaica..."

"Whatever you want... But I'm really curious. The most lucrative route in the 17th century should be in the Caribbean. Those Spanish merchant ships with big bellies are the best prey. There are not many ships on the route from the Azores to North America these days. "Su Zining rolled his eyes at Ren Changle's tense face, and couldn't help laughing, "Don't we still have a backup? What's the hurry?"

"Well, I hope that what you read on the street novels is not too wrong..."

While the two young men, who were at their wits end, were still discussing unscrupulously, the two sailboats were almost close to each other, and cheers erupted from the pirate ship opposite.

A few European sailors in dirty clothes swung to the Mayflower along the ropes with sailor knives in their mouths, and then a few wooden boards also boarded the Mayflower, and more armed sailors rushed up along this temporary channel. The deck of the Mayflower.

There were not many pirates on the other side's ship. According to visual inspection, there were no more than 30 pirates. Except for less than 10 who were guarding the deck guns to monitor, the other 20 or so people were all standing on the deck of the Mayflower.

"Hmph, Englishmen, you are indeed a group of cowards without courage!"

A crisp shout came from the crowd of pirates, and a small black-haired pirate in leather armor walked out of the crowd with a smug smile, and looked up at the English flag on the mast of the Mayflower.

Captain Adelaide's face twitched several times, and then he lowered his head in frustration, and the English sailors around him shrank back.

"Hey, Old Yan, guess what that man is talking about... Do you think he looks like the leader of the other party?"

oh?Su Zining's eyes flashed, as if he had discovered something.

"Don't talk, the other party is not interested in us now... He doesn't speak English, and I don't know what to say."

Yan Xiaosong didn't move, but roughly maintained the posture of protecting the three ladies behind him.

"Su Zining...they are Spaniards..." Yuan Xinyi muttered behind Su Zining, "He is mocking Captain Adelaide, saying they are robbers and cowards from England."

"I don't think we look more like pirates!" Yan Xiaosong muttered fiercely.

While the time travellers were still exchanging ideas, the sailors of the Mayflower standing in front of them suddenly stepped aside.Then...then Su Zining, Yan Xiaosong and others were exposed.

Captain Adelaide shrugged his shoulders, saying that he was only following the rules. Usually, in this case, the person who has to speak out must be the person on the ship who has the first right to speak.In Adelaide's view, he is just a hired worker, and these Yankees are the real owners of the Mayflower.

The height is only 1.6 meters, but it is not too short in Europe in this era.The body is thin and small, with short brown-black hair wrapped around his forehead by a red cloth scarf.He was dressed in simple leather armor, with a wide belt around his waist, an old-fashioned flintlock gun hung on the belt, and a pair of small leather boots on his feet. His face with a small nose, small mouth, and big eyes was dirty.No matter how you look at it, it's just a young boy with a fair face and green head who is about 20 years old.

"Indians?"

The little pirate seemed to have a strong leadership among his people. When he was talking, no one made a sound, and the people on Su Zining's side didn't even dare to speak out.

"No, American." Su Zining seemed to understand this word which is a bit different from English.Shrugging his shoulders with a calm expression, he looked back at the female translator.

"American...Old Su, your skin is not much thinner than mine...It's the first time I've heard you say this on your own initiative." Yan Xiaosong tried hard not to laugh, but his face twitched.

Yuan Xinyi bit her lip, but still walked out from behind Yan Xiaosong.After tidying up his long hair a little, he translated the words into Spanish.

Yuan Xinyi's appearance directly set off a burst of whistles and a few screams of unknown meaning among the pirate crowd.

The little pirate's eyes stopped on the beautiful female translator who was dressed completely differently from other Europeans, especially the fur-collar trench coat, professional skirt, long-legged black stockings and high-heeled boots of the other party for a while before he recovered his senses Come.

"Are you the captain?" Su Zijing quietly looked at the other's young and dusty face, and couldn't help asking.

