Chapter 122: Return to the Caribbean
"How did you find out about El Dorado?" Gordon stared at Serena earnestly.
Serena didn't care: "Because I'm a witch, I've said it a long time ago." ”
Of course, this answer did not satisfy Gordon, this outfit, this face, this ability, there was a little bit of the image of a witch.
He waved his hand to the side, "Jon, come over and tell me what the witch you met looks like?"
Jon, who heard Gordon's greeting, was speechless anyway, thinking that his captain was just trying to tease the girl, but he shouted helplessly: "Smoky makeup, sir, dark eyes, strange manners, braided hair, and likes to raise all kinds of inexplicable creatures!"
"You hear it, this is a witch, don't be delusional for a day, unless you can breathe fire. ”
Gordon was speechless, Serena knew that the news of El Dorado was most likely heard from the sailors chatting, did they really want to stay in one more port for Serena?
No matter how you think about it, it's a big headache, and sure enough, Gibbs is right, bringing a woman on board will get you in trouble.
"I'm not going to breathe fire. ”
Serena gave her a hard time before replying, as if she had really been thinking about it for a long time.
"Oh my God, where do you think you're sleeping on the boat?" Gordon had given up dwelling on the witch question.
With a finger of her hand, Serena pointed directly to the captain's room: "I can sleep there." ”
"That's my place, no!"
......
It was in the midst of such a quarrel that the Jackdaw kept sailing in a south-west direction.
Eventually, the captain's room belonged to Serena, and Gordon himself moved the wardrobe into the drawing room, leaving the floor on the floor, not to mention, except for the fact that it was easy to bump into the table in the morning.
The voyage lasted twenty-five days, and the Caribbean was just around the corner.
This morning, Gordon walked out of the drawing room, looked at the small island in the distance, and shouted, "I, Captain Gordon, are back!"
During this time, there were many rains, and even when you were free, you could take a luxurious bath, and the spirit was very good.
Resurrected at full blood, this is his current state.
When you stay in the Caribbean, you feel all kinds of unpleasant here, the city is dilapidated and full of stench, and the sailors are fighting and shouting in the taverns.
A person always knows the value of things when he loses, and here is not as comfortable as a big city, but it is very comfortable.
Listening to the roaring cannons in front of you, watching the smoke and flames burning in the sky, there is only one word, cool!
"Pirate ship!"
The sailor in charge of the lookout shouted.
"Hahaha......"
Mickey let out a hearty laugh, and finally, a pirate ship appeared, and it was attacking a galleon flying the British flag.
With a length of 80 meters and a displacement of about 900 tons, this ship is already among the middle and high-end merchant ships.
Almost all of these merchant ships were loaded with gold and silver treasures, and they were responsible for the tribute of the British royal family, and their tall masts were full of sails, and they had greater speed and loading capacity.
Such merchant ships are usually escorted by naval or privateer ships, but they are nowhere to be seen.
"All the sailors have their weapons ready, their cannons loaded, their sails hoisted, and they are moving forward at full speed. ”
Gordon took over the rudder himself and shouted loudly.
He pulled out his binoculars and looked at the pirate ship in the distance, with its green sails and hideous skull flags on it, a ship belonging to the Pirate Alliance, if I guessed correctly.
The ship was larger than the Jackdaw, about fifty-five to sixty meters, but it was already in the thick of a heavy bombardment with the galleon, and it was a good time.
"Paste it, stick it directly!"
The artillery on the opposite side is obviously of a higher level than theirs, and there are more cannons, there is no advantage in counterfire at all, if you can rush up and form a flanking situation, then the advantage can be formed.
"Bow gun ready!"
The sailor pulled up the baffle in front of the bow gun and pushed the gun out, which was already filled with sixteen-pound round shells.
The distance between the two ships is getting closer.
Listen to the sailors of the watchtower report the distance.
"Eight hundred meters, into range!"
"Fire!"
Alan shouted.
Rumble!
The two bow guns were fired almost simultaneously, and the gunpowder propelled the cannonball into a slam before smashing into the towering tower of the pirate ship, creating two visible holes.
Listening to the sound of the cannon firing, Gordon was very satisfied, the sixteen-pounder and twelve-pounder guns were completely different, and this kind of vibration was really exciting.
"The enemy releases a powder keg, ready to evade!"
Gordon began to turn the rudder quickly, and with the help of nimble steering, the Jackdaw shuttled through the powder kegs before continuing to move closer to the pirate ship.
"Fifty meters!"
The sailor shouted, and he could already see the pirates on the opposite ship.
Gordon struck a straight line in his mind and aimed his horn at the stern of the pirate ship.
"Watch out for impact!"
Click!
The violent impact and shaking directly caused the jackdaw's ramming horns to sink deep into the stern of the pirate ship, and the sailors pulled the ship's side and rope to resist the impact, while the pirate ship in front was not so lucky, and the visible three sailors fell overboard, and a large gap was torn open in the stern.
The stubble splashed, and the entire hull began to deflect.
But instead of being embedded in it, the Jackdaw bounced off the impact and then disengaged.
"Hahaha...... All sailors were ready for battle, left full rudder. ”
Gordon chuckled at the top of his voice, as if he had a bit of Barbossa, maybe that's how that hoarse voice came from.
The Jackdaw gradually caught up from the left side of the pirate ship.
"Steady, wait for the ship's side to align. ”
The sailors of the Jackdaw, who had smelled the smoke of war, were nervous, but none of them flinched, and they were now obedient to the British royal privateer, plundering the pirate ship and then taking everything from them, the ships, or the cannons.
"Fire!" Gordon commanded loudly.
"Fire!" Alan shouted to the sailors on deck.
"Fire!" Mitch relayed the entire order to the cabin.
Boom! Boom!
The sixteen-pound round bullet pierced the side of the corsair at close range, and flew out of the other side of the ship, causing penetrating damage and causing two large holes.
"Ah......h
The pirate screamed and fell into the water, or was simply broken in two by a round bullet.
There were even direct hits to the load-bearing columns, causing the upper decks to begin to collapse as well, creating cavities.
It's a war.
"Fire!"
The pirate ship was not on its knees, and the captain's order to fire was clearly heard on the deck of the Jackdaw.
"Watch out for artillery strikes!"
Boom......
The continuous artillery fire also hit the Jackdaw, opening many gaps in the hull.
"There's a sailor overboard!"
Without exception, everyone on the Jackdaw was threatened with death, and the only safer place was the shipyard, the only position where the two ships would not be attacked when they were bombarded.
"Prepare to take the ship!"