Chapter Twenty-Four: The Perfect Storm

The ship had been at sea for two days, and that morning we had breakfast and we went out on deck to breathe.

Today's weather is a mess, the sky and the earth are blue, there is no distinction between each other at the end of the sight, the sun is warm, the deck is full of leisurely crew, and our mood is brighter.

Wushuang put on a pair of sunglasses, sat under the sun umbrella, stared at the sky expressionlessly, and Xiao Lu stood beside him with his side of the boat, standing on one foot in a trance, biting the tip of the pen in his mouth, probably thinking about her new song again.

King Guardian seemed to be in a particularly good mood, he put both arms on the side of the ship, took a Cuban cigar as thick as a ham sausage in his mouth, stretched out his hand and pointed to the sea, and exclaimed, "See? The sea is so big, and there is something to make money here, I really don't understand why people have to fight to the death on palm-sized ground. ”

I said, "They don't have more than 10,000 tons of fishing boats." ”

The old guard smiled proudly.

Ah Po ran to the lookout above us, stretched out his arms and howled, "I am the king of the world!" Then he shouted at Xiaohui, "Hui'er, come up, let's pose on the Titanic." ”

Xiaohui smiled: "Phew-"

At this time, Ah Po suddenly pointed to the sea in the distance and said, "Damn, look." ”

At the same time, there were people on the deck who noticed the anomaly and shouted one after another.

There, a small freighter-like ship caught my attention, its hull was emitting thick black smoke, and about a few hundred meters away, a small group of people were on two rafts and paddling desperately to get out of the burning freighter.

King Wei Yu observed the situation, put the cigarette in his mouth and said with a smile: "These boys are lucky, they just happened to meet us." He ordered loudly, "Inform the cab and go all out towards the accident site." ”

Looking at those panicked people, the people on the boat shouted one after another, beckoning the people over there to row this way, in this vast sea, once an accident means that they are in a desperate situation, and the situation of encountering other ships is very small, people in this environment will inevitably have a kind of sad feeling of rabbit death and fox, so people who go to sea see other ships in difficulty, they must be able to help.

The young crew cheered as they watched the raft get closer and closer, and the people on the raft rowed harder toward our boat, until when they came to it, it was clear that there were a dozen or so men crowded on each raft, mostly white, who looked embarrassed and disheveled in their clothes because of their hurry.

The crew lowered the rope ladder, and the men climbed up one by one like apes, and as soon as they jumped onto the board, they immediately helped their accomplices to get on the boat, and when more than half of their men came up, these guys suddenly changed their faces together, and viciously pushed away the crew who had come forward to help, and automatically formed a circle, and the next moment, the infamous AK-47 was revealed in the wide clothes......

Before I could even react to what was going on, a crew member shouted, "It's a pirate!" ”

The king of the fish guard saw it clearly, and then threw the cigarette on the ground and said loudly: "What are you shouting?" guys! ”

These crew members seem to be veterans at sea, the king of fish gave an order, they scattered with a coax, and when they came back with spearguns, there were still a few old rifles on the Zhenhai, and the people from other warehouses heard the news, and they also rushed over, and the weapons became more and more dazzling: wrenches, cones, kitchen knives, rolling pins...... More than 200 people surrounded the less than 20 pirates in an instant.

I now finally know why the old guard was not afraid of us hijacking the ship in the first place......

These pirates had probably never encountered such a fierce ship, so they were stunned for a moment, and immediately raised the muzzle of their guns higher, looking at their nervous appearance, the guns could go off at any time. Judging from the firepower and numbers of both sides, as long as one cannot be controlled, the result will definitely be a lose-lose situation.

At this time, a lazy voice said, "Hey, don't get excited. ”

From the group of pirates, a tall and thin white man wandered leisurely, he separated the two pirates in front of him, came to the king of the guardian fish, he looked at everything on the ship, and said with a smile: "China is here, right?" ”

Lao Wei sneered: "The white-eyed wolf can actually speak Chinese? ”

The man laughed and said, "In our business, mastering one more language means having one more way to make money." The man took out a small triangular fur hat from his bosom and put it on his head, and introduced himself, "If you want, call me Jack." Captain Sparrow. "This man has black bags under his eyes, a mustache, wears tattered clothes, likes to pinch an orchid finger when he has nothing to do, walks with catsteps, speaks in a weird manner, and knows who he learned from at a glance......

