"Captain, there's a Spanish cruiser coming with you." First mate Edward 61 Titch said to Captain Haddock, "Keep up tight, do we need to speed up to get rid of them?" ”

"Let those Spanish stupid birds follow first." Captain Haddock took a sip of the cigar butt that he had smoked to the halfest, and then stomped on it and crushed it violently, crushing the sparks off the cigarette butt, "This is the high seas, we fly the Star-Spangled Banner of the United States of America, and we are not far from the base of the Dog-Day Navy and the non-serious coastal smuggling team. That group of Spaniards with shit in their heads and shit in their heads, dare to get nervous here? Let's not be busy, take them slowly, and when it gets dark, it's easier for us to get rid of these stupid hats full of sawdust than to get rid of a rotten! ”

Captain Adoc had such confidence that it was not for nothing that he could get rid of that Spanish cruiser as soon as it got dark. It's not hurricane season, and the sea conditions in the Caribbean are pretty good and calm. Therefore, only the freeboard of the ship that is active in the Caribbean Sea can be very low, and the height of the whole ship can naturally be very low. In contrast, the Spanish cruiser could not be built or overhauled in Cuba, and it had to be able to sail across the Atlantic. The Atlantic Ocean is stormy and the waves are high, and if the freeboard is too low, it is easy to go up the waves and enter the water or something. Therefore, the freeboard of the Spanish cruiser was relatively high, and the height of the whole ship was much higher than that of the smuggling ship of Ador. So, when Captain Ador looked at the Spanish cruiser, he was looking up at the other side, and when the Spanish cruiser was looking at Captain Ador's "Mississippi Slut", it was looking down at the other side.

This difference in perspective certainly doesn't pose a big problem during the day, although Captain Ador obscenely paints his ship blue in an attempt to hide it from the back of the ocean. In the scene, but as long as the lookout post on the Spanish ship works a little harder and more meticulously, it can still be spotted. But at night, as the light fades, the blue sea becomes pitch black. In contrast, the sky with faith and the moon instead became a relatively bright back. Scenery. View from a lower position of a smuggling ship with a brighter sky in the background. The scenery is still relatively easy to find; But looking down on the "Mississippi Slut" of Adore from the top of the Spanish cruiser, the problem arises. At this point, the ship will be completely integrated into the thick darkness of the sea, and finding it in such conditions is as difficult as going to a warehouse filled with coal in the dark of night to find a black cat. Because of this, Ador's way to deal with these Spanish cruisers was to take them around the U.S. naval base first. Wait until it gets dark to get rid of them.

"Edward, when this trade is over, you and I will go to Tallahassee (the capital of Florida)." Addock pulled a tin bottle out of his jacket pocket and took a sip. Then he handed it to Edward's first mate: "Come a little?" ”

"Thanks, I'm not used to too strong wine." Edward remembered the damn vodka called eaux-de-vie that Captain Haddock had given him last time, and it was all alcohol. What's worse is that the taste of the thing is similar to water, so Edward habitually took a big sip, and then just lay down under the table.

"It's okay, it's not that cute vodka anymore. I don't have much of that, so I'll have to save some. It's Cuban rum, and it's much softer than the one I gave you last time, well, it's just over 40 degrees, not more than 50 degrees at most. But this is not Alaska, and you don't need that kind of high number of wine to keep out the cold. This wine is also not bad, the key is that it is cheap, and you want as much as you want. Addock said.

"Really?" Edward took the flask and sniffed it, it was indeed rum. So he poured the letter into his mouth suspiciously, and then after a careful discernment, he poured another big mouthful into his mouth.

"Captain, what's the matter with going to Tallahassee?" Edward asked.

"I and some friends who work at sea organized a 'Seafarers' Alcoholics Rehabilitation Association', which was our inaugural meeting and the first event to elect a president, directors, supervisors and so on. I'm one of the candidates for president, maybe, no, I'm probably the president. Captain Haddock said with a little smugness.

"Captain? Are you the most popular candidate for president of the Seafarers' Alcoholics Addiction Society? Edward felt that the world had become unreal.

