There is a hint of haze in the Caribbean Sea in the early morning, and Barbados, located to the east of the Caribbean Sea, is surrounded by sea fog that spreads over the sea.

After two days in the English colony, 400 of them were planning to participate in the expedition, including about 100 naval interns.

Zheng Chenggong counted his bags, held a musket in his hand, and boarded the armed merchant ship "Zheng He" with other naval cadets. Ling'er was entrusted by him to take care of Sir Modiford, the governor of Barbados.

All the naval cadets were nervous about this battle. They learned the latest naval combat and management techniques in the naval martial arts hall, but they had not experienced real battles, and they were still in the internship period. This time, they had to engage in real battles, and they would die.

"Young men, don't be nervous. Everyone is equal in the sea. Solid bullets will not tell who is the officer and who is the sailor." Zheng Zhihu sent several formal naval officers to command a group of naval cadets on the "Zheng He".

Naval cadets are newbies. They could have become naval reserve officers after the internship period and served in the four major fleets. This battle is also a psychological temper for them. They may be the first cadets to participate in naval warfare during the internship period.

The naval cadets skillfully worked together to put away the anchor, pull the rigging, and prepare to join forces with the Royal English Squadron.

"I heard that a group of young people among them are students of the Naval Academy, and they are not the first ones. Should we in England also set up a Naval Academy to specialize in cultivating suitable talents? So far, our naval officers have only been selected from captains and nobles with sailing experience, and some have been dispatched from the army. They are still much short of professional naval officers." Black noticed that most of the crew members of the Zheng He were young people under the age of twenty.

"It is enough to be able to wear a uniform naval uniform, which means that neither our crew members nor sailors have a uniform clothing yet," said Sir Pennington.

After the two fleets joined forces, there were 17 warships and 20 transport ships. They left Barbados and took the lead in attacking Haiti in Spain.

Less than 100 years after Haiti was discovered by Columbus, the indigenous people on the island were almost extinct due to war, disease and enslavement, especially the smallpox brought by Europeans. This place became a Spanish colony.

The goal of the Royal Fleet is to seize the city of Santo Domingo on the island, cut off the route of the Spaniards to transport gold and silver, and replace the Spaniards' status here.

The fleet encountered two Spanish sailing ships outside Haiti Island.

"That must be the treasure ships that came out of Santo Domingo, intercept them!"

Sir Pennington ordered his warships to attack quickly like a hunter who saw his prey. The 14 warships bulged their sails and rushed out like a group of wild wolves, quickly approaching the two Spanish treasure ships.

Spain's treasure ships carry gold, silver, sugar, and minerals they plundered from South America, Central America and West Indies, each of which is worth a lot!

If it weren't for these treasure ships that kept transfusions of blood to Spain, it wouldn't have been able to fight with Ottomans, England, the Netherlands, France and other countries one after another and become the first maritime overlord.

Now wealth is in front of them! As long as they can capture two treasure ships, they can obtain a lot of wealth, which is what all Pirates of the Caribbean dream of!

"We're also involved in the hunt!"

Zheng Chenggong and other naval cadets were also excited when they saw the legendary treasure ship. They were not concerned about whether they could really intercept the treasure ship. What they cared more was that the participation in intercepting the treasure ship itself made them feel excited.

The three expedition ships also participated in the interception of the treasure ship.

"Pirates! No, there can't be so many pirates!"

The Spanish sailors on two Spanish treasure ships discovered the enemy on the sea almost at the same time. The other party did not hang any flags of the kingdom, and obviously deliberately pretended to be pirates.

The Spanish treasure ship immediately turned around and returned to Haiti Island.

The treasure ship was loaded with cargo, but the large hull was not so flexible. Some light English warships were already approaching slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Chasing at full speed!" Zheng Chenggong and his team were also riding the wind and waves, hunting treasure ships in the sea. Because of the intense pursuit, the sailors let go and increase the speed of the ship to the fastest.

"fire!"

The artillery on the bow of the ship was assembled with the cannons. As they approached the treasure ship, they lit the fuse of the cannon and blocked their ears. The spherical shells flew out and landed on the turbulent sea surface, and dangers arose!

A poor Spanish treasure ship was hit by several shells one after another, and several sailors died.

A warship commanded by Black caught up with one of the slightly behind treasure ships from the side, and he specially recruited several skilled gunners.

"Reload the chain bullet and make it lose its maneuverability!" Black gave an order to the gunner.

After intense loading, several cannons roared, and the rotating chain shells shot out, tearing the canvas of the nearby treasure ship!

Not just canvas, the double-headed high-speed rotating shell is a nightmare for ropes and sailors at close range. A sailor cannot dodge and is torn apart by the oncoming chain bullets!

The canvas used to advance at full speed was destroyed. The already slow treasure ship was slower at this time and was caught up by more hunters. Hunters chased them from both sides, and they kept shelling the treasure ship to force it to surrender.

The Zheng He, driven by Zheng Chenggong and other naval cadets, also rushed to the front with good performance. They tried to aim the treasure ship with their guns for the first time and bombarded them.

The gunners among the naval cadets seemed extremely nervous than before to train, and they finally experienced that real combat was far worse than training.

One cannon roared one after another, and the shells hit the treasure ship opposite!

The Zheng He trembled slightly due to the launch of artillery. Zheng Chenggong saw that several of his artillery shells hit the hull of the treasure ship. The sound of artillery roared in his ears. Not far away, the warships in England were also firing, and he couldn't help but burst into blood.

This was the first time he experienced the battle on the sea, although the enemy was just a treasure ship with little resistance.

If the captain of the Treasure Ship knew that they were not only attacked by the Royal Navy, but also regarded as the objects of practice by the Chinese Navy interns, they would definitely feel angry and ashamed.

The treasure ship, which was destroyed by Black with a chain bullet, was completely destroyed by all hunters. Soon after, it could not move on the sea and hung up a white flag. Another treasure ship slipped back to Haiti Island while its companions were in trouble and escaped.
Chapter completed!