Chapter 9: Caught in the Vortex
As the Royal Wave got closer and closer to the whirlpool, a tornado was speeding towards it. The old cannon immediately made a decision, jumped on the bridge with a strong stride, snatched the rudder from the sailor's hand, and shouted: "Pull up the side sail~~ Stretch out the oars~~ Left full rudder~~ Turn around at full speed!" After saying that, he slammed the rudder. The bow of the Royal Wave was instantly raised high, and the hull of the ship was stuck diagonally into the sea like an ice blade, ready to force a U-turn against the waves.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Delmar hurriedly pointed to the panicked sailors on the deck and shouted: "Hurry up and follow the four seas to raise the side sails for me!! The rest of me paddled out of the cabin!! With that, Delmar hurriedly beckoned the sailors to follow him down to the cabin.
The storm crashed mercilessly against the Royal Wave, the mainmast felt like it was about to explode as it was held by the wind, the sail ropes on it creaked and rubbed, and the barrels and cargo on the deck were shattered. The entire hull of the ship tossed up and down with the incessant waves. The wind and rain swept over the old cannon's face, and the wet curly hair was scattered wantonly on his forehead, but as the captain of the ship, he still believed in his heart that he could get out of danger, and his eyes couldn't help but show a sense of perseverance.
"How? Old cannon, how do I feel like we're going to finish playing this time? The secretary general stood beside the old cannon and said loudly to the old cannon with one hand pulling the mast rope.
The old cannon focused on the rudder and ignored the secretary. He held the trembling rudder in his hand, and the determination in his heart guided him to make sure that the Royal Wave escaped from the maelstrom. He suddenly turned to the secretary and said, "Brother, you even escaped that fight with Goldbeard, let alone this time, we will definitely be able to leave here." Let's fight it once! ”
"Sir!! There is a reef in the distance!! Doomsday shouted loudly on deck.
"Reef?" Lao Pao thought to himself: "It seems that this time there is salvation!" ”
He said to Doom, "Doomsday!! You hurry up and get all our harpoons out!! ”
"Harpoon? What are you going to do with a harpoon? The secretary on the side was very puzzled.
The old cannon didn't want to answer him at all, but continued to shout to the whole staff: "Everyone is tight!! We rushed at full speed to those reefs!! ”
"Old Cannon, you're crazy. This is suicide!! "The secretary couldn't understand the old man's intentions at all.
"Sir, all the harpoons are here!" Doomsday collected harpoons from the entire ship.
"Good!! Take out all our artillery, tie the harpoon to the back and the other end to the boat, and stuff all these damn harpoons into me. Wait for my order to shoot at those reefs together!! ”
"Obey !!"
The secretary seemed to understand Lao Cannon's intention: "Do you really want to gamble like this once?" ”
"Yes, or we'll die here."
The old cannon drove the Royal Wave along the perimeter of the whirlpool, speeding towards the reef in the distance. "Everybody prepare!! 1!!! 2!!! 3!!! Fire!!! The old cannon shouted loudly with all his might.
"Cannon !!"
"Cannon !!"
"Cannon !!"
The sailors were passing on the message to open fire. "Boom~~~Boom~~~~Boom~~~" The Royal Giant Wave made a loud noise, shooting dense harpoons in the wind and rain, and the harpoons shot at the reef like fireworks.
"Ding~~~Knock~~~Ding~~Knock~~~~" I saw the harpoons hit the reef one by one, making various sounds, and then the harpoons were inserted into the reef one by one.
"Four Seas!! Tighten the sails!! We have a full rudder on the right!! The old cannon hurriedly shouted.
"Right Full Rudder !!"
"Right Full Rudder !!"
The sailors shouted again.
The Royal Wave rushed into the whirlpool, and the mast attached to the harpoon made a "boom" and was pulled up tightly. I saw that the Royal Wave was pulled by a rope on one side, and was constantly swept into it by the whirlpool without obeying the call.
"Old cannon, now we can only resign ourselves to fate!" The secretary said from the side.
At this time, Delmar also returned to the deck, and when he saw this, he hurriedly shouted at the cabin, "Put away the oars!! Put away the oars!! ”
The Royal Wave was moving faster and faster, completely uncontrolled, and in the cabins on deck, the sailors clung to what could hold them in place and prayed to the heavens.
I saw that the rope was getting tighter and tighter, and it seemed that it was almost unable to hold the force of the whirlpool. At this time, the old cannon thought to himself, "Here's the opportunity!! ”
He shouted, "Cut all the ropes." ”
I saw Doomsday, the Four Seas, and Delmar leading the sailors to step forward one after another to cut the ropes tied to the railing. The rope made a "whoosh~whoosh~" sound, twisted and quickly bounced towards the reef, disappearing into the wind and rain.
"It's !! now" The old cannon hurriedly raised the rudder while continuing to command: "Right full rudder!! Right full rudder!! ”
I saw that the Royal Giant Wave took advantage of the power released after the rope was cut off, and pierced in the direction of the whirlpool, and broke through the attraction of the whirlpool in the direction of the whirlpool.
"Stick out the oars!! Get out of trouble at full speed!! ”
Seeing this, Delmar hurriedly cooperated with the old cannon and shouted: "Stretch out the oars!! Get out of trouble at full speed!! ”
Almost all the sailors rowed their oars, and the Royal Wave moved forward quickly, finally leaving the whirlpool and the storm behind, and looking away from the storm, the Royal Wave should have escaped the disaster.
