Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4-7 2019 | Page 192

Zheng immediately and Captain orders everyone to prepare for battle. The crew are moving the cannon and carry black powder on the desk. We get our swords, bring our shields. It is impossible for us to escape from pirates as their ships are small and are sailing at a fast speed. To get closer to us is only a matter of time. The pirates are getting near to us. Everyone is waiting for the order of Captain. Captain Zheng keeps telling us to wait and keep calm. When the pirate fleet is next to us, “ Fire!”, Captain ordered. We lit the cannon to shoot shells out. Our equipment is far more advance than the pirates’, and we have more number of ships than them. They cannot our opponents. Most of the pirate ships have been destroyed. However, some pirates survive in the shell attack and are managed to jump into our ships and have a fight with our crew. Within ten minutes, all the pirates on our ships are killed and we have caught the pirate leader. We continue our journey and keep exploring the world.