Chapter 24 Jumping Gang
Captain Gold held the scimitar at his waist and looked at the three-masted clutch in the distance at the bow.
The fat captain of the Skuo said that "the merchant ship has evil intentions and is a pirate, and the pirates are honestly running on the boat is a merchant ship." But this time he was wrong. Because robbery is not Captain Gold's hobby, "Good Luck" Gold is a full-time pirate on the inland sea, specializing in the promising industry of sea robbery.
"Good Luck" Gold got this nickname because the goddess of luck always smiled at him
Many pirate ships will always miss the attack and are captured by the Alliance Navy, but he can run away every time. When he encounters a hard-boned prey, everyone who survives after a bloody battle is injured, and only he is unscathed every time.
The sailors all said: bullets were around Good Luck Gold. There were rumors quietly spreading in the cabin: Good Luck Gold made a deal with the devil, and evil black magic protected him.
But no matter what, Gold's luck has always been excellent. He even named his ship "Good Luck".
Just like this time, if it weren't for the wind stopping, a sailboat like Good Luck would never be able to catch up with the three-masted clutch ahead. But the wind stopped, so no matter how many sails the ship had, he could only let the fish of Good Luck be allowed.
Gold saw that after he raised the black and red flag, the small boat in front had already lowered the naval flag and raised the white flag.
The cannon on the bow of the Good Luck ship was so easy to scare and surrender. This large-caliber stone shooting cannon was Captain Gold's treasure. By chance, it cost a lot of money to get the cannon.
No one on the Good Luck can use this cannon, but fortunately, this cannon is not needed in actual combat. As long as you load gunpowder and fire it, you will surrender when you hear the cannon sound.
A large-caliber stone shooting cannon can dispel any merchant ship's fantasy of placing a battle.
The merchant ship opposite raised the Vinetta Naval Flag, and his knees became soft when he was frightened by the artillery? As for the naval flag, Gold didn't care.
He knew the background of the navies of the alliance countries, and there were more merchant ships named in the navy. The weaker the merchant ships were, the less able they could protect themselves, the more they liked to register in the naval offices of various countries, pay some protection fees, and exchange for a naval flag.
A naval flag may scare away the evil-minded armed merchant ships, but it cannot scare the good luck Gold.
On the inner sea, ships come and go, how could I not dare to rob the Vinetta Navy flag? Besides, if I snatch you from this vast sea, will the Vinetta Navy know? Even if the Vinetta Navy knows, what can I do to me?
Besides, Good Luck Gold came for the naval flag. Three masts, light ships, and under the name of the Vinetta Navy, appeared here at this time, and various intelligences were confirmed correctly. That's right, it's this ship!
Seeing that the other party had raised the white flag and surrendered, Captain Gold's mouth was almost cracked to his ears, his heart was surging: "I've sent it! I've sent it this time!"
Gold could not wait to board the ship in front of him. The speed of the Good Luck seemed like a turtle climbing. The wealthy man at a close distance made him scratch his heart and heart. He called his first mate: "Does the oarsmen want to die? Don't they do their best? They row so slowly? Let them row hard!"
When the first mate heard Gold's words, he picked up his whip and walked down the open deck and began to whip the miserable paddlers on the lower deck.
Like the Skuo, Good Luck has two decks, but the two decks of Good Luck are above the waterline.
In fact, rather than saying that the flat-bottomed bathtub boat like Good Luck has two decks, it is better to say that the Good Luck is illegally built on the basis of a single-deck flat-bottomed boat, which runs through the front and rear as an open-air deck.
The paddlers of Good Luck were arranged on the second deck, and one of their feet was fixed to the edge of the paddle by iron chains, so they had no room for rotation, so they could only paddle.
The paddlers are not pirates on the Good Luck, and no free man would be willing to be paddlers. The paddlers are sailors on merchant ships robbed by Good Luck Gold.
The goods were stolen, the ship was sold, the sailors sold part of it, and the part was left to paddle on the Good Luck.
The paddler is fixed by the iron tool, and eats, drinks, defecations, and sleeps all around the paddler. Even if the pirates go ashore to rest, the paddler will not be let go.
If you can't eat well, sleep well, and work pressure is still high. Even a strong man can't last long in this environment.
Fortunately, there are always new victims coming in. The paddler is the replacement parts on the Good Luck, and a batch will be replaced every once in a while.
For paddlers, they only have two ways out: die on the edge of the paddler, or find a way to become a pirate.
There are a total of ten rows of oars on the Good Luck, each oar is equipped with two oarsmen, and there are a total of forty oarsmen. Forty oarsmen, plus more than fifty pirates, this is the entire crew of the Good Luck.
