As a cruise ship, Ester has the speed and agility far exceeding Adventure. It took only twenty minutes to turn two times to be far away from Adventure. Although the absolute distance between the two sides is less than 800 meters, Ester is in the right front of Adventure. Unless Adventure maneuveres to the left, there is no artillery at all. David is an experienced officer. He did not choose to turn to get a chance to shoot, because it would widen the distance with the enemy ship, but to maintain parallel to Ester and pursue it at full speed. In David's view, since there are already frigates attacking, he will catch up sooner or later.

The Ape Eater had raised all the sails and chased them quickly. After arriving at the side of Ester, he inserted it between Ester and Adventure, and prepared to cross the stern of Ester and kill Ester by hitting the rudder. After all, the frigate could not shoot at the cruise ship at all.

But Ester was also very sensitive. The maneuvering of the Ape Eater did not achieve the effect several times. Instead, he was almost hit by Ester's stern shell. David observed his opponent and secretly praised the Spanish captain for exerting the maneuverability of the cruise ship to the extreme. While watching, David suddenly saw the support of the Night Owl quickly entering the starboard position of Ester. David couldn't help shouting: "Come on, turn right, turn right!"

However, the Night Owl could not hear David's roar. The Ester, who had been avoiding the artillery fire of the Ape Eater, suddenly turned right and approached the Night Owl. The Night Owl could not dodge at all. Both sides were closer to less than 100 meters. The Spaniards, who had been preparing for a long time, fired a volley, and the smoke blocked David's vision.

In the smoke of gunpowder, Ester fired another volley, and then the sound disappeared. When the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, David saw that the port side of the Night Owl was in ruins, the front mast was broken, and the main sail was beaten into a strip of cloth, and Ester had already left.

"Give the order to the Eater Eagle to stop chasing. This cruise ship has an experienced captain. In his hands, the Ester is the schooner!" David grabbed the neck of the liaison officer of the club and shouted loudly.

The liaison officer also saw that the experience of the Night Owl was enough to prove that it was difficult to retain the cruise ship without more than four schooners. If the heavy gunboat could not catch up with it and the schooner could not defeat it, he had to let it leave.

The Ape Eater stopped pursuing and fired two rounds of shells at Ester powerlessly, and went to rescue the Ye Owl. When he arrived, the Ye Owl had already had a serious roll. The Ape Eater and the Adventure both put down the boats, but the Adventure did not go to rescue, but turned to the right, dropped the main sail, and after determining the location of the Saint Idfonso, he maneuvered to the starboard side of the Saint Idfonso and attacked the Tiger Shark.

The St. Idfonso was still in good condition at this time. Except for some sailors who were injured and killed, some sailing ropes were broken, there was no other problem. However, the St. Idfonso quickly fell into siege. The Tiger Shark and Adventure were attacking each other. The Bald Eagle and Albatross, who had captured the sailing boat, also rushed over. When the St. Idfonso saw the White Shark and the Sailing boat sailing together, the white flag was raised on the ship.

"We demand a decent surrender, and our captain hopes for a simple surrender ceremony, which is beneficial to both sides," shouted the representative of the Saint-Idfonso.

Simmons had already arrived on the White Shark. He stood beside Lee Myung-hoon and said, "It seems that bacon is playing tricks again. He is luring you on board, then igniting the powder depot, and then shouting San Diego, and you and your flagship will be wiped out."

Li Mingxun asked with a smile: "Is the Spanish captain so desperate?"

Simmons smiled: "There are many lunatics among the bacon, but in fact, there are many lunatics among the Portuguese. Your Excellency, not all Catholics are as cute as me. Compared with the choir chanting, I prefer the collision of gold coins, while many Spaniards only like Santiago!"

"Okay, cute Simmons, you can deal with it, but one thing is that I want this ship. In fact, I have named her, Shark!" Li Mingxun, who won a big victory, was in a good mood and said casually.

Simmons grinned and said, "Your Excellency, you will be on the Shark soon."

Simmons ran to the side of the ship and said loudly: "Send the order, all warships open the gun doors and load the ammunition!"

More than sixty cannons pointed at the Saint-Idfonso, and Simmons shouted with a cone loudspeaker: "St-Idfonso, our commander asks you to surrender unconditionally. Now you are given five minutes to consider. After five minutes, put down the boat and you and your officers come and surrender."

