48 Hours a Day

On the twenty-first day after the voyage, Zhang Hengneng felt that they were getting closer to their target. A few days ago, another ship of pirates and Goddess Spears exchanged fire, but this time the weaponized whaling boat became more difficult.

The two sides were mutually damaged, and the final battle ended with the shooting of the pirate ship's deputy mast. Once again, the Goddess Spear was successfully released from danger.

Then Cold Raven met the pirate ship on its way back to the port for repair, and Billy knew the sailor on it, and he gave them the information at hand.

The Spear of the Goddess had about 50 seafarers, 17 artillery guns, nine of which had been removed from the pirate ship they had slaughtered before, in addition to those 50 seafarers who were physically strong and powerful, but the whaling boat was not fast because it was filled with whale oil and wax and had a maximum speed of only about 5 knots.

Calculate the time, if it goes well, the two sides may meet in another half day or so.

But then the weather changed, and everyone saw the giant clouds hovering over their heads, and Merck, the length of the boat's sail cable, was sending men up to the mast, waiting for the wind to get faster, and others were praying to Tess, the goddess of the ocean.

Zhang Hengzhe studied the nautical chart in the captain's office. He did not forget to promise the black gladiators, and marked the uninhabited islands encountered along the way. First of all, he ruled out some areas that were too small and lacked the necessary resources for survival. Otherwise, he forked others without a hidden environment. Apart from that, it was obvious that those that were too close to normal routes were not a good choice.

Ultimately, there are only two or three options left. Zhang Heng plans to take a moment to look at them on his return journey.

As soon as he closed the chart, the hull swayed.

Already when he first arrived in the world, it was a distorted situation, but now as long as it wasn't too big a wind wave, it wouldn't affect his normal actions, which was also an added advantage of practicing knives at sea, and he needed to constantly adjust his focus to the ups and downs of the hull, so that he could quickly return to normality even when he returned to land with an imbalance in his centre of gravity.

Zhang Heng pulled the door open, walked to the side of the gangway, the raindrops slammed in from the entrance, patted him on the face, and filled with the salt characteristic of the sea breeze, what Billy was talking to his gazing hand on the deck.

“Is everything okay?” Zhang Heng asked.

“I'm trying to get down to you, we're fine, but there seems to be a slight problem ahead of us.” Billy Dao handed Zhang Heng the copper telescope in his hand.

The latter placed the telescope in front of his right eye and saw the little black dot that was undulating in the storm.

“Goddess Spear? ”

“I don't know, I've been watching it for a while, and it seems to be parked there, but we'll soon find out that we're almost half-hour away from it. ”

“Be careful, try to avoid the side side side side side of the Pelican in pursuit, there are pelican forecasts, do not exclude each other's technique, deliberately pretend that no one is there, wait for us to hook up.” Zhang Heng added that theoretically the two sides should not meet so soon, but it does not rule out any unexpected occurrences in the middle, in addition to the other dangers in this area of the Goddess Spear.

“Wait a minute. I'll take a team up there and do some reconnaissance.” Annie on one side also said.

Zhang Heng nodded, and then waited. The Cold Raven went into operational readiness. All men were in position, and the gunmen were in front of the artillery. Because the wind was not in their favor, it took almost forty minutes for the Cold Raven to catch up with that ship in the distance.

But before that, Zhang Heng had seen the full picture of the ship from the telescope in advance.

Unlike the ship now travelling in the Caribbean, the ship looks a little strange in front of it, with a round bow and four thick masts, but the top sails have been broken, and the tall towers and towers make it look U-shaped from the side, and the hull is filled with conch and green seaweed, looking uneven.

Zhang Heng can already be sure that this ship is definitely not the Goddess Spear they are looking for right now.

“Is this a Clark boat?” There is also some uncertainty in Billy's words, after all, that this Spanish sailboat was largely extinct at the beginning of the seventeenth century, but it was popular in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and the design allowed it to load more cargo, adapt to ocean trade, and give more impetus to ships with more masts. Magellan was travelling around the world when four of the five ships were Clark.

But because of the high cost and the difficulty of operating, especially in times of headwinds, the overstretched towers and towers make it very easy to catch wind. By the time of Elizabeth, Clark sailboats began to exit the historical arena and were replaced by more concise and operational Galen sailboats today.

Until now, even old sailors like Billy have never seen an old boat like this again.

“This guy looks like he's been around for a while.” Mr. Rudder was saddened that he saw the inscriptions on the boat, which should be the name of the boat, but the place had rotted for too long and the lettering was blurred.

Zhang Heng shouted at Annie, who was about to put down the boat, and said, “There shouldn't be anyone up there anymore, I'll come with you. ”

Billy and four other sailors came aboard with five oil lamps, and now the sea is windy, and the boat has been floating around again, obviously not too far apart, but the seven people still took a lot of effort to get close to it, and the cables on the side of the boat were already rotten and unbearable, which was good for Billy to have predicted earlier, carrying claw hooks with them.

When the claw hook is fixed, Annie climbs up first, then the other sailor and Zhang Heng, and Billy takes the back cushion.

When the red-haired girl landed, she raised the oil lamp in her hand and took a look around, then said, "There's nothing wrong with the deck. ”

Zhang Heng also fell in from the side of the boat at this time. If he had only guessed before, he can now be sure that the boat does not belong to this era. Although the boat is also loaded with artillery, the models are very old. Compared to the more than 30 cannons on the Cold Raven, like toys, there is no power to protect himself in the nearby waters.

“Do a search in pairs and be safe.” When Billy got aboard, Zhang Heng made a division of labor, dividing the area of responsibility for everyone.

The six men dispersed as promised, while Zhang Heng also walked to the captain's office.