The sun sets in the west, and the Skua has set sail again.

The sailors who escaped death sang happily, scrubbing the decks and carving the cables. The bloody battle of the traversing squad a few hours ago seemed like an illusion.

But the rotating cannon just installed on the top floor of the stern staircase has not been removed yet.

Next to the spinning cannon, Winters, Bud and Andre were sitting on the deck, leaning against the fence in a daze.

The excitement brought by the first battle has passed, and my mind, who was previously blinded by the blood, has returned to my rationality.

Looking back on the battle just now, apart from some pride, the three warrant officers only had fear and confusion, and the disgusting feeling caused by the tragic scene of hand-to-hand combat, broken skin and rotten organs.

"Hey, I always feel that this is not done well." Bud sighed. He did not directly name the name and say what was going on, but Winters and Andre would not have misunderstandings.

In the end, the surrendered pirates still failed to save their lives. Major General Layton fulfilled his promise and did not kill anyone.

So he arranged for the trainee warrant officers to take action for him, and he specially selected those warrant officers who were not stained with blood on the knife to be executioners, that is, those who were unable to actually participate in the hand-to-hand combat in the battle.

In such a narrow environment on the ship, the battle did not turn into a melee, so the only ones who really fought with the pirates were the warrant officers who were at the forefront, and most of the remaining people could actually only cheer behind them.

"Even if the pirates can go ashore alive, they will be hanged in the end. In fact, the outcome is not very different." Winters also felt that killing prisoners was not good, but he could not deny that this was indeed a simple and effective solution: "I think on the one hand, the major general is indeed a bit bloodthirsty, and on the other hand, this group of pirates is really difficult to deal with. The small boat of the Skuo cannot contain so many people. Stay on the Good Luck, what should they do if they find an opportunity to seize the ship?

"If you kill, kill. What should I do if I don't kill?" Andrey yawned and stretched. He seemed very tired now.

Compared to the pleasure of Major General Leiden making a decision to fight a battle with the pirates before the war, it took much longer to discuss how to deal with the prisoners and the ending after the war.

The interrogation of the pirates after the war unearthed an unexpected piece of information: the Good Luck did not accidentally catch the Skuo, but now the pirates on the entire inland sea are looking for a three-masted light Venetta warship

Because the pirates got the news: the ship was loaded with gold and silver used by the "Tanirian Islands Captain and Plantation Owners Federation" to bribe the ruling committee of the Sea Blue Republic.

The Tanile Islands Captains and Planters Federation implements a noisy guild-style democratic system with loose structures and weak power. But it is undeniable that the captains and planters are the actual owners of the Tanile Islands.

Pirates are rampant above the inland sea. Taniria has always been extremely tense as a place for pirates to sell stolen goods and supply points for many years, and its relationship with the Marine Republic has always been extremely tense.

The pirates did not know why the Federation was bribing the Hailan ruling committee, but they were sure that at this moment a three-masted clutch full of gold and silver coins was sailing towards the Hailan city.

As for the reasons why the Federation bribed Hailan's ruling committee, the pirates were varied and contradictory, and there was no accurate statement at all, but they firmly believed that there must be such a treasure ship.

Because it is difficult to deduce the result from reasons, but it is not easy to find a reason to deduce the result from results... Isn't it easy to find a reason that can convince yourself?

Even until the execution, the pirates on the Good Luck still believed that the Skuo was the treasure ship, and the warrant officers were the soldiers responsible for escorting them.

Escort soldiers or escort bribes? Winters, Bard and Andre have never heard of themselves having to escort a batch of gold and silver when they go home.

Could it be that this is a secret mission? Only Major General Leiden and Major Moritz know what's going on?

Winters thought so at first. However, as soon as he saw the expressions of the major general and the major, Winters knew that the two were also confused.

But the pirates were very confident, and they didn't seem to be lying, making the major general, major and warrant officer skeptical.

So the pressure came to the fat captain. The fat captain was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and sweared that he would never know anything about the treasure ship. There was no bribe from the Federation on the Skuo.

It is unreasonable to say it, and even if you swear, you can't dispel any suspicion. Anyway, the skuo is just a little bit, and you will understand whether the pirates are true or false.

So the major general ordered the cargo inspection directly. The warrant officers carefully searched the Skuo, opened every box and bag of cargo in the cabin, and knocked on every wooden board to ensure that there were no hidden blocks.

Finally, it proved that what the fat captain said was true. The only cargo contained in the ship was sugar and tobacco.

So the situation facing the Skuo is now very clear: the pirates firmly believe that a treasure ship is sailing from Taniria to the sea blue city, and all the pirates on the sea are already red-eyed and want to intercept the ship; there may be such a ship, but it is definitely not the Skuo. There is no ownerless gold coin on the Skuo, and the ship is loaded with ordinary sugar and tobacco; but unfortunately, the appearance of the Skuo is very similar to the treasure ship that the pirates think, or the treasure ship that the pirates think is a light three-masted clutch like the Skuo; the Skuo cannot prove to the pirates that it is not a treasure ship, so you can't stop the ship and let the pirates check it, right?

