Chapter XVII: Pirates
John held a telescope and kept staring at the pirate ship heading this way, constantly passing the location and distance of the pirate ship downward. It can be seen that the pirate ship did not discover this cargo ship at the beginning, but since there are no islands in this sea area that can be covered, it will naturally be discovered. As for escaping, you let a merchant ship with a large load capacity outperform a slender pirate ship designed for fast sailing?
Therefore, no matter how the Bonnet crew rowed and hoisted the sails, the pirate ship approached at a steady speed, and the distance between the two did not widen, but became smaller and smaller until it reached the firing distance of the guns.
John took the binoculars and watched the bow of the pirate ship that was catching up with him emit two flames, and then he saw two cannonballs with chains in the middle flying straight towards him. Judging by the trajectory of the shells, these two shells were not fired to attack the hull - that was too high, it should have been the aiming mast and sail. This is a tactic that is very common among pirates. Use chain bullets to break the sails, or knock down the mast outright to disable the ship that was shot, and then approach it for a broadside engagement. Compared to sinking a merchant ship, you can get all the supplies, and you don't have to dive off the ship to slowly salvage the goods, which is both time-saving and labor-saving.
It seems that white-knuckle combat is inevitable. Seeing that the watchtower was no longer safe, John pulled a cable and slid straight onto the deck. The freshly hired captain on deck was directing the sailors to prepare for battle, and from time to time there was the sound of the captain's scolding and the nervous trembling of the sailors who had just gone to sea. John walked up to Bonnet and said, "The pirates are coming soon, Bonnet, find a place to hide first, and I may not be able to take care of you when the pirates come aboard." ”
Bonnet, like many rookie sailors, trembled, but he did not accept John's advice. He drew his dagger and said, "John, go and fight with confidence, my safety will be taken care of by myself." I am the owner of this ship, and I must face these dangers with everyone. This is the real seafaring life, and the men of the sea are not afraid of all challenges!"
John looked at Bonnet, who was still trembling, but there was no trace of timidity on his face, and the huge contrast made John feel a little distracted: why was Ming Min afraid, but he didn't retreat? Why was he so scared that his whole body trembled, but his eyes were still very excited? I don't understand, I really don't understand.
But now is not the time to think about it. John watched the small defensive cannons in the cabin keep shooting at the pirate ship, which did not have the slightest effect of stopping the pirate ship from approaching, but instead attracted the pirate ship's counterattack: for a while, the number of cannonballs several times the number of cannonballs fired by the crew flew towards this side like raindrops, even if only a small part hit the hull, it still made the merchant ship that did not have much defense ability shake for a while.
If the cannonballs that hit the hull of the ship did not bring much fear, but only made the merchant ship sway from side to side, then the two cannonballs that landed on the deck brought fear to the sailors, especially when they saw the crew around them being hit by the cannonballs and being directly knocked away, even the old sailors who had been adrift at sea for many years would have fear in their hearts, not to mention these novices who had only just been recruited and most of them had only been to sea two or three times.
For a while, many crew members threw down their sailor knives and scurried on the deck with their heads in their hands, and the scene was so chaotic that even the captain could not get his voice out.
John looked at the crew and shook his head, knowing that they couldn't count on this battle. Turning to look at Bonnet, who was also a little frightened, he said, "Look, this is the battle. Find a place to hide, you won't be able to help here, but if you die, we won't have any reason to fight. ”
Bonnet looked at the sailor who was sent out by the cannonball, "Well, it seems that I can't adapt to this kind of battle now, it's so exciting, my heart is about to jump out." John, take care. ”
John nodded, looking at the pirate ship that was getting closer and closer. The pirate ship was smaller and narrower than Bonnet's, but the sails were larger and the masts were thicker, giving it a sense of strength just by looking at it. However, this was not the time to see the pirate ship, and after Bonnet's merchant ship stopped firing, the pirate ship also stopped firing. It seems that the shooting they just made was just to warn this side not to make these moves that would cause them danger or even just increase the trouble, and when the action stopped, they only used to get on the boat and tie everyone's hands with ropes, and load the cargo in the cabin into their ship one by one, which was the best result for them.
Looking at the claws that the pirate ship threw and hooked the side of the ship in the direction of the pirate ship, and the pirates who jumped from the pirate ship to the ship through the swing rope, John knew he couldn't look any longer. With his hands on the knife at his waist, John walked over to a pirate who had just jumped from a pirate ship.
Compared to the surrounding crew members who had basically dropped their weapons and held their heads in both hands, John who was still standing stood out, not to mention that John was still walking towards the pirates at this time. For a moment, several pirates surrounded John: "Hey, young man, what do you want to do? Why don't you follow the example of your companions, do you still want to rebel against us?" John didn't speak, but looked at the pirate.
The pirate was stronger than the crew, and there was a hint of blood on his body—not that he actually smelled it, but that he exuded it from his movements. Really. Every pirate has someone else's blood in his hands. Just this hint of blood, John came up with a lot of information: this is a group of pirates who can really do it.
Seeing that John did not answer himself, the pirate spoke again: "Look at you, little boy, you don't even have a little flesh, what can you do? Do you still want to drive us away with these two knives?" John still didn't speak, looking at the pirate. Standing in this place, even the little tongue in the pirate's gaping mouth could see clearly.
Perhaps stimulated by John's undisguised gaze, the pirate stopped laughing and looked at John, "Boy, you have something to say, are you a mute?"
