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"John, take your gunners to dismantle these... things. [Read the latest chapter]" Lu Yuan pointed to the shabby sheds above his head and said, "Then change the ship's painting back to the 'Elona'!" I want others to be able to spot us at a glance and never associate our ship with the pirate ship that disrupted the southern treasure fleet! Do you understand?"
"Yes, Captain." John Workman replied. No one present was stupid enough to ask why. Because no one can afford the "fame" of sinking seven Galenic ships loaded with gold. And this is tantamount to cutting off everyone's financial resources and returning the money to LeBron. After all, the pirates gathering now because of the treasure fleet are only temporary. But LeBron's dominance of the Western Caribbean region lasted a lifetime. He dared to declare that all the gold on land and under the sea in the Western Caribbean belonged to him, and no one would dare to refute it.
"Admiral Li, please lead the carpentry team to inspect the entire ship, plug the holes, and pump out the sewage. In short, I hope to restore the ship to its optimal combat effectiveness as soon as possible... August, go and comfort Christina. .In the next day and night, you must arrange the training and rest time of the stormtroopers. The stormtroopers will be the main force in the next battle!...Father, I see that some crew members look very anxious. I hope you can and Let them talk, and if they really don’t want to participate in the next battle, they can disembark at a nearby island.”
"Island? Then it's not easy for them to go home. Why not just find a port to drop them off?" Father Padley said doubtfully. Lu Yuan's attitude of half-doing good things made him feel strange.
"Don't be stupid, Father... Ah, don't stare. I didn't mean to be disrespectful. I apologize to you. Amen." Lu Yuan clasped his hands together and bowed. Padley could only hold the Bible in his hand and pray to control his temper. He used to only know that Lu Yuan was a damn Catholic, but he only understood it recently. Even this Catholic is fake - the tradition of the Orientals, Lu Yuan only believes in his ancestors.
"Of course we are doing this to keep it confidential! The next forty hours are the most critical period for us, and we cannot leak any information. As for after forty hours? You will understand by then... That will be the best time in the Caribbean .”
"Okay, everyone!" Lu Yuan finally clapped his hands and said, "After everyone is done, take the time to rest. In thirty to thirty-two hours, we still have one last battle to fight!"
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Looking at the adjutants leading the team who were busy. Lu Yuan picked up the crystal ball with satisfaction and stood behind the wheel again. The Northern Fleet could not bear the harassment of pirates, and the Southern Fleet broke through the siege and withdrew to Belize... Holding the crystal ball was as interesting to him as listening to the radio.
"One or two~"
John directed the gunners to work together to lift the fake stern and tilt it to one side. When the tilt exceeded a certain angle, Lu Yuan turned the rudder violently, and the ship cut longitudinally into the headwind. The poop tower, which had been cut off at its roots, was blown up by the wind and fell far into the sea.
"Wow~" the sailors cheered, high-fived each other, and then followed the same method to dismantle the forecastle.
Christina also returned to the deck at this time. She had hid in the cabin and lost her temper because Lu Yuan did not assign her a gun position. But now she is hiding from Lu Yuan and has been hanging out with the stormtroopers. It seems that Lu Yuan specifically excluded her from participating in the next naval battle because he was afraid of it. Watching the woman in red commanding the stormtroopers with dignity, they changed the sails of the ship into blue one by one, and then threw the removed white sails, good or bad, directly into the sea.
Lu Yuan found it quite interesting. There were several women in charge on the ship, and the crew members worked harder than the scalpers.
There is also scaffolding and canvas for decoration. The fake auxiliary masts, etc... were either directly untied from the cables, or cut off from the roots, and then pushed into the sea. Lu Yuan now only cares about efficiency and no longer cares about wasting hundreds of pesos. When the work of dismantling the ship's camouflage came to an end, the painting on the outside of the ship had been changed to blue and white stripes. The sailors hanging outside the ship are now carefully outlining the name "Elona" (you don't know pirates How obsessed with the name of the ship. Even Doug the Parrot was let out to show off.
The "Elona" has strong combat effectiveness, the sailors have a comfortable living environment, can make money, and can win battles. In the past month. It has completely conquered the hearts of these sailors. Many things do not require command or force with a whip. The crew will take the initiative to wipe the deck, clean up the room, and organize the cargo. Especially the gunners on the artillery deck usually eat and sleep in it. If you dare to step on their floor with a dirty footprint, you will never get out alive.
The only thing Lu Yuan is worried about now is that when he wants to take away the "Elona", the dismissed crew members may start a riot.
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When all the finishing work was completed, Lu Yuan drove the "Elona" to draw an arc on the sea, then cut into the downwind and began to increase the speed of the ship. He was calculating data in his eyes, and the battleship's speed was increasing at a rapid rate.