"No! I'm the acting captain! The bosun of the Santa Maria, Antonio de Alanzo." The little pirate turned his head proudly, and the pirates cheered, all kinds of vulgarity.

"Whoever you are, Indian or American, you have no right to waste my time now! I reign supreme over Spain and Portugal, the Netherlands, Sicily and Naples, Franche-Comté, Milan In the name of His Majesty King Philip, you and this ship are declared captives of Spain!"

The little pirate is obviously also a young man of literature and art. This series of place names and titles made the female translator, who is proficient in multiple European languages, a little confused.

"I know who he is!" Su Zining suddenly turned his head and said something to Yan Xiaosong.

What made people collapse was that Yuan Xinyi, another literary youth who was extremely nervous, translated Su Zining's words to Yan Xiaosong.

There was a burst of astonishment among the pirate crowd, and even the little pirate himself changed his face drastically.

"Then... if you are familiar with each other, can you..."

Before Yan Xiaosong could finish speaking, a flash of knife light swung towards Su Zining's neck.

Su Zining only felt his body was hit by something, and he fell on the deck.When he looked up, he found that the sailor's knife in the little pirate's hand was cutting Yan Xiaosong's left shoulder, and the blood flowed out immediately, dripping down the young man's arm and onto the deck.

All the pirates roared for a while, and their cold weapons and matchlock guns were aimed at the passengers on the Mayflower.

"No, I just warned him!" The little pirate was also confused by the current incident, staring at his hand holding the knife, his body trembling slightly.

The three female traversers screamed at the same time. Ren Changle and Huo Qian, who hadn't dared to move before, ran to Yan Xiaosong's side in a few steps, and supported the young man with half of his body dyed red.

"Bah!"

With a gunshot, the head of a pirate holding a torch who was guarding the deck gun on the pirate ship exploded like a watermelon.

Then there were several consecutive gunshots, and blood sprayed from the bodies of the few closest to the deck guns and the pirates standing high with matchlock guns.

Everything happened in just three seconds. Before the pirates on the Mayflower who were startled by the gunfire could react, a few more bullets flew in, and several pirates with matchlock guns rolled over with screams. on the ground.

The canvas in a corner of the deck of the Mayflower was opened, and Zhu Xiaoli and Zhou Kemin stood up with automatic rifles in their hands, with menacing expressions. On the other side, three accompanying armed policemen who had been lurking for a long time also held automatic rifles and pointed at them. Aimed at the sailors on the opposite pirate ship.

"Courage, but it's also a despicable sneak attack!" The little pirate saw at a glance that the five "soldiers" who appeared suddenly were well prepared, but thinking that the other party had already shot just now, he raised the knife in his hand with a sneer .

A few pirates who knew it made a weird cry, and rushed over with sailor knives in hand.

Zhou Kemin fired a series of shots, and a row of bullet holes splashed with sawdust and smoke appeared under the pirates' feet, and then the pirates who were planning to attack just now were frightened.Another shot, and a bullet hole appeared under the little pirate's foot.

"Gentlemen, the banquet is over!" The experienced Adelaide immediately seized the opportunity. Under his leadership, the sailors of the Mayflower quickly picked up their weapons from the surroundings, and the panicked pirates surrounded.

It is simply unimaginable that these "Americans" who look like Indians actually have such terrible weapons!

In just a few tens of seconds, more than 10 pirates were killed or injured, and the rest of them looked at the five soldiers in gray uniforms in disbelief, and kept shrinking back.

"You... who did you say he was just now?" Yan Xiaosong left the support of his companion, walked up to the little pirate, reached out and snatched the knife from the opponent's hand, then turned around and asked suspiciously.

"Caterina Alonzo... the heroine of a certain famous sailing game we played, her historical prototype, Spanish Navy Lieutenant Caterina de Aranzo."

Su Zining looked at the bloody scene, shook his head, and sighed slightly.

"Just like in the game, you are such a bold girl..."

Yan Xiaosong was taken aback for a moment, then looked playfully at the little pirate in front of him who was already pale, and then fell backwards...