The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 571 Hit by

In the waters near Costa Rica, the fleet from San Francisco is still here.

Unrest spread among the crews of these ships.

After all, the British Navy still has great deterrent power.

Fortunately, apart from the other side firing warning shots when the fleet tried to bypass them at the beginning, there were no other actions.

Meanwhile, on the cruiser Sirius, the first mate asked the captain: "Aren't we going to do anything? Just watch them?"

"What else? Blow them up?" Captain Alfred Kingston asked back.

"The order we received is..." The first mate was interrupted by the captain before he could finish his sentence.

"Just wait!"

"I know better than you what orders we received. Now you just need to obey them!" the captain said directly.

"Remember your officer's oath!"

"Send a signal to the Strong and tell them my attitude!"

After the first mate left, Captain Alfred Kingston continued to sit in his chair.

"If we blow up a merchant ship, that guy will go crazy!"

He didn't want to mess with that guy.

"My debt should be able to be wiped out, right? At least part of it!"

If Britain is really preparing to go to war and kill Chen Zhengwei, he might consider it.

But from the orders he received, it was clear that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was putting pressure on him, and they only had two cruisers.

Naturally, he didn't want to draw the other party's anger onto himself.

……

Chen Zhengwei's fleet also set sail from Panama and headed here.

There were only the Warrior battleship, the Pallas frigate, and a few Tel-class gunboats.

The supply ship and several other Tell-class gunboats remained in Panama port.

There were only two cruisers, and these few boats were enough.

More than 20 hours later, the fleet arrived near Puntarenas Port in northern Costa Rica according to the direction sent by telegram, and soon the sailors saw ships on the sea through telescopes.

He immediately shouted down:

"Found it, 15 nautical miles north of us!"

"Head north! Get ready for battle!" Liu Guanzhang immediately gave the order and told someone to notify Chen Zhengwei: "Boss, we found the British ship."

"Got it!" Chen Zhengwei got up from the chair and walked downstairs wearing red trousers and a white shirt.

Leather shoes made crisp sounds on the wooden floor.

"Boss!" Liu Guanchang and other people in the control room quickly stood up when they saw Chen Zhengwei.

Chen Zhengwei nodded, then stood there and watched until the two cruisers on the sea could be seen with the naked eye.

The sailors holding telescopes high up also saw the fleet blocked by the two cruisers.

"Everyone listen to my orders!" Chen Zhengwei directly seized the command of the Warrior.

Liu Guanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately wanted to object: "Boss..."

If we were on shore, we would naturally do whatever the boss said.

But this is at sea, on a ship.

"You were still playing in the mud when I was driving the boat! Do you know how I came to the United States?" Chen Zhengwei said immediately.

"I heard that it was sold to the United States by a piggy bank!" the first mate next to him said immediately.

This is something that all of San Francisco knows.

Ever since Chen Zhengwei got off the boat, San Francisco started to become lively. Within a few months, the original gangs in Chinatown were dispersed or swallowed up.

Chen Zhengwei slapped the first mate on the head: "Where the hell did you hear that rumor from?"

"I drove here in a small boat!" Chen Zhengwei boasted.

"Boss, that's not what people say outside!" Others were surprised.

If Chen Zhenghu were here, he would definitely know that Chen Zhengwei was bragging.

He knew best how Chen Zhengwei came about.

After hearing what Chen Zhengwei said, the others became a little unsure.

"They know nothing!" Chen Zhengwei snatched the telescope from Liu Guanchang, looked into the distance, and calculated in his mind again.

Then the rudder was turned 15 degrees to the left.

"Send a signal with the flags to have the other Tel-class gunboats disperse and surround the two ships, keeping a distance of two nautical miles."

"Keep the Pallas on my left! No need to slow down, just ram it!"

"Open the hatch of the gun bay, don't load it yet!"

"Notify all crew members and prepare for impact!"

Then the captains of other ships received the order and dispersed like a pack of wolves, surrounding the two cruisers.

The Warrior and Pallas, where Chen Zhengwei was, were heading straight towards the Sirius on the right.

The Pallas can help the Warrior block the shells from another cruiser.

