Fang Yuan understood the pirates' mindset perfectly.
Ride the wave when the wind is favorable, surrender when it's not, and run if you can't surrender.
But it didn't matter; Fang Yuan never intended to be a good Emperor.
Following this, everyone agreed on the battle plan. Of course, the pirates couldn't grasp overly profound strategies; they just confirmed their respective attack directions to avoid crowding together.
But the flowing sea breeze always carries new information to those who pay attention.
Tia Dalma woke up with a start from her sleep, a sudden sense of crisis surging in her heart, as if something had left her.
"Freedom!"
Tia Dalma said angrily. There must have been a change in the Pirate King's situation, deviating from the planned course.
"Davy Jones alone cannot handle Fang Yuan!"
Tia Dalma had never met Fang Yuan, but the ocean had already informed her that he was a person more dangerous than all the other Pirate Kings combined.
However, Tia Dalma was currently sealed. Although she was a powerful Witch, she could not resist the Black Emperor Pirates.
But a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse. After fiddling with her collection for a while, Tia Dalma finally came up with a solution.
"If The Flying Dutchman can't handle the pirates, then let the Navy do it!"
Tia Dalma performed a brief ritual dance in place, making the dim night sky several shades darker, matching her skin.
In the Caribbean Sea, a region known as the Devils Triangle, the skies were similarly overcast.
"Rumble! Rumble!"
The thick dark clouds gradually dispersed, and the sound of massive stones collapsing echoed over the sea, as if something had been unbound.
"Pfft!"
Suddenly, a tattered, massive ship leaped out of the ocean.
"We are free!"
The people on board—no, they could no longer be called people. They were all ghostly existences, their bodies incomplete and phantom-like.
Compared to the Undead Army under Fang Yuan's command, they were much more like true wraiths.
"We are free!"
The wraiths were still shouting, but the Captain, amidst his joy, only cared about one person.
"Jack Sparrow!" he yelled.
If Fang Yuan were here, he would naturally recognize this person as the final Boss of pirates of the caribbean 5—Salazar!
The founder of Hogwarts' Slytherin House... wait, wrong channel.
Salazar was a Spanish Naval General. His flagship was the Silent Mary, a top-tier warship at the time, a four-masted sailing ship equipped with 88 cannons.
Salazar's family had been in the Navy for generations, and they deeply hated pirates. Years ago, while pursuing Jack Sparrow, who was sailing the Bad Girl, Salazar was tricked by Jack into entering the Devils Triangle, leading to his Death. However, due to his intense resentment and the peculiar nature of the Devils Triangle, the Silent Mary and all its crew were transformed into wraiths.
From this, you can also see a plot hole.
Because the Bad Girl was previously an East India Company ship, and Jack wasn't a pirate back then. Although Salazar was a Spanish General and at odds with England, there was no need for him to relentlessly pursue a Slave Ship, right?
Furthermore, the setting regarding Jack's compass contradicts previous installments. Previously, it was said Tia Dalma gave it to him, but in the fifth installment, it was given by Jack's old Captain.
But it's not a major issue; the old Captain could have given it to Tia Dalma, who then enchanted it.
After shouting out his frustration, Salazar's expression suddenly grew hazy, and it took him a while to return to normal.
"Unseal Calypso, kill all the Pirate Kings." Salazar chuckled sinisterly. "And hand Jack Sparrow over to me?"
"Deal!"
Letting him unseal the Sea Goddess was fine. Letting a Spanish General cooperate with his mortal enemy, England, was also fine, as long as Jack Sparrow was handed over to him.
That is the charm of Captain Jack!
He could be called the Constantine of the pirate World.
Shipwreck Island.
At sunrise over the sea, just as the Navy personnel were either waking up or preparing to sleep, everyone suddenly heard a violent commotion coming from Shipwreck Island.
"The pirates are coming out!"
The various naval warships grew tense, and the Commander was quickly summoned.
"Where is the main direction of attack?"
Becket asked anxiously while wiping his face with a silk scarf.
"Where is the defense weakest?" He subconsciously believed the pirates were trying to escape and would definitely choose a place with fewer warships to break through.
"It's... here!" his Aide answered.
Becket froze, disregarding whether his face was clean, and quickly left the cabin to reach the deck.
Sure enough, a dense swarm of pirate ships was charging towards them from the direction of Shipwreck Island. Leading the charge was the Caspian, Barbossa's vessel, which was the original The Jackdaw 2.0.
"How dare they?"
Becket frowned deeply.
Even if he wasn't skilled in battlefield command, he understood that the pirates' choice of target was extremely unwise.
Out of the entire naval encirclement, the defense around the Effort was the tightest. How desperate were the pirates?
"Lord, please head inside the cabin!" Norrington quickly reminded him. "The pirates' intent must be to capture you!"
Becket was startled immediately, feeling that the pirates had gone mad.
But after a moment's thought, Norrington's idea seemed very reasonable.
Even if the pirates broke through the encirclement, they would still face his pursuit. If they could eliminate him directly, the pirates would have completely turned the tables.
The next Director of the East India Company would probably be much more sensible.
Even so, Becket still did not intend to go inside and hide.
