Chapter 250

July 23, 1779, Hefeng.

This is not a special day for Shaq.

The lion's rotation ends in eight days, and today's sun is still hanging in the sky. On the sea, the blockade formation also surrounded a reckless smuggling fleet as usual.

This one-sided battle has been going on for more than an hour.

In the process, the five-class ship montanlio of the blockade formation successfully entangled a brigantine, while the lion easily broke through a brigantine. Together with the unicorn, it is slowly forcing the Galen ship, which looks like the golden deer, to a dead corner of the sea with arc coercion tactics.

A rather boring change

Shaq secretly yawned and couldn't help remembering the clever little rabbit ten days ago.

Could that be Lorraine?

The old subordinates of formation 3 were lucky to rob Lorraine's ship, and cleverly did not show any clues. They blackmailed 30 pounds in the usual way, giving bell the opportunity to send information from New Orleans.

Captain Armani had a great harvest there.

Shaq already knew that his stupid brother really began to take risks like a hunch, and chose the most dangerous road to help the French deliver arms to the so-called Continental Army.

Fortunately, Lorraine has not completely lost her wits. She chose a clever cross dressing, and even made a complete transformation of her identity.

And the boat

The ship used for smuggling is called the Jackdaw. It is a modified commercial barg type high-speed ship. It has no background, no past, no transaction and maintenance records. It is registered in the port of Spain. The registrant Donna Linka is a real and notorious pirate.

Shaq was a little relieved.

Although he is a stupid brother, Lorraine's style of doing things is still as bold and steady as before. It seems risky, but it is easy not to get into trouble.

But

High speed Bagh, the destination is Baltimore, clear and decisive command style, gifted wind cutting skills

SHAX thought before and after that, he thought that the little rabbit that played that night could only be Lorraine with Bell's support.

"Count the days, that ship should have been somewhere outside the bay mouth... Lorraine likes night raids. Should he sink if he meets again?"

Shaq's murmur just floated into captain Armani's ear. The captain thought of Bell's advice and couldn't help shivering.

"Lieutenant..."

Shaq leaned slightly over his head and said, "it's going to end?"

The poor captain quickly shook his head: "sorry, Lieutenant! The siege is being steadily established. The captain expects that it will take about an hour to achieve the best shooting environment."

"The montagliao hasn't solved her opponent yet?"

"A direct attack has been successfully formed, but the firing position is not very good..."

"Since there has been no obvious change, what did Mr. captain ask you to do? To reduce my poor patience?"

The tone was neither salty nor light, and there was no fierce wording. Armani's face turned white and felt that his whole heart would jump to his throat.

"Report to the lieutenant!" he saluted with his legs and his voice was loud. "Looking out, we found the ship shadow 17 kilometers northeast. It is a high-speed Bager type, with a speed of more than 12 knots. It is expected to pass Cape Charles in 50 minutes!"

"High speed barg?"

Armani looked around hurriedly, took a step closer and lowered his voice.

"There is a winged sail, the bow gun door is refitted, and the bow sign is a poisonous snake. There is a crow with wings retracted on its head. The crow is newly installed."

He swallowed his saliva and suddenly increased his speed to the fastest: "it's the Jackdaw."

In fact, Armani doesn't need to do anything at all. When he hears the obvious sign that the crow is newly installed, shack already knows that it must be Lorraine.

Lorraine's choice to raid during the day completely exceeded shack's expectation, but he was not unable to understand.

From Lorraine's point of view, he must want to take advantage of the fierce battle of the blockade formation at Cape Henry to escape obliquely from Cape Charles, 19 kilometers away.

But it's Day!

Within 35 kilometers, the lion may find the ship shadow at any time. In this case, it is God's blessing that the Jackdaw can advance safely to 17 kilometers, but this distance is still far from safety.

In the twinkling of an eye, Shaq had a response in his heart. He gave up the Galen type in front of him. The unicorn was full-speed against the Jackdaw. The lion moved to the middle line of the bay mouth. Montanlio gave up evasion and tried his best to solve the face-to-face enemy.

Except for speed, the Jackdaw had nothing to hold.

As long as the blockade formation makes every effort to deal with it, even if Lorraine and bell join hands, they have no way to escape in this narrow bay!

Do you want to order?

