0389 The embarrassment of the rookies
The noble lady's account was filled with the tension before the war.
They were hiding on the outside of the atoll belt between the African continent and Madagascar, and the anchor was located 47 kilometers away from the atoll exit. Unless the Portuguese sent battleships above level two to command the subsequent war, no one could find them.
"The future heading is referenced, and it is safe at ten o'clock!"
"The future heading is referenced, eleven o'clock is safe!"
"Safe at twelve o'clock!" "Safe at 10 o'clock!" "Two o'clock..."
The main mast, front mast, rear mast, and three gazebos kept reporting their observation results. All reports were adjusted, with the direction of the future number rather than the direction of the noble lady number itself.
The warship's temporary commander Xiao Turner tore off the transparent marking page on the chart, and Lei immediately replaced him with a new one, clamped it, and rechecked the ink bottle by the way to make sure that Turner's quill would not be available without ink.
In this battle, the noble lady was at the far end, and it was the top priority to detect ambush early and respond early.
They don't need to hide anything like the Future. Turner's requirement for observation is to report every ten minutes. The reporting content includes the exit of the atoll belt, the water surface conditions from ten to two o'clock based on the future course and the location of the Future.
At sunrise, they found the Xiangyang Flower rushing into the atoll, but a few hours passed, and the Portuguese who was supposed to come still did not show up.
This made Turner irritated.
"Senior." Lei comforted him, "Xiangyanghua's speed is eighteen knots. She escaped from Mombasa at full speed. The Portuguese are probably still a hundred kilometers away..."
"That's the problem!" Turner scratched his hair with red eyes. "24 hours a day, the Portuguese were not able to drive from Mombasa to the atoll belt like a sunflower, and the admiral could only rush in the atoll belt for an additional 12 hours. If the Portuguese still couldn't arrive at that time, this carefully rehearsed scene would turn into a complete joke. We! It would turn into a joke!"
"Uh... remove the width of the atoll belt, the Portuguese actually only need to sail 380 kilometers in 36 hours. The average speed of less than 6 knots should be... no problem, right?"
Matilil happened to pass by the side, heard their topic, raised his head and looked at the sky coldly: "If the Portuguese kept chasing, of course there would be no problem. The key is that Xiangyanghua rushed into the atoll too early and too fast. The Portuguese could not see her sail at all along. How likely would it be that she would bite the atoll?"
"So Dylan was screwed up?"
Only then did Lei realize that he had completely forgotten to consider the Portuguese's wishes before, and he always felt that... they needed the Portuguese to chase after him, and the Portuguese should chase after him honestly...
So even he began to get irritated.
"Oh my God! Why don't I have to think about so many issues when I am following the president of the direct fleet to trouble pirates? Why is it our turn to design the battlefield? I suddenly feel that everywhere is a problem!"
"Because you are a group of good-lived rookies." Martilal snorted, "It's useless to say more! While there is still time, I will check the situation of the artillery again so that I won't be lost when the war is about to... "
"Is it amazing to have participated in a so-called sea battle?" Lei looked at the Frenchman's back fiercely, "The sea battle in the Chesapeake Bay was ruined by two old antiques. They didn't even dare to dismantle the battle lines from beginning to end, so that they could gather and disperse, and not a single ship sank!"
"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, Ray!" Turner interrupted Ray's provocation with a stern voice. "Matilal is telling the truth, and he also confessed his nervousness. On the battlefield, we are indeed a group of rookies, and he is also rookies..."
...
Tension and panic, the small special service formation was divided into two places, and everyone felt the torment of the soul and the ridicule of the God of Time.
Turner tore off his 69th marking paper, Ray made a quill, Matilil completed the sixth round of inspection of all artillery, and Adria forgot to correct the direction of the future number when submitting it.
After copying the "Tao Te Ching", Xiao Sanmei ran to the kitchen to prepare tea eggs for Pierce in every possible way; Faramin chatted and laughed with the observers, and accidentally showed off the rudeness and wildness of Minxi Howard Johnson; Hashem observed the astrology under the sun; Freemany dispatched three ships, but Xiangyang Flower hit the tail of the new codename.
And Pierce, who sat alone on the bow of the ship with his legs crossed, and placed the command knife Lorraine gave him and the skinning knife left by his father.
He wiped the shiny blades over and over with silk cloth, and murmured softly: "Father, brother, bless me..."
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the lookout of the Future shouted the last warning: "The open water area is 1 kilometer ahead, exit!"
Pierce and Freemanny looked in the direction of the exit at the same time, and spoke in unison on the Future and New Code: "Observe the fan shape on the front, the deck is in place, the sail is in place, and the helmsman is in place. Heading to twelve o'clock, half sail, cut the wind forward!"
"Take twelve o'clock, left rudder fifth degree!"
"Speed up alert, all crew members are on level 3 alert, irrelevant personnel leave the deck!"
"Rise the sail!"
At the same time, on the noble lady's name.
Adria stared at the distant sea at the direction of the Future at 2 o'clock, which was the farthest direction from the Lady.
The sail shadow is swelling and jumping out of the sea level...
"Enemy...the enemy!" He roared to the deck, "I found the Portuguese sail at two o'clock in the future! It is 51 kilometers away from me, with a relative speed of 8 and a half knots, and a high speed of advance!"
"Enemy fleet confirmed! The Saints of Fernandez Chamber of Commerce, the Crusade, the Beautiful Life of Gaias Chamber of Commerce, there is no record of the fifth-class Galen ship!"
"No record?" Turner and Ray looked at each other in confusion.
"It's Mombasa's naval ship!" Martilal ran to the cannon cabin, and the scattered voices came into Turner's ears through the wind. "The corrupt navy, damn navy. They actually intervened in the revenge of slave merchants so early. How much did they eat normally!"
Turner then suddenly realized: "Navy... veteran! The other party is a veteran!"
"So the Portuguese have actually arrived a long time ago. They just kept staying in places we could not observe, leaving a speed up distance for the assault..." He creaked his teeth, "We backfired, this is a real assault!"
"Lei, go to the helm!" He stood up suddenly and shouted with all his strength, "Discover the enemy! All the members are in their positions, first-level combat readiness!"
Level 1 is the highest level. In the navigation exercises issued by the Drake Chamber of Commerce, even the normal combat state is only level 2. Only in high-risk and emergency situations can the highest commander at that time activate level 1 combat readiness.
So this sound woke up the whole lady’s name!
"Confirm, find the enemy's tracks, first-level combat readiness!"
"Removing the rudder lock, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 anchor chains! The lady starts the anchor!"
"Discard the assault boat and untickle the freeboard! All debris should be discarded!"
"The deck is in place, the sail is in place, the wheel rudder is in place, and the gun door is in place! Each post is called and counted, and the sailors are free to go to the restaurant to receive the armed orders, waiting for dispatch!"
"Play the sails and masts! The horizontal sails, the vertical sails, the bow sails, the wind is wide, and the course is confirmed to the east of the northeast!"
"Tail to the northeast and turn the truss!"
"Mainmast Pansy, St. George, the flag raised!"
"Release position roll alarm! Right full rudder, hull steering!"
"Right full rudder, turn!"
"The acting captain orders, the seafarers designated agent sequence, and all personnel check the Gusuo!"
"The wing sail opens and moves forward at full speed, and the lady joins the battle!"
"The Lady, set sail, set sail!"
Chapter completed!