"Bombed on the starboard side! Avoid it!"

The lookout alarm reached Lorraine's ears. Lorraine resisted the urge to hit the rudder to the bottom and moved the handle five degrees, and at the same time ordered.

"The rudder avoids left, the sail turns to the stringer. Shelling! Prepare to roll!"

The Lion began to turn to the left, and the coordination of the vertical sails increased the inclination of the ship. Lorraine felt the handwheel lighten, and almost at the same time, shelling sounded from 160 meters away.

Boom! Boom! ...

The 32-pound heavy artillery blasted out hot projectiles, flying over the sky in the direction of the Lion.

Lorraine finally felt enough slack and shouted "Leaning!" He jerked the wheel to the lowest level.

It was helpless to split a full rudder into two operations. The rudder stock of the Lion was injured. Lorraine could only cater to the current as much as possible without putting too much pressure on the rudder.

But in this way, the evasive response will definitely be slow. Just like this time, a full 2/3 of the steering was put into place after the opponent fired. The Lion’s roll was very strong, but there was not enough time for her to leave. Bullet range.

The shell fell!

Splashes of water exploded around the Lion, and an eighteen-pound ship hit the hull, and it was blown out by a solid wood bullet with a thud.

Lorraine returned to the straight handwheel slowly, more carefully than the full rudder, and divided it into five sections at a constant speed.

The Lion regained its balance in the process. At the moment when the inclination was about to disappear, Emmons waved his hand: "Fire!"

Boom boom boom boom!

The Lion also flew towards the opponent with the color, the 18-pound chain bomb mixed with the 32-pound solid, was lightly avoided by the Scarlet Crown, and then turned back in the blink of an eye, and began to cut sideways in a better state of receiving the wind. forward.

Seeing his opponent's enchanting behavior, Lorraine let out a sullen face.

"It's like a lame race with a postman, and he took my wheelchair away!"

90 meters, 80 meters, 70 meters...

"The bow is bombed!"

Lorraine slammed the steering wheel to the right, unexpectedly adjusted the course of the two ships from [λ] to [x], and the distance between the two ships quickly approached.

The Scarlet Crown obviously did not expect that Lorraine would dare to go the other way. The ammunition that was thrown completely missed the trajectory of the Lion, and all fell into the empty space with a crackle.

The Lion cut through the stern end of the Scarlet Crown. Emmons seized the opportunity to saturate on the port side less than 50 meters away. A 32-pound and an 18-pound scrambled to hit the opponent's stern tower, roaring. Tore open a huge hole.

Cheers on the Lion.

Lorraine let out a long breath, and quickly adjusted his course, tangent to the wind belt.

The watchman suddenly exclaimed: "The enemy ship is close! Damn it, 30 meters parallel!"

The wounded scarlet crown pressed up from the side of the Lion, far better than the agility of the Lion, and far better than the stability of the Lion.

The adjustment of the Lion's cut into the wind belt will take at least three minutes. If Lorraine stays away at this time, it will be abolished martial arts.

He gritted his teeth to stabilize the handwheel.

Emmons saw his determination and shouted loudly: "The main gun carries out expulsion shooting, and the secondary gun is loaded with shotguns on all sides, and the firing angle is adjusted to the highest level!"

The Scarlet Crown caught up with the fastest speed, and the bow of the ship overwhelmed the stern of the Lion bit by bit, and continued to catch up.

The distance between the two sides is only 30 meters, which is the favorite short range of pirates.

The thirty-two pounds of the Lion began to expel fire, one shot, another shot. Unexpectedly, the Scarlet Crown didn't hide at all, as if she had made a determination to die together, and let the fourth cannon hit her bow directly.

boom!

The shells smashed through the thin bow hull, revealing the inner anchor chain structure. The Scarlet Crown took the opportunity to complete the chase, and the sailors could even see the face on the other side across the ship's rail.

"Musket!" The deck commanders of both sides yelled at the same time, and the sailors of the Lion immediately lifted their maritime commuters and pulled the trigger before their opponents.

The deckman with the scarlet crown turned upside down, and with the superb combat literacy of the sailors, at least 10 pirates were shot and turned over in this round of confrontation.

Emmons seized the chaos on the opponent's deck and ordered the secondary artillery to be full!

Boom boom boom boom!

The overwhelming iron needles and steel **** flew from the Lion to the Scarlet Crown, swept across the deck, and tore the sails.

