Assassin’s Adventure - Chapter 231
Kingston is the largest port in the entire sea after Port Royal and Havana. There are a large number of ships every day. Now there are more pirates among them. Before they open fire, you can’t tell whether they are merchant ships or pirates.
Gordon saw a small sailboat with a Dutch flag, smuggling some tobacco and rum, but the rudder was said to be broken, and all the sails were put away and drifted along the current in the sea.
These were all messages that Gordon came from chatting when the two ships crossed, and even asked if the other party needed help, whether it was the Jackdaw or the White Shark towing a small boat like this was more than enough.
However, the real situation is that the Dutch sailboat pretended to be out of control and secretly adjusted its hull position, cooperated with another sailboat, and made a sneak attack when the Jackdaw and the White Shark were defenseless.
The Jackdaw was attacked from the stern, and the White Shark blocked the right-side salvo.
This distance was too close, and unsuspecting, the Jackdaw’s two sailors who were busy on deck died on the spot, and more dangerously, a shell smashed in through the window of the captain’s cabin at the stern, splashing wood stubble and even stabbing Andrea.
Gordon’s face was terrifyingly gloomy until he saw that the sailboat that fired turned out to be the Dutch boat he had just passed by and wanted to help.
“All sunk, none left!”
“Captain orders, fire! Fire!”
The bodies of the two dead sailors were carried into the cabin, simply covered with sackcloth, while Gordon carried a terrified Andrea to the safest position on the ground floor, where he was handed over to David and Wilson.
The pirate ships felt fear when the two far-out-of-the-ordinary warships, the White Shark and the Jackdaw, extended their thick gun calibers out of the ship’s sides.
The delay in the firing of a salvo of forty-six cannons on one side of the two ships sounded like firecrackers exploding in the ears, and the spray of flames brought death iron bullets.
Allen faithfully carried out the captain’s order, two salvos directly said that the pirate ship burst apart, but Wilson’s face flushed like a carnival, and he began to feel that it was him who followed Gordon to sink these **** pirates one by one. The life he wanted, not grovelling to the Templars.
The sound of the cannon firing was drowned in the waves of the sea no matter how far away, but the light of the fire could illuminate far away, and the dark clouds spread from the north along with the thunder, and the last two days of the voyage would be very difficult.
Gordon did not go on the deck to fight, but guarded the bodies of the two sacrificed brothers by himself. He was silent for a long time, and the sound of cannons exploded in his ears, but it seemed that the road to climb up would offend many people and also Full of blood.
The rainstorm soon poured down, and the sky became darker and darker. In the brief flash of lightning that cut through the space, more ships were approaching in the distance. Those pirates wanted to bite off a piece of meat from the Jackdaw for the gold coins.
“Captain! There are more pirates approaching, we have to turn, our ammunition reserves simply can’t support fighting so many enemies, and so does the White Shark.”
Allen hurriedly ran into the cabin and spoke loudly in front of Gordon before pulling Gordon back to reality, and the thunder became very harsh again.
“The course is turning south, and I need to discuss with him that Wilson come to the Jackdaw.”
“Yes, Captain!”
Allen hurried up again, while Gordon lifted the sackcloth covered by the two dead, and took a deep memory of the faces.
“They’ll pay the price, I swear.”
The two sailors who had no time to close their eyes closed their eyes, and then stepped on the wooden ladder to the deck.
Wilson climbed in the heavy rain from the thick rope attached to the deck, soaked all over, letting the rain run on the leather clothes.
The captain’s cabin was almost damaged, a big hole was pouring in, the ground was full of debris, broken wooden boards, and a bed was also full of stains and dripping rain.
“Captain Gordon, you are looking for me.”
Wilson is not as pessimistic as Gordon. These little pirates have no strong hulls and no large-caliber artillery. They are the best enemies he has encountered in a long time. Well, they are all speed-type sailboats, which are a bit difficult to deal with. .
“There is no place to sit here. You are free. I hope you can give me some useful advice. In a head-to-head battle with the enemy, there may be insufficient reserves of gunpowder and artillery shells.”
Gordon turned and took a surviving chart from the wall.
“Then we should go north. Those little sailboats that are sailing fast by the wind can’t move an inch in the headwind, while the Jackdaw and the White Shark are relatively faster, and they may be able to get rid of them in a day’s time. Time to go to Kingston again.”
“No, our route is south, and there should probably be a lot of reefs in this place, which allows us to reduce the number of enemies we face at the same time.”
Wilson frowned and looked at the location marked on the chart: “Captain, I must remind that our ship is much more likely to hit the rocks than those small sailboats. If we go north, these battles can be avoided.”
Gordon nodded: “It’s true, but I don’t want to face the harassment of these little pirates all the time in the future, I need the name of the Jackdaw on the sea, just like your original red beard, let those pirates I shudder to hear that name.”
Wilson cracked his mouth and smiled. He felt that Gordon’s actions made him appreciate it even more: “Actually, as long as you allow me to change the name of the ship back and hang the green sail…”
“If you still want to join a privateer, don’t even think about it.”
“Just think about it.”
“Drag into the reef area and they’ll have nowhere to run.”
“Then what about our gunpowder and shells?”
“Gunpowder can **** those pirates, use chain bombs as much as possible, paralyze their ships, and hit close, and chain bombs are much easier to replenish.”
“This will increase our casualties. Our manpower is not enough. There should be less than fifty people on the Jackdaw, and ten more on the White Shark.”
“So this is a tough fight. I will directly kill their captains and force more pirates to surrender. You must fill in the captives as soon as possible. I think your experience should be much richer.”
Wilson looked at Gordon in a trance. He didn’t expect the person in front of him to think so boldly, but Gordon’s resolute eyes infected him~www.mtlnovel.com~ and convinced him that this person was not fanciful, but really relied on.
“I need more gold.”
Gordon took out the one hundred gold coins he got from Ellenor from his pocket and threw it directly to him.
“Tell every sailor that if they can fight tenaciously, everyone will be rewarded with five gold coins afterwards, and if they die in battle, Captain Gordon will personally deliver the gold coins to their hands. These gold coins, you send first. To the sailors of the White Shark as a reward for their previous battles.”
Wilson did not agree, but suggested it in a serious tone.
“These gold coins are enough to appease the crew of the White Shark, plus the pirates who surrendered. If you pay such a high bounty in this battle, if you can’t open it in future battles, there will be no People die.”
Gordon shook his head and laughed twice: “I’m not short of money, money has the advantage of money, the vacancy of the two ships is about 180 people, I need to recruit so many crew members as soon as possible, and, Captain Gordon’s sailors don’t get along so easily.”