By the time everyone on board had come to their senses, the Jackdaw was no longer short of manpower, and the ship's guns were finally useful. However, with the current condition of the Jackdaw, although the cracks and holes in the hull of the ship are basically plugged and no longer affect navigation, it will take a lot of time to fully repair them, the most important thing is the lack of sufficient materials, and the subsequent repair work can only be carried out after returning to Nassau.

Therefore, it is dangerous to fight the Jackdaw in its current state.

This pre-war meeting De Frena, Billy, Anne and Harry were all there, especially the latter, when he dealt with the treasure ship before, he could only listen to it in the kitchen with the cook Ramsay, which also became his most frustrating thing, how could he not expect that he could now participate in this kind of pre-war meeting that only high-level people can attend, and he couldn't help but look excited, although he was ordered by Zhang Heng not to speak, but he couldn't stop the excitement on his face that was about to overflow.

In contrast, Billy's expression looked very guilty, he drank too much last night, but he was useless at the most critical time, he failed his duties, and wanted to resign as helmsman after he woke up, but he was retained by Zhang Heng and others.

There is no one on this ship who is more suitable for Billy to be a helmsman, Di Freina still prefers to be a quartermaster, Billy has always been conscientious before this, and he can't veto all his previous credits because of one thing, of course, there are corresponding punishments, and Billy's spoils will be halved for the next three trips to the sea, but he himself has an additional share bonus, which is similar to that of an ordinary sailor.

Now that he was back at the helmsman, he said, "Are you sure they're going to come after us again?" ”

"Definitely." Zhang Heng was very sure, "Before, they split two ships to chase us, obviously they wanted to wipe us out, but because of that sudden storm, we escaped, but after last night, they must have sunk all the pirate ships on the island, so that only one or two ships need to be left to keep an eye on the people on the island, and the remaining ships can continue to hunt us, after all, we were seriously damaged before, and it was only less than half a day since we left Parrot Island. If they had set off now, it was entirely possible that they would have caught up with us halfway through. ”

"But what if they choose a few ships to act together, wouldn't we be in the trap?" Di Freina asked.

"This is very unlikely, judging from the previous encounters, the commander of the other side is a very powerful guy, and he should be able to realize that even if we return to Nassau, there is a possibility that we will choose to take a detour to get rid of the pursuers behind us, so their best choice is to disperse and search.

"Our ship is badly damaged, and if we engage head-on, they won't be able to deal with us even if they are separated, and in this case I believe their commander will be willing to take a little risk and kill us."

Zhang Heng paused, and then said, "Coral Island is two hundred nautical miles east of Parrot Island, just in the same direction as Nassau, but it is more north than Nassau, let's wait here for a day, if my guess is wrong, the people of the navy will act together, they should chase directly in the direction of Nassau, so that they will pass by us, and we will not encounter any danger, on the contrary, if my inference is not problematic, they will expand the search range and there will be ships here to meet us, When the time comes, we will be able to solve the problem of fresh water and food in one fell swoop. ”

"How? My hull was badly damaged, and I doubt we'll be able to survive a high-intensity fight. Billy worried.

"That's why we need a small island." Zhang Heng said, "Actually, this is similar to our previous strategy against the Spanish treasure ship, we first dismantled the guns on the ship and moved them to the island, and then used the Jackdaw to lead the ship into the range of the artillery, and then directly attacked from the island, so as to avoid the damage caused by the battle to the hull." ”

Zhang Hengzhi was so sure because of the system prompt that came from his ear before, his sailing and sailing skills were upgraded from lv2 to lv3, but at that time he was too engrossed and directly ignored the news, and waited until the storm passed before he noticed the change in skills from the character panel.

Previously, he drove the Jackdaw in the harbor to force the naval blockade, and the huge pressure also forced his potential, and his steering skills have made a qualitative leap, and after successfully upgrading to lv3, he now has a sense of commanding the Jackdaw, and is sure to lure the target to Coral Island without being attacked too much.

However, the key to the success of this plan is that in addition to the Jackdaw's ability to lure the target into the range of the artillery, the gunner who controls the cannon is also the key to successfully kill the opponent before the target realizes the plan and escapes, after all, once the opponent runs out of the range of the artillery, it is impossible to leave time for the Jackdaw to return to the island and reload the cannon before pursuing.

"Let's take a look at the terrain there first, there should be a way to solve this problem." Zhang Hengdao.

The nautical charts of the early 18th century were not half as accurate as later generations, there were no satellite positioning, and the shape of the islands was very crude, and in fact there was little useful information other than a name and approximate distance.

But fortunately, the Jackdaw was very close to there, and after another half a day or so, everyone came to the island.

Zhang Heng took Anne and the others to row a small boat around the island first, and the red-haired girl spoke, "I finally know why this place is called Coral Island." ”

"Speaking of which, there are a lot more corals in this place than in other places." Billy also said that along the way, everyone had seen a lot of corals, all kinds of colors, but what attracted Zhang Heng more were the coral reefs hidden underwater.

"Maybe we'll have a way to keep that ship within range of the artillery." Zhang Heng said.

"You want to use the reef here to run that ship aground? That's an option, but we're also in danger, and we don't have time to explore all the reefs right now. ”

"It's up to us to get the waterline. Our ships are about the same size, but our ships will be lighter with the guns removed, and the gunners, they will reduce our weight even further, and then move all the other heavy things on the ship, including food and fresh water, to the island, so that we can pass through the reef safely. ”