The sailors on the Spear of the Goddess couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw the group of pirates in front of them having internal strife. They were not willing to have their goods taken away like this, and they couldn't help but get ready to take action when they saw this.
However, to their surprise, the two captains in front of them didn't look too panicked. Zhang Heng didn't expect that Hutcheson would pull this trick. He asked Anne to stay on the Jackdaw just to show off. Be cautious, because the strength of the Jackdaw lies in the guns on the ship, not in the crew.
Therefore, the people left by Zhang Heng were mainly gunners, but most of them were young people in their twenties and thirties. They would not suffer in close combat, especially with Anne, who quickly gained the upper hand. Zhang Heng also saw at this time that Hutcheson's raid on the Jackdaw was not really intended to take down the Jackdaw in one fell swoop, but was just to delay the latter as much as possible to prevent the Jackdaw from joining the battle on the other side.
Obviously the Vader was his real target, but what surprised Zhang Heng was that Black Prince Sam wasn't too worried at this time.
The Vader was now being flanked by two ships, and the situation looked very bad. However, Black Prince Sam was still calmly directing the men to maintain stability on the deck. Seeing Zhang Heng looking at him, he was even in a mood to smile. He smiled and said, "Many people say that I am the best captain in this sea area. They put me together with Honig and Blackbeard. I can only say that they think too highly of me.
"I only started going to sea four years ago, and came to Nassau a year later. At that time, I was just an unknown person that no one knew. I met Eric, a helmsman, in a tavern. Their original captain secretly withheld part of the money. The loot that originally belonged to them was dismissed after the incident was revealed. I had no job at the time, they happened to be short of a captain, and both of us happened to be drunk, so when I opened my eyes the next morning, I became the captain of that ship. New captain."
Black Prince Sam paused, "I still wanted to work hard after I first became a captain. I made a lot of preparations for my first plunder at sea, really a lot, but unfortunately I made a lot of preparations the night before. I accidentally drank too much, so when I opened my eyes again we had already returned home with a full meal.”
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“To this day, few people know that my sailing skills are actually poor, my gunnery skills are not good, and I still don’t know how to mobilize before the war, but even so, my pirate group has still become the most powerful in Nassau. One of the pirate groups, and it only took less than three years. All this is because I have a group of the best subordinates. They are willing to trust me, and I fully trust them. This is the reason why we can travel across the seven seas. If If some people think that I am not on board and despise the Vader because of this, then they will definitely pay the price."
The black helmsman was somewhat embarrassed by two rounds of artillery fire. The mainmast of the Vader was hit by a cannonball and fell down. The huge canvas covered many people. Most pirate groups would be shocked after suffering such a blow. They began to panic, especially since the captain was not on the ship at the moment and lacked a backbone. However, the pirates on the Vader returned to their respective positions as quickly as possible after a brief daze.
The gunners continued to load the shells, and the ship's doctor began to treat the wounded. The carpenters repaired the leaks, and even the cooks helped clean the deck. The black helmsman got up from the ground while cursing, dusted off the sawdust on his body, and commanded Turning the Veda's hull.
Of course the other two ships would not miss such a good opportunity, and their artillery fire became more fierce.
But the strong hull of the Vida also played a role at this time. It was not sunk under such an offensive. Several carpenters on the ship rushed up and down, repairing the cracks, and miraculously managed to survive. Then I saw the Vida also furling its jib sail.
Hutcheson was a little strange. He didn't know what the Vader meant. The opponent was now facing them with the bow and stern of the ship. In this way, the broadside guns on the Vader were ineffective, and the bow and stern guns were useless. It can still be used, but this little firepower doesn't help at all, and lowering the sail also means losing power, completely falling into a passive situation of being beaten.
No rational captain would make such a choice.
As a result, he saw the bottom of the Vader suddenly open, two rows of oars sticking out, and starting to stir up the water, while the Vader also rushed towards another pirate ship.
Hutcheson was shocked. Although he had heard of the name of the Veda, he was not a local pirate in Nassau after all. The information he collected was limited, and he did not know that the other party was actually a galley and sail ship. Under the headwind, The black helmsman decisively ordered to fold the sails and use oars instead. The Vader is now the fastest ship in this area.
The other pirate ship obviously didn't expect the Vader to be so fierce, and it put on a lose-lose posture with them. The two sides had been very close to each other in order to pursue maximum damage. At this time, it was too late to order the ship to turn around. He could only continue to fire, hoping to sink the Vader before then, but his plan failed in the end.
Seeing that the two ships were about to collide, the black helmsman showed a grim smile. Both sides would suffer? This idea is too naive.
Before the Vader hit the opposite side, the pirate ship was shaken violently, and then a large crack opened in the underwater hull. The surging seawater poured into the cabin. Such a large crack was beyond the capabilities of a carpenter. , cannot be repaired at all, which also means that sinking is inevitable. The pirates on the deck fled in terror, and the captain was still confused at this time, not knowing what happened.
Hutcheson, who witnessed all this from a distance, was also a little surprised, but he quickly thought of something and said in a voiceless voice, "A corner collision?!"
A ram is a protrusion fixed on the bow of a ship for ramming enemy ships. It is usually hidden underwater (the long pole on the bow is not a ram). It was widely used by the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. , however, it had basically withdrawn from the stage of history in the 18th century when artillery bombardment was popular. It was not until the mid-19th century that it was revived again on ironclad ships.
Hutcheson didn't expect that the configuration on the Vader was so retro, and that it even had a ramming horn that had been abandoned by other ships. If he had known this information earlier, it wouldn't actually be a big problem, as long as he kept up with the Vader. It was fine to be at a safe distance, but now they suffered a big loss and lost a ship directly.
Hutcheson regretted not to mention how much he regretted it, but now it was too late to say anything. He could only watch the other ship sinking gradually. The sailors on it were desperate and fell into the water one after another, and the Veda had also turned its bow.
