Zheng Fei was worried about whether the pirates were equipped with artillery, and if so, it would be troublesome, he was not sure that he could accurately hit the opponent with the crude artillery of the Middle Ages.

Fortunately, he found it relatively early and had enough time to prepare for the defense, and he knew very well that he was leading sailors with no combat experience, and he had to do a thorough combat mobilization against them!

He bit his lip and shouted, "Assemble everyone!"

The sailors, who had been tortured all morning, slept soundly, and when they heard the thunderous roar, they reluctantly got out of bed with their eyes open, and dragged their exhausted bodies to the deck.

"What's the matter, buddy?" said Santiago, rubbing his sleepy eyes, his face haggard.

After half a minute of silence, Zheng Fei stood still, looking at them with a stern gaze, without saying a word.

The atmosphere was so quiet that even the sea breeze seemed to be getting hot, and the sailors, seeing from his countenance, straightened up and waited for him to say something.

"Are you afraid of death?" Zheng Fei said expressionlessly, his eyes still so cold.

"Don't be afraid!" they replied in unison, a confident smile on their lips.

"Really?" Zheng Fei raised his eyebrows, silently walked to the side of the ship and knocked on the cannon at the entrance of the hole, the crisp metal sound hit the eardrums, and he turned the barrel of the gun at an angle, facing the sailors on the deck.

Then, to the consternation of the sailors, he quickly filled a cannonball, took a torch and placed it beside the fuse, and asked in a deep voice: "Now, are you afraid of death?"

The muzzles of the black holes, the restless jumping flames, made the sailors involuntarily lean back, and their eyes showed unprecedented timidity.

"I'll ask again! Are you afraid of death?!" Zheng Fei roared angrily and lit the fuse, bang!

He knew that the fuse could burn for five seconds.

"I'm afraid!" Seeing that he was actually playing, the sailors waved their hands again and again and shouted in panic, and two of them jumped out several meters with their heads covered.

After receiving the correct answer, Zheng Fei immediately extinguished the fuse, threw the torch into the sea with his arms raised, and taught them with a solemn face: "It's right to be afraid, knowing that being afraid means that you are human beings, living people!"

He tilted his head and took a deep breath, paused and continued, "But sometimes even if you are afraid, you have to bite the bullet, do you know why?

"See, those little black dots, that's a pirate ship, we're being targeted by pirates. He pointed to the sea in the distance.

"Captain, let's turn around!" said the sailors, frightened.

"Where do you turn around? The pirate ship is a ship of all speeds, much faster than us!" he bent down and took a cannonball in his hand, held it flat to his chest, and said: "If you choose to retreat, death awaits you! If you choose to give it a go, your courage will become the sharpest weapon! Victory always belongs to the brave!"

"You are not soldiers, you don't have to fight for your country, you fight for yourself, you fight for wealth and status, you fight for a better tomorrow! Sailors! Say your choice out loud!"

Zheng Fei roared hysterically, his eyes wide and his voice hoarse.

"Kill them!" Santiago replied in a sonorous voice, leading a group of people to chim.

"Repeat!"

"Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!"

The neat shouts made the seagulls passing in the air stunned.

"Alright, start preparing now! The two of you will be in charge of a cannon, so that the pirates can see the power of the New World! Let Poseidon be impressed by your courage in battle!"

Poseidon, the god of the sea in Greek mythology.

As soon as the words fell, the sailors quickly dispersed and prepared, carrying shells and supplies.

Zheng Fei climbed to the high watchtower, looked down at them in an orderly manner, and smiled, never thinking that he still had the talent for oratory.

"Come on, little cubs. He stared at the sea and muttered to himself, for some reason there was a surge of excitement in his heart, because this was the first time he had commanded a battle, exciting!

Half an hour later.

The pirate ship slowed down when it was still a few hundred meters away, and they did not dare to rush into action when they were watching for weapons on board the New World.

It is impossible to figure out the situation from a distance of a few hundred meters with the naked eye, but Zheng Feitong can easily see everyone on the pirate ship.

After taking a closer look, Zheng Fei breathed a sigh of relief, although this group of pirates numbered about a hundred, they were extremely poorly equipped, only the flagship was equipped with a few cannons, and the others were armed with cold weapons such as spears and swords.

A hundred meters away, the pirates began to shout.

"Lay down your arms and surrender!" in Spanish, which sounded like a mantra.

Hans, the only one on the New World who had ever used a cannon, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and asked, "Captain, it's very close, can you shoot a shot?"

"Wait. Zheng Fei has to observe again.

At this time, through the binoculars, he saw the stern of the other party's flagship, and a huge flag was slowly raised, fluttering in the wind.

He pursed his lips, handed the binoculars to Hans, and said, "Have you been to many places, have you seen that flag?"

Hans picked up the binoculars and looked at them, shook his head and said, "No!"

"Captain, what's going on?" George got out of the cabin, and since he didn't have much combat power, Zheng Fei asked him and the three women to stay in the cabin for refuge.

Zheng Fei frowned, and was about to respond when he heard this guy suddenly shout, "Sir Henry!"

"You know?" everyone turned to stare at George.

"Oh no, no, no, I just recognize that flag, it's from our family of Sir Henry in England!"

"Why do pirates have the banner of the Henry family?"

"Well, the Henry family is now pirates, they claim to be robbing for England to gain more control of the sea, and they specialize in robbing passing fleets in the waters near Spain, which has caused huge losses to Spain's maritime trade, so the English government secretly supports them. ”

"Oh~" Zheng Fei nodded, he knew the past of the confrontation between Britain and Spain in the Middle Ages, and also knew that more than a hundred years later, the Spanish Armada, known as the strongest navy of its time, made several expeditions to England, all ended in failure and gradually declined.

"So, our opponent is a legitimate pirate with a strong backer?" he said, looking at the pirate ships with interest.

"Captain, are we going to fight again?"

"Fight, of course you have to fight!" Zheng Fei's eyes flashed with a hint of murder, and he said in Chinese: "If someone offends me, I will offend someone!"

Hans had already itched his hands, pointed his gun at the pirate flagship, and asked again: "Captain, let me shoot it!"

"No!" Zheng Fei shook his finger, looked at his disappointed expression, and said with a smile: "Hit two shots!