Simmons' voice suddenly became much louder: "Sailors and soldiers on the St. Idfonso, look at the officers and captains around you. They may be fighting the trapped beasts with intention to self-destruct. If you don't want to be killed, please persuade them. If the words don't work, the sword will be OK."

Five minutes passed quickly, and when the sand of the hourglass was about to fall, a gunshot came from the Saint-Idfonso. Soon, an officer walked to the deck with a white flag and shouted, "I am the chief of the Saint-Idfonso, and now surrender to the noble Lord."

"Where is the captain?"

"I killed him, he wanted to ignite the gunpowder depot!"

"Where is the first mate?"

"Diet in artillery battle!"

Simmons nodded and said, "Well, you and the officers, the Marines throw away their weapons and come in two batches, don't play tricks."

At Simmons' insistence, all the officers and Marines boarded the ship and surrendered, while the St. Idfonso opened the gun door, and Umu, who went to Nas, rushed into the gunpowder depot and controlled this key department, and truly captured the St. Idfonso.

"What are we doing now?" Simmons asked.

Lee Mingxun laughed out loud, "What else can you do? The winner should count the harvest, enjoy the wine, and celebrate this great victory!"

"Long live the club, long live the shopkeeper!" The cheers of the officers and soldiers resounded throughout the sky. Li Mingxun looked at countless people calling his names. At this moment, he felt that he had the whole world.

By the time the main fleet arrived at the anchorage of the sailing ships on Rota Island, it was already dark, and the three notification ships had already controlled the situation. An armed merchant ship and a trumpet-bluffing ship were sunk, but the Spaniards did not surrender. At night, Li Mingxun did not attack. In addition to letting the entire fleet fire a volley, he sent several prisoners ashore. In addition to the Ester, each ship and Guam defenders had a representative to go. When the sun rose the next day, the white flag symbolizing surrender had already risen on Rota Island.

The next morning, Li Mingxun boarded Rota Island and set up a tent on the coast. The captain and officers gathered together, grilled deer jelly, lamb oysters, more fresh fish stews and sashimi, and the joy after victory filled the beach. People ate and drank, bragging each other, the temperature in the tent was rising, and the men who were singing happily danced again, and various musical instruments rang on the coast, and the feast continued until noon.

In the afternoon, Li Mingxun woke up from drunkenness, drank a little honey water and woke up a little. He saw David and saw that he was hesitant, Li Mingxun said: "Yes, David, my friend, because of your command error, we lost the lives of a frigate and twenty-two brothers, but this does not affect the glory of our victory. David, do you know what inspires me to see the Night Owl?"

"What?" David asked.

"Our community also needs cruise ships, many cruise ships!" Li Mingxun shouted loudly, obviously still a little drunk.

"Yes, we need cruise ships too!" An echo came, it was Pan Xuezhong who ran over and wanted to participate in any topic of shipbuilding. This guy wanted to empty Li Mingxun's pocket and build all the warships he had seen, heard of, and imagined.

Li Mingxun glanced at Pan Xuezhong and asked, "Xuezhong, have you counted our spoils?"

Pan Xuezhong handed Li Mingxun a booklet. Li Mingxun turned to the last page, looked at a number, and said to David: "Congratulations, David, you earned 120,000 taels this time!"

David was stunned for a moment, screamed a few times, and then calmed down: "I am very happy to have 120,000 taels of silver, but you, I am very in pain, you have earned more than one million!"

Li Mingxun laughed and Pan Xuezhong counted the harvest. This time, five profitable ships were captured, two of which were the most valuable. In addition to the rated silver coins of 300,000 pesos, there were also cargoes worth 600,000 pesos. Among them, in addition to musical instruments, wine, and twelve purebred Andalusian horses, they were metal ingots produced in the Americas, with copper and lead occupying the main points. These two are important war resources and can be regarded as currency. You should know that in Southeast Asia, copper coins have high purchasing power, and many Sultanate countries also popular lead coins. In addition to these, there are also a large number of Chilean saltpeter, and the rest are tobacco, blankets, wool textiles, and I guess they want to fill the cargo hold.

More treasure chests are locked with gold and silver coins, and many silver ingots. They belong to the chief officials and powerful people of the Governor of New Spain, various Catholic churches and some large merchants, and of course they now belong to clubs.

These currencies and commodities are roughly estimated to be worth one and two million taels, and in addition to this, the most valuable ones are the five captured ships.

