"Drop! Drip! ”

"Run, run, boys!"

"You are glorious Plymouth cadets, destined for greatness! Destined to be extraordinary! Doomed to die at sea! Doomed! ”

"Doomed!"

"Long live Great Britain!"

"Long live our king!"

In Plymouth Bay, a small Galen ship was parked at sea, and there were countless teenagers running the deck, and the shrill whistle and desperate shouts reached through the sky.

This is the training ship HMS Heir of the Plymouth Naval School, Captain Billy Brown. Sir Leighton, Captain of the Royal Navy, is also the most famous devil instructor at the Naval Academy.

Lorraine was his student......

Fifteen-year-olds train every morning from the morning to run around the deck, fight, climb sails, slide down the cable from the lookout, then jump into the water on the bow mast, get lunch from the buoy five kilometers away, and swim back.

After lunch, they begin a relatively light shooting practice, which includes gun manipulation, gun manipulation, turning back and forth on the deck with a heavy cannon, jumping, diving, and picking up the right for dinner on the hoop of the anchor chain.

They could not rest after dinner, and as sailors on board, they had to scrub the decks, tie sailors' knots to every cable, and fold and mend the sails, even if the sails of the Heir never broke.

Then can I sleep?

Theoretically, yes, as long as Sir Leighton didn't lose sleep and didn't dream of a fire on board.

Once he dreamed, the lads had to splash half the night on the clean and clean deck, and then use the second half of the night to dry the water marks in order to cope with the next day's repeated training.

"007's life is much more fulfilling than 996......"

Standing on the high lookout, Lorraine looked at the distant shadow of the British Isle with emotion, suddenly untied his turban and wrapped it around his palm, gritted his teeth, climbed the cable, and jumped down!

Wow!

Half an hour later, a soaking Lorraine struck back onto the deck and slapped a slender strip of sheepskin on Sir Leighton.

Jazz put down his pocket watch in disgust: "42 minutes and 16 seconds, little Drake, you are a minute slower than yesterday, didn't you sleep well?" ”

"Thanks to you, sir, the men on this ship have been sleeping less than two hours for two days in a row. If you continue to have nightmares tonight, I think I'm going to die suddenly in the pod. ”

"Don't try to fool me, ghost elf!" Jazz laughed, "Your classmates are still in the water, so you have half an hour off." ”

Heavenly......

At first glance, Lorraine snapped and beat his chest: "Thank you, sir!" ”

"You deserve it, it's just that you have to remember ......"

"My target isn't my classmates, it's the damn Reshone. Nelson. Lorraine raised her hand behind her back, "Say the same thing three times a day, sir, your insomnia should be cured." ”

……

It's late at night, and people are not quiet......

In the days of sail battleships, the accommodation of sailors was always terrible.

Because the space of the battleships was limited, in order to save space, their bedrooms were mostly arranged on the gun deck with the guns housed.

Hundreds of hedgehogs gathered in the cramped cabin on the floor, surrounded by tens of thousands of pounds of artillery.

If the wheel on the gun carriage slips or breaks due to the shaking of the hull, the consequences are ...... It's an accident.

However, it is precisely because of this that the top students are qualified to sleep on rope beds.

Just put the nets on the hook, and they can sit high on top of the cannons, swaying, and worry-free.

Lorraine's bed is a rope bed, and it is also a VIP seat with one end attached to the muzzle of the gun and the other end connected to the outside of the cabin.

He lay on his net with his arms on his back, listening to the grinding and snoring beneath him, and staring through the small cannon porthole into the hellish darkness of the night outside.

Unknowingly, sea gymnastics for the past six months.

The gunfire in Lexington came as promised.

In Virginia, in Massachusetts...... Across the east coast of North America, the future United States militia fearlessly charged the British colonial garrisons like stragglers, and no attempt to back down was evident even in the heavy losses.

In just a few months, nearly 100 soldiers were martyred, and such a huge loss finally alerted London.

A month and a half ago, HMS Lion interrupted sea trials and was officially delivered to the Royal Navy.

Elia rushed to Devonport and announced her inauguration the day after taking over the new flagship.

