1855 United States Tycoon

The cool morning breeze blew over the dark beard of Captain Adok, and spread his rugged roar to all directions: "Brothers, slow down, get ready to set off the speedboat!" Because of the speed advantage of the speedboat, the current smuggling Action is more in

So the "Mississippi Slut" began to slow down, the waves on the bow began to decrease, and the speed of the ship gradually slowed down. After a few minutes, the ship finally stopped. At this time, the lookout post climbing on the high mast also issued a report that "no other ships were found around". Ador pulled the white glove on his hand and said to the first officer: "Okay, let's set off the speedboat."

In order to retract and release the speedboat more quickly, the "Mississippi Slut" was modified, equipped with a large crane, which can directly put the empty speedboat into the sea, and then a few sailors went down the rope ladder to the speedboat. . Then the cranes on the big ship also began to put the boxes full of cargo on the boat. With such a crane, the speed of loading and unloading cargo on this ship is greatly Ascension.

The first boat has been launched successfully. Then, boxes after boxes of supplies were slowly dropped down. The weight of the contents of these boxes is generally less than one hundred and fifty pounds, so that when they are intercepted by the Spanish anti-smuggling team, they can be quickly thrown into the sea to reduce the load of the ship and speed up the ship.

Soon, the first speedboat was full of cargo. Nelson waved to the big boat from the stern of the boat, and then activated the gasoline engine on the boat. Then the boat plowed through the turquoise water and sailed towards the island of Cuba. .

Adoc looked at the boat going away, and said calmly, "Next."

Just as the sailors hung the four iron ropes on the second speedboat, the lookout on the mast shouted: "Spanish cruiser!"

"Damn it, stop launching the dinghy and signal Nelson to tell them that the Spaniards are coming." The position of the "Mississippi Slut" is still outside Cuba's territorial waters and enjoys the right to sail freely, and the current situation is not so good. , The Spaniards should not dare to do anything to United States ships directly on the high seas. So, there is nothing to worry about, except for the small boat that has been released. However, with the speed of that small boat, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to get rid of the Spanish cruiser.

The sailors fired a shot into the sky and at the same time waved a flag at the small boat to inform them that a Spanish ship was approaching.

"Nelson, look! There is an alarm!" Odom, who was on the boat with Nelson, shouted.

In fact, Nelson found out without Odom calling out.

"It doesn't matter, the Spaniards can't catch up with us. As long as we enter the port of the autonomous region, they dare not chase after." Nelson was not too concerned about the arrival of the Spaniard. And so comforted Odom, who had run this kind of task for the first time.

In order to facilitate communication, the sailors on the big ship fired with old-fashioned gunpowder guns. This type of gun is now outdated for use in warfare, but it could not be better to send signals. It has a lot of charge, the sound of gunshots is loud, and it can emit a large amount of smoke from the muzzle. Can be seen from a long distance.

People on the small boat can see it, and naturally the people on the Spanish cruiser can see it.

"Captain, there is a smuggling mother ship over there, and the boat may have just been put down." The lookout reported to Captain Major Tok.

"Very well, did you see the boat?" Captain Tok called to the watchman on the mast.

"Not yet... ah, I saw it. It's over there, not far from the big ship." The watchman's eyes moved away from the telescope and shouted loudly.

"Slow down and get ready to set off the speedboat!" Major Tok shouted.

Although the speedboats of those United States guys have gone far, but Major Tok still believes that his speedboat will definitely catch up with the guy over there, because his speedboat is lighter and faster.

The cruiser gradually stopped, and the speedboat was slowly lowered from the side of the ship's side. The Spaniards lowered their speedboats faster than the smuggling ships, because they didn't need to load the ship.

Several Spanish sailors with rifles boarded the speedboat, started the engine, and then the speedboat split the waves and chased it in the direction of the smuggler.

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"Captain, Captain! The Spaniard put down the speedboat!" the watchman on the "Mississippi Slut" shouted.

"What? Damn! Live to hell! Those Spanish stinky fish have this too! Live to hell! Send the signal! Let Niels and the others throw away the cargo! Really to hell!" Captain Adok had just drunk the tin flask Fell on the deck and cursed.

A sailor quickly loaded own old rifle with gunpowder and fired another shot into the sky.

