It took nearly an hour to finish the meeting with Mara.

When the hatch opened, Lorraine smelled an indescribable smell of sweat, and then she saw the unscathed Mara sitting on the ground dejectedly, her eyes were dull and her face was pale.

“你吓唬他了?”洛林没好气地问.

"I just talked to him about some past experiences, some executions, and some beggings. He seemed to believe that you allowed me to deal with him at will, so he empathized with him and collaborated to say many topics that I didn't expect, such as..." Speaking of this, Blackbeard paused coldly, "Boy, you are actually British!"

“我一直都是英国人.”

"But I thought you were a Spanish, a naval officer, or a escort leader hired by Mara!"

Lorraine shrugged aloofly: "It sounds more like your problem, Your Highness. Caution is used to knowing about his goals before acting, and you are obviously not."

"I believe more in the mist that is shattered by power!" Blackbeard took a deep breath and tried to calm his mood. "But at least after we reached peace, you have plenty of time to be honest with me as a clown, rather than letting me meet Mara like a clown, and almost ruined the whole conversation because of ignorance!"

“这算示弱么?”

"When I cut off your head, I swear, I will show my weakness sincerely to it!"

"That's nothing to talk about." Lorraine stomped her feet and turned around, "Your Highness, not all the fog can be crushed with a sword, just as if Mara was my captive, and that Mr. Torresias... also happened to be my captive."

...

The well-purged San Carlos set sail again towards the lakeside, but as a battle, her role had long since fallen from time to time to the icing on the cake.

这也是无可奈何的事.

The support for land was pushed back for more than two hours because of the Blackbeard's strong attack. During this period, Major Spencer had already found a way to knock on the shell of the bunker by himself, which was to lay the heavy shore defense guns that were originally belonging to the Spaniards on the city walls and the waterfront.

These twelve to eighteen pound artillery can already be considered as entry-level heavy firepower on land. Because the problem of carrying with the army has never been considered, it is the cheapest iron casting, neither equipped with bottom rails nor cannon cars, and it seems bulky and clumsy in practical applications.

Artillery like conventional combat is useless, but at present, they have unexpectedly become powerful tools.

The British broke the city, and the Spaniards could only block the north wall with limited troops.

These grenades from Grenada and the abandoned sailors of Mara had no resistance in front of the lines and light artillery commanded by Spencer, and were soon suppressed into the bunker and continued to resist with the strong barriers. They completely ignored the civilian army outside the bunker.

The civilians who were originally stationed in the forts everywhere were the most critical hopes for the Spaniards to turn defeat into victory, but no one gave them the correct orders from beginning to end. Until Spencer noticed the firepower of the fort and sent a company to disperse and sweep the city walls intact.

战局至此没了花样.

Spencer had cannons, guns, gunpowder and projectiles that could make guns work, and he also had strong energy and high morale under his command, while the Spaniards had nothing but vision.

In the sad vision, they watched the British turn the turret, and more than a dozen heavy artillery emitted smoke, knocking aimlessly above the bunker like heavy hammers.

Once, then again...

The barracks built by the civilian army above the bunker were first razed to the ground, and the rising flames ignited the surrounding buildings. The fleeing citizens flocked to the bunker. Spencer did not stop them, but found several inlet and exit channels of the bunker through the trajectory of the crowd from afar.

Immediately at 2:40 a.m., the bullet points began to gather purposefully, and the semi-covered artillery positions scattered throughout the military camp and covered by the officers' dormitory became the key targets of bombardment.

At 3:25 a.m., the San Carlos joined the ground offensive, putting more pressure on the Spaniards huddled in the bunker with more intense artillery fire.

At 4:30 a.m., the last half-covered gun position collapsed.

At 5:15 in the morning, at sunrise, the Spaniards announced their surrender, the offensive and defensive battle of San Carlos ended, and San Carlos completed the final change of ownership in the smoke of gunpowder.

It was dawn, and the San Carlos returned to the plank road that had just left the eve. Nelson, Lorraine and Blackbeard got off the boat together and saw the tired and excited Spencer at the messy dock.

"Sir, fortunately, the Spanish Kingdom of San Carlos has been garrisoned to surrender, capturing a total of 672 prisoners and 27 wounded people. Among them, the serious injuries have been asked to step up treatment by local doctors."

"Thank you for your efforts, Major, our army fought a beautiful battle." Nelson complimented according to etiquette.

Spencer focused: "Yes, great victory depends on the bravery of the warriors. In this battle, our good guy braved the fierce artillery fire. Three warriors sacrificed their lives, and seven were injured to varying degrees."

"This is war, major. The war is ruthless. As commanders, we must be more mournful and follow the changes..."

The two of them sang and drank, and the black beard beside Lorraine's side made her eyebrows hopped.

"Boy, are British officers so shameless? Even I heard that you blew up the main arsenal of the Spanish and killed all their commanders..."

"Your Highness, the Colonel and the Major are discussing a formal war report. If the translation is more blunt, it means that the major asks for instructions. Can the Army be used as the main body to report meritorious service? The Colonel replied that if the main body is used to report meritorious service, the casualties of the Army will not be large enough and need to be properly expanded."

Blackbeard's white eyes almost turned to the sky: "Then why did you beat you to death?"

"Entertainment, fame, favors... I can get a lot of things." Lorraine tilted her head and thought for a while, "but because the official war report will eventually be presented to His Majesty, the value of the mercenary needs to be erased skillfully and placed only in the war report submitted to the military headquarters. After all, all glory belongs to my king."

“…Shameful Politics!”

The conclusion came out, and Lorraine continued to watch the show with peace of mind. But after watching it for a while, Blackbeard came up again.

"Little...Drake, about my meeting with Torresias..."

"It seems like two hours ago, we just parted for the unhappy topic..." Lorraine looked at Blackbeard depressedly, "I thought you would be more patient, at least... will pass the colonel..."

"Of course I've looked for him for this cysticide Nelson!" Blackbeard cursed hatefully, "but he said that Mara was a condition of cooperation, and he had a position to convince you to hand over his captives. But Torresias was not in the prior agreement, and the last time he met, Mara was consumed too much..."

“消耗?”

"This is his original words."

洛林被纳尔逊的刻薄深深地折服了.

But he had to hold back his laughter, calm down and seriously consider the feeding plan for the Blackbeard to ensure that the reckless shark would not bite back when he bites the enemy.

他沉默了好一会.

“殿下,青春不老泉……”

黑胡子的眼睛猛然绽出血光!

When the blood suddenly appeared, Lorraine happened to look away, and her lightly raised voice implicitly pride, as if she had not noticed the strangeness of the black beard at all.

"Of course I know what you are looking for. After all, Torresias is my captive. Unlike you, I don't need anyone's permission to see him."

"And I assure you that he can no longer give you anything. Everything about him is mine, and this is a ransom to redeem his freedom."

Blackbeard clenched his teeth: "Tell me, how much do you think the ransom should be?"

"Rank is priceless, Your Highness, it is like youth is priceless." Lorraine smiled and turned around, "Priceless things are not sold out, only to their true friends at the right time..."
Chapter completed!