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Name: Lu Yuan Title: Racer
No.:23579
Points: 3000 for killing the silver-level peak contractor + 3000 for capturing the Trinidad port
Reputation: 1500 + 500 Racers + 1200 Trinidad + 300 Slayers [Excellent Captain of Villains]
Health: strong body
Loading capacity: 27/120kg
Personal special skills 4+1/6 items: Activating Rope, Detection of Thoughts, Fireball, Roar, and Identification are only available in this world.
Ship abilities: Navigation 67+10, can control ships below four stars, accuracy 83, gunnery 32, docking 47, leader 38, ship repair 23, trade 6
Ship stunts: precise shooting, deck hero, basic defense, increased speed, good captain.
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Catching wind and shadow: You can feel the subtle changes in air currents and ocean currents, and make proper use of them. When you are the helmsman, the ship's performance is improved by 10; when you are only the captain, the ship's performance is improved by 5.
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Slaughterer: You used cannons to kill a hundred guys who didn't like you without hesitation! Well done! When you equip this title, management +10, damage to sailors +10. The opponent's will to resist will be greatly increased!
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After a series of battles in just a few days, from the one-on-two leapfrogging challenge in Coral Bay to the occupation of the Port of Trinidad by a single ship, with victory after victory, Lu Yuan's various values once again stood at the top. Above the pinnacle of contractors! Although he made a powerful enemy like Spain, he also increased his reputation from "obscure" to a "moderately famous" pirate captain.
Perhaps it was because of the increase in reputation. Or perhaps it was because of the shock of the killing... In short, not only did the sailors on the ship become more obedient, making his command more smooth, but the pirates in Trinidad Port occupied After the Governor's Mansion, no one dared to come to him to cause trouble.
The entire Port of Trinidad was divided into three parts by tacit understanding. The bandits occupied the Governor's Palace and dug three feet into the ground there; Lu Yuan occupied the dock and constantly sifted through the loot; McLaren and the remaining gunners were trapped in the fort. , Lu Yuan ignored them, and the pirates did not dare to provoke them. There was nothing in McLaren's place except wet gunpowder, and he didn't even sleep and stood next to the fort all night. No one was there. Know what he is thinking.
The temporary cessation of activity gave Lu Yuan more time to sort out the loot and move more goods. As a result, three thousand barrels of rum returned to his hands again, and muskets, scimitars, and bayonets were added to the empty arsenal. He also chose two other good ships... According to preliminary estimates, apart from what he wanted to use, the rest of the plunder was worth at least 210,000 pesos!
The most pity is the five hundred rifled flintlock guns - it's not that McLaren doesn't want to equip soldiers, he must have been tricked. This kind of gun requires special bullets wrapped in oilcloth, and each reload requires Follow the rifling of the barrel and tap it in little by little with a hammer, but it's still not fast... Although it has a long range and high accuracy, the reloading time is ten times that of an ordinary flintlock gun, and it has no value in equipping the army.
Lu Yuan couldn't use it. In the "musket volley" job, firepower density and continuity were much more important than accuracy. He asked the carpenter to build a waterproof box on the observation deck, in which ten high-quality ammunition could be stored at any time. The rifled flintlock musket was reserved for Jacques for sniping.
"What are they doing?"
It seemed that this humid morning had restored some energy to McLaren, who had been standing all night, and was no longer so lifeless. He stood on the empty fort and looked towards the dock with his binoculars. When he saw something strange Regarding the matter, he directly consulted the staff next to him - his tone was a little low but still calm. Since he chose to raise the white flag, it seems that McLaren has become much more mature overnight.
After also keeping watch all night, the exhausted musketeer captain also picked up the telescope and joined the observation process.
They saw that although the Portuguese "Louis" was still on his own "Siren", Elizabeth and his storm captain August were carrying two four-star Fruite merchant ships. , slowly sailed away from the port and headed east.
The Fruit Merchant Ship is a flute-shaped ship made in the Netherlands. It has weak firepower but a huge cargo capacity and excellent navigation performance. It is the best ocean-going merchant ship. The two ships have a very deep draft. Although they have three masts spread out All the sails still could only drag the heavy hull and sail slowly towards Port-au-Prince.
"It seems that he is going to empty out Trinidad, the greedy Portuguese." McLaren said jokingly. He had been mentally prepared for this since the port fell.
