Chapter 1 The, !

Of course, Fang Senyan always remembered that the best quality of a superior was to keep their word. Therefore, even though Daiqisi seemed very cooperative, Fang Senyan didn't forget to punish her in the end. The punishment was to strip her naked in front of all the pirates, hang her upside down on the mast, and whip her five times fiercely with a sharkskin whip!

For a woman, being stripped naked and hung upside down was already an extremely intense humiliation.

Moreover, having to whip her youthful and beautiful body five times, knowing that a sharkskin whip would tear off a large piece of flesh from the body, the pain and damage would naturally be engraved in her heart.

This was also to teach all the pirates a lesson. Reward and punishment were the best weapons for a superior to maintain their rule. Fortunately, the power of the spring of life in Daiqisi's body was very strong, so the injuries would heal quickly without leaving scars.

Besides, she wasn't some innocent maiden. What hadn't she seen among the Gypsies? For her, who had already been an old woman, she had already experienced things more terrifying than this level of humiliation and punishment. Therefore, she could bear it psychologically, and could only grit her teeth and endure it. No matter how humiliated she was now, it was better than having the face of an old woman at the age of seventeen or eighteen.

Soon, Fang Senyan joined up with the crew who remained on the *Sam*. After punishing Daiqisi, he ordered everyone to board the ship. When those who stayed behind saw such a powerful five-masted quasi-legendary warship, their morale was naturally greatly boosted.

On the one hand, Fang Senyan wanted to let his men familiarize themselves with the operation of this large ship, and on the other hand, he was eager to complete the pirate captain's milestone to recruit manpower. Therefore, after inquiring with the old sea dog, he sailed to another temporary pirate port not far away called Triangle Island.

Of course, let me mention the Vikings. In order to compensate for their losses in battle, Fang Senyan gave them another three-masted ship that originally served as logistics and transportation. Of course, this ship could also serve as a means of transportation, and could also be used to transport those gifted goods, supplies, and so on, saving the Vikings the freight. Fang Senyan's other three-masted ship was originally a converted cargo ship, so there was no problem in carrying the Vikings and their goods back to their hometown. The Vikings also felt quite satisfied with Fang Senyan's generosity. The two sides agreed to cooperate again if they had the opportunity in the future.

Along the way, the *Dingyuan* felt extremely stable. The wind and waves could not interfere with it at all. Fang Senyan even tried to put a glass of water on the table. As a result, when the waves were nearly four meters high, the glass filled with water was not splashed out at all, which shows its stability!

Triangle Island pirate port is far from being as good as Tortuga because it is only a little over a day's journey from Royal Port. Triangle Island is not to say that there are islands forming a triangle, but because it is jointly composed of three islands in the shape of a character 品.

If the prosperity of Tortuga is like the scale of a provincial capital city, then Triangle Island is similar to the level of a "town". And it's still the desolate kind. The artificial buildings on the island are seven or eight houses built with stones. When the anti-smuggling work of Royal Port is carried out relatively smoothly, then this is an uninhabited deserted island. Even if you land on the island, the only thing you can do is to push down these stone houses. However, when Royal Port is more relaxed, then this is a paradise for smugglers.

At this time, Fang Senyan went to Triangle Island for a reason, because at this time he had received news that the Norrington Group had defeated the guys from the Sivalle Group, and Triangle Island was only a few hundred nautical miles away from the battlefield between the two sides. If it was downwind, it would only take a few hours.

The most important thing is that if those defeated pirates do not retreat to Triangle Island, then they will have to trek at least thousands of nautical miles to another Bode Cape to replenish fresh water, which is obviously not very realistic. Therefore, if there are no accidents, Triangle Island at this time should be a huge market, not lacking those pirates who sell guns, cannons, equipment, and themselves after being defeated. It should be the place where Fang Senyan can find manpower the most.

Although the *Dingyuan* had become Fang Senyan's flagship at this time, Fang Senyan's half-wrecked *Sam* was also towed behind and not discarded. If it was operated well, it could be sold for at least a few hundred pounds even as a fishing boat. When it was more than ten nautical miles away from Triangle Island, he sent a few guys who originally belonged to the Sivalle pirate group to take a sloop to explore.

One was to see if Sivalle was on the island. It would not be easy to poach people if he was there. After all, the prestige of the Pirate King was still there, and Fang Senyan's current worship reputation could not compete with the Pirate King.

