Reborn As a Pirate

Two Hundred and Forty Seventh Navigator

On July 16, the Jackdaw, whose cargo hold had been remodeled, was loaded with guns smelling like oil, and set foot on the route to Baltimore for the second time.

This means that the Jackdaw, which already lacks firepower and only has speed to brag about, is even more stretched in terms of combat effectiveness.

However, that was also impossible.

Boxed rifles take up space, and ungrounded light guns take up even more space. A cargo hold can only hold 200 rifles/400 pistols/2 light guns.

The Jackdaw originally had 7 cargo holds, so the old contract with a total of 10 cargo holds in two trips is more than enough, but it is wishful thinking to want to complete the new contract with 21 holds in the same round.

Transformation became a must.

Lorraine and Keren discussed for a long time, and removed the Jackdaw's upper deck firepower, a total of 8 nine-pound guns, leaving 2 cabins, and removed the two sides of the gun cabin closest to the bow, a total of 4 guns, 12-pound guns. Out of one cabin, one of the six fresh water tanks was finally squeezed out, and 11 cargo tanks were barely made up, which was considered to meet the needs of the new contract.

Only in this way, the firepower of the Jackdaw was only 8 twelve-pound guns on each side, and the fresh water on board also dropped from 30 days to 25 days. The battery life may not have much impact, but the artillery combat strength has degraded to the point of appalling.

For the sake of money, Lorraine could only comfort himself that the artillery battle on the Jackdaw belonged to the young children holding the sledgehammer, and it was all due to accidental injury to be a hero. Now it's just downgrading from a toddler to a baby level, as long as the sledgehammer is still there, the actual effect will not make much difference.

In short, the young boy holding a sledgehammer finally ran towards a well-off society with high ambition.

Considering that smuggling will take a long time, and he may encounter business affairs of the chamber of commerce that he cannot escape at any time, Lorraine started the internship of the backup captain early on.

The captain on duty for this trip is Katerina, referring to the "Twin Brothers Noble Phantasm" written by Lorraine, all calculations and orders along the way are entrusted to her.

But they soon discovered that command and planning were not Lorraine's only core values ​​on the ship. Compared with the identity of the captain, the position of the navigator was a more serious lack on the ship.

The navigator, the marine guide of this era, is mainly responsible for nautical chart operations, navigation orientation, and ship positioning.

They are often good at mathematics and drawing, and can skillfully use professional tools such as sextant, compass, compass, line pen, etc. Among them, the outstanding ones can also correct or make professional charts through limited coordinates and observation results.

It is their responsibility to convert the captain's wishes into the route on the map, and it is also their responsibility to correct the course during the voyage to ensure that the ship will not get lost in the vast sea.

The navigator is the position on the entire ship that relies on professional knowledge the most, and it is also the position with the highest entry threshold.

Lorraine's ship has always been short of a navigator.

For a long time there was only Lorraine as an option at the professional level, and Bell has only recently been added.

The rest of them, such as Katerina, Yacharin, Keren, and Pierce, have a serious lack of skill system and talent, and they are not even amateurs. They can only barely ensure that the ship does not deviate too much from the course during the voyage.

This is why in the sea of ​​fog in Hebasia that year, the Butterfly had gone a lot earlier, but in the end it still swam by manpower, and Lorraine, who was dragging Henna, arrived at the shore earlier.

It's just that the environment in the sea of ​​fog is special after all, and besides that, Lorraine has never had any problems in unfamiliar seas, so much so that the people on board completely ignored this problem after being in a group for several years.

But this time, the problem finally came out.

Based on the basic premise of solving the problem without Lorraine, the three alternate smuggling captains got together and invited Lorraine to sit in and discuss the big plan.

In the dining room on the ship, Bell scratched his head depressingly as he watched Lorraine who couldn't stop laughing.

"Under the current situation, it is impossible for me and the captain to leave the Jackdaw at the same time. But my main responsibility lies with the handwheel, especially when ultra-high-speed wind cutting is required. There is still no helmsman on board who can replace me."

Karen knocked on the table irritably: "You are the only pilot, and you are the only helmsman who can cut the wind at super high speed. Can't you take care of your energy?"