Not to mention that seven or eight flames ignited in the night, and the pirates were killed and wounded on the deck. They could only watch the fire spread and missed the best time to fight the fire.

"Hurray!" the sailors shouted.

The speed of the two sides suddenly opened up. It was not that the Lion became faster, but that the Scarlet Crown lost her speed with a broken head on the sails.

The crisis is finally over!

Before long, the shadow of the Lion will disappear into the boundless night. With the vast sea as a cover, the Scarlet Crown could no longer threaten them until they returned safely to Chanal-Basque Port.

In an atmosphere of peace and joy, only Lorraine and Emmons had pale faces.

"She didn't fire a cannon in the end..." Lorraine gritted his teeth.

Emmons clutched the guardrail of the platform: "Damn it! Too much..."

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!

...

The sea battle between the Lion and the Scarlet Crown was in full swing, but Shaq did not fight on the deck.

He was confirming the chart in the lower deck with the hapless sailor who had been robbed of the handwheel by Lorraine. In less than half an hour, the charts of the Massachusetts Bay had been filled with various markings by two people.

"We are here now, Your Excellency." Major Sally, the navigator chief, said, pointing to the chart. "As long as we break through the Massachusetts Bay along the wind, we can easily return to the fleet even under the entanglement of another Tier 3 ship. Anchor port."

"You are too optimistic, Major Sally." Shaq rubbed his eyebrows wearily. "The wind is heading southeast and heading northeast. We have to keep cutting the wind, which means that the injured rudder has to constantly cut across the ocean current under our feet."

"The adjustment of the steering wheel will be very complicated, and even if my brother makes no mistakes along the way, our rudder may not be able to support the port."

"You can see a lot of icebergs in Newfoundland." Shaq changed into the sea of ​​Newfoundland and drew a big circle. "Have you ever thought about it. If you lose the rudder, any iceberg may allow us all to see God." "

"General..."

"That's why I withdrew you from the rudder position!" Shaq interrupted his subordinates like a tyrant. "Don't be pretentious like a fool. The situation is that we are entangled with a comparable opponent, and The opponent is more flexible than us. Even if we escape to the end of the world, we don't have much chance to get rid of the opponent."

"No one will give us the opportunity to repair the rudder. We need to find the most suitable route under the existing conditions, and even if the detour, we should try to reduce the time of crossing the ocean current as much as possible."

"Your job will determine whether we can safely reach Chanal-Basque." Shaq pushed the chart to the front of Major Sally, "find out the conditions, it will be a long..."

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!

The hull of the ship quake violently, and the sound of iron fragments flying and wood breaking through the shipboard spread throughout the cabin.

Shaq's heart suddenly tightened, and opened the hatch in three or two steps to let Ling Bing go up to the deck to inquire about the situation.

Ling Bing returned soon, his face flushed and he didn't know whether he was happy or sad.

"Report to the general! A few minutes ago, I and the enemy ship were short soldiers at a distance of 30 meters. Mr. Acting Captain severely injured the enemy ship's deck and sails, but..."

Shaq waited quietly, neither happy nor angry, saying nothing.

"But... the enemy ship launched a full shelling at our **** after being injured, three direct hits, and the rudder transmission system was injured. Mr. Helmsman asked me to ask you for the course. He has given up controlling the rudder, and we have the last rudder left. Opportunity to change..."

"The rudder is out of help..."

Shaq exhaled lightly from his chest~lightnovelpub.net~ and turned back into the cabin, and slammed open the Newfoundland chart.

Only the chart of Massachusetts Bay remained on the table, and he almost lay on it.

"Where is the nearest island?"

Major Sally froze for a moment, and immediately pointed to the corner of the picture and said: "It's the Green Island Islands, your Excellency. The distance is 20 kilometers."

"20 kilometers..." Shaq stared at the Green Island Archipelago, "Two big islands, five small islands, and more than 30 islands and reefs, which together surround a high-quality haven, and the terrain is flat and densely vegetation..."

Major Sally swallowed heavily: "Your Excellency, what do you want to do?"

"I'm thinking, Major." Shake stretched his hands and straightened his waist, his face returned to the state of Furui Bubo, "The man who recommended you to me said that your piloting skills are one in a hundred, so I thought, if you lose the rudder, I wonder if you can send us back to Chanal-Basque safely..."

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