"Deputy Silveira! Without my orders, who told you to open fire?!..."
"Uh! Respected Sir Bruno Cao, I only... I only saw the natives praying to devils, and worried they were cursing the fleet... That was why I fired first, to interrupt their evil curse..."
"Bastard! Silveira, you impulsive fool! Do not use the name of the Father as an excuse for your own stupidity and recklessness!... I am warning you seriously! If a mistake like this happens again, you will be relieved of your post as captain, and another officer will take over!"
"I! ...Yes... I obey you... Sir Bruno Cao."
As pioneers of maritime exploration, the discipline of the Kingdom of Portugal's navy was, in the end, far stricter than that of Castile's navy, which had only just begun. Faced with Captain Bruno's severe reprimand, Deputy Silveira, even if he was secretly gnashing his teeth with hatred, could only lower his head and admit his mistake on the surface.
However, Silveira's reckless bombardment, with four Two-pounder Cannons firing at the same time, directly caused more than a dozen native casualties. The Taino tribe in formation was greatly shocked and terrified. Several hundred able-bodied men scattered outright, and only after fleeing to the farthest edge of the village did they gradually gather again.
And the position where they regrouped had already exceeded the guns' maximum range aboard the ships. Whether it was the short-range Two-pounder Cannons on the secondary ship or the longer-ranged Eight-pounder Cannons on the flagship, none could reach them anymore.
At this point, Bruno's plan for peaceful communication had completely turned into a bubble's shadow. As for conquest by force, taking a native village of a thousand people with fewer than forty Sailors aboard the fleet? In cautious Bruno's eyes, this was simply an extremely risky, unrealistic