"I'm sorry I didn't interrupt your celebration." Orff spoke, and at the same time his eyes swept over the pirates, and a few of the guys standing on the side wanted to sneak away when they saw that the situation was not good, but then the old helmsman said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not here to hold you accountable for leaving your post without permission, after all, we just won a very beautiful battle, I want to say that I am honored to fight side by side with you, and there is nothing wrong with indulging properly at this time, right?" ”

As soon as he said this, all the pirates breathed a sigh of relief, and returned to the lively atmosphere of the previous chaos, and some people joked about Orff being shot to death by a rookie sailor in the previous battle.

Orff scolded back with a smile, and after a while he spoke, "I think I heard someone say they want to make a big deal just now?" ”

The pirate who had spoken before hearing the words stood up, "Mr. Orff, everyone wants to know when we are going to do it, and with this ship, we can take any prey now!" ”

His words immediately attracted a burst of applause and echoes, it is every man's dream to drive a battleship like the Scarborough to fight, although the injuries on his body are not yet healed, but many people can't help but have some itchy hands.

"Very well, then let's try the power of these cannons." Orff was satisfied.

"Now?" The pirates were a little baffled, the battle was over, and there was no other prey around them, how to test the power of the cannon at this time, to hit the air?

"Who said we don't have a target," Orff pointed to the Sea Lion in the distance, "isn't that a ready-made target?" ”

The latter were now floating on the surface of the sea, looking a little listless, and the deck was crowded with the British navy with their weapons dispossessed, most of them looked depressed, and some of them were full of confusion, and they still couldn't understand how they lost this battle, and even more so they didn't know what fate awaited them when they returned.

Not only did he suffer heavy casualties on this voyage, the Scarborough was lost, the first mate was killed, and even the captain was robbed, and the opponent was not a regular army, just a group of pirates, who had been beaten to the head by them in the past, which was simply the greatest shame in the entire history of the Royal Navy, and now they were nailed to the pillar of shame when they were cowered on this ship.

Looking at the Scarborough not far away, many people couldn't help but cry bitterly.

On the other side, on the second deck of the Queen Anne's Revenge, the pirates fell silent.

The civilized world sees them as beasts and villains, and these guys don't disagree with this statement, and are even a little complacent, because only those who are strong enough can survive in this sea.

They are accompanied by storms, and every time they go to sea, they face the threat of navies, reefs, pirate hunters, and even other pirates, and the weak are eliminated, leaving behind fearless warriors who treat the queen and the law as nothing, but that doesn't mean they are free of taboos.

As men, they value promises, and their captain had promised the crew on the other side that they would not be harmed as long as the navy laid down their arms, but now Orff was going to tear up that promise and let them open fire on a group of unarmed men who had surrendered.

This made them a little difficult to accept, and after a long silence, someone couldn't help but speak, "We've never done this kind of thing before, is this the captain's order?" ”

"Is it any good for me to forge an order?" Orff spread his hands.

"According to the rules we only need to accept the captain's orders unconditionally in battle," said the other, "and now that the battle is over, I think this matter can be voted on." ”

"Don't be stupid, do you know what the consequences of letting these people go back, soon every port will know that the Scarborough is in the hands of pirates, they will requisition men and build forts, do you think Belo Monte will go to Charleston for his daughter's wedding at this time? And if you miss this opportunity, it will not be so easy to catch such a big man again. ”

Orff frowned, "We can't take such a risk, what the captain said before was just to stabilize the situation, after all, we are at a disadvantage in numbers, more than a hundred exhausted people want to capture more than four hundred soldiers armed to the teeth, it is impossible to use some stratagem, gentlemen, don't forget what our purpose is in this battle, if there is no treasure why would we take such a big risk to take this ship." ”

The old helmsman's last words finally impressed the pirates on deck, who had paid an unimaginably high price along the way to find Kidd's treasure, and the original group was now less than a third of them, and no one could accept the consequences of such a thing if they were to fall short at this time because of a momentary weakness.

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The last boat with the sailors approached the Sea Lion, and the men on deck threw down the soft ladder to pick up the men below, and in any case, they were undoubtedly lucky to be alive compared to their dead comrades.

Although the future of the defeat was uncertain, there was still hope for survival as long as they survived, and at this time, both officers and sailors were much less separated from each other, and the quartermaster was handing out hard biscuits with worms in them, and the captain's room was given to the wounded, but at this moment the crowd suddenly rioted.

Because they saw that the Scarborough, which was not far away, suddenly opened its muzzle, like a deep-sea beast baring its sharp teeth.

"Oh God!" The quartermaster's basket fell to the ground, and the biscuits were scattered everywhere, his mouth wide open, his eyes full of despair.

At the same time, panic spread across the deck at an incredible speed, and the sailors were instinctively driven to flee, but the sea was all around, and they didn't know where else to escape, and the only few who remained conscious wanted to untie the cable and raise the sails, but it was too late.

No one knew the range of those cannons better than these people on board.

Edward Titch stood silently in the captain's quarters, watching the sea lion, which was like a tattered toy, slapped and ravaged by a wayward child, and finally reduced to pieces.

The salvo lasted a full five minutes, and when it was all over, only the silent burning sea remained, and the half-broken mast rose and fell with the waves.

"It's a pity that God is not here today."