Pirate Spring Fruit

Once a sailboat sails smoothly, as long as it does not encounter a storm or enter a windless zone, the captain will become very relaxed.

Bellamy just had to sit at the helm and adjust the direction from time to time.

Other complicated tasks will naturally be completed by the deputy and boatswain.

"It's really easy."

They had been sailing at sea for a day and a night.

Derek worked for him all night last night. When he got up in the morning, he checked the course with the navigator. The voyage was very smooth and the ship did not deviate from the channel at all.

"It's not that difficult to sail a boat." Bellamy made himself a cup of tea, sat on the chair and yawned lazily.

To be honest, driving in the vast ocean is really boring.

Just imagine, staring at the same scenery for days and nights in a row would make a person feel sleepy after looking at it for a long time.

If he hadn't wanted to familiarize himself with the captain's responsibilities as soon as possible, Bellamy would have handed over the helm to someone else and gone to the deck to practice his physical skills.

"We must build a ship that can drive automatically in the future."

As far as he knew, it was possible to build such a ship with the technology of this world.

However, such a ship requires a mechanic to maintain the equipment.

"Should I use a steam engine or a diesel engine? That's not right. There seems to be no diesel in this world."

Just as Bellamy was muttering about installing a power source for his future ship, a rapid siren sounded from the deck.

"Pirates are approaching!"

It is normal for pirates to appear on the waterway. The usual response for merchant ships is to pay protection fees or speed up their escape.

The Portcas Chamber of Commerce is an old chamber of commerce and has its own armed forces. Ordinary little pirates don't dare to mess around.

But this time, the president of the Chamber of Commerce was kidnapped along with his boat, and the reputation of the Portcas Chamber of Commerce was greatly reduced.

On the first day out to sea, pirates dared to come and plunder. It seemed that this chamber of commerce was indeed at a critical moment of life and death.

It's no wonder that Xiang Lin came to beg Bellamy to take action at all costs.

The incoming pirate ship was a long and narrow sloop. This type of sailboat was small and not suitable for loading cargo.

But its speed is several knots faster than that of ordinary small sailboats, so it is the first choice of most small pirates.

The small sailboat Bellamy was on had three masts, was more than ten meters longer than the pirate's, and was about five meters wider.

It is hollow below the deck and can hold a lot of cargo. It is a typical merchant ship model.

After the Chamber of Commerce was renovated, a cannon was placed on the bow of the ship, and two ballistae were placed on each side of the ship.

Excluding the Bellamy Pirates, the Portcas Chamber of Commerce's own escort force can almost handle ordinary small pirates.

So after discovering that a group of little-known pirates were approaching, everyone was not very nervous.

Under the command of the boatswain, the crew members took out their weapons and came to their respective posts, preparing to start a counterattack.

It can be seen from this that Xianglin's prestige in the Chamber of Commerce is very low.

Because these crew members did not ask her what she thought when they acted.

Moreover, they seemed to have very strong opinions on Bellamy and his party.

It's normal to have opinions, but Bellamy would be surprised if he didn't.

Anyone who is ridden by a notorious pirate will have objections, not to mention they are employees of the Chamber of Commerce.

"Interesting, go and inform Luo Shi not to take action."

He wanted to take a closer look at how these crew members usually dealt with pirates.

Why didn't Roshi let him take action?

Because once Luo Shi takes action, they have no chance.

Bellamy sat in the captain's cabin and watched the battle with anticipation.

In naval battles, wind direction, speed, accuracy and range of cannons are the most important keys.

The wind direction is related to the ship's sailing speed, turning speed and pursuit and escape speed.

There is no need to talk about the speed. If the speed is a few knots faster, you can come and go when you want, and you will be invincible by nature.

The range of the cannon can make up for the lack of speed, but too long a range often means low accuracy.

There must be guns that can shoot far and with high accuracy, but such things are unlikely to appear on a merchant ship.

Therefore, a ship with fast speed and long and accurate cannon fire is a very terrifying existence on the sea.

Normally when firing artillery in naval battles, a few shots would be fired at random to try one's luck. Only when both sides are close can the power of the cannon be fully unleashed.

However, with the speed of the pirate ship, once it enters the precise range of the cannon, it often means that the boarding battle is about to begin.

Bellamy chose to watch the show and let the crew do whatever they wanted, and Shanlin immediately became anxious.

"Mr. Bellamy, our current ship speed is only 7 knots. That pirate ship was already faster than us, and now it has the upper hand. It will be close to us soon."

Taking the upper wind direction means coming with the wind. If a sailboat follows the wind, its speed will naturally be much faster.

Their speed is not advantageous to begin with, and they are still downwind, so they will definitely not be able to escape.

A boarding battle is inevitable.

In order to grab enough goods, pirates usually do not destroy the main structure of merchant ships.

The pirate ship will choose to stick closely to the merchant ship, and then use various hooks and ropes to hang the merchant ship for boarding battle.

What the Portcas Chamber of Commerce is about to face now is an unavoidable close combat.

Bellamy looked forward to it.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, my people are already preparing."

Luo Shi is in Class A, and if there is really a huge loss, Mu Lei and Mia will not be able to help but take action.

This is enough. It's just a group of nameless pirates. It's his turn to take action.

"Captain, do you need my help?" Drake, who was resting, heard the noise and came to ask.

"no need."

"Drake, sit down."

Bellamy pointed to the chair next to him, "Let's take a good look here to see how the chamber of commerce deals with pirates."

"I'm very interested in this."

Ignoring the anxious woman beside him, Bellamy personally made a cup of tea for his deputy.

Drake had no interest in this little pirate, but it was a battle after all, and as the vice-captain, he still needed to come and take a look.

"Such busy shipping lanes are usually patrolled by the Navy."

The implication of this sentence is that pirates are usually not encountered when sailing on this route.

It seems that Drake has a lot of opinions about the navy here. Bellamy secretly laughed in his heart. If he knew that the navy stationed here was an arms dealer, he probably wouldn't think so.