The sound made everyone get up from the dark night. Lin Haoming arrived at the command room. Gao Qing, who was in charge here, pointed to the west and said: "That direction can't be seen yet. Do you want to move over? The direction is against the wind. Let's go there.
It may take a while”
"Lean over." Lin Haoming said decisively.
Now that Lin Haoming had given the order, the ship immediately moved in the direction of the sound.
In fact, according to Lin Haoming's judgment, the sound of the cannon was estimated to be twenty or thirty kilometers away, because there was nothing blocking the wind and the sea could carry it very far.
The ship turned around, and everyone was ready for battle. Looking at these people, although they were a little slack before, they could still be nervous when there was a real emergency. This made Lin Haoming somewhat relieved. If he was still lazy now
, then there will really be trouble.
After sailing for half an hour, the sound of cannons could still be heard from time to time, and the sound became more and more obvious. Finally, Zhang Zhili climbed up to the watchtower and shouted down: "I saw the fire, it's about a mile away from here."
Twenty kilometers.”
"So far!" After hearing this, Xu Yan, who rushed here, couldn't help but cooed in surprise.
"It should be that the other party is also sailing, otherwise the previous sound would have traveled too far." Gao Qing guessed.
Lin Haoming also nodded and said: "That should be the case. We haven't met anyone since we came here. Now we are finally going to meet someone. We can finally figure out the situation here."
"The other party came earlier than us, isn't it much stronger than us?" Yang Huan asked without fear.
Following Lin Haoming's order, the ship adjusted its direction again and headed towards the small boat. Perhaps because of the disparity in strength and the fact that it had not been fighting for too long, everyone was excited. There was no difference in the ship itself. After another half
When you are big, you need to stand under the watchtower, and you can see the pursuit target from the command room.
Although no one was careless, after all, they followed Lin Haoming through the mountain of corpses and sea of fire. Before a panic, many people also ended their desperate efforts.
When he was panicking, Lin Haoming whispered the order again: "Everyone, slow down to pay attention to the artillery fire. I will speed up the charge for you, and the artillerymen are ready."
The artillery did not have a certain distance, but the difference was small. Lin Haoming ordered to speed up, and the people on the oars were really desperate. And to some extent, it was Lin Haoming's bad luck. The sails were not damaged by the gunfire, and the ships were accompanied by
He accelerated again and finally retreated into range.
"Go down." Lin Haoming continued the order politely, and everyone who was threatened later seemed to have returned to their original fighting spirit, and the battle situation completely turned towards Lin Haoming.
With the addition of manpower, the speed of the ship has slowed down a bit. In fact, the ship originally seemed to be sailing slower than the opponent, but now it is approaching the opponent even slower.
"It's a boat. Two boats are fighting. One boat is chasing the other one." Zhang Zhili continued to shout upwards about what he saw.
As the hull of the other party's ship suddenly emitted a violent explosion, everyone realized that the other party had been severely damaged. At that time, Lin Haoming finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Can you tell whether the two ships are smaller or larger?" Lin Haoming asked again.
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"It looks like Hanhu, but judging from the shadow, it should be as small as you." Zhang Zhili shouted.
"This smaller one has eight sails and is 80 to 10 meters long. You can only judge so little." Zhang Zhili responded after a while.
"Bang!" At that moment, before the boat could fire, the opponent's ship fired first, and as soon as it fired, the artillery became fiercer, and in the first round of design, a few bad shells exploded below the deck.
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As they exchanged bombardments within the range, Lin Haoming's advantage suddenly became apparent. Two rounds ago, Lin Haoming broke one of his opponent's sails, and his speed increased instantly.
Lin Haoming gave the order, and immediately in addition to the sail, some people went up and started pedaling the oars. The oars of the boat were not rowed by hand, but like pedaling a bicycle, which was effortless and slower.
"How is the other side's ship?" Lin Haoming continued to ask.
Lin Haoming said that, and everyone else nodded. It is true that with a size of less than 700 people, he has absolute strength in that sea.
At that time, Xu Yan also suggested again: "As soon as you finish, you will be far away from each other. If you continue to go up at that speed, it is estimated that you will have to catch up to the gunfire range at dawn. Captain, you see how the little family is taking turns.
As soon as you get up, you can save your energy."
"Indeed, but the opponent's ship can have at least two to eight hundred people on it, and it is unlikely that there will be less than that, maybe only less than a hundred people." Xu Yanruo said.
"Actually, your boat is not full. The boat can contain at most four hundred people. You are only more than half of them." Lin Haoming reminded.
Lin Haoming also sighed. After that, I did think about chasing the big ship several times, but Xu Yan insisted. Lin Haoming finally weighed it and returned it. Now it seems that he still needs to be cautious. Before those people follow him out there, really
It's so careless.
Gao Qing personally went to supervise the artillery. As Lin Haoming gave the order again, the cannons of the small boats also fired in unison, and the sparse artillery fire instantly covered the opponent's ships.
"The displacement of your ship is at least 4,000 to 10,000 tons. The displacement of an 810-meter ship is at least one or two thousand tons. It is far behind you. No wonder I ran away when I saw you. Captain, you suggest that you only pursue one."
Chasing the little one." Xu Yan said with a smile.
"The range of the enemy's artillery is actually farther than yours." As the ship rocked, Xu Yan screamed in shock. Obviously, what happened was beyond my expectation.
Xu Yan was very insistent, and this big ship looked like it could carry at least dozens of people. The disparity was indeed even greater, so Lin Haoming also decided: "No, chase the small ship."
Just as the ship was getting closer and closer, Zhang Zhili suddenly shouted upward: "Captain, the two ships stopped pursuing each other and suddenly ran away in two directions."
Lin Haoming said very confidently: "Listen to the dense sound of cannons, just like you. Don't forget that you have so few people coming over. This is extremely rare. They imagine that in other camps, only a few people can come over at one time, and not even one."
It’s impossible for people to come here. There are only eighty-seven people, and that’s not enough.”
Hearing those words, Lin Haoming looked at the other people in the command room. Xu Yanguo said: "It seems that the captain's judgment was correct. The opponent's strength is as strong as yours, so he ran away when he found your ship coming."
Lin Haoming still doubted my judgment and refused my request. Even if the crew of the ship was rotated, the pursuit speed was still fast. Sure enough, when the sky was getting dark and it was getting light, the pursuit was not close to the artillery range.
"Slow down and pass." Lin Haoming ordered.
This chapter has been completed!