Chapter 214: Rushing for Time
Considering the difficulty of the operation, there was no need to keep it secret, so the Black Prince Sam had already told the five captains of the route of the Spanish treasure ship the night before departure.
If Javier had betrayed the others, he would have had a chance to reveal the news to the Navy that night, and in retrospect, his Warrior had been at the back of the voyage for most of the time, which made it easier for him to communicate with the fleet that was trailing.
Coupled with what Harry had heard, it was almost certain that they had been calculated this time, so the question now was how much time was left for them.
The human eye can normally observe ships almost ten nautical miles away.
However, to be on the safe side, the fleet should have been twenty nautical miles away, so that if the people on the island were to inform them to do so, it would take at least five hours to make a comeback, so the time to attack should be almost at dawn.
Zhang Heng shook his head, "I'm afraid the situation is not so optimistic, it's night, our sight is only one or two nautical miles, they don't need to stay so far away, if it's fast, the fleet will be able to come over in less than an hour, but this is only the most extreme situation, when did you see that ship leaving?" ”
Zhang Heng's last sentence was said to Harry, who was blown by the cold wind and shivered, "I don't know, I was very nervous at that time, and I didn't pay much attention to how the time passed, but it should have been more than half an hour since I fell off the cliff." ”
"That means that the fleet could appear in front of us at any time." Anne raised an eyebrow.
"We must hurry up and inform the people on the beach, otherwise there will be no need to fight this battle at all, and when that fleet comes, it will directly sink all our ships parked in the harbor, and they don't even have to go to the island, they can starve us to death if they are hungry." Di Freina said with a serious expression.
"But it took us more than an hour to get here, and it will take at least forty minutes to go back now." The red-haired girl said.
"Don't act together, I'll go back with you first, and the others can be a little later." Zhang Heng took off his coat as he spoke, draped it on Harry's body, and he handed over three of the four short muskets on it to Di Freina, and he only kept one for self-defense, and the saber was also handed over to reduce the weight as much as possible, and Anne on the other side did the same, she only kept a dagger in the end.
After that, the two ran towards the beach together.
During the time that the two lived together, Anne often slumped on the chair like a salted fish, and Zhang Heng didn't see her seriously exercising, but her figure has been maintained very well, every inch of muscle is very tight, with incredible explosiveness and strength beyond most men, except that her breasts have not been able to develop, her body can almost be said to be perfect (in fact, she herself doesn't care much about breasts).
When he runs in the woods, he looks like a sturdy fawn.
However, endurance is indeed Annie's shortcoming, although the endurance of the red-haired girl is stronger than that of ordinary people, but after all, it is still not as good as Zhang Heng, who has always insisted on long-distance running.
Anne was in the front for the first ten minutes, but then she began to fall behind, but by this time the two were almost halfway there.
Anne stopped and took a breath, and said to Zhang Heng, "You go first, don't worry about me, I'll catch up later." ”
Zhang Heng nodded, this is not the time to show gentlemanly demeanor, going to the beach one minute earlier to tell the others about Javier's betrayal can make the others prepare for the upcoming battle one minute earlier.
Zhang Heng maintained his speed and breathing rhythm, running and shuttling through the woods, using his hands to pluck away the branches that stood in his way.
As a result, the next moment, a gunshot suddenly rang out in his ears without warning.
Fortunately, there was still some distance between the man who fired the shot and him, and the accuracy of the musket had always been in question, and he was on the move, and the shot ended up in a small tree behind him to the right. Zhang Heng fell to the ground as soon as he heard the gunshot.
He remembered the two people who pushed Harry off the cliff before, they should be Jarvis's henchmen, Zhang Heng didn't expect them to be still in the woods, it should be the people who heard the Jackdaw calling Harry's name before, they knew the location of Zhang Heng and the others, and ambushed the latter on the way back.
Seeing Zhang Heng running with all his might, he realized that the plan might be exposed, and decisively chose to make a move.
Zhang Heng had roughly locked the direction, looked up and saw the attacker, about twenty meters away from him, one of them was hiding behind a tree to aim, and the other was busy loading gunpowder and bullets, Zhang Heng did not hesitate to pull the trigger, and the bullet accurately hit the person who was aiming.
And he also rolled up from the ground and rushed towards the remaining person, who saw Zhang Heng rushing over, looked a little nervous, and scattered most of the remaining gunpowder in his hand, so he had no choice but to throw away the musket in his hand, and drew out his scimitar to prepare for battle.
Zhang Heng threw out the short musket that had no bullets in his hand when he was about to rush to the target, and the guy on the opposite side blocked it with a knife, and then he was kicked on the wrist by Zhang Heng, and the scimitar in his hand came out of his hand, and then Zhang Heng hit the guy in the chin with a straight punch in his back hand.
The latter was obviously a little blindfolded after receiving this punch, and the whole person stumbled a few steps and fell to the ground, and then Zhang Heng rode on him, but before he could make up for the last blow, a black shadow suddenly jumped down from the tree and slashed at his back.
This change was beyond Zhang Heng's expectations, because Harry said that there were only two people who dealt with him, and after being attacked, Zhang Heng also immediately found the two people who were targeted, which seemed to be in line with Harry's previous statement, so he didn't expect that there was a third person present, which made him a little embarrassed.
Although he leaned forward to dodge, he was still rubbed on the back by this knife, and a cut was made, fortunately, this time it was only a flesh wound, but at this time he had to face two opponents at the same time, and he didn't have a weapon on his body, although Zhang Heng knew a little karate, but the knife technique was the hand-to-hand combat skill he had practiced the longest, and the fleet could reach the harbor at any time, so he couldn't delay here for too long.
But then he saw the familiar short fiery red hair in the woods, and Anne, after resting for a while, also rushed over, and said, "You go to the beach, and leave it to me." ”
The red-haired girl pulled out the dagger at her waist and licked her lips, "I didn't have a chance to do anything in the previous battles, I hope you can make me sweat a little this time." ”