"The Unicorn has been compiled!"

"The Unicorn entered the formation, replied, and cleared. The admiral ordered to maintain the current marching queue and ordered the Golden Deer to go six kilometers ahead, with a two-hour alert period!"

On March 24, 1780, seven high-spirited warship counties hung brightly colored rice flags and sailed on the verdant coastline of the Miskito Kingdom at a speed of five knots.

They are Nelson's naval fleet.

The fleet in the marching state is showing a loose but not very standard [V] shape. After the fall, the HMS Hinchenbrook and HMS Prairie Lion frigates are in parallel.

They are also the admiral and deputy admiral of the entire fleet. Nelson’s Hinchinbrook is on the left, and Cornwallis’s Prairie Lion is on the right.

The port side of Hinchenbrook is the Golden Deer beyond two hulls, the next hull to the left is Pierce's Eros, and the far left is the speed benchmark Cyclops of the entire fleet.

On the starboard side of the Prairie Lion is the Unicorn, who has just completed a round of vigilance, Captain Collingwood. The first three hulls on the right of the Unicorn are the Black Goat, acting as the inner defense closest to the coastline.

There was a tense atmosphere up and down the fleet.

The sea-holding operation started two weeks ago. Lorraine sent Leif and the low-key and reliable Daniel who had just joined, and drew two 15-meter-long medium-sized Srup dhows Cactus and Dahlia from Alves' hands. The Chrysanthemum and the Cangqing Dewdrops who returned to the team formed the advance supply fleet.

They hired twenty young men on the island of Providencia, and gave a one-year, non-discriminatory chamber of commerce contract. The old village chief of the indigenous village that picked the people was moved and almost cried to death.

Lorraine and Nelson spoke to the boys, all of whom were sixteen to twenty-four years old and had at least two years of fishing experience.

Although Leif and Daniel conceal most of the details from them, they are still optimistic and morale is high. When asked about their views on the action, each of them looks like going through fire and water, and they are obviously very satisfied with their contract.

This gave Nelson a three-pointer confidence in the whole action.

So on March 20, the supply fleet disguised as indigenous fishing boats entered the San Juan Estuary ahead of schedule. After waiting for them for four days, the navy fleet, which had not received bad news, officially set sail and rushed to the landing area in a combat formation.

This short one-hundred-kilometer route and a journey of no more than 12 hours will be the key to the success of the entire operation.

Standing on the bow of the Golden Deer facing the sea breeze, Lorraine accurately heard the commander's transfer.

Outgoing alert is a routine movement in formation marching, especially in areas under control of enemy or enemy, or the complex sea surface of islands, reefs and stars.

The San Juan Estuary has both, so Nelson was extra vigilant when arranging vigilance.

The entire fleet has a two-hour shift. The Cyclops, which is most suitable as a scout ship, is responsible for the first and last shifts. The Eros, Unicorn, Golden Deer and Black Goat are responsible for the middle four shifts. The slow-moving prairie lion And Hinchenbrook did not participate in the front-out, and the whole process was not chaotic.

The Golden Deer is the fourth guard, which means that the fleet left Lucy Fields for 6 hours, approaching or even entering the Spaniard's control zone.

"The entire ship enters the second level of alert, the personnel are on guard, and the sailors are on the call."

Lorraine slowly ordered.

"Replied to the admiral, the order was received, the Golden Deer left the formation. Inform the Eros, the Golden Deer left the formation, and ask the Vice President Attis to close the formation."

"Golden Deer, full sail, spread wings, go five kilometers ahead, let's go!"

The order was issued, and the whole ship agitated.

In the sound of an order, the half-retracted horizontal sails flared, swelling round in the wind.

The sailor on the stringer unfastened the wing sails, and the attached sails that greatly exceeded the width of the gunwale opened. The cables were lowered and tightened and straightened, as if they were plugging the wings for the Golden Deer. The speed of the entire ship suddenly increased, and the ship broke open like an arrow. The waves rushed straight to the wide sea in the distance.

Nelson and Major Spencer watched the Golden Deer fly away side by side.

The major was dazzling and sighed softly, "I don't know if it is an illusion. I always feel that the Golden Deer is much faster than the previous Eros and Unicorn."

"That's not an illusion." Nelson cursed enviably. "Drake is an addict who is crazy about high speed and adventurous life. The Golden Deer was originally just an ordinary destroyer, but Drake inserted it for her. With wings."

