The Kingdom of England in the Age of Discovery was a maritime nation with a great sense of crisis, weak but ambitious, and when the myth of the riches of the New World was unmistakably displayed before all of Europe, the adventurers, merchants, and speculators of England were resolutely on the front line.

Francis. Drake was a 16th-century maritime legend of the Kingdom of England. He had a wide range of professional skills, first as a seafaring adventurer, second as a military strategist, and more importantly, as a pirate. Using adventurous and combative pirates as the vanguard of England's maritime undertakings was a clever move for the Kingdom of England to go to sea.

In 1577, Drake took his flagship "Golden Deer" to the coast of America, all the way to the south, he discovered the "Drake Passage" south of the Strait of Magellan, thus finding a new passage into the Pacific Ocean to avoid the Spanish route blockade, and changed the geographical perception at that time. And before, there were hardly many people in all of Europe, except for the Spaniards and Portuguese, who had seen the Pacific Ocean!

Two years later, Drake, who had traveled the world like Magellan, returned to Plymouth Harbour after a long absence, and became England's "popular hero", and the tons of gold and silver he brought back from the robbery along the way made Queen Elizabeth of England happy.

Drake then went out of control, and his reputation in the English pirate circle skyrocketed. In 1587, Queen Elizabeth of England executed her relative, Mary, Queen of Scots, who was pro-Spain. England and Spain were at loggerheads. Faced with the threat of the powerful Spanish Kingdom's navy, Queen Elizabeth, who was so poor that she had only more than thirty naval ships, summoned Drake again.

This time, Drake was completely powerful, and under his rude slogan, most of the pirates of the Kingdom of England flocked to form the famous "Drake Detachment" of the English Navy. As a result, history has shown us Drake's incomparable boldness and delicate naval military talent. First, in 1587, he stormed the Spanish military port and beat the Spanish fleet stationed there, and then in the Anglo-Spanish naval battle in 1588, the Spanish armada was severely disgusted by his line artillery battle "micro-manipulation" tactics.

At least in the history books. It was Drake who saved England, and he was made Lord of England and Rear Admiral, climbing to the highest peak in the history of world piracy.

"Good workmanship. Sold to the Emperor's house. It is probably the truest portrayal of Drake's life, and it has also become the object of imitation by generations of English pirates.

Friday, July 5, 1624.

In the past week, there have been several torrential rainstorms, and the backyard cisterns of every household in the city of Shuangwan in Bermuda have been full, and much of it has even overflowed, leading to guò catchment canals, to orchards and vegetable fields in the suburbs, and to large artificial water storage areas dug in low-lying areas north of the city. The abundant rainwater accumulation has made the residents of Twin Bay, Bermuda, smile.

In the eyes of some residents of English descent who have changed their identities twice, China and the United States have more than just a strong military. It also has amazing construction management efficiency. The lively and orderly port and trade area, the comfortable and neat residential quarters, the spacious and neat city hospital buildings and squares, the heavily guarded bay forts and the inland central fortress were all built in just two years.

In addition, the laws that were far more liberal than those of the colonies of continental Europe and the New World also made the European residents secretly apprehensive and extremely reassuring, as more and more new life unfolded. The European-inhabitants felt more and more the unique charm and visceral superiority of this civilized country, which was clearly different from Europe. …,

Today, Double Bay has a population of more than 900 people, more than two-thirds of whom have lived here for at least a year. There are also more than 400 ethnic Chinese in the urban population, and they use their life experience to spontaneously lead the Ming Dynasty refugees who just arrived this year. After a long period of communication. Many people have also found their fellow villagers, and with tears in their eyes, the old residents patted their chests and opened up their lives for the new immigrants.

Such warm care made the European residents a little curious. However, under the logic of "happiness is different, but bad luck is basically the same", the European residents who used to live in Europe were similar to stray cats and dogs, and began to take the initiative to provide various life help for the new Chinese immigrants.