Of course, Chen Zhengwei knew that this would never happen, but he wanted to show his intention.

At the same time, the captains of the Sirius and Strong were also paying attention to the movements of Chen Zhengwei's fleet.

Alfred Kingston stretched himself and said, "Finally!"

It seems that the mission this time has come to an end, and the next step is that these two ships will be forced to retreat.

The enemy is a fleet, which cannot be fought by two cruisers.

Then he saw the battleships Warrior and Pallas rushing towards him aggressively.

"What are they going to do?" Alfred Kingston looked into the distance with a telescope and saw several other Tel-class gunboats spreading out and surrounding him.

"That guy won't mess around, will he?"

Ten minutes later, as he watched the battleship Warrior getting closer and closer, Alfred Kingston's expression began to change.

"Is that guy going crazy?"

"Captain, they seem to be... going to hit us?"

"Damn it, it's not as if! He's going to hit us! That lunatic!" Alfred Kingston's forehead was throbbing with veins, and he shouted angrily: "Send flags and make them stop!"

"Power group, start the ship! Full horsepower!"

"Raise the sails!"

"Turn the bow! Evade!"

He was now extremely sure that the madman Chen Zhengwei was going to crash into him!
Boom boom boom!
"Strong notify us to prepare for battle!"

"Tell them to stop!" When Alfred Kingston heard this, he immediately had a bad feeling and his head was about to explode.

However, he was too late to stop the Strong.

Not long after he finished speaking, the sound of cannon fire was heard on the sea!
The Strong fired. This was just a warning. In this era, it was common for navies of various countries to warn other ships not to approach.

The shells fell onto the sea surface hundreds of meters away from the Warrior, creating a large splash of water.

On the Warrior, Captain Liu had been paying attention to Chen Zhengwei's actions. He discovered that Chen Zhengwei could actually operate the boat, and was more skilled than him.

While sailing at high speed, it kept adjusting its angle to fight against the waves and currents, rushing straight towards the Sirius like an arrow.

When Chen Zhengwei heard the sound of artillery fire in the distance, a grim look appeared on his face:

"How dare you actually fire? Load the left cannon!"

"Aim at the enemy ship in front of you on the left, two miles away!"

"Fire!"

"Boom boom boom boom!" Balls of fire lit up on the side of the Warrior, and even the hull was shaking continuously. The two parrots, Huapao and Changhong, on the ship were scared and flew around.

The Strong fired just as a warning, but Chen Zhengwei did not fire as a warning, but went straight towards the other side.

Twenty-six 26-pounder guns and ten 68-pounder guns fired together, and the shells whistled straight at the Strong.

One of the shells landed directly on the side of the Strong, causing it to shake violently and a cloud of thick smoke rose.

The captain of the Strong was even more distraught. He knew the Warrior, but he did not expect that he was just warning Chen Zhengwei in accordance with international navigation practice.

The other side actually opened fire back, and headed straight for the ship.

"Start with full force!"

"Check the hit locations and report the damage!"

The Strong immediately started the steam engine and began to distance itself.

On the Sirius, Alfred Kingston's scalp was tingling, and he cursed: "Damn it!"

While he was busy starting the ship and turning to avoid the Warrior which was heading straight for him, he also had someone use flag signals to notify both sides to stop the exchange of fire.

When all the sails were raised, the wind fluttered, and the oars began to turn, the crew on the Sirius finally felt a little relaxed.

However, they soon discovered that something was wrong. The bow of the other ship had actually tilted slightly, but was still heading straight towards them.

"They're still coming for us! They want to ram the ship!"

Alfred Kingston's face looked very ugly, and he cursed Chen Zhengwei in his heart as a madman.

After estimating the distance between the two sides, he gave a loud order: "Everyone, get ready. Speed up in five minutes and sail at full speed!"

As the Warrior was getting closer, the crew members on the Sirius were busy and nervous, with sweat on their brows.

The other party showed no signs of slowing down and kept adjusting the direction of the bow.

At the opponent's current speed, even if he slows down, he will still hit you directly.

As time passed, five minutes later, the Warrior was only 500 meters away from the Sirius. Seeing the Warrior's speed not decreasing at all, the crew members on the Sirius were sweating.

