Chapter 149: Return to the Opera House
Two French armed merchant ships approached the Dutch Frute merchant ships from left to right.
However, Li Huamei put down the boat from behind the boat, and the French had a moment of sight and were blocked by the merchant ship. It was just that Li Huamei drove the boat to the nameless island next to him.
She noticed that the small island, a small island, had a undulating and complex terrain. If she could really hide on the island, although it was a ratio of hundreds of people, the road to life was undoubtedly several times larger than that of the sea. Even if it was too late, it would be better to delay it slightly by relying on the curved coastline.
"She is there!" The French flagship's lookout hand was the first to see Li Huamei wearing a big red dress and rowing a boat. He blew his whistle dripping. In a blink of an eye, the two warships turned around and left the Dutch merchant ship behind.
"God bless... let's run!" The fat captain threw away his triangle cap without hesitation and drove the boat in the opposite direction.
The admiral of the French two-ship formation was thinking about whether to split a boat to pursue him, and suddenly noticed that his marching ship seemed to have entered the shooting position and began to adjust the hull posture. Eleven cannons... pointed straight at Li Huamei's boat.
He was immediately scared and shuddered! "Tell that bastard to stop! No one is allowed to fire without my order!" After saying that, he pulled the ship straight into the shooting route of the rudder, and directly forced the rudder to give up the artillery firing.
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There is no way. Now it is not just a problem with the wanted order on Li Huamei, but the problem with the Ming fleet is even more serious!
Li Huamei is now an important bargaining chip!
Under the leadership of Lin Nanxuan, the Nanyang Navy of the Ming Dynasty marched south under the banner of the Third Prince. Not only did they occupy three small ports in northern South America in one go, they also divided a squadron of five ships and directly captured the ports on the Gold Coast of Africa. In this era, the northeast of South America was the sphere of influence of the French, while the Gold Coast of Africa was the territory of the Dutch.
At that time, the colonies established by the Europeans were supported by powerful maritime fleets, and the local garrisons were often only a few hundred. They relied on various means to drive the local indigenous people to serve them. Therefore, Lin Nanxuan's fleet captured the two places without any effort. Once occupied, the two ports were separated by the Atlantic Ocean and became a siege. They used the name of the Third Prince to "purchase" the port from the local governor at a very low price, and then stationed in a very good manner. (There is no legal problem, Europeans have always done this.)
Then Lin Nanxuan issued a series of measures to transform the local blacks and Indians from slaves to hire workers. In less than a month, he dispersed the influence of the Europeans. He established a fleet's supply base and took root in the Caribbean Sea.
This made the whole of Europe anxious. If we want to start a war, the total displacement of the opponent's fleet reached one-half of that of Britain and one-quarter of Spain. Unless it was deployed to launch a large-scale fleet, it would not be possible to win.
But if the war is not started, there is no Grand Canal of Suez. The path to the East of Europe will be cut off at any time. Although Lin Nanxuan's fleet is now just constantly strengthening the port and not making any provocative gestures, smart people know that this is the worst attitude.
This is enough for these Europeans to be confused.
So, now Li Huamei has become the big name they want to catch. Li Huamei and her fleet parted ways, which is not a big secret. Of course, this has led to a sharp increase in value - imagine, if Li Huamei came forward to organize a fleet against the Ming fleet, what would it be? Perhaps the Nanyang Navy would split directly.
Of course, if the negotiation goes smoothly, it is not impossible to use Li Huamei as a bargaining chip to redeem the two ports and hand it over directly.
Li Huamei didn't know these things and didn't care about them.
The boat was pushed by the tide. She floated to the island. She was homeless and had a national crisis. At this time, Li Huamei might just be looking for a chance to die gloriously. Therefore, she stood in front of the boat with her sword in her hands, staring at the approaching warship coldly, ready to use her light skills at any time to rush over!
