() At this time, the defense zone of the Gatling fleet had been penetrated, and their ship was not inspected for the third time by luck.
"Raise the sails and move forward at full speed!" Van Rooney shouted excitedly from the bow of the ship, as if he was not tired at all. [Search for the latest updates at
The other crew members on the merchant ship were also very excited. They had already passed through the area where a naval battle was most likely to occur. The only thing left to do now was to reach the destination of Newfoundland and the second delivery point of Iceland at full speed.
Newfoundland is a peninsula on the edge of the Spanish colony in the Americas. It is only slightly connected to the American continent. To be honest, there is really no economic significance here: there are no minerals and no food. There are only a few local indigenous people who rely on hunting and hunting.
Fish make a living, and almost no one grows crops. Because of the special climate and land conditions here, it is futile to grow any crops.
Spain only occupied this place for strategic needs. Although this peninsula is small in area and has many mountains and hills, its location is too critical. Once it is occupied by the enemy as a base, it can continuously flow from here.
Landing, and the entire American continent has not yet been completely conquered, some indigenous Indian tribes are gradually fighting back against the invaders under the leadership of the chief Vulture of the Eagle Tribe, and the Spanish colonists are somewhat unable to bear it. After all, those Indians
They are familiar with the terrain and have a large number of people. Although the Spanish colonists have an absolute advantage in weapons, they are still assassinated by cold arrow poison crossbows from time to time. Moreover, those shrewd tribal leaders have purchased modern weapons through trade and arms dealers, coupled with Indy
The Spaniards could no longer hold on to Anren's brave and fighting character.
They can no longer lose the rear base of Newfoundland. Once it is captured and occupied by the jealous countries such as Britain and France, the Spaniards will be in a dilemma.
Therefore, the Spanish built many strongholds here and continued to use ships to transport supplies here.
The Dutch merchant ship Du Fei was on was transporting some of the urgently needed medicines and food purchased from India for the soldiers, as well as medicines produced cheaply in India.
Their voyage almost crossed the Atlantic Ocean and went straight to the Americas. Du Fei looked at the vast sea and yawned. He knew that this was a detour, but there was almost no other way but to follow the ship.
I once thought about forcing these Dutch people to submit by force and letting them sail to England immediately, but this idea was immediately rejected because Dutch warships still appeared from time to time along the way. It was obvious that the power of the Dutch navy in the entire Atlantic Ocean had the absolute upper hand.
Occasionally, a few British and French warships sailed by, but they came and went in a hurry like bereaved dogs.
Obviously, it is very risky to rashly hijack a ship, which can almost be said to be suicidal, because a ship is not like an army on land. You can control them as you like, order them, and drive them to do what you want.
What you want them to do.
But a ship is not that simple, because it is impossible for one or two people to operate the entire ship alone, and it is impossible to monitor the situation of everyone on the ship at the same time. Once one or two departments have evil intentions, it is likely to cause harm to both parties.
situation.
At this time, their merchant ship sailed forward calmly, without encountering any major obstacles along the way. The peaceful life at sea made Du Fei start to make plans for his next move. The reason why he spent so much effort to help England
People think this is a very advantageous opportunity to get close to the British royal family. Once they become familiar with the British royal family, they don’t have to wander around in the vast Atlantic Ocean to find the holy spring that they have always dreamed of. Although
There are three springs in the Atlantic Ocean, which are relatively dense, but it is not easy to find any of them.
Du Fei believes that although the English do not occupy almost the entire ocean initiative like the Dutch, their familiarity with this sea area and their national heritage are far superior to those of Spain and the Netherlands. Once they have the power of the British royal family,
With support, all problems will be no problem.
"Master!" Mo Qilin guessed that he was feeling bored after staying under the bed for too long. He suddenly stretched out his head and said, "Why do you always keep a straight face and a serious face? It's really..."
"Get lost." Du Fei was thinking about something and had no time to pay attention to him, so he kicked him into the bed.
Unknowingly, eight days passed, and the Van Rooney merchant ship arrived at the first delivery location, Newfoundland.
The coast here looked like a world of ice and snow, and the mountains and forests in the distance were shrouded in white snow. Du Fei stood on the deck, a gust of cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body. Although he had dressed in advance
He bought a fur coat, but the climate here still made it difficult for him to adapt.
