Chapter 957 The Old Drunkard Who Leads the Way

"Five guns, which is also a warship, which makes our Spanish warship commander laugh away! Tell them that if they don't surrender, they won't stay alive!" Seeing that his opponent only had five cannons, he shouted proudly, but he panicked for no reason. The diameter of the five cannons seemed to be a little too large. They were slingboats!

The second pair ran away with a sad face and let the sailors also push the rusty cannon to the side of the ship. It seemed that the number of guns on their side was more than that of the other side, but the opponent's barrel was obviously much thicker! Those large-caliber cannons can only be equipped on large warships. How can they put such a big cannon in a small boat?! If you know that the other side of the ship also needs to fire cannons, isn't there no place? Can't they let go of the artillery? Is the other side empty? Is it strange? Maybe the other party is bluffing?

"Ring the boat over, the range is not enough!" Chavez shouted, and the helmsman nervously controlled the boat to turn around.

Jack shouted, "Captains, those bastards have entered the range!" Do you want to shoot?"

Catrina held her telescope and ordered loudly: "Waiting for them to get closer, this ship is full of short-tube cannons, which is not powerful."

"Ah! Yes! They are all short-tube small cannons who pee not far away, peeing closer than the women..." The red cloth strip forgot that he was talking to Katrina's woman, leaked his mouth, was so scared that he shrank his neck and swallowed the second half of the sentence.

Caterina stared at Jack with red cloth and shouted, "The second shot is replaced with a flower bomb. Don't stay on the boat!"

Jack Lian claimed to be a red cloth strip, turned his head and shouted viciously at the gunner behind him, "Do you hear me? Cheer me up and let the long-sighted Spanish ship have a good taste of blooming!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" Five roars, 17 pounds of large-caliber shells roared to the opposite pirate ship.

The young second officer heard the sound of the cannon on the opposite side and shouted, "Da Damn it! What a long-pipe cannon! We are not rivals. Run!" He knew that the short-pipe cannon with the largest diameter of only 13 pounds on his ship was not as powerful nor range as his opponent! Although he didn't know how the small-looking sling ship opposite was installed with such a large long-barreled gun!

"Damn! Their shells are as big as barrels of wine! Be able to fight from Havana to Florida!" A timid gunner looked at the roaring shells and shrank his neck in horror.

Although only two shells hit the bow, they actually knocked off the opponent's bow mast because of the power of the warhead! Even the front mast was pulled crooked by the cable! Chavez realized that he mentioned the iron plate today. The other party obviously pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, and now he can only pray that the opponent's speed is not as fast as his own. After all, they are sloops...

After ten minutes, Chavez was desperate! Obviously, everyone is in the wind, and their two masts are full of main sails, but they can't escape the other party's dhow! If their flexibility and steering power are not as good as them, that's all. But the sail area of my boat is more than three times larger than theirs! Unexpectedly, the wind was caught up by a triangular sailboat! Is there any reason for this?

The two-masted sailboat chased is naturally not as flexible as the triangular sailboat, but the opponent's speed is too fast! He rushed to the front, and before his gunners were in position, five shells bombarded at close range! Fortunately, the other party didn't use chain bullets, otherwise they really couldn't run away! Just when Chavez was lucky. Three terrible explosions sounded from the hit ship! Chavez's scalp was numb. Could it be that the cabin where he stored gunpowder was hit?

"Go and have a look? Was the gunpowder barrel blown up?!" Chavez shouted, but he fell on the deck by the explosion. The deck under his feet was lifted by the air waves, and the hull seemed to be about to break! All the sailors are shouting and crying. How can they obey their orders? Some have even jumped into the sea to escape for their lives!

A blazing flame ignited from the hit hull. It seemed that the opponent had really been kissed by the goddess of luck, and luckily hit his gunpowder cabin. But even so, my few buckets of black gunpowder have been damp, and it is impossible to blow up like this? Has the opponent's shell been cursed by the fire dragon, and it is so powerful?

Chavez sank into the sea with his two-prong pirate ship with a series of questions. His men didn't have time to untie the lifeboat on the deck, and the ship blown up by the other party's second shelling was taken into the sea. The young second mate now understands that the gunpowder in his cabin was not hit, because the captain's two barrels of damp gunpowder were not so powerful even if they all exploded. But the opponent's shell will really explode! God, are these guys' shells shells made of the bones of the devil...

