Three Hundred and Fifty-Three Zhang Liangji, the Wall Ladder

At one o'clock in the morning on April 29, 1780, Lorraine, who was driving a small fishing boat, finally found the San Carlos moored quietly on the lake.

She acted cautiously, even though there were no known opponents on the lake, a strict blackout was still implemented.

Of course, this is also related to the smooth development of the battle situation on the shore, and there is no need for naval guns to support from the lake as originally planned.

This shows Nelson's profound command skills and strong wrist.

When Lorraine called Nelson's name, they hadn't joined the people on the ship.

Hannah and Lorraine stood side by side at the bow of the ship. At first hearing the name, they were puzzled: "Why do you think Nelson will be on the ship? He is the commander-in-chief of today's operation, and he should be commanding the army on the shore."

"It must be him." Lorraine replied with a smile, "Daniel is a London gentleman who is proud of his rigidity. No matter whether he needs support on land or not, he will not change the established combat plan without authorization. Leff can't imagine that the light control is so delicate. Order. To be honest, I doubt that if the ship is given to him to command, he will directly order the sailors to go ashore, because it will be convenient for him to participate in the war.”

"There's no one else?"

"Who else is there right now? Nelson's loyal captain of the guard? Don't forget, almost all of our sailors are on this ship. Nelson's captain of the guard can't control the ship, and neither Daniel nor Leff will recognize him. Order."

Only then did Hana be persuaded. But it was only persuasion, because she just wanted to chat with Lorraine, and it didn't matter to her who commanded the ship.

Barto shook the wind lamp and sent out a light signal representing Lorraine's identity. It was short and long, and the dead ship responded with the highest level of light. It was long and short and long and short. He told Lorraine immediately that the commander on board was Nelson. myself.

On deck, Nelson gave Lorraine the warmest hug.

"I've always underestimated you, Drake, you're almost perfect except for your faith."

"The long-lost standard Puritan speech..." Lorraine replied heartily, "It seems that you are not a colonel pretending to be a Spaniard."

"I'm the real deal. Even if you search all of Spain, you can't find a handsome young officer like me."

"For the sake of your being my employer, I compliment you."

The two laughed,

They walked to the side of the ship together, and looked at the noisy battlefield not far away side by side.

"How's the battle going?" Lorraine asked.

"Mr. Major is as reliable as you." Nelson pointed to the most blazing place of the fire, and Lorraine recognized that it should be the militia barracks and the commander's residence of Torresias, which is directly above the Gospel of Santa Maria. Ten minutes ago, he completely smashed the opponent's defense, and almost two companies of Spaniards retreated, and then he regained his foothold in this area."

"Because there is their bunker there, which is large and strong."

"A well-guarded bunker?" Nelson blinked. "If I remember correctly, you didn't seem to mention this trouble in your previous letter."

"I promise I didn't do it on purpose. After all, I only learned the news a few hours before you, and there were four guns pointed at my head at that time."

"Four guns?"

"Four guns, well maintained and loaded with buckshot."

Nelson laughed narrowly. "It sounds like your life alone in the civilized world is no easier than ours."

"Who knows?" Lorraine shrugged indifferently, "Colonel, although I destroyed the arsenal at the core of the bunker and cut off most of their gunpowder, the Spaniards did not completely lose their ability to fight back. I alone You know, there are gunpowder in the water gate tower and the city wall battery, the grenadiers in the tower and the sailors stranded on the shore are not in short supply, and the bunker also has a solid gun tower with no dead ends."

"You mean, we can give our army some help?"

"We can make the San Carlos play a greater role by destroying the coastal defense batteries near the lakeside pier when the Spaniards are too busy to take care of themselves."

Nelson took Lorraine's advice.

The San Carlos quickly moved into action, canceling the blackout, and anchored to the pier.

The ship had just started, and Nelson saw the one-armed Barto holding a gun, leading two luxuriously dressed Spanish-looking prisoners across the deck.

He was confused for a while: "Drake, with four guns pointed at your head, do you still have time to take prisoners?"

"As long as it is a valuable prisoner, I can always spare time." Lorraine explained the specific location and structure of the lakeshore battery to the temporary gunner, while taking time to respond to Nelson's words, "There is one more thing you haven't had time for." Little trouble I know, the change of the fortress commander originally planned on May 5 has been brought forward. The ceremony is scheduled to be carried out on May 1, and tomorrow the Governor of Nicaragua and the Admiral of the Grenada Garrison Formation will come hand in hand.”

"Their ship will be a fifth-tier ship without accident. As for Grenada's military strength... don't I need to say more?"

"No need." Nelson's face was a bit ugly. "A grenadier regiment, a line regiment, four gunboats, more than 120 guns. If they arrive tomorrow, we won't even be able to establish a basic line of defense..."

"That's why I need the assistance of those two." Lorraine drew a big cross on the coastal defense map without raising his head, "The one with the beautiful beard is the current fortress commander of San Carlos, the commander-in-chief of the militia Baron Torresias, the one without the beard is Major Mara, the nephew of Colonel Mara, the admiral of the Grenada garrison formation."

"In my opinion, Major Mara is more valuable than the baron, but the baron sent us by himself, or the provider of the important news just now, I can't favor one or the other according to the situation."

"In an infiltration operation, you actually captured two of the three military commanders of the fortress..." Nelson rolled his eyes, "And listen to you, you are going to use..."

"alarm!"

Before Nelson could finish his sentence, a warning signal blew from the observation deck.

"At two o'clock, an unknown ship was found approaching rapidly! A large Sloop ship, with traces of refitting, no markings, no communication... The distance is 1.8 kilometers."

Lorraine and Nelson hurried to the starboard side to look, and saw a Sloop breaking the waves approaching quickly with its sails drumming in the night.

The wind is not strong tonight, but by virtue of the excellent fluid design and the lightness of the small boat, she still achieved a relative speed of more than four knots, and she is still speeding up, which can be discerned with the naked eye.

Her mast hoisted the banner!

It was a pirate flag. In the middle of the black flag was a blood-like bright spot, on which was printed a skull with a beard.

The skeleton is wearing a peculiar three-cornered hat, with four fuses protruding from the brim of the hat. It is twisting its body like a snake as the flag rolls up.

The observing sailors gave the most straightforward comments in due course.

"Unidentified Sloop raises the flag, it has been confirmed that it is the Blackbeard Pirates of the Caribbean! It is Blackbeard Edward V, the Arsonist Wilfort!"

"The pirate ship is 1.4 kilometers away, level-one combat readiness, enemy attack!"

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