In the morning, the sun rises and shines on the sea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Peter Noyz assembled a fleet of 20 ships, led by a slightly smaller armed merchant ship, and the other ships followed the wind in turn and headed due east.

High on the mast, the lookout is still patrolling the seven directions with itself as the starting point.

Why are there seven directions? Because, in the era without goggles, no one dared to look directly at the sun itself.

Even if the sun had just risen, and it was not as hot as noon, and its majesty was not to be offended by mortals, it would not be a fool to be a lookout, and it would be impossible to blind one's eyes for a job.

What's more, now it is a west wind, and if a ship comes from that direction, it is going against the wind, and in this era of sailboats, if it comes against the wind in the war, it is looking for death.

Therefore, he did not see that the two fast crabs, hidden in the strong light of the sun rising, lowered all their sails and slowly approached the pilot ship by leaning on a human propeller at the tail.

The first fast crab was Police-07-31-092.

This series of numbers indicates that this is a vessel belonging to the 31st Squadron of the 7th Squadron of the Coast Guard, and the final 092 represents the second of the ninth improved model of the Fast Crab built at this time.

This kind of long series of digital markings on the side of the ship is completely helpless, in the era of no radio communication, once the ship is mobilized on a large scale, the Xuanjun type of ship made in batches, it is easy for people to be unable to distinguish who is who.

Especially the fast crab, dozens of ships have been built, dozens of brothers who look very similar, in ordinary leisure, if you let familiar people observe carefully, you will definitely be able to distinguish who is who, but a little into the combat state, every minute is precious, can not be wasted in identification.

Therefore, Xuan Jun uniformly painted an eye-catching number on the side of the ship, just so that in the naval battle, his people can clearly know which ship is next to him, and it will not cause chaos.

Police-07-31-092, according to the rules, can be referred to as ship 092, it is the flagship of the 31 squad,

His wingman was numbered Police-07-31-073, referred to as No. 073, and was the third of the seventh-generation fast crabs.

Of course, Xuan Jun will always upgrade those backward ships to a certain extent according to the transformation experience of the ships behind, so the 073 ship is not too far behind the 092 ship.

The 092 ship had already raised the following flag, and the 073 ship followed all the way, in order to save the physical strength of the sailor door under the cabin, but also to reduce the sound coming out, the sailors who stepped on the pedals overwhelmed the speed to the lowest, and the speed of the propeller was not fast.

The captain on the 092 ship constantly adjusted the course according to the angle between the sun behind and the fleet in front, always keeping his team in the shadow of the sun.

As the two sides got closer and closer, the sailors on the two fast crabs began to get nervous.

From the perspective of ships 092 and 073, the large fleet of 20 ships in front of them, each of which is at least twice as large as its own, looks at the high freeboard, and the tall deck building, the closer you get, the more you can feel your own insignificance.

However, the captain actually rushed head-on?

Although I knew what I was going to do today at the pre-war briefing before, I still think it's crazy.

It's like a cat charging at a tiger.

While everyone was staring nervously at the captain, the cat on the 092 ship, like a tiger patrolling the territory, climbed the helm tower with graceful steps, stood on a fenced post, stretched his waist, and then glanced at all the crew below with contempt.

The crew had long been accustomed to the degree of evil of the ship cat, and treated it as an officer on the ship, and now, swept away by the small eyes of the ship cat, they suddenly lowered their heads in shame.

The captain adjusted the course one last time, fixed the rudder, and began to give the order: "What are you doing standing there, everyone is ready for battle." Chief mate. ”

A lieutenant officer patted the black powder sticking to his body as he walked out of the cabin and responded, "Captain, I'm here, what do you command?" ”

When the captain saw the black thing on the first officer's body, he immediately understood that the first mate had just gone to check the artillery situation, so he first asked, "How is the combat readiness of the artillery deck?" ”

The first mate replied seriously, "Please rest assured, everything is ready to ensure that all artillery starters can be fired, and there will be absolutely no squibs." ”

The captain was very satisfied with the performance of the first mate, worthy of being an old officer, unlike those young and young Mu Ne, who knew how to help him prepare in advance.

"Very good, we are almost close to the target, raise the battle flag, notify the ship 073 behind us, and prepare for battle." ”

"Yes."

When the first mate turned and walked to the flagpole, the captain shouted again, "Second mate." ”

A second lieutenant immediately stood up and said, "Here, captain, awaiting your orders." ”

"Take care of your sailors, and hoist the sails as soon as I give the order, without a moment's delay."

"Yes."

The captain took a deep look at the other party, and once again admonished, "We are only here to do fire reconnaissance, with the strength of our two ships, once they are entangled, it will be a dead end, and the lives of our entire ship are in the hands of you sailors." ”

"Please rest assured, the captain will never fail to live up to everyone's trust."

"Okay."

At this time, the first mate had finished raising the flag and returned to the helm position.

The captain patted the rudder and said, "I'll leave it to you, take care of the rudder." You're an old sailor, I believe in your abilities, you won't let me down. ”

The first mate smiled confidently, "Of course not." ”

"Okay, everything is ready, let's try these so-called Dutch catties and see what kind of confidence they have to dare to come and fight the attention of our Xuan army."

"Wan Sheng." Although they couldn't shout out as usual, all the people on the ship did not forget this tradition, and they still whispered in a tacit understanding.

The situation on the 073 ship in the rear was almost exactly the same.

Everyone is ready for battle.

The two ships approached the Dutch pilot ship in front of them, one after the other.

2000 m,

1500 m,

1000 meters,

500 m,

300 m,

200 m,

At this distance, there is no longer any need to keep the manpower propeller silent, as long as the enemy's lookout is not blind, as long as he squints slightly, he will definitely be able to see his own side.

The captain commanded through the bamboo pipes that led from the helm tower to the two decks below, "Full speed ahead." ”