The mayor of Shuangwan City, Di Zugong, an iron-faced and angry man who was determined to create a "17th-century version of a world where everyone is equal", in addition to the mandatory implementation of the official Chinese language, in other aspects, Shuangwan City implemented a completely non-discriminatory ethnic policy.

But there are exceptions, Di Zugong is really a bit of a psychological shadow of the black flood in later generations, the dozens of black slaves captured in the original occupation of Bermuda Island, but he was finally stuffed back to the ship of the Virginia Company of England, and then confessed in the office for five minutes.

In the bustling port area, European businessmen are haggling at the side of the warehouse, porters are shuttling endlessly, several sail galen ships that have been eliminated from the state-owned import and export group and sold to several domestic private trading companies on bank loans are docked in the port, and tall man-powered pulley cranes are loading and unloading goods.

Since the beginning of this year, almost every day, a merchant ship from the Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Central and South America, and even Africa, has entered the port, and a large number of industrial and agricultural raw materials have been transported to Shuangwan City, and then the necessary industrial goods have been transported away.

At the mouth of the West Bay, at the tail of the fishhook-shaped peninsula, the Bermuda military base belonging to the Navy is still being expanded, except for the military port, lighthouse, and fort have been basically completed, and an onshore dry dock is still in the intensive construction stage.

In order to penetrate into the Caribbean, Bermuda must be established as a rear support point of its own nature. Being able to station a small standing naval force and be able to maintain and repair naval ships on a day-to-day basis has become an important part of this long-term strategy.

In accordance with the deployment of the Naval Command, the home port of the frigates Enterprise and Delaware is located in the city of Twin Bay, Bermuda. The fourth Republica-class light cruiser "Long Island", which is now undergoing sea trials on the mainland, will also be stationed here from time to time after it is officially commissioned.

Now, the frigate Enterprise has gone to sea for a military blockade mission, while the frigate Delaware is undergoing simple maintenance in the military port. In addition to the necessary personnel on duty to stick to their posts on the ship, the remaining dozens of officers and men were lying on benches on the docks by the military port and napping comfortably.

Since last year, two warships have alternated sorties to blockade the mouth of the James River in the northwest, in the Virginia region of the North American continent. The frigate USS Delaware has already achieved a lot of success. Most recently, a group of indentured slaves or exiles from Ireland were captured on board. The unkempt beggars, the Irish, who were used like animals by the English, are now temporary residents of the city of Double Bay in Bermuda.

Captain Wen Tuo, the captain of the Delaware frigate, who claimed to be a descendant of Wen Tianxiang of the Song Dynasty. In the base apartment, he was carefully flipping through a textbook on naval warfare in the Age of Sail compiled by the Long Island Naval Academy.

I have to say that such a textbook on naval warfare in the Sail Age, which combines a large number of modern naval theories, is only a first draft of the entire Navy of the Republic of China and the United States of America, but for Wen Tuo, who only learned shallow maritime knowledge at the Maritime Academy in later generations. It's already a rare nourishment. …,

While Wen Tuo was concentrating on taking notes, there was a knock on the door of the Delaware's first mate and sailor Lieutenant Adel.

"Sir, we have received an urgent communication from the local army fortress that several unidentified ships have been spotted in the northeast direction." The first mate of the Irish character looked a little nervous, "It's from the direction of Europe, it shouldn't be the local merchant fleet." ”

"Distance?" Wen Tuo closed the textbook and notebook and turned his head.

"It's about 10 nautical miles from the East Bay. About two hours later we will enter the East Bay, where we only have a lighthouse and no coastal defenses, in case of an accident. The island's central fortress artillery doesn't necessarily stop either. The first mate cautiously replied, "Sir, do you need to inform the battleship to prepare?" ”

"Well, ready to leave the port! Please prepare for land defense as well! Wen Tuo grabbed his military hat and stood up, taking out his pocket watch. Inform the port that we will depart in 15 minutes! ”

As the bells rang in the military port, dozens of naval officers and men who were resting threw away their parasols and towels, put on their uniforms, and ran all the way toward the battleship. On the battleship, the sail ropes were untied. Always ready to set sail.

