Chapter 714

"Shot on starboard! Avoid!"

The lookout alarm reached Lorraine's ear. Lorraine resisted the impulse to turn the rudder to the end, turned the handwheel five degrees and ordered at the same time.

"Rudder left, sail boom. Artillery! Roll ready!"

The lion began to turn to the left. The cooperation of the sail increased the inclination of the ship. Lorraine felt that the hand wheel became lighter. Almost at the same time, the shelling sound from 160 meters away sounded.

Boom! Boom

The thirty-two pound cannon roared, spitting out hot bullets and flying in the direction of the lion.

Lorraine finally felt enough slack, shouted "roll!" and jerked the handwheel to the lowest.

One full rudder was divided into two operations, which was helpless. The rudder stock of the lion was injured, and Lorraine could only cater to the current as much as possible without putting too much pressure on the rudder.

But in this way, the response to evasion will be slow. For example, this time, the full 23 turns were implemented after the opponent fired. The lion's roll was very strong, but the time was far from enough. She left the bomb range.

The shell fell!

The continuous spray of water exploded around the lion. An 18 pound bullet hit the hull and was bounced out by solid wood.

Lorraine slowly straightened the handwheel, more carefully than the full rudder, and divided it into five segments at a uniform speed.

The lion regained its balance in the process. At the moment when the inclination was about to disappear, Emmons waved his big hand: "fire!"

Boom, boom!

The lion also flew to its opponent with color, 18 pound chain bullet and 32 pound solid, which was lightly avoided by the scarlet crown, and then turned back in the blink of an eye to start side cutting and winding forward in a better wind state.

Looking at the enchanting posture of his opponent, Lorraine smelled and made a sound.

"It's like a lame man running with the postman and taking away my wheelchair!"

90 meters, 80 meters, 70 meters

"Bow shot!"

Lorraine rattled the steering wheel to the right and unexpectedly changed the course of the two ships【 λ】 Adjust to [x], the distance between the two ships approaches quickly.

The scarlet crown obviously did not expect that Lorraine dared to go the opposite way. The ammunition thrown completely missed the track of the lion and fell into the air.

The lion cut from the stern of the scarlet crown. Emmons seized the opportunity to fill the port less than 50 meters. A 32 pound and an 18 pound scrambled to hit the opponent's poop, roaring and tearing a huge hole.

The lion roared like thunder.

Lorraine took a long breath and quickly adjusted the course and tangential to the wind belt.

The lookout suddenly exclaimed, "the enemy ship is close! Damn it, 30 meters parallel!"

The wounded scarlet crown was pressed up from the side and back of the lion, far better than the flexibility and steadiness of the lion.

It will take at least three minutes for the lion to cut into the wind zone. If Lorraine stays away at this time, he will abandon his martial arts.

He gritted his teeth to stabilize the handwheel.

Emmons saw his determination and shouted loudly: "the main gun implements expulsion shooting, the auxiliary gun is loaded with shrapnel on all sides, and the firing angle is adjusted to the highest!"

The scarlet crown caught up as fast as possible. The bow bit by bit pressed over the stern of the lion and continued to overtake.

The distance between the two sides is only 30 meters, which is the pirate's favorite short soldier distance.

The lion's 32 pound destroyer began firing, one shot after another. But the scarlet crown didn't hide at all. It seemed that she was determined to die together and let the fourth gun strike directly at her bow.

Boom!

The shell smashed the thin bow shell and exposed the inner anchor chain structure. The scarlet crown took the opportunity to finish the chase. The sailors could even see the expression across the side of the ship.

"Fire guns!" the deck commanders on both sides shouted at the same time. The sailors of the lion immediately raised their maritime commuter in their hands and pulled the trigger before their opponents.

The deck of the scarlet crown turned upside down. With the sailors' superb fighting quality, at least 10 pirates were shot over in this wheelset.

Emmons seized the opportunity of chaos on the opponent's deck and loudly ordered the auxiliary gun to be full!

Boom, boom!

Iron needles and steel slag poured from the lion to the scarlet crown, swept across the deck and tore open the sails.

