The Gran Islands fade from sight, and Donner has a hunch that he might return to it again.

When the pirate ship came, it was a southwesterly wind, and when it returned, it became a headwind, and although it was not a completely frontal headwind, the wind direction was slightly to the left.

If the ship sails against the wind in the sea, it must go zigzag if it wants to borrow the wind power, which not only makes the journey back half the time, but also slows down the sailing.

The pirate ship breaks a white waterline in the sea, and several pirates constantly adjust their sails to better take advantage of the sea breeze.

There were so many ropes at the ends of the sails on the mast that each time the sails were adjusted, the ropes tied to the stakes had to be untied and then tied back on, which was not an easy task, enough to make a couple of pirates choke.

And if it weren't for an experienced sailor, it wouldn't be a surprise that the boat would be in full swing all day.

The sea voyage was extremely boring, and the pirates boasted of their achievements and experiences on the island of Gran with great interest in the first two days, and for the next two days, listless cats dozed off in the corners of the pirate ships.

In winter, the sun is just right, and the sun is warm, and the bored slaves scratch their bodies, and from time to time they scratch fleas the size of a grain of rice, and then throw them into their mouths.

There was a crunch sound with a bang, and he looked like he was enjoying it, which made Donner sick for a while.

"There's a ship ahead!"

Suddenly, one of the pirates in the lookout in the middle of the foremast exclaimed, and the pirates on the deck suddenly made a ruffled noise, and everyone stood up.

Willie walked to the helm in a few steps, dragged aside a pirate who was looking out, and stood in front of the helm, putting his hand on his forehead to shield himself from the sun, looking ahead.

There is indeed a black spot on the sea level, but it is still a little far away, and it is not very real.

"Guys, turn the rudder and lean over to Lao Tzu to see. ”

Hearing the order of the pirate leader, there was a strange cry on the ship, and suddenly there was a lot of noise, and the ship was in chaos.

With the sails adjusted, the pirate ship slanted towards the black spot, and Willy got out of the helm and went to the bow of the ship to get into the mast lookout, and watched from above, giving orders from time to time to adjust the direction of the pirate ship.

Donner stood on the starboard side of the pirate ship from a good vantage point, looking at the black spot, and could see that the two ships were originally traveling opposite each other, but after perhaps spotting the pirate ship heading towards him, the ship began to turn around.

But not only was it too late, but the speed of the corsair was significantly faster than that ship.

The distance between the two ships was getting closer, and in less than two hours, Donner could see the whole ship.

The ship was not much different in size from a pirate ship, but it was a new ship. The tung oil on the hull reflects the sunlight, and a flag with an unknown pattern is hung on the top of the cabin, waving in the wind.

The two masts of the ship were hung with longitudinally folding stiff sails, the bow of the ship was slanted forward, and a sail was hung from the stern, but both sails were soft cotton sails and were not large.

The bow of the ship has a round-headed arc, and a thigh-thick, iron-wrapped ramming angle sticks straight forward. People could be seen moving around the ship, and a figure on the mast was looking this way.

The pirates on the ship saw the situation on the other side of the real situation, and after estimating the general strength, one of the pirates shouted loudly below: "Commander, do you want to do it?"

"Why don't you do it? This is the god of the sea who has sent us prey. Willie laughed on it.

Looking at the waterline of the hull, it is obvious that there is a lot of cargo, and in Willy's opinion, the ship on the opposite side is in a panic, and it is obviously a rookie who has just entered the sea a few times.

Willie jumped off the lookout and shouted, "Guys, get ready, pull over the boat, old rules, twenty silver coins for the first to get on board, and ten silver coins for the first man." ”

Under the temptation of the silver coins, the pirates on the deck suddenly cried and howled, and they all got busy, and they all took out the leather armor and the scimitar with the scimitar, the end bow and crossbow with the crossbow, and some of the short axes, ropes, and hooks needed for the battle between the two ships at sea.

The ship on the opposite side clearly sensed the pirate ship's bad intentions, and turned around and prepared to flee in the direction of the northwest coast.

The pirates on the pirate ship did not care whether the ship on the other side heard it or not, and shouted loudly there, and within an hour the two ships were less than two kilometers apart.

The pirate ship maintained its speed and leaned towards the opposite ship, and Donner could clearly see the flashing knife light on the opposite ship.

The distance was already within five hundred meters, and the people on the opposite ship shouted loudly at the pirate ship, but the sound was clearly drowned out by the wind and waves.

Anyway, Donner didn't hear a word clearly, and this kind of behavior on the opposite ship caused the pirates on the ship to laugh arrogantly.

"Brothers, get ready. Willy stood at the bow of the ship and turned to the pirates on deck.

Donner put his leather armor on his body, his ammunition-loaded arquebus hidden at his waist, his scimitar by his side, and examined his crossbow.

With a deep exhalation, Donner's palms were full of sweat, and he nervously opened and clenched his five fingers, touching the crossbow.

It's not that he hasn't killed anyone, he killed quite a few that night in the mine area, but at that time there was a dark cover, and with a lot of blood, he didn't feel nervous or anything.

Again, in the nearly a year, I was used to seeing dead people in the mining area, cutting down a few of the mine owner's lackeys, and I didn't feel sick and wanted to vomit.

But this is the first time he has participated in this kind of medieval-like sailing battle, and the slow pace of the battle makes me panic for no reason, thinking that I have come to the other world inexplicably, and I will not lose my life in this naval battle inexplicably.

The two ships were already less than fifty meters apart, and a dozen pirates were biting scimitars in their mouths, and Mari climbed to the mast and grabbed ropes one by one, while a few other pirates who could shoot arrows stood on the third floor of the cabin and aimed their arrows at the opposite side.

In this era, there were no cannons, muskets or anything on the sea ships, and naval battles relied on the handover of short soldiers. As long as the two ships are close together, the pirates on the mast will use the rope to swing over the opposite ship and land on the enemy ship to engage them, while the pirates standing on the high ground on the hold will use bows and crossbows to suppress interference.

Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters......

The distance between the two ships slowly approached, and I believe that the people on the opposite ship could clearly see the smirks on the faces of the pirates.

The archers on the pirate ship began to shoot arrows, with planks or shields raised on the opposite side to defend them, and some held long poles against the pirate ship, trying to separate the two ships.

"Bang!", the sound of the pirate ship's bow colliding with the waist of the opposite ship made the opposite side panic, and the people on the opposite ship also began to shoot arrows to fight back.

The Great War is already on the verge of breaking out.