Chapter 123： Ambush (on)

On the azure blue sea, the Royal Scarborough is visiting its territory like a lion.

This class II warship belonging to the British Navy, with a displacement of 2,000 tons, 90 cannons and nearly 700 sailors, is a terror-like existence in the Caribbean Sea.

Every time, the Scarborough will regularly embark on cruises, and in accordance with the orders of the Navy Department, maintain the order of several nearby commercial roads, and the pirates fled without any smell.

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

Therefore, the actual battle that the Scarborough encounters every time it leaves the port is very rare, unless you count in the unilateral beatings and flees.

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

As a result, he was just interrupted by the immersion in music just a short time later, and the watchman above his head suddenly shouted, "Southwest direction, an armed merchant ship was found!"

Elmer frowned, a look of discomfort on his face.

The chief officer heard that he quickly walked towards the side of the ship, took the copper telescope, and looked at it for a while. "The French flag is hung on the mast, the draft is very deep, the speed is only about three knots, and a lot of cargo should be pulled."

Captain Elmer finally let go of the red wine in his hands at this time and walked slowly.

欧洲 Europe is now in the Spanish throne war. In order to prevent the Bourbon dynasty from annexing Spain, the new major alliances, including Britain, are united against France and its allies. The two sides are at war.

At this time, the French armed merchant ship was bumped into by the Scarborough, only to blame its bad luck.

Elmer glanced at the sailor on the deck, seeing everyone's eyes full of longing, his smile, and he said, "If this is a gift from God, why should we reject it?"

All the sailors cheered when they heard the words. Waiting for the Admiralty to pay, the big guys have long starved to death. Extra loot like this is the only motivation to support them to go to sea. Even if the big heads eventually fall into the pockets of Elmer and Marshal, but everyone is right about this. This kind of thing has long been used to it, and a little soup is very satisfying.

With the captain's speech, the Scarborough immediately adjusted its course and headed for the "bad luck" armed merchant ship. At the same time, it opened the muzzle, exposing the dense black barrel inside, like a shark. His own teeth.

Although the battle is about to begin, the atmosphere on the deck is generally relaxed, and the violinist in charge is still performing due diligence.

差距 The firepower gap between the two sides is very different. There is no suspense in this battle. If they are opposite, they should soon surrender and give up the goods. In this way, Elmer may be able to save the lives of the people in the mood.

The sailors of the Scarborough are all immersed in the joy of getting extra-fast. Only an officer onboard the ship is slightly worried. He said to Elmer, "Sir, will it be a bit too simple, our route is not What secret, why dare French merchant ships appear at this time? "

As a result, his colleagues were interrupted before his words were spoken. "There is no conspiracy or conspiracy to take effect in the face of absolute power. Take it easy, Burnett, we are on the Scarborough, in this area. We have no natural enemies. "

Uh ...

The atmosphere of joy on the and Scarborough is different, but the pirates on the Sea Lion are generally silent because they will face the biggest battle in their lives.

It's been half a month since they left Nassau, and Orff's prestige on the ship has increased by a big quarter through the incident of Goodwin's betrayal. Now even those who are dissatisfied with him are afraid to reveal it. come out.

However, in this state, when Orff said that to get the fifth treasure map, he needed to grab the Royal Scarborough first, and it was difficult for even the most enthusiastic pirates to continue to stand by him. He supported him.

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

All pirates operating in the Caribbean know that the Scarborough cannot be touched. Although there is no explicit ban, pirates generally choose to avoid the navy. It was already a very risky move to attack the navy supply ship. The Sea Lion also paid a tragic price for this.

For the Kidder Treasure, everyone reluctantly accepted the action at that time, and the firepower of the supply ship was similar to that of the Sea Lion. As long as it was properly commanded, the war hero could be won, but the Scarborough ... It's over.

The oldest gunner on the ship took the lead to say, "The number of artillery equipped on the Scarborough is three times ours ~ www.novelhall.com ~ and it is more powerful and farther than us. This battle is fundamental There is no way to fight. Not to mention our hull is not as strong as a warship. As long as a round of volleys, a round of volleys, we will completely fall apart. Mr. Orff, I have always trusted your leadership Ability, but this time I have to object, because this behavior is simply 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 indeed at a disadvantage in terms of firepower, and we are fighting head-on. We certainly have no chance, so our only hope is to take over. "

"Sideway? I know we have recruited a lot of good people this time, but even if we count the technical personnel like the cook and the boat doctor, we only have 173 people full. How can we fight 700 people? The firepower of the Cabaret, we're afraid we will be sunk before we can lean in. "Sailor Captain Owen also questioned.

"Yes, you're right, that's normal." Orff paused, "unless we don't have to approach the Scarborough, but let it come to us."

"how can that be?!"

"Of course it was impossible when the black sail was raised. Once Scarborough found that we were pirates, there was only the option of firing. But if we could convince them that we were only a merchant ship, the situation would be different. Nobody can't make it through a boat, right? "

Orff swept away the contents of the table and laid out a chart, "I got the news on the island that a Dutch merchant ship pulled a boat of porcelain to sell in New York. We stopped it halfway and moved the porcelain. Get on board and fly the French flag and wait for it on the Scarborough route. "