Chapter 274: Expanding the Manpower (Friends, it's the end of the month, and it's the last day, I'm asking for tickets from all of you)
This also means that as long as Night Edge shows strong enough strength, coupled with the temptation of profit, then those sporadic pirates are still very willing to join his camp. 35xs
Seeing that a solution has been found to the problem, Huskar prepares to go to the control room and ask the pirates to slow down the ship, so that they can successfully rescue the pirates who have fallen overboard.
However, just as Huska was about to leave, Ye Feng suddenly stopped him as if he suddenly remembered something: "Huskar, how did you get the statistics of the trophies after the war, a total of several firearms have been captured!" ”
"Huh!" Hearing this, Huskar was suddenly stunned, and then he couldn't tell the details for a long time.
"You're not going to tell me that you haven't counted these things until now, have you?" Seeing Haska's hesitant appearance, Yefeng couldn't help but ask speechlessly.
"Hey, hey!" Huska couldn't help scratching his head and smiled awkwardly: "Captain, you also know that I am a rough man, of course I have no problem with you letting me rush to the front to fight, but if I am asked to calculate this, then I ......!" ”
Seeing Ye Feng's face becoming more and more ugly, Huska immediately reported, "But I have already arranged for someone to count these things." ”
As he spoke, Huskar immediately turned his head and shouted, "Lorev! Lorev! ”
It didn't take long for a pirate to walk from the back deck.
Unlike ordinary pirates, this pirate named Lorev does not have a fierce face, he looks as if he is still a young boy, and the round glasses on the bridge of his nose make him have a gentle scholarly temperament!
When he first saw him, Ye Feng thought that he was not a pirate, but an intellectual similar to a scholar!
However, although he is not as fierce as a pirate, he is much calmer than the average pirate in the face of Nightfeng.
When the bespectacled young pirate learned why Huskar had called him, he pondered for a moment before he methodically reported to Yefeng: "Report to Captain, according to statistics, we have obtained a total of 78 arquebuses, in addition to more than a dozen arquebuses that have been damaged by various problems and must be repaired before they can be used. ”
"And the gunpowder reserves needed to fire the arquebus are quite sufficient, enough for a battle, in addition to a large number of melee weapons such as sailor knives and hatchets."
"The total amount of gold coins collected is 1,458 pounds and 15 shillings, but as for food, the current food can still last nearly two weeks according to the current manpower allocation, but if the number of people increases, then this time will also be reduced."
Hearing this, Ye Feng glanced at the young pirate in front of him in surprise, because in his impression, the pirates were a group of outlaws who fought for their lives, so among the pirates, there were very few people with knowledge, and it was really rare to be able to count the harvest in such detail in a short period of time like this young man!
Curious, he asked directly: "Are you called Lorefu!" What do you usually do on the boat? ”
"Yes, Captain, my name is indeed Lorever." After a slight pause, he continued: "Usually I am on the ship, mainly to carry shells, gunpowder for firing, etc., for the gunners, and after the battle, I come to count the corresponding gains. ”
"Hmm!" Ye Feng pondered for a moment and then said in a deep voice: "In the future, you don't have to do work such as carrying shells for the gunner, you will be the comptroller of the fleet in the future, mainly to count all kinds of materials, I believe you will be a qualified comptroller!" ”
After hearing this, Lorevor glanced at Yefeng very gratefully, but it may be that his personality is still a little shy like a teenager, but he does not immediately express his loyalty to Yefeng as immediately and humbly as ordinary pirates.
And it wasn't until after Lorev's report was finished that Huskar left with Lorev, because time had passed in Lorev's report for a long time, so Huskar's walking speed couldn't help but splendid.
After all, it is also necessary to slow down the battleship from the fast sailing, and there is also a buffering process, so if the battleship is within fifty meters of the enemy ship, it is simply unrealistic to save the pirates who have fallen into the water.
After all, Huskar is very clear about his fellow pirate companions, unless he is a companion in a pirate group, otherwise, even for pirate allies who belong to the same camp, as long as the allies suddenly approach the dangerous distance of 50 meters without notice.
