Chapter 207

"How to ambush?" Another bareheaded captain said, "the clue we get is just the general route of the treasure ship. Our ship can hide behind the island. But when the treasure ship passes by the island, how can we know how far it is from us? If it is more than half a nautical mile away from us, we can't finish the sneak attack."

His words were also agreed by most of the captains.

"So we need another bait." Black Prince Sam said, "we can't hide all our boats behind the island. Someone should take the initiative to attack the treasure ship and lead it to our ambush behind the island."

"What if it's just warships?" The captain of the warrior then asked, "as you said, there are two warships beside it."

"Then we'll kill the warship first, and then turn around and take down the treasure ship. Without the escort of the warship, we can easily surround it without fear of being broken one by one."

Black Prince Sam said, "for this reason, we need two ships as bait. One ship is likely to have only one warship to deal with us. If two ships are opposite, we can only send two warships to ensure safety. Moreover, the treasure ship is also likely to move together."

There was no objection, but then everyone was silent when they chose the bait.

The risk of decoy is undoubtedly the highest in this operation. The two decoy pirate ships need to directly face the fire of two warships and a treasure ship, and no one can help them before they reach the original position. In other words, they have to face all the risks before the siege begins.

Black Prince Sam said, "I hope I can be the bait, but my Vader is strong in armor and angle of impact, and has no advantage in speed. Although the speed of the treasure ship is also not fast, the two warships are very maneuverable, so we need two ships fast enough and experienced captains. Only in this way can we stick to the designated place and consider it In view of the risk, I propose to revise the distribution ratio of the spoils. The two ships carrying out the decoy mission can share half of the spoils more than the other four ships. Do you agree? "

After a short hesitation, the six captains in the room, including black Prince Sam, raised their hands one after another.

"Good. Do we have volunteers now?"

"Count me in." A moment later, a man with thin cheeks and deep socket of eyes opened his mouth. From Zhang Heng's entering the captain's room to now, he has been sitting there like a piece of wood. He has never spoken except when he needs to vote.

But no one was surprised when he spoke.

Manfan Brooke, the holder of Nassau's fastest speed, has transformed his swordfish into the fastest speed in the whole Caribbean at the expense of some firepower and armor. His famous work is that he robbed four passing merchant ships in different places in less than one day, and the title of Manfan comes from it.

Moreover, his steering ability is also very high, which is about the same as that of Hutchison before.

Therefore, this mission is very suitable for him, but only one ship is obviously not enough, especially the firepower on the swordfish is relatively thin, with only 31 nine pound guns on board, which may not attract two warships to pursue.

"There's one more place. Is there anyone else willing?" Black Prince Sam asked again.

But this time he waited for half a minute, but no one spoke again. None of the captains who could sit in this room were cowards, but it did not mean that they would take unnecessary risks to prove their courage.

In fact, the crew who can lead a ship to make a name in this sea area. The people who survive the battles of all sizes are not just reckless men. Maybe some people look brave, but they can keep calm at the critical moment. When black Prince Sam offers the condition of adding half of the spoils, everyone silently measures the gains and losses in their hearts.

For Brooke, because he has the fastest trimaran in the Caribbean, the benefits of bait outweigh the risks.

But for others, half the increase may not be enough to make them take such a big risk.

"In that case, we can only use the old method." Black Prince Sam took out five silver coins from his purse. "Let's draw lots. I'll mark one of them. The person who gets the silver coin will make bait with Brooke."

This method can't choose the fastest ship, but it's the fairest solution when everyone doesn't want to be a bait.

Although the general shape of the silver coins minted in this era is similar, there are still many differences in the details due to the limitation of the coining process at that time. So the black Prince Sam made a mark on his back, threw the silver coins back into his purse, and then let them choose one by one, and the last one left is his.

When everyone finished the silver coin, Sam, the black prince, said again, "who got the silver coin with two notches on the back?"

Everyone turned the silver coin to the back, and the black Prince Sam took out the last silver coin from his purse.Zhang Heng's face moved and threw the scratched silver coin back to black Prince Sam.

The latter held up the silver coin and announced, "the other ship in charge of bait work is the Jackdaw. Do you have any questions?"

"The rest will wait until parrot island." Seeing that the result of the discussion had come out, the captains didn't stay on board the Vader any longer, so they all got up and left the captain's room.

Sam, the black prince, rolled up the chart on his desk and called the last Zhang Heng, "what's the matter? Is there any difficulty in this task?"

Zhang Heng shakes his head. His jackdaw is a warship designed for combat and a first-class clipper. His sailing skills have also been upgraded to Lv2. In addition to Brooke and his swordfish, no one is more suitable for decoy missions than him. Before, Zhang Heng just felt that there was no need to take risks for the extra half of the spoils, but since the draw ended If so, he would not refuse.

If jackdaw turns back to Nassau at this time, his reputation will become very bad, and no one will cooperate with him in the future.

"Well, I'll see you at parrot island."

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Four days later, on parrot Island, Zhang Heng and the other five captains met again, and thoroughly determined and improved the battle plan.

After that, he and Brooke left the island with their crew. They were about half a nautical mile apart. They lowered their sails and waited for their prey.

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