Chapter 249

Cotton Jack in history is a legendary star who was active in the golden age of pirates.

Romantic, amorous, greedy, hypocritical, and cowardly.

He should have certain navigation skills. From the beginning, he went to sea as a sailor. As a quartermaster on a pirate ship called treasure, he was actually responsible for managing the cargo hold.

He skillfully used his identity. Although he could not enter the power triangle of Captain helmsman pilot, he still netted a group of loyal supporters for himself.

In one opportunity, he set off a mutiny on the ship and exiled the original captain. Instead, the dove occupied the magpie's nest. So far, he became a pirate captain.

He is a strange pirate.

Throughout his pirate career, he did not leave representative wars and achievements in the short active period. What people like to talk about most is his initiative and promotion of the pirate flag, and his love and hatred with two beauties, Anne Bonnie and Mary reed.

What he experienced and pursued did not seem to be a mercenary barbarian in traditional thinking, but a little aristocrat who tried his best to drill into the social circle and racked his brains to settle down.

According to Katrina, the idea of pirate flag has brought great reputation to cotton Jack.

Although his record and strength were not enough for him to be included in the list of candidates for the pirate king, a ready-made pirate king defected to him and offered a keepsake.

The incident shocked the whole pirate community at that time.

According to the Pirate Code, the situation of cotton Jack was finally determined as "relying on his own strength to complete the collection of the king's Keepsake". The maritime brotherhood opened a three-month attack period for him, and pirates from the whole Caribbean who wanted to go out to the ground flocked to him.

Scuffle, chaos, fierce battle

At the end of March, the former pirate king who defected to him died bravely, and cotton Jack made his two beauties pregnant with children during this period.

The new throne of pirate king was born, and with this throne, the legend of an era... I must have thought more.

The real outcome of the incident was that the overly high-profile cotton Jack successfully attracted the attention of the Royal Navy. With the support of woods Rogers, the then governor of Jamaica, the pirate search team easily blocked him in the waterway.

Cotton Jack hid in the cargo hold during the battle, leaving two pregnant pirate princesses on the deck against the sailors. Finally, the three were put into prison.

Cotton Jack was soon sentenced to hanging. After his body dried for a few months, cotton Jack II, which was more in line with the standards of the pirate king, defeated his competitors and succeeded in ascending. Until today, this title has been passed on to the seventh generation.

The leading group of the jackdaw, playing the sparrow, still gathered on the yard, watching the pirate formation in the distance, while listening to Lorraine and Katrina talk about the secrets of the pirate world in a relaxed tone.

When he finished, bell looked at Lorraine suspiciously.

"Captain dipo is the famous and infamous saint, the red haired Katrina called the Caribbean red rose, isn't he?"

"Yes."

"I've seen intelligence. Shortly before we arrived in the new world, she was elected by the maritime brotherhood as the candidate for pirate king Mansfield III, right?"

"Yes."

"Since he is an expert, Captain dipo knows so many secrets. But you..."

Lorraine was embarrassed to scratch his head: "although it sounds a little irresponsible, from the perspective of the code, I am actually a non candidate candidate candidate for the seventh pirate king. Moreover, as long as I get the third token scattered outside, a new title can be born."

"Oh... Huh?!"

……

And the wind, tame the waves.

At the edge of the Jackdaw's field of vision, the flagship formation of pirate king Jack VII floated and sank, and advanced towards the mouth of Chesapeake Bay without haste.

This makes everyone on the Jackdaw feel a little difficult to understand.

The Bloody Mary is an old Galen of the same type and level as the golden deer. From the design era, it is in the period of the strong rise of the French navy and its impact on British sea power.

The change of ship type in that era was led by the French. Class V vs. class IV, class III vs. class II. Although it failed to really replace Britain as the master of the sea, as a ship, that type of Galen destroyer is undoubtedly a classic among the classics.

But the classic destroyer is still a destroyer. The maximum firepower of 18 pounds does not have the strength to challenge the cutting-edge class III ships at all. Moreover, the blockade formation is also a three ship integration, which forms an absolute strength against the pirate formation in all aspects.

Does cotton Jack VII not know the truth of the bay mouth blockade?

Lorraine thought it was impossible.

Pirate formations emerged from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. If they don't know what happened on the east coast of North America, they have no meaning to do this behavior.

So, is the cotton Jack VII confident to break through the Sark blockade from the front?

If so, Lorraine can only say that the maritime brotherhood can start selecting candidates for the eighth king from now on.

Don't understand

Lorraine smashed her mouth and looked at Katrina: "do you have a clue?"

"I heard that the cotton seventh was originally a manor owner in Virginia. He was persecuted by the local governor before he was forced into the sea. If this rumor is true, he should be a supporter of the war of independence. If Virginia's old friends ask him, it is understandable to take risks to support the war."

"But he is preparing to break through the blockade of a class III ship from the front."

"Pirates are often confident of their speed, not to mention the receiving port of Virginia is in Norfolk, which is different from Baltimore, which is very close to the bay mouth."

It must be admitted that only those who have really been pirates can understand the strange gambler thinking of pirates.

Just think you're fast enough to bet your life?

Lorraine wanted to laugh.

He spread his hand indifferently: "well, Mr. pirate Wang thinks he can beat the blockade formation. What about you? When are you going to see him off?"

"I want to follow."

Lorraine raised her eyebrows in surprise: "in broad daylight?"

Katrina nodded solemnly.

"Just like the cotton cloth VII thinks he can run away, I also firmly believe that he will be blocked at the mouth of the bay by the blockade formation. This is our opportunity. As long as we operate properly, we can get back half a day for this trip."

Then she looked at Lorraine and waited for Lorraine's final decision.

Lorraine looked back strangely.

"This time you're the captain. What do you think I'm doing about such a matter that concerns the life of the whole ship?"

……

The sailors were running hard on the deck. Bell took over the handwheel again, and Haina and pierce boarded the lookout successively.

The risky surprise decision was implemented hastily and not hastily, which was very much like Katrina's character, impulsive and full of courage.

Lorraine is not prepared to interfere with her decision, even if it is still risky in Lorraine's view, at least it is far less secure than night navigation.

But adventure

People walking on the sea are taking risks all the time. This smuggling itself is a huge gamble. Compared with it, the strong breakthrough under the cover of pirate formation is not even a risk, but a simple and daily adventure.

Since it is routine, why interfere?

Pacing on the ship, it was rare to appreciate the selfless and skilled work of the crew from a bystander's point of view. Lorraine couldn't help but take a breath of admiration.

"Since it's a first-class alert, the divination room should not be allowed to be used. Otherwise, count your life?"

Before he could make a decision, Haina's cry came down.

"Distance 24 km, heading southwest, relative speed 4.5 knots, front formation cut wind!"

"Honestly go to Cape Henry? I thought there would be a bolder choice..." Lorraine and Katrina said at the same time.

Leaving this sentence, Lorraine lazily pushed open the door of the divination room.

Katrina stood upright on the upper deck of the bow and pulled out her sword with a clang.

"Raise the cross sail, hang the fishing sail and bow sail. Since they go south, our goal... North, sweep Cape Charles."

"Jackdaw, let's go!"