0081 Meeting on a narrow road
"The first question is whether the Roy Chamber of Commerce needs rescue."
On the deck of the Butterfly Flower, three admirals from the fleet gathered together. Lorraine also asked Yacharin and Pierce to attend the meeting. Yacharin had enough ability to participate in decision-making, and Pierce's identity was to study and listen.
Yasin Shaklin covered his mouth, frowned and looked at the battlefield diagram in front of him, and said firmly: "The ships of the Roy Chamber of Commerce were almost surrounded by the joint fleet. The number, firepower and combat power were not superior. I felt that rescue was needed."
He was a strong young man with blond and brown eyes from the Shaklin family, loud voice, big breeze and round waist, served in the Straits Fleet, and served as the third deputy sailor commander on the fifth-class ship HMS Reef.
But although his resume is excellent, he is still Odiran's nephew. He is much closer to Nelson in terms of blood ties. Before being transferred to the fleet, he had never had the experience of being an independent person in the Shacklin Chamber of Commerce.
Lorraine saw the reason through her time together these days.
Yaxin is very good, but his personality is a bit dull. While having strong execution ability, he lacks the ability to think and adapt. It is enough to be the deputy, but it is far from enough to be the main person and cannot make people trust.
This answer is the standard Yasinian answer. Whatever Lorraine asks, he will think, never cross over, and there will be no highlights.
Lorraine nodded: "The second question is, does the Roy Chamber of Commerce have the value of our adventure to rescue?"
Yacharin smiled disdainfully: "Although it's just a bunch of stupid British people, their antique Carac ships are the only way to fight the Reindeer. Captain, if you lose them, you will be helpless against Viron."
His words aroused the dissatisfaction of all the English gentlemen present.
Lorraine glared at him coldly: "You are insulting your captain, Yacharin, and you have given the decks for you this week to clean to serve as a warning."
Yacharin blinked: "Captain, you know I'm referring to the idiots in the Roy Chamber of Commerce, right?"
"Yes, but I like it." Lorraine shrugged and poked the battlefield diagram in front of her. "The third question is, are we capable of rescuing the Roy Chamber of Commerce?"
This question left everyone silent.
The nine-pound cannon cannot threaten the Reindeer. If that is the case, why should they rescue it?
Raven shook his arm: "The battlefield is very big, gentlemen. We can cut in from the upper reaches to create opportunities for the Roy Chamber of Commerce to break through without letting ourselves fall into the battle group. We should make one clear thing: we are saving the Roy Chamber of Commerce in morality and justice, rather than preparing to die on their behalf."
"This is a pertinent suggestion, Raven." Lorraine finally heard what she wanted to hear, and laughed, "The direction of the wind!"
"The wind is northwest and west, four festivals!"
"The fleet forms a battle formation, hangs the Chamber of Commerce flag, cuts the wind and circles the southeast of the battlefield. Let's go to the upper vent and kick Vilan's butt and sets off."
"Yes, Admiral!"
...
The Brigentinian style of air conditioning and flexibility have fully practiced Lorraine's orders.
The fleet formed a triangular front arrow, centered with butterfly and cattail flowers. Shaklin and Mindel Chamber of Commerce protected the two wings, cut into the wind diagonally, and circled around at a high speed of three and a half knots to the wind on the battlefield.
The two sides were eighteen kilometers apart, and they only needed to sail for about two and a half hours before they could reach the battlefield.
Two and a half hours are not enough to decide the outcome for a huge naval battle. Of course, the losses of the Roy Chamber of Commerce are inevitable.
Lorraine had no intention of saving the entire Roy Chamber of Commerce like a savior. All he wanted to save was Roy's warship, and more precisely, the only one of the Carac-type antique destroyers, the Mamuluk.
The fleet turned at high speed and drew an arc with a tortuous trajectory. After driving smoothly for an hour and a half, the set route suddenly became strange.
The lookout hand focused too much on the main battlefield in the distance, and ignored his front for a while. Without any preparation, he collided with another large fleet.
Henna shouted on the mast top: "The distance is two kilometers, and the enemy is found directly in front! Five Brigentine-type ships and six Mianfanskuna-type ships, approaching each other!"
"The enemy ship is confirmed to be the Yodel Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands!"
Lorraine was shocked and turned over to the foremast.
Through the monoculars, he quickly found Henna's warning signs, and more than a dozen slender ships lined up in hashing and galloped.
There were pirate flags on their masts, and under the snow-white skeletons, two beautiful tulips made together into x-shaped, one orange and one red.
The Tulip Pirate Flag is the banner of the Dutch Yodel Chamber of Commerce. As a member of the Joint Fleet, their first fleet is in the middle of the strength of the Kalma Chamber of Commerce in France, second to the Herrera Chamber of Commerce and Desay Chamber of Commerce in Spain.
Lorraine squinted her eyes and looked at the fleet that was rapidly advancing.
Judging from the opponent's formation, this was just a chance encounter. Lorraine's purpose was to detour the upper wind vent to help the Roy Chamber of Commerce, while their purpose was probably to go to the lower wind vent and gain benefits in this hunt.
They obviously also discovered the fleet of detachments. The sailors on the deck were panicked and the seamen ran around.
The front ship slows down and the back ship deflects. Their purpose is very clear, and they are ready to form a battleship before contacting and take advantage of their own advantage in the upper air outlet.
But their admiral obviously overestimated his command level and issued adjustment orders at high speed, so that his fleet did not take their own positions as he thought, but instead became more scattered than before.
The downwind is against the upwind, the number of ships is at a disadvantage, and there is no advantage in firepower...
Henna ran from the mainmast to Lorraine with a sail rope, frowned and asked, "What should I do?"
"The distance is too close." Lorraine shook her head, "A relative speed of about twelve knots does not take ten minutes, and we will bump into each other."
"Can't avoid it?"
"I can't avoid it, and they have already discovered us, and they don't seem to be planning to let us go." Lorraine sneered, glanced at the majestic warships following the Butterfly Flower, and said softly, "Let's fight, it's just a pity that Roy Chamber of Commerce."
He flew out of the watchtower and quickly issued a series of adjustment commands.
"B-tactic technique, interspersed with the enemy, double-teamed teams!"
His orders were quickly passed to the marching ship behind him by changing flags. The captains shouted as they called for sailors, and the deck was in a mess.
Lorraine raised her foot and stepped on the bow guardrail of the Butterfly Flower, and pulled her sword forward with a clang: "We are not prepared, nor are they prepared. This is an encounter."
"A brave wins when we meet on a narrow road. In such a war, only courage can be the magic weapon to determine the outcome!"
"Gentlemen, muster up the courage to break the fleet and face the enemy!"
With Lorraine's order, the six warships shouted together.
"Welcome! Enemy!"
"The cannon is in place! The boatman is in place! The sail is in place! The deck is in place!"
"Open the gun door and load it!"
"Terminate B's tactics, interspersed, double-teamed!"
"England! Go!"
Chapter completed!