Two French armed merchant ships gathered together. They communicated with each other through the ship, then separated again, and collided on the left and right. Obviously, they had known that Li Huamei was very good, and planned to force Li Huamei into the sea first and then arrest her. Looking at the sparkling silk on the sides of the two ships, they obviously got out of the trawl and trawled underwater.
When Li Huamei touched her two swords, she was about to jump up in the sound of her sword.
Suddenly a huge shadow was cast from behind, covering her and the boat in the shadow. Only then did he feel Li Huamei, who was hit by another big ship behind him, felt a little regretful. Unexpectedly, the enemy was so cunning. The two warships in front were luring the enemy, and the one behind was the real killer...
The big ship rushed over with thunder, but in the blink of an eye, the boat was already stirred up by the surge caused by the giant ship behind him. Just as Li Huamei closed her eyes and waited for death, a cable wrapped around her waist...
"What the hell is that?!" The admiral of the French double-ship formation was irritated!
Just as the two warships were about to force Li Huamei's boat to death, behind Li Huamei, behind the cape of the island, a British-style cruiser rushed out of thin air! Where did it come out?! Damn even if that cliff can hide such a big boat, how could you hide in that corner and speed up so fast?! Isn't it a sailboat!
Before he could finish his words, the warship launched a charge at an unreasonable speed! Li Huamei and the boat blocking her, without even lifting up any waves, were crushed directly and turned into pieces of wood floating on the sea.
"Damn!" The admiral had no time to issue any orders. He could only bend down and hide himself behind the cover. Then the next moment, the ship penetrated between the two French ships at a speed of more than twenty knots, and then he heard the deafening cannons fired!
At least fifty 32-pound cannons were exerted together! The hull, turret, mast, deck, which was close to each other, was broken under the heavy cannons of the cruiser! The only thing the French admiral could do was to hold his head tightly and curl himself behind a pile of goods.
The flames and gunpowder instantly enveloped the two armed merchant ships.
Broken masts, flying turrets, burning canvas... are full of flames. are full of smoke... are full of broken limbs and flesh!
When the French admiral stood up from behind the pile of goods in a daze, he saw such a hellish scene. The hull had begun to tilt, and the cannons were stuck on the deck like toys. He yelled and threatened with a short gun... But the sailors were either running wildly or crying with their remaining limbs. It was impossible to organize at all.
His adjutant lay on the wheel rudder table, and lost half of his body along with the wheel rudder.
The admiral pushed the adjutant's body away and tried hard to pull the rudder. Finally, the ship turned half a circle awkwardly, and the hull was slightly balanced. The sailors on the deck woke up. They were helping in a hurry just to let the ship escape the battlefield as much as possible!
At this time, the admiral had noticed that his marshal was still burning in place, and no one organized himself to rescue him. It seemed that the officers above were all finished. And the devil-like cruiser left with just a little patrol!
That extremely contemptuous attitude made him feel extremely humiliated and relieved. If the other party turned around and came back, he didn't know what choice he had to surrender.
The moment Li Huamei wrapped the rope around her waist, she knew whose boat was hiding behind her. Her mind settled down at that moment, and even a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. During this period of her life in the Caribbean, only the time on the Mary was the happiest.
Perhaps because in front of many people, Li Huamei had to take into account the face of Li Huamei, the cable did not habitually tie her into a shameful posture. Instead, it just picked her up on her waist. Li Huamei took advantage of the situation and floated up, and she turned gently in the air and jumped to the bow of the boat.
Li Huamei stood there, and her whole body began to be full of vitality, no longer as lifeless as she had just seen. She saw Lu Yuan standing intact behind the wheel rudder and waved her hand. Beside him was a middle-aged man with white hair, wearing military uniform, standing behind the side.
At this time, the deck was in a mess, and a group of old men and children who seemed to be only seen in towns, led by a priest into the cabin. In the smoke of gunpowder, women's coughs and children's crying came from time to time. This atmosphere that was not at all in harmony with the warship became very suitable on the ship driven by Lu Yuan - it was not surprising that any strange situation occurred on his ship, and that was what Li Huamei thought.
