Chapter 235: Scavenging
They had a lot of gunpowder in the battle, but since the pirates' guns were only 12-pound guns, the ship could not even find a few 16-pound round shells.
"Can these shells be used?"
Gordon slumped a little sleepily in his chair in the mapping room, one hand propped up his head, and discussed it with Allen, who was sitting across from him.
"The caliber of the shell does not match the barrel, which will lead to insufficient bore pressure when fired......"
"Say what I can understand. ”
"We can fire, but the power is small, the range may be less than twenty meters, it may be closer. ”
"Then throw it all into the sea!"
Gordon looked up and yawned, the battle from morning to night had made him almost asleep, and as the lightning faded, the entire sea fell silent, and they were only moving closer to the White Shark on the periphery.
"There should be no fighting tonight......"
"Captain, we can actually leave some of it and put it on the deck, and when the time comes, fill it with iron sand, broken glass, etc., and use it to kill sailors in broadside battles. ”
“...... Isn't it just a grenade? It's up to you to let me know when you come into contact with the White Shark. ”
In the dark sea, I saw a ship full of sails, and the kerosene lamp dimly illuminated the sea, leaving a circle of ripples, and farther away, a large ship was moored there.
When Gordon woke up, he opened his bloodshot eyes and saw Wilson's vicissitudes of life, holding a kerosene lamp in one hand, and sat down in the chair where Allen had sat before.
"You're very tired. ”
"Of course, as you can see. ”
"I have heard of your deeds from Jon, and I cannot but express my heartfelt admiration, Captain of the legend, that the six months you have been on the sea have been more colorful than the lives of many others. ”
"If you're just here to compliment, I don't think you need to. ”
"I'm just here to warn you that quite a few ships have run aground and been broken in half in the waves, and if you want to replenish your supplies, you can look inside, gunpowder, medicines, round bombs, or rum, and even better if you can find gold. ”
"These guys are really not afraid of death, and Miss Elenno's incitement is truly terrifying. Gordon forced a smile at the corner of his mouth, and then suddenly it occurred to him that he hadn't been to see Andrea in a long time.
"You go back first, when my supplies are collected, it's going to be a tough battle. ”
After he finished speaking, he got up and pushed the door and walked out, he had to hurry, so that the enemy would not have more time to prepare.
When he went to the cabin to see the little girl who had been frightened for a day, and finally fell asleep in the quiet of the night, Gordon could only smile bitterly, he did not know whether it was worth it.
With only a handful of sailors on deck, Gordon took the helm out of the White Shark and headed towards the reef, where the prolonged use of the Hawkeye put a great load on him, but it was the only way to go.
There were many floating corpses on the sea, broken masts and planks, and a sailboat that was almost broken in half still hung the last kerosene lamp that illuminated the terrified survivors.
They turned a blind eye to the approach of the Jackdaw, not in joy, let alone in fear.
Earlier, the Jackdaw could not enter, the reef was so dense that only small boats could approach it.
"Let's go, there shouldn't be anything left. ”
Gordon shook his head, the ship was like this, the supplies were scattered all over the sea, and it was better to go to this ship to salvage it around.
"Captain, what about the survivors?"
In the maritime convention, people who fall overboard, people who are stranded on the rocks, regardless of their status, will help, because it is difficult to say that everyone has this day.
"We don't have time to delay here, and besides, to be merciful to our enemies is to be cruel to ourselves. ”
Gordon shook his head and turned away, I don't know when he also began to become hard-hearted, maybe he killed more people, maybe he saw more deaths.
Alan tried to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything.
"Salvage wooden crates on the water, wooden barrels...... We won't stay here for long......"
He ordered the sailors aloud that it would not be so easy to replenish the gunpowder projectiles of the White Shark and the Jackdaw.
After sailing through a great deal of places, he finally found a relatively intact ship on a reef, but of course this integrity was only relative, and the captain of the ship had given up and left with a group of sailors while the wind was calm.
The stern of this ship also has a few dark English written on it, if I am not mistaken, it should be called Brandy, the bottom of the ship is embedded with a large reef, it should be hit by the waves in the storm, the whole ship should be half filled with water, and a lot of supplies are scattered on the sea.
"This ship has value to be salvaged. ”
Gordon nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered the sailors to put away the sails and drop anchor.
He approached the Brandy with Mickey and two other sailors in a small boat, and he needed to make sure that the ship was stable enough not to fall apart when more people boarded the ship.
"I'm sure the captain of this ship is a Dutch drunkard. ”
"Maybe we can get a lot of brandy or something?"
The sailors had a joking and regained their optimism and humor in this calm time.
On the deck, there were a large number of rifts in the deck of the Brandy, and the darkness lurking in it was like a beast that chose to devour people, but the whole was relatively stable.
"Hang a light on the side of the ship to notify the sailors to board the ship. ”
This is the signal they had agreed on before, if the ship could withstand more people.
The deck was vibrating, and that was the only thing Gordon felt was wrong, the vibration was regular, but it was like the waves crashing, and it was a little confusing.
"Let's take a separate inventory of the remaining supplies, and make sure we have food left, we don't have much left. ”
Gordon commanded, and headed below deck with the lantern.
The fire was dim, and he no longer wanted to use Eagle Eye, the flickering shadow was very large in the darkness, and hideous, setting off the danger of darkness.
"Is there anyone else......"
Mickey shouted, the creak of the wooden staircase echoing through the space.
"It looks like there's no one left. ”
......
Gordon walked down, and the cabin where the lower sailors lived was a little slippery, and even had seaweed shellfish, so he had to walk carefully.
For...... For...... For!
The vibrations came again, clearer than they felt on the deck, like a beating heart.
"Do you feel anything? some kind of vibration. ”
Gordon wonders if he's feeling wrong, or is it really just the waves crashing?
"I didn't feel anything without the captain. ”
Mickey just looked around the cabin with his eyes wide open, which had already captured all his attention.
Gordon finally shook his head and put the question behind him.