Shaq looked at the empty sea level in silence.

Captain Armani repressed his uneasy mind: "Lieutenant..."

"Bell wants a permanent contact. Is staff Emmons on his way?"

Armani was stunned: "I left last night. I selected four capable and reliable stormtroopers to protect him. What I said was to carry out the Cape Henry dive."

"Cape Henry sneaked in? Those Hicks... How can he?"

"The impression you gave your subordinates has always been cautious and rigid. Although it is a little superfluous, there is no doubt in the formation."

"Cautious and rigid...?"

Shaq pulled out a smile that had no smile at all.

"The commander of the formation is not me, and I should not be the one to deal with the situation. Captain Armani, don't think you are my old subordinate, I will indulge you."

"Let the captain put aside these superfluous thoughts and concentrate on the enemy! If he thinks there is enough in front of him, he will rob the express ship. If not... Tell him that what he eats is the result of the war. What he sees is just a smoke."

"Yes, sir!"

……

The galloping jackdaw flew under the welcome of the artillery fire on the south bank, and seemed to flee into Chesapeake Bay. It was elegant and licentious, leaving a long and messy wave line off Cape Charles.

The blockade formation did not make any decent response to this, as if it had not been found, but just carried out conventional tactics step by step.

Another hour later, the montanlio was fooled by the fake maneuver opposite without warning. The bruised brigantin, like a dying warrior, went straight into the battle group between the lion and the Bloody Mary.

The ship put up a united flag in the course of its sudden advance!

The red and white flags spread out in the sea breeze, and thirteen state stars glittered on the blue corners.

The Bloody Mary seized the opportunity in time. Under the cover of brigantine, she was hard hit by a round of approaching shelling by the unicorn and forcibly cut off the side to break out of the siege.

As Katrina said, pirates always have a talent for speed that the Navy does not have.

The Bloody Mary sails behind the net were fully opened, the appropriate corner was quickly found, and the ship speed was suddenly increased to 8 knots.

When montagliao, who had lost the enemy, and the one horned fairy who had turned around, came back, Bloody Mary had fled away, fled to Norfolk bay with gunsmoke and scars, and there was no possibility of pursuing again.

On the messy deck, the strong cotton Jack VII looked at the United National Flag sinking into the sea level and asked softly.

"Did you see that barg clearly just now?"

The lookout answered in a deep voice, "see clearly."

"After arriving in Norfolk, let the chief officer get off the ship and find out her identity. The dignity of the pirate king cannot be violated, and the blood of America... Cannot be wasted."

Miles away

The dull sound of the 32 pound gun echoed in the sea, and the brave brigantin was sinking, but the conventional humanitarian rescue did not start with it.

Shaq stood opposite his captain with an inexplicable smile on his face.

"It's ugly..."

The captain's face turned blue: "Lieutenant, these despicable smugglers should be hanged. They don't deserve sympathy!"

"I'm not talking about the ugly Hicks splashing in the water, but about you." Shaq's voice floated high, "the lion, the montanlio and the unicorn, and your opponent is just a destroyer and two brigantines barely ranked into class 6, or commercial..."

"My subordinates... Didn't expect..."

"I asked captain Armani to remind you that what you eat in your mouth is the fruit of the war. I thought you could understand more or less. It's really..."

"Please let your subordinates wash away the shame again!"

Shaq shook his head and smiled. "Shame? Kindness is not a shame for a gentleman, sir. You are just incompetent."

"Subordinates..."

"After returning to Hamilton, all the members of the blockade formation cancelled their vacation and began to train more from the most basic sports and on-board exercises."

"I will assess you on September 15. If there are still people who can't meet my requirements..." Shackleton said, "take the initiative to retire."

"Retire!" cold sweat instantly covered the captain's face, "Lieutenant, you need subordinates who are familiar with the hydrology of the new world. Say about retirement..."

"It's your freedom to retire or not, and it's also a spur for incompetent people with insufficient training. But I still hope you treat it correctly, because from my heart, I don't like to type my subordinates' files back to the Admiralty, okay?"

"Yes, sir!"

"If you understand, convey the order."

Shaq waved his hand and drove the captain and the staff around him away like a fly.

It's quiet.

He looked at the direction where the Jackdaw disappeared and suddenly said, "my stupid brother, it's ugly..."