Captain Jack of Azeroth

Chapter 59 Cannon
After the battle, everyone was exhausted. Except for Farondis, almost everyone was injured. Fortunately, Keane's injury was light, otherwise no one would cook.

Farondis helped distribute medicine to everyone. While waiting for their meal, the sailors couldn't help but start bragging.

"Naga is just so-so. They look powerful, but they are just so-so in combat."

"We killed hundreds of Nagas today. When we return to Steamwheedle Port, they will definitely become the only bright spot in the tavern."

"Naga is nothing, there is no point in talking about it compared to the Deep Sea Giant King."

"That's right. Nagas are common pirates, but deep-sea giants are much rarer. If there are wandering poets, they might adapt our experiences into an epic. Then our names can be passed down and revered by future generations."

Farondis curled his lips speechlessly. It was adapted into an epic, and Jack was the protagonist. These people were just nameless extras, Pirate A, Pirate B and the like. As a comrade who had fought together, he didn't even know the names of these guys, and the wandering poet was even less interested in knowing.

Jack was seriously injured. If he had not been transformed by the blood of the red dragon, he would have lost his ability to fight long ago.

Farondis came over with the medicine, opened the bottle and handed it to Jack. After Jack drank it, he felt much better.

The magical world is great, it’s so easy to treat injuries.

After putting the medicine bottle down, he noticed that Farondis seemed to be hesitant to speak, so Jack spoke first.

"As you can see, we are all injured. If the battle just now had not happened suddenly, I would never have fought. The Naga is too powerful, and we cannot afford to offend them. So, I am sorry."

Farondis sighed, "I know, I just don't want to accept it."

"King Deepbeard has been killed and Parjesh is seriously injured. This is the best time to deal with the Naga."

Jack shrugged. He also knew that this was the best time to deal with the Naga. But as he said, the Naga was a huge force with an unknown number of troops. The Naga they had just killed were just a drop in the bucket. The Naga were far from being seriously injured.

If they help Farondis clean up the Eye of Azshara, then the naga of Azeroth will regard the Black Pearl as an enemy, and the Black Pearl will be unable to move at sea. At that time, let alone exploration, Jack will have to go ashore to avoid the pursuit of the naga.

Farondis understood Jack's difficulties, and he did not pester him any further. After everyone was treated, he left the Black Pearl, landed on the water, and headed north back to Nar'thalas.

"This guy finally left!"

The sailors were very happy. Now that the annoying guy was gone, they could finally take stock of the spoils from the shipwreck.

Jack obeyed public opinion and asked Nadlo to count the approximate value of the treasure after dinner.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, let Chong Quan lead the sailors to repair the hull. Whether it is the gap in the cargo hold or the side deck of the gun compartment, they must be filled. Otherwise, when Farondis's magic disappears or the waves are too big, the Black Pearl will sink to the bottom of the sea.

Rude also brought some people to clean up the bodies on the ship. More than a dozen sailors died in this battle. But this time, the sailors just mourned for a while, and then went to work happily. With less than a dozen people to share the money, they could get more.

Jack sent a goblin to keep an eye on Larkin before he led the remaining goblins into the gun bay.

The cannons on the ship were either blown up or frozen, so they needed to repair them. Otherwise, if they encountered pirates on the way back, they would be powerless to fight back, and the treasures they had dug out with great difficulty would be lost to the pirates.

The barrels of the goblin cannons were large, but the workmanship was extremely poor, so Jack wanted to take this opportunity to replace them. He had wanted to replace them a long time ago, and had already drawn the blueprints, but he just didn't have the money or the materials. Now that he had the materials salvaged from the sunken ship, he could finally take action.

They pulled up all the bronze ingots and made them into slender barrels. The new cannon inherited the rear loading of the goblin cannon, and also added a device for automatically ejecting shells. The new cannon naturally needs to use new shells. Jack doesn't want to continue using the goblin's explosive shells. He might send the Black Pearl into the sky at any time. The gun mount is made of iron ingots and fixed to the deck with thick iron chains. A slide is set on the deck, and a thick slanted spring is set in the middle of the slide. As soon as the cannon is fired, the gun mount will compress the spring to reduce the recoil. After the recoil subsides, the spring will push the cannon back to its original position, reducing manpower.

The goblins took the drawings and compared them constantly. After confirming that they were correct, they were immediately surprised.

"Captain, your design is simply amazing. If it works, it will be the most perfect engineering masterpiece in the world."

Jack pulled the blueprint back and stuffed it proudly into his pocket.

"Of course, this is something I've been designing for several months."

"Captain, what's its name?"

Jack thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it a cannon!"

The goblins didn't know what Cannon meant, but they thought it was a great name.

"Okay, let's go make the shells and test them out."

The goblins immediately swarmed into the armory and prepared to make shells according to the blueprints.

Jack stopped them and said, "I will make the shell myself, and you will be responsible for filling it with gunpowder."

A goblin-made shell that only a fool would use.

Soon, a pointed cannonball similar to the captain's pistol bullet was manufactured, especially the primer, which required a large number of parts. This was also the main reason why Jack did not use the goblins to make it.

After the goblins loaded the gunpowder, Jack took the cannonballs and went to test the cannon.

"Boom!"

The sound of the cannon was much quieter than that of the goblin cannons, and there was no smoke to obstruct the view. It was conceivable that after using the cannon, the combat effectiveness of the Black Pearl would be greatly improved.

"Wow!"

The shell flew more than a thousand yards, and the explosion stirred up a column of water. The range was at least twice that of the goblin artillery, and the power was not much reduced. However, the rate of fire was more than doubled, and the gun compartment could be equipped with four to six more cannons. Overall, the combat effectiveness of the Black Pearl was increased by at least 2-3 times.

"Success!"

The goblins cheered. Although they did not design the cannon, they were proud of having participated in its production.

The sailors cheered for a while, they didn't quite understand the concept of improving the combat effectiveness of the entire ship. But the cannon designed by the captain shouldn't be as willing to explode as the goblin cannon, right?

In the crowd, Lakin frowned. If things continued like this, it would be a long time before he could take back the Fujin.

Jack was also very satisfied with the effect of the cannon. As long as the range and firing rate were increased, the design of the cannon was successful. As for the power, it would be fine if the gunpowder formula was changed.

(End of this chapter)