Valkyrie heads north and east.

The distance from New York to Boston is not very long. Even considering that the president's ship needs to sail on the territorial waters this time, artificially increasing the complexity of the route, allowing Valkyrie to sprint sails, four days is enough to enter the port and berth.

However, Americans do not seem to pursue speed.

In order to take care of General Smith's old escort fleet, Valkyrie's speed was limited to 4-5 knots for a long time. After sailing for two days, he only walked one-fifth of the journey.

"The powerful escort fleet made this voyage full of crisis." This is Bell's pertinent evaluation of the US Navy, and Yacharin deeply agreed.

Lorraine also felt that Bell was right in her heart, because although the voyage had become longer, his chances of communicating with Washington did not increase at all.

The President of the United States strictly abides by the principle of passengers. Together with his entourage, he will not easily step out of the demarcated space. Even the limited and necessary deck activities are deliberately staggered into popular periods.

They did not express their willingness to contact, Lorraine could only respect their wishes. He even avoided the opportunity to meet by chance, and really did so that as long as Washington appeared, there would be no Lorraine.

The two sides were brewing, tentative, and moving forward without rushing.

Today's wind is harmonious.

Lorraine is in the sunlight and is located near New Haven. She can barely reach the waters of Rhode Island tomorrow. The fleet will follow Masa and Nantucket Island to the edge of the continental shelf, then turn north and make a final journey towards the Boston crossing waters.

The route is a suggestion given by the Washington think tank, and the basic principle is to repeatedly stroke meaninglessly along the coastline.

Their reason is that as long as the fleet is close to the coastline, Valkyrie can calmly dock under the protection of the escort fleet when in distress, and give priority to getting the President out of the crisis.

Seeing them so confident, Lorraine was embarrassed to tell them that in fact, with Valkyrie's draught, there was no possibility of shore or nearshore on most of the coastlines passing by.

"It turns out that Western scholars have also ruined the country..."

Lorraine teased that she used three crossing lines to lock Valkyrie's position, and suddenly felt the sunlight dark.

Henna stood tall in a windbreaker between him and the sun, her emerald eyes looking at him, exploring with inquiries.

"Are you thinking about Washington?"

"No, I'm thinking of Shaq."

With Chuck's connections in New York, Washington's adjustment of the itinerary was finally investigated clearly on the eve of leaving Hong Kong.

In fact, during the scheduled April 10 itinerary, because Lorraine was unwilling to hand over Valkyrie's dominance, Washington's plan to inspect Boston on Valkyrie had been officially rejected, and Hamilton failed to convince the opposition.

However, Shaq suddenly came in like Cheng Yaojin.

One day in March, the first admiral of the North American fleet, who was recently appointed at the Royal Navy's Newfoundland base, Channar Basque military port, and the Blue Flag of Baron Shaq Francis Drake, Baron Tavistock, England, announced his first foreign visit plan.

He is preparing to visit Boston on June 15 on the first-class battleship HMS Nepton, and invites the United States to negotiate North American maritime order and trade development issues on the coast of Boston.

This sudden release caused a stir throughout the United States.

In the hearts of Americans, Shaq is almost the most hostile to the United States among the senior British Royal Navy generals.

During the War of Independence, the sea seal operation led by him suffered a huge blow to the external blood transfusion of the American Revolution. If it were not for the freedom fighter Edward Kenway, the Continental Army would have almost drowned on the shore by him.

The Americans kept in mind this painful past, gratitude and guilt, until Shaq was suddenly transferred back to Europe on the eve of the final battle, and these intense emotions eventually gathered into the only ecstasy until victory.

But now, Shaq Drake is back.

Holding the "Bailing Act" in his hand, he led a powerful fleet that was enough to crush the US Navy back and forth dozens of times. He entered Newfoundland, which was close to the United States with a more prosperous aura than he had back then.

What exactly is the "North American Marine Order" in his mind? The Navigation Act can characterize all trade that has been imported into the British colonies as illegal. If he once again raises the banner of cracking down on smuggling, does it indicate that the US economy will be cut in half, and does it mean that a new round of sea closure will come?

Washington can no longer sit still. The authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is no longer enough to represent such negotiations that concern the survival of the country. Washington must attend in person, but this means that the future President of the United States must face the first-class battleship representing the world's strongest maritime force.

