Chapter 138

Charleston tonight is bound to be unsettled.

Just half an hour ago, a hotel suddenly caught fire for no reason. The residents nearby joined forces to put out the fire. However, before we could celebrate, we heard another gun.

A shell flew into the city wall and smashed through the roof of a residential building. This was just the beginning. Then more shells poured down on the wall. Most people in the city were stunned at this time and thought it was the French fleet that suddenly attacked. But now the pride of the Royal Navy, the Scarborough, is still anchored in the harbor of Charleston.

The other side wants to clear the fort on the city wall without solving the biggest threat first. This kind of behavior is undoubtedly to abandon the essence and pursue the end, and it will inevitably pay a heavy price.

However, it wasn't long before the suspicious residents in the city got even more shocking news that it was no one else who launched the attack on Charleston, but the Royal Scarborough in the harbor.

The naval ship, which has been playing the role of the guardian of the colony, suddenly showed its tusks tonight and launched an artillery attack on Charleston without warning. The fort on the wall was the main target. After the first round of attack, at least half of the fort was destroyed.

At this time, the garrison in the city suddenly felt shocked and began to mobilize people in a hurry to organize a counterattack, but then the second round of attacks had fallen down again, and immediately there was another tumult on the wall.

In the past, the colonies have not been attacked, but most of them have traces to follow. When you see enemy ships from a distance, someone will warn you in advance and everyone will be well prepared. The attack tonight is so sudden that the commanders at the head of the city do not know why Scarborough would attack his own people like crazy.

After five rounds of salvo fire, the walls of Charleston's southeast coast collapsed by a third, and only a few shells fell in front of Queen Anne's revenge. The splashing water didn't even wet the ship.

Then Queen Anne's Revenge took a short rest, waiting for the gun barrel to cool down. At this time, Charleston's coastal defense was basically destroyed, and no effective threat could be formed. Ten minutes later, the pirates on board began to shoot freely in the city according to the original plan.

One after another, shells crossed the ruins of the city wall and fell into the streets, shops and houses. The crowd immediately fell into fear and began to flee.

The location of the governor's office is quite far away from the coastline, so it has not been affected for the time being. However, a group of nobles and businessmen in the office do not look good either. They are all dignitaries in the new world who come to the governor's office to attend the wedding. Unexpectedly, they have encountered this kind of thing.

Nearly 20 minutes after the incident, no one has been able to find out the cause of the Scarborough's attack. They are worried about their shops and luxury houses in the city. They want to rush back immediately, but they are worried about the danger on the road. Now the city is in chaos. Only the governor general has 40 guards, which is the safest place.

Governor watt of Charleston is commanding the defense work of the governor's office on the second floor. He has been informed that the fort has been scrapped, but I don't know if the enemy didn't organize the landing immediately because of the shortage of manpower, but watt didn't take it lightly.

No matter who is downstairs, but his own relatives and belomont are upstairs. If the latter makes any mistakes in his territory, he will not be spared in Whitehall. So he sent someone to inform the garrison to send another 20 guards.

After all this, he was a little relieved.

On the other hand, belomont seemed calm from the beginning to the end, and comforted Watt, "don't worry, the biggest plantation owners in the inland are all my friends. They have a lot of private armed forces. I've sent someone to find them. I can borrow 200 people from them to help you through this crisis."

Watt was overjoyed. "Great. I've just arrived in the new world and I'm not familiar with many things. I've heard that Boston is developing rapidly under your administration, especially on the piracy issue. Your iron stance has been highly praised by the military. When I left London, everyone was talking about your achievements."

Belomont smiles with his tea, which is indeed his proudest thing.

Watt wanted to say more, but then a guard knocked on the door and said, "governor, the reinforcements from the garrison are coming. They are downstairs now."

Watt Leng Leng, "come on, so fast?"? I'll go down and have a look first

After that, he told watt that he was guilty and went downstairs. Sure enough, he saw twenty soldiers who had just arrived outside the gate, but the officer in charge looked a little strange.

Watt was suspicious and frowned, "what's your name, sir? I've never seen you before. "

The officer grinned. "I think you've heard the name of my officer. His name is Edward teach, but people seem to prefer to call him Blackbeard."

With that, he pulled out his short musket and pulled the trigger on Watt, who was only one step away.

The sound of the gun startled everyone in the hall. Seeing the governor on the steps, some female guests could not help screaming. The situation of male guests was not much better. No one would come to the wedding with weapons and bare hands. Facing a group of soldiers armed to the teeth, everyone was left with panic and despair.Fortunately, at this time, the guards of the governor's office also arrived, and there was an exchange of fire with the unknown soldiers. The two sides were fighting fiercely downstairs.

Almost at the same time, the door of the study on the second floor was pushed open. Two people dressed as guards came in and said to the suspicious belomont, "governor watt has found out that the Scarborough has fallen into the hands of the pirates. They disguised themselves as the Navy and launched an attack on Charleston. The target is you."

"Me?" There was something unexpected about belomont.

"It's urgent now. They've been downstairs. They'll come up soon. Governor watt asked us to move you away immediately." Then the two guards set up Belmont's arms.

"Wait, my daughter!" Called belomont.

"The sooner you leave here, the safer the people in this room will be. The carriage is ready. We'll leave by the back door." Two guards said, regardless of the rest of the room, pulling his head, but also some dizzy belomont quickly walked downstairs.

When the latter saw the old carriage behind him, he finally realized that it was wrong and wanted to struggle against it. But it was too late. Two guards disguised as pirates no longer polite to him, and rudely pushed him into the carriage.

Belomont knew that when he was in the most dangerous situation, he grabbed the door and tried to jump down, but then a saber was put around his neck.

A low voice sounded in his ear, "Mr. belomont, we meet at last."

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