Located outside the Mediterranean estuary, this bustling port with the reputation of the "Pearl of the Atlantic Ocean" almost made a frustrated little girl, the Great Admiral, capsized in the gutter here!
Yes, it's just a little bit.
If Anne was really just an ordinary person, she might have really made a big fall in Madeira and ruined her reputation as the great admiral of the Li family who defeated Japan, swept across the Southeast Asian countries, bullied India, and shocked Africa!
But fortunately, she is not an ordinary person!
More importantly, there were nearly 10,000 sailors on her five large ships. As long as they picked up weapons and muskets, they would be a strong and qualified sailor, which was something that the governor of Madeira and the Portuguese soldiers who were attacking fiercely did not expect.
And why do you want to say that, you have to start from the morning...
After pacifying the opposition in Africa, the Li family fleet headed north. It took about half a month to reach Madeira successfully and successfully enter the port and park in the port.
"This is Madeira. So, we finally arrived at the European portal, right?"
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"Hurry! Let's go into the city quickly and find something delicious!!"
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After the fleet began to slowly drive into the port of Madeira and stopped in the deep berth, and then jumped to the pier trestle as soon as possible, little Annie was ready to take her young follower Song Yifeng and a few sailors who had to follow him to the city to play and find delicious food.
However...
Surprisingly, after seeing their ships stop and get off the anchor, a large group of Portuguese hunters wearing high hats and red tights, with a minimum of thousands of Portuguese hunters suddenly rushed out from all parts of the dock, and surrounded the five giant ships of the Li family fleet docked in the deep berth. At the same time, the guns were also aimed at Admiral Anne who had just stepped on the pier and her somewhat at a loss.
“!!”
!(;o)o
"Hey! What do you want to do?!"
o(*'　〼)o
Anne felt a little confused.
Because she and her fleet did not do anything bad, nor did they provoke the people here, why did they just come and ambush them in the dock?
"snort!"
"You are also from the Li family fleet that comes from the East?"
At this time, a leading officer pushed away the soldiers around the dock, squeezed into Annie and others a few steps away, and then subconsciously asked what to do.
“!!”
“Hmm?!”
Then, after looking at Annie and the sailors behind Annie, he didn't care much. He just looked up at the "Da Ming" and "Li" banners hanging above the tallest mast of the giant warship "Xiang Feihu", and he suddenly became energetic.
"It's that flag, that's right!"
"It's considered a big fish!"
Before, he was severely scolded by the governor of Madeira for not capturing Li Huamei, the governor of the Li family fleet. But now, after more than a month, another fleet of the Li family came here to commit suicide and came to the door. There were five terrifying giant ships, which made the Portuguese officer feel that he must make great contributions this time.
"quick!"
"Catch them all and take them off!!"
So he couldn't wait to shout at the soldiers and ordered.
“??”
!?('')
"What are you going to do?!"
(ψ｀╭╮′)o︻〇═1
Although she didn't know what the soldiers and the officer here were, Annie only knew that the other party seemed to be trying to catch them and even gestured to them, so she took out her short gun.
In short, no matter what it is, it must not resist anyway.
"What are you doing?!"
"The incident of your Li family fleet attacking and snatching away the spicy food archipelago and killing Malay Governor Doyle Ropez Di Preyla has spread. Do you think we don't know anything?"
"Catch them all!"
"If there is any resistance, kill it without any consequences!"
When the officer heard Anne speaks Portuguese, although he was a little surprised, he didn't think too much. He just explained this with a angrily smile, and waved his hand and asked the soldiers to surround the Li family fleet.
Now that the other party's ship has docked and even the sails have been lowered, it is absolutely impossible to run out again. Therefore, he felt that this time he must be sure to win and will soon be promoted and raise the salary.
The sailors holding swords and guns and the strange little girl were not taken seriously by him. Although the other party's ship was indeed very large, what other party could have when they stopped at the dock?
“!!”
(Д≡д)!?
"Dare you dare?!"
(へ╬)
Anne obviously would not wait for death, so as soon as she finished speaking, a musket of the flagship ship behind her quickly reached out from behind, and the muzzles of the Minie rifles with threads began to point condescendingly at the Portuguese soldiers.
at the same time!
