Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Thief's Lair

Ge Bi was anxious.

The lookout he was in was the highest place on the ship except for a few masts, and of course he could clearly see what was going on.

The "Dawn" collided with a pirate shuttle ship!

The pirates, taking advantage of the small size of the shuttle ship and the speed of the ship, circled to the south of the "Dawn" in an attempt to intercept it.

But the pirates did not expect that such a big man as the "Dawn" could run so fast, and they wanted to grab the head, but the "Dawn" rushed over like an arrow from the string, and for a moment the rudder could not be turned, and the bow of the shuttle ship and the left bow of the "Dawn" collided violently.

Where was the opponent of the "Dawn" of the net shuttle ship with a thin "body" and only one sail, the bow of the ship was suddenly smashed, and the sea water poured in rapidly, and the ship capsized and died at the sight of itβ€”such cold sea water, people can play with a cup of tea at most.

Ge Bi only glanced at the shuttle boat struggling on the sea, and then craned his neck nervously to look at the bow of his own ship - if something happened to the "Dawn" would be unable to fly.

The sound of the cannon behind him had thinned out, and the turtle boat was scrambling to turn.

The bow of the ship hoisted a guy and went down to investigate for a long time, and hurriedly ran to Ge Bi to report: "Dawn" was indeed knocked out of a big hole, but luck was not bad, the breach was above the waterline, and it basically did not affect the navigation.

Ge Bi breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on his forehead and turned to look in the direction of the stern, only to see that the figure of the turtle boat was getting smaller and smaller, but another net shuttle boat was hanging behind him not far away, which made Ge Bi anxious - if he did not disappear from the sight of these pirates for a moment, he would not be at ease for a moment.

"Krata!"

The so-called "blessing is unparalleled, disaster is not a one-way line", just when Ge Bi was uncertain, the right wing sail that had been half smashed off the pedestal finally couldn't withstand the strong sea breeze, and was uprooted, fortunately there were ropes at both ends, and after falling into the sea, he was pulled back by the guys on the deck, ** collected the sail, and put it on a messy deck.

Not to mention the reduction of the ship's speed, the ship's balance between the left and right sides was also broken - the "Dawn" began to yaw in the southwest direction like a strong man with a lame leg.

"Uncle Ge, you can't take away the rest of this winged sail!"

Seeing Ge Bi staring at the left wing sail and preparing to give the order to drop the sail, Chu Fan rushed to the lookout pavilion in three steps and two steps and stopped him.

"If you don't accept it, I don't know where it will go." Ge Bi frowned.

"We should have gone southwest!" Chu Fan shouted against the whistling wind and snow, "If you continue to walk southeast, you should hit the land." "He learned geography well in his previous life, and he had memorized the general topography of this part of East Asia when he was still in Wanzikou Village.

Ge Bi was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, what Chu Fan said was indeed good, the coastline in this area is in the northeast-southwest direction.

It's just that the young master has never been to this area, how can he be so familiar with the terrain of North Korea?

The thought only flashed through his mind before he threw it away, leaned out of the lookout pavilion and gave a hoarse order to put the rudder on the right side - he thought he could control the yaw as much as he could.

The wind blew more and more fiercely, and the speed of the net shuttle boat behind him was almost at a speed after all, and it slowly turned into a small black dot, and the turtle boat was simply out of sight.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at this time, the rescue of the wounded who should be rescued, the fire that should be baked clothes by fire, and the busy and orderly.

After walking abruptly in the wind and snow for more than half an hour, the man in charge of the lookout at the bow of the ship blew the horn again, this time one long and one short, indicating that there was an island and reef ahead.

Ge Bi arrived at the bow of the ship and saw a large area of islands and reefs in front of him, and the skyline in his field of vision was full of black dots, and he couldn't see the end at a glance.

"Where are the pirates in the back?" Chu Fan, who came up, asked.

"I can't see it," Ge Bi muttered, tugging at his swarthy beard, "but I've never been to this reef before, and the terrain is unfamiliar......

Chu Fan knew that navigating was the most taboo to break into complex waterways, but now that the net shuttle boat was hanging behind him, if he wanted to bypass this island and reef, the speed of the ship would inevitably be greatly lost, and if he didn't do it, he would be stuck by the other party again.

"Uncle Ge, what would you do if you were driving that net shuttle boat and you couldn't see us here?" Chu Fan pondered for a while and asked.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I'm sure I'm going to chase down to the southeast, or the southwest. Ge Bi thought for a moment before replying.

"Then let's rush to the reef!" Chu Fan proposed, "At this time, it is necessary to take it by surprise, and the more places they can't think of, the better...... Our Dawn is badly damaged, so we are looking for a small island to repair it...... Even if we are blocked by the other party, we have winged sails and rush over. ”

The hole in the right wing sail and the bow of the ship was indeed Ge Bi's huge heart disease, so he agreed to Chu Fan's proposal after a little thought, ordered the left wing sail and auxiliary sail to be dropped, climbed to the main mast himself to lookout, and commanded Zhang Xiaoyi to take the helm, and the slowed down "Dawn" sailed into the island and reef group.

Navigating dark reefs in the snow and wind is not a pleasant experience: the small islands that are not very high look on the boat, and there is no trace of life on the rocky islands; The bare rocks are black and white, and they look like dirty rags; Occasionally, a few low trees, the branches of which have long since faded their leaves, shiver in the harsh winter; The surging waves crashed on the underwater reef, setting off white waves, making the already uncalm sea even more treacherous; There seemed to be only the sound of ghosts crying wolves and the sound of the wind crashing against the reef between heaven and earth, and it didn't seem to be in the world.

After walking cautiously for an unknown amount of time, the "Dawn" came to the edge of a small island, and Ge Bi let out a low cry, and jumped down from the high mast like an ape, and beckoned the men to drop the mainsail and drop anchor with a pale face, and at the same time made the escorts quickly extinguish the bonfire on the deck.

When the "Dawn" was firmly anchored in the sea twenty zhang away from the shore, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, walked up to Chu Fan, who didn't know why, and whispered, "Young master, there is a boat on the back side of the island!" ”

Chu Fan was also shocked in his heart, "What ship?" ”

"An eagle ship, look at the flag and the pirates chasing us are in the same group...... It's also an octopus! Ge Bi replied, his brow furrowed.

Chu Fan's brows also furrowed - this small island is hidden deep in the middle of this large area of islands and reefs, it is very secretive, and now Ge Bi said that there is an octopus flag on the island, then this is likely to be the lair of the octopus pirates.

If they continue to move forward, they will definitely alarm the pirates on the island, and once the falcon ship is activated, with the pirates' familiarity with these waters, the "Dawn" will definitely not be able to escape!

Once the other party catches up, it will inevitably be a gang jumping battle, thinking back to the performance of his gang of rookies on the deck just now, Chu Fan feels that the chances of winning are not big!

What to do?

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