Night sailing is also dangerous for modern ships, and everyone on the cruiser on Bu Zhongfu is engrossed in observing the surroundings, and the searchlight sweeps the water in the direction of the advance to prevent unexpected reefs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAlthough they have been fishing and patrolling the waters around the area for months, due to the lack of professional hydrographic survey vessels, they have not been able to draw charts of the vicinity until now, and every night voyage is almost an adventure. Even the fleet that sailed to intercept Zhong Bin at night for the first time, when they returned, these sailors were terrified when they saw the reefs and shoals passing through the sea at night, and if they were stranded or hit the reef, they would have a good show. The 8154 has no brakes, and if there is a need for an emergency stop, it needs to be decelerated by steering or propeller reversal, so Bu Zhongfu requires a speed of about 12 knots. The speed of twelve knots is close to 21 kilometers per hour, and the controllability of the boat at such a speed is not bad.

Soon the radar operator spotted the suspicious vessel on the radar and loudly reported to Bu Zhongfu beside him, "The suspicious vessel is located 12 degrees north-east of the east, thirteen nautical miles away, and the speed is about three knots. ”

Bu Zhongfu walked over and looked sideways at the bright spots on the radar, he was a submarine sonar before, and it was okay to listen to the voice, and it was okay to see this as a toad jumping on the drum - I don't understand, but as the captain of this cruiser No. 1, he still had to pretend to look at it, and ordered: "Correct the direction and meet it." ”

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David. Colonel Ston is 42 years old, born in the largest maritime city in Medenor. At the age of 15, he was sent to the Middle Continent to travel to the Middle Continent, during which he learned the use of artillery and the preparation of propellant explosives in a city in Yaning, and then returned to the Medenor tribe as a good gunner at the age of 22, and made many miraculous achievements in many battles with pirates or naval forces in the Eastern Continent, gradually becoming the gun captain of a warship, and then promoted to the rank of first mate. Three years ago, in a sudden infectious disease, the captain of his battleship was summoned by the gods to braid, and he became the captain of the battleship called the Overlord.

Although the Overlord was built relatively late in the Fengrui-class warships, and the weapons and equipment on board and the sail cable system were relatively new, they still needed a large number of sailors to climb the mast and retract the sail cable without the pulley system. This has caused many sailors to fall due to strong winds or waves and cause casualties, coupled with the frequent lack of drinking water or infectious diseases on board, the mortality rate of sailors on board is quite high per voyage. Even the Velopolis equipped with a desalination system had a sailor mortality rate of about 4% in the previous voyages, so the composition of sailors at sea in this time and space is varied, such as murderers, death row prisoners, kidnapped drunks, etc., almost all of them are not sorry to die. In order to maintain obedience to the captain's orders, the captain is protected by a group of elite and loyal warriors, and the sailors who dare to resist the captain's orders either take the gangplank or are towed, so despite the tension between the sailors, they are still 100% obedient to the captain's orders.

The Overlord was the flagship of this advance fleet, and they had been on their way to the port of Champa since yesterday morning. However, after approaching the waters of Annam, a new order was received, because the port of Champa had been completely destroyed and the shipping channel was blocked, the Admiralty ordered them to go directly to the port of Dongfang to blockade the port of Dang, in order to cut off the support of these pirates to the port of Champa and ensure that the barbarian army could successfully capture the target.

Because the port of the Vostokye was not marked on the chart, and the terrain described in the teleportation spell was only an approximate direction, the fleet estimated the approximate location of the port of the east after measuring it on the chart. Like the men on the cruisers, they were also worried about encountering shoals and reefs during night voyages, and these battleships were hung with huge lanterns. These Yaning lanterns are covered in glass and fastened to the foremast with multiple iron wires, and will not be extinguished unless there is a collision with a ship or a large amount of water. These lamps reflect light through mirrors and have a certain irradiation function, but this function is limited to a range of thirty meters, and it is not clear to see. Therefore, whether it is on the top of the mainmast or at the lookout post at the front of the deck, there are sailors with the best eyes on duty at this time, always keeping an eye on all suspicious situations on the sea. Because the communication between the discovery of the target at the observation post and the turn of the helmsman was entirely by roaring, the speed of the ship could not be too fast, so at this time the mast was hung with half sails, and the battleships with a maximum speed of up to eight knots were slowly moving on the sea at a speed of about three knots.

Colonel Ston was in the chart room discussing with the first and second mate the precautions to be taken during the voyage and how to fight when they arrived outside the port of the East in a few hours.

"Colonel, we'll be in Vostochny in two and a half hours, and now are we going to mobilize all the sailors?" The second mate was very excited about the upcoming battle, he was only a boatswain before, he stood out in many gang jumps, this time he was overjoyed as soon as he received the order to blockade the port of Vostok, hoping to shine in this operation, and even more hoping that the captain and the first mate could die in the battle, and he could become the captain himself.