"Wings?" Major Spencer pointed to the fluttering wing sails. "Are those unusual sails?"

"They are called wing sails, which can greatly increase the speed of warships at a specific cut angle, but at the same time they will reduce the flexibility and stability of the hull."

"This is a crazy design for chasing wind or even superior wind. Under normal circumstances, warships above Tier 5 will rarely use it." Nelson laughed helplessly. "In fact, ship-type fluids with more than 40 doors pursue stability, even if it is a wing. Sails can't greatly increase the speed of sailing. At best, they can only make the winged sail ship superior to the same type of ship in terms of acceleration as just now."

The major's face was dazed: "Since there are fewer advantages and more disadvantages..."

"That's why that guy is a drug addict. The speed advantage of about 1 knot and the acceleration advantage of more than three times are enough to drive him crazy."

...

The Golden Deer galloped through the wind.

After the initial acceleration phase, the speed of the Golden Deer quickly stabilized, maintaining a medium speed of 8 and a half knots in a not-so-good wind environment, relative to the formation speed of 3.5 knots.

Nelson’s order was to go 5 kilometers ahead, so the Golden Deer had to maintain this speed for about 45 minutes, and then descend back to the same 5 knots as the formation, forming a relatively static state, bursting at the forefront of the entire formation like an arrow.

Due to his character, Lorraine likes the openness and heartiness of this kind of shiplessness.

The landscape of the Southern Caribbean is very different from the northern sea where Lorraine is most familiar.

On the right hand side is the deep green coastline of Central America like an oil painting.

Dark green is the color of the rainforest. This ancient rainforest extends from the east coast to Lake Nicaragua. It is full of precious animals and plants worth more than gold, and deadly poisonous insects and beasts can be seen everywhere.

It was it that blocked the passage of the British from the Mosquito Coast to Managua.

To reach the essence of Nicaragua, apart from bypassing South America, the only option is to use the San Juan River controlled by the Spanish.

On the left hand side of Lorraine, star-shaped islands and reefs can be seen everywhere on the vast continental shelf. Many are sudden shoals and scattered coral bushes reflecting the sea surface. Sometimes there are islands, large and small, in rows and columns, all of which are unexpected peaks. , Grotesque rocks.

Turning Mono Point, not far away is the Mais Islands hanging overseas.

This archipelago is composed of two large and small Mais islands and contiguous reefs. It covers hundreds of acres of land and sea area. It is only suitable for detours, not for crossing.

In the Royal Navy's chart, this island is marked as an uninhabited island. The original indigenous people were looted by the Spanish more than a hundred years ago. Since then, no new people have moved in and they have been deserted until now.

Legend has it that a Spanish treasure fleet sank due to a storm in the nearby waters, and hundreds of thousands of pounds of wealth were buried on the bottom of the sea.

However, hundreds of acres of sea area can be explored without human resources. How deep was the wind blown by the fleet full of treasures, where did it hit the rocks, and in which direction it was struggling?

neither knows.

Every drop of the Caribbean Sea melts the story of shipwrecks and treasures. Lorraine suddenly thought that if there was a Nautilus, he might be the world's richest man by just salvaging the shipwreck.

Just thinking about it, the wind direction changed suddenly.

The high mountains of Grand Mais obscured the wind belt, and the wind circled the side of the island with a deflection angle of about 30 degrees.

The disadvantage of the wing sail is undoubtedly obvious. Once the proper angle is lost, the cumbersome sail will not become a helper~lightnovelpub.net~, but will affect the stability of the hull.

Lorraine frowned dissatisfied, and ordered the left rudder 10 degrees to chase the wind around the island.

The wide open waters of Da Maisi gradually appeared in front of Lorraine. In that water... there are ships!

"encounter!"

Just as Lorraine spotted the opposing ship, shouts erupted from the observation deck.

"The shadow of the ship was found at eleven o'clock ahead, one four-level galenic frigate, one five-level galenic destroyer, and one six-level high-speed brig-shaped ship, in a diagonal cruise line from the back of the island to face each other! "

"The target flag is confirmed to be the Royal Spanish Navy!"

"The other party found us! Brig is charging at us, the distance between the two sides is 3 kilometers, and the relative speed is 15 knots!"

"Contact within 7 minutes!"

"Enemy attack!!!"

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