People are in the heavens, wealth can rival a country

Chapter 37 The Black Pearl Strikes

After the initial panic, the people on the merchant ship finally calmed down.

The storm in the distance seemed to be fixed there, and had no tendency to sweep over. People looked at the dark thunderclouds on one side and the dim yellow sunset on the other, and felt that the climate on the sea was really magical.

Mr. Tang took the Intrepid into the storm, but the soldiers still maintained the discipline on the merchant ship, and nothing happened.

William Turner was still standing on the bow of the merchant ship. To be honest, he was very confused about his identity in the fleet.

Probably because I was the one who followed Mr. Tang on board, the soldiers did not assign any work to me at all, but Mr. Tang rarely came to find me, especially when Mr. Tang left the merchant ship and settled in the Intrepid. He hadn't seen each other for a month. In this month, although he also participated in the game on the merchant ship, and even won a reward for his excellent swordsmanship, that's all.

On a daily basis, he is like an outsider on board.

"Mr. Tang said that his target is the Black Pearl. Maybe I won't be able to meet him until I find the Black Pearl."

"Also, Mr. Tang said that what I need to do has not yet told me what it is."

William heaved a long sigh, the days at sea were even more boring than he imagined, and he began to miss Elizabeth who was far away in Port Royal.

"Boom boom boom——"

There was the sound of snare drums, and William saw the naval soldiers on the Interceptor running nervously not far away, the muzzle of the cannon was slowly pushed out of the ship's side, and the sailors nervously carried the ammunition boxes to get out of the cabin. out.

Someone on the watchtower used semaphore to signal the surrounding merchant ships. William was not very proficient in semaphore, but he could barely recognize the most obvious signal.

pirate.

"Huh? Pirates?!" William suddenly became alert, quickly climbed up the rope ladder, hung above the sail and looked towards the place indicated by the signal.

At the place where the setting sun was setting, a black sailboat was sailing towards the fleet against the light. I couldn’t see the specific details on the sailboat, but I could see that the sail was also black, tattered and riddled with holes. , but it did not affect the speed of the sailboat at all, which made the whole ship exude an uneasy atmosphere.

"It really is a pirate!"

William wasn't very panicked, and even felt a little strange.

All the pirates I met along the way turned around and ran away when they saw such a huge fleet. How could any pirate dare to charge directly?

The Interceptor turned the ship around and came to the tail of the fleet. All the cannons on the ship were already in place, facing the incoming pirates sideways, waiting for them to come within range.

But the strange thing is that the pirate ship stopped when it was barely within the range, and confronted the fleet from a distance.

"What's going on? Are they scared?" A soldier asked suspiciously.

"No." Another older soldier said in a deep voice, "They are watching us."

"What should I do? Take the initiative to rush over? They are just a pirate ship, and we have a whole fleet here!"

"What are you thinking? There are no cannons on the merchant ship, are you rushing to get beaten?" The veteran said: "The Intercept is not the Dreadnought, and the firepower is not much different from the opponent."

As a battleship that pays more attention to speed, the firepower of the Interceptor is naturally far worse than that of the Dreadnought. The Dreadnought is a first-class battleship with a length of 170 feet and a densely packed [-] guns. It is a well-deserved mobile fort on the sea. There are only a dozen interception numbers.

"When they come over, the pirates want to plunder and finally have to be boarded. We have enough numbers."

So the fleet and the pirate ship were far away from each other across the sea, and no ship acted rashly.

"It's really disturbing."

As the sunset became weaker and twilight began to fall, a soldier couldn't help but sighed: "Have you noticed her sails? It's almost like being corroded by sea water, it's weird."

"Just a pirate ship, who knows where they got the rags for the sails."

At this time, a joyful shout suddenly came from the watchtower above: "I saw the Intrepid!"

"They're back from the storm!"

The morale of the soldiers was shaken immediately, as long as the Intrepid was there, any pirate ship would be vulnerable.

The captain of the Interceptor shouted: "These pirates made a wrong decision!"

"Everyone, get ready, wait for the Intrepid to arrive, rush over there, and blast that pirate ship to the bottom of the sea!"

"aye!"

With high morale, they didn't notice that when the Interceptor approached the sea, a palm suddenly stretched out and clasped it on the hull of the Interceptor.

Then, two, three
Dense figures emerged from the sea water, and they clung to the hull of the Interceptor, using knives and hooks in their hands, to climb towards the deck bit by bit.

Fearless is known as a rewarding experience.

In order to hold the treasures that belonged to the Black Pearl, the soldiers had to discard most of the supplies on the Intrepid, and even part of the rum, before barely stuffing those treasures into the cabin.

Of course, this is just a worry of happiness, and no one would mind missing a meal or two for these golden things, not to mention that the supplies on other merchant ships are abundant.

The thrill of crossing the storm again is much lower. Even if one or two unlucky ones are caught in the wave, it is not enough to affect the good mood of the crew of the Intrepid.

In this day and age, especially above the sea, death is really a common thing.

This doesn't mean that people don't fear death, it's just that this kind of thing is so common that the death of others doesn't bring much psychological shock at all.

It can be said that compared with the soldiers, Tang Sen was the one who cared the most about this matter.

After all, he came from a peaceful age, and almost all the dead people he had seen in his life were concentrated on this trip, and the deaths of these people were all indirectly related to him.

However, this concern will not change anything. Everyone has their own choice. When they choose to sail for money, they also put their own destiny on the balance. Townsend is not qualified to sympathize, let alone Qualified to change.

He can only choose to adapt and try to keep himself alive.

"Mr. Tang! There is a pirate ship ahead of the fleet!"

The soldiers on the observation deck shouted down: "The Interceptor is facing off!"

Tang Sen's eyes lit up, not surprised but delighted.

"It seems that the timing of our return is just right."

"Everyone! On your marks! Full speed ahead! Let those pirates see how powerful the Intrepid is!" Tom shouted.

"Don't worry."

Tang Sen interrupted Tom's order with a wave of his hand, and said, "We still have one thing to do."

"Pick up someone."

(End of this chapter)