Chapter 369: Greek Fire
After Blackbeard finished laughing, he said coldly, "However, this is a rebellion after all, and no captain will tolerate a rebellion by his crew." ”
Jack opened his mouth, "This question, in fact, is still up for debate. ”
He was also the captain of the ship, and was rebelled against twice by his own men.
Blackbeard asked coldly, "Why didn't there be an alarm when someone rebelled, and who was on duty at that time?" ”
A resurrected boatswain pointed to a pirate sailor hanging from a mast.
"Ah, cook." Blackbeard said coldly, "I still like your cooking, but it's a pity...... Boatswain, lower the escape boat. Alas, I'm afraid I'm going to lose an escape boat. ”
The rope that bound the cook undid itself, and the cook fell heavily on the deck.
The other pirate sailors were secretly glad that they had escaped punishment.
The cook got up from the deck and said with a pleading face: "Captain, don't kill me, please, don't kill me, I too...... Momentarily confused. If I had known that you were really on this ship, I would never have rebelled. ”
Blackbeard said coldly: "I won't kill you, I'll give you a chance to escape, you can jump on the boat now and row anywhere, of course, I will hit you with cannonballs, only once, if you can escape, you will succeed." ”
The cook was stunned, then nodded apprehensively, and then hurriedly jumped onto the escape boat.
There was a pair of oars in the boat, and the cook checked it to make sure that there was no problem with the oars and the boat, so he rowed desperately ahead.
Blackbeard smiled coldly, "Hmph, I'm still a little clever enough to know how to move forward." ”
Blackbeard's "Queen Anne's Revenge" is a huge pirate warship, the sides of the hull are loaded with cannons, and there are also on the deck, these cannons are extremely powerful, and there are at least 200 of them.
A volley of firepower, let alone an escape boat, even a big ship like the Struggle, the flagship of the Empire on which the sun never sets, will be wiped out in an instant.
And these cannon guns are mounted on the side of the ship, and it is difficult to greatly adjust the angle of the shelling, so to escape to the side of the hull is to find death, and the best escape route is to run to the front or back of the ship.
The cook had already observed that the Queen Anne's Revenge had a statue of a steel skeleton on the bow, so that there was no way to install the bow gun on the bow deck, but two huge stern guns were installed in the stern.
Therefore, it is safest to run from the direction of the bow.
Blackbeard smiled coldly, "It seems that we have to use the secret weapon of our Queen Anne's revenge." ”
"Yes!" The Resurrected Boatswain smirked and flipped a lever located next to the steering wheel.
Suddenly, beneath the steel skull, two long metal pipes stretched out and aimed at the cook, who was rowing hard.
The two metal pipes were not thick, and they were not muzzles, but they were only very long, about ten meters long, and the pirates on the ship were full of doubts, not knowing what kind of weapon they were.
Angelica said eagerly, "Dad! Don't do that! Can't you lift up your hand? ”
Blackbeard smiled coldly: "My daughter, this is a rebellion, rebellion should be punished, but for the sake of your face, I only punished one person, and it is not the mastermind of punishment, you should be grateful to me for this, instead of preventing me from exercising my most basic rights as a captain." ”
Angelica said eagerly: "But Dad, you have the right to kill him, but you also have the right to let him go." ”
Blackbeard smiled, "Yes, so, I gave him the opportunity to decide his own destiny, which is not for everyone." ”
The missionary went to the bow of the boat and whispered a prayer for the fugitive cook.
Blackbeard laughed, "Let's see this pious preacher, prayer doesn't work." ”
By this time, the cook had rowed a small boat to a hundred meters away from the Queen Anne's Revenge.
The missionaries kept praying for the cook's boat.
Blackbeard smiled coldly and shouted, "Launch!" ”
Whew!
Two pillars of fire erupted from the nozzle at the bow of the ship in an instant, and the entire sea was completely engulfed in flames, and the cook and the boat were also engulfed in flames.
The pirates all exclaimed.
They had never seen such a powerful flame, which burned directly on the surface of the sea!
Even if the pillar of fire has been sprayed, the entire sea area within a range of 100 meters is still full of fire, and the flame has no medium, it is burning on the sea surface, and there is no intention of extinguishing it.
The missionary was stunned for a moment, and then shouted loudly: "Cook, jump ship!" Jump ship! ”
However, the cook had already been completely swallowed up by the fire, and the whole person was burning with the boat.
Fear is spreading in everyone's heart.
"It's ...... What......" Jack asked with a trembling voice.
"It's Greek fire." Xu Feng walked out and said lightly.
Jack looked at Xu Feng in surprise, "Xu Feng? You're on this ship? Were you deceived too? ”
Xu Feng smiled: "No, I came up on my own initiative." ”
Jack asked, "Then why didn't I see you?" ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Because I have been in the private room all the time." ”
Jack was stunned and said, "What? You...... You're in a private room and I'm wiping the deck? ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Yes, this is arranged by your girlfriend." ”
Jack sighed helplessly, "Okay, but I'm relieved that you're here, if I had known you were here, our rebellion would have been successful." ”
Xu Feng shook his head, "If you had told me earlier, I would have prevented you from doing such a stupid thing." ”
Jack opened his mouth and said, "...... You just said that the kind of fire that can burn on the surface of the sea is called Greek fire? ”
"Yes." Xu Feng nodded and explained: "The so-called Greek fire was invented by a Syrian alchemist during the Crusades, and he found a kind of grease in Syria, because of the existence of this grease, it is almost impossible to grow crops there, this grease is black, thick, and slimy, but it can burn when it encounters sparks, and it can also burn on the water. He improved on this discovery and created a fire-breathing device, which was also known as Greek fire. ”
In fact, this grease is oil.
Under the conditions, no one would have thought that oil would be the most important energy source of the future.
Jack nodded slightly, "I remember, I've heard this legend, but that was a long time ago, and the recipe for Greek fire has been lost." ”
Xu Feng smiled: "Obviously, it is not lost, but it is in the hands of a very small number of people, and Blackbeard is one of them." ”
Looking at the shocked and frightened expressions of the crowd, Blackbeard said triumphantly to the missionary, "Do you know when I feel closest to the Creator the most? ”
The preacher clenched his fists and did not respond.
Blackbeard asked himself, "When I see pain, despair, and fear, the world will be revealed. ”
The preacher gritted his teeth, "When suffering and tragedy strike, those who need comfort will receive kindness and compassion." ”
Blackbeard laughed, "Your lord, didn't answer your prayers. ”
The missionary was determined and said, "No, he has given me greater courage in the face of evil. ”