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The Marine Corps surrounded the two men. Under the deterrence of dozens of rifles, Sikadith had to throw the cross sword and short gun in her hand to the ground.

Chu Feng took out a mirror box from his waist and pointed it at Sikadis.

He smiled and said to Katarina, "Is this your lover? A scar customer? Is it a character who is so naked that you are lying on you that makes you even more excited?"

Then, without waiting for Catalina to answer, someone asked Sicadis to the ground and tied up!

The artillery fire continued, and Truchen was too skilled in such a siege tactic. Soon, the extended mortar cannon of the Marine Corps formed a dense fire net with the naval cannons. The artillery on the city was completely lost after a few shots.

A ladder appeared, and a battalion soldiers rushed to the top of the city under a charge!

When they reached the city, they found out what happened. They saw that there were corpses of pirates everywhere, with about 200 people, and they were obviously knocked to the ground in the moment of shelling.

Pirates, most of the solid shells they have seen are solid shells, and they are obviously rarely seen in various grenades used on naval guns. Therefore, they thought that everything would be fine if they hid behind the city walls, and they did not think of escaping. When one after another, the grenade shots rushed over and exploded in the air.

Of course, they also lacked a clear understanding of the accuracy of the Truqin cannon, and they thought it would take a long time to debug like solid shells in other European countries.

At this moment, the city gate opened and a group of people came out.

These people are obviously not pirates, but residents of the city. Look at that appearance, there are French and British people. They all hold small white flags and keep shaking the flags, and they seem to be surrendering.

At this point, less than half an hour had passed before the Truchens carried out the siege, which made Katarina, who was watching the battle on the side, stunned.

An old French man was brought to Chu Feng.

"Would you surrender?"

“Yes, it’s true”

"Then tell me, why did you absorb pirates before?"

"This..."

"Haha, let me tell you, most of the people here are French, and some are British, but they are all Puritans. Britain and France repeatedly compete for the island's sovereignty, making you miserable. Just then, the Spanish appeared"

"Yes, it's the Spanish, but it's the Spanish pirate who obtained the privateing license of Carlos III. I thought it was strange that the last time the Spanish Navy defeated the Catalina Pirates fleet, it almost destroyed its entire army. Why are there so many pirates? It turns out that this is the case"

"British and France are quarreling, so letting the Spaniards enter is a barely acceptable choice. After seeing our country eliminated the pirates without any effort, you immediately realized that accepting us is a good choice, so..."

The old man nodded, "What the general said is that we have heard of your country's power, but we have been far away in the Caribbean. We have only heard of it, and have not seen it with our own eyes. Now we finally know that we are willing to accept your country as our protector."

Chu Feng nodded and thought to himself: "No wonder the thirteen North American states are going to make independence. It turns out that they just want to break free from the lord's constraints on them. The islands in the Wind Islands also seem to think so, but the islands are small and probably not large in population. Not to mention anything else, even if they face the harassment of pirates, they will be very annoying. It is a good idea to accept a powerful protector."

Then he said, "Very good, I accepted your invitation. Don't worry, I am not interested in the island, my country, I just want to set up a base here. In this way, one person and half of the port must be placed, and part of the castle must be used for us to live in. What is the rest before or what is the same"

The old man was overjoyed and quickly said, "thank you, general"

After returning to the city, the old man and others pointed to a building and said, "This is the residence of Mrs. Guadeloupe and his guards in the past, and a regiment of troops could be lived in it."

Chu Feng nodded and moved in with a battalion of Marines.

After about two hours, the situation at sea also came.

"General, there were about thirty ships of all kinds, all of which were armed merchant ships wearing pirate flags. Half of them were probably steam engines, but they were obviously primitive single-machine, with a maneuverability, and a horsepower far less than ours, and their artillery was not as good as ours. They ran away as soon as they caught up. We chased for a while and gave up"

"In the end, all the pirate ships with steam engines ran away. About half of the sailboats were destroyed by our army. Since there were not many ships in our army, the rest of the ships also ran away"

Such a result was expected by Chu Feng. In fact, if the steam engine and sail hybrid ship were faster than pure steam warships just to escape, it would not be easy to catch up in a short time.

According to the understanding of Truchen Spy, the most advanced steam engine in Europe is still in the transition stage from the pressure-barrel to the double-moving piston, while Truchen's steam engine has evolved to the multi-swelling type. There is at least fifty years of generation difference between the two sides. How easy is it to catch up easily?

That night, Chu Feng personally interrogated Sikadis.

He obviously won't be polite to such a person. Regardless of whether you are Katarina's lover or not, the only thing that dares to be detrimental to Truchen is that the word "death".

Under the coercion of torture and death, Sikadiz finally told the truth.

"Catalina is indeed the person Carlos III is interested in. If it weren't for you, she would have released it long ago. Carlos III was still preparing a manor for her in the outskirts of Madrid"

"After getting the news that the British and the Dutch issued privateing permits on a large scale, Carlos III also followed suit. The first thing he thought of was Katarina"

"Slow down, what's going on with you? By the way, Catalina is so cunning, how could it be wiped out by the heavy Spanish battleship? There was obviously a spy in her team, and that spy was you!"

"Yes, I was originally the one who was arranged by the king in the pirate team. I was deliberately encountered by Katarina. After the fleet was destroyed, only Katarina and I were still there, but we both fell into the water at that time, and neither side knew about each other's situation"

"Very good, then I ask you, what's going on with Catalina likening Guadeloupe to a butterfly, and Mary Garonte to a flower?"

"Your Excellency, Guadeloupe does look like a butterfly. As for Marie Garonte, it looks like a circle with the highest in the middle, and then gradually lowers the terrain outside, and the trees inside are also spread out layer by layer. Different trees are separated by a distance, and from the outside, it looks like a blooming dahlia"

"In the innermost is a small lake with a small surface, and sulfur is constantly erupting inside, causing the lake to appear strange colors, and the colors are constantly changing. In addition, the smell is unpleasant, so people here call it the Devil's Spring"

"What's strange is that in this place, there should be no grass growing around it, but a circle of black dahlias grows near the spring."

"At the same time, no larger animals were found on the island, only some insects and reptiles, and even birds were unwilling to build nests on the trees there. Therefore, the former Indians called him Devil's Island"

"Is there any more?"

"No more"

Chu Feng obviously didn't believe this. He still remembered Katarina's expression when she talked about this island, nor did he believe that Dahlia would naturally grow into a circle along the spring. He understood that in Europe, the black Dahlia was called the ominous flower or the devil's flower.
Chapter completed!