After the initial panic, the people on the merchant ship finally calmed down.

The storm in the distance seemed to be fixed there, and there was no tendency to sweep over, and people looked at the black thunderclouds on one side and the yellow sunset on the other, and only felt that the climate on the sea was indeed magical.

Mr. Tang entered the storm with the Dreadnought, but the soldiers maintained the discipline of the merchant ship, and there was no trouble.

William Turner was still standing at the bow of the merchant ship, and to be honest, he was very confused about his place in the fleet.

Probably because he was the one who followed Mr. Tang on the ship, the soldiers didn't assign any work to themselves at all, but Mr. Tang rarely came to him, especially when Mr. Tang left the merchant ship and settled in the Dreadnought, he hadn't seen each other for a month, and in this month, although he also participated in the games on the merchant ship, and even won a reward for his excellent swordsmanship, but that's all.

On a day-to-day basis, he was like an outsider on board.

"Mr. Tang has said that his target is the Black Pearl, and I may not be able to meet him until I find the Black Pearl."

"Also, Mr. Tang said that he needed me to do it... Haven't told me exactly what it is until now. ”

William let out a long sigh, the days on the sea were even more boring than he had imagined, and he began to miss Elizabeth in Port Royal.

"Knock knock—"

There was the sound of a snare drum, and William saw the sailors on the Intercept not far away suddenly run nervously, the muzzles of the cannons slowly pushed out of the ship's side, and the sailors nervously carried the ammunition boxes out of the hold.

Someone on the watchtower was signaling the surrounding merchant ships with flags, William was not very proficient in the language of flags, but he could barely make out the most obvious signals.

Pirate.

"Huh? Pirate?! William was suddenly alert, and quickly climbed up the rope ladder, hanging above the sail and looking towards the signal.

I saw that where the sun set, a black sailboat sailed towards the fleet against the light, and I couldn't see the specific details of the sailboat, but I could see that the sail was also black, tattered, and riddled with holes, but it did not affect the speed of the sailboat at all, which made the whole ship exude an unsettling atmosphere.

"Sure enough, it's a pirate!"

William wasn't very panicked, and even felt a little strange.

All the pirates I met along the way, seeing such a huge fleet all turned around and ran, how could any pirates dare to rush over directly?

The Interceptor turned around the fleet to the stern, all the cannons in place, facing the incoming pirates sideways, just waiting for them to come into range.

But strangely, the pirate ship stopped when it was close to the range of the fire, and confronted the fleet from a distance.

"What's going on? Are they scared? One soldier said puzzledly.

"Nope." Another older soldier muttered, "They're watching us." ”

"What to do? Take the initiative to rush over? They're just a pirate ship, and we've got a whole fleet here! ”

"What are you thinking? Didn't the merchant ship have a cannon on it, and rushed over to get beaten? The veteran said: "The Interceptor is not a Dreadnought, and its firepower is not much different from that of the other party." ”

As a more speed-oriented battleship, the Interceptor's firepower is naturally far worse than that of the Dreadnought, the Dreadnought is a first-class battleship, one hundred and seventy feet long, densely packed with a hundred guns, and is a well-deserved mobile battery on the sea, and the Interceptor... There are only more than a dozen.

"When they come, the pirates will eventually take over if they want to plunder, and we have enough numerical advantage."

So the fleet and the pirate ships were so far away from each other across the sea, and no ship acted rashly.

"It's unsettling."

As the sun grew fainter and twilight began to fall, one soldier exclaimed, "Have you noticed her sails?" It's like it's corroded by the sea, it's weird. ”

"It's just a pirate ship, who knows where they got the rags to make sails."

At this moment, a cry of joy suddenly came from the watchtower overhead: "I see the Dreadnought!" ”

"They're back from the storm!"

The morale of the soldiers was suddenly shocked, as long as the Dreadnought was there, any pirate ship was vulnerable.

The captain of the Interceptor shouted: "These pirates have made a bad decision!" ”

"Everyone, get ready, when the Dreadnought arrives, rush straight over and blast that pirate ship to the bottom of the sea!"

“aye！”

They didn't notice that when the Interceptor was close to the sea, a palm suddenly stretched out and buckled on the Interceptor's hull.

Subsequently, two, three...

Dense figures emerged from the water, clinging to the hull of the Interceptor, crawling towards the deck with knives and hooks in their hands.

......

Dreadnought is known as a full load.

In order to hold the treasure belonging to the Black Pearl, the soldiers had to abandon most of the supplies on the Dreadnought, and even some of the rum, before they could barely cram the treasure into the ship's hold.

Of course, this is nothing more than a happy annoyance, and no one would mind eating a meal or two less for these golden things, not to mention that the supplies on the other merchant ships are sufficient.

The thrill of navigating the storm again was much lower, and even if one or two unlucky people were swept into the wave, it wouldn't be enough to dampen the good mood of the crew of the Dreadnought.

In this day and age, especially above the sea, death is really a common thing.

This does not mean that people are not afraid of death, just because this kind of thing is so common that the death of others does not bring much psychological turmoil at all.

It can be said that compared with the soldiers, Townsend is the one who cares the most about this matter.

After all, he came from a peaceful era, and almost all the dead people he had seen in his life were concentrated in this journey, and the deaths of these people were indirectly related to himself.

It's just that this kind of mindfulness will not change anything, everyone has their own choices, when they choose to sail for money, they also put their fate on the scale, and Townsend is not qualified to sympathize, let alone change.

He had no choice but to adapt and try to keep himself alive.

"Mr. Tang! There is a pirate ship in front of the fleet! ”

The soldiers on the lookout shouted downward, "The Interceptor is facing off!" ”

Townsen's eyes lit up, and he was not surprised.

"It seems that the timing of our return is just right."

"Everyone! Man your posts! Burn the wind! Show the pirates how powerful the Dreadnought can be! Tom yelled.

"Don't worry."

Townsend interrupted Tom's order with a wave of his hand, "We have one more thing to do. ”

"Pick up someone."