At 12 noon, northeast of East Bay on Bermuda Island, 5 nautical miles away, seven sail galen lined up in a diamond-shaped formation and slowly moved southward in the wind and waves. There were two flags flying on the flagship at the head, one for England and the other for the blood knife on a black background.

The identity is very clear, the pirates of England are still pirates who have been co-opted by the English royal family, a group of fanatics who expect the black chicken to fly up the branches and become a phoenix.

Led by an English pirate named Achill, who used Bermuda as a base to harass Spanish convoys around the Bahamas, and in recent years has traveled to Africa to harass the Portuguese. It has developed well over the years, and there are already three pirate ships. This time, he accepted the employment of the English royal family and the Virginia Company, and brought a few friends from the same path to "recover" Bermuda.

Holding his precious telescope, Achill looked at it for a long time, and the familiar Harrington Bay (East Bay) was dead silent, and the forts and villages of the former English colony on Bermuda Island were gone.

"Are they really rebuilding the town on the other side?" Achill, who hadn't been back to Bermuda for nearly three years, was scratching at her itchy hair, puzzled. It stands to reason that the English colony has been under construction for more than ten years, and although the scale is not large, the Americans will not give up, right?

However, Achill is not afraid, because this time the pirate force he gathered is not bad, with nearly 500 pirates on 7 ships and more than 100 cannons. With such a force, it is easy to attack Bermuda Island, which has "about 3 batteries" in the intelligence, not to mention that the other side has also abandoned Harrington Bay, and if you land directly from here, you can bypass the batteries and directly enter the town.

"Captain, find a white ship! Oh, what a beautiful boat! ”

The pirate boatswain beside him pointed to the southwest, and in his sight, about a few nautical miles, a low, slender white sailboat approached at a speed of about six knots.

"The white devil? American battleships in the Spanish population? Achill lifted his binoculars to take a closer look, then laughed. Aha, look, a reckless guy who thought it could defeat 7 of our ships? Unless it's covered in cannons! ”

The pirates on the flagship burst into laughter, and the rumors of the Spanish merchants that the overbearing nature of the American ships were now evidence of the Spaniards' cowardice.

"Let Andorra and Batlet land directly. Attack the town! Follow me for the rest! It's better to capture! Achill threw away his binoculars, drew his sword, and began to give orders.

Two pirate ships change course. Heading straight for Harrington Bay, they're going to land in the abandoned former English colony, and then hundreds of pirates will advance inland. …,

Less than a quarter of an hour. The white American battleship had approached Archer's flagship no more than two thousand yards away, and then suddenly began to turn, as if it had finally felt the fear.

"For His Majesty the King! For England! Advance! ”

Achill raised his waist knife, and countless ragged pirates howled on deck, by the cannon, and on the mast.

Before the words fell, a cloud of red and white smoke erupted from the foredeck of the white battleship in the distance, and then a cannonball came into the air with a strange scream.

"She's peeing her pants! A thousand yards away?! It's pathetic...... Signal Bolton. Let him go full speed ahead and go around behind the little white princess! Hope Bolton will give him a hand, my poor little princess! Looking at the column of water that fell behind him, a difference of 108,000 miles, Archill was even more sure that the other party had been frightened and confused. As for why the opponent's naval artillery was able to hit so far, he just understood it as a kind of shit luck.

The white American battleship was in a downwind position, and it would be extremely difficult to turn again, and a pirate ship named the "Unicorn" began to break away from the group with full sails, and the full sails and light hull made the pirate ship speed increase to more than 7 knots, and the pirates on the deck were hoarse and laughing. It seemed like he was about to tear open the dress of an unarmed girl.

With a displacement of just over 300 tons, the Unicorn looked very nimble, and in the eyes of the pirate captain Bolton, the white battleship that was slowly turning, although much larger than himself, was definitely not his opponent. It was already less than 800 yards, and the white battleship had turned less than a third, and most of the starboard side was still directly in front of the unicorn, and it only took a few minutes for him to jump up with his men and kill everyone.

