In the messy senior officers' dining room, Lin Hongzhong put a floating ring around his waist... a life buoy made of cork, and said to Domingo, who looked as if he was dead: "Sir, they all jumped, let's jump too."

"No, I want to sink with the ship." Domingo adjusted the ribbon on his chest and the 'cordopes' on his crotch, and said righteously: "The Duke of Goa is the mobile territory of the empire and a part of your majesty's royal power. I must live and die with it. This is the final responsibility of a noble!"

"Idiot, you've made so much money, just find a way to build another one to make up for this territory." Lin Hongzhong was speechless. "Besides, the outcome of the island is still uncertain, and we still have three large sailing ships. It's far from the moment of giving up..."

"No, you don't have to say anymore..."

Before he finished speaking, there was another volley of "boom". The solid shells carried countless lead balls and finally turned the poop into a sieve.

The expensive tables and chairs, gold and silver tableware, and the lamps and paintings on the walls in the officers' mess were all shattered by the lead bullets that were shooting in.

Domingo's adjutant was also unfortunately hit by a bullet, a piece of his head was broken off, and white brain matter sprayed all over him.

"Ah!" Domingo screamed in fear. His fat body was as agile as a rat crossing the street. He suddenly rushed out from under the table and went out of the porthole.

Whoosh, plop.

"Wait for me!" Lin Hongzhong also jumped in. Fortunately, he was quickly rescued by a Portuguese boat that was searching for sailors who had fallen into the water.

Domingo had been brought aboard before him. The two drowned dogs looked at each other, and Domingo said with gratitude: "Thank you for reminding me that I should not only care about my own reputation. The battle is not over yet, and I still have to take the children home."

It was so noble! The sailors all looked at him with admiration, and many of them felt that they could die for the commander.

"Ugh..." A violent vomiting sound was heard. It turned out that Lin Daoqian, Zeng Yiben and others had also climbed onto the boat, and they were lying on the side of the boat vomiting non-stop. They had eaten a lot before, and now they were hiding here and there, and diving from a high platform, so it would be strange if they didn't vomit.

"Oh my god, this is so fucking exciting." After vomiting, these desperados were still in the mood to laugh.

"Damn, it feels like I'm back to six years ago!" Zeng Yiben also laughed and said, "I didn't expect that I could live for so many more years."

"We are as miserable as you now. Are you happy?" Pepper said unhappily.

"..." Only Lin Daoquan closed his eyes and said nothing.

He is no longer the same as these pirates whose lives are worthless. He is a fourth-rank military officer of the imperial court, the lord of Xiawei Castle, the future deputy general of Guangdong, and the king of Guangdong Sea!

As a result, he almost died here. What the hell is going on? The master's task is too difficult! He can't hold on any longer...

General Lin actually didn't want to get on the pirate ship again. With his swimming ability, it wouldn't be difficult for him to swim to the shore. Or he could just find a speedboat of the Jiangnan Group, identify himself and get on board to end this damn mission.

But he still followed involuntarily. Alas, the master's mission must be completed no matter how difficult it is...

~~

At this time, there was suddenly movement in Shen'ao Bay. A warship as big as a mountain broke through the mist and sailed out of the bay.

The majestic figure was obviously the Pena carrying out a cover mission in the bay.

The Portuguese crew on the small boat waved and shouted desperately, trying to attract the attention of the Pena.

Wang Rulong was a little surprised to see the Pena rushing out from the Zhenwo, which was still inside the Duke of Goa. But he was surprised that it was this large sailing ship that came out first, and not the Oriental Beauty.

Logically speaking, the Oriental Beauty had a light hull, shallow draft and fast speed, so it should have been able to escape earlier than the Pena after the water level rose.

However, he did not have time to find out the truth for the time being, and he immediately ordered the number three and number six flags to be raised at the same time.

On the 104 ship, which was about to have a duel with the Pena, Captain Xin Fei quickly took out the "Warship Signal Manual (Top Secret)" he carried with him, turned to the flag signal section, and found the command corresponding to flag number 36.

"Move away quickly?" Xin Fei read the meaning of the signal. The flagship's signal flag was a military order as heavy as a mountain, and it must not be violated!

He had no choice but to order the ship to turn northeast and leave the attack range of the Pena.

If Wang Rulong was still a little unconvinced about the power of the sailing ship before, after this close combat, he was completely convinced. He fired at least hundreds of shots with the Hongxi cannon, but he still couldn't sink the Duke of Goa. If the 104 ship faced it alone, it would be blown to pieces.

Fortunately, the Pena had no intention of avenging the Duke of Goa. After lowering the climbing net and getting Domingo and others on board, it headed straight out of the bay.

Climbing up the deck of a sailing ship several stories high was not an easy task, especially for a middle-aged and fat man like Domingo. The Portuguese crew pulled him up and down with great effort to get him on board. He was so tired that he almost died.

When the embarrassed Domingo caught his breath, he found that in addition to the captain of the Pena, Lieutenant Colonel Silva, the captain of the Oriental Beauty, Major Alfonso, was also on the ship.

"Why are you here?" Domingo asked curiously, "Where is your boat?"

