Fidel Guevara, Richard Fitzpatrick, Nicholas Semino and O'Hara were all stupid! Don’t understand what Wang Wen is saying at all? Although Wang Wen's English is very standard and his standard Oxford accent is enough for him to speak in the British Parliament, the four Florida "revolutionaries" can understand every word he speaks. But put it all together, and I don’t know what it is at all?
"Excuse me, are you..." Fidel Guevara asked quietly.
"My name is Wang Wen, and I am a captain of the Ming Dynasty Navy!"
"Colonel Wang," Guevara introduced himself, "I am Father Fidel Guevara of Golden Beach Catholic Church in Florida... What did you just say about the "Emancipation Proclamation of Black Slaves and Indians"? What is that? mean?"
Wang Wen looked at Father Fidel Guevara and said, "Father, you don't understand what it means to liberate the black slaves and Indians?" He then looked at Nicholas Semino and O'Hara, "You two are alone. One is an Indian, one is a black slave...You must want to live in Florida with equality, freedom and happiness like white people, and become the masters of a free and progressive Florida, right?"
"No, no, I am not a black slave," O'Hara quickly shook his head. "In fact, I am a free black man. I have redeemed myself through the income of my labor."
"Redemption?" Wang Wen glanced at him, "Then how did you become a slave?"
"I am... I can't remember clearly. It seems that I was caught when I was a child and then sold to Mr. Fitzpatrick's father, who was a kind slave owner."
"Fitzpatrick? Richard Fitzpatrick?" Wang Wen looked at the fat and fair businessman.
"It's me, I'm Richard Fitzpatrick."
Wang Wen asked: "Are you the original owner of this old black slave?"
"Yes, I am." Richard Fitzpatrick smiled. "Old O'Hara was a very hard-working black slave. He was always the first to start working and the last to finish. No one was more diligent than him. He worked hard so he could redeem himself."
Wang Wen nodded, and his tone suddenly became serious: "Richard, listening to your words, why do I think you are in favor of slavery?"
"No, no..." Richard Fitzpatrick reacted immediately, "I am against slavery. Really, I was forced to become a slave owner!"
"Can you still be forced to do this?" Wang Wen glared at him.
"Colonel, he was really, really forced." O'Hara quickly spoke for his old master.
Wang Wen glanced at him, and then said to a Ming naval officer next to him: "Bring the declaration to the master and servant and ask them to sign... Only by signing can you prove yourself!" Then he checked again. Father Valla and Nicholas Senomi said: "You two must be against the killing of Indians and the enslavement of blacks, right? You should also sign the declaration! If you sign, I will take you to see the Emperor of Mexico and the Admiral of the Ming Dynasty's Pacific Fleet! "
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Texas, Texas Bay.
April 18, 1832.
Today is the day when the Mexican-Texas joint fleet returns triumphantly!
On the dock of Dezhou Bay Military Port, there was a mixed atmosphere... The happy ones were all Japanese!
For them, the Second Battle of the Atlantic was a complete victory. Although the Second Battle of the Atlantic was very fierce, all the flagships of both sides were sunk, and the US military commander David Porter died in the battle. The Mexican-Texas Allied Forces The coach, Admiral Guerrero, almost drowned in the Atlantic Ocean. However, the six battleships of Dezhou Kaizi, Akagi, Kaga, Zuikaku, Shokaku, Soryu, and Feilong, are all safe and sound. It can be said that not even a piece of paint has been rubbed off, and not even a screw has been damaged. As for the eight old-fashioned armored destroyers in the Texas Sea, although they have received some shells, their targets are too small and cannot be beaten by the American battleships and armored cruisers. They are second-rate and third-rate to the Americans. Wait for the cruiser to fire on them. But for fear of being torpedoed, those second- and third-class cruisers did not dare to get close to attack. They were all attacking blindly from a distance of more than 10,000 meters, and they did not fire a few rounds from beginning to end. The Americans are coming
When he launched a desperate charge, Wang Wen had already led 10 warrior-class second-class cruisers to fight over. The 6,500-ton giants were rampaging on the battlefield. Who would be at odds with the more than 3,000-ton Guogong class? ….
Therefore, not many Japanese soldiers in Texas were killed in this battle, so at this moment, the docks were full of Iemaki and Riku officers and soldiers shouting welcome slogans at the top of their lungs... The current Japanese military is not very powerful. After all, everyone is from the shogunate army, and there is no such thing as fighting over the budget - their budgets are all decided by Ming's father, so fighting is in vain.
But just when the devils in Texas were all happy, Emperor Agustín, his Mexican courtiers, and the officers and soldiers of the Mexican Royal Guards were not happy at all.
Because the Mexicans, or to be precise, the native white Mexicans suffered too heavy losses in this Atlantic naval battle...the only two battleships were sunk and one was disabled. Among them, the Bolivar was destroyed by the 12-inch United States-class The shell hit the ammunition depot at close range, causing a big explosion, and then sank so quickly that even the fleet commander, Admiral Guerrero, almost escaped! Of the 761 people on this battleship, only 68 survived!
The situation of the Agustín I was not much better. Although it did not sink, it was extremely damaged because of too many bullets... 4 of the 6 main gun turrets were destroyed, and the power cabin was hit by bullets. Several rounds and almost completely destroyed. The ammunition depots at the bow and stern of the ship were urgently filled with water due to the fire caused by the explosion of the turret above. The bridge and conning tower were also hit by 12-inch shells many times, and the bridge personnel suffered heavy losses. Although the personnel in the conning tower survived, everyone suffered a loss. According to post-war statistics, 226 of the 741 people on the ship were killed or seriously injured. Although the Agustín itself did not sink, it had completely lost the possibility of repairing it - Mexico could not repair it at all, and it was impossible to tow it to the Ming Dynasty, which was more than 20,000 nautical miles away! How did you get to this broken ship?
In addition, the two Haohan-class armored cruisers of the Royal Mexican Navy are also finished! The Cortez was hit by eighteen rounds, the entire ship was on fire, and lost power. The captain had to order the ship to be abandoned. The Pizarro also suffered heavy damage during the melee and was hit by two air-compressed torpedoes fired at close range, and finally sank into the icy Atlantic Ocean. There are more than 400 officers and soldiers of the Royal Mexican Navy who are buried at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean with these two warships!
That is to say, in the Second Battle of the Atlantic, the Royal Mexican Navy also actually lost two battleships and two armored cruisers, and the loss of personnel...counting the attrition on those light ships that returned safely , also reached more than 2,000 people.
Although Americans suffered three times more losses than Mexicans, the population of native white Mexicans was only one-tenth that of white Americans!
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He quickly looked up and found that the new flagship of the Royal Mexican Navy, the Don Agustín, had docked. His naval commander, Admiral Guerrero, was accompanying a bearded white priest and a man wearing an old Spanish military uniform. An Indian man and an elderly black man wearing a tuxedo and a top hat stepped off the Don Agustín together... .
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