"Actually, I don't want to do anything like that. It's just that some stupid people who have begged their wives will be controlled by those girls, and they can't drink at home - these useless stinky fish! These guys had no choice but to run out to drink, and they were afraid that their wives wouldn't let them out, so they made such a name to deceive those stupid girls. But to say, this thing is too expensive. It's not a bad thing to really quit drinking. Captain Haddock took another sip of rum.

"Captain, it's hard to quit drinking." Edward said.

"Who said that?" Captain Haddock said, "There's nothing easier in the world than quitting drinking." I quit drinking at least four times a day. Well, I usually drink four bottles of this stuff a day, and I quit drinking for a few hours after each bottle. ”

"Captain, you're funny, to put it this way, I went on a hunger strike for at least twenty hours a day." Edward laughed.

"Captain! The Spaniards sent a signal asking us to stop the ship for inspection. A crew member shouted to Captain Haddock.

"Shit! Ignore these slave traders, worms of the sea! Continue the normal voyage. Captain Haddock replied angrily.

By this time the Spaniard's cruiser was getting closer, and the waves of the warship made the "Mississippi Slut" shake.

"This is the cruiser Isabella of the Kingdom of Spain, and we ask that you stop it immediately for inspection!" A loud voice rang out.

"Hell yes! These bugs can actually use our American inventions! They're still evolving! Captain Haddock scolded.

Ever since Scrooge's MacDonald Electric invented the loudspeaker, this kind of thing has rapidly spread on patrol ships in various countries, after all, with this, it is much more convenient to shout or something.

"Dog things, don't teach them a lesson! They don't know why America is called America! Captain Haddock drank all the rum from the flask and rushed into the cabin. Soon Captain Haddock roared from the tweeter of the USS Mississippi Slut:

"Listen up to the Spanish bitch over there. This is the United States of America cargo ship "Mississippi Slut", Lao Tzu is the captain of the ship, Addock. Remember! Lao Tzu is free to sail in the public seas, this is Lao Tzu's right! If you have a kind, you will shoot at Lao Tzu, and if you don't have a seed, you will die! Don't chirp crookedly like a girl here in Lao Tzu! ”

The violent sound rippled like a wave of water, and the whole sea seemed to be filled with Captain Haddock's scathing taunt. When the crew of the "Mississippi Slut" heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then they burst out laughing, laughing and shouting at the Spaniard warship. Several crew members even stood on the side of the ship, took off their pants and urinated on the Spanish warship.

"These barbarians!" The captain of the Spanish cruiser, Fernand, was almost mad, almost, literally, he was going to give the order to open fire on the damned barbarians. If it was Cuba, or Colombia, Mexico, or some other country, who dared to roar at him, Fernan would have sworn in the name of the Virgin Mary that he would teach him a hard lesson, first washing the ship's superstructure with artillery fire, and then sending soldiers aboard the ship, and arresting the big-mouthed fellow, and then ripping open its belly and ripping its intestines out. Then use its intestines to strangle its neck and pull it hard, heh--! The whole tongue sticks out! Then the knife will fall! Wow--! The whole world is clean.

But, but...... This is an American ship, and the United States is not a vulnerable country like Colombia or Mexico. Although Fornan firmly believed that the power of the Spanish Empire was far stronger than that of the United States, he also knew that the power of the American Navy was greater than that of his own, at least in the Caribbean. Last week, the American fast cruiser went to Havana for a so-called goodwill visit...... Although Funan was confident, but if he really wanted to fight against that kind of warship, well, Funan felt that he was still very peace-loving.

Two days earlier, Fornan's warships had encountered a formation of American fast cruisers in this area, and he wondered if he was dazzled when these steel battleships passed in front of him at twenty knots. It's a close location to a U.S. Navy anchorage, and the damn smuggling ship has antennas erected on it, which means they have a medium-wave radio station, and at this distance, the signal from the medium-wave radio can be easily picked up by the American side. If they really shoot at this American ship, unless the antenna can be knocked out with the first shot, this matter will definitely be known to the Americans, and then the United States will definitely retaliate, and maybe they have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.

"Captain, the starboard side has spotted an American smuggling ship!" The lookout post shouted.

Captain Vernan looked over to starboard, and sure enough, a small boat with an American flag was slowly approaching.

Taking several deep breaths, Captain Vernan said, "We don't know the same as the barbarians. Let's go farther. ”

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