More sailors on the ship also became busy after discovering the situation. Not long after, more muzzles were extended from the edge of the ship, the cannon or other places, and even someone directly pushed out a cannon.
“!!”
"you……"
Seeing this, the Portuguese officer suddenly suffocated, and then he suddenly realized that he seemed...somewhat underestimated the Li family fleet's determination and strength to resist?
However, he was not afraid!
Because in Madeira, they have more than two thousand soldiers, which is not far from the local area, and there are two turrets on both sides of the dock. He does not think that these Li family ships parked in the port can have any ability to resist.
so……
"Open fire!!"
When the two sides began to confront each other, and when both sides were aiming at each other's guns and neither admitted to their conscience, the officer secretly retreated while quietly observing the situation. After retreating to a safe distance behind the soldiers, he suddenly shouted out his attack order.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!
The next moment, the gunshots on the dock became a mess, and the smoke from the gunpowder burned violently rose into the air and gradually spread out. The two sides fought on the dock, on the boat and under the boat.
Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Not long after, the battle situation began to develop in a direction that was beneficial to the Li family fleet.
At this time, the Portuguese officer also understood that he obviously underestimated the fighting will of the sailors of the Li family fleet and the power of the muskets. Moreover, their soldiers obviously did not have the advantage of shipboard and condescending shooting, as well as the powerful power and accuracy of the strange rifle like the Li family sailors!
So, in just a few minutes, the bodies of the Portuguese hunters wearing high hats and red tights fell to the ground in a row. In the chaos, the Portuguese officer was even more frightened and fled to the city with a few people.
The rest either fell in the pool of blood at the dock or hid in groups of three or three, breathing behind piles of goods or wooden barrels, and began to work hard and shoot at the sailors on the Li family ships. Then, from time to time, someone screamed and burst out blood and fell to the stone floor of the dock.
The muskets in the hands of the Portuguese hunters were not as good as those in the hands of the Miner rifles in the Li family fleet sailors. They were far inferior in power, accuracy and firing speed. Therefore, without forming a musket array, they were definitely not opponents.
Of course, even if you form a musket array, you will definitely not be your opponent!
boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Not long after, the furious Portuguese began to order the forts on both sides of the dock to open fire on the Li family ships in the port.
Unfortunately, their cannon accuracy also did not seem to be very good, so that after a round of more than a dozen shells hit, there were not many results except for two hits and two big holes on the outer wall of the Li family fleet.
Then……
Then nothing happened.
Instead of waiting for death, the Li family fleet directly adjusted the firing angle of the naval guns on the deck, and then after a precise volley, the Portuguese soldiers on the fort were beaten to death and wiped out.
So, before sunset, the troubled admiral of the Li family finally saved her fleet and successfully counterattacked, took down the port of Madeira, and drove the Portuguese governor out of the city from the other party's governor's palace.
Since the opponent and the defeated generals were temporarily missing, the port and city of Madeira, which was filled with smoke, was basically under the control of the sailors of the Li Family Chamber of Commerce.
When it was noon on the third day, the gunshots that had been resounding for two days and one night finally subsided, and the dock finally restored order. Some people even started to organize vehicles to clean the battlefield and move away the bodies of the hunters.
"Great Admiral!"
"No!"
"You innocently bombarded the port yesterday. The people in the city are very resentful about our occupation of this place. For your safety, it is better for me to stay in the castle."
In Madeira's Governor's Mansion, the first mate stopped Little Anne who was about to take her people to the city and began to persuade her with great sincerity.
“??”
(.)
"Hard resentment?"
=(*)
"They are defending themselves. They attacked us first, and then we fought back. Now we are wrong?!"
∑(△)?!
Anne felt a little difficult to understand about the first mate’s statement. After all, in her opinion, their Li family fleet was the victim. Originally, they just wanted to come here to replenish supplies and deal with some goods, and stayed there for a day or two at most. But now, it was because of helplessness that they had to fight back. Why did those Europeans dare to have resentment?
"Is there a strange reason for excessive defense here?"
("ヘ)"?
