Carlos was very familiar with the sailing routes, and in order to get to South America as quickly and safely as possible, he decided to sail directly south from Lisbon, and when he reached Cape Verde, he sailed along the equator to South America, which had the advantage of avoiding the raids of English and Dutch pirates, as well as the dangerous waters of Bermuda. The long period of life at sea has given Europeans an experience that in the Atlantic Ocean near the equator, there are generally many easterly winds at low latitudes, and westerly winds prevail at high latitudes, and such routes can also reach their destinations in the shortest possible time.

Just after Carlos made all the preparations, this fleet of more than 40 ships set off from Lisbon, which included 20 merchant ships of the Carlos family and more than 20 armed merchant ships converted from warships of Yu Hualong, and the other more than 120 merchant ships and armed merchant ships were still following more than 20 miles behind, and they were still the same as before, a long distance.

Carlos's choice of route and time this time is very perfect, the usually turbulent Atlantic Ocean is now very quiet, the English and Dutch naval fleets that appeared from time to time in the past did not see them come to harass, and there were no long-sighted pirates to attack this fleet of more than forty ships, whether it was Carlos's family or Yu Hualong's soldiers, they are now enjoying this pleasant journey.

Danger always occurs at the most proud time, through the Strait of Gibraltar, in front of the Madley Islands, if you pass through this archipelago sea you can reach the Canary Islands, and then you rarely meet pirates, because this small island is more numerous, it is also a pirate paradise, Carlos warns everyone to be careful, wait for this sea area is basically safe, do not have an accident here.

But just as he was sailing not too far from the main island, Carlos, the leader of the group, noticed that something was wrong. A huge fleet appeared in front of the fleet, and it could be seen through binoculars that this was a very powerful team of pirates, with more than seventy ships flying pirate flags of different colors coming here, and I didn't see it just now because there were islands blocking the view, and it seemed that the ambush route they designed was very beautiful.

This is a small gourd-shaped strait, the front is blocked, it seems that it is difficult to rush through, Carlos plans to retreat back, hoping to remove this sea area, but at this time the fleet behind also issued an alarm, and there are more pirates behind. Now Carlos finally confessed that he fell into the ambush circle of the pirates, but the pirate ship is not as big as his own ship, it seems that he may have a chance to rush out only if he rushes forward, but the loss must be huge, and now he has to sacrifice his wealth to save his life, Carlos plans to use the merchant ship carrying goods to break the way, and the merchant ship carrying people then escapes.

Yu Hualong's soldiers began to get excited, their current mood was just the opposite of Carlos's family, they had sailed tens of thousands of miles, and the lonely ones were about to become moldy, and now there were finally eyeless pirates appeared, just in time to kill. Carlos was about to adjust his formation, when Yu Hualong sent a signal, hoping to let his fleet lead the way to meet the pirates in the way, protect their safety, and let the armed merchant ships in his fleet protect the merchant ships behind them, without worrying about these pirates.

Carlos saw that Daming's merchant ships were willing to open the way, which was also a good thing for him, and even he could take the opportunity to escape, so Carlos's fleet slowed down, and Yu Hualong commanded the fleet to quickly cross over, and began to start a fire to start the steam engine, after all, there were seventy or eighty pirate ships in front, three or four times his own, but they could not be allowed to join the gang to fight, and they must use good mobility to fight against this robbing pirate fleet, it is best to keep them all here, at least in the near future, it will be quiet here.

The distance is getting closer and closer, the pirates on the pirate ship have already sharpened their knives and are ready to rob, and the guns on it have begun to fire chain bullets and solid iron balls, but the effect is still obviously poor, and it cannot pose a threat to the twenty warships of Hualong. Carlos's merchant ships were more than a dozen miles behind, and they were still moving slowly, and the pirates behind didn't know why they were also slowly chasing. When Yu Hualong's fleet was about half a mile away from the pirate ship, the guns on the ship began to exert their might, and the twenty warships were now lined up, with the first cannon sound of Yu Hualong's flagship, the pirates began to be dumbfounded, their pirate ships rarely could withstand a single shell, especially the first round of shooting, the warships were obviously assigned targets, twenty pirate ships were hit eighteen ships, the hit rate reached an astonishing ninety percent, the pirate ships that were hit were all flooded, and there were several pirate ships that were shattered in an instant. The frightened pirates immediately changed their tactics, and the remaining fifty or so pirate ships tried to approach quickly, and then board the gang to fight, and the lack of firepower was used to make up the numbers.