At 600 yards away, the people on the Unicorn began to feel a little strange. The white battleship, which had completely crossed the hull in front, began to alternately appear red and white smoke from the shelling of 4 naval guns, and it was a continuous shelling!

The shells that rushed almost in a straight line smashed into columns of water around the Unicorn, and the shells were so dense that one couldn't help but guess that the next shot would definitely hit.

"Go up! Rush up! Bolton held the rudder, the scars on his face were twitching, and the Unicorn beneath him was now shuttling through the water column stirred up by the cannonballs, and it was thrilling.

A fiery red air mass suddenly appeared on the bow of the ship, and then a violent explosion was heard a few tenths of a second later, and the powerful force of the explosion instantly blew the bow mast into nothing, and several pirates nearby let out a miserable note and split apart in the expanding red light.

An explosive shell fired from hundreds of yards away...... Burton's face turned white, and his hand involuntarily began to turn the rudder to the right, and the hull of the ship, which was rushing downwind, shook so loudly that several pirates on the masts were almost thrown off.

What Bolton didn't expect was that the consequence of his few seconds of fear was that the unicorn was a larger silhouette, less than 400 yards away.

Another series of explosions occurred on the Unicorn, the hurricane-like blast blast wave blew the pirates on the upper deck like fallen leaves, and near the base of the main mast, a high-explosive shell was hit, and the flaming sails and deck fragments flew in all directions in the blast wave, and the mast made a tooth-aching cracking sound, and then broke and collapsed hard, smashing on the deck, and a group of pirates who were like ants were smashed into meatloaf.

The Unicorn lost momentum and continued to drift towards the white battleship under the push of the current. A few seconds later, two more shells hit the hull of the ship and burrowed directly into the gun deck. A fiery explosion ignited the powder keg in the Chase Gun Deck, and an earth-shattering explosion finally occurred.

The Unicorn lost most of its hull in the swollen flames and debris, and the rest began to disintegrate, before nearly 70 pirates could fire a single shot. They died in the raging flames, and there were only a handful of escapes by jumping into the sea. …,

This qiē made the other 4 pirate ships behind the Unicorn look very clearly.

"10 rounds of salvos, a total of 6 hits, a very beautiful result, that pirate ship is completely shattered, sir!"

The European first mate happily reciprocated the results. On the nearest gun emplacement, several officers and men of the artillery crew whistled, and the deck was full of jubilation.

"We're downwind. Unable to pursue the operation, lowered the sail, left rudder 15 degrees. Swap out for a target. "Wen Tuo can no longer see the current situation clearly without a telescope. To the northeast, the flaming wreck was on the verge of being completely submerged, but the remaining four pirate ships had dispersed and approached from the north and east in groups of two.

Wen Tuo was going to continue to take advantage of the current navigation angle, prioritizing the bombardment of the two pirate ships that had detoured from the north.

A few minutes later, the reoriented frigate Delaware continued to fire a salvo, targeting an approaching pirate ship 700 yards away.

The frigate Delaware, which has undergone more than two years of artillery training, has never participated in a real naval battle since its commissioning. However, the pace of the shelling was better controlled, and the rate of fire of a single naval gun of 4 rounds per minute was just right, and the accuracy was also much improved.

The shelling lasted just over two minutes, and after eight volleys, an explosion occurred on the upper deck of the second corsair, which had approached more than 400 yards. This time. Instead of going mad, the pirate ship continued to rush forward, but made a decisive U-turn, intending to withdraw from the battlefield under the cover of its companions.

Unfortunately, its companion seemed to be more afraid of death, and lowered the sail before it did, and now had most of its ass facing itself. Urinate in a northeasterly direction.

On the wounded pirate ship, the frightened pirates did not care no matter how much they cursed, and the 9th and 10th salvos of the frigate Delaware began one after another. A cannonball hit again, this time the explosion directly destroyed the small half of the port side, and the wind and waves of the explosion sucked out the contents of the broken hull like an exhaust fan, and a bronze cannon mixed with several stumps sprayed into the air.