"No," Colonel Ston shook his head slightly, "there are still two and a half hours to go, and now call all the sailors, then they will soon feel hungry and thirsty in the sea breeze, and we will not have enough time to prepare food and water for them, so it is better to be able to call them up half an hour before they arrive, so that the sailors will have enough strength to devote themselves to the battle." ”

"Captain," interrupted Ston with a slight cough, "what is the situation of our enemy?" According to the intelligence, they have iron clippers, no sails or oars, and extremely sharp firepower, if these are true, how should we deal with them? ”

"What else can I do?" Ston chuckled lightly, "My good first mate, you trust those so-called intelligence gatherers too much, right?" I've seen too much in the past two years as a captain, and it's completely impossible to do such a thing as a steel giant, when did you see steel floating on water? It must have been a trick by the pirates. As for the sailless and oarless self, it is even more nonsense, there must be a hidden sailor paddling underneath. We've fought pirates so many times on a regular basis, you should understand that those pirates will do anything to scare a regular navy like us. ”

The third mate also laughed, "That's it, most of the pirate stuff is bluffing, and once our navy gets close to it, it will definitely be overwhelming." But I'm a little worried about the good firearms. He was worried about it, and having participated in gang fights many times, he certainly knew how powerful a good firearm could be in battle.

"You're too worried about these things, doesn't there be an old saying about Wu Guo...... That's right, it's unfounded. The barbarian army is only organized with primitive weapons, there is no strategy and tactics, and when they fight, they will rush up and fight indiscriminately, and if they encounter difficulties, they will definitely be defeated, then they will inevitably retreat the responsibility to the sharp weapons of the Annamite people. If you listen to these rumors, you will be fooled if you believe them. The first mate said with relief.

Ston also smiled and nodded in affirmation, "Even if Annan or Wu Guo is a well-made firearm artillery, the range is only one hundred and fifty paces. You must know that ours is Yaning's precision-cast artillery, with a range of about 1,000 paces. It is completely possible to destroy the enemy's resistance one by one outside the enemy's range, not to mention that we have six sharp-class warships, how many fleets in this world can have such firepower output? Let's just stop overseas at the Oriental Harbor, and keep those pirates immediately abandon the city and flee, and the spoils of the city are not for us to pick up freely? ”

"Captain!" There was a knock at the door. Ston looked up at the door and said, "Come in." ”

A herald walked in through the door and reported, "The captain of the Yaror and four other warships have arrived. ”

"Hurry up and invite them in." In a short time, the captains of the entire fleet gathered in the chart room of the Overlord.

"According to my analysis, if you need to build a city, then you definitely need to have an abundant water source, and here—" Ston said, pointing to a point on the chart, "the Donghaiwei Beacon Tower in Wuguo Annan Province is a more suitable place, not only has a river flowing into the sea from here, but also has a natural harbor, which can be used immediately with a little improvement." ”

"And what is the battle plan that we are waiting for?" One of the captains immediately asked.

Ston was a little unhappy to be interrupted, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and instead pointed at the chart. "This place is relatively gentle, and it is mainly forested, and the pirates may not be able to develop much space even if they are all logged in these months, so after we get close to the coast, the Aror and Carson head north to find a suitable landing site near the mouth of the river. Remember to bring artillery ashore, and I remember you have small gyroscopes in your boats, right? ”

"Yes, Fleet Commander, we have a whirling gun in our dinghy. In addition, we have smaller naval guns that can be carried ashore for field battles. ”

"Then you're in charge of sweeping the pirates' camp from north to south - ah no, it's Vostochny Harbor. In addition, the Vincennes and the Vincent are going south, you look for a landing place from the south, and when you go ashore, attack from the south to the north, so that we have an exit, and the pirates who are caught off guard by our surprise attack will escape from the west. Divide some of your men to pursue them, but don't be too ruthless, lest you push them into a hurry. ”

"And what about the Overlord and the Born?" The captain of the Bohn was a little anxious and hurriedly asked.

"It's very simple, we block the entrance to the sea of Dongfang Port, there is a sandbar near here, we can follow the tide into the port when the tide rises in the evening, and then shell the pirates who dare to resist, and at the same time send sailors to land in front of the enemy, and in one fell swoop cooperate with the north and south to attack and occupy Dongfang Port." Colonel Ston smirked as he spoke, as if he were already the master of Orient Harbor.

"Captain!" A sailor suddenly pushed open the door and rushed in, not caring at all the disgruntled eyes of all the senior officers in the chart room, and shouted anxiously: "There is a strange sound in the southwest direction!" ”