The crew of No. 100 is obviously a bit too bloated for a small-sized ship like the Good Luck. Therefore, the Good Luck has very poor self-sustaining power. Every time he goes to sea for one or two days, he has to re-domain and rest again.
Ordinary sailors, sailors also serve as paddlers. However, on the Good Luck, there are human-shaped animals that don’t have money, so the pirates are naturally unwilling to act as paddlers anymore. They have to keep their strength in possible hand-to-hand combat.
The Good Luck was only a few hulls close to the Skuo. Captain Gold directed the Good Luck to go around the Skuo in a demonstration manner.
Not only to deter the enemy, Captain Gold also cautiously wanted to take this boat carefully first:
The fattest guy must be the captain. The sailor couldn't have so much meat. The clothes he wore were the best. This guy stood at the bow of the boat at a loss and kept wiping his sweat.
Captain Gold laughed. The fat man could not be sold and had to stay on the Good Luck until he died.
The seven or eight remaining people on the deck were typical sailors, dressed in a worn-out manner, and their exposed skin was tanned and cracked by the sun. Two years ago, Good Luck Gold was also such a miserable sailor, but now he is a hunter.
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The Good Luck put away the oars near the Skuo. While throwing the iron hook with ropes towards the Skuo, the pirates were screaming and terrifying the sailors on the Skuo.
The iron hook bit the side of the Skuo, and the distance between the two ships was pulled in bit by bit. Four springboards with iron hooks extended to the Skuo and hung firmly on the hull.
It's done! There are iron hooks on both sides of this springboard. Once hooked, it's extremely difficult to release. The Skua is now firmly connected by this springboard and the Good Luck. Now even if the fat captain regrets it, he can't escape.
More than a dozen anxious pirates rushed to the deck of the Skuo without waiting for Gold's order, which made Good Luck Gold extremely annoyed.
The system of pirates in the sea is very democratic to some extent. The captain has no privileges except for a small single room. If he doesn't do it well, he will be voted to get off the ship by sailors.
The rule of robbery is that all seizures must be divided equally, but pirates who rush onto the prey ship first will definitely grab more scattered silver coins.
So every time the springboard is put on, the pirates will rush forward in a hurry, and Gold cannot restrain him. If he uses harsh means, he will be cut off the throat and "dragged off the ship" that night.
"The people's hearts are too dispersed, and the team is not easy to lead." Gold shook his head and sighed, and walked towards the Skuo.
The Skuo welcomed the good luck Gold, but there was a shrill whistle. The Skuo tore off the sheepskin disguise, and the fat sheep in the eyes of the pirates showed sharp teeth and claws. A large group of young men wearing military uniforms rushed out of the forecastle, stern of the Skuo ship, and the cabin.
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Major General Layton threw the whistle hard and fulfilled his promise of "the first jump gang".
The major general roared: "Follow me!" Then he jumped directly from the stern of the ship and smashed on the open deck of the Good Luck. When this strong man landed, the entire Good Luck ship even shook for a while.
Warrant officers often use one-handed weapons to temporarily use simple shields made of wooden boards, but the major general has his own sword in his left hand and a sailor scimitar in his right hand.
After landing, he directly chopped the pirate in front of him with a heavy blow. This brutal heavy blow cut the neck in half, and the arc-shaped front end of the scimitar caused secondary damage when it was pulled back.
The major general who pulled back the scimitar no longer cared about the poor man whose neck had been cut off half. With a splash of blood, he continued to slash fiercely to kill the remaining pirates who had not yet come back to his senses.
Andre and several warrant officers were infected by the fierce aura of the major general, and they also shouted and followed the major general to jump onto the deck of the Good Luck.
Major Moritz sighed helplessly and jumped from the forecastle with his sword.
The major originally planned to ambush and deal with the pirates who boarded the ship, then use rotating cannons and muskets to weaken the pirates left on the enemy ship, and finally jump to gangs to wipe out the remaining enemies.
But the leader jumped directly to help, so he could only follow him to help.
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On the top floor of the stern building, Winters and two artillery lieutenants put the rotating gun on the side of the ship. The three of them had been lying on the board before, hiding their bodies with wooden barrels and sacks.
The reason why the rotating cannon is called a rotating cannon is because it is mounted on a bracket and can rotate up, down, left and right to rotate the shooting angle.
There is an iron rod under the iron frame. There is a hole drilled when building a ship on the side of the ship. Just insert the iron rod into the hole and you can put the rotating cannon on the side of the ship.
The Skuo's freeboard is lower than the Good Luck, which is a disadvantage. But don't forget that the Skuo has a boat building.
In the water boarding battle, whoever has a higher boat building has the advantage. For example, the top floor of the stern of the Skuo can overlook the open-air deck of the Good Luck, and you can see it at a glance.
