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As the anchor was slowly pulled up by the steam engine, the Sea Shark-class No. 1, which had lost its restraints, continued to increase its speed under the drive of the strong wind, and finally, reached the peak of the speed of a sailboat in this era, flying out like an arrow off the string.

Holding his binoculars high, he carefully observed the albatross in the sky, which were different in color and shape from the birds he usually saw.

From time to time, the first mate was ordered to adjust the course, and always maintained the same course as the albatross.

Although he was chasing the enemy, his mood was very calm, and he was not worried that his side would not be able to catch up with the enemy fleet.

The weather conditions were very good, and Kanshu was not at all worried about losing his target.

Moreover, now that it is a tailwind, the Sea Shark class easily reached a high speed of 19 knots, which is about three times the maximum speed of the enemy, and it is impossible not to catch up with the enemy.

Suddenly, the albatross changed course and turned south.

Kan Shu did not hesitate to order the first mate to turn together.

After the first mate carried out the order, he said puzzledly, "Captain, how can the enemy go south?" In this way, the wind direction is not right, and their speed will definitely be affected. ”

Kan Shu thought for a moment and said|" The enemy has seen our speed, so it is wise to turn as soon as you get rid of our tracking, and if you continue to follow the wind like this, you will be caught up by us sooner or later.

We just don't know where their destination is, and if they give up their plans and prepare to retreat, we can kill them halfway. ”

Although the enemy's actions were very reasonable, he did not dare to be careless, and ordered, "Let the Sea Shark 2 behind release the albatross and check if the enemy has any signs of dividing the troops." ”

"Yes." The herald immediately picked up the bunting, walked to the stern platform, and waved the flag.

In less than 5 minutes, the albatross on the second ship had taken off and chased after an albatross in front.

Half an hour later, before the second albatross could send back information, the first albatross that followed the enemy fleet chirped again and turned to the west.

A smile finally appeared on Kanshu's face, the enemy had given up on his actions, and they were turning back.

He turned his head and ordered, "Go parallel to the direction of the albatross." Order the gun deck to be reloaded. The steam engine began to pressurize.

Raise the battle flag and make the two battleships behind them also ready for battle. ”

It didn't take long for the lookout on the mast to see more than a dozen towering sails on the sea.

Peter's fleet would have had 20 large ships.

In the early days of the Coast Guard's investigation and harassment, two fast crabs were damaged in a raid, and although they were later partially repaired, they were almost completely incapacitated.

Later, Peter's fleet attacked a caravan of the Xuan army, killing a fast crab and a merchant ship, and they suffered some losses of their own, but no ships were sunk, and later repaired while sheltering from the wind.

Next, it was today, the surprise attack of the 101 formation, which, by virtue of its reconnaissance superiority, made a sudden attack and, at a long distance, carried out several rounds of fire on the stationary Peter fleet.

The enemy's losses were also very heavy, a total of 5 armed merchant ships were completely incapacitated, and one of them was directly sunk.

The ships that were hors de combat included the pilot vessel, which had been damaged by the Coast Guard and was in a state of outermost repair.

There was also an armed merchant ship that was lightly wounded, but the second lieutenant lost some manpower, which did not prevent escape and fighting.

In addition, one ship was heavily damaged, temporarily losing its combat effectiveness and being able to maintain only the most basic sailing condition.

But. The ship that was badly damaged, because it was in a hurry to escape, became the target of the outer guard fast crabs, and was reimbursed on the spot by the two fast crabs.

As a result, Peter's fleet was left with 14 ships, including three specialized warships and 11 armed merchant ships.

All that was lost were armed merchant ships, and there were already few artillery, so it can be said that the strength of Peter's fleet was still not heavily damaged.

Kan Shu made up his mind to destroy all the enemies, and today's battle was destined to be extremely fierce.

The enemy also seemed to see the 101 formation, and after a period of scrambling adjustments, Peter's fleet began to turn again.

However, because the earth is round, when they can see each other at sea, the distance between the two ships is about 5 kilometers.

The speed of the 101 formation is 19 knots, that is, 19 knots per hour, which is converted into kilometers, which is 34.2 kilometers per hour, and the speed per minute is 0.57 kilometers per minute.

It's only 5 kilometers and can be crossed in less than 10 minutes.

What's more, Peter's fleet is also heading here, although it is very slow because of the headwind, but it can also greatly shorten the time for the two sides to meet.

As for the enemy turning, Peter's fleet was completely a sailboat, and it was very laborious to turn, and to turn at this distance was basically funny.

The enemy, already panicked.

"First mate."

"Here."

"You can take your people and prepare, here, leave it to me."

"Do you want to take the helm yourself?"

"Of course, I have to stand here and personally summon the soul of the navy, and I will leave the rest of the ship to you." Kan Shu saluted the first mate, "For the honor and responsibility of the navy." ”

Seeing the captain salute from superior to subordinate, which was completely out of order, the first mate was a little caught off guard, but he immediately replied with a respectful military salute, "For the sake of the general, for the honor and responsibility of the soldiers." ”

After the salute, the first mate, turned and walked to the cabin, to deliver the order to a few tiger ben.

Seeing that the first mate was gone, Kan Shu tightened his grip on the steering wheel and continued to give orders.

"The steam engine is ready, and at any time follow my orders to connect the gearing."

"Yes."

"The artillery is all on the right."

"Yes."

The herald breathed a sigh of relief and concentrated the guns on one side, which meant that the captain would not rush directly to the middle of the enemy fleet, and that the captain knew that he was fully exerting his side fire, which meant that the captain was still sensible, not as crazy as the sailors in the cabin below were talking about.

With a relieved smile, the herald immediately went to deliver the captain's orders.

When the order reached the gun deck, everyone was visibly relieved.

However, they rejoiced too soon.

With the sound of heavy footsteps, an officer walked in, heavily armed, and stood in the middle of the gun deck.

Everyone is familiar with the person who came, it was an officer on the ship, but at this moment, the Tiger Medal on the other party's chest made everyone a little dumbfounded.

I didn't expect a technical officer who is usually taciturn to be a tiger ben? Looking at his physique, he can actually drive a strong bow with 300 catties of pulling force?

However, everyone had no suspicion that the other party was counterfeiting, and no one dared to create a fake Tiger Ben Medal in the ranks of the Xuan Army.

But what is this tiger ben doing here? Still heavily armed?

Looking at the two-year-old body armor and weapons full of weapons worn by the other party, everyone had an ominous premonition in their hearts.