v2 Chapter 226： Meet on the narrow road

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It was less than a day after the last battle, and the Jackdaw was once again put into intense pre-war preparations, but the crew did not complain.

The main reason is that the pirates of the previous war were too embarrassed. Most of them were in a state of being confused. They did n’t know what happened, and they were caught by the navy that suddenly appeared in front of them. It is not weaker than the opponent, but it has no strength to fight back.

This way of defeat is unacceptable to everyone.

Therefore, when hearing Zhang Heng ’s revenge and grabbing enough fresh water and food to return to Nassau, everyone immediately broke away from the low mood and rekindled their fighting spirit. In addition, Zhang Heng has already tried to turn the tide several times before. The trust and worship of Tang Zhong's crew has reached its peak, and now his orders will not be questioned again.

The sailors were all mobilized, and the artillery on the ship was disassembled at the fastest speed. Only one stern cannon was retained. In addition, the food in the cabin and a little fresh water and all other things that could be dismantled were also removed. They were all moved to the island. In the end, Zhang Heng only left twenty sailors, which is almost the smallest manpower that can maintain the normal sailing of the Jackdaw.

The empty section of the new Jackdaw's cabin left nothing but food and fresh water for a long time, but in exchange for a sharp drop in the waterline.

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The target came faster than expected. The Jackdaw left the island for less than two hours, and the watcher saw the shadow of the ship in the distance.

Zhang Heng's previous speculation was correct. This time the navy obviously wanted to wipe them out, but just killing the five pirate ships did not satisfy Walden. In the case of occupying a huge advantage, there was still a ship of pirates able to get from his eyelids. Escape, which he couldn't accept anyway.

So after the storm, he dispatched his manpower to hunt Jackdaw.

Zhang Heng, who was near the Coral Island this time, was still an old acquaintance. He first pursued Miranda, one of his two armed ships. The latter was also the last armed ship, but after all, it was too big because of the waves Do not choose to return home.

Although Walden didn't say anything, as Captain Ford has been worried, this is the first time in these years that he became a pirate hunter, prey has been delivered to his mouth and slipped away.

Therefore, he and his Miranda also resolutely joined the hunting team. Ford is eager to win the Jackdaw for his own name, proving that he is 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 actually give much hope, but what he didn't expect was that the goddess of luck actually paid him a visit again.

Immediately after discovering the Jackdaw, Ford immediately ordered the personnel on board to enter combat readiness, this time he vowed not to let the prey run away.

At the same time, Zhang Heng also saw the menacing Miranda. After a short while, he lowered the telescope in his hand and said to the sailor on the boat, "Act as planned."

Miranda chased a distance, and Ford noticed that Jackdaw began to lower the top sail to speed up, and seemed to want to escape, but the effect was limited. The latter had obvious holes in the main sail, which should be left in the last battle. Down, but somehow it was not patched.

But this explains why they met Jackdaw in advance. According to Ford's calculations, they had to catch Jackdaw as soon as possible one day later.

Now the two sides met in advance, but it gave Ford a surprise. The latter did not intend to waste brain cells to think about what happened to Jackdaw. Anyway, as long as I took this opportunity to sink Jackdaw, everything was resolved. .

Since Ford dares to do the job of a pirate hunter, his Miranda is naturally a first-class Clipper, which is not far from Jackdaw itself. Now the speed of Jackdaw cannot be raised, that is what Miranda played. It's time.

The two sides have launched a new round of competition on the sea. The people at the helm on the opposite boat are also very good. This was already noticed by Ford in the harbour before, and this time the performance on the other side was also excellent, but both parties There is a natural gap in speed, so the distance between the two ships is also getting closer at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

Ford was standing on the bow of the ship, and now he could clearly see the busy figure on the Jackdaw even without the help of a telescope. He could feel that the blood in his heart was beginning to boil.

Like most pirate hunters, Ford also came from the Navy. He was later employed as a captain of a merchant ship and made a lot of money, but unlike his counterparts who became pirate hunters because of being robbed, Ford was a merchant ship captain. When he was not robbed by pirates.

He will become a pirate hunter purely because of the blood of adventure flowing in his bones. In addition to the bounty and honor, what he is doing now reminds him of his childhood experience of hunting with his father in the woods, the kind of constant fighting with prey. Yong, the feeling of enjoying the harvest later, is completely inexperienceable as a merchant ship captain.

But at this moment the chief officer next to him reminded, "Captain Ford, an island was found in front."

"Ok?"

"From the nautical chart, it should be an uninhabited island named Coral Island," the chief officer hesitated for a moment ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Do you think they will escape here intentionally? "

"For what?" Ford raised an eyebrow.

The chief officer was dumb, after all, the pirates had just ambushed the Spanish treasure ship on Parrot Island. He was instinctively vigilant when he saw the island, but then thought that the current Jackdaw has no ambush capital at all. They have destroyed five of the six pirate ships, leaving only the Jackdaw one to escape by chance. Even if they wanted to ambush, they did not cooperate with their companions.

However, the Chief Officer thought of another question, "This area on the chart is marked as dangerous, and there are many reefs nearby. Would they want to lure us to run aground?"

Ford frowned. "This possibility ... they have no time to explore here. Unless they have people on the boat who are very familiar with this area, they rush into the reef area. They risk more than we do, but we don't It is necessary to luck with them, tell the helmsman to follow them closely, and only walk where they go, so that if they want to hit the reef, they will hit the reef first. "

Ford paused, and then snorted coldly. "They used to get rid of us by the storm. This time they wanted to scare us away with the reef. Do you really think our courage is so small? Drop, then we don't have to do this business. "