On July 16, the jackdaw, which had been reconstructed, was loaded with guns and guns with the smell of oil, and set foot on the route to Baltimore for the second time.


    This means that the jackdaw, which has insufficient firepower and only speed to boast, is even more stretched in combat effectiveness.


    However, there is no way.


    The boxed rifles take up space, and the light guns that do not go down to the ground take up more space. A cargo hold can only carry 200 rifles, 400 pistols and 2 light guns.


    The Jackdaw originally had seven cargo holds, and it was more than enough to complete the old contract for a total of 10 cargo holds twice, but it was completely wishful thinking to complete the new contract for class 21 cargo in the same round.


    Transformation has become a must.


    Lorraine and Karen discussed for a long time, removed the upper firepower of the jackdaw, with a total of 8 doors and 9 pounds, vacated 2 tanks, removed the gun cabin, and vacated 4 doors and 12 pounds on the two sides closest to the bow, vacated 1 tank, and finally occupied 1 of the 6 fresh water tanks, struggling to scrape together 11 cargo tanks, which can meet the needs of the new contract.


    Only in this way, the Jackdaw had only eight 12 pound guns left on each side, and the water on board fell from 30 day reserve to 25 days. The endurance may have little impact, but the artillery strength has fallen to a terrible level.


    For the sake of money, Lorraine can only comfort herself that the shelling of the Jackdaw originally belonged to a young boy with a sledgehammer, and he was a hero by mistake. Now, however, the actual effect is not much different as long as the sledgehammer is still there.


    In short, the young child holding the sledgehammer finally ran to a well-off society with high aspirations.


    Considering that smuggling takes a long time and that he may encounter affairs of the chamber of commerce at any time, Lorraine began his internship as a reserve Captain early.


    The captain on duty on this trip is Katrina. Referring to the "pair of brothers'' treasure tools" written by Lorraine, she will implement all calculations and orders along the way.


    But they soon found that command and determination were not Lorraine''s only core values on board. Compared with the identity of captain, the position of navigator was a more serious lack on board.


    The navigator, the marine guide of this era, is mainly responsible for chart operation, navigation orientation and ship positioning.


    They are often good at mathematics and painting, and can skillfully use professional tools such as sextant, compass, compass and line pen. The excellent ones can also correct or make professional charts through limited coordinates and observation results.


    It is their duty to convert the captain''s wishes into the route on the map. It is also their duty to correct the course during the voyage and ensure that the ship will not get lost in the vast sea.


    The navigator is the position that relies most on professional knowledge on the whole ship, and it is also the position with the highest entry threshold.


    Lorraine''s ship has always been short of pilots.


    Lorraine has been the only professional choice for a long time, and bell has been more recently.


    The rest, such as Katrina, acharin, Karen and pierce, have serious deficiencies in their skill system and talent, not even amateur, and can only barely ensure that the ship does not deviate too much from its course during navigation.


    This is why in the foggy sea of Heba, it was clear that the butterfly had gone a lot earlier. Finally, it still relied on human swimming, and dragged Hailin to the shore earlier.


    However, the environment of the fog sea is special after all, and besides that, Lorraine has never had a problem in a strange sea area, so that the people on board completely ignored this problem for several years.


    This time, the problem finally came out.


    Based on the basic premise of solving the problem without Lorraine, the three alternate smuggling captains gathered together and invited Lorraine to sit in and discuss the big plan.


    In the dining room on the ship, bell scratched his scalp depressed when he couldn''t help laughing.


    "In the current situation, the captain and I can''t leave the Jackdaw at the same time. But my main responsibility is the hand wheel, especially when it is necessary to cut the wind at ultra-high speed. There is no enough helmsman on board to replace me."


    Karen knocked on the table impatiently: "the only pilot is you, and the only helmsman who can perform ultra-high speed wind cutting is you. Can''t you give consideration to your energy?"


