Chapter 44: The Naval Battle (I)

Harden also failed to tell the details of the Devil Fruit, and he didn't know much about the Devil Fruit, only saying over and over again that it was "the incarnation of the devil on the sea, and those who eat it can get demonic power" This kind of unnutritious words, Becker because he himself does not know the truth of the Devil Fruit, can only believe his words, but Becker still doesn't trust Harden's statement subconsciously. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, what reassures Becker is that from Harden's words, it can be learned that although the Devil Fruit is rare, it is not something that cannot be obtained, Becker is just curious about how Redbeard obtained the Devil Fruit, after all, this kind of thing is so rare in the East China Sea that it is as ethereal as a legend, and many people in the East China Sea have never heard of it, not to mention that they have never heard of it.

After hanging the body on the corner for a few days, it was inevitable that an epidemic would occur, and it was finally untied by the second mate, Felton, and thrown into the sea.

Although Redbeard's violent methods suppressed a group of murderous pirates, so that everyone on the ship did not even dare to quarrel in the next few days, but it had no effect on alleviating the atmosphere on the ship and the mood of the pirates, even a person with little experience in sea navigation like Becker could see that the atmosphere on the ship was like a powder keg about to ignite, and a group of pirates needed to vent their emotions.

The opportunity for a gang of pirates to vent soon came.

On this day, Becker was helping to clean the deck when he heard a small cry from the pirates in the fight.

Including Becker, many pirates on the deck subconsciously looked at Wangdou, and saw the lean pirate in Wangdou excitedly pointing to the side of the ship, and shouting to the many pirates looking at him below: "There's a ship over there!" ”

Vice-Captain Reis, who was also on deck, climbed to the other mast without saying a word, and he was as large and strong as a bear, but he climbed as swift as an ape, and he grabbed the mast and the cable, and climbed up to the mast in three or five strokes.

Becker looked at the slightly swaying mast, worried that Lacey would break it, and then he rolled his eyes and ordered a novice pirate beside him, "Go and inform the captain." ”

The man muttered reluctantly, but although Becker was also a newcomer to the ship, his status as a trainee navigator was obviously much higher than the others, and he was very popular with the new and old pirates on the ship, although this man was reluctant, he could only run to the captain's room.

Lacey reached the deck and set up a pergola with his hand, looked in the direction where the lean pirates were looking, and then shouted to the pirates below, "Go and inform the captain!" ”

"I've just let people go!" Becker shouted with his head up.

Lacey nodded, grabbed a rope in one hand, and jumped out of the bucket, swinging twice in the air, then sliding down with his hands staggered, and landed firmly on the deck.

At this time, Second Officer Felton, who was patrolling the cabin, also went to the deck when he heard the news, and he carried a pair of monoculars with him, and when he reached the side of the ship, he pushed one of the pirates in the way and looked up.

A group of pirates were all gathered next to Felton, the sea was empty, and everyone could vaguely see the ship in the distance, but the details were not real, and an old pirate asked excitedly: "Second officer, what kind of ship is it?" ”

"Pirate ship." Felton observed for a moment and then replied in a deep voice.

Becker was also gathered around Felton, and when he heard the groan of "crunching" planks behind him, he quickly looked back and saw the captain's redbeard and tricorne-hat head coming out of the cabin.

When Redbeard arrived on the deck, he walked directly like Felton, and there was a pirate blocking his way in the middle, and he flew up and kicked him into a rolling gourd, and Felton hurriedly handed the telescope to Redbeard when he saw this.

Redbeard's intact right hand took the binoculars and held them up in front of him, and after a while, he grinned and said with a cruel smile: "These bastards are not small, they dare to come here knowing that this is the route I often take?" ”

Redbeard put away his binoculars and threw them back to Felton, and when he saw everyone on the deck looking at him, he laughed a little, and then yelled, "Rudder me, lean over!" ”

The other pirates heard that it was not a merchant ship but a pirate ship, and their excitement subsided a lot, but they were still busy when they heard this, Navigator Wood also came to the deck, and when he heard that he was going to fight with another group of pirates, he immediately stretched his face, and reluctantly got on the foremast, and commanded the pirates below to adjust the direction of the ship according to the wind direction, and the first mate Reis went to command the pirates on the deck to rudder and steer the sails, and the ropes on the deck were crisscrossed, and every time the sails were adjusted to borrow the wind, they had to loosen back and forth, which was very hard, and the second mate Felton ran to check the artillery, With a bunch of gunners, carry both powder kegs and shells to the gun.

Becker was a little confused, but then he calmed down and learned from the other old pirates to take advantage of his free time to check the weapons on his body, and he also had a pistol brought with him from Momiji Village, and then he reloaded the pistol.

The two ships gradually approached, and the pirate ship on the opposite side also found the approaching redbeard pirate ship at this time, Redbeard made people raise the flag early, and there should be someone on the opposite ship who looked at the telescope, at this time saw the flag of Redbeard, and felt the ill will of Redbeard's group, and the pirates on the ship seemed to be busy, but Redbeard was notorious, and the pirate ship on the opposite side seemed a little flustered, and it didn't seem to be willing to approach the redbeard pirate ship, and wanted to escape.

Unfortunately, the pirate ship on the opposite side was a slightly converted merchant ship, and it was not as fast as the redbeard's three-masted clipper, and the distance between the two ships was gradually narrowing.

The atmosphere on the three-masted clipper was much more solemn, the faces of the new crew members were somewhat nervous, and the expressions of the other old thieves, although also serious, were much more relaxed.

The guns on the ship turned out to be old-fashioned front-loading guns, Harden and a group of gunners were loading next to the guns, Becker watched them shovel the gunpowder from the powder keg with a charge shovel, and then roughly stuffed it through the muzzle, asked the second mate Felton what kind of bullet he used, and then loaded an iron ball along the muzzle, compacted it with a pusher, and poured primer on the fire door.

Becker frowned slightly, even in this world, this kind of artillery is too backward, although it is conceivable that the Redbeard Pirates are mainly engaged in broadside combat, but the long-range firepower is ignored to this extent, it can only be said that Redbeard is really a bit derelict as a captain, I don't know if it is because his vision is not enough, or he does not care about the life and death of ordinary crew members at all, he does not believe that Redbeard can't get better artillery.

Becker was half-crouched behind the guard near the side of the pirate ship opposite, and there were also some pirates crouching around him, with not only scimitars and axes, but also some hook claws.

Another person walked quickly and squatted beside Becker, he turned his head to look, and found that it was the young man Ah Jin who he had met when he first got on the ship, Ah Jin had a black face as always, as if someone else owed him money, and occasionally cautiously looked up from behind the guard to observe the opposite pirate ship, and when he saw Becker looking at him, he barely squeezed out a smile and nodded at Becker.

As the two ships approached, the two pirate ships gradually came together in parallel, and the people with good eyes could already see the figures on the opposite boat, the red-bearded pirates were crying wolf on the ship, and the old pirates howled excitedly, as if they were not afraid, but were intimidating and provoking the pirates on the opposite ship, some of the new pirates who entered the ship did not know why, and they also shouted with the old pirates, and vented their nervous emotions like madmen, and a few rookies got carried away, walked out of the cover, and danced and shouted at the pirates of the other ship. Becker watched coldly, as if he were looking at a dead man.

As the two boats approached, someone on the opposite boat shouted something, and the voice faintly came along the sea breeze: "Boss Redbeard, we're just passing by here, let's go!" ”

None of the many pirates on the Redbeard ship spoke, and Deputy Captain Lacey and Second Officer Felton all looked at Barbarossa, who stroked his beard and roared with a cruel smile: "Go? Shoot me! ”