Chapter 1198 Barbosa is stunned
Chapter 1198 Barbosa is stunned
"Hahaha...hahahaha!" After a brief moment of shock, Barbossa burst into a deafening, maniacal laugh!
"They ran away?! They actually ran away?!"
"I thought Easterners had a lot of backbone!"
"So, they're nothing but a bunch of cowardly cowards who fear death!"
"Heaven is helping me! It really is heaven helping me!"
He paced back and forth in the captain's cabin, his ferocious face contorted with uncontrollable elation and triumph.
The Eastern Emperor and Empress have run away!
Guangzhou has become an undefended ghost town!
And that legendary treasure map is most likely still hidden in some corner of this deserted city!
This...this is simply an incredible gift from Poseidon, the god of the sea, to Barbossa!
"Pass on my orders!" He could no longer contain his anger, which was already completely filled with greed and ambition, and roared at the young adjutant!
"Full fleet, weigh anchor immediately!"
"Target: Guangzhou!"
"I want to plant the flag of our East India Company atop the walls of that ancient city in the East before nightfall!"
"General, think it over!" The young adjutant, though equally excited, ultimately retained a sliver of reason.
He pointed to the nautical chart on the table and reminded him with some concern, "General, if we want to enter Guangzhou Port, we must first pass through that narrow waterway called 'Humen'."
"The terrain here is treacherous, the water is swift, and the banks are full of reefs and hidden currents."
"If those Easterners had set up an ambush here..."
"An ambush?" Barbossa sneered even more disdainfully upon hearing this.
"With those small sampans that can't even get out of the nearshore waters?"
"Still relying on their broken bronze cannons, which have a range of less than a hundred paces?"
"Before my 'Conqueror' and our invincible fleet!"
"Any conspiracy or trickery is just a ridiculous joke!"
"I'm going to sail in through the Humen Waterway, honorably and legitimately!"
"I want those cowardly Easterners who are hiding in the shadows and spying to see for themselves!"
"How we used absolute power, which they could not even comprehend, to crush their pitiful pride and illusions!"
I want them to know!
"On this vast ocean, who is the true master?"
Barbosa's words were full of unparalleled domineering power and confidence!
The young adjutant was so impressed by his commanding presence that the last trace of worry in his heart vanished.
Yes!
They were the invincible East India Company's fleet, which roamed the world and was invincible!
They possess the most robust warships in the world!
The most advanced artillery!
And the bravest soldiers!
How could a mere closed-off ancient Eastern country be a match for them?
"General, you are wise!" He bowed deeply from the bottom of his heart.
Then he turned around and rushed out of the captain's cabin.
soon.
A series of urgent and loud horn calls then resounded across the entire sea.
The East India Company's invincible fleet, those fifty-odd massive warships that resembled sea monsters, began to slowly raise their enormous sails.
Then, amidst the cheers of countless Western soldiers filled with greed and bloodlust.
They marched in a mighty procession toward that, in their eyes, an Eastern paradise filled with gold and beautiful women.
It was also a death hell tailor-made for them.
Humen, onward!
……
The Humen Waterway, with cliffs on both sides.
Yue Fei was holding a high-powered monocular telescope, personally crafted by Lin Zhen, and staring expressionlessly at the massive Western fleet that was slowly entering the narrow waterway like a long snake.
Behind him were tens of thousands of Daqian soldiers who had been lying in ambush for a long time.
There were artillerymen from the Shenji Battalion.
There was a suicide squad carrying chains on fire ships.
And there were countless archers with bows fully drawn and rockets ready.
Everyone held their breath.
The entire cliff was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Only the cold, chilling sea wind howled, filled with a sense of impending doom.
The atmosphere was extremely depressing.
All eyes were focused on their commander, who stood as steady and unmoving as a mountain.
They are waiting.
Wait for their commander to give the final order to attack!
“General,” a lieutenant standing beside Yue Fei said, his voice tinged with barely suppressed tension and excitement as he watched the approaching enemy fleet, “they…they’re coming in!”
"Wait a little longer." Yue Fei's voice remained as steady as ever, devoid of any emotion.
His gaze, like that of a hawk, was fixed on the enormous flagship at the very center of the enemy fleet.
He is waiting.
Waiting for the best time to take action.
An excellent position that can completely cut the enemy fleet in half, preventing them from defending themselves from both ends!
at last!
When the massive hull of the "Conqueror" fully entered the narrowest and most turbulent section of the Humen Channel, known as the "Gate of Hell."
In an instant, a terrifying, chilling, and overwhelming killing intent burst forth from Yue Fei's usually calm and unwavering tiger eyes!
He abruptly put down the binoculars in his hand.
Then he took a red command flag that had been prepared beforehand from the guard beside him!
He took a deep breath.
With all his might, he swung the flag that represented death and destruction forward fiercely!
At the same time, he let out a deafening roar from the depths of his chest, like a thunderclap from the heavens!
"ignition!"
"Launch the boat!"
"fire!!!"
"Boom—boom—boom—"
With Yue Fei's roar, filled with boundless killing intent!
Hundreds of small fire boats, loaded with kerosene and sulfur, which had been prepared for a long time upstream of the Humen waterway, were ignited at the same time!
A raging fire shot into the sky in an instant!
The once calm river surface was now a blinding blood red!
Followed by.
Those hundreds of burning ghost ships, like those from hell.
Under the pull of the swift current and the pre-buried iron chains, they were able to escape.
Like a school of piranhas that have smelled blood.
With a fearless and insane attitude.
It rammed violently into the East India Company's invincible fleet, which was still struggling to navigate the narrow waterway!
"Rumble--"
A series of earth-shattering, violent explosions suddenly rang out!
One after another, the once majestic Western warships were violently rammed by these "suicide bombs" that were specially designed for them.
It was instantly blown to pieces, with wood chips flying everywhere!
The raging fire, like a malignant sore, quickly spread to their hulls, sails, and decks!
In that instant, the entire Humen Waterway seemed to transform into a colossal, burning inferno!
Countless Western soldiers didn't even have time to react to what was happening.
He was thrown away by the oncoming, scorching blast wave!
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