"Okay, the joke is over here, Xuezhong, tell me the situation of the fleet and the spoiler ships, I want to know more about when we will leave this ghost place!" said Li Mingxun.

The waters of Guam have become a place of trouble. Li Mingxun doesn't know if the Spaniards have a second rescue fleet, but he knows that there are tens of thousands of Chamorro natives on the Mariana Islands. Once a conflict occurs, it will be a big trouble. The faster you leave, the better.

The fleet was in good condition. In addition to the loss of the Night Owl's double-brig frigate, the flagship was slightly injured. The Adventure and the Tiger Shark were slightly heavier, but they only lost some sail cables. There were a few large holes above the waterline, so I would just repair them.

However, the situation of the warship was very bad. It encountered storms and battles one after another, and the damage was very serious. The only warship that was not damaged was a horn-bluffing ship. This is a commonly used ship in Java. It carries a large cargo and is generally used to transport wood and grain. Li Mingxun has seen two ships in Hong Kong, using a rich mix of Indian ships and Arab sailing ships. It is not armed. Among the other four ships, the warship, which has been renamed the Shark, is in good condition, while the two Manila sailing ships and an Ahat ship are a bit bad.

"The main mast of the Yahat ship was cut off, and there were four large holes in the hull. One of them was at the waterline and needed to be repaired. The San Padro did not participate in the battle, but the storm caused it to lose two masts. Now only the main mast and the front mast are left. If you are in a hurry, you can install a temporary mast for steering, but the speed and operability are very bad. There is a large hole below the port waterline. I checked the keel and ribs, but it would take time to repair it." Pan Xuezhong said carefully. Finally, he said: "The last Ibolito is in very poor condition. I suggest giving up this ship!"

The Ibolito fought with the White Shark and two frigates. The battle went on very quickly, but after the occupation, the sailors blocked the loophole and faced the rapid influx, they could only go directly to the beach and stranded. Li Mingxun originally thought that it could join the community fleet like the San Padro, but he never thought that Pan Xuezhong believed that the ship had no rescue value.

"It's all because of those twenty-four-pound Koufeilins, they are so powerful." Pan Xuezhong said helplessly.

Li Mingxun was even more helpless. In this era, the 24-pound Koufeilin long cannon was the ultimate firepower configuration of the battleship. With its powerful power and high price, it can be regarded as a magic weapon in the country. At least David's British East India Company has never found a single one for the community.

The White Shark only launched three volleys at the Ibolito, and only four 24-pound Kofilins participated in the battle at each time. The twelve shells they fired caused irreparable losses. The seven ribs of the Ibolito were broken, three of which were connected. One shell even passed through the ribs and hit the keel. There were obvious cracks and seepage in the place where it was hit. The support column in the hull also suffered many injuries. If the keel was damaged, it would have no value for repair.

"Actually, this is not a bad thing. If the Ibolito gives up, it can dismantle its ship materials and repair other warships, right?" David comforted.

Li Mingxun shrugged: "I am so pursuing perfection. Xuezhong, you are a master of the community shipyard. This maintenance task will be handed over to you, please."

Pan Xuezhong smiled and said, "Hehe, the big shopkeeper doesn't need to do this. In fact, we made a lot of money this time. You don't know that in order to tow these two ships back, Koquela equipped the rescue fleet with a large number of craftsmen and four experienced engineers. This is a wealth that is difficult to estimate with silver. Big shopkeeper, give them to me. With them, our shipyard's strength will go further."

Li Mingxun nodded slightly and said to Wumu who was walking by: "Pick ten good players from the guards for Xuezhong to listen to Xuezhong's orders."

"Big shopkeeper, I understand, I can use both soft and hard." Pan Xuezhong said.

After responding, Umu said, "Master, some of the captives were originally Spanish slaves. I interrogated them. There were dozens of special identities. I would like to ask you how to deal with them."

"The identity is special, what is the identity?" Li Mingxun asked.

"I heard that these people come from various countries, including English, Dutch, French, German, and some Native Americans, who claim to be pirates of the Caribbean and say they come from what pirate association they come from."

(Germany is not a country at this time, but it has the concept of Germany, similar to the German nation)

"Pirates of the Caribbean, acquaintance." Lee Mingxun smiled.

David was surprised. He knew that Lee Mingxun had a wide range of knowledge, but he never thought that even the Pirates of the Caribbean were known, so he asked, "Your Excellency, do you know them?"
Chapter completed!