"Are they the two ships of the Eckert Chamber of Commerce?! Do they dare to rob the cargo ship of the big chamber of commerce? The Portuguese are really desperate! Does he want to transport the loot first? Doesn't he want Trinidad?" The Musketeer Captain wondered, Trinidad's real wealth lies in his.[,! ] Geographical location. Whoever occupies this port can sell it at a good price.
"No, this is a smart move..." McLaren shook his head without further explanation. "He has already provoked the most powerful country, so it doesn't matter what the Chamber of Commerce is. Not to mention the Eckert Chamber of Commerce. The relationship with Morgan is ambiguous and not very clean to begin with. Wasn't the reason why they were robbed of the ship because their crew members went to rob the Governor's Palace?"
McLaren said the last sentence with gritted teeth! The Musketeer Captain smiled helplessly.
Because the Port of Trinidad was forcibly divided, the sailors and guards who escaped had nowhere to go. After nightfall, they returned to the fort one after another and brought back the latest news. This allowed McLaren and his staff to Understand the cause and effect of things.
"If our fleet comes back..." Captain Musketeer finally asked this most difficult question!
Theoretically, the commander of the local fleet is half a level apart from the governor. During war, he can refuse unreasonable orders, such as surrender...
Therefore, if the fleet and the "Siren" have a battle, as long as they defeat the Portuguese, the entire battle situation will be reversed in an instant. It will become a no-lose-no-win situation! The remaining pirates have nothing to worry about. But both McLaren and the Musketeer Captain know that McLaren wears two hats. He and the temporarily appointed fleet commander have an absolute superior-subordinate relationship! He surrendered. The fleet must surrender.
On one side is the honor of the nobility, on the other side is victory, McLaren is undoubtedly suffering!
Perhaps because of this, McLaren did not directly answer the musket captain's question, "I also have a batch of muskets stored under the fort, old-fashioned ones that can still be used. Let everyone peel off the wet gunpowder and find out. Store them dry and distribute the muskets. As soon as the Portuguese evacuate, you will immediately lead all the people to raid the Governor's Palace...kill all the pirates over there!"
"There are not enough manpower!" The musketeer captain did not avoid the difficulty. With one hundred men against three hundred, he did not think there was a chance of victory.
"Don't worry, there are still men from the Trinidad local fleet!" McLaren's voice was like the cold wind blowing from the crevices of the glacier, "When the local fleet returns, you take my order to meet them. I will officially appoint him as the commander of the local fleet in Trinidad! Ask him to fight for the honor of the kingdom!
If he wins, please don't worry about me as a prisoner and prioritize negotiating the ownership of the port; if he fails, I will use my noble status to bear all the consequences! Even if he is stepped into the water again, even if he becomes a disgrace to the nobility, even if he loses his inheritance rights, I don't care. I just ask him to put down all his burdens and fight his opponent in an upright manner! As for the manpower you want... after that, no matter we win or lose, we will have enough manpower."
The Musketeer Captain was horrified, McLaren! Really changed!
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At noon, when the mocked fleet returned to Trinidad angrily, they found that everything in the port had become unrecognizable! The pirate flag was erected on the Governor's Palace, the white flag of shame was flying on the fort, and the "Siren"? She was moored alone on the outer sea of the port, quietly waiting for their return!
After the fleet and fort exchanged messengers in small boats, the entire Trinidad fleet fell silent! But in this silence, there was suppressed volcanic rage, burning the entire fleet! The "Kraken" drove forward, accurately firing three cannons in three directions, clearly demarcating the "range of the battlefield", and then retreated to one side, leaving room for the Trinidad local fleet to station. .
The Trinidad local fleet sailed boldly into the scheduled battlefield and launched a majestic battle off the coast of Trinian Port. The number of participating ships on both sides was one to three, and the "Esmeralda" was recruited He had previously withdrawn from this sea duel, which had long since disappeared in the middle of the Age of Discovery.
However, this battle only lasted less than an hour...
Lu Yuan, who drove the "Siren" to fight against the "Obstacle" again, showed a completely different style from before!
If it was the assassin in the shadows last time, then this time it's the light cavalry!
He was no longer obsessed with letting the boat escape every cannonball unscathed.
As long as it is a small-caliber cannon that can withstand it, he would rather suffer a salvo than give up a fleeting fighter! So when the "Siren" withstood the shelling of the small boat "Rosario", directly rammed the small boat blocking the way, and then fired a precise salvo of chain bullets, breaking the main mast of the "Obstacle", the actual battle It’s already over...
