Chapter 123： Ambush (on) (1/2)
On the azure blue sea, the Royal Scarborough is visiting its territory like a lion.
This class II warship belonging to the British Navy, with a displacement of 2,000 tons, 90 cannons and nearly 700 sailors, is a terror-like existence in the Caribbean Sea.
Every time, the Scarborough will regularly embark on cruises, and in accordance with the orders of the Navy Department, maintain the order of several nearby commercial roads, and the pirates fled without any smell.
In fact, just hearing the name Scarborough is enough to scare the most powerful pirates.
Therefore, the actual battle that the Scarborough encounters every time it leaves the port is very rare, unless you count in the unilateral beatings and flees.
Captain Elmer is now sitting on the deck, sipping red wine while listening to musicians playing the violin.
As a result, he was just interrupted by the immersion in music just a short time later, and the watchman above his head suddenly shouted, ”Southwest direction, an armed merchant ship was found!”
Elmer frowned, a look of discomfort on his face.
The chief officer heard that he quickly walked towards the side of the ship, took the copper telescope, and looked at it for a while. ”The French flag is hung on the mast, the draft is very deep, the speed is only about three knots, and a lot of cargo should be pulled.”
Captain Elmer finally let go of the red wine in his hands at this time and walked slowly.
欧洲 Europe is now in the Spanish throne war. In order to prevent the Bourbon dynasty from annexing Spain, the new major alliances, including Britain, are united against France and its allies. The two sides are at war.
At this time, the French armed merchant ship was bumped into by the Scarborough, only to blame its bad luck.
Elmer glanced at the sailor on the deck, seeing everyone's eyes full of longing, his smile, and he said, ”If this is a gift from God, why should we reject it?”
All the sailors cheered when they heard the words. Waiting for the Admiralty to pay, the big guys have long starved to death. Extra loot like this is the only motivation to support them to go to sea. Even if the big heads eventually fall into the pockets of Elmer and Marshal, but everyone is right about this. This kind of thing has long been used to it, and a little soup is very satisfying.
With the captain's speech, the Scarborough immediately adjusted its course and headed for the ”bad luck” armed merchant ship. At the same time, it opened the muzzle, exposing the dense black barrel inside, like a shark. His own teeth.
Although the battle is about to begin, the atmosphere on the deck is generally relaxed, and the violinist in charge is still performing due diligence.
差距 The firepower gap between the two sides is very different. There is no suspense in this battle. If they are opposite, they should soon surrender and give up the goods. In this way, Elmer may be able to save the lives of the people in the mood.