"What a strange thing!" Captain Van Rooney murmured to himself: "There are people who are willing to stay in such a ghost place! Even rabbits may not bother to dig holes here, and birds may not want to build nests here!"
What he said was not groundless. At this time, Newfoundland was completely silent. Everything was submerged in the snow. Only the lighthouse built by the Spanish not far away could vaguely bring a trace of human habitation.
trace.
"The goods are specified to be delivered to their stronghold. It seems that we have to move it for them." First mate Lei Zeming cursed: "These bastard Spaniards! They actually made such a request! If I were here to negotiate with them
, we must raise their prices by 20%!”
"I've got you!" Van Rooney glanced at him from the corner of his eye and said, "You just have a mouth to talk! It's not easy to do business now, and you're not the only one. If you don't do it, there are merchant ships from France, Britain, and Portugal.
They can do it! Let alone them, our compatriots, even though they are very friendly on the surface, might take over your business as soon as they turn around! There is no room for you to choose customers! "
At this moment, Du Fei noticed that a bronze face suddenly flashed across the forest on the opposite bank. He quickly looked in which direction, but the face just disappeared like an illusion, leaving only a few trees.
The swaying spruce.
"Someone is watching us in the forest opposite!" Du Fei warned Van Rooney in a low voice.
Van Rooney looked up and found nothing: "You are wrong! I have been here twice and I have never seen anyone. Even the Spanish soldiers who were assigned to guard here just huddled up every day.
Plant in a stronghold and refuse to step out."
"Yes! Absolutely yes! There is someone in the forest across the way!" Du Fei said categorically as he snatched a musket from a sailor's hand and shot it blindly into the forest covered with white snow!
Something unexpected happened. As Du Fei fired a shot, a large number of strange men wearing bearskins, masks and holding spears, javelins and bows suddenly emerged from the forest. Then the drums of war started beating!
"Oh my God!" Van Rooney was stunned: "It's an Indian from the Grizzly Bear Tribe! Fire quickly!"
The sailors looked at the Indians approaching the ship and were so frightened that they hurriedly shot at random. Although a few Indians fell to the ground, many more were hit on the grass and in the air.
Seeing the Indians getting closer and closer, Du Fei quickly shouted: "What are you doing standing still? Fire!" After shouting this sentence, he remembered that this was a Dutch merchant ship, and Dutch merchant ships did not set up forts.
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and shout loudly: "Don't shoot indiscriminately! Listen to my order and shoot together!"
But how could the Dutch, who had been away from the battle for a long time, listen to his orders in a panic? Even Captain Van Rooney himself was panicked and didn't know what to say.
Du Fei saw that no one was obeying his orders and was still in disarray. In desperation, he shot a sailor in the arm who did not obey the order and retreated! The sailor's arm immediately started bleeding! Although everyone was shocked
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"Listen to my order! Concentrate your firepower! Otherwise everyone will die!" Du Fei shouted loudly! These clumsy Dutchmen immediately became more honest and began to follow Du Fei's instructions to concentrate their fire.
"Fire in one row! Change in the second row! Shoot in turns!" Although the firearms at this time have made great progress, you still need to use something to wipe the remaining gunpowder on the barrel after firing a shot, although the speed of changing the gunpowder is faster than that of the original ones.
The firearms were much faster, and designs began to appear that could hold several rounds in the chamber, but the firing of the firearms still had intermittent firing.
Under the organization of Du Fei, the Dutch sailors began to defend in an orderly manner. The casualties of the Indians, whom Van Rooney called the Grizzly Bear Tribe, began to increase. They seemed to be quite smart. When they saw that the raid did not achieve the effect, they immediately retreated.
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Du Fei looked at the Indians who were retreating in an orderly manner, and felt very suspicious: We have only been here less than an hour, and we haven't even had time to set foot on this land. How could we mess with them?
When he asked the shocked Van Rooney, Van Rooney said viciously: "These barbarians are the so-called indigenous people. The Spaniards drove, eliminated, massacred them, and plundered their territory and resources. They mistakenly thought that all white people were
They are with the Spaniards, so they attack white people when they see them!"
