Governor Cohen agreed, "No way, these English are just a bunch of savages!" ”

This was true at the time. At that time, the British national power did not become stronger, and they were always regarded as barbarians by Europeans! They are considered rude, rude, and the homeland of pirates.

It wasn't until later that Britain's national power rose, and the British pirates also washed their hands and pretended to be gentlemen. He also promoted the name of the gentleman's country to the world! The reason why Britain is called the country of gentlemen is because they have never been gentlemen in their work!

You know, a country is about the same as a person. What a person lacks often has to show what he has. It's the same as the poor Xiucai wiping his mouth with pigskin. And until the First World War, the most popular court etiquette in Europe was Spanish court etiquette, not English etiquette. So you can see how unpopular the British were with Europeans at that time.

Colonel Clark walked directly to the two sides, and the priest was about to pour a glass of wine down his throat when Colonel Clark held him down.

The priest looked at the people around him with drunken eyes and said, "Who are you?" ”

Colonel Clark said, "I'm Colonel Clark, an Englishman. I have something to ask you. ”

The priest grabbed a piece of roast meat from the table and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely, "I know what you want to ask?" But all I can tell you is that I don't know anything! Because I've never seen a battle. ”

But Colonel Clark did not let him go, and continued to interrogate the priest repeatedly. It wasn't until the priest told him everything he knew that he regretted letting him go.

However, Colonel Clark did not return to the other end of the long table when he got up, but instead sat in a chair under the wall of the living room. The other two captains also came over and asked, "Colonel, have you gained anything?" ”

Colonel Clark shook his head regretfully and said, "Nothing! The priest didn't know anything, he didn't even see the battle between the two sides! ”

One captain said, "That's a shame! I think there must have been something very important in that battle that led to the priest's meeting

Locked up in the camp. And those who were captured were all killed! ”

Major Clark nodded and said, "I think so too, but we lack evidence. ”

Another captain with a mustache said, "Is it some new weapon?" For example, particularly large artillery, or did the Orientals use their witchcraft? Shall we bring a few priests on board? ”

Colonel Clark said, "Don't talk about this baseless stuff! I'm more inclined to these pirates to have a new type of artillery! You know, God can't control artillery! ”

Captain Bazi Hu said: "Since you can't get any news, forget it." Anyway, if we go to sea with us, we will know everything sooner or later. ”

Colonel Clark said, "I must stay away from them in this battle!" The man who can annihilate the Spanish fleet and the Dutch fleet at the same time is definitely not an easy person to provoke! So we'd better not be hostile, lest we die here! After all, the king is still waiting for us to report back the news! ”

After communicating with his men, Colonel Clark returned to the front of the long table. This time, however, he did not interject, and just quietly listened to Governor Cohen and the two discuss the matter of the battle. Now the two sides are arguing about who will command the battle.

The final result of the argument was that Baron François would command the battle, and he would be the commander-in-chief of the fleet. The apparent reason was that he participated in more naval battles, but in fact because Baron François brought twelve warships, more than the ten existing Dutch warships.

As for tactics, it was the combined fleet that went directly to the city of Geranza on the island of Taiwan. They were convinced that the pirates would be there. As long as they are defeated, they can take Taiwan back. At the same time, the two sides agreed to rest for a day in Batavia, replenish supplies and set off.

Early the next morning, Colonel Clark returned to his ship to receive supplies. But he saw that his sailors were languishing one by one. But that didn't catch his attention. For he thought that the sailors must have been partying for a long time last night before they returned to bed.

But he soon realized that something was not right. Because the ship stinks so much! And the place of the toilet in the bow of the ship was crowded with sailors in line.

Even some sailors can't even wait for the toilet, they just take off their pants and sit on the side of the ship, and it's convenient to stick their butts out!

In the age of sailing, all toilets on sailboats were placed in the bow. There are two main reasons for this. One is that most sailboats at that time could not go against the wind, and the wind direction was generally blowing from the stern, so the bow was downwind, and everyone could not smell the smell.

Another reason is that if the toilet is placed above the waterline, the opening or sink is prone to waves rushing in. So only the captain can have a private toilet in the aft captain's room.

Colonel Clark's face immediately changed when he saw this! In his limited medical knowledge, there is only one explanation for this situation, and that is the plague!

You know, it's terrible to start a plague on the sea! In the age of sailing, the sanitary conditions on the ships were very poor and the living conditions were extremely crowded. So once there is an infectious person, soon the whole ship will be sick! At that time, apart from the barber who could only bleed, all the sailors could do was pray to God. But that often doesn't work.

Colonel Clark was so frightened that he took two steps back in quick succession and shouted, "First mate? Where is the first mate? ”

Soon a sturdy middle-aged sailor ran out of the cabin. As soon as he saw Colonel Clark, he said, "Captain, something is wrong!" More than half of the people on board were having diarrhea! ”

Colonel Clark shouted, "I saw it! What the hell is going on? ”

Captain Clark didn't say the word plague! Because he was afraid of causing panic. However, the first mate understood his thoughts very well, and said, "Colonel, you don't have to worry too much. I guess it's certainly not the plague! They must have eaten something bad last night to trigger such intense diarrhea. Because I found out that most of all the people with diarrhea were sailors who landed on the carnival last night. ”

Hearing the first mate say this, Clark breathed a sigh of relief. Colonel Clark immediately said: "Go and check on the other two ships at once, and make sure that only the sailors who landed have symptoms of diarrhea?" ”

The first mate agreed and disembarked. Colonel Clark began to patrol the entire ship. Things were not good on the ship, the deck was already stinky from the sailors, and the cabin smelled the same.