Reborn As a Pirate

Late at night, or early morning to be precise, Venus overlooks the silent sea, with only a faint yellow starlight floating in the depths of the sea.

The post-war settlement took unexpectedly long.

In this battle, Lorraine used 19 ships of the General Chamber of Commerce's direct fleet to lure 16 ships of the Blackbeard's headquarters, which is the most threatening to the direct fleet in the Caribbean Sea, and then involved the "local" pirates headed by Bonnet, the Skull Bay United Fleet 31 ships.

The two sides fought fiercely in five battle groups for more than 4 hours in the long and narrow waters off the coast of Basseterre Island. In the end, with the undisputed decisive victory of the Valkyrie against the Queen Anne's Revenge, the direct fleet won the final victory.

This victory can only be called a narrow victory.

The fleet directly under it suffered huge damage. In the total battle, one Brig-type ship and two Brigting-type ships were sunk. 261 people were killed in battle, and those who were seriously injured were determined to be disabled.

Shareholder of the General Chamber of Commerce, directly under the first deputy admiral of the fleet, the first mate of the general flagship Katerina Dibo is dying; a shareholder of the General Chamber of Commerce, directly under the captain of the fleet charge, the captain of the flagship charge and the first bosun Leif Eriksen Dying.

Of course the rewards are huge.

In this battle, the direct fleet sank two Galen-type destroyers, four Brigantine-type destroyers, three Skuner-type destroyers, Prisoner-of-war Specially Modified Sea Fort Golden Shackle, Bagh-type Liuwami, and five Brigantine-type destroyers. , two Skuner-type ships, killed countless pirates, and captured 1013 people, including 442 people belonging to Blackbeard, and a total of 277 people who had red flags.

The pirates would be handed over to the Barbados government, along with Drakey's Handy Pirates, where they would stand trial, but with a different fate.

According to the colonial government's consistent tolerant style towards pirates, Lorraine estimates that the skilled pirates who committed bloody crimes in Barbados will all be hanged. Among the pirates of Blackbeard and Skull Bay, 106 people who have red flags in the UK will definitely not escape. One died, but most of the rest were pardoned after trial, given a piece of land, and became farmers in Barbados.

There is nothing wrong with this result.

At this point in the pirate war, Drake's white pirate flag has established its prestige in the green forest of the Caribbean.

He no longer needs to support himself as a pirate slayer like he did at the beginning. The better choice at this stage is to use both kindness and strength, and use false hope to dispel the will of the pirates to fight to the death in future battles.

This large-scale battle, which is only akin to an association war, is a very suitable start.

On the one hand, Drake’s attitude can be known to most of the pirates who are making a living in the Caribbean without deliberate publicity. Lorraine's position produces misjudgment.

"If there are a few more targets to be recruited, the effect of the publicity will be better?"

Lorraine leaned against the guardrail thinking.

The sea in the middle of the night is beautiful, with gentle waves beating against the hull of the ship, and moonlight foil like broken silver flowing on the top of the waves.

The hatch of the poop opened behind him, and a tired Daniel came out with his mask on, his face was covered in dents from rubber.

"Is the treatment over?" Lorraine turned around and asked.

"Barely finished the emergency measures."

"How about Katrina and Leif?"

"I can survive without any accidents." Daniel said, "The premise is to transfer to land with better medical conditions as soon as possible.

"

"What do you suggest?"

"Fort-de-France." Daniel picked up the wine bottle from the deck, sipped at the bottle, "brandy?"

"The grape brandy of Mannec in France is just ordinary goods, far inferior to the Cognac region."

"I can't taste it." Daniel shrugged and put the bottle back on the deck, "Fort-de-France in Martinique is the center of the French Caribbean region, and there are famous people everywhere. The medical conditions there are not worse than Kingston, and most of them can be found in the market. Medicines, and it's closer to us."

Lorraine thought about it: "The Windward Islands office is located in Fort-de-France, so it shouldn't be a problem to temporarily arrange a high-standard hospital."

Daniel was stunned for a moment: "The Windward Islands office is in Fort-de-France? Isn't it in Bridgetown?"

"Chuck's arrangement." Lorraine raised his glass to toast the direction of New York, "It seems that because at that time he had received a preferential transaction tax, and Bridgeton was unwilling to provide comparable conditions, so Chuck give up."

"Worthy of being a family member of a senior naval officer, this is the most patriotic choice I have ever heard..."

"I always feel like you're pointing fingers and cursing." Lorraine rolled his eyes at Daniel, "Then, Mr. Doctor, can I visit my patient?"

"You are the captain, you have the final say on board."

...

Not long after, Lorraine and Daniel came to the temporary advanced ward together.

The ward was originally Daniel's ship's doctor's room. There were two rooms inside and outside. The outer room was called the alchemy research room of the wizard's castle by the sailors. The inner room could lie patients, and Daniel usually lived there.

Contrary to Lorraine's imagination, the wizard's castle was unexpectedly clean, especially all kinds of written materials, which were not piled up to the brim. There were only desks, bookcases, and a corner of the cabin, stacked about as tall as a person. .

Seeing Lorraine Yiyi's appearance, Daniel was a little confused.

He said angrily, "If you're looking for a smoking tongs, sorry, you should go to the witch's room."

"Noah doesn't play those dangerous things..." Lorraine pouted, "I thought you were busy deciphering."

"If you want to decipher it, I finished it last year." Daniel pointed to the three beautifully decorated cowhide manuscripts on the table. "This year is mainly about annotations, so as not to mispronounce specific nouns when necessary."

Another surprise.

Lorraine walked over and opened the letter, and saw the densely packed handsome handwriting on it: "Have you gained anything?"

"Nothing of substance. I mean, the information probably will allow us to successfully complete the expedition, but first, we need to know where the Fountain of Youth is."

Lorraine tilted his head: "So we still need the assistance of the Pirate Emperor?"

Daniel nodded vigorously: "We only have five of the twenty-two tokens, and we are still far from completing the puzzle."

He was talking about rumors about Morgan's treasure. Legend has it that Captain Morgan hid a huge amount of wealth in the Fountain of Youth, and divided the chart of the Fountain of Youth into twenty-two parts, which were used as tokens of the pirate kings.

but……

"With the current five tokens, we don't even know what the pattern on the map is, we only know that it is completely different from the normal chart."

"Combining that Morgan has descendants alive, but the pirates have never made the idea of ​​the last token, I am more inclined that Morgan's rumors are false, and it is a conspiracy of the Sea Brotherhood to rule the pirates."

"If you want to judge whether it is a conspiracy, you have to find more tokens first."

"A standard war madman speaks." Lorraine sighed, and closed the notebook, "Daniel, war is a monster that devours human life, and it's not something a good doctor should consider."

"I have my own reasons for disregarding human life." Daniel looked at Lorraine coldly, "Aren't you going to visit the sick? Come with me."