"We had a little bit of trouble......"

At the end of the ceremony, the group came to the lakeside villa of the Port Authority, where many stories had happened.

While Lorraine and Marat had been attacked by the hunters, Nelson briefed a beaming Spencer of the latest news he had received during the night.

"Drake captured Baron Torlesias, the commander of the garrison here, and Major Marat, the captain of the San Carlos, and received a surprising piece of news from them. The San Carlos manager election, originally scheduled for May 5, has been brought forward to May 1, which is ...... Day after tomorrow. ”

"The day after tomorrow?" The huge fright directly put Spencer's smile on his face, which looked strangely funny, making people unable to laugh at all, "It turned out that I was already very nervous to complete the cleaning of the battlefield traces before the fifth, and you suddenly told me the day after tomorrow...... I suggest that we abandon San Carlos at once and retreat into the jungle to seek the help of the Miskitos. ”

"Help us evacuate?"

"Yes." Spencer solemnly, "President Drake did a good job, or too well, to almost single-handedly destroy the strong defenses of a fortress, so that they didn't have the slightest power to fight back last night. But it was also because he did so well that the Spaniards would have taken the fall as an insult. They will not let us go back to the beach safely, the San Juan River will not pass, and only with the help of the Miskito people will we be able to escape through the jungle! ”

Spencer was full of momentum, and he used the aftermath of last night's victory to show his determination. But for Nelson, this middle-of-the-road decision was far less appealing than Lorraine's plan.

He is a risk-taker at heart, purposeful, confident and greedy, unwilling to admit his failures or give up his exploits.

He also didn't give an inch: "But Major, in this way, the sea operation is equivalent to being cut in half, Major General Darling is still in Kingston sparing no effort to coordinate the naval and army forces, and may have paid a huge price." If we retreat like this, how can we explain to him? ”

"Major General is not a man who insists!"

"Do you want to take advantage of the weakness of his character to justify your failures?"

"Damn it! You know I didn't mean that! Spencer tugged at his hair irritably, "Please calm down and think about it, in two days' time, we will show Grenada a broken San Carlos." It's like the streets here have just experienced an earthquake, the roads in the west side are twisted, and the houses in the east side are collapsed! If you were a noble man from Grenada, would you still drive your ship to shore when you saw such a scene? ”

Nelson shook his head slightly, "No." ”

"Neither will I! I'm just going to turn around right away and gather Grenada's army and warships! Do you think we can stop this huge force? Or is it in your mind that Spanish rule in Nicaragua is in jeopardy and we can easily overthrow it? ”

"Neither, Spencer." Nelson crossed his fingers and propped his chin on, "Drake and I have the same judgment as you, if Grenada sees San Carlos as it is, we can only run away in embarrassment." But Drake has a plan, and to enrich the hole cards of that plan, we even caged a Caribbean pirate king on the lake last night. ”

"What plans can ......"

Spencer's voice stopped abruptly, and it seemed that only then did he realize that the fierce man with the beard who followed Lorraine was not one of Lorraine's many amazing seamen, he was the most ruthless and warlike pirate king in the Caribbean, a pirate king who roamed the lakes of Nicaragua.

"Hell...... Is it true that Freemani told me that Lake Nicaragua is rich in sharks? ”

……

Time turns, two days to cross.

On the vast Nicaraguan Lake, a slender new fifth-class Galen high-speed ship is sailing half-open, sailing alongside the water.

She is the youngest member of the Grenada garrison formation, the Shengshi, and last year belonged to the famous pirate king Thomas the Fly. A great battle made her a trophy for the garrison fleet, and because of her flattering name and new ship shape, she soon became the new friend of the fleet's admiral, Rear Admiral Marat.

Everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before she is officially appointed as a flagship, and perhaps when this San Carlos change is over, the matter of replacing the flagship of the fleet should be put on the agenda.

The target of her voyage was San Carlos, carrying two of the most powerful men in all of Grenada to swear authority and gain benefits. The two men were now standing in her sharp bow, one in an army uniform and the other in a navy uniform.

Maratitu played with the new toy his nephew had given him the other day, a small hourglass carved from natural crystal. He smiled and said, "Your Excellency, in just over an hour, the beautiful lakeside marina of San Carlos will appear before our eyes, and I think it is time for you to give me the answer, about my proposal from a few days ago, and your return." ”

"Your Excellency Admiral, it's so easy to be impatient." Major General Hawthorne, the Governor of Grenada, fiddled with his glass, "This time, Major Marat's exploits are obvious to all. The evidence he gathered allowed us to legitimately kick these filthy pioneers out of the management of San Carlos, and return the gold-forged fortress once and for all to His Majesty's arms. ”

"He deserves to be commended." Hawthorne expressed his attitude in an accent, "The point is, what is our common interest with us, the navy and the army, the garrison fleet and the colonial governor's palace?" ”

"Is it a mere one-year or three-year tax? Or should we make full use of this opportunity to completely clear out the forces of the pioneers from the scope of rotation? If you're as future-focused as I am, do you think your nephew has what it takes to protect our common interests? ”

Marati snorted heavily: "Francisco's performance this time is enough to prove that he can take on this heavy responsibility, but it is your spokesman, Colonel Ovie...... Look at his mediocre performance throughout the whole process, and when Francisco was attacked, he actually chose to sit on the sidelines. ”

"This is steady, Your Excellency Admiral, and a trust in Major Marat's personal abilities."

"Then please continue to trust." Governor Marati shook his hand, "This year's tax distribution is in the Governor's Palace, and this and the next Commander of the Fortress belongs to the garrison fleet, which is a fair choice for all." ”

"This should be called the stupidest ......"

"Report!"

The argument was interrupted by a panicked report, and the ship's first mate, pale, ran over and reported to two of the most powerful men in Grenada, and indeed in the entire Nicaraguan colony.

"To the northeast and northeast, five kilometers away, the Brigentine ship was found, and it had been confirmed to be Major Marat's San Carlos, she was wounded, and it looked ...... on the deck that the first mate asked for teeth, "I must have just experienced a tragic broadside!" ”

"You said San Carlos...... Broadboard?! ”