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"Niels, there's another signal over there." Odom, who had been looking around nervously, shouted.

"Damn! What's the matter?" Nelson also thought that something might be wrong. He grabbed a telescope and looked in the direction of the Mississippi Slut.

"The enemy's speedboat is approaching?" Nelson read the semaphore.

"Damn it! Throw all the boxes down!" Nelson yelled, and at the same time he drew his dagger and cut the rope tied to these boxes. Then with a violent push, a box fell into the sea, and the splashing water wet Nelson's clothes. The other sailors also got busy, pushing the boxes continuously into the sea, and at the same time the sailor at the helm began to increase the horsepower and increase the speed.

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"Nielsen, look!" Odom cried out as soon as Nelson dropped the last box into the sea.

Nelson looked in the direction that Odom pointed out: a speedboat was dragging a long snow wave thinking about them approaching.

"How fast!" Nelson said, and then shouted: "Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up!"

The distance between the two boats is still close, because even if there is no load, the Spaniard's speedboat itself is lighter, plus an additional engine, which makes it significantly faster than Nelson's boat. Fortunately, the Spaniard’s boat is too fast, which also makes them inflexible when turning. Every time when they chase close enough, Nelson can always make a quick transfer to them.

"Shoot, do a warning shot, and tell them that if we don't stop the boat, we will open fire!" said Lieutenant Duy on the Spanish speedboat.

So a soldier raised his gun and fired a shot into the sky.

"What to do?" Odom asked flusteredly.

"Never mind him!" Nelson spat fiercely.

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After several consecutive laps, Lieutenant Duy still failed to get a chance to seize the speedboat. The driver of that speedboat is very cunning, and can always use a beautiful sharp turn to open the distance when it is critical.

"Fire at them!" Lieutenant Dui said. His speedboat is indeed faster, but it also consumes more fuel. The two engines are running at full capacity and consume extra fuel. In addition, their boat is small and the fuel is also installed. Less, now the amount of oil is already a little insufficient.

Several Spaniards started shooting at the United States. It’s just that in the sea, the boats on both sides are running fast, and at the same time, they are also very turbulent. It is almost impossible to shoot effectively on such a boat. This is how Nelson dared to ignore the Spaniard’s shot just now. The reason for the warning. Sure enough, although the Spaniards fired a lot of guns, only Poseidon really knew where their bullets went.

"Try to get closer and make a volley!" Second Lieutenant Dui knew that shooting like this had limited meaning, so he said to the sailor at the helm.

"Okay, I will try hard," the sailor replied.

However, at this moment, Nelson's auspicious characteristics finally broke out. One of the Spaniard's engines suddenly smoked and then stopped.

"Damn it!" Lieutenant Duy cursed.

"Second Lieutenant, I'm going to lower the output, otherwise the other one will be choking," the sailor said.

"These damn bastards!" Lieutenant Duy cursed. But what he scolded was not the United States guys, but the Spaniards, because he heard that the two engines originally had a water cooling system with a brass fan heater, but damn it, a few days ago, those two The set of brass fan hot pieces was missing, and it must have been stolen by the bastard for a drink. As a result, they could only do an emergency DIY by themselves, and the one made by themselves was obviously not useful, and now they can only watch the United States people run away.

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Duck Castle, Scrooge's office.

Scrooge was thinking about this piece of information with a frown.

"What is Morgan going to do? He has sold so many things this time, and he has a large amount of funds in his hands. What does he want to do? There are several funds that can be used at any time in his hands. Ten million, right? He must have seen a big goal, but what exactly is this big goal?"

After thinking about it for a long time, there was still no clue. Scrooge simply stopped thinking about it. Maybe there was a chance to make money, but he didn't realize it. But even if there is such an opportunity, I am probably too busy now. What are you doing? So he threw this information aside and began to read the next report.

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"The Macdonald Consortium has one of the biggest weaknesses, and that is that it has an irreplaceable core. That is Scrooge McDonald. He is the strongest and weakest point of this consortium. If he comes out What's the problem, I can be sure that no one in his family can support this rapidly swelling consortium. His allies will take the opportunity to fight back to reap even greater benefits. And his brother It is also impossible to maintain the entire consortium. The consortium will crash to the ground, and its corpses can feed a large group of hyenas and vultures." In a small house, one person was saying this to others.

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