"One, two, up!"

"One, two, up!" ……

With their feet on the reef and their hands on the trawls, the sailors pulled the heavy ropes out of the water with all their might.

In a short time, a wooden box crawling with seaweed almost rotten was dragged up, and the man threw it on his shoulders and threw it onto the assault boat, and rocked the oars towards the Golden Deer, which was moored far away.

The Golden Deer was also busy with excitement.

Under the command of Carmen and Noya, twenty or so sailors lifted the treasures of the sea, broke the wooden crates, and washed them with seawater bucket by bucket until they were confirmed, and then shoveled the scattered valuables into baskets, pounded them, and registered.

This is an unparalleled gain.

The salvage has been carried out for more than an hour, and according to the feedback from Yacharin at the salvage site, it has entered the finishing cleanup.

They fished out more than 140 kilograms of gold, 1.2 tons of silver, and three small boxes of large and transparent gems from the bottom of the sea, with a preliminary estimate of more than 40,000 pounds.

This made Lorraine magically think of the lost east corner and the harvest of mulberry elm.

Because of the assault boat, he lost a fifth-class ship at his fingertips, but it was also because of the assault boat that he hit the treasure ship where the Spaniards were sleeping at the bottom of the sea, and the salvaged property happened to be worth as much as a destroyer, just like the compensation given to him by God.

This put Lorraine in a good mood.

Two and a half hours later, the Golden Deer, having searched for the sunken ship, returned home to join the fleet.

Nelson looked at Lorraine dissatisfied: "Drake, you're two hours behind the meeting time, I need to explain!" ”

"Every assault boat counts, my Admiral." Lorraine smiled like a spring breeze, "My assault boat got stuck on the reef, and the Golden Deer couldn't get in, so in order to save time as much as possible, I threw almost all the crew into the water and soaked for a whole day." ”

"Uh...... It's true? ”

Nelson looked at the sailors on Lorraine's ship, who were washed as clean as white pigs, and had to admit that Lorraine's words were very convincing.

After all, with what he knew about Lorraine, in addition to being calculating wealth and risk, Lorraine was more competent than most soldiers when he was incorporated into the army.

There is no such thing as letting sailors dive for no reason...... It's not like Lorraine's style.

The thunder in the Admiral's palm was raised high, and after a gentle laydown, the fleet set sail again.

The newly launched fleet was reduced to six.

The Black Goat returned to Port Royal with the North San Juan North, leaving only four assault dingries behind the Eros with a cable.

After five hours of wind, wind and waves, Lorraine finally saw the silted San Juan River beach.

Under Nelson's orders, the fleet anchored 500 meters offshore, and the Eros and Cyclops lowered their dinghys to take on the task of patrolling, and the cordon spread three kilometers away.

While in the cordon, the Golden Deer shouted to lower the assault boat, and Lorraine called Yacharin and Carmen to his side.

"The first half of the operation was a landing battle, and after the landing team successfully seized the beach, the command of the fleet was transferred to the steppe lion and Colonel Cornwallis. In order to keep the land operation secret, no naval operation will be carried out until Managua is captured. ”

"So you're going to have a long break."

"In my absence, Acharin was in charge of bringing the fleet back to Port Royal, and the Golden Deer needed to be repaired. The windfall was sent back to Lucy by Carmen, and the sailors on board were rewarded with ten pounds each, which was a special allowance for the flagship. ”

"With that out of the way, Carmen, you take Noah back to New Orleans. Although you can't help much in sailing, with you here, Caterina has at least a few more negotiables, and there have been too many people from the road markers lately. ”

Carmen squinted and said, "My captain, aren't you going to land with Noya?" ”

"Noah......" Lorraine's eyes rolled to the sky, "what can I do if some hypocritical Puritan is willing to fight alongside Assasin but not to watch a witch use evil magic?" ”

……

The personnel plan was quickly finalized.

The Drake Chamber of Commerce produced a total of twelve dinghys, excluding Lorraine, Henna, and Barto, and selected forty-eight excellent sailors, most of them experienced stormtroopers, and four skilled boatmen.

The dinghy leaned in groups of two by the two large ships, and the provisions, ordnance, and army were retained.

On the naval side, apart from the sailors who were assigned to the boats, only Nelson and his twenty-man guard were landed, and the commander of the guard was John. Sergeant Sykes.

On the Army side, there were four reinforced companies of 100 infantry each, 10 marching drums, 10 flag lieutenants, 10 gunners, 2 land guns and 5 officers of the company commander, adjutant, artillery chief, sergeant major, and division chief, totaling 540 men, as well as Major Spencer and his twenty-man guards.

In addition to the weapons, supplies, water, and medicine for the 700 men and horses to fight and consume, the busy landing operation lasted from the afternoon to midnight, and the landing force of the four companies and the related personnel, materials, including artillery and ammunition, were all sent to the tidal flats.

Lorraine watched the fleet pull anchor, squinting at Henna, who was following behind her, the shadow of a silent one.

"You have to apologize first."

"Humph!"

Hum? Lorraine blinked angrily for a long time, flicked the hem of her clothes, and decided to play with Nelson.

Nelson was discussing with Major Spencer about his plan to enter the river tomorrow morning at the campfire, when he saw Lorraine coming, and hurriedly beckoned.

"Drake, where is your big fishing boat waiting for us?"

Lorraine looked at the map for a moment, and pointed to the large bay to the north and east of the river: "Trini Bay, the site unanimously chosen by the native sailors, there is a small sandbar where our ships can dock. ”

"How far is this bend from us?"

"Travel about 15 kilometers along the riverbank."

"15 km...... I don't think we have gone too far into the jungle. Nelson clutched his chin uncertainly, "Excluding the operators of the boats, we now actually have 585 people, and the dinghy can carry 10 people after taking up ordnance and provisions, and the big boat can carry 50 people, which is 420 people." That is to say, even if it is squeezed, there is at least one company that needs to march through the forest. ”

"Officers need to lead by example!" Major Spencer waved his arms vigorously, "My guards and I will take a company on foot, and the gun carriages and horses will follow me to make room for the remaining sergeants." ”

Lorraine looked at the two men who were calculating gloomily.

"I'm sorry, I heard when I was in Lucy Fields that two companies were going to be arranged to walk alternately, why ...... now"

Nelson smiled bitterly: "Originally, the transportation capacity was insufficient, and the soldiers naturally did not complain, but didn't you add two big ships to come in......"

Lorraine opened his mouth: "So they think that the capacity is enough, and everyone is reluctant to march?" ”

Nelson nodded slightly.

"Which idiot got the news out in advance?"

Nelson glanced at Spencer in embarrassment, and Spencer coughed twice with embarrassment: "My adjutant told his cousin, who was the chief of the division in the second company, and then the next day, the whole landing force knew all about it......"

"It's more than that." Nelson scratched his nose to hide his expression, "The Army has a lot of criticism about Mr. Spencer's reuse of a pirate, and seems to think...... Outlaws will tarnish the sanctity of this great operation. ”

Lorraine asked in surprise: "Army?" ”

Spencer continued to cough: "I'm sorry. ”

"Don't be sorry." Lorraine took a deep breath, "If such a fool appeared on my ship, I would hang him on the mast." ”

Spencer coughed harder: "Please do it without me." He's my wife's cousin and I can't watch him get abused......"