The fire began to spread around the large hole in the broken ship's side, and dozens of pirates began to jump into the sea with various logs, and after a minute, the fire finally ignited the gunpowder on the ship, and even higher deflagrations began to appear, and the whole sailboat burned like a torch, and then broke into two pieces of debris and slowly sank.

"It's the devil...... It's the devil! ”

In less than twenty minutes, two ships had already been lost, and Archill finally let out a terrible scream as if he had been caught in the neck.

Overhead, there seemed to be another whistling of shells, but this time the shells were not coming from the white battleship, but from the land direction to the south.

Before you know it, the battlefield has moved to the sea surface of the northern coast, which is only 3 kilometers away from the land central fortress of Shuangwan City, and the 90mm Visworth fortress guns, which have an effective range of nearly 4 kilometers, finally can't wait.

Different from the naval maneuver of the frigate Drava, the range of the central fortress on land, whether it is the coastline, inland or coastal sea, the coordinates of the shelling are calibrated and calculated in advance, as long as the observer on the watchtower of the fortress can report the coordinate number, basically three 90 Visworth fortress guns can pour a large number of shells at a very fast rate of fire, and the probability of hitting is far more than that of the battleship.

For example, at this time, the flagship of the pirate leader Achill, the "Storm", happened to be in the sea area where the lookout of the fortress could read the coordinates...... Within three minutes, the crossfire from the fortress and the frigate Delaware had literally blown up the Storm with a rain of shells.

Achill was blown to pieces on the spot, his bones were undamaged, and most of the more than 80 pirates on board were reduced to ashes in the firestorm with the ship, except for a few who jumped into the sea in advance.

The frigate Delaware began to turn its rudder to the right, sailing in a crosswind and drawing a large arc on the surface of the sea, preparing to attack around the flank of the pirate fleet. …,

Except for a pirate ship that found out something was wrong in advance and quickly slipped away, the last remaining pirate ship on the scene did not enter or retreat. Continuing to fight with the Americans, it would suffer from the double fire of the shore guns and the white battleships, and if they escaped, the speed would obviously not be the match for the white battleships.

When the naval guns on the frigate Delaware were again aimed at the corsair a few hundred yards away, the white flag of surrender was finally raised.

Three piles of burning shipwrecks rose and fell slowly under the propulsion of the water, and hundreds of pirates floated in the water, each frightened and helpless, clinging to wood or wine barrels, various in terror and helplessness.

A naval battle of the 17th century ended in a few dozen minutes. Under the hopelessly destructive effect of the high-explosive shells of the navy's naval guns, this naval battle is more like a typical second-rate online game that only farms monsters and does not drop treasures, because every qiē of the target has turned into debris and nothing can be picked up.

"Prepare to board the ship, and maybe catch something, and then let them come and salvage the prisoners, or they will all be eaten by sharks." The local mines may welcome these able-bodied men. Wen Tuo put down the telescope at this time. Laughing, he stretched and walked towards the deck door, "Adele." I'll go and rest, here you command. ”

"Sir, two other pirate ships have landed in the East Bay. Are we going to rush over now? Ensign Adel hastened to ask.

"We're just one ship, we can't get to everything, and when we get there, maybe the battle is over. The results are already very rich, let the army do the rest. Wen Tuo took off his military hat, did not look back, and walked directly into the stairs of the cabin.

The rumbling sound of cannon reverberated over the entire city of Twin Bays in Bermuda, and housewives stood on balconies or in the backyards, forgetting that the sheets and clothes in their hands were still dripping, and that they had not hung up their clothespoles; in the orchard. The hands of the fruit farmer standing on the wooden ladder and harvesting the fruit are always fixed in mid-air, and his head is tilted in a certain direction; On the dock, the merchants stopped arguing and looked at each other...... On the streets, by the docks, in the vegetable gardens, whether it is a merchant or a porter. Nearly a thousand people, who were still construction workers and housewives, looked up nervously in the direction from which the sound of artillery was coming from, and felt incomprehensible that the frequency of artillery training in the navy was so high today.