Can America take such risks?

In front of the Nepton, the U.S. Navy's fleet was as fragile as paper. Even if the four major fleets all went to the meeting, Shaq could send Washington's ship to the bottom of the sea without any obstacles and then leave without any damage.

This is not a question of whether Shaq would do it, and America must be prepared for the worst-case scenario for the sake of Mr. President's safety.

The president's aides held a heated discussion, and during the debate, Lorraine and Valkyrie were once again pushed to the front desk by Hamilton.

Valkyrie is powerful. Both the warship itself and the ship team under Lorraine have the unrivaled single ship strength of the US Navy. Even the Portuguese navigator class failed in front of them.

If she became the ship for Washington to attend the meeting, she might not be able to defeat the monster-like Nepton head-on, but at least she is more confident than the US Navy to keep the president safe.

Moreover, Washington knew the connection between Lorraine and Kenway, which was an unknown secret among the top American officials. It was indescribable or indescribable, but it was enough to allow Washington to build trust and confidence in Lorraine.

Finally, and most importantly, from the perspective of national sports, the president's failure to take a seat on his own naval ship is destined to hurt the United States' international image. However, compared to seeking help from allies, hiring a merchant ship is the least harmful to the United States' image, and it is also the only option that does not require the United States to pay a political price.

This is the sorrow of a weak country.

Faced with the difficulties of a strong country, they have no right to choose, and no right to refuse.

The plan to hire Lorraine and Valkyrie to protect Washington's meeting was determined. Americans were worried that Lorraine would refuse and conceal the most important task of going to the meeting. Instead, they canceled the original trip to Boston, creating the illusion that [the president wanted to take Valkyrie to Boston].

They didn't know that Lorraine had already obtained the truth from the free MPs, nor did they know that Lorraine's complex feelings were in her heart.

Lorraine had an intuition that the reason why Shaq was stuck in Washington's visit to Boston was to make Valkyrie a ship in Washington.

Even what Shaq wanted to meet might not be Washington at all. His real goal was Lorraine. The frightened United States was just a tool for him to force Lorraine to meet, and it was worthless in Shaq's heart.

This arrogant and unrealistic thought kept pestering Lorraine, causing him to be upset, angry, and resentful.

Washington did not make it clear at the beginning of the meeting, which is the main reason why Lorraine has always been reluctant to create opportunities for communication.

Henna knew very well about Lorraine's little temperament. Seeing that Lorraine finally mentioned Shaq, she leaned against him and sat down next to him.

"Do you want to lie on my lap?" The opening remark that saw the ghost.

Lorraine was stunned for a while and suddenly became angry: "Take me like your brother again?"

"Lying?"

"lie."

Henna's legs are plump and soft, just like the top leather pillow, exuding a faint jasmine fragrance.

Lorraine's discomfort suddenly settled down, and reason regained the upper hand.

"Americans always don't tell the truth." He closed his eyes and reached out to grab Henna's hair. "This is a grudge, which will affect us, and more importantly, affect them."

"Is this why you and Washington never met?"

"It's one of the reasons." Lorraine thought for a while, "of course, the more important thing is the interests."

"We actually don't have much to talk about. One is the Navy's revitalization plan, which is a huge burden with the current financial resources of the United States, and the other is the revolving door, which is the foundation of the country's destiny and cannot be lost."

"I guess Mr. President is not fully prepared yet, and he feels he is ready..."

"Where is Shaq?" Henna asked suddenly.

"Shaq?"

"You said, you were thinking about Shaq just now."

“Ah…yes.”

"Will you make up?"

Lorraine shut her mouth in an instant.

Henna didn't choose to wait and asked directly: "Do you want to make up?"

"It's never a question of whether he and I should make peace." Lorraine bit her lip and nervously captured the words that floated in her mind that best reflected the heart. "Our contradiction is not our own contradiction. It doesn't matter whether it's position, worldview, values, etc., and there is no hatred in the middle."

"He indulged his hatred and killed Helena. Helena could never survive again, so we..."

Henna's hands gently covered Lorraine's forehead, gently stroked him, interrupting him, and she was not in a hurry to answer the conversation.

She stroked silently, and Lorraine was silently under the silence for a long time.

"sorry."

"Thanks……"
Chapter completed!