Yu Hualong will not leave them any chance, the Ming fleet in addition to using artillery to knock out the pirate ship rushing over, and when the distance is closer, the ship's hand-cranked machine gun also began to wield, although it cannot directly destroy the ship, but the pirate ship suffered heavy losses, and what is even more terrible is that the pirate ship was hit by machine gun bullets and was riddled with holes, and a stream of sea water poured into the cabin, and the pirate ship began to enter the water.

The pirates suddenly found themselves in a hard nail this time, and they were about to retreat, but they did not expect this fierce merchant fleet to start chasing them, and what was even more tragic was that the skills they usually thought were superb were not worth mentioning in front of these ships. The pirates' stunt has always been to drive ships, speed skills are all excellent, but not being able to run is the pirate's housekeeping skill, today is really sad, those robbed fleets are much faster than their speed, it looks like they were hit on fire, emitting black smoke, but the speed is even faster.

The pirates in the back began to speed up after Carlos's merchant ships, as they found that Carlos's fleet had begun to speed up and those in front of them had begun to fire artillery. The Ming fleet, which was driving behind, had already noticed an anomaly ahead, and the warships began to cover the merchant ships to accelerate forward, and the steam engines began to ignite. When it finally became clear that a large number of pirate ships were attacking Carlos's merchant ships, they began to attack the pirates, making them think that there was still black eating black.

Now whether it is the pirates who copied the rear or the follow-up Ming fleet, they have all entered this gourd-shaped strait, and the pirates who outflanked the back road let the Ming army outflank them, although the Ming army did not mean it, the result was still the same. The artillery and machine guns on the warships of the Ming army sailed all the way, shooting all the way, and everywhere they went, it was like pouring soup and snow, and a ship sank and people died. The pirates who tried to disperse in a hurry encountered the merchant ships behind, and there were also a large number of soldiers on the merchant ships, so there was no way to continue to attack forward, after all, there were too many ships to sink them all at once.

Like a fly without a head, the pirate ship ran back and forth in this small basin, but it could not get out of the encirclement, and the final result was that the whole army was wiped out, and not a single pirate ship ran away.

The Carlos family, who saw a little thrilling, never dreamed that such a big and real pirate would come to attack, what a temptation, and what they didn't expect was that the fleet of those Ming Dynasty people would kill them all. In fact, the most surprising was Carlos, he only knew that the guns of this fleet were very strong, otherwise he would not have driven away the warships of the English, but now it is a huge pirate fleet! In just such a while, the whole army was wiped out, and it was a loss to help them lead the way, otherwise their own people would be really miserable this time, it seems that they have to make friends with these Ming people, maybe there will be a time when they need it.

After exterminating this group of pirates, the warships behind came to Yu Hualong's captain's room and reported the situation to Yu Hualong, and Yu Hualong let them go back and let them continue to protect the fleet behind, that is Zhu Youxiao's real purpose, making money is actually secondary.

Leaving this dangerous sea, Carlos personally went to Yu Hualong's flagship to thank him, this time it was a sincere thank-you, not the attitude of a collaborator, but more to thank the courtesy of his benefactor.

Yu Hualong was not polite this time, having lived in Lisbon for so long, Yu Hualong also understood the local customs, and no longer said kind words in a false manner, directly accepted Carlos's thanks, and said that he could speak directly when he needed help in the future. The reason is that he is about to arrive in the Americas, and he is not familiar with this place, so he really needs the help of Carlos in order to better complete his mission.