"Look, all your requests, I've got it!" Lavoisier said to Joseph with a smug face, patting a machine next to him.

It's not a big machine, it's basically a big cast-iron jar with a spout.

"How do you use this thing?" Joseph asked.

"Fill fuel through this opening." Lavoisier said, "The Greek fire of Eastern Rome was only a crude product of oil. As long as the oil is simply fractionated, some very flammable products can be obtained. These things are lighter than water, so they can float on the surface of the water and burn. Well, following your suggestion, I added some sugar to it, and it made it a lot thicker enough to stick to the target and burn. If it is sprayed on the other party's boat, hahahaha, then there is almost no way to extinguish it except to cover it with sand, but on the ship, where does so much sand come from? ”

Joseph looked at the thing carefully and asked, "How far can this thing shoot?" ”

"It can have a range of about 60 meters in windless conditions." Lavoisier replied.

"So far? How did you do that? Joseph was taken aback.

"Gunpowder, of course." Lavoisier said, "Gunpowder is used to create high pressure, and then this high pressure is used to eject the fuel. Otherwise, how could it be so far? ”

"Can this thing be reloaded?" Joseph asked.

"Of course not, it's okay for this thing to blow up the gunpowder once, and if it blows up again, maybe it's yourself who dies. Also, Joseph, let's be clear, you didn't ask for this thing to be non-disposable when you first made the request. Lavoisier replied without hesitation.

"Damn! I let this old guy take advantage of me! Joseph cursed himself in his heart.

"So can you get a reusable version out of it?" Joseph asked reluctantly.

"Impossible! At least, within your stated volume and weight range, don't even think about it! Lavoisier directly refused, "Do you think I used gunpowder as a source of pressure when I had nothing to do?" Jet forty meters! Damn it! With such a small volume, there is no other way than to use gunpowder. However, it is still possible to spray twenty or thirty meters. But if you want me to do it, you have to pay more. ”

"Well, I'm not bad to see this, you can still bring two on a boat. There are two of them, which should be enough for the Brit to drink a pot. Joseph said immediately. Many of the technical difficulties of this thing have been broken through, and it is left to do other types of work, which can be done by cheaper people.

"Well, can we experiment with that?" Seeing that Lavoisier seemed to have the intention of continuing to fight for a follow-up project, Joseph quickly changed the subject.

Captain Morrell's clipper ship "Flower Moon" was loaded with various cargoes and was ready to leave for Ireland. Recently, there have been more and more British clippers on the surface of the sea near Ireland. These treacherous British, often disguised as French ships, and sometimes even disguised as having just passed through a battle, wounded by the British, and in urgent need of help, tricked French clippers into approaching and then attacking.

However, Morel was not too worried about this move, because since the last time the Dutch one-eyed dragon suffered a loss, all the captains of the French clippers who went to Ireland had a small notebook in their hands. The small notebook records the number of the ships on their side, as well as the signal flags they should put out on the corresponding month and day. Because every ship is different, and every day they are supposed to fly different signal flags, the British camouflage is almost useless.

Of course, the British could also chase after them directly. After all, if you meet them on the way to Ireland, their ship is lighter at this time, and it will not be easy to get rid of them. Had it not been for the fact that the British were not familiar enough with such ships to take full advantage of them in many cases, the French would have lost more than the cargo that had been thrown into the sea to lighten its weight.

Just as the Kagetsu was about to leave the docks, a carriage came to the side of the ship. The four men showed Morel a document from the carriage, and then said something to Morel, and then the four men carried two bags of tight stuff from the cart and boarded the boat.

After the men got on board, the Kazuki left the dock and sailed out to sea.

The four men got into the boat, took the two things to the bow and stern, and went about their work. After most of the day, these two strange things were installed.

"What is this?" Morel asked.

"Greek fire, have you heard of it?" A bearded man replied, his accent was so strong that he should have heard it from the Lower Rhine.

"Greek fire? Is that the same thing that used to be Byzantine? Isn't this thing lost? "Morel is clearly aware of this history.

