Chapter 13
2020-11-02
Chapter 13 Yellow Hull
The third day after the pirate siege.
The time for parting has finally come.
Alwin boarded the Merchant Ship Yellow Hull, which was temporarily docked for supplies at Leopold.
Destination: Gabride, the third largest military port on the west coast of Faretis.
Standing at the stern, above his head seabirds chirping and circling, the brackish sea breeze blowing slowly. Snow-white waves disappeared from behind the ship, and Leopold, where he had lived for five years, also gradually disappeared from sight.
Before leaving, Alwin walked quietly without notifying anyone. But he believes that when he comes back here next time, everything will be different!
“Mr. Alwin, let me take you to the cabin. The past few days the weather was nice and the waves weren’t too high, and the captain said we could reach Gabred in two days with full sail.” One The very young sailor approached Alwin and enthusiastically introduced the voyage to Alwin.
After all, Viscount Andrea had reserved a place for Alwin and sent someone to board the ship. The crew couldn’t guess Alwin’s identity and naturally tried their best to take care of him.
Alwin nodded slightly and followed the young sailor into the cabin.
Invisibly owed the old man another favor, but Alwin calmed down. As the saying goes, if you have too much debt, you don’t have to worry about it. If you let yourself find a boat to Gabride in a short time, it’s really not easy.
The Yellow Hu has a total length of 42 meters and a capacity of 200 people. It is a very mature three-masted galleon.
Alwin is about to join the navy, but this “Yellow Hu” is technically his first large-scale ship. Compared with the small sampan and small fishing boats that I have sat on before, it is only stronger than a piece of wood.
So after putting down his luggage, Alwin couldn’t help but go back to the deck and visit the big guy.
Knowing that this passenger was a special one, even the most dedicated crew members would leave him alone.
Standing in a corner out of the way of the crew, Alwin looked up at the majestic sails on the sailboat. The three masts in the front, middle and rear, especially the main mast almost reach the height of the fourth layer, it is dazzling to stand on the deck and look up.
The four sections of white sails, consisting of mainsail, topsail, topsail and extreme topsail, are already full of wind and begin to provide endless power for the ship.
The long sail line with a gray beard, commanding the crew under his command to continuously fine-tune the sails, and strive to ensure the maximum stability of the ship under the premise of ensuring the speed of the ship. Even though Alwin had been exposed to relevant knowledge since childhood, he still felt a sense of ignorance when he first saw it with his own eyes.
The bearded man glanced at the curious guy staring at him several times. He really couldn’t guess what was going on with this guest?
It seems like nails are stuck under the feet, keeping the balance of the body is as simple as eating and drinking water, standing on the bumpy deck is more stable than the old sailors, as if living on the sea since childhood.
But he was so curious about everything on the boat, from a board to a cable, and even the zipline on the mast for a long time, if he hadn’t been watching this guy closely When I got up, I wanted to come up and control the cable myself to try my skills.
It’s odd to look like a complete novice at this point.
Remembering the captain’s special instructions, the bearded sailmaster instructed his sailors to take care of the sails. He walked to Alwin, who was standing on the side looking with keen interest pleasure, and asked, “Sir, what do you think about sailing a sailboat? Interested?”
“Uh yes, because I went to Gabride to join the Navy and to get an early look at life on board. Did I bother you?” Alwin hesitated, his own There is no need to hide the purpose.
“No no no, no. But if you’re interested, I can introduce you to this beautiful big guy under our feet!” Sail Long was surprisingly reasonable and offered to introduce Alwin Sailing advice.
Alwin readily accepts.
He also knew that it was Viscount Andrea’s face that he could get super-spec preferential treatment.
What he didn’t know was that the Yellow Hulk actually had some shares of Lord Viscount. After they loaded some of the goods in Leopold, they arrived at Gabred and filled the warehouse. It will set off to the new continent with the big fleet and start the ocean voyage.
“Our Yellow Husk has just turned four years into the water, and it is the best time”
The pleasant conversation lasted for half an hour. During the visit, Alwin’s data The entire “Yellow Hu” was just and honorably modeled by the vision, and it can even be said that Alwin already knew it better than many veteran sailors who had worked on the Yellow Hu for many years.
