Reborn As a Pirate

The difficulty of walking through the jungle far exceeded Lorraine's imagination.

After converging the advance supply fleet at Trini Bend, the landing force finally solved the problem of stretched transportation capacity.

Every soldier can go upstream on a boat, no need to go deep into the dangerous jungle, and no longer need to use his luck to challenge the appetite of terrifying beasts such as anacondas, jaguars, and those colorful and peerless poisonous insects.

But this does not mean that the next journey will be smooth sailing and rest easy.

During the dry season, the navigable environment on the San Juan River was worse than anyone expected.

The water depth at the mouth of the river is still two to three meters deep, and when it reaches the Trini River Bend, the suddenly widened river water is only limited to just over one meter.

If this depth is constantly challenging the draft limit of 10 meters and 15 meters, and there is a slight change in the river bed, these crucial large ships will easily run aground.

What's more, the river water rich in aquatic organisms is as green as oil and not clear. No matter how shallow the water depth is, it is impossible to see the bottom with the naked eye.

What's the state of the riverbed? Does it meet navigational standards?

All kinds of invisible and unknowable doubts made the landing troops unable to get out of the state of trembling. Not only did the speed not increase significantly, even the spirit gradually returned to the high-pressure state on the first day.

Nelson was keenly aware of the team's concerns.

He conferred with Lorraine and Spencer and, as usual, took the heaviest responsibility.

The marching formation was thus adjusted, and Nelson and his guards transferred to the Dahlia, becoming the pioneer of the entire fleet.

As long as it is in sailing state, five sailors will stand on the bow and radiate underwater into the temporarily added poles, 3 meters forward and 1 meter downward, which is exactly in line with the draft of Dahlia and Cactus and turning distance.

After the Dahlia, the Cactus followed suit, followed by the previous fleet, which was controlled by Barto.

Lorraine and his Cangqing Dew fell to the tail of the team, responsible for monitoring the almost impossible pursuit. He also has a new foreman, Mr. Huobi who has been fully trained, Spencer's adjutant, Lieutenant Freemany.

Overnight at the river.

Today is the seventh day upstream, and the fleet sails to Rice Bay.

Rice Bay is a continuous bend in the middle of the San Juan River.

The current washed out a piece of tidal flat on both sides of the bank.

During the wet season, the water flow here should be turbulent, otherwise the rainforest plants with such tenacious vitality would not let this piece of nutrient-rich silt mud land go unnoticed.

But right now is the dry season.

The chaotic water flow was smooth and waveless, with mud and smoke swirling around it, and there was no trace of agitation.

Indigenous sailors say the tidal flats are a common drinking point for rainforest animals and a natural hunting ground for American alligators.

This kind of gregarious predators often ambush underwater and hide in caves. Their natural protective colors and quiet habits make them extremely difficult to distinguish by human eyes, but once they move, they will burst out with great strength and speed. It is also far beyond people's imagination.

For the sake of safety, Lorraine suggested that the overnight accommodation be set on the river away from the tidal flats, and all boats should be tightly tied with cables to build a relatively stable floating island, with the big boats outside and the small boats inside.

This is to protect those fragile boats.

The fully loaded boat has a deep draft? The freeboard is less than 20 centimeters from the water surface? The unobstructed state leads to a lack of protection for the people on board. Once a predator is attacked? The 14 people on board have no room to hide.

Busy? From midnight to midnight.

Most of the soldiers who were physically exhausted and mentally exhausted had already slept on the crowded ship.

A large ship normally leaves 4 to 6 people on duty at night? On a small ship, there is no space for night duty, and the crew members are not in a state to undertake duties.

The long-term tension made them very tired? They couldn't even turn on the lights at night? Only absolute darkness could give them a moment of respite.

Lorraine is the total value star tonight. After turning around the boat around the island, he returned to Cangqingluzhu and saw Second Lieutenant Freemani standing like a pine with a lantern on his back and a gun on his back.

Take off the gun? Stop, kick your legs, stand up!

Seeing Lorraine's return, Second Lieutenant Freemany raised his spirits and shouted with his charming voice that could lure parrots: Hi, my lord!

Lorraine was almost shaken off the board.