"I will stand right here and watch how the Commodore sweeps up all the pirates!" Becket declared, chest puffed out.
"Bang! Bang!"
The leading Caspian suddenly fired a broadside salvo. The other ships of the Black Emperor Pirates quickly followed suit. Although not as accurate as when Fang Yuan was directing, they were still much more accurate than other ships.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Cannonballs rained down on the Navy positions, causing significant damage to the leading naval ships, and the splashing water even hit Becket's face.
"Where is Davy Jones?"
He quietly moved to the next deck down, asking his Aide.
"On the surface, he should have arrived already!"
Becket nodded, but he did not return to the most dangerous upper deck.
He needed to maintain his dignity, but he also needed to preserve his life.
At this moment, The Flying Dutchman was slowly surfacing from the sea. Davy Jones planned to Ram and capsize Barbossa's Caspian directly, teaching the Black Emperor Pirates a lesson.
"I'm going to let Fang Yuan know why The Flying Dutchman became a terrifying Ghost Ship!" Davy Jones shouted.
"Boom!"
The response was a cannon shot.
The Flying Dutchman's hull quickly recovered, but Davy Jones's expression took a long time to return to normal.
Because he saw The Jackdaw, also beneath the surface, charging right at them!
What the heck?
Davy Jones was extremely surprised.
Can you Ram ships underwater too?
"Rumble!"
The Jackdaw and The Flying Dutchman collided violently. The Jackdaw's Ram had been specially reinforced, making it incredibly sturdy, while The Flying Dutchman was far less so.
After soaking in the Water for so long, it was already impressive that it hadn't fallen apart. When hit by a ship larger than itself, The Flying Dutchman's bow was instantly smashed.
The Jackdaw's bow Ram fiercely pierced The Flying Dutchman. At the same time, 100 Undead Pirates from The Jackdaw leaped over and began fighting the "seafood" crew of The Flying Dutchman.
As soon as Davy Jones saw this group of Skeletons under Fang Yuan's command, he knew things were going badly. The Undead Pirates were skilled in combat, and most importantly, they couldn't be killed. Even if they were hit by cannon fire, they would only be blown apart, and they could reassemble themselves. If this continued, he would surely fall into a disadvantage.
Moreover, there were 700 more such Skeleton Warriors on The Jackdaw!
Davy Jones quickly summoned his large pet.
The Giant Squid rapidly floated up from the seabed, its long tentacles reaching out to pull at The Jackdaw.
It seemed the Giant Squid wanted to drag The Jackdaw to the seabed, restricting its performance.
Of course, Fang Yuan would not agree.
He had taken The Jackdaw underwater specifically to block Davy Jones and prevent him from disrupting the pirate formation. How could he let Jones do the same thing to him?
Thus, Fang Yuan directly controlled The Jackdaw to surface quickly. Because the ship was so large, the Giant Squid quickly lost its grip, freeing The Jackdaw from restraint.
"That direction?" Davy Jones immediately saw disaster approaching, because The Jackdaw was surfacing right in the middle of the naval warships!
"Boom!"
The Jackdaw burst violently from the surface, directly capsizing a naval warship. The most powerful pirate ship in the World had thus fiercely penetrated the heart of the Navy's formation.
Fang Yuan smiled slightly. Surrounded by the Navy, this was a great opportunity.
"Fire!"
The Jackdaw's broadside cannons, bow cannon, and stern cannon fired simultaneously. Because Fang Yuan had enchanted them, there was no need to worry that the recoil would damage the hull.
What kind of power does a close-range broadside from over a hundred cannons unleash?
Immediately, two warships had their Powder Magazines detonated, four warships had their masts broken, and the hulls of a dozen surrounding ships were severely damaged.
"Counterattack! Counterattack!"
Norrington quickly and anxiously issued the command.
But the scene was chaotic, and since most ships were naval warships, firing had to take into account the risk of Friendly Fire. Meanwhile, the warships closest to The Jackdaw had mostly lost their ability to resist.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The Jackdaw launched two more broadsides, affecting even more warships. This also impacted the Main Battlefront: the naval attacks faced by the pirates significantly weakened, allowing Barbossa and his men to charge directly near the Effort.
"Splash!"
Fortunately, The Flying Dutchman burst out of the Water at this moment, blocking the space between the pirates and the Effort, giving the Effort time to adjust its battle posture.
However, the situation aboard The Flying Dutchman itself was not optimistic; those 100 Undead Pirates were wreaking havoc on deck.
Suddenly, several Gun Emplacements appeared on The Flying Dutchman's deck and in the cabin, their muzzles pointed inward toward the deck.
Davy Jones was slightly stunned, then realized it must be Calypso's doing again.
He immediately ordered the cannons to fire. The fierce artillery blasted the Undead Pirates, along with parts of the hull, overboard.
Although this was trading damage for damage, The Flying Dutchman could self-repair, so it wasn't a major problem.
Although Fang Yuan's Undead subordinates couldn't die, they essentially lost their fighting capacity once they fell into the sea, as climbing back out would be difficult.
However, Fang Yuan had an entire ship full of such undead.
With a single command from him, the crew members on The Jackdaw immediately swarmed like ants toward the naval warships.
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