Captain Gordon's gold is not easy to obtain, and people can endure harsher conditions for higher gold coins, and it is enough for Gordon to come up with more means to train these sailors to become real warriors rather than a rabble, which may be similar to the idea of high salaries.

If you want to achieve great things, a rabble is not enough.

The arrival of the storm caused the sea to stir up, and the bow of the ship split the waves, but it could not suppress the overall turbulence, and the wind filled the sails, but the pirates still followed.

"Those pirates are really dead, and if we don't get to the reef area, we'll be fenced off. ”

Alan clasped the side of the ship tightly to prevent himself from being swept into the sea by the waves, the entire deck was already soaked, and the sea water was constantly spreading up, and of course the heavy rain also exacerbated the process.

"What about the sailman? My order is to hang all the sails! Why are the top sails not hung up? ”

Gordon stepped out of the cabin, he had just gone to visit Andrea, the little girl was only badly frightened, and there was no major problem, but the cabin was a little flooded.

"Captain, we can't hang the sails anymore! ”

A sail driver, drenched in heavy rain on the mast, shouted that this was the only way to convey what he wanted to say.

Gordon looked at the mast, which was already trembling slightly in the gale, and then at the approaching pirate ship.

In big waves, if you reduce the weight to speed up the boat, it is simply dead, and if you want to get out of this situation, you can only hang the sail full.

"Obey orders, sailor, I know the Jackdaw better than you do, and I can withstand the waves!"

"Yes Captain!"

The sailor chooses to trust his captain and cannot put a boatload of people in danger.

"Mickey, arrange for someone to pull up two more back cables and fix the mainmast firmly. ”

"Yes, Captain, tow the spare locks out, quick!"

The chase continued into the night, and on this dark and cloudy night, only the thunder could barely see the ships in the distance, and the lookout had done his best to see the reef on the course.

The pirate's fast sailing ship hung in the back, and as the waves tossed and swung, Gordon could even see a ship being overturned by the waves, turning it into a pile of wreckage.

The moodiness of the sea is vividly reflected at this moment, and no grievance or interest can compare to the monstrous waves.

"Reef Zone!"

Rumble!

A bolt of lightning pierced the sky, accompanied by a violent thunderclap and the hoarse cries of the lookouts, for the reef was already in sight under the cover of darkness.

"Right full rudder!

Almost all the sailors clung to the nearest object to secure themselves, but at this moment there was a big wave, and the sea swept the entire deck, turning the hull of the ship into a dangerous fifty-degree tilt, and the lookout was thrown out directly, and both hands clung to a lock.

"Hold on!"

Under the power of heaven, people could only pray in silence, the sailors fell on the deck, and even the cannons fixed to the gun emplacements were broken ropes and drifted towards the side of the ship.

The front of the wave has run out, and the Jackdaw has not yet fallen entirely thanks to the batch of cannons that have become ballast because they can't get out of their hands. But the sea water has completely washed into the cabin.

If there is one word to describe it, it should be the water curtain hole, and the interior of the entire ship is almost not spared.

At this moment, the back cord had already been stretched and creaked, and then it was like a taut string that broke in an instant. The shaking of the mast was already visible to the naked eye, and if no action was taken, there was a high risk that the Jackdaw would lose most of its mobility due to a broken mainmast.

"Put the sails away!"

Gordon commanded loudly, but the lookout on the mast was already hanging in the air, and no one was carrying out his orders.

He watched the sailors rolling on the ground, relying only on the sail rope tied to their bodies to keep them from falling into the sea, and could only grit his teeth and grab the rope ladder to the mast, the main mast of the Jackdaw could not be broken, and going with the tide would only cause it to run aground and sink.

Gordon took off his heavy clothes, let the rain beat his strong muscles, threw his water-filled boots to the side, pulled the rope and jumped upwards.

The rain kept his eyes open, but he could barely see the sailor hanging in the air in the heavy rain.

"Hold my hand!"

The lookout's hands had been worn out by the ropes, and the pain in his heart struck, but he didn't dare to let go, and falling into the sea was basically equivalent to death.

His persistence was not in vain, and at this moment he finally saw hope.

"Captain!"

He took the hand that Gordon had handed him, so cold from the rain that he had soaked, but it was full of infinite power.

Gordon pulled him back from the fluttering sail rope with one hand, and then said loudly, "I want you to help me put the sails away, or the mast will not hold up!"

The latter nodded, and then the two quickly climbed onto the mast and tried to untie the rope attached to the mast.

As Mitch climbed up from the deck, he heard the mournful roar of the mast and saw the two men busy on top, so he quickly scooped up the others.

"Put the sails on!"

"Yes, sir!"

After the top was unsecured, the sailors below finally pulled the sail rope to put the sails upper, and the main mast of the Jackdaw finally stopped shaking violently.

Gordon was now on the watchtower, looking at the reef in front of the left side of the ship, and of course there were more hidden underwater, which were not recorded by regular charts, there were no islands around the reef, and few ships arrived, except that Kurich had passed by occasionally many years ago.

The White Shark had been left far behind by the Jackdaw, and the battleship's hull was in much better shape than the Jackdaw. The Jackdaw's turn made Wilson already aware of the arrival of his destination.

"Prepare to put the sails away! ”

With the rudder in one hand, he commanded his sailors. Then gradually adjust the course to the right.

Boom!!

Two pirate ships, already very close, opened fire, with the almost non-threatening bow gun, and in the stormy weather, the shells flew out of the target at a very different distance from the target's position, and then crashed into the sea.

"Captain, are we going to shoot back?"

"You call this an attack? The destination is almost here, order everyone to hold their posts, and the time to fight back is coming. ”

"Yes Captain!"

"Shell-filling sailors, we're going to kill tonight, hahaha......"

The dark night hides great dangers, and the pirate ships are not at different speeds, and those who walk in front can easily fall prey to the reef.