The other was to obtain first-hand current intelligence and understand the general situation after the sea battle at this time.

After a while, the pirates who went to explore the way returned. They almost opened the door of the captain's room panting:

"Boss, boss!! Let's go quickly, Sivalle is seriously injured and unconscious, the eldest son was captured alive by Norrington, and there have been disagreements within the pirate group, with multiple infighting. Now it's as chaotic as anything, it's the right time to recruit manpower."

Although Fang Senyan was almost certain that Sivalle would not be on the island, he was very happy after hearing this news and immediately ordered full speed ahead. It has to be admitted that when Fang Senyan's newly robbed *Dingyuan* slowly sailed into Triangle Island, its unique and huge shape, and the black pirate dragon flag flying on the masts, were still quite shocking.

Triangle Island was indeed a chaotic scene. Although the entire Sivalle pirate group was huge, the organization was also quite loose. When victorious, it was a loose alliance with little cohesion, relying on Sivalle's

two seven-masted ships and eight five-masted ships to barely unite together. However, once the core group loses its strength, it will inevitably fall into the embarrassing situation of the tree falling and the monkeys scattering.

After the *Dingyuan* docked, it immediately attracted the attention of many people. Fang Senyan continued to hide behind the scenes and did not come forward, but first sent those who originally belonged to the Sivalle pirate group to inquire about news, obtain prices, obtain first-hand information, and then act.

He believed that many people would apply to join him as soon as he showed up, or even without showing up, but Fang Senyan sternly told those pirates that they could talk about their fathers, mothers, and wives, but they must not talk too much about the affairs on the ship! Otherwise, they would definitely be punished by family law!

At this time, the pirates on the ship regarded Fang Senyan's words as divine, so naturally they didn't dare to say a word more in front of others. In this way, it aroused the curiosity of those pirates. After summarizing and inquiring about the information collected by the pirates, Fang Senyan was surprised to find that this place actually had the advanced and unparalleled howitzer cannons mentioned earlier for sale!

In fact, although this kind of high-tech thing is difficult to get, money can make the world go round. It is not as difficult as imagined to buy one or two pieces through the black market or small-scale purchases, but it is quite difficult to carry out large-scale replacement such as fleets.

At this time, many pirates who were also moored on Triangle Island felt that there was no future. The British Navy represented by Norrington was too strong, so they had the idea of ​​retiring, and some captains were killed in battle, and their subordinates were scattered, so they sold their things and divided the spoils. Therefore, after summing up, there were a total of thirty-eight of those sophisticated howitzer cannons for sale on this island. They had to be acquired from more than a dozen sellers, and most of the prices were much cheaper than those from the auction house because they were eager to sell them for cash.

After Fang Senyan heard this report, he ordered the purchase without hesitation! At this time, the *Dingyuan* was originally an extremely sturdy ship. He even heard pirates call it the "unsinkable floating island", so naturally it would have a great advantage in artillery battles. As the saying goes, a strong ship and powerful cannons are bound to be the trend of the future!

In terms of the current situation, seeing that it is impossible to gain a speed advantage in the competition with the *Black Pearl*, then from another point of view, you can consider reducing the enemy's speed. Use more chain shot to attack the *Black Pearl's* masts and sails to slow it down, and then think of ways to avoid boarding, which is also another way. Of course, this requires a high level of skill from the gunners.

After spending about 30,000 pounds, Fang Senyan got seventeen howitzer cannons. Fang Senyan thought for a while and constructed four gun arrays with four guns in each group, and then told the carpenter Spike the principle of the slide rail system and asked him to start researching. In this way, if there were no accidents, seventeen howitzer cannons could bombard multiple directions at the same time!

However, although the addition of new equipment is a good thing, new problems have been exposed. Although the power of the howitzer cannon is strong, this gun requires more manpower to operate. Because Fang Senyan previously considered the battle direction to be focused on boarding battles, the talents he collected also tended to be this type. So what is currently lacking is the kind of very good gunners.

Moreover, unlike the sail operators, even the best gunner has to rely on experience to load shells. In a fierce battle, adjusting the position of each gun, long-range shooting, without computer correction, can be said to be a matter of a hair's breadth. Even two guns that are close together have different firing parameters and ammunition loading volume. Therefore, for now, a good gunner can only command two or three guns at most in battle. Therefore, there is also a need for more talents in this area. ro!.