This is the case. The Skua at the Inland Sea is a high-risk ship. Usually, it may be possible to ensure safety by relying on a naval flag, but now a flag cannot scare the pirates away.

Because the two senior army officials seemed to have never thought that they could dock immediately and let the officers get off the ship. The fat captain also hoped that the army officers could stay on the ship to protect the Skuo, and did not propose this plan on purpose.

Therefore, Major General Leiden, Major Moritz and Fat Captain unanimously agreed that the Skuo must not sail directly to Hailan City now, and need to leave the main route quickly and take a detour to Hailan City in the rarely-traveled waters.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! In addition, you can only pray for a strong wind on the sea.

Perhaps the sailors' devout prayers had worked, and when dusk was approaching, the originally faint sea breeze began to gradually increase again.

The Skuo had enough wind power and ran through the waves at a speed of eight knots again.

"I think the Major General's idea is right. In this situation, the pirates are like dogs that smell. Even if we are in a tough situation, we can't stand it. Returning to Hailan City as fast as possible is the first priority." Andre said casually. He was just lying on the deck, as if he wanted to take a nap.

"Those paddlers are innocent people, so you can't kill them indiscriminately, right?" Bud obviously disagreed with Major General Leiden's solution.

No one has a different opinion on the order to change courses, and what really sparked the debate was the way of dealing with Good Luck.

Major General Layton's solution was to slaughter all the pirates who were still alive. The pirate's body was pushed into the sea, and the pirate ship sank directly. The Skua returned to Hailan City as fast as possible.

The problem is that Major General Layton's eyes are not divided into coerced paddlers and pirates. Any living person on the pirate ship is considered a pirate and all of them will die.

But Major Moritz made an objection to the great leader for the first time. In his opinion, the paddlers were in a position of coercion, and they were essentially innocent sailors who were caught as slaves on pirate ships. Killing all these sailors who were not pirates was too sensational and damaged the reputation of the army.

"Hmph." Andrey sneered, obviously disagreed with the innocent: "Who is innocent? Could it be that they were caught up with the skua who helped paddle the skua? Besides, you also suffered the losses of those paddlers?"

Bad was speechless for a moment, and Bad didn't know what "Stockholm Syndrome" was. Three paddlers did attack him, and he couldn't think of any reasonable reason to defend those paddlers who were instigated by pirates to deal with him.

Winters listened to the conversation between the two and remembered the smell of rotting in the cabin. The skinny bodies and desperate eyes of the paddlers couldn't help but sigh: "I think those paddlers are not actually trying to help the pirates."

"What do they want to do?" Andre disagreed with this attitude of pitying the enemy.

"They just want to die happily."

This answer made Andre speechless for a moment. He scratched his head, opened his lips several times but did not make a sound, and finally he regained his indifferent attitude: "Don't think about so many, they dare to fight with us, and they deserve it if they die. We are just a few small officers at the bottom - not even an officer, they are just trainee officers. They have no power, hehe, but they have no responsibility. Whatever the superiors ask us to do, just do it. The sky collapses and the military rank is high."

Winters thought maybe it was necessary to have this mentality to sleep well every night, and he smiled bitterly, "Yes, just use yourself as a tool."

Major General Layton's solution was only half implemented. All the surrendered pirates were slaughtered, and all the pirates who did not surrender were cut off, and all the bodies were pushed into the sea to feed fish and shrimp. Only half of the life of the pirate captain was left, because the major general wanted to take him back to Hailan to continue interrogation.

The paddler was not executed as a pirate, which was the result of Major Moritz's efforts.

The Good Luck was not sunk, which was the result of the fat captain's efforts.

We still don't know the name of the fat captain on the Skuo, but he is no longer on the Skuo. The current acting captain of the Skuo is the original first mate. The fat captain has taken over the Good Luck Gold's class and led a few sailors to the Good Luck to be the captain.

As the fat captain said, at the sea - at least on the inland sea, the most valuable thing is not cargo, but ships.

Major General Layton was about to sink the Good Luck, and Major Moritz actually had little objection. They were both army officers, and they didn't understand the market and didn't care about such a broken ship.

But when he heard Major General Layton was about to sink the Good Luck, the fat captain firmly disagreed and showed his amazing momentum for the first time, slapped the table in front of Major General Layton.

The fat captain made a calculation for the two Army landslides with his fingers:

First of all, although the Good Luck has been around for some time, it is also a good ship with a solid hull, complete functions, and strong and durable hull.

Secondly, although the Good Luck is an old-fashioned sailboat, most of the ships on the sea are of this type. Although unfortunately, they were taken back to the port for repair and were a good merchant ship.