Wushuang stood up, pulled Xiao Midori behind him, and muttered, "Return Johnny." What about Depp. ”

Lao Wei was not in the mood to joke at this time, he snorted and said, "No matter what your name is, you got on the wrong boat, brother - we are just a fishing boat." ”

The man who called himself Jack shrugged his shoulders and said, "I also just found out, and I have to say that your ship is really good." ”

The old guard said in a deep voice: "What do you want?" It's not good for you to fight. ”

"Really?" Jack smiled and waved at the ship that was already on fire in the distance, and several heads suddenly appeared on the boat, and they got out together, throwing the discarded tires that kept emitting black smoke into the water, and then someone on the boat jumped on the roof of the cabin, and ripped off the tarpaulin that was covered, revealing a black hole in the muzzle......

"The 77mm Italian naval gun, specially bought from the arms dealer at a high price, although it can only be a single shot a little older, but my favorite!" Jack said triumphantly, "Do you think we just came to you with these few people?" Jack made a gesture at the pirate ship, and the muzzle of the gun on the ship turned sharply, and fired a shot at the sea in the distance, and with a "tom", the sea splashed a column of water more than ten meters high, and the power was really amazing, and then the muzzle of the gun was aimed at our ship again.

At this time, the crew was suddenly terrified, if they want to talk about hand-to-hand combat, they can still have a fight with their own people, but the other party has a cannon, and the Zhenhai is just a fishing boat, which is equivalent to a buffalo and a jackal, no matter how big the buffalo is, it is powerless to resist......

The corner of Lao Wei's eyes shrank, knowing that he had encountered a problem today, he tried to keep his composure, and said coldly: "I have already said, this is just a fishing boat, there is nothing you need." ”

Jack smiled and said, "The boat is good." ”

Lao Wei changed color and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

Jack said, "Maybe I will become a fisherman after I have such a boat, and your sacrifice will not do a good thing for this sea?" ”

Lao Wei said sharply: "No way, unless I die!" ”

"So how many shots do you think your ship can eat me? If you force me to do that, you're not the only one who will die, you'll have to think about your ship and crew, right? ”

Lao Wei said angrily: "Aren't we the same dead when we leave the ship? ”

Jack smiled strangely: "Everyone on this sea knows that I am famous for robbing money and not life, you can leave in a lifeboat." ”

The old guard shouted, "No way! You also know that you often don't see a boat at sea for months! ”

Jack laughed, "Then it depends on your luck, I've done my duty, and now—I'm going back to my ship, and if you haven't left the ship in the meantime, I'm going to be unkind." Saying that, Jack shrank into the group of pirates, and wanted to follow the rope and then return to the raft, although there were many people on the Zhenhai, but the other party all had heavy weapons, and no matter how much they tossed, it was in vain, the initiative was completely in the hands of others, more than a dozen pirates took a step forward, and the crew involuntarily stepped back.

Seeing that Jack was about to get off the boat, we heard a voice above us say depressedly, "What about you and I am fake?" ”

Everyone suddenly looked up, and saw Ah Po standing on the high lookout, still maintaining the shape of "King of the World", as soon as we looked up, this guy spread out his limbs and made a flying gesture towards Jack, "snap", as if he was covered by a huge mass of snot, Jack was so stupid and was pounced on by Ah Po, and then Ah Po rolled a few times in a row and rolled to Jack's feet with Jack......

The pirates made a big noise, and together they pointed their guns at Ah Po, one of them couldn't help but shoot, the bullet pierced a small hole in Ah Po's thigh, Ah Po was not in a hurry, he sat on Jack, put the pigtail around his neck, and then pulled it from behind, and said loudly: "Who will come again?" ”

Jack was sore and suffocating, his two hands were desperately pulling in the air, signaling his subordinates not to shoot, Ah Po let go of his hand, and said with a smile: "What do you think this place is?" If you want to go, you can go, and you can come when you want. ”

Jack started to ask his subordinates not to act rashly, and glanced back at Ah Po and said, "Who are you?" ”

