Drake's surprise broke through the sky, and in his own words, what he had experienced on that day was more amazing than what he had seen in his entire life combined!

Why are there such battleships? Why is there such artillery? He was surprised not because he was ignorant of the battleship, but precisely because he knew the battleship too well that he had such a deep and irrepressible fear of the strength of our battleship!

"Did the guns of these ships unleash magic?" Drake gently stroked the ship's gun and muttered softly, "A dozen shells per minute!" This...... Is this the Devil's Hellfire? ”

Faced with such a question, I could only smile and say nothing, but Charlie next to me couldn't help it, and called out excitedly: "No! This is not the hellfire of the devil, this is the hellfire of Charlie and Halleha! ”

Drake looked at Charlie in surprise, to be honest, he had indeed studied these of my subordinates carefully, and was quite impressed by the Nine Ghosts Masataka, Mo, Gelhardt, Mavi, and Laxin.

He has said to the people around him many times that if he gives him these excellent people around me, he has the confidence to double his existing career!

But he also knew very well that this was just his own imagination.

But for Charlie and Halleha, he said that he was really not very familiar, so when Charlie jumped, Drake was instinctively stunned.

After thinking about it seriously, it seemed that he remembered some rumors about the two.

But no matter how much he searched his stomach, he could remember that the two of them were only technical advantages, and there was nothing outstanding.

Seeing the confusion on his face, I walked up to him with a smile and whispered, "Remember the machines you saw in my American territory?" ”

Drake's eyes lit up: "You mean, these are all mechanical powers?" ”

I nodded and smiled, "Exactly!" But it would be more accurate to say that these are the power of technology! ”

"The power of technology ......," Drake mused, "so I can be a part of it, right?" ”

I looked at him and shook my head and smiled, "Otherwise, what do you think I'm looking for you for?" Could it be that someone has a crush on you? ”

Drake laughed too, but he was so intrigued by my invitation that he almost wanted to jump into it right away!

After finishing the first and last work, we returned to Amsterdam as soon as possible to repair and restore the fleet. Someone specially categorized those people recruited by Drake and transported them to New York by clipper.

Leaving aside the current events, none of this is worth my interest or concern, and what really deserves to be faced is quietly happening in London.

Although these events were not unexpected, they were far more massive and intense than I could have imagined, and caught me quite off guard for a long time!

Where does the problem come from? In fact, it was none other than Elizabeth, who I had concentrated on dealing with and reducing her entire fleet!

Later I learned that Elizabeth was deeply resentful of our actions to destroy her fleet, and almost immediately organized a massive fleet and began a full-scale counterattack against my "acts of war"!

Objectively speaking, this time I underestimated the enemy - I think it will take some time for Elizabeth to get the news, analyze the news, and digest the news, so that she will not complete the battle readiness assembly so quickly!

According to my estimates, her attack will be at least half a month later, or she will have someone give her ultimatum first.

But as it turned out, I underestimated this woman's vindictiveness and determination!

Almost three days after I sent a fleet to send away the newly recruited talents, the dreadnought fleet led by Yohee was attacked by the British fleet in the North Sea, and the losses were very heavy!

Youxi sent out a medium-sized reconnaissance fleet, and after being attacked, no more than a third of the ships returned!

A large number of ships were sunk in battle, and the opposing side did not even give them a chance to surrender!

This is a very resolute war of annihilation!

The British have no intention of making peace with us at all, or rather, until a result is hit, there is no intention of peace talks at all!

Later, according to the memories of the soldiers who participated in the battle at the scene, the wreckage of our dreadnought fleet at that time covered almost the entire English Channel, and the fragments of the ship were like the corpses of dead fish, floating flat on the surface of the sea!

And the successive battles that followed were also in this pattern. After a short period of time, the dreadnought's battle damage has actually reached about thirty percent! In a way, our war losses have reached the point where they need to be reorganized!

