Nine days have passed since the previous battle.
The naval fleet suddenly appeared outside the port in the middle of the carnival of the pirates, which caught the pirates off guard. At that time, there was chaos on the beach. Under the call of the black prince Sam, Brook and others were not too drunk. Many who were still free launched a valiant counterattack against the navy.
However, their actions have been unable to change the final result. Brook is another group of people who acted separately from the Black Prince Sam. They successfully boarded a pirate ship and used the ship's artillery to attack the opposite naval fleet. However, their attack only lasted two rounds, and the ship they were driving was sunk.
Some of the people on the boat were buried in the bottom of the sea, while Brooke and the other part swam back to the shore and retreated into the woods. Soon after, they encountered the second wave of people who had withdrawn. They were also dragged into the woods, but because the time was too tight and they were constantly under fire, only less than one-fifth of the people were brought back in the end.
In addition to the people who died in the battle, Brook looked around now, and there were less than a hundred people left in the six pirate ships that went out to sea together.
And after nine days of suffering from lack of food and clothing, these one hundred people also became extremely weak.
Because the retreat was too hasty, they took almost nothing when they retreated into the forest. Most of the food and fresh water were put on the boat. As the battle sank to the bottom of the sea, Brook certainly knew what the navy people were paying attention to. Before long, the enemy will start to land and force them to fight the final battle, but now they have lost their ships and are stranded on the island, and they can do nothing about it.
Although the area of Parrot Island is not small, there is no fresh water on the island. These days, they can only quench their thirst by licking the dew on the rock wall like those goats, or sucking the wet soil, which makes their mouths smell like earth. Brook His lips were also chapped.
Fortunately, they managed to capture another goat last night. Not only did they get a piece of mutton, but they also drank the blood of the goat, which relieved part of their hunger and thirst. It's just a drop in the bucket.
Moreover, the number of goats on Parrot Island is also limited. They have already hunted and killed quite a few of them for the party, and now it is becoming more and more difficult to catch. This goat is also the only one they have caught in the past two days .
In addition to the lack of food and water, medicine, ammunition and weapons are also headaches.
Now there are only twenty long muskets and eight short muskets in the hands of nearly a hundred people. Even close combat weapons such as daggers and scimitars cannot be kept by each person. The remaining bullets are still consumed a lot when hunting. , there is no medicine at all, and the wounded can only fend for themselves after a simple bandage. It can be said that they have reached the end of their rope.
Of course, the most serious blow to morale is the blow to morale. At this point, everyone can't see where the future is. When they sleep at night, listening to the groans of the wounded around them, many people's already tense nerves have completely collapsed. Some people couldn't stand the hopeless atmosphere and jumped into the sea. People commit suicide almost every day.
Brook stood up from the ground and handed the last piece of mutton to Eric, the black helmsman of the Vida not far away. The latter had barely eaten for eight days, and was sitting alone in a big tree. Down, the eyes are empty, no different from a piece of stone.
When the Black Prince Sam fell into his arms, the pirate leader who made the whole Caribbean fearful cried like a child. He even forgot that he was still in the midst of a battle. Holding the corpse tightly until the Warrior sank and he fell into the water, he still refused to let go.
Fortunately, the crew of the Vida beside him dragged him ashore when he was about to drown, and the first thing Eric did after waking up was to find the body of the Black Prince Sam. After the body had been washed away by the sea, his whole person became what he is now.
Even when Brooke put the food to his mouth, he didn't respond.
Brook said hoarsely, "If you don't want to live, you will never want to avenge him."
Hearing the words, the black helmsman finally had an expression on his gray face, opened his mouth, and said in a weak and almost inaudible voice, "Revenge... us, how to do it?"
"I don't know, but if you give up at this point, it's really over."
"It seems that you don't have much experience in comforting people, do you?"
"I've tried my best. If you still insist on dying, I have no problem. After all, under the current situation, it's not entirely a bad thing to have one less mouth to eat." Brooke shrugged.
"Is there still only one boat out there?" Eric ate two mouthfuls of mutton, recovered a little bit of strength, and finally turned his attention back to the current situation.
"Yeah, it looks like the Jackdaw managed to escape that night, that's why the navy sent all the other ships to chase after it."
"It's unbelievable that they were able to break through the blockade under those circumstances."
"This should be regarded as rare good news these days, but unfortunately it is still useless to us." Brook said with a wry smile, "It would be great if there was a ship, just any ship, we would not be hopeless. "
While the two were talking, the pirate who was in charge of monitoring the movement of ships outside the island suddenly shouted, "Ship found in the distance!"
Brook and Eric glanced at each other. They both knew that when all the ships that went out to chase the Jackdaw returned, it was time for the navy to land and launch a general attack.
This also means that there is not much time left for them, but there is not much fear on the faces of the pirates. The life on the island is getting harder every day. Compared with waiting here for starvation and despair, they I would rather die happily in battle.
But just as Brook and Eric were about to call in their men for the final battle, the pirate in charge of the sentry had a look of disbelief on his face and shouted.
"It's the Jackdaw, the Jackdaw, the Jackdaw is back!!!"
"Could it be that he was captured?" Brook could hardly believe that the Jackdaw had gone and returned. After taking over the binoculars and changing his position in Zhang Heng, it was already unbelievable that he could escape. He asked himself that he would never Going back to Parrot Island, what's more, the Jackdaw didn't know the current situation of Parrot Island, so it was impossible to come back at the risk of being besieged.
However, as if answering his question, the next moment the Jackdaw raised the black flag without hesitation.