The soldiers beside Huang Ding also raised the lit match ropes and drew circles. With several "bang bang bang" sounds, several flames immediately rose on the two ships, and the soldiers who set the fire immediately jumped from the two ships into the sea, struggling to
Swim towards Huang Ding's boat.
A ship caught fire, which immediately attracted the attention of the dock and other ships. The port gradually became commotion, and the Dutch colonists were shouting and shouting in bird language: "Fire out!" At this time, they just thought it was a fire.
The accidental fire broke out, but it was not known that it was a surprise attack by the Runing Army. Therefore, no one doubted the soldiers swimming. They thought it was the sailors on the two ships that caught fire who jumped into the sea to escape.
The noise in the port was getting louder and louder, and it soon affected the ship. Captain Ferreira of the Lookout immediately woke up from his dream. He had been traveling in the Far East, South America and Europe for more than ten years, and he was making money.
After making a lot of money, he was planning to run a few more times to resell the boat back to the Netherlands and live the life of a classy person. So when he heard "Fire out!", he was afraid that his boat had an accident, so he jumped from the boat all at once.
Jumped up on the bed.
The sailors on the ship also woke up from their dreams. They also rushed to the deck in a hurry, trying to see what was going on on their ship. But the sailors at the front stopped as soon as they got out of the cabin, but they were stopped by the ones behind them.
As soon as the sailors collided, everyone was immediately turned upside down. At this moment, the sailors who came out of the cabin saw clearly that a group of people had lined up and aimed at them with black cannons.
Some sailors' brains immediately shut down and they could only stand with their hands in the air. Some sailors who reacted immediately screamed strangely and ran back to the cabin. These sailors had no weapons in their hands, and some of them had only clothes on their hands.
Even when facing blunderbuss and daggers, they were defenseless and defenseless.
"Get your muskets and fight those pirates. Just hold on. The people at the port will come to save us." Captain Ferreira shouted, holding a scimitar. There is no need to rush out of the cabin, just hold on in the cabin.
Sooner or later, the Dutch colonists who live here will find out what's going on here.
Besides, although the Lookout is a merchant ship, they often turn into pirates at sea. Of course, they have also fought against real pirates and pirates, so these sailors are not afraid of fighting. It’s just that the current terrain is too unfavorable for everyone.
They were all blocked in the cabin. But this was both a bad thing and a good thing. As long as the sailors blocked the passage into the cabin, the pirates outside would still be unable to enter.
"Damn it. Why is my knife in your hand?"
"My God, I don't even have ammunition for my musket."
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The sailors were scrambling for weapons, hoping to fight to the death with the "pirates" who boarded the ship.
But at this moment, a few Spanish words floated over from outside the cabin: "Weapons, throw down, deck, get down, surrender, set fire, burn to death!" Although the pronunciation is not the most standard, everyone knows the meaning.
The expressions of Captain Ferreira and all the sailors suddenly changed.
The reason why Huang Ding and others did not shoot when they saw the sailors running out of the cabin was because the target of the shooting was too obvious in the dark. They did not want to prematurely alarm the Dutch colonists in the port.
But the more important reason is that they also hope to capture everyone on the ship. Although when Huang Ding selected the surprise attack personnel, he brought along all the people who had served as interns on Zheng Zhilong's ship, but these people only learned a few superficial things at most.
, and had never operated a Western brig, so Huang Ding hoped that these prisoners would help sail the ship.
Of course, if Captain Ferreira and the others were indeed ignorant, Huang Ding would have no choice but to order their destruction and find a way to sail the Lookout back.
Captain Ferreira's heart suddenly sank to the bottom. Wooden ships at sea are most afraid of catching fire, especially when kerosene is poured on the deck into the cabin and then ignited. It is basically an unsolvable massacre. Because the crew members in the cabin
The sailors and sailors were either burned to death, or climbed onto the deck in panic and were killed in other ways.
Captain Ferreira was about to cry. He had never been so aggrieved. The Lookout had four three-pound guns, eight Franco one-pound guns, and two six-pound ship's guns.
With this kind of firepower, he was confident that in a one-on-one ship battle, he could sink the Ming Dynasty's Fuchuan, which was twice as big as him, as well as any type of Japanese ship.
In addition, there are more than 40 heavy muskets and more than 30 sailors and crew members on board. These sailors and crew members are also brave warriors and are not afraid of hand-to-hand combat when joining gangs.
Moreover, his ship is still extremely safe. Who would have thought that pirates would come in and board his ship? What makes Captain Ferreira especially sad is that the money and money he earned from more than ten years of deserting at sea
The ship's full cargo is loaded on the Lookout.
But in this situation, he barely made any resistance and was about to be disarmed by the pirates. Why didn't Captain Ferreira feel aggrieved? And look outside the cabin, the pirates were holding their blunderbuss there, behind them
The man raised his short sword again. But there were only more than thirty messy sailors around him. If he refused, the sailors who were not ready for battle would immediately be massacred by those fierce pirates.
Let's face reality! Now that we have run away from home, we are mentally prepared to encounter a situation like today. As long as we can save our lives, those money...don't worry about money.
So Captain Ferreira shouted: "Don't burn the ship! We surrender!" Then he first threw the scimitar in his hand on the deck, then took out the two muskets from his waist and threw them on the deck. The first mate beside him immediately also
I did it accordingly.
Captain Ferreira first walked out of the cabin with his hands raised, and then fell down on the ground. The first mate and the sailors also filed out like their captain and lay down on the deck one by one. Huang Ding's soldiers took them one by one.
One of them was brought to the edge to guard, and several soldiers armed with muskets and daggers entered the cabin area to search for fish that had slipped through the net.
Captain Ferreira was brought in front of Huang Ding. Huang Ding said word by word: "Listen to the order and sail the ship. I will lead the way. If you don't listen, kill the sea!"
Captain Ferreira nodded quickly. At this time, it is better not to do anything unwise to anger the pirates in front of him. But what makes Captain Ferreira strange is that those pirates all look so young.
Their leaders all look childish?
There was another movement from the rope Fei grabbed, and the soldiers who had attacked the other two ships climbed on board one by one. At this time, the raging fire on the two burning ships could no longer be controlled.
However, some people also discovered the bodies of the sailors killed by the Runing army on those two ships. However, because the noise was quite noisy, no one else noticed the shouts of the discoverers.
When Huang Ding saw that all the soldiers who had been surprised were on board the ship, he immediately ordered: "Set the ship!" (To be continued...)