Considering the difficulty of this operation, there was no need to keep it secret, so the Black Prince Sam had already informed the five captains of the route of the Spanish treasure ship the night before departure.
If JaVale had betrayed the others, he would have had the chance to break the news to the navy that night, and in retrospect, his Warrior spent more than half of the voyage trailing behind Yes, it is also convenient for him to communicate with the following fleet.
Coupled with what Harry had heard, it was basically certain that they were being tricked this time, so the question now was how much time was left for them.
The human naked eye can observe ships almost ten nautical miles away under normal circumstances.
But just to be on the safe side, the fleet should follow far away at a distance of 20 nautical miles in normal times, so that if the people on the island go to inform them to do it, it will take at least five hours to go back and forth, so the time to launch an attack It should be around dawn.
Zhang Heng shook his head, "I'm afraid the situation is not that optimistic. It's night now, and our line of sight is only one or two nautical miles away. There's no need for them to stay that far away. If it's fast, the fleet will be here in less than an hour. Just the most extreme case, when did you see that ship leave?"
Zhang Heng said the last words to Harry, who was shivering from the cold wind, "I don't know, I was very nervous at that time, and I didn't pay much attention to how the time passed, but it was about 10 minutes before I fell off the cliff." It's been more than half an hour."
"That means that fleet may appear in front of us at any time." Annie raised her eyebrows.
"We must inform the people on the beach immediately, otherwise there is no need to fight this battle. When the fleet comes over, it will directly sink all our ships parked in the port. They don't even need to go to the island, and they can starve to death if they are hungry. " Dufresne said seriously.
"But it took us more than an hour to get here, and it will take at least forty minutes to go back now." The red-haired girl said.
"Don't act together, I'll go back with you first, and the others can wait a little later." Zhang Heng took off his coat and put it on Harry while talking. He handed the four short muskets to Di Freyner had three, and he only kept one for self-defense. He also handed over the saber to reduce the load as much as possible. Anne on the other side did the same, and she only kept a dagger in the end.
The two then ran to the beach together.
During the time when the two lived together, Annie often slumped on the chair like a salted fish. Zhang Heng didn't see her doing serious exercises, but her figure has always been in good shape. Every inch of her muscles is tight, and she has incredible strength. Her explosive power and strength surpass that of most men, and her body is almost perfect except that her breasts have not been developed (in fact, she doesn't care much about her breasts).
When running in the forest, it is like a vigorous deer.
However, stamina is indeed Anne's shortcoming. Although the red-haired girl's stamina is stronger than that of ordinary people, it is still not as good as Zhang Heng who has been running long distances.
In the first ten minutes, Annie was still at the forefront, but after that she began to fall behind gradually, but at this time, the two of them had already run almost half of the distance.
Annie stopped and took a breath, and said to Zhang Heng, "You go first, don't worry about me, I will catch up later."
Zhang Heng nodded. This is not the time to be a gentleman. Go to the beach one minute earlier and tell others about JaVale's betrayal, so that others can prepare for the upcoming battle one minute earlier.
Zhang Heng kept his speed and breathing rhythm, running and shuttling through the woods, pushing aside the branches blocking the way with his hands.
As a result, at the next moment, a gunshot suddenly sounded in his ear without warning.
Fortunately, there was still some distance between the shooter and him. The accuracy of the musket had always been a problem, and he was still moving. The shot finally hit a small tree behind him on the right. Zhang Heng rolled to the ground immediately after hearing the gunshot.
He thought of the two people who pushed Harry off the cliff before. They should be Jarvis' confidantes. Zhang Heng didn't expect that they were still in the woods. They must have heard the Jackdaw calling Harry's name. , they knew the location of Zhang Heng and others, and ambushed the latter on the way back.
Seeing Zhang Heng coming running with all his strength, he realized that the plan might be exposed and decisively chose to make a move.
Zhang Heng has roughly locked the direction, looked up and saw the attacker, about 20 meters away from him, one of them hid behind a tree to aim, and the other was busy loading gunpowder and bullets, Zhang Heng did not hesitate The trigger was pulled, and the bullet accurately hit the person who was aiming.
And he also rolled up from the ground, and rushed towards the remaining person. The latter saw Zhang Heng rushing, his expression was a little nervous, and more than half of the gunpowder left in his hand was thrown out, so he had no choice but to throw it away. Dropped the musket in his hand, drew out the scimitar and prepared to fight.
When Zhang Heng was about to rush to the target, he threw the short musket with no bullets in his hand. The guy on the other side blocked it with a knife, and then he was kicked on the wrist by Zhang Heng, and the scimitar in his hand came out. Then Zhang Heng hit the guy in the jaw with a straight backhand.
The latter's head was obviously a little bit covered by this punch. He staggered a few steps and fell to the ground. After that, Zhang Heng rode on him, but before he had time to make up for the last blow, a black figure suddenly He jumped down from the tree and slashed at his back.
The change this time was beyond Zhang Heng's expectations, because Harry said that there were only two people who would deal with him, and after the attack, Zhang Heng immediately found the two people who were the target, which seemed to be in line with what Harry said before. So he didn't expect that there was a third person present, which made him a little embarrassed.
Although he leaned forward to dodge, he was still scratched by the knife on his back and was cut open. Fortunately, this was only a flesh wound, but at this time he had to face two opponents at the same time, and his body He didn't have any weapons yet. Although Zhang Heng knew a little karate, the sword technique was the melee combat skill he had practiced for the longest time. Moreover, before the fleet could reach the harbor at any time, he couldn't delay here for too long.
But then he saw the familiar short fiery red hair in the forest, and Annie rushed over after resting for a while, and said, "You go to the beach, leave this to me."
The red-haired girl pulled out the dagger from her waist and licked her lips, "I didn't have much chance to fight in the previous battles, I hope you can make me sweat a little this time."