Chapter 123

The Royal Scarborough is touring her territory like a lion on the vast blue sea.

With 2000 tons of displacement, 90 cannons and nearly 700 sailors, this class II warship belongs to the British navy. It is a big Mac in the Caribbean.

Every once in a while, the Scarborough would cruise out of the harbor regularly to maintain the order of several maritime trade routes nearby according to the orders of the Navy Department. Pirates would flee wherever they passed.

In fact, just hearing the name of Scarborough is enough to frighten the most powerful pirates.

So every time the Scarborough sailed out of the harbor, there was very little real fighting, unless you included the fact that the opposite side was beaten and fled awkwardly.

Captain Elmer is now sitting on the deck, sipping red wine and listening to musicians playing the violin.

As a result, he was just immersed in the music, and soon he was interrupted. The lookout hand over his head suddenly cried, "southwest, I found an armed merchant ship!"

Elmer frowned with a look of displeasure.

Hearing this, the chief officer walked quickly to the side of the boat, took the copper telescope, looked at it for a while, and said, "the flag of France is hanging on the mast, the draft is very deep, the speed is only about three knots, so we should pull a lot of goods."

At this time, Captain Elmer finally put down his red wine and came slowly.

Now Europe is in the period of war for the Spanish throne. In order to prevent the Bourbons from annexing Spain, the new grand alliance, including Britain, is at war with France and its allies.

At this time, the French armed merchant ship was hit by the Scarborough, and its bad luck was to blame.

Elmer glanced at the sailor on the deck and saw that people looked at him with longing in their eyes. With a smile, Elmer said, "if it's a gift from God, why refuse it?"

The sailors cheered at the words. Waiting for the Navy Department to pay their wages, the big guys have starved to death. Such extra booty is the only power to support them to go to sea. Even if the big heads eventually fall into Elmer's and Marshal's pockets, people have long been used to this kind of thing, and they are satisfied with a little soup.

With the captain's words, the Scarborough immediately began to adjust her course and headed for the "unfortunate" armed merchant ship. At the same time, she opened the muzzle and exposed the dense black gun barrels inside, just like a shark showing its sharp teeth.

Although the war will start, the atmosphere on the deck is generally relaxed, and the violinist in charge of playing is still performing dutifully.

There is a big gap in firepower between the two sides. There is no suspense in this battle. If the opposite side knows the truth, it should surrender soon and give up the goods. In this way, Elmer may be able to spare the lives of the people on board if he is in a good mood.

The sailors of the Scarborough were all immersed in the joy of receiving extra money. Only one officer on board was a little worried. He said to Elmer, "Sir, is it a little too simple? Our route is not a secret. Why do French merchant ships dare to appear at this time?"

As a result, he was interrupted by his colleagues before he finished his words. "There is no conspiracy in front of absolute power. Take it easy, Bennett. We are on the Scarborough. We have no natural enemies in this sea area."

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Unlike the happy atmosphere on the Scarborough, the pirates on this side of the sea lion are generally silent, because they will face the biggest vicious battle in their lives.

Half a month has passed since they left Nassau. Thanks to Goodwin's betrayal, Orff's prestige on the ship has greatly increased. Now even those who are dissatisfied with him dare not show it.

However, in such a state, when Orff said that he needed to capture the Royal Scarborough to get the fifth treasure map, even the pirates who are most enthusiastic about treasure hunting can hardly continue to support him.

Because it has nothing to do with courage, it's completely crazy.

All pirates in the Caribbean know that the Scarborough can't be touched. Although there is no written ban, pirates usually choose to avoid the Navy. Attacking the Navy's supply ships is a very risky move, and the sea lion has paid a heavy price for it.

For the sake of Kidd's treasure, we reluctantly accepted the action at that time, and the firepower of the supply ship was almost the same as that of the sea lion. As long as the command was proper, we could win the battle bravely, but the Scarborough That's quite another matter.

The oldest gunner on the ship took the lead in saying, "the Scarborough is equipped with three times as many guns as ours, and it is more powerful and has a longer range than us. This battle can't be fought at all. Not to mention that the strength of our hull is far less than that of a warship. As long as one volley, one volley comes down, we will fall apart completely. Mr. Orff, I have always trusted your leadership ability, but this time I have to raise my objection, because this kind of behavior is death. "

His words were supported by the vast majority of pirates.Orff had to raise his voice. "Gentlemen, I agree with you that we are really at a disadvantage in terms of firepower. We certainly don't have any chance to fight head-on, so our only hope is to dock."

"Docking? I know that this time we have recruited a lot of good players, but even if we include the technical personnel such as cooks and ship doctors, we have only 173 people at full cost. How can we fight 700 people? And the most important thing is the firepower of the Scarborough. I'm afraid we will be sunk before we get close to it. " Owen, the boatswain, questioned.

"Yes, you're right. It's normal." Orff paused. "Unless we don't have to get close to the Scarborough, but let it get close to us.".

"How is that possible?"

"Of course, it's impossible to raise the black sail. Once the Scarborough finds out that we are pirates, it has to fire guns. But if we can make them believe that we are just a merchant ship, the situation will be different. No one will have a problem with a ship of porcelain, will it?"

Orff swept away the things on the table and spread out a nautical chart. "I got the news on the island that a Dutch merchant ship pulled a ship of porcelain to sell in New York. We stopped it in the middle of the way, carried the porcelain on the ship, then hung the French flag and waited for it on the route of the Scarborough."

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