Chapter 63

“How long will it take to get to Port Royal!”

Looking at the blue sky, Lord Beckett asked the captain beside him.

He came to the Caribbean to expand British power on the order of King George II.

After hundreds of years of war, the British defeated the Dutch, the French and the most powerful enemy the Spaniards, and now they have become the number one power in Europe.

It’s just that the rise of the United Kingdom is so fast that it has now caused dissatisfaction among various countries in the European continent. Therefore, George II felt that he should not continue to stimulate other countries at this time to avoid being gang fights, so he decided to send a fleet to the Caribbean to search for wealth. .

This decision of the British was obviously extremely correct, because it was historically with this hand that it changed from a mere island country to an empire that never sets in the sun!

“There are still twenty nautical miles to get to Port Royal, and we will probably arrive at noon when the tide is highest!” The Captain of Endeavour, Arnold, quickly took out his pocket watch and counted the water lines before repliing.

The captain on a ship should have been the largest, but Lord Beckett, as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, wanted to set up the flagship on the Endeavour, and Arnold naturally did not dare to talk too much.

“Tsk tusk! If your Majesty knew that Port Royal had been occupied by a pirate, I am afraid I would be annoyed to sleep well!” Beckett curled his lips. On the way, he also considered what excuses should be used to bring Wetherby. Swann’s power was taken away, and it now appears to be completely useless.

The guy Wetherby Swan actually gave Port Royal to a pirate from the east, and by the way married his daughter to him!

No matter what excuses the other party has, what kind of contacts he has in London, but with these two crimes, he can be directly ordered to hang him.

Captain Arnold didn’t know what to say. Lord Beckett was highly powerful and he was said to have had a good personal relationship with King George II, so it was not a big deal for the other party to tease the king.

But whoever scallion you are, if you dare to take the word, maybe you will be charged with contempt of the king’s power, and then go straight to the prison for the rest of your life!

“Have the spies repaid?” Lord Beckett asked, sitting at the table on the second deck, picking up a slice of watermelon with a silver fork.

“The patrol ship just reported that Port Royal is currently under martial law. It is said that the Easterner seems to have ordered the pirates and traitors to prepare to fight back!” Captain Arnold read from the spies after receiving information.

“Huh?” Lord Beckett stopped his movements and made a suspicious voice.

“Those people didn’t run away?”

He put down the silver fork in his hand, received the information from Arnold, and suddenly frowned.

Originally, Beckett thought that with the panic that he displayed, the other party must have fled all the wealth of Port Royal directly.

Because the topography of Port Royal is so good, even if Beckett thinks that Port Royal can definitely be defeated with his own strength, but if the enemy fights desperately, he will have to pay the price of several ships.

Beckett has always been pursuing the purpose of doing the most with the least money, so he will let the entire Caribbean know that he has led fifty warships.

Before he wanted to come, since the other party knew that he was leading such an unmatched army, the best choice was to immediately pack the wealth in Port Royal and then escape by boat.

In this way, you can regain Port Royal without your own soldiers, saving you unnecessary losses.

As for the Oriental and Governor Swann who ran away?

A group of bereaved dogs, unless they can run directly to the abdomen of America to be wild people, or one day they will fall into their own hands.

It’s just that he never expected that the other party didn’t follow his script.

“Lord Lord!” Captain Arnold couldn’t help but reminded when he saw the commander-in-chief start to be stunned.

Now they are less than ten nautical miles away from Port Royal, and they can already see the top of the port. At this time, the commander is stunned. The people below really don’t know what to do.

“Give me an order, all the ships line up, and fire freely when they reach firing range!” Beckett immediately recovered. Anyway, he is used to seeing strong winds and waves, and small mistakes can’t affect anything at all.

Since those guys insist on looking for death, then I won’t let them go!

“Yes, sir!”

Captain Arnold, who received the order, immediately ordered his sailors to start playing semaphores. Soon all the warships immediately sent out a font, and thousands of artillery were pushed out.

at the same time!

“You devil, you are finally about to usher in retribution!”

Swan File size said that she was a little sluggish, but she still cursed indomitably.

“If you don’t want your mouth to be blocked, then you’d better be quiet!” Li Qingyuan said with a frown while pinching Elizabeth Swan’s chin.

The chick’s spirit is really strong, with her ten-point physical strength, she still has the energy to swear after fighting for a week.

However, considering that the opponent can become a pirate emperor at any rate, it is understandable that the combat power and resilience are stronger than the average person.

“Humph!”

Hearing the threat from the other party, Swan File size closed her mouth angrily. She was locked in the room for more than two months, and finally got out to bask in the sun. She didn’t want to be locked back so quickly.

“Master Marquis, the enemy has already appeared!” Ramuel gave a military salute to Li Qingyuan, then pointed to the sea level.

“Uh, finally came?” Li Qingyuan saw a row of sails through the lens after receiving the telescope that was handed over.

“How far are they from us!” Putting down the binoculars, he asked Ramuel.



“The enemy’s battleship should be nine nautical miles away from us now!” As a gunner, judging the enemy’s position is the most basic Ability, and Ramuel only needs to look at it to know how far the enemy is from him.

After all, these years there is no auxiliary equipment, whether it is wind direction, distance or elevation angle, it must be calculated by the human brain.

Therefore, experienced artillery, no matter where they are, they are very popular.

“Nine nautical miles? So they still need half an hour?” Because he has added a lot of ship knowledge, Li Qingyuan knows the fastest battleship at present. It can reach eighteen knots per hour.

Not to mention the current wind direction is wrong, even if the wind direction completely helps the British warships, they will not be able to enter the firing range within half an hour.

Because regardless of the artillery used by that country these years, the range has not exceeded three nautical miles!

Not to mention that ship-borne guns need to be discounted because they have to consider the ability of the ship to withstand.

If the British warship can enter the firing range in half an hour, it can be regarded as the opponent’s extraordinary performance!

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