He had a dark face? He flew up and landed on the deck: Second Lieutenant Freemany...

Yes! My lord!

Whether it is affiliation or position, I am not your officer...

That's why it's called a lord? My lord! This is worship and respect from the heart, which is completely different from the business-like respect from top to bottom? My lord! Please learn from me, my lord!

Lorraine looked at him playfully: Sounds like? You still don't seem to understand my preferences. Go to Bartona to report again tomorrow? You need to go back to the furnace and rebuild.

Freeman's complexion changed drastically? His voice suddenly dropped sixteen degrees: I...I'm going to observe the water surface...Mr. President, don't let me feed the mosquitoes...

The training is not thorough enough...

Seeing Freemani fleeing back to his post in embarrassment, Lorraine shook his head and climbed to the top cabin.

The Cangqing Dewdrop is a Bermuda Sroop type, with the characteristic rear deck cabin of the Sroop type, and the superstructure is only half a storey. Even if the Cangqing Dewdrop is raised, it only raises the cabin roof.

The upper deck of the traditional Sroop type is independent, not connected to the stern, not to the sides, just like a box protruding from the deck.

Cangqing Dewdrop adopts the high-speed design of Bermuda, and the lateral side forms a fluid inclination angle, and the extension of the stern end directly wraps the entire raised stern, so that it has better windward performance.

So the cabin of the blue dew is more like the stern cabin of a big ship. The cabin roof is the rear deck, which is the most spacious place on the whole ship and has the widest view.

Lorraine saw a slim figure on the cabin roof, wearing a hood and a hood, sitting with one leg bent towards the river, silently watching the blurred moonlight.

Henna...

Ever since Lucy's Nelson visit, Lorraine and Henna have been locked in a strange cold war.

Lorraine was angry that Henna locked the door without his consent, and Henna... probably was angry that Lorraine accepted Nelson's invitation before he could fully recover.

In short, the two have not spoken seriously since then.

The two had no direct communication during the war on Mayis Island. Later, they visited the Coral Kingdom and discovered the ruins of the shipwreck without even showing their faces.

At the mouth of the San Juan River they had a limited exchange of words, but they parted on bad terms.

Since then, the two have shut down even the most basic eye contact, like two close parallel lines, independent of each other without interfering with each other.

whispering sound! woman!

Lorraine glanced at the moonlight in disgust, walked up to Hana with her head held high, took out the star-shaped shell she picked up at the bottom of the sea from her bosom, stuffed it into Hana's palm.

Hannah looked down suspiciously.

Under the moonlight, the star shell glows with pearls, like a group of breathing iridescent color discs, with flowing light and shadow, turning light and dark.

But all the gorgeous things are just a foil, in the very center of the star shell, a dark red ink-like mark becomes the end of all light and shadow, attracting all eyes.

Is this...you engraved it?

intrinsic.

Henna's eyes lit up, shining like jewels, brighter and more colorful than the shining star shells and the white moonlight.

Where did it come from?

Souvenirs from visiting Sea God's Garden, I can't think of anyone other than you...Anyway, go to bed early.

The topic seems to be over again.

Lorraine stood up depressed for a while, but he didn't speak, and Hana didn't speak either.

Silence lingered, and Lorraine held the handle of the knife and turned around. After taking a step, he suddenly felt something grab his trouser leg.

About that day...

Hai Na's voice was as thin as a mosquito, not even as noisy as the mosquitoes in the rainforest.

right……

The crocodile! The crocodile dragged Charles away!

A sudden exclamation pierced the sky, and right in the middle of the ship's enclosure, a shrill scream erupted from the unsuspecting boat.

Lorraine froze in place.

In just a moment, he suddenly started, picked up the wind lantern hanging on the inner side and threw it towards the pitch-black boat.

The feeble flame swirled in mid-air, crashing into the head of some unlucky bullet, and went out instantly.

Just before the fire went out, Lorraine saw at least 20 gray-brown, narrow-nosed crocodiles rolling on the water, twisting and twisting like intertwined muscle fibers.

Precautions... Lorraine gritted her teeth and drew out the knife, Hina, go and inform Nelson and Spencer.

Freemani, fire the guns, let's fight!

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