After the storm had passed, the sun came out of the sea, and the Royal Waves came to rest quietly on the blue sea, and from a distance the hull seemed to be somewhat dilapidated, and the sails were torn and tattered. The golden sun shone quietly on the Royal Wave, but it seemed to have lost its former majesty.
The old cannon commander sighed: "It's so dangerous, I almost died here." Hahahaha," he laughed.
Then the sailors all laughed, hugged each other, threw their hats into the sky, and celebrated their escape from death, and the rest of their lives seemed to be good.
"Well done!" The secretary patted Lao Pao on the shoulder and smiled knowingly.
"Report on the damage to the hull! Report casualties!! Delmar shouted.
Big Brother Sihai answered: "The main and auxiliary masts are seriously damaged, the two auxiliary masts are basically damaged, and the main mast can barely hold on." The bow of the ship was missing, and the deck, railings, and outer cabins were badly damaged. ”
Doomsday also ran up from the cabin at this time: "I just checked the cabin, and it was seriously damaged, and many cabins were flooded, among which the gunpowder compartment was basically finished. Hey~~~". After saying that, Doomsday shook his head helplessly.
"I just went to the stern and found that the stern rudder link was broken, and the stern rudder was mostly broken. Sir. I think we can't control the direction anymore. "The second brother of the four seas reported.
The Royal Wave also looked like it would not be spared from this once-in-a-century storm, and although it escaped, it seemed that it would not be able to travel far.
"We're lucky to have made it out alive." The old cannon seems to have been satisfied.
Suddenly, one of the sailors shouted: "Look, there is an island there!! ”
"Island? ~~~" The old cannon quickly pulled out the binoculars and looked at it, and sure enough, there was a small island.
"Drop the anchor, put down the dinghy, get the supplies we can get, and we'll abandon the boat and get to the island!!" The old cannon ordered without thinking at all.
Everyone rowed a few small boats towards the island in the distance. The old cannon looked back at the Royal Giant Wave parked at sea, still a little sad, but also helpless: "Hey, you escaped the Golden Beard, but you didn't escape a storm." I hope I'll have a chance to see you again in the future. ”
"Sir, I've marked this location, and I'll definitely come back next time I have the opportunity to tow the Royal Wave back." Delmar said comforting the old cannon.
"That assumes it can stay here in peace." The secretary interjected, "Hehe, I see, this Royal Wave, as its name suggests, has returned to this Great Wave. I can escape the artillery fire, but I can't escape the huge waves. It's kind of ironic."
"Whoosh~~Whoosh~~" There were two sounds in the sky, and I saw two white feather arrows shooting at them.
"There are enemies!! Prepare to meet the enemy!! ”
As he spoke, everyone quickly raised the weapons beside them and prepared to fight. But strangely, after the two arrows were fired, there was no movement.
"What's going on? Could it be that white feather arrows are starting to fall from the sky? Hahahaha," the secretary quipped.
"Don't talk nonsense, I see that it's from that island." Doom, as a professional gunner, has a lot of experience with trajectories.
"Let's go to the island first, sir." Delmar was very calm.
"Yes, let's talk about it on the island. It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. "The old cannon thinks that he can only go up and find out.
After a while, they were on the island. The Four Seas Brothers led the sailors to look around, but there didn't seem to be anything, just a dense forest.
"Doomsday, Sihai, you take a few people to explore the situation inside, and look for water and food by the way." The old cannon ordered.
"Yes, sir." After saying that, they prepared to explore the way.
"Wait." The old cannon stopped them again: "Be vigilant and pay attention to safety." If there is a situation, come back and report it first, and don't make your own claims. ”
"Yes, sir." With that, they plunged headlong into the dense forest.
"The rest of us come with me, and we're going to hurry up and open up a place where we can set up camp, and at least spend the night when it's dark," Delmar instructed the group to open up the campsite.
The old cannon and the secretary stepped aside and whispered: "Say, where are we now?" What's next? The old cannon spoke first.
"It's the first time that my brothers and I have been sailing for so many years, and we have encountered such a big storm. I think there's something wrong with the wind, and I feel like I'm not far from where we're going, but when the wind blows like this, the boat is gone, and I can't go anywhere now. ”
"Well, I also think that this wind and wave are not ordinary, and the wind and waves that can dry down the Great Wave are indeed very powerful. But I always felt that the storm had something to do with where we were going. The old cannon frowned.
"Maybe it's the power that directs the wind and waves to us."
"If that's the case, then we're really going to have to cheer up. But I believe that what should come will come. I'll wait. ”
"Hehe, I hope I'm thinking too much about it this time, maybe it's just an ordinary wind." The secretary said with a smile.
Just as Lao Pao and the secretary were chatting privately, Doomsday and Sihai had already rushed back. I saw that they were out of breath, and they wanted to say but they couldn't.
"Don't worry, just go along and speak slowly." The old cannon patted Doom on the shoulder.
"Long ...... Sir, the front... Front... Organized....."
"Organized... Boat!!! "Big Brother Sihai took the words of the end of the world.
"Ship ???!!!" The old cannon seemed surprised and delighted.
"Yes, a big ship, big, bigger than ....... Bigger than the Royal Wave!! The second brother seemed excited, "We have been saved!! ”
The old cannon clenched his fists, as if he felt hope. "Delmar !!" He yelled at Delma.
"Sir!"
"Assemble the whole group!! Let's head into the forest!! ”