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Although everyone has seen the power of this kind of flowering bullet test before, it has never been used in naval warfare. Unexpectedly, it was used for the first time today. It only bombarded two rounds at close range, and less than six flowering bombs hit the opponent's hull and sank the opponent's ship! And everyone found that even if the opponent's ship did not sink, it would be destroyed by the fire caused by the explosion of the flowering bomb!

Zhang Fan's Green Wings were not surprised, because they saw the 380mm main gun shells of the Japanese King Kong-class battleship in the rain of bullets during World War II! As soon as it goes down, it will be a sea of fire! This two-masted sailboat is not enough for the King Kong-class battleship to fire a second shell. It still needs six shells, where will it go?

Cleaning up the not-sighted pirate ship, the crew was full of confidence, and even the sailors who pushed the machine and turned the propeller propeller became more energetic. At this time, the wind was on the opposite road, and the sea current was smooth. The speed of this fast ship actually reached 27 knots! Zhang Fan's green wings were also a little surprised by the speed. It seems that morale is high, which will also have an impact on the speed of the ship!

Under the leadership of old drunkards, ships moored in a Spanish colonial port on the west coast of Florida. This is the first Spanish colony in North America. The colony has been established for more than 50 years since this era. Zhang Fan and Catherine and Captain Hooke left most of the crew in the harbor to guard the ship. With only a few black attendants and enough to carry half a month's supply, they went east from this colonial port town to Lake Okeechoby in Florida.

"Fifty years ago, Spanish Juan Ponce de Leon came here to find the Fountain of Youth, but I think he went in the wrong direction and went to the north of Tampa Bay. Of course, the result was empty-handed. But ten years later, he came again. This time he found the right direction, near Port Charlotte, but he was still empty-handed..." The one-eyed old drunkard's wide-brimmed sailor hat lowered the brim and covered the blind eye. He said as he walked with a bottle of rum and a smooth and oily slender walking stick.

"This is because the Spaniards are too timid to go deep after encountering Indian obstruction. But you can't blame them, because those Indians are very cunning. The poisonous arrows they shot can pass through your eyes two miles away! Juan Ponce de Leon was shot dead by them! Poor guy, he is only more than 100 miles away from the 'spring of youth'..."

Caterina asked, "So has the 'Fountain of Youth' really been found?" I heard that you once approached the 'spring of youth'. Why didn't you cure your legs and eyes? And you are not young..."

The old drunkard took a sip of wine, narrowed his eyes, and seemed to fall into some kind of meeting. "Maybe the people who have seen the 'old spring' have died. Isn't it ridiculous? Yeah...why is it like this? Anyone who has seen the 'old spring' has never come back alive, except me... But I want to tell you that the 'old spring' really exists, and I once saw its magic with my own eyes! But 'I will not be old,' has also been cursed. Maybe it will be killed by its curse before you get its magical power!"

"Cursed?" Zhang Fan's heart moved. Maybe there will be some opportunities for the book demon here.

"Yes, a terrible curse!" The old drunkard said alarmistly, but the creepy atmosphere he created scared himself, "Ah! A terrible curse! ...But I've never seen it. I heard what the Indians said..."

"The magic of the 'Evable Spring' you said is also heard by the Indians, right?" Captain Hooker sneered that he didn't believe in any 'spring of youth'.

"How do you know?" The old drunkard was broken by Captain Hooker and blushed slightly, but this guy drank too much rum to see. Although I heard about it, I am still the closest living person in the Caribbean to the 'spring of immortality'! Victor once wanted me to take him, but I don't think he is honest. Even if he gives me a box of golden rum, I won't go!"

"He won't be so stupid!" Captain Hook said disdainfully that in his eyes, the old guy was a real liar and knew nothing but to cheat some wine. He has seen a lot of such people. The secret of the so-called "spring of youth" is probably made up by this old man in order to cheat alcohol. It's better to trust the crow than the old liar. However, since Caterina wants to go, she can't cool her heart. After all, she also vowed to be loyal to this red-haired woman.

"Can you speak Indian?" Green Wings suddenly asked.

The old drunkard raised his head proudly, "Of course, how else can I bring you here? If you go further, you will enter the territory of the Calusa tribe. You should all be careful..."

Zhang Fan suddenly smiled and said to the old drunkard, "Can you show me your cane?" This walking stick reminds me of some interesting stories. He seemed to find that the slender old cane seemed to be engraved with some simple symbols, which made him feel familiar. And for a collector, these symbols inevitably touch his ** of antiques.