Chapter 433: Unlucky Captain Jack
It was a difficult day for Captain Jack Sparrow, who swam to the beach like a water dog, then took off his boots and poured hundreds of milliliters of stagnant water from them, but fortunately the sun was shining brightly today, and the wet, sticky feeling quickly disappeared as the water evaporated.
He has always been an optimistic man, and one defeat is not enough to defeat him, after all, what could be more painful than being thrown on a desert island to die? He survived such a desperate situation, and it was just an insignificant little "wave" in his magnificent life.
After lying down for a while, feeling that the clothes on (shēn) were already dry, he moved on to his next goal! It was a warship moored in the harbor, with the British Imperial flag flying on its mast, apparently a warship, the same ship that Commodore Norrington had started with, the Interceptor.
"It's a lot worse than the ship just now, but it's okay!" Our Captain Jack thought so. With that, he trotted toward the Interceptor.
He managed to distract the two guards by passing the Black Pearl's problems, and boarded the Interceptor as he wished.
But a new problem lay ahead of him: even a captain as experienced in seafaring as he could not drive a cruiser like the Interceptor away alone! Unless he can reach both the mast and the rudder (which means his arm must be at least 10 meters long), he'll have to split himself in half!
But the great Captain Jack is great because he can do what no one else can do (qíng), and he is seen to climb the mast like a monkey, lower the sails, and then follow the dàng (rope) and start sailing. The two soldiers had realized that something was wrong and hurried towards the boarding board with their muskets. Unfortunately, it was too late, the Interceptor had already slowly sailed out of the dock, and the boarding board "plopped" and fell into the water. The two soldiers, one fat and one thin, claimed to be "the pride of the King's army", so they had to watch the Interceptor leave.
However, it didn't take long for Captain Jack Sparrow to be a good man, and after about a dozen tricks, he saw Colonel Norrington, who was now a Brigadier General Norrington, and had already arrived with the big drums.
"Brigadier General, that pirate, named Jack Sparrow, stole the Interceptor!" The two soldiers said incoherently.
"Get on the boat, chase!" Brigadier General Norrington looked at the shadow of the Interceptor, which was already dozens of meters away, and immediately made a decision.
"Sir, the Interceptor is the fastest ship in the Caribbean, and there's no way the Dreadnought can catch up with it!" His deputy, Lieutenant Gillet, grimaced.
"The Dreadnought can't, but the ship can!" However, he saw a (xiōng) smile on the corner of Norrington's mouth, and pointed at Han Xing's Ranger with his hand.
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On board the Ranger.
Han Xing was bored looking at the fortress of Port Royal, thinking anxiously in his heart: "Shouldn't Elizabeth Swan fall overboard?" Why hasn't she fallen off yet? If she doesn't fall, how can the Black Pearl come from? If the black pearl doesn't come, how will the drama (qíng) unfold? ”
"I am Commodore James Norrington of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, and the Royal Navy is going to call this ship of yours for the time being!" I saw that in an instant, Brigadier General Norrington had already boarded the deck of the Ranger with his soldiers, and then took out a document and almost pasted it on Han Xing's face.
"What's going on here~ This drama (qíng) has changed too much~" Han Xing said with a wry smile in his heart when he heard this.
Given that he was ostensibly a "duty" French wine merchant, and that Jack Sparrow's fate should have been to be captured back to Port Royal rather than escaped. He still nodded and said:
"Raise the sails and catch up with the boat ahead!" But I heard Brigadier General Norrington on the other side say the same thing almost in unison with Han Xing. The two looked at each other awkwardly, and Han Xing had no choice but to spread his hands and put on a picture of "You are the boss, you have the final say".
The Ranger is the best of the cruisers, a fine battleship from the Liverpool Shipyard in Great Britain, and has a double gun deck that other ordinary cruisers don't have, so it has twice as much firepower as a regular cruiser. The Ranger is a special warship specially built by Liverpool Shipyard for Sir Hansen, the Duke of Buckingham, on his Egyptian journey~
However, the speed of the Ranger is only in the early 32 knots (about 60 km/h), which is still a long way from the Interceptor's current downwind state of close to 35 knots (about 65 km/h)! So much so, as far as the eye can see, that the distance between the Interceptor and the Ranger is widening further.
