Chapter 227

Less than a day after the last battle, the Jackdaw was once again engaged in the intense preparation before the war, but the crew did not complain.

The main reason is that the pirates in the previous war were too subdued. Most of them were in a muddle headed state. They didn't know what happened. They were caught and beaten by the navy who suddenly appeared in front of them. It was clear that their strength was not weaker than that of the other side, but they didn't have the strength to fight back.

Such a way of defeat is unacceptable to all.

Therefore, when Zhang Heng said that he wanted to take revenge on the other side and grab enough fresh water and food for Nassau, everyone immediately broke away from the low mood and rekindled their fighting spirit. In addition, Zhang Heng had tried his best to turn the tide several times before, and Tang's crew's trust and worship of him had reached the peak. Now his order will not be questioned.

All the sailors mobilized and dismantled all the guns on the ship with the fastest speed, leaving only one stern gun. In addition, the food in the cabin, the remaining fresh water and all the other things that could be dismantled were also moved to the island. Finally, Zhang Heng only left 20 sailors, which was almost the smallest person who could maintain the normal navigation of the Jackdaw Hands.

The cabin of the new jackdaw was empty. There was nothing left except food and fresh water for half a day, but in exchange for a sharp drop in the waterline.

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The target came faster than expected. The Jackdaw only left the island for less than two hours, and the lookout hand saw the ship's shadow in the distance.

Zhang Heng's previous conjecture was right. This time, the Navy obviously wanted to catch them all, but killing five pirate ships did not satisfy Walden. In the case of occupying a huge advantage, there was still a ship of pirates who could escape from his eyes, which he could not accept at all.

So after the storm, he immediately sent people to chase the Jackdaw.

Zhang Heng met an old acquaintance near the coral island this time. For the first time, he chased Miranda, one of his two armed ships. The latter was also the last armed ship, but he had to return because of the storm.

Although Walden didn't say anything, Ford, as a captain, was always worried. This was the first time in his years as a pirate hunter that a prey had been brought to his mouth and escaped.

Therefore, he and his Miranda resolutely joined the pursuit team. Ford was eager to win the Jackdaw to rectify his name and prove that he was still one of the best pirate hunters in this area.

However, because it was a scattered search and each ship chose a direction, Ford didn't give much hope, but what he didn't expect was that the goddess of luck actually visited him again.

After discovering the jackdaw, Ford immediately ordered the crew on board to go into combat readiness. This time, he vowed that he would never let the prey run away again.

At the same time, Zhang Heng also saw the menacing Miranda. After a while, he put down his telescope and said to the sailors on board, "go ahead with the plan."

After the Miranda chased for a distance, Ford noticed that jackdaw began to put down the top sail to speed up. It seemed that she wanted to escape, but the effect was limited. There was an obvious hole in the main sail of the latter, which should have been left in the last battle, but I don't know why she didn't repair it.

However, this explains why they met jackdaw ahead of time. According to Ford's calculation, they had to catch up with jackdaw as soon as a day later.

Now the two sides meet in advance, but it gives Ford a surprise. The latter doesn't intend to waste brain cells to think about what happened on the Jackdaw. Anyway, as long as he takes this opportunity to sink the jackdaw, everything will be solved.

Since Ford dares to do the job of pirate hunter, his Miranda is naturally a first-class clipper, which is not far behind the Jackdaw. Now that the speed of jackdaw can't be raised, it's time for Miranda to play.

The two sides have launched a new round of competition on the sea, and the strength of the person at the helm of the opposite ship is also very good. Ford had noticed this before when they met in the harbor, and the performance of the opposite side is also very good this time. However, there is a natural gap in speed between the two sides, so the distance between the two ships is constantly narrowing with the naked eye speed.

Ford stood in the bow, and now he could see the busy figure on the deck of jackdaw clearly even without the help of binoculars. He could feel the blood in his heart began to boil.

Like most of the pirate hunters, Ford was born in the Navy. Later, he was employed as a captain of a merchant ship for a period of time and made a lot of money. However, unlike those who were robbed and turned into pirate hunters, Ford was not robbed by pirates when he was a captain of a merchant ship.

He will become a pirate Hunter purely because of the blood of adventure flowing from his bones. In addition to rewards and honors, what he is engaged in now can make him recall the wonderful experience of hunting in the woods with his father when he was a child. The feeling of constantly fighting with the prey and then enjoying the harvest is totally unknown when he was a captain of a merchant ship.

But just then the first mate next to him said, "Captain Ford, there's an island ahead.""Well?"

"From the chart, it should be an uninhabited island called coral island," the chief mate hesitated. "Do you think they would have escaped here on purpose?"

"For what?" Ford raised his eyebrows.

The chief mate was dumb. After all, the pirates had just ambushed a Spanish treasure ship on parrot island. When he saw the island, he instinctively felt alert. However, he thought that the Jackdaw had no capital to ambush. Five of the six pirate ships in this joint operation had been destroyed by them, and only one of them escaped. Even if he wanted to ambush, there was no companion All right.

However, the chief mate thought of another question: "this area is marked with danger on the nautical chart. There are many hidden reefs nearby. Would they want to lure us to run aground?"

Ford frowned. "This possibility They don't have time to explore here. Unless there are people on board who are very familiar with this area, they will rush into the reef area. They will take more risks than us. However, we don't have to fight with them. We tell the helmsman to follow them and only walk where they have passed. In this way, if they want to hit the reef, they will hit the reef first. "

Ford paused, and then snorted coldly, "they used the storm to get rid of us before, and this time they want to scare us away with the reef. Do you really think we are only so timid? If they run away again this time, we don't have to do this business."

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