Hit the rocks.

One of the dangers of night sailing is running aground.

In fact, in the whole process of sea navigation, running on the reef is a very likely occurrence. Because there are not only open reefs that are exposed to the water, but also reefs that are hidden under the water.

During the day, if the light is good, you can see the shadow of the underwater reef and you can take shelter in time. But it was not yet completely dawn, and the sea was so dark that I couldn't see where the reef was.

The result of a run aground is a ship that gets stuck in the reef.

To explain in detail, the bottom of the ship is lower than the reef, and after hitting the reef, it continues to move forward under the action of inertia, and finally the bow is held up, the displacement is reduced, and the buoyancy is less than gravity, and it can no longer continue to move.

And not being able to move means ...... The ghost ship, which was finally thrown away, will not be long before it catches up.

Thinking of this, everyone on the deck couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. The passengers in the lower cabin were all awakened by the violent shaking, and they ran to the deck to see the situation, and found that after hitting the rock, they were all like ashes.

"Damn, you bastard, how did you drive the boat!" the first mate Williams reacted, and ran to the helm in three steps and two steps, raising his fist to slap the helmsman.

"Williams, stop me, let go of Tomya, we haven't lost yet!" shouted Captain Morgan.

"Hmm, Captain?" First Officer Williams subconsciously let go and looked at Captain Morgan, and saw that Captain Morgan's face was abnormally blood-red at this time, the blood vessels in his temples were bursting, and his expression was crazy and resolute.

"Captain, we have run aground, can we still be saved?" said First Officer Williams. Although it was a question, in his heart, he already had a negative answer. He has been with Captain Morgan for a long time, and he knows a lot of navigation, but he really doesn't think that he can get out of trouble quickly after hitting the rocks.

"There is salvation, there is salvation. Captain Morgan spoke up, his voice very firm, "Today is the full moon, there will be a high tide, if the time is not mistaken, it will be shortly after dawn." When the time comes, the sea will rise and the boat will float again. So...... As long as we make the ship light enough, we can get out of the rocks. ”

Williams was stunned, he really didn't expect this method.

In fact, Captain Morgan didn't expect that when he hit the reef just now, he was desperate. But just when he was desperate, a voice suddenly reminded him behind him: "Wait for the tide!"

Captain Morgan reacted suddenly, he was now driving inshore, and there was a high chance of hitting the rocks, which was a disadvantage, but one advantage was that it would be affected by the tide. Although he did not know why, in the course of several decades of sailing, he was well aware that every day the sea would rise twice, as well as fall twice. At the beginning of the month and in the middle of the month, the sea rises even more dramatically.

It's the middle of the month!

Thinking of this, Captain Morgan turned back to the person who reminded him, but he couldn't find it at all.

With limited time and no time to think about it, Captain Morgan quickly shouted to Williams, who was about to hit someone, and then began to give orders, hoping to get the last chance to go: "Everyone, throw everything I can on the ship into the sea!

As soon as these words fell, the sailors and passengers on the deck were stunned for a moment, and then they all rushed to the cabin, and the next moment countless debris was thrown out.

Tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, iron hooks, broken barrels, boots, clothes, tattered bedding, mending ships, preparing timber, iron ingots......

In a short time, the debris that was dropped floated all over the surrounding sea.

The day dawned, the sun rose, and the sea fluctuated, indeed rising.

Captain Morgan roared, constantly directing the sails to adjust to the wind, so as to force the ship backwards and out of the reef.

"Squeak squeak!"

The hull of the Naru Glorious Fisherman made a terrible sound, as if it would fall apart at any moment, but it was indeed getting rid of the reef little by little.

The crowd cheered, and Captain Morgan had a smile on his face.

At that moment, someone suddenly shouted, "Captain!

As soon as everyone on the deck turned their heads, they saw that a ghost ship with a pitch-black body was appearing on the sea in the distance. During the period of delay on the rocks, the ghost ship obviously did not stop at all, and it caught up with it.

But there is still some way to go.

There is still some way to go!

Everyone knew very well at this moment that as long as the "Naru Glorious Fisherman" was allowed to get off the rocks and resume sailing before the Ghost had completed this distance, the Ghost Ship would never be able to catch up with the lightened hull again. But...... If the Wraith had traveled this distance to catch up before it could get rid of the rocking, it would have been all over.

Who will be faster?

The most dangerous moment has arrived!

All of a sudden, everyone went crazy, both the sailors and the passengers, and they all ran to the sails, red-eyed to help steer the sails so that the ship could speed out of the reef and backwards.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

The Naru Glorious Fisherman shook wildly, withdrawing from the reef little by little......

Victory seemed to be at hand.

But...... Suddenly!

"Click, boom!"

The Naru Glorious Fisherman struck and suddenly tilted to the left!

"Da Da Da!"

A soaking sailor ran up from the cabin with despair on his face and shouted: "Captain, captain! The left side of the bottom of the ship has been pierced by stones! The water is constantly leaking!

This!

The people on the deck were petrified in an instant, and Captain Morgan's expression was also frozen.

"What, what do you say!" Captain Morgan didn't seem to listen to Shimizu at all.

The sailor wiped the water from his face and shouted: "The left side of the bottom of the ship has been pierced by stones! The water is constantly leaking! It can't be stopped! If you don't find a way to stop it, the ship will capsize!"

"Click......"

With the sailor's words, the ship leaned more and more to the left, and was about to capsize - apparently, the sailor's words were not exaggerated at all.

"Damn!" Captain Morgan scolded and shouted, "If you can't stop it, you have to block it for me, or you will die!"

"But it really can't be blocked!" shouted the sailor, crushing his hair, "the wood blocking the ship has been lost, how can it be blocked!"

"Then chisel the right side of the bottom cabin for me, let the sea water completely fill the bottom cabin, and then seal the passage between the bottom and the penultimate level. ”

"In that case, we can't do without the reef, we have to stop here. "Karate.

"I know!" Captain Morgan shouted, his eyes red, and he pulled out the long sword at his waist and turned his head to look at the ghost ship that was getting closer and closer on the sea, "This damn luck, since I can't do without it, I can't do without it! I want to see what this ghost ship is, and why does it keep chasing us!"

"Uh......"