It was only when the police poured into the streets to maintain order, groups of Army soldiers began to rush out of the barracks to the sound of drums and trumpets, and artillery began to fire from the direction of the central fortress, and the people came to their senses. It seems that something is wrong. It's a big deal!

In addition to the artillery who stayed behind in the fortress and the troops in charge of guarding the neighborhood, two infantry platoons of more than 60 army soldiers drove out of the fortress in the center of the island and began to advance northeastward, the residents of the orchards and vegetable gardens along the way were told by the soldiers to retreat to the city, and the panicked women retreated to the west with their children in their arms and with the help of the police who arrived.

The artillery of the central fortress rang out again, but this time the direction of the shelling was not on the sea, but just along the coast of the East Bay, where the maximum range of fire was reached. This has to be said to be the insidious aspect of Lieutenant Liu Chenxu, the commander-in-chief of the current round of troops stationed in Bermuda, who waited almost until all the pirates had landed before launching a counterattack.

Before they could raise their sails, the two pirate ships were blown apart by the roaring cannonballs, and the few pirates who stayed behind fled the ship with a shout. Nearly 150 pirates remained on the shore, huddled on the beach with rudimentary weapons, and some of the daring pirate leaders simply led their accomplices inland to the ruins of the former English colonial village that remained in ruins.

Two hours later, two platoons of Army soldiers began to approach the East Bay, the pace of the march slowed suddenly, and under the command of the non-commissioned officer, dozens of soldiers began to spread out in a skirmisher formation.

"Check all the weapons, start now, and kill the beggar with the weapon that you can see!" …,

Sergeant Makarov walked at the front of the fan-shaped line, raising his arm high, and the scars on his face from the Northern campaign made him look less like a normal person than before.

"I thought it was the most comfortable place to live, but it turned out to be a war! It's a war again! Yu Shan pulled the firing pin safe, pointed the muzzle down, looked around, and complained to Qiao beside him, "I guess it may have something to do with Sergeant Makarov, and you will be unlucky if you follow him." ”

"If it weren't for Sergeant Makarov, you would have been stabbed to death by a couple of indigenous wildlings more than a dozen months ago." Corporal Qiao Yan, who had been promoted to squad leader, observed the situation around him very carefully, and muttered a sentence.

"Yes, but it doesn't matter, didn't they only notice you and not me?" Yu Shan was very unhappy and used his rifle bayonet to block the oncoming branches, his face was full of unconvinced, "Corporal, Qiao Xian, you became a corporal, but I am still a first-class soldier!" ”

"But a lot of people died before they were just privates." Qiao Yan stopped and quietly looked at his fellow villagers who had been complaining for more than a year, "Yu Shan, be content." ”

"Contentment...... Contentment! Why do you need to know 500 words to be promoted to non-commissioned officer this year?! It was all aimed at me, and I waited for a whole year! When I become a big official, I will take my mother and eat meat every day! Yu Shan lowered his head and kicked a stone away, just at the moment when he lowered his head. A few dozen meters away from the opposite side, a puff of green smoke rose from behind a rock, followed by a gunshot.

With a "dang", Yu Shan's helmet flew out.

"Attention! Take cover! ”

The soldiers shouted and fell to the ground, with a few soldiers walking around from one side. For a while, there was a lot of gunfire, and the two pirates who had the audacity to try to ambush along the way had just fired a single bullet from their arquebuses when they were fired from several directions. Then it was beaten into a hornet's nest.

The short exchange of fire lasted only a minute, and Yu Shan, who had lost his helmet, had not yet reacted. Standing in a daze, looking around, groups of comrades with rifles swarmed from the side. And he himself is a little inexplicable.

"You're an idiot, or an idiot with good luck! If you are absent-minded, even an ant will kill you! Makarov passed by and kicked Yu Shan's ass.

"I'm lucky not to lose my life!" Yu Shan muttered, bent down to pick up the steel helmet, only to find that a small pit appeared on the steel helmet, and there was a little bit of residual lead slag on the edge of the pit.

