The Jackdaw has never been attacked by such intense artillery fire. In less than five minutes, the hull of the ship has become full of holes. This is still under the premise that Zhang Hengchao has played a good role in avoiding most of the heavy damage that may lead to the sinking of the Jackdaw.
At this time, they are still nearly one third of the way away from the warships in the port. At the same time, as the distance between the two sides keeps getting closer, the firepower borne by the Jackdaw is becoming more and more fierce.
"Captain, Captain!" "Don't go on like this any more. The Jackdaw is going to fall apart before we get close to them!"
"Then take someone to repair those damaged places. We have no way back! Do you think they will give us a chance to turn around and go back in the current situation? " Zhang Heng holding the rudder asked, just a shell is almost wiped arm fly out, strong airflow let half of his body in faint numbness.
He and Annie are now in the most dangerous position on the ship. Others can hide, but he has nowhere to hide because he wants to steer.
Now Zhang Heng can only pray that his lucky rabbit feet are working.
"But even if we break through their line of defense, the Jackdaw is not far away at all! We've lost a top sail and a main sail! " Difrena said with a bitter smile.
"Let's talk about it when we cross their line first." Zhang Hengdao, his words were soon covered up by the roar of a new round of artillery. Difrenna also knew that it was the most dangerous time, and said nothing more. He gritted his teeth and led the rest of the sober sailors on the ship to repair.
Everyone, including cook Ramsay, has become a temporary carpenter, filling the holes and cracks with everything they can find at hand. However, no matter how hard they try, there are more and more cracks and holes on the ship, and a sense of powerlessness rises in everyone's heart.
But at this time, Zhang Heng insisted on the strategy of downward wind breakthrough, and finally achieved the effect. After several rounds of fierce shelling, the sea became full of smoke.
The Jackdaw got into the smoke and suddenly made it difficult for the opposite navy to aim.
Walden frowned. This section of the road was the most suitable for them to attack, because the Jackdaw was close enough to them, and the artillery damage could be maximized. However, when the Jackdaw really appeared in front of them, some ships were limited by the angle and could not attack again.
But at this point, Walden has no good way, can only let the ships continue to attack the Jackdaw looming in the smoke, but the pressure now faced by the Jackdaw is much smaller than before.
At the same time, the battle on the beach has also entered a white hot stage, because the betrayal of Jarvis was exposed ahead of time. Although the crew of the warrior was prepared, they didn't have much opportunity, and gradually fell into passivity after the initial chaos.
At the call of black Prince Sam, the pirates began to launch a fierce and fearless charge against the crew of the valiant. Before the huge number gap, the crew of the valiant got into trouble. They could only hope that the navy fleet on the other side would support them immediately after solving the Jackdaw.
However, their hopes are doomed to fail.
"Sir, the battle on the beach is going to be divided. The warriors are going to be overwhelmed." The adjutant put down his copper telescope and said, "if we let the rest of the pirates back on board, it may cause us trouble."
Walden touched his chin. "Tell Miranda and spirit to continue to deal with the warship we lost. The ship is seriously damaged. Just a few more times, they will be finished. The rest of us will attack the beach and destroy the ships there first."
"Roger, sir."
Although in the smoke of gunfire, Zhang Heng is still acutely aware that the Navy's attack has weakened a lot, but the gunfire in his ears has not stopped. Zhang Heng guesses that there should be something wrong on the other side of the beach. The naval fleet has allocated a considerable part of its firepower to deal with the problems there, and this is also the best opportunity for the Jackdaw.
Zhang Heng is now infinitely close to the opposite ship, but it will be more dangerous in the future. At such a distance, even if the Jackdaw still has the smoke in front of her, it is impossible not to be found.
In fact, Zhang Heng has been able to see the gun barrel close to an armed ship, and the other party has also noticed them. The captain decisively ordered to fire. At this moment of life and death, all the techniques have lost their meaning, and it is impossible to make any effective avoidance at such a close distance.
What Zhang Heng can do is to make Hanya keep its maximum speed and sail to the port without hesitation.
In the cabin under the deck, difrena led the people to repair a crack. But the next moment, the place nailed on the board suddenly burst again. The shell that flew into the cabin directly flattened the head of a nearby pirate. Before we had time to react, more shells tore open the cabin and the sea poured in.
Caught off guard, the pirates were all washed upside down. The back of difrenna's head hit the wooden barrel beside him and fainted directly. But soon the suffocation caused by drowning made him open his eyes again.Mr. Quartermaster struggled to get up from the water, reached out and touched the sea water mixed with blood on his face, looked around blankly, saw the broken boards floating everywhere, saw the injured and wailing companion, until his eyes moved back to the big hole on his left side, where the washbasin was constantly pouring water, and then he regained his mind, shook his head and grabbed the wood not far away The board was put into repair again.
With difrenna in the lead, the sailors who were not seriously injured also took action.
They blocked the leaks in the shortest time, but the water level in the cabin did not drop.
"There's another hole in the stern, but it's blocked by the fallen wine cabinet. I can't reach it." A sailor said anxiously.
"Let's get together and move that wine cabinet away." After difrenna spoke, someone immediately gave him a hand. However, several people tried and found that the big cabinet was just stuck there and couldn't move at all. By this time, the water level had already passed their waist. If it went on like this, the Jackdaw would not be far from sinking.
"Can you saw it?" Difrena asked a skinhead next to him, who was also the only sober carpenter on board.
"Yes, yes, but it will take a lot of time." The bald carpenter hesitated and said truthfully, "I'm afraid we don't have that long."
Just when everyone felt desperate, a childish voice suddenly rang out, "that Maybe I can try? "
www.novelhall.com , the fastest update of the webnovel!