Chapter 63： Whole army offensive

"How long can I 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 Spanish, and now they have become the largest 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, so 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 is obviously very correct, because it was historically with this hand that it changed from an 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, hurriedly took out his pocket watch and counted the water patterns, and then replied.

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

"Tsk tusk! If His Majesty the King knew that Port Royal was occupied by a pirate, I am afraid that I would not 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.

Wetherby. Swann actually gave Port Royal to a pirate from the East, and by the way married his daughter to the other side!

Don't care what excuses the other party has and 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 had a good personal relationship with King George II, so it’s no big deal for the other party to tease the king.

What kind of green onion, if you dare to take the word, maybe you will be charged with contempt of kingship, and then go straight to the prison for the rest of your life!

"Did the spies give it back?" 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 back 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 the information from the spies.

"Huh?" Lord Beckett stopped his movements and made a puzzled voice.

"Those people didn't run away?"

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

Originally, Beckett thought that with the panic that he showed, the other party must have run away directly by rolling all the wealth of Port Royal.

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 is desperate to fight, he will have to pay the price of several ships.

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

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

In this way, I can regain Port Royal without a bloodbath, saving 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 the Americas 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 surprised.

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

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

Since those guys insist on seeking death, then I will not let them go!

"Yes, sir!"

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

at the same time!

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

Ms. Swann said she was a little weak, but she still cursed indomitably.

"If you don't want your mouth to be gagged, then you better be quiet!" Li Qingyuan said with a frown, pinching Elizabeth Swan's chin.

The spirit of this chick 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 The combat power and resilience are stronger than the average person, which is understandable.

"Humph!"

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

"Lord Marquis, the enemy has appeared!" Ramuel gave a military salute to Li Qingyuan, and then pointed at the sea level.

"Uh, finally came?" Li Qingyuan saw a row of sails in the lens after receiving the telescope handed over.

"How far are they from us!" Putting down the telescope, 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, there is no auxiliary equipment these days. Whether it is wind direction, distance or elevation angle, it must be calculated by the human brain.

So experienced gunners are all sought-after fragrant pastries no matter where they are.

"Nine nautical miles? So they still need half an hour?" Because he has added a lot of knowledge about ships, Li Qingyuan knows that the fastest battleship at present, even if the time and place are favorable and all bonuses are available, it is only It can reach eighteen knots per hour.

Don't say that the wind direction is wrong now. Even if the wind direction completely helps the British warships, they will not be able to enter the 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 ship-based guns, because the ship’s endurance needs to be considered, and the range needs to be discounted.

Half an hour when a British warship can enter the range, it is already the opponent's extraordinary performance!