Chapter 340: Chase and Run
Just like when they went out to sea for the first time to hijack a ship, the people on the ship, although they were still working in an orderly manner, were much quieter than usual, for fear of inadvertently angering this fierce god.
Unlike this group of pirates who are as well-behaved as rabbits, Sorges has a very comfortable life, he unceremoniously robbed Rebit's wine cabinet, although Rebit's collection is actually not in his eyes, but he just has an inexplicable feeling that other people's wine is so delicious.
Of course, Sojes didn't go too far, and didn't treat the poor group of pirates with deadly ammunition like slaves, and he was afraid that this group of people and dogs would jump off the wall in a hurry, not because he couldn't beat them, but because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to go to the Banshee Cave alone after killing all the people.
The pirates are not very efficient, and if they were to put things on their own team, they probably wouldn't be able to spend two-thirds of the time they need, and I don't know if they were afraid of Sojers, an outsider, or because they were not of high quality, or both.
Rebit, the captain and captain of the ship, was also not having a good time, and the only thing that could give him some comfort was that the outsider named Hitt promised to help him fight against the enemy, even though he himself belonged to the enemy.
After sailing for three days, the Lydwan Manor was lucky not to encounter any passing ships, and Rebit was relieved and had the courage to communicate with Sojes, he could see that Sojes was actually a pirate, because his behavior could reveal some gangsterism, although the degree was not much, but it was also very obvious, but it was strange why people of his strength did not join a pirate group and chose to act alone.
"So, you haven't had oil or water for more than a month?"
In the captain's room, Sojes was also idle and bored to drink with Rebit, the latter's quality is actually very good, and his strength is okay, but his vision is too small, and his courage is not big enough.
"Yes! It's really fucking inopportune! If you want to say that more than ten years ago, it was the golden age of piracy, and you could make a lot of money by going to sea a few laps casually, which is like now, damn it! With the strength of the second order, you still have to worry about your livelihood!" Rebit cursed the current world, the words were not wrong, but these words came out of the pirate's mouth, which really seemed a little weird.
As Rebit said, some of the current pirates are because of the group of pirates more than ten years ago to make a fortune because of this, so they have chosen to go to sea, Rebit is actually one of them, he formed this deadly ammunition pirate group a year ago, with the strength of his second-order gunner, it didn't take much effort to form a team, but they didn't have much money in their hands, they even drove a large fishing boat at the beginning, there were only a dozen people on board, and it developed step by step to the point where it is now.
All in all, it is quite fast to develop with Rebit's strength to this point, but unfortunately, he met Sojath at this moment, and it is unknown whether he can survive the journey to Man and Strait.
"Now there are more than 600 gold coins left on the ship, which is really unfavorable, the last time I successfully grabbed more than 1,500 gold coins, it has only been more than four months, and there are only so many left. Rebit sighed a little unwillingly, no one would be willing to be mediocre, especially as a pirate leader, and he would not want his team to be so poor and weak all the time.
"Your team is really poor, the strength is good, but the problem is that the quality of all aspects is not enough. Sojers couldn't help but start picking on them, which was also due to an occupational disease, and he would want to blame pirates who were poor when he saw them.
"I want to hear about it. Rebit knew his level very well, and when he heard Sojas say this, he didn't get angry, but started to ask for advice very humbly.
"At all times, intelligence comes first, and you don't even know the nearby safe areas, so it's hell to make money! In fact, I wonder how you managed to grab those fifteen hundred gold coins with your current quality!"
"Intelligence?" Rebit was puzzled, not that he didn't understand the importance of intelligence, but he was a little unsure of where to start with this so-called intelligence.
"Isn't it easy? You'll always buy a newspaper, right? Sift through the newspaper to find useful information, for example, in an area where pirates are often routed by the navy, then this area is the area where the navy often operates, so as long as you avoid this range during activities, the rest of the place will naturally be relatively safer. Sojes didn't say it all, but Rebit understood a lot of things, and although they couldn't use it this time, if they could come back alive, they could help their pirate group grow.
"Thank you, Mr. Hit. Rebit is sincere thanks, if I still felt a little unhappy when I listened to Sojess's words and went to the Mermaid Strait, then now, this unhappy psychology has been infinitely reduced.
"Nothing, it's just the basics. Sojers didn't take credit, he told Rebit this not because he felt ashamed of him, but because he was bored at all, and he didn't want the pirate's power to continue to shrink, otherwise, his dragon tooth pirate group would not be happy.
Of course, even if these points can be effective, it will be in the future, at least with their strength, the only route to the Mermaid Strait is relatively safe, that is, they are still in a state of crisis at this time.
This is not a nervous situation between two people, but a situation in the current world, even the navy does not dare to say that it is safe, let alone pirates who themselves have a lot of competitive pressure? It can be said unceremoniously that they have to guard against not only the navy, but also pirates and even merchant groups are objects that need to be guarded against.
Don't think that pirates should be predators on this sea, in fact, there are many examples of carnivorous monsters being killed by plant eater monsters, and even the predators themselves have a difference in strength and weakness, plus the prey available for the weak to hunt is gradually decreasing, so they can't be too careful.
This caution paid off on the sixth day of the voyage, when, according to the ship's lookout, two battleships were chasing them behind the Lydwan Manor.
"Can you get rid of it?" Rebit didn't seem to be too worried, although the Lidwan Manor couldn't fight the battleship alone, but the speed of the ship was slightly faster.
"It should be ......" Before the lookout could speak, Sorgeus, who was also in the captain's room, interjected, and his tone was also angry.