He immediately felt very strange: "The Indians here should have been wiped out long ago, why are there still so many? Besides, the grizzly bear tribe is active near Quebec, why did they come to the seaside? I really can't figure it out!"
"Captain, what should we do?" Lei Zeming said with lingering fear: "Are we still going to deliver the goods?"
Lei Zeming, who originally made an impassioned speech on the ship and promoted the Dutch people's honesty and trustworthiness like a god, immediately revealed his true colors when facing danger. He was actually the one who was most afraid of death.
"Of course we are going!" Van Rooney, who had always left a timid and fearful impression on Du Fei, had an unusually tough attitude towards this matter: "Just like you said, we Dutch people must not make mistakes when we promise to deliver the goods!
"
Then he turned around and asked the sailors: "Do you think so?!"
The sailors were stunned for a brief moment, then immediately raised their fists and replied loudly: "That's right! We Dutch will never let others down! Captain! We will go with you!"
"They're all crazy!" Lei Zeming whispered and slipped into the cabin. Van Rooney's son Van Hoos immediately sneered: "Hey, after all, that man is only half Dutch, and his courage is indeed only half that.
,Ha ha!"
At this time, Lei Zeming was no longer in the mood to argue with Van Hoss. He hurriedly rushed into the cabin, and then there was no movement.
Du Fei stepped forward and patted Fan Rooney on the shoulder and said: "I support you! I'll go with you! But your people obviously have poor fighting habits! If you can trust me, I will take command.
!”
"Captain! He, he just chopped my arm!" The sailor who was chopped because he disobeyed orders had already bandaged his wound and said in an unhappy tone!
The sailors also made slight complaints, but with Du Fei's glare, everyone couldn't help but feel cold and shut their mouths.
"Oh! You disobeyed orders and you deserved to be killed!" Van Rooney was completely on Du Fei's side at this time. He immediately said: "I would like to add that since this is a battle involving everyone's lives, it is not appropriate to do anything wrong.
Shen will be wiped out! In order to ensure that everyone can go back alive, if anyone dares to act without permission after Mr. Du's orders, not only one arm will be cut off! I will kill him with my own hands!" After that!
He took out an exquisite short-handled musket.
Seeing that he had established prestige among everyone, Du Fei began to briefly explain to the group the usage of the 'three-stage attack' formation. Due to their long-term exposure to firearms, everyone quickly understood the essentials.
At this time, Du Fei was suddenly attracted by the short-handled musket in Van Rooney's hand. He saw that this musket was very weird. The gun body was very narrow, but it had a clip, which seemed to be able to hold a lot of hair at once.
land.
Could it be that the short-handled gun he used was made by the same person as mine? Du Fei borrowed the musket from Van Rooney to take a look. Sure enough, the words "Jack" were clearly engraved on the side of the gun.
Made in London".
But the gun in Van Rooney's hand looks more advanced. Its exquisite gun body, which is constantly shining with bright silver metal, is particularly dazzling in the sun. The handle of the gun seems to be made of ivory, and it feels strange to the touch.
It has the same texture, is not easy to take off, and is very stable to hold.
Du Fei tried to use this gun to aim at the target, and saw that the rifling of this gun was very straight and clear. At first glance, it was a new weapon made with advanced technology!
"Good stuff!" Du Fei couldn't help but praise it, and couldn't help but touch the textured metal gun body with his hands.
When Fan Rooney saw that Du Fei liked it, he said: "If you like it, I'll give it to you! Anyway, I don't know how to use it! It won't be able to exert its power if it falls into my hands!"
"This! How embarrassing!" Although Du Fei loved him very much, he still felt that it was not appropriate to take away someone's love, so he returned to the cabin and took out a large bottle filled with potion, with Bender's head soaked in it.
The head of Bender, whom he killed, was given to Van Rooney as a return gift.
"This! Do you know how much this head is worth?" Van Rooney is a businessman after all. When he saw Bender's head, he felt as happy as if he had seen five hundred gold coins: "This is a head worth five hundred gold coins! You are really
Are you willing to do so?"
"We are friends, aren't we?" Du Fei smiled kindly: "Friends shouldn't say such useless words."