The chubby man in the three-cornered hat was supposed to be the captain of the ship, and he was standing on the side of the ship holding a copper binocular, nervously looking at the enemy ship opposite.

And a young man beside him has been persuading hard, "Father, surrender, our ship is not as fast as theirs, the number of artillery is less than one-third of theirs, and there are only fifteen muskets on the ship, this battle cannot be fought at all, while everything is still in time......"

The captain glanced at his son, then turned to the sailor behind him and yelled, "What about the shells, have the shells been delivered?!" ”

The old sailor nodded, "Wait for your order, Captain." ”

The captain looked back at the young man again, gritted his teeth, and said, "Gunner, prepare!" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, a cannonball hit a gun that was being loaded, and the heavy iron barrel fell off the base and smashed into the bodies of the two gunners behind him, and the two of them let out a scream, and there was no more sound.

At the same time, the three-masted galleon with black sails accelerated violently and rushed menacingly.

The captain commanded the ship's gunners to return fire, cheering everyone on with shouts, "Hold on, just hurt them and let these bastards taste our awe, and they will abandon us in favor of weaker prey!! When we get to Boston, we will give out another £6 prize each! ”

The morale of the sailors, which had been somewhat low, was rekindled under the heavy reward, and when the enemy ship approached and entered the firing range, the fifteen muskets on board also began to fire decisively, but it was evident that they did not usually have enough time to practice, and the trajectory of the bullets flew crookedly, and most of them landed on the side of the three-masted galleon.

After a volley, nine more sailors fell on their side, and the morale of the people finally collapsed, and no amount of reward was more important than their own lives, and the sailors began to flee with their weapons dropped, and the captain knew that the tide was turning, and stared blankly at everything in front of him, until he turned his head and found his son lying on the deck.

The latter covered his chest with his hands, blood seeped from between his fingers, and the captain took off his tricorne and fell to his knees, holding his son in his arms, looking dazed.

At this time, Zhang Heng had already come to the captain's room, and he guessed the outcome of this battle after seeing the three-masted sailing ship, even if he joined the battle now, it would be useless.

The ship he was on now was an ordinary British merchant ship, and in order to carry as much cargo as possible and ensure profits, only 8 9-pounder light guns were installed on board, and there was not enough ammunition, and the three-masted galleon with black sails on the opposite side had at least 30 guns, and if he hadn't wanted to take it with people and ships, he might have been adrift at sea by now.

Therefore, instead of making useless resistance on it, it is better to take this opportunity to do something meaningful.

Zhang Heng took advantage of the chaos on the ship at this time and touched the captain's room, which used to be the most heavily guarded place on a ship, but now it is empty.

Zhang Heng didn't care about the valuable furnishings on the side, even if he brought these things with him, it was impossible to keep them after the pirates boarded the ship, Zhang Heng walked quickly to the wooden table on the west side, opened three drawers in a row, and finally turned over the things he was looking for.

- Logbook.

Basically, there will be on every ship, which is used to record the date, wind direction, weather, and the major events that happened on the day, what Zhang Heng wants to know most now is the exact time he is in and the basic conditions of the ship, and the logbook is undoubtedly the best choice.

He spread the logbook on the table, and three minutes later, with a loud bang, the ship suddenly shook violently.

Zhang Heng almost fell to the ground, and when he stood firm and opened a small curtain, what he saw was a huge cannon muzzle.

Zhang Heng immediately closed the curtains, he knew that there was not much time left for him, and the two ships being together meant that they had entered the stage of broadside battle, and with the armed forces of the merchant ships, the time of this battle was estimated to not be too long.

But fortunately, Zhang Heng has almost checked the things to check, the current time is 1712, if he remembers correctly, Spain because of the 1701 Succession War from prosperity to decline, and Britain through a series of treaties to obtain a lot of overseas colonies originally belonging to Spain, becoming the new maritime overlord, at the same time this is also the most active era of piracy.

The merchant ship he was on was originally planned to sail from London to Boston with a shipload of woolen wool to sell, and then bring the local tobacco back to England for sale, but when he was about to arrive at his destination, he was unfortunately attacked by pirates, and seeing that he could not get rid of the other party, the captain who had served in the Royal Navy planned to show the spirit of a professional soldier and fight to the death to protect the goods and his own honor.

However, judging by the screams from above, his plan did not go well.

In addition, Zhang Heng also found the location of New Providence on the nautical chart on the table, which is located in the north-central part of the Bahamas in the Bahamas, and Nassau is a small town on the north shore of New Providence.

Zhang Heng still wanted to look at it further, but there was no time, the pirates could come down from it at any time, Zhang Heng knew that he couldn't stay any longer, he put the logbook back in the drawer and left the captain's room quickly.

He originally planned to go back to his residence, but he changed his mind halfway through, Zhang Heng came to the kitchen first, and hid the [Lucky Rabbit's Foot], [Hunter's Blessing] and [Paris's Arrow] in his hand under a wooden plank, but when he came out of the kitchen, he bumped into two people head-on.

One of them fled in front and the other chased after him.

The person who escaped was hit by Zhang Heng and fell to the ground, and the person chasing behind was obviously not the crew of the ship, he was holding a bloody hand axe in his hand, looking at the fat man on the ground who was crying and crawling forward, a bloodthirsty color flashed in his eyes, and when he saw Zhang Heng standing on the other side, not only did he not panic but became more excited.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party moved faster than him, Zhang Heng did not hesitate, and a karate step side kick directly kicked the hand axe in the bald hand.

But the latter's fist also came quickly, Zhang Heng stretched out his hand to put down this punch, but his arm was numb from the shock, on the other hand, the bald head on the opposite side had nothing to do, grinning, but he had already pulled out the dagger on his waist again.

Zhang Heng realized that he might be in trouble, hand-to-hand combat was not his strong point, from the punch just now, he could also feel the difference in strength between the two sides, and he was probably not the opponent of the pirate in front of him in a head-to-head battle.