You know, I didn’t eat delicious food yesterday, nor did I eat the day before yesterday, but instead I ate a lot of smoke from the gunpowder. She was so resentful that she was very angry!
"this……"
"Anyway, Grand Admiral, we should be careful!"
"You'd better stay in the Governor's Mansion or the ship, and don't go anywhere!"
Anyway, the first mate does not intend to occupy this place because it is Europe, which is different from Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan. The local power of the Europeans is too powerful. Although they do not join forces and have their own disputes, it is still difficult for the Li Family Chamber of Commerce to occupy this archipelago.
He just wanted to repair the two ships that were broken in the artillery battle, and then leave here temporarily after the supply was completed.
Of course, that was his first mate’s idea. What to do specifically is to make a decision and make a decision by their Admiral Anne.
“…”
(◎-◎;)
"If you don't go, don't go, by the way, where are Sister Li Huamei and the others?"
(*–-)
Annie knew yesterday that the reason they attacked seemed to be because those people did not catch Li Huamei and other idiots?
So, now she wanted to know where the cowards who made them so embarrassed had gone?
"this……"
"According to the officer who was arrested, they disappeared after replenishing supplies here more than a month ago. We didn't see them from Africa. The subordinates felt that if they had not gone to Beihai, they should have gone to the New World."
"According to their speed, we should be about to arrive now, right?"
The first mate has never been to New World or something, and he doesn't know the distance. However, according to what others said, it will take about five to eight weeks or more to go to New World from Madeira, which is similar to what he thought.
“!!”
(ノдヽ)
"What a pity!"
ε=(ο｀*))) Alas
"We seem to have missed a little more!"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
"Or...hey?!"
'-')
Just as Annie was about to say something, suddenly, Annie saw that Song Yifeng, who had run out secretly without telling her, ran back in a panic with her, and then started yelling as soon as she entered the door.
"Not good!"
"Ann, Anne!!"
"Just I just met a guy named Raphael Castro on the dock!"
"That Portuguese, he told me..."
"explain……"
As he was talking, Song Yifeng didn't breathe, so he had to stop and support his knees with both hands and breathe.
"say what?"
(^～^;)ゞ
Annie blinked, not knowing what the other party wanted to say.
“??”
The first mate also walked over with a curious look on his face, as if he was about to hear it more clearly.
"He said..."
"The Spaniards knew that we came to Europe and that we had captured Madeira. So, the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Invincible Fleet, the admiral of the Spanish Kingdom Navy, announced that war against our Li family fleet had begun!"
"He and his invincible fleet will come to attack us soon!!"
Finally, Song Yifeng told the news she heard with an anxious look on her face.
"Invincible Armada?"
(ˇˇ)
However, Anne didn't seem to take it too seriously.
"Raphael Castro?"
"Second Admiral, as far as I can tell, that Raphael Castro is a businessman in the Mediterranean. He has considerable strength in Lisbon and the Mediterranean, and he is also a Portuguese, right?"
"We have just captured this place, will he kindly come and inform us?"
“Another…”
"Is that Portugal not a vassal state of Spain?"
"Why didn't he help Spain, but instead came to help us?!"
The first mate did not know the grudges and entanglements between Spain and Portugal, nor did he know the situation in the Mediterranean and Europe. Therefore, he was unable to understand the fact that he and others had just beaten the Portuguese hard and even seized the port. However, a Portuguese businessman came to help the Li family fleet and said he could not understand it.
"I……"
"I have no idea!"
"Anyway, he said it confidently!"
"Annie, what should we do?!"
Song Yifeng was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn't figure out why, so she had to look at the frustrated admiral in a panic.
"Cool salad!"
o(^')o
"Let them come!!"
(￢д￢.)
You know, Annie is unhappy now and is full of anger!
Her baby flagship "Xiang Feihu" was punched by the bad guys, and the shells flew into her captain's room, making it messy. In addition, she couldn't go out to play and couldn't eat anything delicious. She was about to find someone to vent her, so she let the invincible fleets attack her.
Just so happened that she thought about it, it seemed that the Li Family Chamber of Commerce still lacked some ships to form a new 'Africa-European' escort fleet?
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Chapter completed!