On the hilltop lighthouse of Cape Mountain, the three town militiamen in charge of the lighthouse are also quite dedicated to looking at the surrounding sea level, although their duties are mainly responsible for the lighthouse, but the secondary work is to monitor the surrounding sea surface. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The weather was fine, and the three militiamen also raised their binoculars from time to time to look at the surrounding sea, looking at the situation on the sea level, there were not many urgent things happening, but they were leisurely, but they did not dare to relax without permission, because they knew that their work was related to the safety of Haijiao Town.

If there really is an enemy fleet, they will be the first to find out, and when the time comes to ring the bronze bell to sound the alarm, they will be the heroes of Cape Town, the heroes of the Spanish Empire!

Therefore, the three of them looked at the sea area under their jurisdiction quite carefully, but when one of them looked at the southern sea area, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, sweeping the sea level in the distance, and muttered with some uncertainty: "It seems that there is a ship coming to the south?" ”

"Is there a situation?" The other two guys also raised their binoculars to look south, after all, they would let others observe carefully if they had a situation, so that there would be no oolong incidents.

"Hmm, it's a sail, right? Look at those and look like that! ”

One of the older militiamen also nodded, and through the magnification of the telescope, a few small black dots also appeared on the sea level, frowned and carefully distinguished, and said affirmatively: "It's the sail." ”

"It can't be the merchants of Grey Mist City in the south, right?"

The other militiaman touched his head, put down the binoculars in his hand, looked at his other two companions, and couldn't help but shrug his shoulders and said: "It is estimated that it is a merchant ship from Gray Mist City, I remember that Lord Thor, who is in charge of finance, once said that in the past few days, there will be many merchant ships in the southern seas." ”

"Oh God." The militia who first discovered the merchant ship before couldn't help but hammer his eyebrows, and shook his head helplessly: "In the future, the southern sea area will be very complicated." ”

"We'll help." The other two militiamen also shrugged their shoulders sympathetically, comforting them by the way.

They all know that once there is a route full of merchant ships in the sea area, then the workload of the observers will instantly increase several times, compared to the previous leisurely work, only need to find abnormal ships, now they need to concentrate and find as many abnormal ships as possible in a group of merchant ships.

"But in this case, let's report it to the cabinet members."

The slightly older militia frowned slightly, and said to the militia next to him who was the first to discover the situation: "You go and say it, after all, you found out, this is key news." ”

"Then I'll get rid of you two here."

The militia did not hesitate, this is also not the time to shirk, nodded and stood up on the chair, bent down and walked down the low spiral staircase, this lighthouse is a full thirteen meters high, it is completely built according to long-term use, whether it is stone or brick, it is the material of the imported Gray Mist City.

This is also the reason why it can be built quickly, and quickly coming to the top of the mountain, the militiaman glanced at the few artillerymen who were still basking in the sun on the cliff battery, and walked quickly towards the garrison on the mountainside.

The cliff battery is responsible for guarding the sea near the local fishing grounds, and the three 12-pounder light cannons are also very laborious to lift up, basically by the height of more than thirty or forty meters of the cliff of Cape Mountain, the firing range is long enough, and the inertia and the weight of the shells are no problem to penetrate the two decks from top to bottom!

"Hey, it's in such a hurry, it's not good to look at the lighthouse, what are you going to do?"

The two artillerymen were still chatting, and when they saw the militiaman hurrying out of the lighthouse, they couldn't help but show a smile, beckoning and laughing: "Could it be that your girlfriend is dating someone else and you have seen it?" ”

His words immediately caused the laughter of the surrounding artillerymen, and they also greeted them cordially, all of them were on duty on the top of the mountain, and there were occasional jokes, even the militia was not surprised, just stretched out his hand towards them, counted out his middle finger and said: "Look south, there are merchant ships coming!" ”

"Merchant ships?"

The artillerymen were stunned for a moment, but they reacted immediately, especially the artillery captain, who immediately stood up, took out the telescope in his hand and looked south.

The scene in the telescope, the faint outline of the ship was revealed in the southern sea, his heart was a little nervous, put down the telescope in his hand, and said loudly to the companions around him: "Okay, young men, don't relax, enter the state of combat readiness!" ”

One by one, the artillery immediately moved, and the four 24-pounder light cannons, with their joint efforts, aimed the black hole at the south.

With their height, without considering the factor of accuracy, it is still no problem to cover the sea area within two thousand meters.

This is equivalent to the shore defense artillery, the range has already been tested and has a general concept, and for ordinary merchant ships, it will not shoot at the position with the shore defense artillery, especially the shore defense gun at the top of the mountain, which is equivalent to a sniper standing on a high place!

Compared with the appearance of these artillerymen who began to be on guard, the garrison on the mountainside, the Minister of Justice in charge of law and order, Gaskel, was much calmer.

In his separate office, he was working on the desk with papers, and the militiaman in front of him was also standing in front of him, reporting what he saw very seriously, and everything needed to wait for the cabinet in front of him to give orders in person.

"Good, your news is timely."

Gaskell put down the quill in his hand, looked at the serious militia in front of him, but with a little smile on the corner of his mouth, he nodded and said: "Continue to observe the ships in the south, and if there is any abnormal situation, remember to ring the alarm immediately." ”

"Yes, Lord Gaskel!" The militiaman immediately saluted, and then retreated from the room, with a proud look on his face, which was affirmed by his superiors and represented his merits, which was tantamount to an excellent medal for the proud Spanish soldier.

In the office, Gaskell frowned slightly, knocked on the table, thought for a while, and then raised his head and shouted, "Come in." ”

"What's the matter, Lord Gaskell."

Outside the door, a town militiaman who was already waiting immediately walked in, armed with his own flintlock pistol, looking extremely mentally capable, and a herald specially selected by Gaskel.

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