John's hand grabbed his collar with one hand, and it was so hard that the pirate couldn't pull it back from John's hand with all his strength, as if it was not a man's hand that caught him, but a monster's minions. The pirate's face flushed, and he felt the force of the hand that had caught him harder and harder, and his face became more and more distorted as his hand made a 'creaking' sound.
The pirate next to him watched the movement, and saw that he couldn't break free, so he began to laugh at him: "What's the matter, Logitech?
The pirate Logitech's face turned red, "Less...... Stop talking nonsense, let him let go of my hand!"
The pirates were still laughing at him at first, but then when they saw that Logitech was indeed in trouble, they naturally reached out to help. They know that although Logitech's strength is not the best on the ship, it is also the number one in the ranks, so naturally there will not be a situation where there is no food and no strength like in the joke just now. That can only be said that this person is eccentric!
Thinking of this, someone next to him walked over: "Hey, boy, I advise you to let go quickly and squat down honestly, otherwise this knife will not point out where it is now." As he spoke, he placed the knife on John's shoulder.
John glanced out of the corner of his eye, his hand straining. The sound of clicking was accompanied by the pirate Logitech's painful screams at the same time, and it turned out that John saw the knife and directly crushed the wrist of the pirate he was holding. Releasing his hand and letting the pirate flee to the side with his wrist clutched, John turned and punched the pirate in the jaw as he held the knife out from behind. The pirate originally thought that John would be frightened by himself, but he didn't expect John to dare to fight back, so he didn't make a defensive move and was punched by John and passed out directly on the deck.
The pirates next to him also found that the situation was wrong, and the pirates who surrounded him had already drawn their knives: "Boy, if you just want to be a hero, then I tell you that you are wrong!
Look towards yourself
Slashing at the pirate knife, John only turned slightly sideways, grabbed the hand and twisted it in his master's direction. With a "snort", the pirate knife, which had killed many sailors and merchants, ended up stabbing his master in the chest.
Catching a slight movement out of the corner of his eye, John took a step back, dodging a pirate's attack, his right hand resting on the knife at his waist, John twisted his waist and pulled the knife from his waist at the same time, swiping it diagonally upwards towards the pirate. His left hand was not idle, he directly pulled out another knife, and stabbed it behind him with this knife upside down. In the blink of an eye, a pirate was slashed in the stomach by John's knife, and the pirate behind him wanted to rush over and besiege John with his companions, but he was directly stabbed in the stomach by John's knife. However, the pirate was not an easy character to deal with, and after being stabbed in the stomach by John, he reached out and grabbed John's left hand tightly, preventing John from having a chance to pull his knife back.
Indeed, this was a good deterrent to John's ability to draw his knife and continue slashing at the other pirates, but it didn't last long. As John's strength was beyond ordinary imagination, John withdrew his hand without difficulty, and the pirate's hand, which he had clenched with all his might, was torn off as if it had been made of plasticine. With the severed finger that was still clasping his wrist, John raised his left hand and swung his sailor knife horizontally, the tip of the knife slashed the neck of the pirate next to him, and blood gushed out from the wound cut by the knife, rushing up to the sky like a fountain, scattering into a rain of blood, staining the surrounding pirates blood red.
Regardless of the fountain violator, John raised his right sailor's knife and stabbed at the pirate next to him. The pirate was blinded by the rain of blood falling from the sky, and he didn't see John's movements, and John stabbed his knife into his heart without difficulty.
Looking around, the pirates who were originally surrounding him had been killed, and the other pirates who had boarded the ship were also dragged by the crew who had already cheered up, and the surrounding crew members formed groups of three or two to besiege a pirate, and from time to time they drew a line on the pirate's body, even if they were injured, they did not fall to the ground and wail directly.
It seems that there is no place on the ship where you can meddle. John nodded, indeed, no matter how strong his ability was, it would be tricky to face so many enemies. Now these sailors have regained their strength, and dare to fight the pirates with their knives, instead of waiting there for the pirate's knife to cut through their necks. That's good. John nodded, and his heart moved as he looked at the pirate crawling down the cable that hooked the hull to this side.
Walking to the cable, John raised the knife in his hand and swung it towards the cable. The first time it was broken because the quality of the knife was not up to par. Looking at the cable that had just been cut a little and the knife that had been shattered, he threw the broken knife in his hand directly at the pirate who was crawling towards him. "Ahh
Without looking at the fallen pirate, John turned over and stood on the cable and ran in the direction of the pirate ship. Since the sea was not calm, and the ships on both sides rose and fell with the waves, there were few people like John who could run on the flat ground on the cable connecting the two ships, and most of them crawled on their hands and feet like the pirate before them, or simply swung over the cable.
John ran on the rope and when he saw a pirate, he kicked him in the neck or stepped on their fingers, and none of the pirates who were kicked and trampled could still climb on the cable to the merchant ship. Some lucky pirates can swim to the side of the boat to support the boat even if their fingers are injured, and the pirates who were kicked and stunned by John sink directly under the surface of the sea like iron, and whether they can wake up before drowning depends only on their fate.
Running all the way to the pirate ship, John jumped up when he was about to arrive, knocked down a pirate with an axe in his hand and was about to stop John, and stabbed the knife in his hand as he landed.
Standing up and looking at the pirates around him who were nervously looking at him with various weapons in their hands, John pulled out the knife stuck in the back of the axe pirates and smiled at the pirates: "Gentlemen, now it's the other way around. Put down your weapons, I've robbed you!"
There was something this morning.,I'm late when I came back.,Send it directly to the 4k big chapter.。 Please forgive me if it is a little late.