"This is an act of war! Qilan! Woohee stood in front of me angrily, slapped the table and shouted at me, "Elizabeth, that old woman wants to crush us in one fell swoop!" Just like the fleet that crushed Spain back then! We have to do something! Can't sit idly by! Don't sit idly by! ”

Seeing Youxi standing in front of me, like an angry little leopard, I agreed with her opinion in my heart, but still chuckled and dissuaded: "You're right, but it's not time yet!" ”

"Why not the time? When is the time? Youxi angrily shouted at me, "Before you started the battle, you said that everything was under control, but now? Our people are bleeding! In a lot of bleeding! Can't you see it? ”

I gently pressed the back of her hand and whispered, "No! I can see it! And my judgment has not changed in the slightest until now. But I still have to say that now is not the time, we still have to wait! ”

"When?" Youxi looked at me with some pity and asked, "You mean, we still have to be patient, right?" ”

I gently stroked her hair and laughed softly, "You! The second uncle really wants to think about it too much, and he is anxious to get a result no matter what. But in this world, where is there so much happiness and hatred? How can there be so many decisive decisions? We need to be patient! Patience, okay? ”

Youxi pouted, gently shook his head away from my hand, and asked aggrievedly again, "Do you want me to continue to act according to your plan?" ”

That look was like a flower cat that had been robbed of its beloved woolen ball, and I couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Stop acting!" Who doesn't know your fiery temper! According to what I said, complete the business cooperation agreements with the Netherlands, France and Spain as soon as possible, and invite them to invest in our new mainland territory according to the preferential conditions I gave before! That's the basis for the next step. Do you understand? ”

Youxi listened to my words, jumped up with a "whew", and no longer saw pity and sorrow like just now, and returned to his previous arrogant appearance: "You say! How much longer do we need to endure it? ”

"Three months!" I said firmly, "In any case, three months is enough time for my plan to be implemented smoothly, and when the time comes, I will show you the last step of my plan, and I will definitely not disappoint you, okay?" ”

Youxi looked into my eyes, saw absolute firmness and seriousness in the middle, and didn't have the slightest intention of fooling her inside, so he nodded vigorously: "Three months!" I will definitely complete the task of attracting the British to the new Continental Territory! And, of course, the fleets of other countries. I hope you don't let me down, or you'll regret it! ”

I stood up, gently hugged Youxi into my arms, and gently patted her on the back: "In this world, you are the last relative left to me by my second uncle, how can I deceive you?" The reason why you are doing this is because other people don't have the innate conditions like you! Only you can complete this mission. Do you understand? ”

Youxi also hugged me gently, and his voice was very soft: "Qilan, I miss my father!" ”

I didn't know how to comfort her, so I patted her on the back and whispered: "Actually, I have come all the way to now, why not rely on the encouragement and spur given to me by his old man?" The dead are like this, and the living need to be strong. Let's work together and do our own thing, which can be regarded as comforting his old man's spirit in the sky! All right? ”

Youxi nodded heavily, and lay in my arms for a while before slowly lifting up.

After staring at me for a long time, she flashed her big eyes and asked, "Qilan, you tell me the truth, you asked me to bring everyone to the new big * land, what do you want to do?" Can you give me the truth? ”

I looked at Youxi and said to her seriously: "Since I left the Ming Dynasty, I have always felt like a source of water and a tree without roots, like a duckweed floating all over the world, which will lose its root system at any time. Aren't you the same? ”

Youxi nodded: "I've lived here for so many years, but I've never felt at home here." So you say this feeling, I understand! ”

I clenched my fists and looked at Youxi, my eyes full of indomitable perseverance: "So, I want to build a piece of my own home!" There, we can realize our ideals and ambitions together and build our own dream place! Everyone is equal there, there is no emperor, and we will be a peach blossom paradise that belongs to us! All right? ”

Youxi was taken aback by my sudden enthusiasm, she pursed her lips, and then whispered: "Your ideals are grandiose, but building a country is not easy to say!" Especially now, Britain has regarded the whole of North America as its own territory, and the reason why they are dealing with us like this is actually to contain us here, so that they can free up their hands to attack the new continent? Even so, don't you give up on your ideals? ”

I nodded vigorously and said to Youxi with the greatest sincerity: "How can there be easy success in this world? I am willing to work hard, put my heart and soul into this dream, and even give my life! For me, this is not just talking, but to use the second half of my life to realize it, this is my ideal! ”

Woo-hee looked at me earnestly, as if trying to see how determined I really was. I sincerely said to Youxi again: "Help me! All right? We are relatives, and the only one I can really rely on is you, right? ”

Youxi was finally persuaded by me, she reached out and grabbed my hand hard: "Count me in!" Qilan, your ideals have touched me, and I am willing to work with you to build our own home! No longer hold back from others. Let's work together for our ideals and never give up, okay? ”

"Good! Let's do it together! Don't give up! ”

"Let's work together! Don't give up! ”