Even though the "Siren" has become brave and courageous, compared with her nimble and agile fighting prowess, the galenic ships and merchant ships have the disadvantages of clumsy steering and difficulty in gaining wind, even on a small, obstacle-free battlefield. It was still magnified infinitely, and the poor performance like that of an obese person kept hurting McLaren's eyes!
In the end, the four-star merchant ship "Ferrer" had its rudder and mizzen mast broken, and withdrew from the battle; the six-star reconnaissance ship "Rosario" was boarded and a white flag was raised; only the "Barrier" Galen The sailboat continued to fight like a floating fort until three of its masts were broken, the rudder was blown off, and smoke billowed from the entire ship. Until McLaren directly ordered them to surrender.
When McLaren's staff and all the sailors evacuated the "Obstacle", the equally scarred "Siren" stopped a hundred meters away, and a salvo shot through the fire of Galen's ship.
In the sky-high flames caused by the explosion of the "Obstacle", she drew a graceful arc and sailed away.
McLaren put on the damaged governor's uniform as neatly as possible. He held his sword and put his hat on his chest. He stood alone on the fort and saluted the "Obstacle" that was about to sink.
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The Galenic sailing ship was burning with a roar, with several puncture wounds and huge wounds from the explosion. Its hull had tilted severely...
At this time, his staff officers walked up quickly along the alleyway of the fort.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency! We...lost." Officer No. 1 bowed his head deeply in front of McLaren. Several younger officers behind him were already crying uncontrollably.
McLaren looked at these officers and staff. Their bodies were covered with gunpowder smoke and blood, and each of them had large and small wounds, as well as exhaustion from traveling day and night. Especially the middle-aged officer No. 1, when He took off his hat. When he lowered his head, McLaren could clearly see that in the middle of his pale hair, there was a huge wound that tore half of his scalp open. It was only briefly bandaged...
"Thank you! You have done your best! You have shown the honor of the Imperial Navy to the enemy, and you are worthy of the military uniform! Let us... see off the 'Barrier'. Please leave the rest to me, an incompetent governor. Bar."
"Your Excellency!" "Your Excellency!" They looked at McLaren in shock.
McLaren shook his head and stood back towards the sinking "Obstacle".
The aides stopped exhorting and stood in a neat row behind him, quietly watching the burning Galenic sailing ship.
Three minutes later, the gunpowder warehouse located on the west side of the ship was also ignited, and the Galen ship was broken into two pieces in a dazzling explosion... When everyone's vision recovered from the white shadow, there were only two pieces of the ship left. The pieces floated upward toward the bottom of the boat, like the belly of a big fish, drifting with the ocean currents toward the depths of the sea.
It is said that in the depths of the sea, there is a city completely composed of shipwrecks. It is said that it is the mortal residence of the sea god Corybusso, and it is the final destination of every sunken ship...
"That's Spain!" McLaren suddenly pointed at the sunken ship and said, and all the staff raised their heads and looked at him in surprise.
"Let me... tell the truth!" Ma Karen rubbed her hat with her hands and then threw it aside hard. "The era of jumping off the side of the ship has passed. The era of Galen ships has passed. Even Spain has passed. The era of the empire is also passing! I can already see that on ships in the future, only gunners will be enough, and the Marines will become dispensable... What we have been unwilling to admit has been replaced by twenty guns today. The 16-pounder gun is clearly displayed!"
McLaren saluted his staff with a military salute, "Everyone, after today... it is no longer possible for me to have an independent staff group! You are all the pillars of the Imperial Navy, and I will ask my father to make arrangements for you!" Please accept my respect, it will be my lifelong honor to fight with you all!"
The staff looked at each other in discomfort. The McLaren who was now mature and had his own opinions seemed completely different from the person they knew! If it was the original person, what he probably had to do was cry to his father first, and then put all the blame on the staff.
The current McLaren is not only uncomfortable for people, but it also makes people really want to be loyal to it.
Therefore, Captain Musketeer, who saw McLaren's transformation most clearly, stood up first and asked, "Sir, can I ask you about your next plan?"
"I will join the British Navy as an ordinary person! The Portuguese used British tactics. If he can learn it, so can I! I want to learn more about the British navy and their ship design ideas. , and then bring it back to Spain." For the first time, a sincere smile that was neither arrogant nor aristocratic appeared on his face, "The Galen ship is old, but my Spain will always be young!"
"Your Excellency! Please let me continue to follow you!!"