Reckoning from the time the fleet left England, he probably saw the coastline of Kingston by this time.

The problem was that Lorraine still couldn't convince him......

Several father-son gatherings in Devon Harbour were not good, and Lorraine tried to ask for help from his brother Shack, who was also serving in Devon, but even Shaq sided with Elia.

On how to persuade a group of English aristocrats who are stubborn and love you......

Lorraine was helpless.

Even if the sea drill was about to end in six months, even if he was about to get an official position and become an excellent officer in the Royal Navy, he was still not yet eighteen years old.

Under English law, every young person under the age of 18 is required to be guardianed, and every life decision needs to be signed by the guardian, and resignation is one of them.

So it is very likely that Lorraine will have to serve in the army until he is eighteen years old, and he will not be able to set off until he is the legal majority before he can start chasing the life he wants.

It will take another two years......

Greeting the laws of England in a broken way, Lorraine rolled over and prepared to sleep.

He suddenly saw a rickety light signal on the sea, three long and one short.

Emergency communications at the sea school?

He closed his eyes in confusion, and fell asleep with doubts in his eyes.

I don't know how long I slept this night, and before dawn, the third mate woke him up.

"Little Drake, get out of bed silently and report to the captain's room immediately."

"Jazz?"

For some reason, Lorraine thought of the emergency communication before bed......

"Captain of the Heir Assault Boat, Sergeant Cadet Lorraine. Drake checks in! ”

"Enter."

"Yes!"

Outside the towering aft cabin, Lorraine checked her outfit for the last time.

The leggings were tightly tied, the buttons were fastened, the headscarf and sword were matched, and there was no problem with the outfit on the body, and there were no obvious wrinkles in the military uniform and shirt.

He took a deep breath, pushed the door, and entered the cabin.

Sir Leighton was sitting at his little wine table with a frown, pipe in his mouth, and a small half-glass of brandy and a roll of parchment sealed with fire paint in front of him.

He puffed out his cigarette softly: "Little Drake, do you know why I called you?" ”

Lorraine stood straight, her eyes not squinting, her voice high.

"The third officer didn't say anything, so the students didn't know anything!"

Sir nodded in satisfaction, "Guess what." ”

"The student is a soldier, and the soldier has no conjecture!"

Sir became more and more satisfied, and he laughed, "And what have you observed?" ”

"Emergency communication, sir! The time was between 22:00 and 22:30 at night, because it was the time when the class was changing, and Judea greeted your mother when she got up! ”

This is not a small report.

Lorraine's expression was so formal that Sir Leighton couldn't tell whether Judea was scolding him or Lorraine was scolding him.

Those who don't know are not to blame, and Jazz can't identify the suspect, so he can only not blame.

He pushed the parchment scroll in front of him with his pipe: "The urgent letter from the sea school asks you to read it by name." ”

"Yes! Mr! ”

Lorraine snapped and pulled his legs together, picked up the paper roll with the most crisp movement, first checked that the fire paint was in good condition, and then held the roll with both hands and tucked it around his waist.

"Do you need students to read it out? Mr! ”

"Naval Commander's order, you can decide for yourself whether to tell me or not, and how much to tell me."

"Yes! Mr! ”

Doubts are growing.

With a lot of doubts, Lorraine gently peeled off the fire paint and unfolded the scroll.

After a few breaths, he looked up slightly apologetically, and his voice suddenly became muffled.

"Sir, I may have to disembark early......"

Sir Leighton's brow furrowed.

"Disembark early?" There was undisguised dissatisfaction in his voice, "You only have six months left in sea exercises, and if you get off the ship early, the results of this subject will be invalidated, and the official service will be delayed until the year after!" Sgt. I need a reason. ”

"My father...... The Lion was caught in a storm on its way to the New World, and the mainmast broke, and the Admiral of the New World Fleet, Vice Admiral Elijah. Drake...... Martyrdom. ”

Lorraine's voice trembled slightly, and the scroll of paper in his hand unconsciously crumpled into a ball.

"My father died, and the family wanted me to stop my studies immediately and go back to Tavistock...... Cooking, aftermath. ”