Chapter 523: Happiness Gives Birth to Sorrow
Zhang Huan ignored Melissa's anger and smiled contemptuously: "It seems that your father still hasn't said what they did in the New World!" ”
"What's the matter?" Melissa softened her tone and asked.
"Alright! Since you want to know, I'll tell you. You Ganlas arrived in the New World and fought with the local Maya. With muskets and horses, you have won the battle and captured the king of the opposing side.
The Mayan king was in a room and stretched out his hand to draw a horizontal line at the highest point he could reach. And said: You can exchange the gold that reaches the horizontal line for your own freedom.
You agreed, and the Mayans took out all the gold and finally piled up the mark in the house. But you Ganlas will also execute the Mayan king, and burn the Mayan king's body after death.
The Mayans believed that there was no afterlife after being burned, so they joined the arms of the so-called Lord. Then he will be hanged, but after he is hanged, you Ganlas will burn his body.
Is this what you call spreading the gospel of the Lord? Is this what is called civilized man? To put it bluntly, you are robbers who rob and plunder everywhere in the cloak of religion! Zhang Huan finished speaking in one breath, grabbed the teapot on the table and drank it dry. Only in this way can he calm the anger in his heart, which is the story that Zhang Dou told them when he taught them.
And tell them not to be deceived by their rhetoric. Hungry wolves will not voluntarily give up their prey, as long as the wolf is killed, the threat of hungry wolves can be completely solved.
Is that really the case? Melissa froze there, her eyes confused.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the captain's room, and the first mate Ma Le walked in. Salute and say, "Captain! The dreadnought raised its flag ahead, and three warships of the Ganlas were spotted in front. ”
Zhang Huan's fleet had a large number of merchant ships, and he had no ability to protect himself in the event of an enemy. Therefore, he ordered the two battleships, the Intrepid and the Endeavour, to sail in front under the banner of Ganras, and to buy time for the rear fleet to escape in the event of an enemy entanglement with the main enemy.
What he never expected was that he would encounter a warship of the Ganlas people in the vast sea. Were these battleships defeated and retreated from the Battle of Chicken Coop Harbor? Or did the Ganlas retake Joncoop Harbor?
"Order the Dreadnought and Endeavour to approach the enemy ship and entangle the main enemy ship. The main force then arrives and takes them out together! Zhang Huan ordered.
"Nope! Please let them go! Melissa, stunned, reacted and pleaded.
Zhang Huan ignored Melissa, who was pleading, and walked straight out of the captain's room. Two Changxing soldiers grabbed Melissa and sent her back to their cabin.
In Manila, Zhang Huan seized a nautical chart from the New World to Manila, but to Zhang Huan's dismay, he did not recognize any of the words on the chart.
Even the people of Ganlas knew very little of it, and Castro, the commander of the galleon fleet, had died in battle after the city was broken. This chart became something that Zhang Huan desperately wanted to figure out, and to Zhang Huan's surprise, Melissa could actually understand the chart.
And said that the words on the chart were Hebrew, and in order to make Melissa willingly translate the chart, Zhang Huan agreed to her many requests. A separate room, not to mistreat the prisoners of Ganlas, to have a gentlemanly .......
Today is the moment for Zhang Huan to show his demeanor, he could have drunk a pot of oolong tea and have a good chat, so that Melissa could speed up the translation process, but he was disturbed by the sudden battleship.
Fernandez still piloted his Dreadnought, but the sailors on board had been replaced by the Changxing Army. He was very glad that he had chosen at the beginning, otherwise he would have become feces in the stomach of a fish at this moment.
The wound on his shoulder had healed a lot, and the surgeon on the ship surprised him even more. I am afraid that such a clever doctor may not be available in Europe, how can it appear in the far and backward East?
Puzzled, he became the vanguard of the fleet, and has been sailing at the forefront of the entire team. Suddenly, the lookout blew the brass whistle, and Fernandez immediately ran to the rear tower to check on the situation.
When he saw clearly that the flag of Ganlas was hanging on the other man's mast, a complicated look appeared on his face. Soon he raised the banner to report the situation and gave the order to prepare for battle.
After doing all this, he subconsciously turned around and peeked at Tao Lei and Ma Jingbo behind him, these two people were like their own shadows, always following him. Although he didn't speak, the invisible pressure still made Fernandez nervous.
Tao Lei showed a rare smile and nodded at Fernandez. Fernandez's face was even happier when he was affirmed.
The two sides got closer and closer, and it wasn't until they could see each other's faces clearly that Fernandez was truly happy.
Although there are three battleships on the opposite side, there are patches in many places on the ship. At first glance, it looks like it has experienced a big war, and it hasn't had time to repair it.
There were not many people on board, and it was not at all like a victorious return, but like a hasty escape. Originally, he was worried that it would not be easy to win, but he immediately made up his mind. Walk up to the bow of the boat in person and say hello.
A captain in a crisp uniform also appeared on the opposing ship, and he took off his hat to salute Fernandez.
The three escaped warships wanted to return to Manila as quickly as possible, and on the way they did not even rescue their own men from the siege of the Dutch.
When they saw the Intrepid and the Endeavour, the joy in their hearts was indescribable. The feeling of seeing their loved ones at the end of the battle almost made the Ganlas people on the three boats almost cry.
The sight of Fernandez made many people throw their hats into the air, and they finally didn't have to sail in fear.
With intact intact escorts from the Dreadnought and Endeavour, they will be able to return to Manila safely. It's just that the Intrepid and Endeavour don't seem to be in a hurry to return home, and they also approached the battleship.
The Ganlas were defenseless and let the two boats pick up the distance. When the battleships were less than ten paces apart, claws were thrown from the Dreadnought and hooked the battleship.
Then the two ships approached quickly, and a plank was erected by the Dreadnought. The thick iron nails at the front of the planks glistened in the sunlight, and it was only at this moment that the dry wax felt that something was wrong.
How do you feel that the Dreadnought is the rhythm of gang fighting, and the Endeavour on the other side did the same to another battleship.
Before the Ganlasi people could be surprised, the plank fell heavily and was nailed to the battleship of the Ganlasi people, and the Changxing army jumped on the plank and killed the enemy ship.
Ma Jingbo took the lead, the first to jump on the plank, and came to the enemy ship in a few steps. He lifted his foot and kicked down a stunned Dry Raks sailor, and drew a short gun at a sailor who was about to resist.
The other party fell in response, and Ma Jingbo, who had lost his short gun, took off his shield to protect the passage, allowing more people to board the enemy ship.
Fernández did not hide behind the Changxing army, he boarded the enemy ship and immediately shouted: "Dear compatriots, the war is over. Stop resisting uselessly, your families are waiting for your return. Lay down your arms, and I promise in the honor of my family that you will be treated as you deserve! ”
The expressions on the faces of the sailors were wonderful, and the words happiness and sorrow were clearly written on their faces.