“12.2…13.1…13.7…14.5…15.9…17.4…18.9!”
When the ship finally reached the theoretical upper limit of the ship's speed, a burst of light connected Lu Yuan and the "Elona", and Lu Yuan launched the long-prepared skill "Long Range Attack". The ship once again glided in an arc on the water, and then went against the north wind, but was able to maintain an extremely high speed contrary to common sense.
[Long-distance attack: sail continuously for twenty-four hours at the maximum speed of the ship. It can be used in non-combat conditions. It will be released if the combat contact exceeds five minutes. The cooling time is one week. 】
Lu Yuan locked the direction of his advance at the southwest corner of Cuba Island. He needed to make three turns along the way and spent thirty-two hours traveling 605 nautical miles (1,120 kilometers). Then, on the eve of dawn, he used the power of "Dark Banner" to sneak attack on the treasure on the northern line. fleet!
This is a perfect plan. If the "Opera House" had completely silenced itself during the battle around the Treasure Fleet, then everyone would have thought that she had engaged in some conspiracy - such as dressing up as the "Barbados" to attack the Southern Fleet.
But when the "Elona" launched a grand attack on the Northern Fleet, the nature of the matter changed. Regardless of success or failure, "Opera" still maintains her consistent bold style. And no one would think that the "Elona" could travel thousands of kilometers in one day and two nights and attack two major treasure fleets... No one with a big imagination would think that this is really possible.
"I don't understand...why you insist on launching this attack!" Li Huamei couldn't help but ask when he took over the steering wheel, "I believe that you must have pocketed all the money in the sunken ships. You are now His net worth can be said to be as rich as any country, so why should he still care about the treasure fleet of the Northern Front? I believe you should understand that although the total value of the property transported by the Northern Fleet is less than 30% of that of the Southern Fleet, the fleet's defense strength can be Nothing less. And you won't find an Englishman up front this time."
"Morgan is also British..." Lu Yuan argued. He instigated Morgan to attack the Northern Fleet, but was immediately killed by Admiral Li with a look of contempt.
Li Huamei looked around and lowered her voice and said, "Besides, aren't you leaving soon? What's the point of making money like this?
The ocher master I know is truly generous and generous! He has been poor all his life (well, he only surrounded a few square kilometers of Songshan Mountain and built dozens of houses. He was so poor, but he threw away tens of millions of taels of real money in his hand to support the Sixteenth Route Anti-Yuan movement by himself. Rebels...ah! I understand!" She seemed to have thought of something and stopped. Li Huamei glanced at Lu Yuan, with a strange expression on her face. She pursed her lips and smiled slightly, "Could it be that immortals...you guys There, it is inevitable to use these gold and silver common things? It seems that the ocher master is... afraid of poverty.
How did you put it... It's so disillusioning. "
Lu Yuan is embarrassed, he is the stupidest and the Lord God has many restrictions, and he came here smuggled in. I still can’t explain it!
Li Huamei had national and family hatreds throughout her life, but she was never short of money. But she once rescued a slave, Al, who later became her lieutenant. This is the case with Al. Once his mother-in-law turns over, the first thing he does is to collect money. He desperately collects money endlessly. The numbers in the bank are his only source of happiness. Then use money to smash women, antiques, and equipment to make yourself look like a nouveau riche.
That's why she looks at Lu Yuan in a strange way now - as if Master Lu has been hungry all day long after arriving in the "fairy world". Now I finally got a chance to go down to earth, so I used magic all day long to save my life by fishing for gold from sunken ships. You can imagine that even the old monk couldn't stand it... How miserable his life was in the past. ah……
"We have old wines, tropical fruits, delicacies from all eras, and everything you need in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Moreover, when you live on the island, your dreams can come true. If you don't go out for adventure, life will be a bit boring, but it is really comfortable. "Yeah..." Lu Yuan reluctantly resisted. In fact, that island was quite boring.
But look at the look in Li Huamei's eyes... "You go ahead and lie to the devil...", he was depressed. What I did was not making money, it was obviously voluntary labor.
The two people were whispering here, and the idle lieutenants also came over to chat.
Lu Yuan cleared his throat and said directly to everyone, "The main purpose of attacking the treasure fleet on the northern front this time is to completely enhance the reputation of our 'Opera House'. In the future, every member will benefit from this reputation." He He pointed at everyone and then at himself. "I will leave soon, and everyone will have their own ship and fleet in the future. I want to say that it is my greatest luck to have worked with you! Let us bring the 'Opera House' to an unmanned world together. As high as it can be."