As the saying goes, "High and low, hit stupid X", the long-range firepower of the Skuo can be high, so you can shoot at the Good Luck calmly.
After holding the iron cannon, an artillery warrant officer held the tail of the cannon to control the iron cannon at the enemy. Another artillery warrant officer quickly grabbed a sub-gun and stuffed it into the rotating cannon pod, and then shot a wooden wedge into the sub-gun. Then he poured gunpowder into the ignition port.
While the two artillery officers were busy, Winters was only responsible for one thing throughout the whole process: to ensure that the fuse was not extinguished.
There is no really salt-soaked fuse on the boat, so I can only use the hemp rope to disperse it as a fuse. The problem is that things like hemp rope burn quickly when standing upside down, but they will be destroyed when standing upside down.
Winters is now like Prometheus, the fire thief, blowing and adjusting the angle, carefully caring for the small flame in his hand.
"Okay! Hurry up!" The loader lieutenant urged repeatedly.
Without the ignition rod, Winters directly held the fuse rope with his hand to ignite the powder. He didn't know when to withdraw his hand. While the gas pushed the lead, the gunpowder splashed out of the ignition mouth. There were a few more scalds on his hand, but Winters gritted his teeth and didn't say anything.
"Bong!" Accompanied by the irritating smoke and a loud bang, six or seven lead bombs shot out from the rotating muzzle and blasted towards the pirates on the Good Luck. The battle situation was too chaotic, and I couldn't see how many pirates were shot. Anyway, some people were crying for their parents.
The two artillery warrant officers seemed to be very dissatisfied with the effect of the shelling.
The artillery of this era did not have such a deflecting angle, because the shells were smaller than the diameter of the cannon bore. As soon as the cannon bowed its head, the shells would roll out directly.
In a hurry, the warrant officers could not find the matching shells. They used gun bullets as shells and wrapped them in sacks to prevent the lead from falling out directly when the muzzle is facing down.
But the problem is that lead is smaller than shells after all, and its air stubbornness is poor. Gunpowder gas will be sprayed out from the gap between the leads. For this reason, artillery soldiers must add wooden support when using shotguns.
But where can I find a wooden support in a hurry? It was too late to peel the wood on the spot, so I could only bite my teeth and the power of the spinning cannon was naturally greatly reduced, and it was not as effective as I imagined to shoot out one shot and sweep it down.
"Continue! Don't stop." The gunner warrant officer stopped the ongoing damage assessment. It is better than not. Even if you can only hear a sound, it will be a great deterrent to the enemy.
After cleaning the cannon chamber, a new sub-gun was replaced. Winters ignited the fire again, and sparks burned into the sub-gun, but only a stream of smoke came out.
The rotating cannon did not roar, and the sound seemed to be a dull fart.
Dumb?
The loader officer was unmoved and immediately knocked off the wooden wedge and replaced it with a new sub-gun.
I ignite it again, but it still didn't respond.
"(swear words)! This old captain must have been putting gunpowder for too long and it was useless, and it was layered!" The loading officer greeted the fat captain's family warmly, but his hands kept moving, and he replaced it with another sub-gun.
Ignite again, it sounds this time.
The twelve sub-guns were quickly exhausted, only five were fired, and the remaining seven were all squibs.
The loader's warrant officer was so angry that he cursed by the astonishing squint. The gunner's warrant officer didn't say anything, picked up the aside and handed it to Winters and the loader's warrant officer.
Winters stood at a high place, and saw the situation at a glance. The shouts of killing had stopped, and now there were only dull sounds of flesh and screams. The pirates jumped to the deck of the Skuo had been resolved. The dirty hair of the pirates could not be seen on the deck of the crowded Skuo, but only the clean heads of the warrant officers.
The land-sea joint armed forces on the Skuo were attacking the deck of the Good Luck, and even three of the four passengers with negative attitudes in advance were fighting against the pirates on the front line with weapons. However, the space was small, and only a few people in the front row were fighting desperately, and the rest could only push and shoves from behind.
And the hatch of the bow of the Good Luck ship was pouring out continuously, and the deck changed from the initial ambush to a bloody tug-of-war with you and me.
Winters watched Andre rush into the cabin with the fierce Major General from the hatch at the stern of the Good Luck boat.
He felt nervous. According to this posture, there were obviously a large number of pirates in the cabin. It would be a great disaster if the Major General and Andre entered.
Winters and Andre were originally just fellow villagers who were not very familiar with each other, but he was injured on the boat these days, and Andre took care of him a lot. No matter what Andre thinks, at least Winters has already regarded this loud guy as a friend.
Seeing Andre entering the dangerous place, Winters really couldn't continue to stay in a safe place and use a medley to support it.
Chapter completed!