Governor Cohen agreed, "There is no way, these Englishmen are just a group of barbarians!"

This situation was real at that time. The British national strength did not become stronger at that time. They were always regarded as barbarians by Europeans! They believed that they were rude and acted rudely, and were the hometown of pirates.

Until then, Britain's national strength increased, and these British pirates were also cleansed and pretended to be gentlemen. They also promoted the title of gentleman country to the whole world! The reason why Britain is called a gentleman country is because they have never been gentlemen before!

You should know that a country is similar to a person. What a person lacks often has to show what he has. It is the same as a poor scholar wiping his mouth with pig skin. And until the First World War, the most popular court etiquette in Europe were Spanish-style court etiquette, not British-style etiquette. Therefore, it can be seen how unpopular the British were at that time.

Colonel Clark walked directly to both sides. The priest was about to pour a glass of wine into his throat when Colonel Clark held it down.

The priest looked at the people beside him with drunken eyes and said, "Who are you?"

Colonel Clark said, "I am Colonel Clark, English. I want to ask you something."

The priest grabbed a piece of barbecue on the table and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "I know what you want to ask? But I can only tell you that I don't know anything! Because I have never seen the battle."

But Colonel Clark did not let him go, and still questioned the priest repeatedly. He did not let him go regretfully after the priest said everything he knew.

However, Colonel Clark did not return to the other end of the long table after getting up, but instead sat on a chair under the living room wall. The other two captains also came over and asked, "Col. Are you getting anything?"

Colonel Clark shook his head regretfully and said, "There is nothing! The priest knew nothing, and he didn't even see the scene of fighting between the two sides!"

A captain said, "That's a pity! I think there must be some very important things in that battle, so the priest was told.

They were locked in the camp. And all those captured were killed!"

Major Clark nodded and said, "I think so too, but we lack evidence."

Another captain with a mustache said, "Is it a new weapon? For example, a particularly large artillery, or the Orientals used their witchcraft? Should we bring a few priests on the ship?"

Colonel Clark said: "Don't talk about these unfounded things! I prefer these pirates to have new cannons! You know, God can't control them!"

Captain Bazi Hu said, "Since we can't get any news, let's forget it. Anyway, if we follow us to the sea, we will know everything sooner or later."

Colonel Clark said: "I must stay away from them in this battle! Those who can annihilate the Spanish fleet and the Netherlands fleet at the same time are definitely not easy to provoke! So we should not easily show hostility, so we should not die here! After all, the king is still waiting for us to return the news!"

After communicating with his subordinates, Colonel Clark returned to the front of the long table. However, this time he did not interrupt, but just listened quietly to Governor Cohen discussing the battle. Now the focus of the debate between the two sides is who will command the battle.

The final debate was that Baron François would command the battle, and he would be the commander-in-chief of the fleet. The reason was that he participated in more naval battles, in fact, because Baron François brought twelve battleships, more than the ten existing battleships of the Netherlands.

As for tactics, the joint fleet went directly to Jelancha City, Taiwan. They firmly believed that the pirates would definitely entrench there. As long as they were defeated, they could be taken back to Taiwan. At the same time, the two sides agreed to rest for a day in Batavia and set off after replenishing supplies.

The next morning, Colonel Clark returned to his boat to receive supplies. But he saw that his sailors were all depressed. However, this did not attract his attention. Because he thought that the sailors must have been carnival for a long time last night before returning to bed to rest.

But he soon discovered something abnormal. Because the boat was too smelly! And the bow toilet was filled with sailors queuing.

Some sailors can't even wait in the toilet, so they take off their pants and sit on the side of the boat, stretching their butts out for convenience!

In the sailing era, all the toilets on sailing boats were placed on the bow. There are two main reasons. One is that most sailing boats could not move against the wind, and the wind direction was generally blown from the stern, so the bow was at the lower wind and no one could smell the odor.

Another reason is that if the toilet is placed above the waterline, the opening or sink is prone to waves. So only the captain can have a private toilet in the captain's stern.

Colonel Clark's face changed immediately when he saw this situation! Among his limited medical knowledge, there is only one explanation for this situation, that is, the plague!

You should know that it is terrible to have a plague on the sea! In the sailing era, the sanitation on the ship was very poor, and the living environment was extremely crowded. So once an infectious patient appeared, everyone on the ship would soon fall ill! In addition to the barber who only knew how to bleed, all sailors could do was pray to God. But this often didn't work.

Colonel Clark was so scared that he took two steps back one after another, and shouted: "Big mate? Where is the first mate?"

A strong middle-aged sailor ran out of the cabin. As soon as he saw Colonel Clark, he said, "Captain, something big is wrong! More than half of the people on the ship are diarrhea!"

Colonel Clark shouted: "I saw it! What the hell is going on?"

Captain Clark did not say the word plague! Because he was afraid of causing panic. However, the first mate understood his thoughts and said, "Col. Don't worry too much. I guess this is definitely not a plague! They must have eaten something last night to cause such strong diarrhea. Because I found that most of the people with diarrhea were sailors who landed in the carnival last night."

After hearing the first mate say this, Clark breathed a sigh of relief. Colonel Clark immediately said: "Go and check the other two ships immediately and confirm if only the sailors who are landing have symptoms of diarrhea?"
Chapter completed!