    Bell shrugged: "if there is a coast as a reference, I just need to pay attention to the compass. If there is no corresponding reference in the ocean environment, I can''t."


    "In other words, there must be no mistakes in the calculation. We can''t disturb any British people at any time except when we burst into the bay mouth, can we?" Katrina tried to sum up.


    Karen and bell thought and nodded heavily.


    "Then the problem will be solved." Katrina clapped her hands. "From today on, Judea is only responsible for steering at super high speed. In other times, she is mainly a navigator without a substitute. In addition..."


    She paused, turned to Lorraine, and solemnly suggested as the captain of the voyage: "Mr. President, in view of the irreplaceable nature of bell Judea''s two positions, I suggest that he be officially transferred out of the rotation sequence of captain''s position."


    Karen and bell looked at each other and said in unison, "seconded."


    "Since the three captains agree..." Lorraine shrugged indifferently. "I have no opinion."


    The command sequence adjustment of jackdaw is over.


    Bell transferred out the captain''s rotation sequence, and at the same time, the internship rotation of the captain was adjusted to the first pilot and the second helmsman. Haina was lowered from lookout to the first helmsman, and Pierce was replaced as the first lookout.


    After completing the post exchange, the ship set sail again, but the atmosphere suddenly became tense.


    After all, this is also Lorraine''s flagship. From sailors to backbone sailors, the ship is basically adults who have enough common sense and know how to maintain an optimistic attitude and predict problems in the worst situation.


    It is everyone''s consensus that all situations with probability will eventually happen.


    Therefore, Lorraine may leave the ship for some reason at any time, and smuggling cannot stop. At that time, they can only rely on themselves.


    Everyone regarded the internship round as a real battle and regarded Lorraine as really not on the ship.


    As she was unfamiliar with the dynamics of the circular array, Katrina repeatedly calculated that it was difficult to judge, so bell delimited the route and detoured from the outside of the circular array.


    With caution and sincere unity, they successfully reached the starting point of the breakthrough at the center of the sixth circle on the morning of the seventh day, which was only one day later than the navigation plan formulated by Lorraine, which greatly exceeded Lorraine''s expectations.


    Then, while waiting for the night, Katrina had good luck.


    ……


    On the yard on both sides of the main mast lookout platform, Lorraine, Katrina, Karen and bell stood side by side, like a group of sparrows talking about family life, holding up their goggles one by one, motionless looking at the distant shadow of the sail.


    There are three ships in the sight glass, one large and two small, moving slowly in the shape of Pinyin.


    The large ship is a Galen destroyer of the same level as the golden deer, and the two small boats are unified brigantin. The whole combination does not conform to the mainstream formation principle, so it looks a little strange.


    They entered the view of the Jackdaw four hours ago, cut across the sixth circle from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, and advanced towards the mouth of Chesapeake Bay in an almost straight track.


    It is reasonable that they should find the Jackdaw waiting in the center of the ocean during their voyage.


    However, the main mast of the Jackdaw was slightly higher than the five-level Galen of this type. The current captain counseled all the way and was not willing to meet a strange formation at sea.


    So bell, as a navigator and helmsman, opened the big without hesitation.


    With the help of Haina and pierce, he drove the Jackdaw around the sea with a classic round dance for a two-way avoidance, that is, taking the two moving formations as a reference, he successfully bypassed the mysterious formation without disturbing anyone by continuously estimating each other''s field of vision.


    It was also in the process that Katrina recognized each other''s flagship.


    Lorraine decisively broke the restriction of not participating in navigation decision-making, and frowned tightly.


    "Katrina, are you sure? She''s the Bloody Mary?"


    "Although there is no pirate flag, I''m sure she is a bloody mary based on the three points of 1740 five level French Galen, blue and white stern sail and red goddess bow."


    "It''s really a bloody mary..." Lorraine sighed. "The pirate king of the Caribbean, cotton jack, even he likes the huge profits of smuggling?"