Bell shrugged: "If the coast is used as a reference,

I just need to focus on the compass, that's ok. If there is no corresponding reference object in the open sea environment, it will not work. "

"In other words, there must be zero errors in the calculations during the process. Except for the period when we broke into the mouth of the bay, we must not disturb any British people at other times, is that right?" Katerina tried to conclude.

Karen and Bell thought about it and nodded heavily.

"Then the problem will be solved." Katerina clapped her hands. "From today onwards, Judea will only be in charge of the helm at super high speeds, and will be the navigator at other times, without a substitute. In addition..."

She paused, turned to Lorraine, and solemnly suggested as the captain of this voyage: "Mr. President, since the two positions of Bell Judea are irreplaceable, I suggest that he be formally transferred from the captain's position." rotation sequence."

Karen and Bell looked at each other and said in unison, "Second."

"Since the three captain substitutes agree..." Lorraine shrugged indifferently, "I have no objection."

The command sequence adjustment of the Jackdaw is completed.

Bell transferred the captain's rotation, and at the same time adjusted to the first navigator and second helmsman during the captain's internship round, Hana was transferred from the lookout to the first helmsman, and Pierce was replaced as the first lookout.

After completing the job change, the ship set sail again, but the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

After all, this is also the flagship of Lorraine. From the sailors to the backbone sailors on board, they are basically adults who have enough common sense and know how to maintain an optimistic attitude and predict problems in the worst possible situation.

All probabilistic situations will eventually happen, which is the consensus of everyone.

Therefore, Lorraine may leave the ship temporarily for some reason at any time, and the smuggling will not stop. At that time, they will be the only ones they can rely on.

Everyone regarded the internship round as actual combat, as if Lorraine was really not on board.

Unfamiliar with the dynamics of the circular formation, Katerina repeated calculations, but when it was difficult to judge, Bell drew a route and detoured from the outer side of the circular formation.

Acting cautiously and united with sincerity, they successfully arrived at the breakthrough launch point at the center of the sixth circle on the morning of the seventh day, only one day later than Lorraine's sailing plan, which greatly exceeded Lorraine's expectations.

Then, while waiting out the night, Katerina had her luck.

...

On the yards on both sides of the watchtower at the tip of the mainmast, Lorraine, Katerina, Keren, and Bell stood side by side, like a group of sparrows chatting about homework, each holding up a telescope, looking motionlessly at the distant sail.

In the looking glass, there are three ships, one big and two small, moving slowly in a zigzag shape.

The big ship is a Galen-type destroyer of the same level as the Golden Deer, and the two small ships are unified Brigantines. The whole combination does not conform to the mainstream formation principles, so it looks somewhat strange.

They entered the Jackdaw's field of vision four hours ago, from east to west, crossing the entire sixth circle from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, advancing towards the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay on a nearly straight trajectory.

It stands to reason that they should have found the Jackdaw hiding in the center of the ocean during the voyage.

However, the mainmast of the Jackdaw is slightly taller than that of this type of five-tier Galen, and the current captain hesitated all the way, unwilling to meet an unfamiliar formation at sea.

Therefore, Bell, who is the navigator and helmsman, opened the car without hesitation.

With the help of Hannah and Pierce, he drove the Jackdaw to perform a two-way evasion on the sea surface with a classic round dance, that is, taking the two formations in motion as references at the same time, and continuously estimating the other party's field of vision. In a continuous arc, they successfully circled behind the mysterious formation without disturbing anyone.

It was also during this process that Katerina recognized the opponent's flagship.

Lorraine decisively broke the restriction of not participating in the navigation decision-making, and frowned tightly.

"Caterina, are you sure? She's the Bloody Mary?"

"Although there is no pirate flag flying, but combined with the three points of the 1740-type five-stage French Galen, the blue and white stern sail and the red goddess bow, I am sure that she is Bloody Mary."

"It's really Bloody Mary..." Lorraine sighed, "The pirate king of the Caribbean, Cotton Jack, even he is interested in the huge profits of this smuggling?"

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