"This..." Major Alfonso hesitated and was unable to speak. The adjutant Lucas answered for him:

"I'm sorry, sir. Our battleship disintegrated during the fierce battle with the Jiangnan Group."

"What?" Domingo was struck by lightning, unable to believe his ears. "Isn't it the battleship of the Jiangnan Group that is fighting me?"

"It wasn't caused by the warships of the Jiangnan Group." Lucas also said with a look of surprise, "An hour ago, we were bombarded fiercely, and some strange weapons with long tail flames were constantly shooting at us from the thick fog."

"That's called a rocket." Lin Hongzhong explained, "Our ancestors have been playing with it for hundreds of years, but the range is not so far, and the power is not so great."

"Isn't his ancestor a red-haired devil?" Zhu Liangbao whispered to the sea masters.

"Whoever is stronger is the ancestor." Old Pepper curled his lips and said. The sea owners laughed. They spoke in Chaoshan dialect, which the Cantonese people could not understand.

"Because of the thick fog, we couldn't judge the enemy's situation." Lucas naturally didn't understand and continued to talk to himself: "In order to scare the enemy, we fired three salvos, maybe four, but definitely no more than five. The Oriental Beauty was banging everywhere, followed by the sound of wood breaking. Fortunately, the captain was experienced and immediately determined that the ship was going to disintegrate. He ordered the lifeboat to be lowered in time, and we were able to transfer to the Pena without much casualties."

"Then the Oriental Beauty disintegrated?" Domingo still couldn't believe it. Seeing Alfonso and Lucas nod, he suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Is it made of paper?"

The Oriental Beauty was certainly not made of paper. It was the next generation of main battleship carefully built by the highly skilled Lisbon shipyard. In order to build this galleon, the woodcutters cut down a total of 2,000 oak trees aged 80-120 years, consuming a total of 120,000 cubic meters of wood and 200 tons of pig iron. It took three years to complete the construction and cost more than 300,000 ducats, which is equivalent to about 150,000 taels of silver!

How could this super battleship built with real gold and silver disintegrate after just a few salvos?

Just thinking about the bronze cannons that sank with the ship made him feel so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe. He roared at Alfonso, "How did you take care of it? How did you maintain it? This is a serious crime! The Empire has never lost a capital ship on the battlefield in a hundred years. The Noble Court will definitely hang you!"

"I'm prepared for this." Alfonso also knew that after losing such an expensive national treasure, there was no chance of success. But seeing that the other party didn't give his aunt any face at all, he couldn't help but lose his temper and said, "Your Excellency should worry about yourself. You have a much greater responsibility than me."

"I..." Domingo seemed to be strangled by the neck, and ordered with a dark face: "Lock him up!"

Silva quickly signaled the crew to take Alfonso away. For the sake of his beautiful aunt, he also ordered his men not to mistreat him and to treat him as a noble.

After Major Alfonso was taken away, Domingo let out a long breath and asked Silva: "Lieutenant Colonel, where are our other ships?"

Silva shook his head dejectedly and whispered, "I don't know, it's probably a bad thing."

"Ah?" Domingo shook his body, and the fat on his cheeks trembled. "What's going on? Jiangnan Group is so scary?"

~~

What happened? It was all Domingo's fault.

In order to preserve his own strength, he used the sea lords' men as cannon fodder as much as possible, so when he arranged the landing, he let the pirate ships land first, followed by the ships of the Wuyang Trade House, and finally his Laozha fleet and the remaining six caravels.

Therefore, after the pirates had put down all the pirates, they had to make room for the ships of the second devils and the red-haired devils. When all the troops were on shore, the Portuguese fleet was at the innermost and the pirates' ships were at the outermost.

The Portuguese were dumbfounded because they could not get out. There were 300 pirate ships, and they were in a mess, so the bay was jammed.

Then, as the water level dropped during low tide, large areas of ships began to run aground. Almost all the old lock boats and caravels were stranded. Now they could only wait patiently for high tide...

Unexpectedly, before the high tide came, the blocking fleet led by Ma Yinglong arrived.

The blocking fleet has twenty medium-sized ships, thirty small ships, and thirty speedboats, a total of eighty warships and eight hundred guns. In terms of firepower, it is much stronger than the four main battleships.

However, their hulls were too fragile in front of the large sailing ships, so they could not participate in the encirclement of the Duke of Goa and the Gareles. Although there were two large sailing ships in the bay, the thick fog provided the best cover for the blocking fleet, so that the Portuguese on the Oriental Beauty and the Pena could only see the cannons firing everywhere on the sea, but could not figure out how many enemy ships there were and how big they were.

In addition, the two large sailing ships were also in danger of running aground, so how could they dare to act rashly? They could only fire on the spot to prevent the enemy ships from approaching.

As if things didn't get worse, the Oriental Beauty disintegrated again. The Gareles hurried to carry out the rescue and had no time to stop the enemy ship.

As a result, Ma Yinglong took the opportunity to lead the fleet, through the gap created by the Oriental Beauty, and went straight into the Shen'ao Bay, where they were able to face a pirate ship of a completely different level.

ps. I had something to do at home today, so I just finished one chapter. I will continue writing. Don't wait.