"Get rid of the fart! Pay attention to the direction of the wind right now! The Lidwan Manor is a ship that sails, it can't compare to a battleship that can use thrusters, and now it's a headwind, and our ship can't be faster than them!" Sojes almost stabbed this knotted Rebit to death with a sword, he was actually thinking at this moment, no wonder this pirate group has not been able to develop, with such an idiot leading the team, it is difficult to have a good look.
"yes! I forgot!" Rebit slapped his head, not because he was incompetent, but because Sojeth was here, he instinctively felt that someone was going to handle everything, and he didn't put too much thought into it.
"Damn! How do you think they're chasing after you!What are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and inform the sailors to prepare for battle!" Sojes was so angry that he kicked Rebit who was sitting on the chair and even knocked over the people with the chair, and Rebit didn't have the heart to care about the image problem at this time, and ran out of the captain's room with his hands and feet, almost with a roar to inform everyone to prepare for war immediately.
These are two battleships...... Will we really survive......
Not only Rebit, but even the pirates below also have a strong concern, they don't have a specific understanding of Sojess's strength, they just know that he is very strong, stronger than Rebit, but it is not clear how strong it can be.
Compared to this group of frightened pirates, Sojes seemed very flat, and in the short distance to the stern, his pace seemed unhurried, and this leisurely posture also made everyone who saw him involuntarily relax a lot.
This is actually a kind of habitual thinking, in Rebit's opinion, Sojes is probably the kind of master who is sent by a certain pirate group to perform some kind of special mission, and now he temporarily enters his own small pirate group may be to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, this idea has also spread from his mouth to the ears of the rest of the pirates.
According to the idea of these pirates, if a tiger who has the leisure to pretend to be a pig, then he must be a very powerful tiger, this speculation is unfounded, but many people will think so.
Therefore, they knew that they could not defeat two battleships with the strength of their pirate group, but they were still much more relieved after meeting Sojes.
Mr. Hitt is a strong man, and he may be able to repel these two battleships alone!
The Lydwan Manor was more affected by the sea breeze than expected, and now the wind speed was at least eight degrees, and even if he was standing at the stern of the ship, Sojes felt as if something was pushing him behind him.
With such a strong wind, if a ship that runs on sail can get rid of the battleship, it will be unless God blesses.
It's uncertain whether God will bless the pirates, but the navy will definitely not give up the prey that is about to be obtained, and now each country has a clear standard, every time a pirate is killed or a pirate is captured alive, a bonus will be paid according to the head, and the stolen goods snatched from the pirates, the country needs to levy a certain percentage, and the rest is freely distributed by the navy.
With such huge benefits, of course, the navy will desperately try its best to catch pirates, and even in many cases, some unscrupulous navies do not need to deliberately distinguish the target, as long as they see the ship, they will directly slaughter the people on board, and exchange their left ear for money.
"Rebit, order, say hello to the Navy cub behind him. With his left hand, he set up a pergola above his eyes, mentally estimating the distance between the two sides, and then immediately informed Rebit next to him.
Rebit understood, he himself did not leave, but opened his right arm horizontally, and then thumbs down, he knew very well what Sojes meant by "say hello", it was nothing more than to shoot at the navy first, killing their majesty, his gesture is also the common cannon gesture of pirates, and even many navies like to use this way to order.
The direction of the ship began to shift slightly, the Lidwan Manor, unlike the battleship, did not have a gun door at the stern, so it could not fire at the rear in the original direction, the angle of the bow was about 30 degrees to the left, and a total of six guns were able to aim at the two battleships in the rear, and when everything was ready, one of the guns had already fired.
"Boom!"
Even though the wind was strong now, the sound of the artillery bombardment still reached the three ships, and the shell did not hit, but fell into the sea about four or five meters away from the ship on the right, and the impact of the shell explosion caused the ship to shake slightly.
It seemed that he didn't expect that the Lidwan Manor would dare to fire first, and the commanders of the two ships were also a little angry, so Sojes and Rebit could clearly see in the telescope that the bow doors of the two ships had been opened one by one.
"Boom!"
In response, the navy fired a round of artillery bombardment, the number of shells was eight, and with Sogers's eyesight, he could see that only one of the eight shells fell in the direction of the hull, and his attitude seemed very relaxed, just like when he pointed at the center of the pirate's eyebrows, the tip of the index finger of his right hand moved slightly with the trajectory of the cannonball, and when the cannonball flew closer and closer, the sword qi on the fingertip also came out of his hand, as if it was a bullet out of the chamber, only to see a flash of white light, and then the cannonball exploded in mid-air.
"Mr. Hit, UU reads the book.com I don't understand, we can't beat these two ships with artillery, why do we have to fire first?" Rebit really couldn't understand Sogers's thoughts, in his mind, how fast and fast he should flee at this time, it was obviously unwise to provoke the other party.
"You're wrong, this is the time to provoke them!" Sorges laughed, seeing that Rebit was puzzled, and the other party's accuracy was also terrible, he had enough time to explain to him.
"Do you think that with our current situation, there will be any difference between the fate of facing the two ships of the angry navy and the two ships of the navy that are in a normal mood?" Sojes spread his hands, and Rebit suddenly realized, yes, anyway, the navy is going to chase after them anyway, it is better to try to weaken their combat effectiveness with artillery bombardment, and their side will have a chance of winning.
If Sogers knew what Rebit thought, he would definitely scold this rice bucket, his purpose was actually to let the navy open fire on them, this purpose seemed stupid, but in fact it was in the hands of Sojas, Sogers himself knew some unscrupulous navy private dirty things, and also knew their reward and punishment system, if they could, they would definitely choose to engage in broadside battles, so that they could gain more heads, but this was not so good for Sogers, he was sure that he and Rebit could defeat the navy of the two ships with the combined force of himself and Rebit, but the pirates below could survive a fewHow will the rest of the people continue to sail?