At least seven or eight fires were lit in the night, and the pirate's deck was in a mess. He could only watch the fire spread and missed the best time to put out the fire.

"Long live!" the sailors shouted.

The speed of both sides suddenly opened. It was not that the lion became faster, but that the scarlet crown lost her speed against a head of broken sails.

The crisis is finally over!

Before long, the ship's shadow of the lion will disappear into the boundless night. With the boundless sea as a cover, the scarlet crown can no longer threaten them until they return to chanar Basque port safely.

In an atmosphere of peace and joy, only Lorraine and Emmons were livid.

"She didn't fire at last..." Lorraine gnashed her teeth.

Emmons clung to the guardrail of the platform: "shit! Careless..."

Boom, boom, boom!

……

The battle between the lion and the scarlet crown was in full swing, but Shaq did not fight on the deck.

He was confirming the chart in the bottom cabin with the unlucky navigator who had been robbed of the handwheel by Lorraine. In less than half an hour, the chart of Massachusetts Bay had been filled with various markings by two people.

"We're here now, sir," said major Sally, the navigator, pointing to the chart. "As long as we break through Massachusetts Bay along the wind, we can easily return to the fleet's anchor port even under the entanglement of another class III ship."

"You're too optimistic, major Sally." Shaq rubbed his brows wearily. "The wind is southeast and northeast. We keep cutting the wind, which means that the wounded rudder has to constantly cross the ocean current under our feet."

"The adjustment of the steering wheel will be very complicated, and even if my brother doesn't make any mistakes along the way, our rudder may not be able to support the arrival."

"You can see a lot of icebergs around Newfoundland." Shaq changed into the sea picture of Newfoundland and made a big circle. "Have you ever thought that if you lose the rudder, any iceberg may let all of us go to God."

"General..."

"That's why I took you off the rudder!" Shaq interrupted his subordinates like a tyrant. "Don't be conceited like a fool. The current situation is that we are entangled with an opponent with equal strength, and the opponent is more flexible than us. Even if we escape to the ends of the earth, we don't have much chance to get rid of our opponent."

"No one will give us the opportunity to repair the rudder. We need to find the most suitable route under the existing conditions. Even if we detour, we should reduce the time of cross cutting the ocean current as much as possible."

"Your work will determine whether we can safely reach chanar Basque." Shaq pushed the chart to major Sally. "Find out the conditions. It will be a long..."

Boom, boom, boom!

The ship's body shook violently, and the sound of iron chips crashing and wood breaking spread all over the cabin through the board.

Shack's heart tightened suddenly, and he opened the hatch in three or two steps to let the soldiers go up to the deck to inquire about the situation.

Lingbing soon came back, flushed with joy or sorrow.

"Report to the general! A few minutes ago, I fought with the enemy ship at a short distance of 30 meters. The acting captain seriously injured the deck and sail of the enemy ship, but..."

Shack waited quietly, neither happy nor angry, and said nothing.

"But... After being injured, the enemy ship launched a full artillery attack on our poop, three direct attacks, and the wheel and rudder transmission system was injured. The helmsman asked me to ask you for the course. He has given up controlling the rudder, and we still have one last chance to change the rudder..."

"Is the rudder hopeless..."

Shaq gently exhaled his breath, turned back to the cabin and opened the chart of Newfoundland with a Shua.

Only the chart of Massachusetts Bay remained on the table, and he almost lay on it.

"Where is the nearest archipelago?"

Major Sally was stunned for a moment, immediately pointed to a corner of the picture and said, "it's the Green Island Islands, sir, 20 kilometers away."

"20 kilometers..." shack stared at the Green Island Islands. "Two large islands, five small islands and more than 30 reefs together surround a high-quality shelter, with flat terrain and dense vegetation..."

Major Sally swallowed heavily. "What do you want, sir?"

"I'm thinking, major." Shaq stretched his hands, straightened his waist, and returned to the state of Sakai bubo on his face. "The gentleman who recommended you to me said that your navigation skills are one in a hundred, so I think if you lose the rudder, I wonder if you can safely send us back to chanar Basque..."