In short, the Good Luck can be sold for a lot of money! It is too wasteful to sink. This ship is now a serious spoil, and the ownership belongs to the army officers. Isn’t it nice to sell it if you sell it?

Here, the fat captain cunningly did not mention the specific price that he could sell, and only used imaginary attributives such as "many".

The fat captain also convinced Major General Layton and Major Moritz from another perspective:

There are more than 30 paddlers on the Good Luck. If the Good Luck No. 1 is sunk, what should these paddlers do? Where can I put them?

There are now fifty people on the Skuo, and they are overwhelmed. There is really no more space to accommodate more than thirty paddlers.

"To sink the Good Luck, it is equivalent to killing these paddlers; if you don't kill these paddlers, you can't sink the Good Luck." Through this logical chain, the fat captain successfully tied Major Moritz to his own chariot.

The boat cannot be chiseled, and to chisel the fat captain first.

But how to bring the Good Luck back to the port has become a new problem.

The pirates died, and there were no crew members on the Good Luck to control the sails and rudders.

How many pirates should be left as crew members? Major General Layton refused, and the fat captain didn't dare to do it.

Putting the paddler as a crew member? The fat captain refused to agree. His reason was: How could these paddlers not have bad intentions? These paddlers were influenced by the pirate ship. If they had bad intentions and snatched the ship and sold it themselves, wouldn’t the crowd on the Skuo be useless?

This is the trust crisis caused by the special living environment at sea. There is no communication, no laws, and no supervision above the sea. There is only one ship in the world. What happened on the ship is beyond reach.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The fat captain didn't even dare to let his first mate take a few sailors to the Good Luck to bring the ship back to the port. Because people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who knows if this seemingly honest first mate has any bad thoughts in his heart? If the first mate has evil thoughts, then there will be an additional pirate ship called "Dord" on the inland sea tomorrow.

Finally, the fat captain had a flash of inspiration and proposed a genius solution:

He took half of the sailors on the Skuo to the Good Luck, so that the ship could be barely manipulated; the oarsmen on the Good Luck did not regain their freedom and were temporarily tied to the cabin as before. To prevent them from taking the ship from being snatched, they also needed to continue paddling. When they arrived at the port, they found a sheriff and then put the oarsmen off the ship by themselves; the first mate on the Skuo temporarily took the position of captain, and picked a few sailors from the oarsmen on the Good Luck, who had not been damaged, so that the Skuo could operate normally. There were more than 30 army officers on the Skuo, and anyone who dared to make trouble could easily suppress them.

In the eyes of Major General Layton and Major Moritz, this is a very good solution. The only disadvantage is that there are too few crew members on the Good Luck. If the fat captain encounters pirates on his way back to the port, he may... be given for free.

However, the fat captain who is obsessed with money is determined to take this risk. Besides, considering the current attractiveness of the Skuo to inland pirates, it is hard to say which ship is more dangerous to take.

The fat captain took half of the sailors of the Skuo, and a letter explaining the ins and outs of the Good Luck, signed by Major General Layton and Major Moritz, and the sealed seals, and excitedly boarded the Good Luck, and the two ships parted ways.

The boat songs that Winters, Bard and Andre heard now are the chorus of the new crew and the old crew.

Andre didn't speak for a long time, obviously he was already asleep.

Bard seemed to be thinking a lot in his heart. He frowned and said to Winters: "I always feel a little... strange. Everything is weird. It is said that there are several fires in Guitu City every year, but this time it is the arsenal and it is still so big. Every year, people have to go overseas, but this year there is not a single overseas dispatch. There is also the so-called treasure ship, treasure ship? Do you believe it? There must be something happening in this world that we don't know."

"Hey, why do you think so much? I'm still unable to use magic." Winters understood Bard's anxiety, but he thought the ship was naturally straight when he reached the bridge: "Even if there is a huge change, we can only be carried away by the waves. Andre is right, we are just three little warrant officers, please be as toolmen. The sky collapses and the military ranks are high."

The first mate of the Skuo - Oh, no, now the captain - climbed up the stern of the ship. He was here to deliver wine to three army warrant officers. Obviously, even if he was just a temporary position as captain, he was very excited.

"Drink, your officers, drink it. I saw you jumped to help today. You are all first-class warriors. Even the sailors who are seeking life on the sea can't find a few heroes like you. I'll treat these wines to you."

Winters smiled and took the bottle and asked casually: "What song are the sailors singing? It sounds very nice, but the accent is too heavy. I can't understand."

The acting captain smiled embarrassedly: "Some people call these songs boat songs, but in fact they are just insane sailor tunes, most of which are talking about women and wine."

"I think these songs are natural and simple. What's wrong with talking about women and wine? Isn't the song just to express emotions? Unfortunately, I don't understand what they are singing..."

"Then I'll sing it to you in a Venetta accent?"

"That's great!"
To be continued...