"Now, everyone speed up!" Alfred Kingston shouted loudly.

The Sirius suddenly accelerated, and all the crew members on board held on to anything they could hold on to to avoid being thrown off the ship in the event of a collision.

Some sailors began to pray subconsciously.

After all, the two sides are too close.

Even though they had increased their speed, there was still a high probability that the two ships would collide.

Wow!
The sound of the ship breaking through the sea water rang in everyone's ears. All the crew members stared at the Warrior as it was colliding. They saw the huge warship splitting the waves and passing by the Sirius a dozen meters behind.

This made everyone sweat.

Not to mention them, even the sailors on the Warrior were sweating coldly.

Many people subconsciously looked towards the control room.

Chen Zhengwei was holding a cigar in his mouth, looking at the Strong in the distance with a somewhat unfriendly expression.

"Boss, the Sirius lowered the boat! It should be the messenger!"

"Slow down!" Chen Zhengwei retracted his gaze, threw the rudder to Liu Guanchang, and then patted Liu Guanchang on the shoulder.

He was a very brave captain. When he was attacked by the British Royal Navy, he dared to fight back immediately and even hit the ship with a cannonball.

If the British are dissatisfied with this, the worst that can happen is that they go to the San Francisco court!

A moment later, the small boat lowered by Sirius approached the Warrior, and then the crew lowered a ladder for them to come up.

"We are sending you a letter on behalf of the British Royal Navy!" Several British sailors who came up had anger in their eyes.

Just now, the Warrior almost collided with the Sirius. Given the speed of the Warrior, the result of the collision was foreseeable.

The Sirius will inevitably sink, and the Warrior will also be damaged.

The captain of this ship is a lunatic!
Soon, the letter was delivered to Chen Zhengwei.

"Alfred Kingston?" Chen Zhengwei glanced at the letter, a little surprised.

The other party was one of the several school officers who were sending ships to San Francisco, and he was the most gambling one among them.

Because he was tricked, he owed Chen Zhengwei $50,000.

The last time I saw him, he was a major, but now he is a lieutenant colonel and the captain of the Sirius.

"First of all, you intercepted my fleet and fired at my ship! I will not give up pursuing this matter!" Chen Zhengwei thought for a moment and said directly.

"You almost hit our ship just now! We were defending ourselves!" said the British naval soldier who was sent angrily.

"That means there was no collision, right? My captain has very good skills!" Chen Zhengwei sneered.

"As for your accusation that I violated the principle of neutrality, that's a joke!"

"Now I give you two choices. Either get out, or I sink your ship and then protest to the British government!" Chen Zhengwei said bluntly, and then sneered: "Of course, you can also protest to the US government!"

After saying this, he ordered the British messenger who was delivering the letter to be driven off the ship.

After the other party disembarked, five Tel-class battleships were left behind to drive away the two cruisers.

The Warrior and Pallas were heading to the front fleet.

After raising the flag, the other party quickly sent a small boat to bring people over.

"Boss! Fortunately you are here. We have been stuck here for two days! We wanted to go around before, but those British guys just opened fire! The captain didn't dare to go any further!" The member of the security company responsible for escorting this batch of goods said as soon as he got on the ship.

"Those British guys are really overreaching. They even wanted to search the ship, but we refused!"

"Nothing else happened, right?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

"No! The other party is just warning you! They want to board the ship for search, but you won't be forced to board even if you refuse!" said the henchman.

"Okay, I'll settle the matter with the British later! Go and notify the fleet to set off first!" Chen Zhengwei nodded, and then escorted the cargo fleet to Panama.

……

Meanwhile, in the British Foreign Office, someone was arguing with the Foreign Secretary.

"We shouldn't use force! He's the only one who has penicillin now, and the United States has already proven the effectiveness of penicillin!"

"We still have to get penicillin from him!"

"The value of that Chinese man is not just to cause trouble for the United States!"

"We can get the drugs from him through other means!" said the Foreign Minister nonchalantly.

"You should read more about his information. He is a mad dog who responds to soft tactics but not hard ones! You will mess things up if you do this!" the visitor warned directly.

(End of this chapter)