Zhang Heng interrogated the captain, first mate, boatswain and others on the Miranda separately to prevent collusion, and then corroborated the answers of several people, so as to ensure the reliability of the information collected.

Half an hour later, he received news that surprised him, so he reassembled Billy and Anne and the others, and asked the ship's chief carpenter to be found.

"You want to go back to Parrot Island?" Billy was taken aback by Zhang Heng's bold idea.

"According to the information we have just received from the captives, there is only one naval warship left on Parrot Island now, the Kent, and this is when their defenses are at their weakest." Zhang Heng said, "We may be able to take this opportunity to rescue the survivors on the island, and ...... Reclaim the gold we left there. ”

"What to do, with the current situation of the Jackdaw, we can't support a complete battle, otherwise we don't have to be so troublesome, and we have to rely on the terrain of the Pearl Island to solve the Miranda, and when we get to Parrot Island, there is no terrain for us to use anymore, this is most likely a tough battle that cannot be tricked, and we have almost no chance of winning." Billy was also interested in the proposal to rescue the pirates on the island and retrieve the gold, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was too risky.

Zhang Heng didn't answer the helmsman's question, but turned his head to look at Guy, the chief carpenter on the ship, "If there are enough materials, how long will it take for us to repair the ship to a state where it can fight again?" ”

The latter was stunned when he heard this, "If there is no shortage of materials, and everyone helps together, it can be completed in six days, no, five days." ”

"But where do the materials come from?" Di Freina asked.

Zhang Heng pointed to the Miranda that ran aground not far away, "Dismantle it and use it as a material." ”

Guy's eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly, "That's a good idea, but it will take two more days." ”

"There is no problem with the time, the six ships on the navy side sent five to hunt us down, and we killed one, and now there are four ships left, they agreed to return to Parrot Island in two weeks to deal with the remaining pirates on the island, and now only one day has passed, we have seven days to repair the ship, and the remaining time is enough for us to return to Parrot Island to fight again."

Billy couldn't help but be moved when he heard this, the navy can't be said to be a big deal, after all, it is not easy to hold out to Nassau in the state of the Jackdaw, no one would think that they would dare to kill back halfway, so leaving only one ship on Parrot Island is enough to guard a group of pirates who have lost their ships and supplies.

Zhang Heng's plan does sound bold at first glance, but it is not unachievable when you think about it carefully, although killing the Miranda made everyone successfully breathe a bad breath and get enough food and fresh water at the same time, it could not make up for the losses they suffered on this voyage.

This time, the pirates of Nassau were so miserable that they were pitted by the navy, not only did they lose both men and ships, but the gold they had worked so hard to steal from the Spanish treasure ship was also cheapened by the navy, and if they could get the gold back and rescue the survivors on the island at the same time, this could be called a real counterattack.

"I think this battle plan will work, and we can start preparing for the next fight."

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Soon, the crew on the beach knew Zhang Heng's plan to counterattack Parrot Island, and the subsequent crew meeting was undoubtedly unanimously approved, which was related to the dignity of the Nassau pirates and the ownership of the five thousand pounds of gold.

It is rare to have so many people at his disposal, so Guy decided to take this opportunity to do a comprehensive cleaning of the Jackdaw's hull to remove the conch, seaweed and other debris that had been attached to the deck during the voyage, so that the Jackdaw's sailing speed could be increased by another half a knot, and the next tough battle would be held.

However, just when everyone was in full swing, Zhang Heng, who was the captain, disappeared.

When Anne found Zhang Heng, the latter was sitting alone behind a reef, watching the distant sunset gradually sink into the sea.

He was about two hundred yards away from the crowd sitting around the fire, making him look like he was from another world.

Anne sat down on a sandy ground beside Zhang Heng and handed over the wine bottle in her hand, "The repair work is going well, it will almost be completed tomorrow morning, Guy said that the repaired Jackdaw will be stronger than before." ”

"Good, we've been on this island for quite some time, and it's almost time to set off again." Zhang Heng took the wine bottle and took a sip, and then Anne took the wine bottle back from Zhang Heng's hand and took a sip herself.

"yes, how are you, are you okay?"

"Huh?"

"Aren't you going to talk about the storm before, the crew said it was a miracle, that we were sheltered by Thetis, the goddess of the sea, but you and I both know that is not true, I heard the story of Seth with you, when you climbed the mast to engrave that name on it, what is her name, Betty?"

"Oh, don't worry, I'm not going to let the Jackdaw follow in the footsteps of that Clark ship," Zhang Heng said, "I'm just...... I can't remember the last time I watched the sunset so quietly. ”

Zhang Heng did use that shell at the previous critical juncture, he himself did not have any bitter and bitter experience, nor was he the so-called angry youth, so in the end he could only use a trick to bring himself into the literary work, he chose the protagonist of "Les Miserables" Ran? Agen, the unfortunate man who spent nineteen years in prison for stealing bread for his impoverished sister to raise seven children, was angry at the world he was in until he met Bishop Mirière.

This method of stealing chickens finally worked, and Zhang Heng not only successfully summoned the storm and helped the Jackdaw escape successfully, but also had his first contact with the Celtic ancient god who called himself Betty.

Zhang Heng then knew that the other party did not look for him before, not because he didn't have the time or create a sense of mystery, but purely because the latter was too weak, and he didn't have the strength to show up after seducing Seth on the ship, until Zhang Heng took over the shell and carved her name on the mast again, and at the same time provided a lot of anger that she regained a small part of her strength.

According to her own words, her strength is not as good as before, not only is it not as good as in the heyday of more than a thousand years ago, but even a hundred years ago, when she was on that Clark ship, she was much stronger than now, which is why Zhang Heng can't really control the storm like the captain of that Clark ship, speed up the voyage, and even use it to attack the enemy, Zhang Heng can only do now at best to make the storm try not to hurt the Jackdaw.