Thinking of this, Governor Swan broke out in a cold sweat in an instant.

It would be impossible for that Beckett guy to take people into the Caribbean without putting on his own shoes.

Even a little darker, it is not difficult for that guy to let himself be killed!

Looking at Governor Swan, who had lost his mind and didn't know where his thoughts were flying, Li Qingyuan felt that the old man would slowly figure it out on his own.

As long as he masters Elizabeth Swan, then this guy who loves his daughter and becomes crazy will be unswervingly tied to his warship.

No way, it's really hard to find someone who can do things these days. If you want to make Port Royal the center of the entire Western economy and transportation, you can't do without a guy like Governor Swan.

As for Miss Swan, she is still very resistant to this day?

What a big deal!

Just get a few more nights of sleep.

"How's the new gun?" Thinking in his mind how to clean up Elizabeth Swan at night to let her stop, Li Qingyuan asked Ramuel without stopping.

"The current accuracy has risen to [-]%! The subordinates have the confidence to kill all those British ghosts!" Ramuel stood up proudly and said proudly with his chest out.

By the way, aren't you British yourself?

Li Qingyuan has not been idle in the past two months. In addition to making plans for the future development of Port Royal and collecting a bunch of rabble, the rest of his day is mainly used to transform coastal defense artillery!

Although he is not familiar with this kind of old-fashioned artillery, the effect of the title of 'demolition genius' makes him do not need to understand the so-called structural principle to directly modify the artillery.

Of course, due to various considerations and the scarcity of raw materials, he has only rebuilt one coastal defense gun these days, but it should be enough to deal with the British!

In the entire Port Royal, only Ramuel, as the artillery commander, has realized the power of the new cannon, so he is now in a state of confidence, feeling that as long as he gives himself a cannon, he will definitely be able to slaughter the city and destroy the country.

Vincent and Bellamy all stared at Ramuel with idiot eyes, is this guy's brain broken?

The ones that came were fifty warships, not five!

It is true that the defense facilities of Port Royal are very good and powerful, even if it faces a dozen warships, it is estimated that it will not fall behind.

But the number of fifty, absolute energy change leads to qualitative change, okay!

The two of them wanted to persuade Lord Marquis to abandon the city and escape, but after meeting each other's eyes, they swallowed the words they were about to say.

Chapter 63 The All-Army Attack

"How long will it take to get to Port Royal!"

Looking at the blue sky, Lord Beckett asked the captain beside him.

He came to the Caribbean to expand British power by order of King George II.

After hundreds of years of war, the British defeated the Dutch, the French and the most powerful enemy, the Spaniards, and now they have become the most powerful country in Europe.

Just because the rise of the United Kingdom is too fast, it has now caused dissatisfaction in various countries in the European continent, so George II felt that he should not continue to stimulate other countries at this time, so as not to be beaten by a group, so he decided to send a fleet to the Caribbean Sea to search for wealth. .

This decision of the British is obviously very correct, because it is through this hand in history that it has changed from a mere island country to an empire on which the sun never sets!

"There are still [-] nautical miles to get to Port Royal. We will probably arrive at the highest tide at noon!" Captain Arnold of the Endeavour quickly took out his pocket watch and counted the water marks before replying.

The captain of a ship should have been the largest, but Lord Beckett, as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, wanted to set the flagship on the Endeavour, and Arnold naturally did not dare to talk too much.

"Tsk tsk! If His Majesty knew that the dignified Port Royal was actually occupied by a pirate, I'm afraid he would be so angry that he couldn't sleep well!" Beckett pouted, and on the way he thought about what excuse he should use to bring Wetherby. Swan's power was taken away, and the result now seems to be completely useless.

That guy Wetherby Swan actually gave Port Royal to a pirate from the East, and by the way he married his daughter to him!

It doesn't matter what excuse the other party has or what kind of connections he has in London, but with these two evidences, he can directly order someone to hang him.

Captain Arnold didn't know what to say. Lord Beckett had a high position and was said to have a good personal relationship with King George II, so it was not a big deal for the other party to tease the king.

But who are you, if you dare to answer, you may be charged with contempt for the king's power, and then you will go directly to prison to spend the rest of your life!

"Did the spies report back?" Sitting at the dining table on the second deck, Lord Beckett asked with a silver fork, picking up a sliced ​​watermelon.

"The patrol boat has just reported that Port Royal is currently under martial law. It is said that the Oriental seems to have ordered those pirates and traitors to prepare to resist!" Captain Arnold read the information from the spies.

"Eh?" Lord Beckett stopped the movement in his hand and made a puzzled voice.

"Those people didn't escape?"

He put down the silver fork in his hand, took the information from Arnold, and immediately frowned.

Originally, Beckett thought that with his panic, the other party must have fled with all the wealth of Port Royal directly.

Because the terrain of Port Royal is really good, even if Beckett feels that he can definitely take down Port Royal with his own strength, but if the enemy is determined to fight to the death, he will have to pay the price of several ships.

Beckett has always pursued the purpose of doing the most with the least amount of money, so he will let the entire Caribbean Sea know that he has led fifty warships to come.

When he thought about it, since the other party knew that he was leading such an unstoppable army, the best option was to immediately pack up the wealth in Port Royal and escape by boat.

In this way, you can recover Port Royal without a single shot, saving you unnecessary losses.

As for the escaped Oriental and Governor Swan?

A group of bereaved dogs, unless they can go straight to the belly of America and become savages, they will fall into their own hands sooner or later.

It's just that he never thought that the other party didn't follow his script.

