Chapter 195: Playing the tambourine and singing
Norrington was thrilled, and to put it more specifically, it was about to explode.
Although Mr. Brigadier General is a soldier, the British aristocratic style in him has not changed. And being able to provoke a gentle nobleman to the point of almost losing his temper shows what Wang Hao has done all these years.
Naturally, others will not fail to see this situation, but as a big-headed soldier, who has the courage to dare to speak casually and make himself bored?
Everyone looked at each other, and finally fell on the adjutant. In the end, the adjutant stepped on this thunder, and the adjutant could only say tremblingly: "Brigadier General, these ...... What should I do? ”
Brigadier General Norrington gritted his teeth and said, "Take it and store it first!" Someday, I'll re-embed them on the Interceptor! ”
It's been a few weeks since the 'Cabo Guarico Pirate Attack', and as the pirate captains have finished distributing the spoils and the treasures have been disposed of, the pirates who had been involved in the attack on the naval fort of Cabo Guarico have returned to shore one after another and begun to squander their money.
Although all the captains gave gag orders to their crews, what a long-faced thing to storm the naval fortress, and it was enough to brag about it for a lifetime!
To expect these guys, who have been immersed in alcohol and sex all day long as they come ashore, to keep secrets is tantamount to a dream.
But fortunately, they are still smart, and they only boast about their bravery and wealth, and do not reveal more information. Even the leader only said one person, that is, Wang Hao, the only one who dared to show his pirate flag generously at that time.
As a result, the rumor that "the pirate fleet led by Captain Wang Hao, the 'Oriental Thunder Pirate', attacked the 'Cape Guarico Naval Fortress', slaughtered the naval fortress, and robbed the New World colonists who had looted it for a year and were ready to pay tribute to the British Queen" spread to every corner of the Caribbean islands.
Of course, as word of mouth spreads, there are different versions of the rumors.
From the beginning, Captain Wang Hao led dozens of ships to forcibly land on the fortress, killing all the navy and looting the treasure.
Later, Captain Wang Hao led hundreds of pirate ships and fought a tragic naval battle with the naval frigates responsible for escorting the treasure ships.
Then Captain Wang Hao used black magic, so that the navy in the fortress was infected with the plague overnight, and all of them died of illness, and Wang Hao easily obtained the treasure in the fortress.
Later, Captain Wang Hao sacrificed a hundred human souls for the 'Sea Goddess Kolybusso', so Kolybusso summoned a storm to destroy the treasure fleet, and Wang Hao just went to salvage the treasure.
In short, the rumors are becoming more and more evil, and all kinds of strange rumors are rampant in the world, and each rumor is described by people as if someone has experienced it himself.
But no matter what, the core of all rumors is: Wang Hao, get, treasure.
And then the government's increase in the amount of reward for Wang Hao also confirmed this matter from the side.
The news sent countless bounty hunters and greedy pirates to the city, and Nassau seemed to be full of people looking out for Wang Hao's whereabouts and whereabouts overnight. All the information about Wang Hao was clearly inquired about, and some of them were frightened, and after a period of crazy pleasure in Nassau, they went out to sea again to plunder. while others saw the dawn of hope and began to go to sea to find Wang Hao's traces.
This is not difficult to understand, because the most commendable thing about Wang Hao, in addition to the powerful force displayed in front of people, is his absolutely 'harsh' conditions for selecting crews.
Pay attention to hygiene, listen to commands, standardize the operation process, as long as they are on the ship, the sailors almost do not need to carry their brains, they just treat themselves as machines, and everyone, including the quartermaster, must obey the command of the captain, which is completely unacceptable to the pirates who advocate 'democracy and freedom'.
Often, sailors who were thrown off the ship because they were unqualified complained, "It's hell there, the quartermaster is the captain's dog, and he won't fight for anything for the sailors at all!" He will just keep nagging in your ear, you can't do this, you can't do that, you have to do this, you have to do that, you can only do this, you can do that! Ha, I've been at sea for more than a decade, and I've never seen such a weird ship. Compared to there, even the most demanding naval warships are a complete paradise. ”
Even though everyone knew that they could make a lot of money by following Captain Wang, there were many sailors who were discouraged by these rules.
This led to the emergence of pirates at the same time as Wang Hao, such as Sam Bellamy 'Black Mountain' and Edward Titch 'Blackbeard', who all had several or even a dozen ships and fleets of hundreds or thousands of sailors. And Wang Hao has always only had one ship, and the crew has always remained around eighty or ninety people.
Although Wang Hao's ship 'Equality' used to be a naval warship, Wang Hao never added any artillery to her in order to ensure the performance of the ship. Keep in mind that Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, has 40 guns and at least 280 sailors.
Interestingly, when Wang Hao asked Blackbeard why he had 40 guns on the ship, Blackbeard replied: "Because I can only count to 40, man, otherwise I would have replaced the bow portrait with a cannon!" ”
There were only 16 cannons on board, and there were never more than 100 sailors.
Of course, as a warship, the 16 cannons are much more advanced than armed civilian ships in terms of caliber, range, rate of fire and accuracy, after all, sometimes, just the number of artillery cannons cannot determine the outcome of a naval battle.
However, such data also makes the greedy think that they have a chance. In their opinion, as long as they found the right opportunity, even if it was only a few small boats, as long as they entangled into the broadside battle, then a steady stream of human attacks would be enough to drown the famous Oriental pirate.
And just when everyone is doing an activity called 'Looking for Wang Hao', where is the protagonist of the event?
He was in his secret base, and he was having a celebration party.
There are countless islands in the Caribbean Sea, and not every one of these islands has the potential to be exploited, and there will always be some islands that are not small in size and have natural harbors, fresh water resources and abundant tropical flora and fauna. But because they are not on the route, they are off the beaten track, and no one wants to develop them for the time being.
Wang Hao chose such an island, named it 'Woodpecker', and stored various materials on it as his secret base.
At this time, Woodpecker Island was filled with laughter, two musicians played cheerful music, and sailors gulped down various foods and drank rum in their hands.
Every drunken pirate is a well-deserved king of banquets, and usually when they get drunk, they will play all kinds of tricks with their arms around the woman. But it turns out that if there were only men at a banquet, then everyone would be more open-minded and play more shameful tricks.
While the banquet was in full swing, Wang Hao kicked on a box and shouted: "Listen...... Stop and listen to me, bastards! ”
Wang Hao's voice, to be precise, the box under his feet attracted everyone's attention, and everyone realized that the moment they were most looking forward to was coming soon.