The pre-war tension is everywhere on the Noble Lady.

They are hiding on the outside of the atoll belt, between the African continent and Madagascar, and the anchor is 47 kilometers away from the atoll exit. Unless the Portuguese send battleships above level 2 to command the next war, no one will be able to find out. them.

"Future heading reference, ten o'clock is safe!"

"Future heading reference, eleven o'clock safe!"

"It's safe at twelve!" "It's safe at one o'clock!" "Two o'clock..."

The mainmast, the foremast, and the rearmast, the three gazebos kept reporting their observations, and all the reports were adjusted to the direction of the Future, not the heading of the Dame.

The temporary commander of the battleship, Shaw Turner, tore off the transparent marking page on the chart. Lei immediately replaced him with a new one, clamped it, and rechecked the ink bottle by the way to ensure that Turner's quill would not run out of ink.

In this battle, the Noble Lady is at the far end, and early detection of the ambush and early response are the top priority.

They don’t need to conceal anything like the Mirae. Turner’s request for the lookout is a ten-minute report. The report includes the exit of the atoll, the water surface conditions from ten to two o’clock based on the heading of the Mirae, and The location of the future number.

At sunrise, they found the swift Sunflower rushing into the atoll, but a few hours later, the Portuguese still did not appear.

This made Turner irritated.

"Senior." Lei said with comfort, "Sunflower's speed is 18 knots. She escaped from Mombasa at full speed. The Portuguese is probably still a hundred kilometers away..."

"That's the problem!" Turner's red eyes scratched his hair. "For 24 hours, the Portuguese cannot drive from Mombasa to the atoll belt like Sunflower, and the admiral can only spend an additional 12 hours in the atoll belt. If the Portuguese still can’t arrive at that time, this elaborate rehearsal scene will become a total joke. We! Will become a joke!"

"Uh... remove the width of the atoll, the Portuguese actually only need to sail 380 kilometers in 36 hours. With an average speed of less than 6 knots, it should be... okay?"

Matilil happened to pass by. Hearing their topic, he raised his head and looked up coldly at the sky: "Of course there is no problem if the Portuguese keep chasing. The key is that the Sunflower rushed into the atoll too early and the speed was too fast. Hurry up. The Portuguese can't see her sail shadow at all on this road. How likely is it to bite the atoll?"

"So little Dylan messed up?"

Only then did Lei realize that he had completely forgotten to consider the wishes of the Portuguese. He always felt that... they need the Portuguese to chase them, and the Portuguese should follow them honestly...

So even he became irritable.

"God! Why didn't I have to think about so many issues when I was in the immediate fleet and was following the chairman to make trouble for pirates? Why is it our turn to design the battlefield, and suddenly I feel that everything is a problem!"

"Because you are a group of good-for-life rookies." Matilil snorted, "It's useless to say more! While there is still time, I will check the condition of the artillery again, so as not to misfire during the battle..."

"Is it great to have participated in a so-called sea battle!" Lei looked fiercely at the Frenchman's back. "The Chesapeake Bay naval battle was ruined by two old antiques. They didn't even dare to take the battle line apart from beginning to end. It’s good to get together, and no ship sinks!"

"French Pig, you are one of the cowards hiding in the battle line! What's so good about participating in such a naval battle..."

"Shut up, Lei!" Turner sternly interrupted Lei's provocation. "Martilier was telling the truth, and he was also frank about his nervousness. We are indeed a group of rookies on the battlefield, and he is also a rookie..."

...

Nervous and panic, the small secret service formations are divided into two places, and everyone feels the torment of the soul and the ridicule of the God of Time.

Turner tore off his 69th marking paper, Ray personally made a quill pen, Matilil completed the sixth round of inspections of all the artillery, and Adria forgot to correct the direction to the Future during the submission. Reference.

After Xiao Sanmei copied the "Tao De Jing", she ran to the kitchen every year to prepare tea eggs for Pierce; Falamin was chatting and laughing with the observers, accidentally showing Minxi Howard's rudeness and wildness; Hashim is in the big city. Observing the stars under the sun; Fremany dispatched three ships, but the Sunflower collided with the tail of the Cenozoic.

And Pierce, who was sitting cross-legged alone on the bow of the ship, with the command knife given to him by Lorraine and the skinning knife left by his father on his lap.

He wiped the shiny blades with silk cloth over and over again, whispering softly: "Father, brother, bless me..."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the lookout of the Future blasted the final warning: "1km ahead of the open sea, exit!"

Pierce and Fremany looked in the direction of the exit at the same time and said in unison on the Mirae and the Cenozoic: "Looking out and looking at the front fan, the deck is in place, the sail is in place, and the helmsman is in place. Heading at twelve o'clock, half sail, Cut the wind forward!"

"Heading at twelve o'clock, left rudder five degrees!"

"Speed ​​up alarm, all crew members are on level three alert, and irrelevant personnel leave the deck!"

"Raise!"

At the same time, on the Noble Lady.

Adria stared at the distant sea at two o'clock in the direction of the Mirai, which was the furthest direction from the Dame.

Fanying is bulging out of the sea...

"The enemy... the enemy trail!" He roared toward the deck, "Miracle found Portuguese sail shadow at two o'clock! A distance of 51 kilometers from me, a relative speed of 8 and a half knots, and a high-speed rush!"

"Confirmed by the enemy fleet! Fernandez Chamber of Commerce Saints, Crusaders, Gaias Chamber of Commerce Life is Beautiful, there is no record of a Tier 5 Galen ship!"

"No record?" Turner and Ray looked at each other suspiciously.

"It's the naval ship of Mombasa!" Matilil strode towards the gun bay, the sound of crushing thoughts spreading through the wind into Turner's ears~lightnovelpub.net~ the navy, the **** navy. They actually intervened in the slave merchant's revenge action so early, this is how much they usually eat! "

Turner suddenly realized: "Navy... veteran! The opponent is an veteran!"

"So the Portuguese have actually been here long ago. They just stayed where we can't observe them all the time, and they want to leave the acceleration distance for the assault..." He gritted his teeth and creaked, "We are self-defeating. A real raid!"

"Lei, go to the helm!" He stood up abruptly and shouted with all his strength, "Found the enemy! All members are in place, first level combat readiness!"

The first level is the highest level. In the navigational code issued by the Drake General Chamber of Commerce, even the normal state of engagement is only level two. Only in high-risk and emergency situations can the highest commander at that time activate the first level of combat readiness. .

So this sound awakened the entire Noble Lady!

"Confirm, find enemy tracks, first level combat readiness!"

"Unlock the rudder, and reclaim the anchor chains of No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4! The Noble Lady anchors!"

"Discard the assault boat and untie the freeboard! All the debris should be discarded!"

"The deck is in place, the sails are in place, the rudder is in place, and the guns are in place! Each post is called and the number is reported, and the free sailors go to the restaurant to receive the armed wait and wait for dispatch!"

"Sail on the mast! Cross sail, lay sail, bow sail, catch the wind, and confirm the course of northeast east!"

"Heading to the northeast and east, turn the stringer!"

"The mainmast pansy, the backmast Saint George! Raise the flag!"

"Rudder position roll alert! The rudder is full right and the hull is turning!"

"Right full rudder, turn!"

"Acting command of the captain, the seafarer appoints the agent sequence, all personnel check the solid line!"

"The wing sails open and move forward at full speed, and the Dame is in battle!"

"Dame, set sail, set sail!"