Even if the pirate ship is part of the Alliance, the pirates will attack decisively, just like the pirates led by Yefeng did when they approached the Albatross pirate ship before.
So what's the point of saving the overboard pirates if, by then, the battle has already begun!
And most importantly, during the shelling, if the Corsair stops moving, the probability of being hit by a shell is very high.
Therefore, as soon as the shelling began, it was simply impossible to carry out the rescue operation.
Then, a moment after Huska disappeared into the cabin, Nightfront could clearly feel the speed of the battleship slowing down.
Fortunately, the pirate ship hasn't been sailing for a long time at this time, so it's easy to slow down.
As soon as the speed of the pirate ship was limited to one knot, Huskar immediately asked his men to lower the lifeboats on the battleship, and then let the lifeboats sail near the overboard pirates to rescue them from the water.
However, because the pirates who fell into the water were scattered scattered in the nearby seas, although Huska put down all the three lifeboats on the Verre, it took nearly ten minutes to rescue all the pirates who fell into the water nearby.
Because of the long immersion in the seawater, although the pirates are proficient in water, and the temperature is quite high at this time, but because of the long immersion in the seawater, if you don't want to sink into the cold and dark bottom of the sea to feed the fish, then the pirates have to swim all the time.
I believe anyone who has ever experienced swimming knows that swimming in the water is really a very physically demanding thing, even if you just fix yourself in one position, and then keep swimming your hands and feet so that you don't sink.
Even if it's just like this, it's fine for a short time, but once it's been a long time, the physical strength consumed will increase exponentially, and finally when you don't have the strength to paddle, then you can only sink to the bottom of the sea unconsciously.
So when the pirates, who had been immersed in the sea for a long time, were rescued, they immediately collapsed on the deck like soft dough.
Looking at the appearance of these pirates, Ye Feng couldn't help but angrily take a short fire gun from his subordinates beside him, fired a shot into the sky, and roared, "You damn bastard! Looking at the way you look, I really wonder if it's a mistake to save you shit! ”
Hearing this, one of the pirates, who had particularly long arms, was not angry and said, "If you were allowed to swim in the sea for so long, then you would be like us!" ”
"Good!" At this time, Ye Feng smiled and said: "It seems that some of you wastes still use courage, so I want to ask you, do you still have the courage to take up arms and go with me to obtain wealth!" ”
"If not, then I will be merciful enough to send you back to the sea!"
After hearing this, all the pirates looked at each other from the ground, but none of them dared to oppose at this time, after all, if they returned to the sea now, there was a more than 90% chance of sinking to the dark bottom of the sea after exhausting their strength alive.
Seeing that none of the pirates stood up to object, Nightfeng continued to shout: "Since there is no objection, then in ten minutes, I want you to be ready to join me in the broadside battle, of course, I also know that after you have been floating in the sea for so long, your physical strength must have been exhausted, so before you participate in the battle, I will let you fill your stomachs first." ”
After speaking, he deliberately looked at the pirate with the special arm and asked, "Hey! What is your name? ”
The pirate with the long arm was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied, "My name is Sinnett!" Everyone else calls me a sea ape! Maybe it's because my arms are as long as sea apes! ”
"Sea apes?" Ye Feng couldn't help but mutter, but then he asked again, "So what weapon are you good at?" I don't think there's a single weapon like this on your body? ”
Hearing this, the face of the sea ape-Xnett couldn't help but turn red with embarrassment, because he didn't know where his two weapons had been thrown by him.
After all, floating on the sea, weight is a matter of life, so heavy weapons must be discarded as soon as possible.
Even for soldiers, weapons are their second life, but after all, this is just talk, when faced with the real choice of life, this so-called second life weapon, also without thinking about it.
Therefore, after being embarrassed for a long time, the sea ape-Sinett said embarrassedly: "Usually I use two slightly longer long knives, but I usually use custom-made long knives, after all, ordinary sailor knives seem a little short to me. ”
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