Charleston is destined to be restless tonight.
Just half an hour ago, a hotel suddenly caught fire for no reason. The nearby residents worked together to put out the fire. However, before they had time to celebrate, another cannon was heard.
A cannonball flew into the city wall and smashed through the roof of a residential house. This was just the beginning. Then more cannonballs poured on the city wall. At this time, most people in the city were stunned. I thought it was a French fleet that suddenly attacked, but you must know that the pride of the Royal Navy, the HMS Scarbury, is still moored in Charleston Harbor.
The other party wants to directly clear the forts on the city wall without first dealing with this biggest threat. This behavior is undoubtedly sacrificing the good and the bad, and will inevitably pay a heavy price.
However, it didn't take long for the bewildered residents of the city to receive an even more shocking news - the person who launched the attack on Charleston was none other than the Royal Scarbury in the harbor.
This giant naval ship that has always played the role of guardian of the colonies suddenly showed its fangs tonight and launched a bombardment of Charleston without warning. The forts on the city wall were the focus of attention. After the first round of attacks, , at least nearly half of the forts were destroyed.
At this time, the defenders in the city were suddenly alarmed and began to mobilize their manpower in a panic, trying to organize a counterattack. However, the second round of attacks had already come down, and immediately another wave of people fell on their backs on the city wall.
It is not that the colonies have not been attacked in the past, but there are traces of them. When enemy ships are seen from a distance, someone will warn them in advance and everyone should be prepared. But tonight's attack was so sudden that even now the commanders at the top of the city have no idea. I know why Scarbury went crazy and attacked his own people.
Artillery fire lit up the night sky tonight. After five rounds of salvos, one-third of the city wall along the southeast coast of Charleston collapsed, and only a few scattered cannonballs landed in front of the Queen Anne's Revenge. The splashes even Couldn't get the hull wet.
After that, the Queen Anne's Revenge took a short rest and waited for the gun barrels to cool down. By this time, Charleston's coastal defenses had been basically destroyed and could no longer pose any effective threat. So ten minutes later, the pirates on the ship began to attack the city as planned. Go for free fire.
Cannonballs passed over the ruined city wall and fell into streets, shops and houses. The crowd suddenly fell into panic and began to flee.
The location of the Governor's Mansion is quite far away from the coastline, so it has not been affected for the time being. However, the nobles and businessmen inside also looked very unhappy. They were all well-known people in the New World. They came to the Governor's Mansion to attend the wedding, but unexpectedly they encountered This kind of thing.
Nearly twenty minutes have passed since the incident, and no one has been able to find out the reason why the Scarbury launched the attack. Everyone is worried about their shops and mansions in the city. They want to rush back immediately but are worried about encountering danger on the road. , now the city is in chaos, and only the Governor's Mansion has forty guards, which is considered the safest place.
Governor Watt of Charleston was directing the defense of the Governor's Mansion on the second floor. He had already received the news that the fort was scrapped. However, whether due to lack of manpower, the enemy did not immediately organize a landing, but Watt did not take it lightly.
Forget about the other people downstairs, but his own relatives and the big shot Bello Monte are upstairs. If the latter makes any mistakes in his territory, Whitehall will definitely not let him go, so he He also sent someone to notify the defenders to dispatch another twenty guards.
After arranging all this, he relaxed a little.
On the other hand, Bello Monte on the opposite side seemed very calm from beginning to end, and even comforted Watt, saying, "Don't worry, the largest plantation owners in the interior are all my friends, and they have many private armed forces. We have sent people to find them, and we can borrow two hundred people from them to help you get through this crisis."
Watt was overjoyed when he heard this, "That's great. I just arrived in the New World and I'm not familiar with many things. I'll have to ask for your help in the future. But I've heard that Boston has developed rapidly under your governance, especially on the issue of piracy. Your iron-blooded stand was unanimously praised by the military, and when I left London everyone was talking about your achievements."
Bellomont smiled while holding the tea. This was indeed the thing he was most proud of.
Watt wanted to say something else, but then a guard knocked on the door and said, "Governor, the reinforcements sent by the defenders are here, and they are downstairs now."
Watt was stunned, "Someone is here, so soon? Then I'll go down and take a look first."
After that, he confessed his crime to Watt and walked downstairs. Sure enough, he saw twenty soldiers who had just arrived outside the gate, but the leading officer looked a little unfamiliar.
Suspicion arose in Watt's heart, and he frowned and said, "What's your name, and who is the commander? Why have I never seen you before?"
The officer grinned, "You should have heard of my commander's name. His name is Edward Teach, but people seem to prefer calling him Blackbeard."
After saying that, he pulled out the short musket from his waist and pulled the trigger at Watt, who was only one step away.
The sound of gunshots startled everyone in the hall. Seeing the governor lying on the steps, a female guest couldn't help but scream. The situation of the male guests was not much better. No one would bring him to the wedding. Weapons, bare hands, facing a group of soldiers armed to the teeth, everyone is left with nothing but panic and despair.
Fortunately, the guards of the Governor's Mansion also arrived at this time and exchanged fire with this group of soldiers of unknown origin. The two sides fought fiercely downstairs.
At almost the same moment, the door to the study room on the second floor was pushed open. Two men dressed as guards walked in and said to the surprised Bellomont, "Governor Watt has found out that the Scarbury has been In the hands of pirates, they pretend to be a navy and launch an attack on Charleston, targeting you.”
"Me?" Bellomont was a little surprised.
"The situation is urgent now. They have gone downstairs and will come up soon. Governor Watt asked us to move you away immediately." After saying that, the two guards held up Belmont's arms.
"Wait, my daughter!" cried Bellomonte.
"The sooner you leave here, the safer the people in this room will be. The carriage is ready. Let's leave through the back door." After the two guards finished speaking, they ignored the other people in the room who were pulling their heads and Bei was still a little dizzy. Romont walked quickly downstairs.
When the latter saw the dilapidated carriage outside the back, he finally realized something was wrong and wanted to struggle and resist, but it was too late. The two guards disguised as pirates no longer treated him politely and roughly stuffed him into the carriage.
Belomonte knew he was in the most danger, he held the car door and wanted to jump out, but at this time a saber was placed on his neck.
A deep voice sounded in his ear, "Mr. Bellomont, we finally meet."
