Tonight's Charleston is bound to be restless.
Just half an hour ago, a hotel suddenly caught fire for no reason, and the nearby residents worked together to put out the fire. However, before they had time to celebrate, another cannon shot was heard.
A cannonball flew into the city against the city wall and smashed through the roof of a residential house. This was just the beginning, and then more shells poured on the city wall. At this moment, most people in the city were stunned. I thought it was a sudden attack by the French fleet, but you must know that the pride of the Royal Navy, the Scarborough, is still moored in the harbor of Charleston.
The other party wanted to clear the forts on the city wall without first solving the biggest threat.
However, it didn't take long for the terrified residents in the city to get an even more shocking news—the attack on Charleston was none other than the Royal Scarborough in the harbour.
This huge naval ship, which has been acting as the guardian of the colony, suddenly showed its fangs tonight and launched an artillery attack on Charleston without warning. The forts on the city wall are the focus of care. , at least half of the forts were destroyed.
At this time, the defenders in the city suddenly realized that they began to mobilize their troops in a panic, trying to organize a counterattack, but then the second round of attack had already fallen, and immediately another group of people turned their backs on the city wall.
It is not that the colonies have not been attacked in the past, but most of them have traces to follow. If you see an enemy ship from a distance, someone will warn you in advance. Everyone should be prepared, but the attack tonight is so sudden that the commanders at the top of the city are not aware of it. Know why Scarborough attacked his own people like crazy.
The artillery fire lit up the night sky tonight. After five rounds of salvos, one-third of the city wall along the southeast coast of Charleston collapsed, and only a few scattered shells fell in front of the Queen Anne's Revenge. Didn't get the hull wet.
After that, the Queen Anne's Revenge rested for a while, waiting for the gun barrel to cool down. At this time, Charleston's coastal defenses were basically destroyed and could no longer pose any effective threat. So ten minutes later, the pirates on board began to attack the city according to the original plan. Do free fire.
Cannonballs crossed the ruined city walls one after another, and fell into the streets, shops and houses. The crowd suddenly fell into panic and began to flee in all directions.
The location of the Governor's Mansion is quite a distance from the coastline, and it has not been affected for the time being. However, the nobles and businessmen inside are also very ugly. They are all famous people in the New World. They came to the Governor's Mansion for a wedding. this kind of thing.
Almost twenty minutes have passed since the incident, and no one has been able to find out the reason for the Scarborough's attack. Everyone feels sorry for their shops and mansions in the city, and wants to rush back immediately but is worried about encountering danger on the road , now the city has become a mess, only the governor's mansion has forty guards, which is considered the safest place.
Governor Watt of Charleston is directing the defense of the Governor's Mansion on the second floor. He has received news that the fort has been scrapped, but it is not known whether the enemy did not immediately organize a landing due to lack of manpower, but Watt did not take it lightly.
Forget about the others downstairs, but upstairs is his own relatives and the big man Belo Monte. If the latter makes any mistakes in his territory, Whitehall will definitely not let him go, so he He also sent someone to notify the defenders to send another 20 guards.
After arranging all this, he was slightly relieved.
On the other hand, Belo Monte on the opposite side seemed very calm from the beginning to the end, and comforted Watt, "Don't worry, the largest planters in the inland are my friends, and they have many private armed forces there. We have sent people to find them, and we can borrow two hundred people from them to help you through this crisis."
Watt was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Great, I just arrived in the New World, and I am not familiar with many things. I will inevitably ask you for help in the future. I heard that Boston has developed rapidly under your governance, especially in the pirate issue. In fact, your iron-blooded stance has been well received by the military, and when I left London everyone was talking about your exploits."
Belomonte smiled while holding the tea, this was indeed the thing he was most proud of.
Watt wanted to say something more, but at this moment a guard knocked on the door and said, "Governor, the reinforcements from the defenders are here, and they are downstairs now."
Watt was stunned, "Someone is here, so soon? Then I'll go down and have a look first."
After finishing speaking, he pleaded guilty to Watt, and went downstairs. Sure enough, he saw twenty soldiers who had just arrived outside the gate, but the leading officer looked a bit unfamiliar.
Suspicion arose in Watt's heart, and he frowned, "What's your name, who is the officer? Why have I never seen you before?"
The officer grinned, "You should have heard of my officer's name. His name is Edward Teach, but people seem to prefer to call him Blackbeard."
After speaking, he pulled out the short musket on his waist and pulled the trigger on Watt who was only one step away.
The gunshot shocked everyone in the hall. Seeing the governor lying on the steps, some female guests couldn't help screaming, and the situation of the male guests was not much better. Weapons, bare hands, facing a group of soldiers armed to the teeth, everyone is left with only panic and despair.
Fortunately, the guards of the Governor's Mansion also arrived at this time, and a firefight broke out with this group of unknown soldiers, and the two sides fought fiercely downstairs.
At almost the same moment, the door of the study room on the second floor was also pushed open, and two men dressed as guards walked in, and said to the bewildered Bellomont, "Governor Watt has checked clearly, the Scarborough has been In the hands of pirates, they pretended to be a navy and attacked Charleston, and you were the target."
"Me?" Belo Monte was a little surprised.
"The situation is urgent now. They have already rushed downstairs and will come up soon. Governor Watt asked us to transfer you away immediately." After speaking, the two guards held Belmont's arms.
"Wait, my daughter!" Bellomonte called.
"The sooner you leave here, the safer the people in this room will be. The carriage is ready. Let's leave through the back door." After the two guards finished speaking, the other people in the room were still a little dizzy and pulled their heads. Romont hurried downstairs.
The latter finally realized something was wrong when he saw the dilapidated carriage outside the back, and wanted to struggle to resist, but it was too late. Two guards pretending to be pirates stopped being polite to him and pushed him into the carriage roughly.
Knowing that he was at the most dangerous moment, Belomonte grabbed the car door and wanted to jump, but at this moment a saber was on his neck.
A deep voice sounded in his ear, "Mr. Bellomont, we finally meet."