Ah Po scolded with a smile: "Lao Tzu was also Jack just now, but now he is Captain Barbossa (the undead captain in "Pirates of the Caribbean"). ”

Jack judged the situation, raised his hands and smiled reluctantly: "It seems that we have provoked the wrong person, let's leave." ”

Ah Po pulled him again and said, "It's late!" ”

The boat changed dramatically, the Guardian Fish King was surprised and delighted, he rushed over with an arrow step and dragged Jack and Ah Po up, he looked at the muzzle of Ah Po's leg and asked, "How are you?" ”

Ah Po moved his legs and said, "I'll just go out with this pair of pants this time!" ”

Others: "......"

The old guard grabbed Jack and said angrily, "Do you want my boat?" ”

Jack laughed, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." ”

The fish king didn't talk nonsense to him, grabbed his collar and said, "What do you say?" ”

Jack's eyes rolled rapidly in his sockets, and he said, "Let's go to war, I promise that my people will not behave unkindly......"

The King of Fish smiled and said, "Tell me something practical." ”

Jack sighed, "Then you can say it." ”

The King of Fish said loudly: "Let your people and your ship stay away from me, you have to stay on my ship, and I will release you when I get to the next port." ”

"What if you don't let it go?"

Lao Wei laughed: "Then it depends on your luck, anyway, you know what you say now, I won't let you go." ”

“…… That's right. Jack waved at his men with a sad face to let them go, and when those people looked at him, and just when they didn't know what to do, suddenly there was a loud bang on the other side, and before I could react anything, I felt a bulge in my eardrums, and then less than 10 meters in front of our ship lifted a high column of water, and some of the crew suddenly shouted: "Damn, the other side is firing at us!" ”

I looked to the other side, and I saw that the cannon muzzle of the pirate ship was smoking, and several people were looking at this side in a ghostly manner, and at the same time someone was loading shells, obviously, this cannon wanted us to kill even the people and the ship, but the other party missed a thousand miles, using an old cannon, the error was only 10 meters, and they obviously did not want to warn us......

The old guard was in a hurry, and he casually punched Jack and said, "Bastard, what's the matter?" ”

Jack also seemed to be stunned, he looked at the other side in distraction, and suddenly said suddenly: "It's not been a day or two that my deputy captain wants to take my place, and he obviously came at me with this shot......"

Lao Wei grabbed a speargun from the person next to him and pointed at Jack angrily and said, "Lao Tzu's people are going to bury you!" ”

Jack said with a sad face: "Strictly speaking, I have become your funeral ......"

At this time, Xiao Hui, who had been watching the changes, suddenly stood up and said, "Now is not the time to quarrel!" She turned to Jack and said, "Captain Jack, I want you to get your men to put their guns down." ”

"Why?"

Xiaohui stretched out her hands: "Otherwise, we won't be able to cooperate." ”

Jack motioned for his men to put their guns on the deck, and Ah Po kicked them into the sea, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one......

Without stopping at all, Xiaohui gestured to me in a driving posture and asked me, "With your current strength, is it okay?" ”

I immediately understood that she was asking me to sail a boat to escape, although I lost most of my strength in the Battle of Nanbatian, but not all of it, and driving was actually not very strenuous, the only problem was: I can't drive a boat!

Xiaohui didn't wait for me to speak, and said loudly: "You just need to go to the helm!" As soon as I thought about it, I suddenly ran to the cab as if flying, and Wushuang said loudly to Xiao Lu: "Xiao Lu, go and sing to Ah Yi." ”

Midori asked blankly, "What?" ”

"There's no time to explain, you just have to sing."

Midori nodded stupidly and ran after me without saying a word. I listened to Xiaohui directing the people on the ship: "Everyone go into the cabin and find a safe place to stay!" Our ship will soon pick up speed! ”……

We say these words in a split second, but again, it doesn't take long to load the shells, so when I stepped into the cab with my front foot, I could already see with the naked eye that the pirates on the other side were already aiming at us......

At the last moment, I pushed the pilot away, and at the same time concentrated all my strength, and when my fingertips caught the antique rudder, a miracle finally happened, everything outside the ship was still, and the blue waves stood in waves, like props made of plastic foam, and then I saw a cannonball shot from the opposite boat, and the bullet like a small nest head flew slowly over, and landed dangerously on the sea behind us--by this time I had already driven the Zhenhai out of a large section, if it weren't for that, I'm afraid we're already in flames......