"Lord Lord!" Captain Arnold couldn't help reminding him when he saw that the commander-in-chief was stunned.

Now they are less than ten nautical miles away from Port Royal, and they can already see the top of the port. At this time, the commander is stunned, and these people below really don't know what to do.

"Pass my order, all the ships are lined up, and they can fire freely when they reach the range!" Beckett came back to his senses immediately. After all, he was used to seeing strong winds and waves, and a small mistake had no effect at all.

Since those guys insist on courting death, then I will not let them go!

"Yes, sir!"

Captain Arnold, who received the order, immediately instructed his sailors to start semaphore, and soon all the warships immediately dispatched a line, and thousands of artillery pieces were all pushed out.

at the same time!

"You devil, you are finally about to usher in retribution!"

Although Miss Swan was a little lethargic, she was still cursing perseveringly.

"If you don't want your mouth to be gagged, then you'd better be quiet!" Li Qingyuan said with a frown while pinching Elizabeth Swan's chin.

This chick's spirit is really strong. With her ten-point physique, she still has the energy to curse after a week of continuous fighting.

However, considering that the other party can become a pirate emperor anyway, it is understandable that the combat power and resilience are stronger than ordinary people.

"Humph!"

Hearing the other party's threat, Miss Swan closed her mouth indignantly. She was locked in the room for more than two months, and she was finally able to come out to bask in the sun. She didn't want to be locked back so soon.

"Lord Marquis, the enemy has appeared!" Ramuel gave Li Qingyuan a military salute, and then pointed to the sea horizon and said.

"Uh, it's finally here?" Taking the binoculars handed over, Li Qingyuan saw a row of sails from the mirror.

"How far are they from us!" he asked Ramuel, putting down the telescope.

"The enemy's battleship should be nine nautical miles away from us now!" As an artillery commander, judging the enemy's position is the most basic ability, and Ramuul only needs to look at it to know how far the opponent is from him.

After all, there is no auxiliary equipment these days. Whether it is wind direction, distance or elevation angle, it must be calculated by the human brain.

Therefore, an experienced artilleryman is a sought-after dessert no matter where he is.

"Nine nautical miles? So they still need half an hour?" Because he has supplemented a lot of ship knowledge, Li Qingyuan knows the fastest battleship at present. Up to eighteen knots per hour.

Not to mention that the current wind direction is wrong, even if the wind direction fully helps the British warships, they will not be able to get into range without half an hour.

Because no matter which country the artillery uses, the range is not more than three nautical miles!

Not to mention that the range of ship-based guns needs to be discounted because of the bearing capacity of the ship.

If the British warship can enter the range in half an hour, it is already considered that the other party has performed exceptionally!

Chapter 64 The Confused Soldier

"How far into range?"

Looking at the increasingly clear Port Royal, Lord Beckett stood up and asked.

Because the weather in the Caribbean is so good, the visibility is pretty good, and even without binoculars, Beckett can now see far-reaching views of Port Royal.

By the way, you can also see the top of Port Royal, where there seems to be a group of people standing at the coastal defense artillery position.

In terms of the range and performance of the artillery, there is not much difference between the current coastal defense artillery and the shipborne artillery, but the artillery in the port is condescending, so it will have a suppressing effect on the ship.

However, this thing is only relative. Port Royal can only kill seventy or eighty artillery pieces, and each warship on his side has at least forty or fifty pieces of artillery pieces, and the total number of artillery pieces exceeds two thousand!

This kind of difference in numbers cannot be smoothed out by mere morale and a little bit of geographical advantage.

"In ten minutes, we can reach the maximum range!" Arnold looked up at the weather, then raised his right hand and threw a feather, confirmed the wind direction based on the fluttering of the feather, and then replied.

"Very good, I will hang all the sinners who dare to resist His Majesty the King!" Beckett nodded comfortably, in his opinion there is no suspense in the battle.

This time, I brought [-] soldiers and [-] warships. This force is not something that a Royal Port can compete with.

His goal is to rule the entire Caribbean Sea, expand the glory of the British Empire, and let this group of overachievers become his first sacrifice after coming to the Caribbean Sea!

'boom--'

An explosion sounded suddenly from the side, and the soaring water waves bounced violently. The huge impact even shook the battleship Endeavour.

"what happened?"

Lord Beckett hurriedly stood up, trotted to the edge of the deck, and asked in confusion.

With the same expression as him, there were also the captains of a dozen or so warships nearby. Everyone looked at each other in dismay, wondering what happened just now.

"It's wrong!"

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Li Qingyuan said with some sigh.

Although I didn't expect the first shot to hit, it was really depressing that it didn't hit.

"Please wait a moment, it will be ready soon!" Lamuel quickly ordered people to adjust the muzzle, even after Li Qingyuan's transformation, this artillery has instantly changed from an antique in the seventeenth century to a strategic artillery in the early twentieth century , but it is impossible to achieve 100% hit.

Even the artillery of the 21st century has a hit rate of only [-]%, let alone this kind of artillery from World War I!

Of course, [-]% is because it requires precise strikes. Now the enemy warship is only five nautical miles away from our side, and we only need to wait for the warship. Compared with the hit rate, it can reach [-]% to [-]%.

"Why is this cannon so weird?" Looking at the giant cannon that was two or three times larger than an ordinary cannon, Elizabeth Swan, who had been aggrieved for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask.

Although she was bound by a one-piece tunic dress, and even her hands were covered by one-piece gloves, she looked like a mental patient in restraint clothes, but no matter what, she still She has the title of a marquise, so in the face of Elizabeth's question, Ramuel still explained it wholeheartedly.

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