Reborn As a Pirate

Like most of the time, the meeting with Nelson was just a small episode that Lorraine dropped by.

He was genuinely worried about Nelson, worried that the doomed legend would succumb to his successive setbacks, but not nearly as worried as he had been at the dinner party.

After all, the so-called doomed legends, there are not many people like Nelson in the entire history of mankind.

Luck has made their achievements, but if they think that they are just more lucky than their contemporaries because of this, this kind of thinking is too high on luck.

Nelson would recover, Lorraine was sure of it.

After spending the night at the peaceful Woolward Farm, at dawn the next day, the direct fleet set sail and sailed south along the inner chain of the Leeward Islands.

This area already belongs to the middle section of the Leeward Islands. Uninhabited islands with a land area of ​​three to two square kilometers, far exceeding the standard of reefs, and unable to meet the needs of human habitation can be seen everywhere on the vast sea. Six or seven countries, including China, France, Spain, and the Netherlands, are under the control of six or seven countries, and the nearest garrison is far away from Antigua, not far from Nevis.

In other words, if Blackbeard's friendship with Delici is 50% sincere as rumored, this is the best place for him to set up an ambush.

Lorraine adjusted the alert level of the fleet to level three, and the fleet entered the alert state accordingly. The Brigantine in the rear row spread forward to search for the enemy with two wings, and the Brigantine in the front row fell backwards, pushing out of the Valkyrie, from a high altitude. From a bird's eye view, it looks like a [W] with a thick center and thin wings.

The lookout on the ship canceled the rotation earlier than other positions. Valkyrie's No. 1, 2, and 3 lookouts boarded the top of the mast at the same time, and the 3x120-degree observation area was expanded to 42 kilometers.

The atmosphere became more and more tense.

Although Valkyrie has already had sufficient achievements on the seas of the Sultanate, his defeats include the most representative three-tier Galen in the full sail system and the most classic Bargara in the Arabian Pa system. Compared with the Queen Anne's Revenge, it is obviously more than one step worse.

But they are all strange enemies, and Blackbeard is an old enemy.

The Queen Anne's Revenge and the Golden Deer had had more than one fierce confrontation. Lorraine played the weak against the strong, and played almost all the tricks that could be played.

No matter how powerful Valkyrie is, she also inherits the consistent high-speed and close thinking of Drake Shipbuilding Industry. Whether she can bring surprises to Blackbeard, and how much surprise she can bring is unknown.

Lorraine was thinking about the false external sea trial report.

If Valkyrie arrived in Barbados with great fanfare, it has been almost a month since Lorraine returned to the Caribbean.

That's enough time for Blackbeard to pay attention to Valkyrie and get a copy of the report.

Of course, he will definitely doubt the authenticity of the complaint. The higher the degree of doubt, the less room Valkyrie has to play.

Can the Queen Anne's Revenge be sunk in the first battle between the two sides, cum this naval battle.

What can Drake do after sinking, and what should Drake do without sinking? Lorraine's focus is more on the aftermath of the war than on the naval battle that may start at any time.

Thinking of this, Lorraine suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have considered defeat at all...

He laughed: "Blackbeard, can you really defeat me?"

...

Basseterre Island.

As part of the Lesser Antilles,

The Leeward and Windward Islands border at Basseterre and Russell.

Basse-Terre belonged to France and together with its sister island, Grande-Terre, formed the French colony of Guadeloupe.

Compared with Martinique, which is close at hand, as its administrative suzerain, the development of Guadeloupe is much lagging behind.

This is mainly due to her barren landscape.

Basseterre and Grande Terre are mountains. The total area of ​​the island is less than 1,000 square kilometers. Most of the island is covered by mountains. There are only a few lands suitable for plantation economy to take root. Most of them are concentrated in the southwest of Basseterre Island. Around the town of Basseterre, and the town of Baimao in the northeast of Grande Terre.

Those are also the only two trading seaports in Guadeloupe.

Comparing only the two, the landform of Basseterre Island is more complicated. Behind the town of Basseterre is the Soufriere active volcano with an altitude of nearly 1,500 meters. The basin-shaped crater is full of black smoke all year round. It seems that a bright red slurry that will destroy the world and the earth will be sprayed out at any time.

Trunks, the watchman of the Blackbeard Pirates, stood on a volcanic rock halfway up the mountain holding up the telescope, and the telescope cruised steadily on the sea.

His hands stopped suddenly, and there were words in his mouth.

"On the sea surface 62 kilometers northwest, in a trident formation, the number is 1, 2, 3, 4...a total of 19 ships, including the new flagship wrapped in a turtle shell and 4 fifth-level ships."

"Worthy of being the white flag of an incomparably rich country, the ostentation is still as great as ever."

He lowered the binoculars and called out.

"Inform the captain that the White Flag Fleet has been found. It is located 62 kilometers northwest of the observation point. There are 19 ships in total, a trident array, and 550 guns."

"The enemy fleet is moving along the coastline at a speed of 7 knots. It is expected to sail out of the Basseterre Sea in 4 hours."

"yes!"

In a few minutes, the Bay of Guadeloupe.

Basseterre is adjacent to its sister island, Grande-Terre, separated only by the narrow Sarai Strait. It is shaped like a horizontal L, with Basseterre being the short side, Grande-Terre the long side, and The two intersect, and the bay that connects the Salai Strait is the Bay of Guadeloupe.

Different from the general law that the bay is a gold mine, although Guadeloupe Bay is a vast natural haven, there are no settlements of sufficient scale on both sides of the strait, and naturally there will be no commercial ports, wharfs, and ships that come and go...

Human activities in Guadeloupe are basically concentrated in Basseterre on the Caribbean coast and Baimao on the Atlantic coast. This natural safe haven was abandoned, and of course, all-pervasive pirates gathered and became the foundation of pirate activity in this area. .

Skeleton Bay, this is the exclusive name given to Guadeloupe Bay by pirates.

The Queen Anne's Revenge was moored in the calm sea. On board, the star-duty pirate trotted to the side of the pilot Samrath.

"Sir, there is a letter from the mountain peak, saying that Bai Qi has been found, and the detailed information is on the paper, please have a look."

Samrath took it over clearly, and spread the paper out with shaking hands.

"Baiqi's new ship has a 55-meter mainmast, and its observation distance at sea far exceeds that of our Queen Anne, so an ambush on the sea is not effective for him. The only way to find him in advance is through land-based altitude."

"62 kilometers...Although it is much shorter than the 80 kilometers I expected, it is barely enough. Trunks bought us 4 hours to set up the battlefield."

"An order to put the entire ship of this unit on combat readiness. Tell Trunks to report the position of the white flag every half hour, and send a few more ashore, so that the head of the group can end the negotiation with those cowards."

"I still understand them." Samrath flicked the parchment that recorded the information, "Skull Bay is too close to the Windward Islands, and the Associated Press and the Navy are at the same time. It is commonplace to be surrounded and suppressed. The pirates here I'm used to it, if I want them to be cannon fodder, the leader needs to be as eloquent as the Black Baron or His Highness White Banner..."