At this point, the Banshee had long since given up shelling, and the sailors were firmly hooked to the Portuguese ship with various hooks and anchors. Pirates armed with all sorts of weapons poured onto the deck of the Portuguese. Armed with a bayonet sword, Maiden roamed the ship's corners, reaping life gracefully. Several Indian archers also stood on the stern and the backmast to shoot arrows in support of the sailors on the deck who were engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Seeing that victory was in sight on the main deck, and the roundhouse guns on the stern were also suppressed by bows and arrows and could no longer be reloaded, he really didn't want to lose his manpower anymore, so he ordered his men to form a half-circle and not rush upward.

The four Portuguese knights in their half-armor looked at each other, and Chen Shouxu couldn't see their expressions through the armor, but he had a gut feeling that the Portuguese didn't want to surrender.

"Be careful", Chen Shouxu slammed into a sailor, dodged a sword stabbed by the Portuguese knight, and then turned around and used his knife to hold the second sword, his mouth secretly bitter. In the narrow stern, the sailors' superiority in men could not withstand the invulnerable half-body armor, and the four Portuguese knights cooperated with each other, and Chen Shouxu had already three sailors who were forced to jump into the sea to escape.

Just when Chen Shouxu felt that he couldn't parry, he felt that the Portuguese figure in front of him was stunned, and his unprotected right upper arm was hit by an arrow, he didn't give up the sword in his hand, gritted his teeth and continued to stab at Chen Shouxu. But at this time, he knelt in front of Chen Shouxu with two arrows in his calf, Chen Shouxu dropped the knife in his hand, pounced on it fit, and pressed the Portuguese under him. With his left hand, he drew his dagger from his waist and stabbed it into the gap in his visor. The Portuguese let out an inhuman scream, blood pouring out of the cracks in his helmet, Chen Shouxu gritted his teeth to resist the thumping of his fists, and his hands clenched the hilt of his sword and stirred it vigorously, ending his opponent's struggle. He felt like he was out of strength, gasping for air until he was helped up by his men.

Chen Shouxu then noticed that while he was fighting the brave Portuguese knight, Maiden had already inflicted heavy damage on the other two Portuguese, both of whom pierced the unprotected calf with their swords, incapacitating the enemy, and ending the enemy's struggle with the sailors who pounced. The last knight was shot into the sea by a sailor with a heavy arquebus.

And the Portuguese captain fulfilled his promise and, at the last moment, committed suicide with a flintlock pistol.

On the backmast of the Banshee, the chief holds the sail rope in his right hand and a longbow in his left, and the sea breeze blows his hair like a god of war. Chen Shouxu bowed deeply to the chief. Without the support of the chieftain, he could not have won the Portuguese knights.

It's hell on the deck at this time. Stumps shattered by solid bullets, human flesh sieves struck by shotguns, corpses hacked to death by swords covered the deck. Blood, everywhere, dripping into the sea through drainage holes, attracted large schools of sharks to swim around the hull.

It's miserable.

There was no retreat on the ship, and both sides did their best.

Captain Grover walked onto the deck of the trophies with a blushing face.

Counting the ships, the harvest was enormous, in addition to the cane sugar and ink tree trunks loaded on the ships, there were more than 32,000 riyals of silver, equivalent to a huge sum of 1,000 pounds.

The price is also dearly. The Banshee lost its mainmast, and Mary's ramming of the side of the Portuguese ship lost its bowmast and part of the bow and needed major repairs.

The most serious losses were among the personnel, not counting minor injuries, the artillery shelling of the Portuguese captain without distinction between enemy and friend caused more than 10 casualties, and in hand-to-hand combat and the previous artillery battle, more than 20 more were killed and wounded. Nearly 50 people were killed and seriously wounded.

Grover was silent, he didn't know if it was a victory or a defeat, and he and William combined were just over 160 people combined. A third was lost at once.

He said to William, "Captain William, the losses are too great, I'm afraid we have to rest for a while." ”

William's face was also gloomy, and nearly half of his men had been lost, "I totally agree, Captain Grover, now our priority is to save the wounded and repair the ship. None of this work should be done at sea, and I know that there is a hidden bay not far from here where we can anchor temporarily. ”

"Then I'm sorry for you to provide navigation."

"As it should be."

After the battle was over, the sailors could not rest yet.

Cleaning the deck from the wreckage of the battle, simply repairing the planks and masts, replacing spare saillines, they still need to do the heavy lifting.

The Blue Banshee was highly hierarchical, and since becoming an officer, Chen Shouxu would no longer participate in the work of sailors. He went down to the inside of the Yahat ship, found himself a bottle of rum, and took a few large sips before feeling a little calmer.

Sterling silently walked up to him with a body of gunsmoke, he was directing the artillery battle on the Banshee today, and he didn't jump the gang.

"When that Portuguese tin can slashed at me, I thought I was going to die." Chen Shouxu took a sip of wine and handed the bottle to Sterling.

"The Portuguese maneuver cannon hit a gun crew right in front of my eyes."

Sterling took a sip of his wine and choked on his throat, "Ahem, ahem...... Right in front of you. An entire artillery crew was bloodied by the shotguns. ”

You take a sip for two, and I take a sip until the whole bottle of rum is poured into my stomach.

The Blue Banshee, the Dolphin, the Mary and the Portuguese warships staggered into the anchorage provided by William.

The bay is small, and most of the bay mouth is blocked by reefs, leaving only a narrow waterway. Ahhat's ship had no choice but to put away its sails and be towed into the bay by dinghy. The coast is full of swamps covered with mangrove forests, and it looks lush and beautiful. If you get closer, you'll find that the mangroves are infested with tropical mosquitoes that carry viruses that can kill everyone on board.

All ships are anchored.

The wounded were transferred to the Yahat ship, where there was more space. The captured Portuguese ship doctor was left behind, and the captain told him that he was given three pounds sterling to save a man. Many people have not survived the infection and high fever after being injured, and the hope of survival for the wounded who have not yet died has greatly increased.

The Blue Banshee's makeshift mainmast and Mary's mast all needed to be completely replaced, and the only suitable material for the ship was this Ahat ship. The planks and part of the ribs also needed to be repaired.

The sailors made improvised cranes from the mainmast and main masts of the Ahat ship, and lifted the corresponding equipment onto the ships in need of repair.

The sailors spent more than ten days repairing the ship, and by the way, William loaded the Mary with 4 8-pounder guns and 2 4-pounder guns, and the Dolphin with 4 4-pounder guns. The remaining four 4-pounder guns (two of which were originally the stern guns of the Ahat ship) were placed in the bilge by the captain as ballast. The bulwark swivel guns were also divided between the three ships.

Eventually, after diverting some of their most valuable cargo, the pirates set fire to the Yahat ship, which had been dismantled into empty hulls, which was the end of most of the trophies.