The ensuing battle was simple, relying on the pirates who resisted from the ruins of the village. With more than two dozen arquebuses, the officers and men of the Chinese American Army, who avoided casualties, simply stayed out of the opponent's range and easily killed the pirates with 22A rifles.

The siege lasted almost an hour, and about twenty pirates had their heads shattered, and the others did not dare to come forward.

It seems that tired of such battles. Sergeant Makarov, who smoked the last cigarette on his body, ordered the accompanying mortar team to fire a shell, and the explosion of the shell instantly destroyed the last will of the pirates to resist.

Before dusk, all battles are declared over.

More than a hundred disheveled pirates were escorted by army soldiers with bayonets into the barracks, where nearly two hundred pirates were already crouching with their heads in their hands. Among them are quite a few drowning ghosts rescued from sharks' mouths.

The stubborn pirate leaders have been identified and killed, and the remaining pirates will be sent back to China for trial. Of course, these are just formalities, and if there are no unexpected amnesties, these pirates, who are "as strong as a mess" in the words of Captain Wentuo, will spend the rest of their lives in the mines.

In addition to the more than three hundred captives, three pirate ships were captured, one intact, and the other two were heavily damaged by army fortress artillery after transporting pirates to landing, and needed major repairs before they could be restored to service. In the captured pirate ship, a large amount of English wine and cash was also seized, which made the officers and men happy for several days. …,

The residents of Twin Bay, Bermuda, were greatly relieved by the army's overall victory, and the mayor of Bermuda, Di Zugong, who is determined to create Bermuda's local emerging urban culture, hastened to declare this day as the "Bermuda Victory Festival", which is included in the local statutory holiday, and the government pays for all residents to drink. The whole island was suddenly jubilant, and even the Spanish and Portuguese merchants stranded on the island were all wiped out, but the most talked about topic between the cups was how an American ship ravaged seven pirate ships.

A few days later, the Ministry of Defense promoted the captain of the frigate Delaware, Wen Tuo, to lieutenant general, and Wen Tuo's great achievements in the "disadvantaged" situation stimulated a large number of people within the navy. At the same time, in the mayor's official residence, Yan Xiaosong, the deputy foreign minister who had traveled from home to negotiate with representatives of the Virginia Company of England, smiled at the war report on the table. Opposite him, the English delegates of the Virginia colonies, who had visited again, had nothing to say in their despondency.

"Now we are negotiating, but you are off to a bad start. I can't believe that you are cooperating with pirates to attack the ports of the American Republic of China...... Although the victory was hard-won, it was a costly one, with a total of £30,000 worth of ammunition and a large number of casualties. Yan Xiaosong put the battle report into a drawer and looked at the representative of the Virginia Company opposite with a smile, "For the negotiation of lifting the blockade of the James River Estuary, I need to add some new conditions, and the Virginia Company must bear the full cost of the war and the loss of personnel and property." ”

In a "small-scale" naval battle and land hunting, the Navy and Army units consumed a total of 165 rounds of 90-mm shells, according to the wholesale price of NORINCO, 15 US dollars per shell, plus other miscellaneous ammunition consumption, a total of 3,000 US dollars, equivalent to 300 pounds.

Yan Xiaosong's face was not red, and his heart was not beating, and he directly multiplied a hundred times behind this number.

Subsequently, after some fierce bargaining, Yan Xiaosong and the Virginia Colonial Company signed a peace treaty to lift the blockade of the James River Estuary. Under the terms of the peace treaty, the Virginia Colonization Company of England had to pay $800,000 in compensation within six months, otherwise the United States of America had the right to completely expel and liquidate all the English colonies in Virginia. And until formal diplomatic relations between the two countries are finalized, the Virginia Colonial Corporation is not allowed to engage in any further illegal colonization of North America.

No one knew that during this so-called peace indemnity period, the Virginia Company would be dissolved by King James I of England, so Yan Xiaosong did not plan to receive this indemnity at all. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )