Chapter Twenty-Four: The Shipwreck
"What happened?"
The sudden collision made the ship tremble slightly, and Dominic shouted loudly.
"What does the ship seem to have hit us?" Leo stepped aside and looked down, but there was nothing underneath.
"The ship, the ship leaked, and the sea poured into the cabin." A pirate shouted from his stomach on the stairs.
"Old Jossen, where is the entrance to the cave? Size, can it be solved? ”
Dominic walked over quickly and asked anxiously.
Jossen looked at the hole and replied, "The hole is on the starboard side of the fourth compartment, and it will not affect the buoyancy of the whole ship, I will have people remove the cargo and repair it." In addition, the sail must be stopped, and it is not possible to move forward. ”
"You can do it."
Dominic hurriedly said, then shouted, "Lower the sails." ”
The pirates immediately went into action, some carrying cargo, others lowering the sails, and the shipwrights were responsible for repairing them.
This pirate ship has a watertight compartment, that is, the bottom of the ship is separated layer by layer, and one area is flooded, but the water does not enter the other areas, and it can still maintain buoyancy.
After the goods have been removed, the openings can be repaired.
The watertight compartment is basically a must-have for many ships in the One Piece world to prevent attacks from sea creatures.
This is not too modern technology, in ancient China, the Tang Dynasty has already appeared, and the Song Dynasty has been relatively common.
The watertight compartment not only prevents the sinking of the ship from leakage, but also strengthens the bottom of the ship, improves lateral strength, and resists water pressure on the sides.
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"It's so hard."
In the distance, a figure shook his head, feeling some pain in his head, it was Xia Qiu.
The ship was a little stiffer than I thought.
When Xia Qiu saw this pirate ship, he had the idea of swallowing the pirate into his belly, and he wanted to get more enhanced energy.
But most of them are on the ship, and if you want to eat them yourself, the first thing to do is to sink the ship.
The length of this ship is about thirty-five meters, the hull is strong, the hull weighs about 100 tons, and it is difficult to destroy it directly.
But if you aim at a certain board of the boat near the surface of the water, smash the board and let the sea water pour in, this is still possible.
He is eighteen meters long, weighs about fifty tons, and after three strengthenings, his strength is not inferior to that of a sea fish of more than 30 meters.
You must know that in ancient times, it was not uncommon for blue whales to crash into and sink sailboats, and many wooden sailing boats have been knocked over and broken by blue whales.
And Xia Qiu also has a huge collision angle, which can concentrate the power in a certain position and smash the ship's plank, which is not a difficult thing.
So summer and autumn took advantage of it,
But it was harder than I expected, and I accelerated and crashed into it, and I only hit a hole the size of a basin.
And judging by their appearance, the hole didn't bother too much.
"One more time."
Xia Qiu swam past the bottom of the boat, swam into the distance, shook his body, and accelerated again.
Wow.
Xia Qiu turned into a black shadow and continued to rush towards the pirate ship.
"Boss, what's that?"
On the ship, Leo looked at the water in the distance and frowned.
"What?"
Dominic looked in the direction Leo was pointing, his eyes narrowed, "Such a big sea fish?" It just hit it? ”
With their words, Xia Qiu had already come to the front, and crashed out again, and with a bang, the hull of the ship shook violently.
The bulging skull hit the side plank, and the plank shattered directly, creating a large hole in it, and the sea water poured into it.
"Hit again, Jossen, what's going on?" Dominic asked loudly.
"The nineteenth compartment is damaged, and I've arranged for the shipwright to repair it, but we need to ditch some cargo."
Qiao Sen showed his head at the stairs and said with an ugly face.
"Then drop some goods." Dominic shouted.
"Boss, we can't let that fish ram anymore." Leo said from the side.
"I know."
Dominic shouted: "Johansen, go prepare artillery and attack the sea fish." Leo, you take the others to attack with spearguns and crossbows. ”
"Yes."
Johansen and Leo immediately went into action.
Dominic held up his binoculars and stared at the surface of the sea, but found no sign of the fish.
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"What happened? Why did the Dominica Pirates stop? On the merchant ship in the distance, everyone was a little puzzled.
"It looks like it's flustered."
Qiao Ze held the binoculars and looked at the ship, the people on it were constantly busy, he frowned and said, "Still throwing cargo into the sea." ”
"Leaking?"
The captain raised his eyebrows, picked up the binoculars and looked at them, and said, "The sails have also been lowered, it should be a leak in the cabin." ”
"Hahaha, they have today." Carver laughed happily.
"Evil is rewarded, and they better drown here." Marcel clenched his fists.
"There are usually watertight compartments, and ordinary water leaks will not be a problem. And they have wooden boats on board, and it's okay if the ship sinks. Qiao Ze said from the side.
"And we have to be careful."
The captain lowered his binoculars and said, "Once their pirate ship sinks, they will most likely approach us and grab our ship. We stay away from them. ”
Everyone hurriedly turned the rudder to open the distance, and Marcel took José's telescope and continued to observe the distance.
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"Side, port position."
On the pirate ship, one of the pirates shouted loudly, and Dominic immediately ran to the port side and looked into the distance.
Bang.
A huge black shadow crashes into the pirate ship.
"Damn, what about the gunners? Johansen: What are you doing? Hit him. ”
Dominic was furious.
Leo and several pirates raised their spearguns and aimed them at the water, pulling the trigger.
Puff puff.
The speargun shot into the water and stabbed the blackfish, but it was unscathed.
"You can't even tickle me with such an attack."
Underwater, Xia Qiu snorted coldly, dived to the bottom of the sea, swam into the distance, and began the fourth attack.
Xia Qiu hit two holes in the bottom of the boat on the starboard side, one in front and one in the back.
There was a hole on the port side, which was staggered with the starboard side, and he was going to hit another hole, so that four holes, and I don't believe he would sink.
Xia Qiu turned around, pulled away for a distance, and continued to rush towards the boat.
Bang, bang, bang.
Artillery rang out, three shells were shot out and fell on the water around Xia Qiu.
Three shells did not hit Xia Qiu, and the other three guns adjusted in time and aimed at Xia Qiu.
Three more cannon shots.
Xia Qiu accelerated sharply, dodged two shells, and was hit by one.
But the power of the shells, weakened by the sea, could not cause damage to Xia and Autumn at all.
Sou.
Xia Qiu's speed didn't slow down much, and he rushed straight towards the pirate ship.
"Damn, the artillery couldn't even hurt him."
Dominic saw that the black shadow was unharmed, his face was ugly, and he angrily smashed the boat gang with his hand.
Then the cannon sounded, but Xia Qiu had already approached the ship and crashed headlong.
Rumble.
There was a huge earthquake in the hull of the ship, and another hole appeared.
The sea is pouring in, and the pirate ship is slowly sinking.
The four openings were filled with seawater, the weight of the hull increased, and the openings were distributed in front and behind on both sides of the opening, staggered from each other, destroying the four compartments, and there was no large area of the hull that could provide sufficient buoyancy.
"Boss, there are already problems in the four compartments, and they can't support it."
Old Jossen ran to the deck and shouted loudly.
"Can't you fix it?" Dominic asked angrily.
Old Qiao Sen said with an embarrassed face: "The time is too short, there is a problem with the four holes, and the boat is descending too fast, it is difficult for us to repair it under the water pressure." ”
"How long will it take for the ship to sink?" Dominic asked with a cold face.
Jossen Sr. said: "Two minutes at most, and that's still only four holes. ”
"Bastard."
Dominic's face was hideous, and he shouted loudly: "Put the small boat on the other side of the hull and abandon the big boat." ”
"But two small boats can only carry fourteen people." Leo said, "And the fish is still down there." ”
"Fourteen people left."
Dominic snorted coldly and said, "Let the remaining pirates and pirate ships be used as bait, let's leave from the back and leave here." ”
"Okay."
Leo nodded, and arranged for someone to lower the boat.
"Boss, I ......" Old Jossen looked at Dominic, his eyes showing a hint of expectation.
"You're still useful, you can leave with me."
Dominic said coldly, old Jossen is the best boatman, experienced, he left by himself, and he will be used in the future.
"Thank you, Boss." Old Jossen said gratefully.
Dominic pointed to one of the pirates and said, "You go to Johansen and leave two places for you and him." ”
"Yes."
Given a chance to survive, the pirate excitedly ran to the cabin to find Johansen.
Dominic looked at the tilted pirate ship, his eyes fierce, and walked quickly to the position of the small boat.