Chapter 860: The Endeavour Was Actually Sunk by the Plot

Chapter 860 The Endeavour was actually sunk by the plot~~

After receiving Hao Shuai's look, Barbossa first exchanged a few words loudly, and then began to cut into the main topic of the meeting, telling the story of Lord Beckett of the East India Company, who was ambitious and pursued and intercepted the pirates, posing a fatal threat.

This time, all the warships of the entire East India Company were gathered together, and David Jones was united to prepare to annihilate all the pirate kings in Shipwreck Bay.

It can be said that since the birth of the promising profession of pirates, it has been the first time that they have fallen into a life-and-death moment. (It was also during this period in history that the pirate career completely fell into a trough as the navies of various countries attacked pirates)

Barbossa's words immediately made the entire conference hall fall into silence. As pirate kings, how could they not understand this truth, otherwise they would not come to attend the meeting.

"Everyone, now is not the time for us to escape with a fluke mentality. After all, you are not alone, and you all have your own pirate fleets. At this time, we should unite and we can only fight!" Barbossa, the host of the meeting, said passionately.

As soon as Barbossa finished speaking, the conference hall was immediately plunged into a quarrel.

"Everyone. The Shipwreck Port is strong enough, and there is enough food and fresh water. As long as everyone works together, they will never be able to break through the Shipwreck Bay!" Mrs. Qing looked around at everyone and said loudly.

"That's right, hehe, the Shipwreck Bay is so small that no matter how many people they come, they can only attack in batches!" Armand agreed loudly.

"Hehe~~ Have you forgotten Davy Jones and his ghost ship? Do you think the Shipwreck Island can stop him?" The Indian Ocean Pirate King Indian Priest reminded loudly.

"At worst, we will leave now. I don't believe that the East India Company can destroy us one by one." Another pirate king Jocard muttered as an escapist.

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With different opinions, the hall quarreled, and soon evolved from a verbal dispute to a full-scale fight. For a while, shoes and spit flew all over the sky. Fortunately, they did not lose their minds and use knives and guns, but just waved their fists at each other to convince others.

While everyone was busy fighting, Hao Shuai waved his hand and collected the nine eight-riyals in the wooden plate into the space, and then turned into a spectator, watching the excitement from afar.

In fact, facing the combined fleet, among the seven pirate kings just now, some wanted to hold on to the death, relying on the solid fortress and stored food to consume the combined fleet, some wanted to take the initiative to attack, have a main battle on the sea, and defeat the navies of various countries in one fell swoop, and some hoped to temporarily avoid the edge, fight with the combined fleet in this sea area, hide and seek, and then sneak attack the main port supplies, and some people proposed to take advantage of the navies of various countries to directly attack the homeland of various countries again.

But in general, the majority of people who wanted to escape and hold on to the Shipwreck Bay.

In fact, this is not surprising, because the gap in strength between the pirates and the East India Company is too big.

In the Age of Discovery, when steamships were not invented, all ships were wooden sailing ships, so Britain, the maritime overlord, set six levels for warships for easy planning.

The first three levels belong to large warships - battleships: the first level has three decks, equipped with 100 or more guns; the second level also has three decks, equipped with about 90 guns; the third level is the carrier in the combat fleet, with two decks, equipped with 64 to 74 guns, and the fourth level has two decks, equipped with 50 guns.

Levels one to four are battleships, and the smaller levels five and six have 24 to 40 guns, often all set on one deck. These warships are lighter and faster than large warships, so they act as frigates and cruisers, suitable for attacking merchant ships, and undertake reconnaissance, search and alert cover tasks.

But don't think that levels five and six are weak. Take the level five sailing cruiser as an example. The warship is about 40 meters long, with more than 32 guns, a displacement of between 600 and 800 tons, and a total of 250 people, with good combat effectiveness.

In a naval battle where the third-level sailing battleship is the middle force, the fifth-level sailing cruiser has too weak firepower and is not qualified to participate in the battle. They are mainly used to attack merchant ships at sea, cruise in the ocean, and serve as the vanguard for the main battleship.

But the above-mentioned naval battle refers to the battle between countries. If it is used to deal with pirates, it is no different from using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

After all, most of the ships owned by pirates are not warships, and they are not even qualified for classification. They are all converted from armed merchant ships.

For example, Xiao Feng's flagship Queen, it is actually a junk merchant ship converted and equipped with 15 heavy iron cast cannon warships.

The same is true for the Black Pearl, the fastest pirate ship in the Caribbean. It was originally a slave ship, a fast merchant ship. Later, it was converted into a pirate ship with 32 16-pound cannons. Unfortunately, it has no bow guns and stern guns, and cannot fire in a straight line when chasing or being chased. It can only rely on speed to seize the strong wind direction.

On the other hand, the enemy the pirates faced this time was not to mention Davy Jones's Flying Dutchman, a famous ghost ship that could freely travel between two worlds. At the very least, it was a submarine, which went beyond the definition of a ship. In terms of speed alone, only the Black Pearl could rival it.

As for the East India Company, which was backed by Britain, the maritime hegemon, let alone the warships, the lowest level of warships were level 5 or 6. Among them, the flagship of Lord Beckett, the sailing battleship Endeavour, was a level 1 ship with three gun decks, 104 guns, and an estimated displacement of about 3,000 tons. In this era, it was a mobile fortress on the sea. (It is said that its prototype was Nelson's flagship Victory, which is still in Portsmouth Harbor as a museum.)

Such a mobile fortress on the sea, let alone fighting, the pirates had to run away with their tails between their legs.

As for why it was sunk by the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman, hehe~~ It can only be said that the Endeavour died completely in the plot arranged by the director, and it was arranged to sink.

The problem is that the world of Pirates of the Caribbean is now a real world, and Hao Shuai does not believe that the Endeavour will sink in the plot.

At every pirate conference, quarrels and fights between pirate kings are almost inevitable.

Most pirates are steadfast egoists who will only fight for their own interests. This is the nature of pirates.

And this time it is about their lives and property, and several pirate kings are arguing happily. Hao Shuai saw this trend and thought that there would be no result without arguing for three days and three nights.

Hao Shuai, whose time is precious, couldn't stand this and directly hinted Barbossa to settle the quarrel.

"Bang~~"

After receiving Hao Shuai's hint, Barbossa directly pulled out his pistol and fired a shot at the roof. The huge noise finally made the conference hall quiet.

"Everyone, whether you want to fight or escape, you need to start a war. According to the Pirate Code, only the Pirate King has the right to declare war."