"It has reappeared in the hands of our people." The bearded man replied with some pride, "With this, you don't have to be afraid of meeting the British." ”

"Be careful not to run into us when it's the British." Another man with a finger missing from his hand said.

"It's not easy to meet the British." "At least, I haven't encountered it once," Morrell said. ”

Maybe it was this flag erected by Morel that worked, well, in general, people who mix at sea, it is better not to talk nonsense, otherwise, it is easy to have problems. For example, someone says, "Even God can't let this ship sink," and God sends an iceberg over him.

The day after Morel finished saying this, early in the morning, the sun had just risen over the sea, and the lookout post of the Flower Moon sounded the alarm: "A clipper boat has been found, thirty degrees on the starboard side!" ”

Captain Morel rushed to the deck, raised his binoculars and looked that way, and sure enough, he saw a clipper approaching.

"Ship number 15, Edward, check what signal flag should this ship fly today?" Captain Morel said to the first mate.

"It should be yellow from front to back, blue, and green at the top." The first mate replied.

"Hehe, British. They're really coming. Captain Morel shook his head.

"Is it British?" At this time, the four men who had just set off on board also climbed from the cabin to the deck.

"Yes, it's the British." Morel replied. Although there is a secret weapon on his side, it is better not to have a battle after all.

"They're approaching us?" The bearded man said.

"Yes, they put up a flag and asked us for help. Hehe, you still want to lie to us. Morel said.

"Lean in, keep a distance of about fifty meters, and we'll give them a guy. Your boat is not as fast as theirs, so it may not be possible to run away directly, so it is better to simply pretend to be fooled, and then give them a hard blow while they are defenseless. ”

Morel thought for a moment and asked, "Is this thing of yours reliable?" ”

"Don't worry, this thing is great, it's great." The bearded man said, "We've experimented a lot. ”

So Morel asked the Kazuki to meet it, and took the initiative to slow down.

The boat over there also slowed down. The distance between the two boats was getting closer and closer, and soon it was less than a hundred meters.

"Shout at them, ask them what's wrong, paralyze them." Morel said.

So one of the sailors shouted to the other side, "What has happened to you?" ”

"We ran into the British, the ship's doctor is dead, and someone is injured, can your doctor come and help?" The man over there also replied in French.

"This French is quite similar." The man who was missing a finger said, "Addock's accent is more standard." ”

"Than my accent standard? Are you praising him or are you mocking him? The bearded man smiled nonchalantly.

"Okay, you guys come here!"

While the two boats were laughing and talking, the distance between the two boats continued to move from less than a hundred meters to less than fifty meters, and then to less than forty meters.

At that moment, the bearded man tore off the canvas that had been covering the flamethrower that was attached to the bow of the ship, revealing the flamethrower, and then, with a shriek, a long dragon crossed the sea and swooped down on the British clipper.

In the blink of an eye, the British ship became a sea of fire.

"Full sails! Left rudder three! Morel hurriedly ordered.

Now that he had set the British ship on fire, the most important thing was to get away with the British as soon as possible, lest they hit their heads head-on.

However, the danger was not great, first of all, because the attack was completely unexpected by the British. The second is that the effect of this attack is simply outstanding. The fire caused by a large amount of viscous fuel oil also ignited the sails of that British ship. It also made it difficult to control the ship.

A little further afield, the British were seen trying to put out the fire by lifting the sea water with buckets at first. But this effort had the opposite effect, and the fuel floated on the surface of the water, flowing down the water, igniting more places. The fire spiraled out of control in the blink of an eye. One by one, the British began to jump from the ship into the sea. When many people jumped into the sea, orange flames were already burning on their bodies.

The fire burned quickly, and in a short time several masts of the ship broke off and collapsed in the fire. Then came the hull, which soon fell apart in the fire.

"What about the British?" Morel asked, pointing to some British sailors struggling hard at sea.

"them!" The bearded man said.

"It's not good to see death and not save it." "Anyway, I'm going to Ireland right away, and when I get to Ireland, I'll just hand them over to the Irish." ”

"Ah, that's right." The bearded man said, "Well, I'm not against that." However, I think you might as well not save them for humanitarian reasons. ”