Among them, the most surprising thing to Alwin is that the “Yellow Hulk” is not an ordinary cargo merchant ship, but an armed merchant ship not just in name only, but also in reality.
According to the captain of the sail cable, the hull of this ship has been specially modified, and it is impossible to see where the muzzle is from the outside. But as long as the hidden guards are opened, the ship will immediately reveal its hideous interior, giving the incoming pirate ship a good look!
Alwin was nodded on the surface, but he didn’t believe a word in his heart.
Protect against pirates? I’m afraid it’s disguised as a normal merchant ship, approaching other merchant ships, and then turning into a looting ship!
It’s just that privateering at sea is now a common phenomenon. As long as there is a privateer’s license and only attacking enemy countries, there is no problem. Alwin wouldn’t be stupid enough to expose it in person.
At noon, when he was warmly invited by Captain Joseph to have lunch, Alwin realized that he was the only passenger on the ship.
It was only after some side-talking that I learned that Viscount Andrea was actually one of the shareholders of this ship. Under his arrangement, the “Yellow Hu” opened a single room for itself, and I couldn’t help sighing secretly about this old ship. man insists on getting it!
And Alwin believed that what he saw was definitely only his tip of the iceberg, the viscount was definitely a deeply hidden old fox.
Because it is still sailing offshore, the supplies are sufficient and the lunch is also very rich. Unfortunately, today is not Alwin’s lucky day, and is doomed to miss this lunch.
“Dang, dang, dang”
I just had a bite of the pre-dinner soup served by the sailor who was the guest waiter. A warning issued by a sailor on the mast when a dangerous situation is detected.
On the empty fixed commercial routes, this kind of warning usually only represents one situation, and that is pirates!
Slowly wiping his mouth with a napkin, the curly-haired uncle on the red face opposite Alwin said calmly, “I’ll take care of the little accident, Mr. Alwin will just stay in this room and wait.”
After he finished speaking, he picked up the accessory knife on the side of the table and strode out. After a while, the voice of his command Ruoding came from outside. The sound of the crew running back and forth was very rhythmic, and although they were nervous, they were not flustered.
“bang!”“bang!”“bang!”
Soon, the sound of shelling sounded one after another. Although it did not hit the Huanghu, it also caused splashes near the merchant ship A huge splash of water, oh la la oh la la, fell on the deck, creating an extremely tense atmosphere.
“The pirates are here, the non-combatants will immediately return to the cabin, and the combatants will be in their place! If you dare to attack the Yellow Hulk, I will break his jaw!” Captain Joseph gave the crew a calm voice. Huge inspiration.
Alwin looked out the porthole to see a sloop with a scarlet anchor painted on its black sails, speeding in his direction.
The hull was slowly adjusted during the driving process, and the ten guns on the broadside were aimed at this side and kept firing, obviously trying to stop the big fat sheep that seemed to be carrying a lot of cargo.
In fact, in the era of sailing wooden ships and artillery naval battles, the probability of directly using artillery to sink enemy ships is very low in the same level ship artillery battle. In the end, jumping gang wars are inevitable, especially the attack method of pirates looting to capture the opponent’s ships.
Otherwise, even if the merchant ship is sunk, there will be no benefit to it, so why bother?
So when the Blood Anchor Pirate was almost running parallel to the Yellow Hu, most of the gun muzzles on his side facing the Yellow Hu were not opened, and he only used single-digit guns to fire sporadically, intimidating merchant ship.
Evidently, the Yellow Husk’s disguise successfully concealed the pirates, making them unaware of the hidden threat in this ordinary merchant ship.
Blood anchor Zack put down the monocular telescope in his hand.
Although it is a little tricky to feel that the number of sailors on the opponent’s ship exceeds my own, it is only a small trouble. With the strength of the pirates under my own, facing ordinary merchant ship crew members, even if it is a one-on-two, I can win Gotta be clean.
Drawing out a body protection talisman composed of crossed black wings on his neck, Zach prayed silently: “God bless you with the black wings!”
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(end of this chapter)