Chapter 179

The sailors on the Spear of the Goddess couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw the internal strife among the pirates in front of them. They were originally unwilling to be reconciled to having their cargo stolen like this, and they couldn't help but want to move when they saw this.

However, to their surprise, the expressions of the two captains in front of them didn't seem to be very flustered. Zhang Heng didn't expect Hutchison to play such a trick. He let Annie stay on the Jackdaw just out of order. Be cautious, because the strength of the Jackdaw lies in the artillery on board, not in the crew.

Therefore, the people left behind by Zhang Heng are mainly gunners, but most of them are young people in their twenties and thirties, and they will not suffer in hand-to-hand combat, especially with Annie, and they quickly gained the upper hand. At this moment, Zhang Heng also saw that Hutcheson's surprise attack on the Jackdaw was not really intended to take down the Jackdaw in one fell swoop, but just to delay the latter as much as possible and 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 Sam, the Black Prince, was not too worried at this time.

The Vida is now being pinched by two ships, the situation looks very bad, but the Black Prince Sam is still calmly commanding the manpower to maintain the stability on the deck, and he even smiled when he saw Zhang Hengwang. Laughing, he opened his mouth and said, "Many people say that I am the best captain in this sea area, and when they put me on a par with Honig and Blackbeard, I can only say that they think too highly of me.

"I only started sailing four years ago, and a year later I came to Nassau. At that time, I was just a nobody who no one knew. I met Eric as the helmsman in the tavern. Their original captain secretly deducted some The spoils originally belonged to them, but they were dismissed after the incident was revealed. I had no job at the time, they just needed a captain, and both of us happened to be drunk, so when I woke up the next morning, I became the captain of that ship New captain."

The Black Prince Sam paused, "I still want to work hard after I became the captain. I made a lot of preparations for the first sea raid, really a lot, but unfortunately I did a lot of work the night before. I accidentally drank too much, so by the time I opened my eyes again we had returned with a full load."

"..."

"To this day, very few people know that my sailing skills are actually bad, my artillery skills are not good, and I still don't know how to mobilize before the battle, but even so, my pirate group has become the most powerful in Nassau. One of the pirate groups, and it only took less than three years, all because I have a group of the most outstanding men, they are willing to trust me, and I also fully trust them, this is the reason why we can cross the seven seas, if Anyone who thinks I'm not on board because I'm belittling the Vader will pay the price."

The black helmsman was a bit embarrassed by two rounds of artillery fire. The mainmast of the Vida was hit by a shell and fell down. The huge canvas covered many people. He started to panic, especially since the captain was not on board at the moment and lacked backbone, but 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, the ship doctor began to treat the wounded, the carpenters repaired the leaks, and even the cook helped to clean up the deck. Turning the Vader.

Of course, the other two ships would not let go of such a good opportunity, and the artillery fire became more fierce.

However, the strong hull of the Vida also played a role at this time. Under such an offensive, it was not sunk. Several carpenters on the ship rushed up and down to repair and block the cracks, and miraculously survived. Then I saw that the Vader had also put away the vicesail.

Hutcheson was a little strange, he didn't know what Vader meant. The other party was now facing them with the bow and stern of the ship, so that the broadside guns on the Vader were all useless. It can still be used, but this bit of firepower is of no help at all, and lowering the sail means losing power and falling into a passive and beaten situation.

No reasonable captain would have made such a choice.

As a result, he saw the bottom of the Vader suddenly open, stretching out two rows of oars, and began to stir the sea water, and the Vader also rushed towards another pirate ship.

Hutchison was shocked. Although he had heard of the Vida, he was not a local pirate in Nassau after all. The information he collected was limited, and he didn't know that the other party was a galley. The black helmsman decisively ordered to put away the sails and use oars instead. The Vida is now the fastest ship in this sea area.

The other pirate ship obviously didn't expect the Vida to be so fierce, and put on a posture of losing both of them. In order to pursue the maximum damage, the two sides were very close. At this time, it was too late to order the ship to turn around. He could only continue firing, trying to sink the Vida before then, but his calculations were ultimately in vain.

Seeing that the two ships were about to collide, the corner of the black helmsman's mouth showed a sly smile. Both sides will suffer? This idea is too naive.

Before the Vida hit the opposite side, the pirate ship shook violently, and then a big hole was split in the underwater hull, and the turbulent sea water poured into the cabin. Such a big crack was beyond the carpenter's ability. , It cannot be repaired at all, which also means that the sinking is inevitable, the pirates on the deck fled in horror, and the captain is still in a daze at this time, not knowing what happened.

Hutchison, who witnessed all this from a distance, was also a little unbelievable, but he quickly thought of something, and lost his voice, "Bumping the corner?!"

A ram is a protrusion fixed on the bow of a ship to crash an enemy ship, usually hidden underwater (the long pole at the bow is not the ram), and was widely used by the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans However, in the 18th century when artillery bombardment was popular, it basically withdrew from the stage of history, and it was not until the middle of the 19th century that it ushered in a revival on iron-clad ships.

Hutcheson didn't expect that the configuration on the Vader was so old-fashioned, and it even had a ram that had been abandoned by other ships. If he had known this information earlier, it would not be a big problem, as long as he kept up with the Vader. It's good to be at a safe distance, but now they have suffered a big loss and lost a ship directly.

Hutchison regretted it too much, but it was too late to say anything now, he could only watch helplessly as the other ship gradually sank, the sailors on it fell into the water after being desperate, and the Vader had already turned its bow.