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the remaining strength of my ship was completely enough to dominate the Zhenhai, and driving this 10,000-ton ship was no more laborious than driving a car, and at the same time, Xiaolu's singing also sounded, which made me even less worried.

But I soon discovered the disadvantage of being at sea: the sea was too vast, and although I had jumped a long way forward, the pirate ship was stunned for a moment and then turned its guns on us, and we still did not disappear from his sight!

I had no choice but to turn the boat around as the shells came up from behind our butts much faster than we did, and this time the shells landed in front of us, and the water falling from a great height instantly sparked the glass of the wheelhouse......

After this back and forth, we have taken a lot of wrongful roads, and the other party is shelling again, when will it be a head if it goes on like this? At this time, Xiaohui stumbled in, leaned against the door and said loudly: "Ah Yi, don't run blindly, drive around it!" ”

I looked back at her for some reason, she put one fist in the air, and the fingers of the other hand circled it quickly, and I immediately understood, a sharp turn, Suo wiped his head towards the pirate ship, and then turned again within the interval between the collision with it, and made a circle around it - although this circle is not very fast in my opinion, but it must be uncomfortable for ordinary people, just like I drove 120 kilometers in 5 minutes, and the speed of my boat was not simply several times faster than ten times, but ordinary people could not imagine, In this unimaginable situation, we still have to imagine: a 10,000-ton ship, at the speed of looking forward and backward, circled around the water around you - I am happy for them!

Anyway, after this lap, I saw the pirate ship rippling like a dancing girl covered in hundred-dollar bills, cheerful and crazy, and seemed to encourage men to work harder, so I continued to circle around it, and when we turned to the fourth lap, we could hear the creaking sound from a long distance......

On the sixth lap, the otherwise calm sea was stirred by me like the egg soup of a housewife, and the circle I turned out had become a crazy mixer, and the pirate ship spun in place like a turntable on a gambling table, and then it was shattered from the bottom with a clatter, and then it was stuffed into the washing machine, and at first you could see its hull rushing up and down, and soon crackling and then disappearing. I took the rudder and left the great whirlpool, and watched as a good end of a ship was suddenly sucked in, when Midori sang:

"Let's swing the oars and the boat push the waves......"

I let out a sigh of relief, handed the rudder to the already stunned pilot, and smiled at him.

I can't know what it would be like to be in the eyes of ordinary people, just like you can't imagine what it's like to sit in a car at 400 meters per second, of course, if you have a good driver like me, humans may be able to build faster vehicles, but then driving must require high-tech help, because humans alone will certainly not be able to avoid an empty bottle 10 meters away at a high speed of 400 meters per second.

The speed of the ship is calculated according to the knots, one knot is one nautical mile per hour, one nautical mile is 1.852 kilometers, and the general boat is high-speed when driving more than 20 knots, which means that it is much slower than the car, but the one I just drove must be faster than the fastest car......

It was a long time after the ship slowed down, and the crew came out of their respective rooms in a daze, and just now it was all under Xiaohui's command, and they all found a place of shelter in time.

Someone shouted: "The bottom of the ship is steaming!" ”

I lay on the side of the boat to take a look, and I could vaguely see that there was water vapor rising from the bottom of our ship, accompanied by a slight "whoosh" sound, Xiaohui smiled at me: "The speed is too fast, the friction causes the lower body of the ship to be high, and our bow is now at least a few hundred degrees." ”

"Won't anneal, will it?" Ah Po walked over and said, he kept rubbing his face, I saw that his nose was sharp, and the skin in the middle of his face was very delicate and smooth, but his cheeks were piled up, and when he asked, it turned out that he was still on the deck when the boat was driving the fastest just now, and he was blown like this by the sea breeze......

In the distance, the whirlpool I made has calmed down on the surface, leaving only a small whirlpool in the center with a few bubbles slowly turning, but no one knows if there is still ** under the water, because after a while, a large number of fish that were stunned by the whirlpool floated up, including various rare species......

(To be continued)