"I heard that your subsequent adventure was very exciting?! Maybe I really shouldn't have gotten off the boat last time!" Li Huamei returned the long sword to sheath and walked straight towards Lu Yuan. "I haven't seen you for a long time, Captain."
"Welcome to board the boat! Admiral Li." Although Li Huamei also claims to be someone from the "Opera House", Lu Yuan never treats her as a subordinate and has always been very polite.
Li Huamei smiled sweetly and pressed her hand on the wheel rudder, "Can you lend me command for a quarter of an hour? I want to clean up those two fish." She signaled to the two French warships that were thrown away. Although it was borrowing, her hands seemed white and white, slender, but as soon as she held it, the wheel rudder made a "gabagaba" sound, breaking away from Lu Yuan's control, and began to force the left full rudder.
Obviously, the implicit meaning is that you have to borrow even if you borrow, and you have to borrow even if you don’t. If you don’t want to break the wheel rudder, Lu Yuan can only let go.
Li Huamei gave him a charming look of victory and stood at his position just now.
"Lady..." A warning voice came from behind her. Li Huamei turned around and saw the white-headed officer holding a shotgun made by Lu Yuan and aiming at his back. Seeing Li Huamei turn around, he tilted the barrel, "Although I don't know what you have to do with the captain, please do not interfere with Captain Lu's work."
"I am Li Huamei, the 'Flower' of the 'Opera'. Are you a new member?" Li Huamei asked with interest. Lu Yuan was standing by. She was not worried that the other party would actually shoot. Anyway, she thought that this new warship was very suitable for her wishes. It took less than a quarter of an hour to clean up the two small fish. "Is there a code number?"
"What 'opera'?" John asked slightly puzzled, "Is it the Chamber of Commerce?"
"Ah~~" Li Huamei made a gentle voice, and her eyes became interesting in an instant. She looked at John Workman and looked at Lu Yuan, "'Opera'... is the most famous pirate group in the Northern Caribbean! Your captain is the boss of the pirate group in the 'Opera', code-named 'Magic'...Don't you really know this?"
Lu Yuan smiled bitterly. Li Huamei was right, but it was all described on the wanted order. It would be much more complicated to describe the "opera house" itself.
"This...this..." John hesitated a little. Is Lu Yuan a pirate? Or the leader of the big pirate?
Li Huamei smiled and continued to pursue the victory, "So, this gentleman, haven't you asked for the name of Zun's surname?"
"John Workman, the first mate of this ship."
"First mate? Oh, Lu, have you abandoned August?" After saying that, she was still afraid that John would not understand, and explained, "August is Lu's first mate. He has been following him since he formed the "Opera House". Since Lu's accident, August has been alone in Port-au-Prince, drinking to relieve his sorrow every day, and crying..."
Lu Yuan covered his face, what are these words! John's face was already a little pale, but he still reluctantly explained, "I am the first mate of this ship. As for the entire fleet, whether it is the second or third mate..."
Li Huamei directly interrupted him, "The second mate is his Spanish wife Misha Brown, and the third mate is his British little wife Elizabeth Swan. He didn't tell you all this..."
John left with a grimace.
"Now the ship is back to me!" Li Huamei held the wheel rudder, and she nodded happily at Lu Yuan, "You should be my first mate first."
Lu Yuan could only sigh. He had just seen Li Huamei's state with his own eyes. She stood alone at the bow of the boat with an extremely calm look... To put it nicely, "I will go away even if I have thousands of people", "I will die generously"; to put it nicely, it's "no life" and "a living walking corpse".
He knew very well that Li Huamei had suffered. It was rare that Li Huamei seemed to be revitalized after she arrived on the boat. Lu Yuan did not want this woman, who was like a flame, to wither prematurely.
But now there are practical difficulties and I can't cooperate with her...
Lu Yuan could only spread his hands, "Sorry, Admiral Li Huamei, even if the ship is under your command, we have to pretend to be very disdainful and leave quickly... because the shot that just shot was our last shell."
Chapter completed!