So, without considering magic (qíng), there's no doubt that the Interceptor is indeed the fastest warship in the Caribbean! The Ranger's downwind speed limit is also thirty-four knots. Here's why: the addition of a layer of artillery deck means extra weight, not to mention the extra thirty guns, which are all real iron bumps!
With these things, the speed is naturally not as fast as the lighter Interceptor~
"Sir, we're not fast enough! We're going to lose her~" Norrington's deputy, Captain Gillett, said with an anxious expression. Norrington's officers had served with him on the Interceptor, so he had a special sense of the Interceptor.
"Throw the goods out of the hold!" Commodore Norrington was a good naval officer, and immediately thought of a way to ditch the ballast and speed up.
"But~ this!" Han Xing doesn't really care much about the so-called goods in the cabin, but he is a businessman after all~ As a mercenary businessman, I heard that others want to throw away their goods and their "money", so why can't they show a calm look, right? So Han Xing immediately performed a picture of (ròu) pain, and asked resignedly.
"Don't worry, the Royal Navy will compensate you for your losses later~ Mr. Segaard!" Brigadier Norrington put his hands behind his back (shēn) and said coldly in his elegant and magnetic voice (xìng), then paced to the lookout at the stern of the ship, pulled out his binoculars and looked at the Interceptor a few hundred meters away.
Han Xing immediately showed such a heavy look, but he still sighed a little stupidly, which can be said to be the kind of forward-looking and mercenary that a businessman should have.
With less cargo in the hold, the Ranger has a visible increase in speed, but it is only on par with the Black Pearl.
"Bow gun, reload chainballs!" Han Xing saw that the situation was at an impasse and was about to give Norrington an idea, so he pulled out the broken heart on his waist.
"That's right, gunner, reload the chain! Ready to fire~" Brigadier General Norrington's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately became kind.
"Sir, sir, she's the Interceptor~" Lieutenant Gillett said incredulously.
"I'd rather see her sleep at the bottom of the sea than be taken by pirates and become an accomplice in the (jiān) (yín) captivity!" Norrington said with a resolute expression.
Chain bullets can be said to be the best weapon against mobile (xìng) warships in the sea, battleships without sails, just like cavalry without horses, losing speed advantages, light warships are just fish (ròu) on the chopping board~
On the Black Pearl in front, Captain Jack had a good heart, holding the rudder in his right hand, holding the compass in his left hand, and humming the pirate song in his mouth, "This is my pirate career~" After singing, he stretched his limbs and stretched comfortably, but unexpectedly flew into trouble and fell from the sky.
A whistling chain flew (shè), tearing the Interceptor's white, intact linen sails into strips of rags, slowing the entire ship to speed.
"Damn it, my ship!" Captain Jack almost stumbled and fell, but managed to hold his son (shēn) and cursed with his left hand against his hat. He had forgotten that it had only been ten minutes since he became the owner of this boat~
The best way to encounter an enemy chain attack is to lower the sail in time, but Captain Jack is the only one on the Interceptor, and he can't steer and lower the sail at the same time!
As the Ranger approached, another disadvantage of the Interceptor's lack of manpower became apparent – the lack of manpower meant that the ship's maneuver (xìng) could not be used.
Just as the Ranger and the Interceptor took over, Commodore Norrington immediately led the men to recapture the Interceptor, and just as they were cheering, they saw Captain Jack Sparrow climb onto the Ranger along the cable, and then stood proudly on the side of the ship and looked down at Commodore Norrington and a group of British soldiers below, and threw out his mantra again:
"You will always remember this day, because on this day, you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow~ goodbye, Wooden Fish Heads~" Captain Jack Sparrow said as he waved his hat in a radiant manner.
"By the way, it's worth mentioning that the rudder was condemned to death by me, and you won't be able to catch up with me in a short time! Thank you for your ship, sir~" Captain Jack Sparrow did not forget to turn around and continue to taunt Commodore Norrington.
Just when Captain Jack Sparrow turned his head triumphantly and was about to drive away on the Ranger, he saw Han Xing holding a broken heart and leading a group of Swiss guards with bayonet muskets to surround him.
"What did you say, I didn't hear clearly?" Han Xing playfully looked at Captain Jack Sparrow's stunned and dumbfounded appearance.
"You pretended to be bī, were you slapped in the face?" Han Xing said in his heart.