Remember: there's only one time that matters, and that's now! It's important because it's the time when we make a difference.

- Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (one of the most outstanding writers in the history of world literature)

The detailed map of Hamo Prefecture has been unreservedly hand-drawn by Yuki Honma, and the Ito family's sphere of influence is in the southwest corner of Hamo Prefecture, and there are two small families near their family, which are about two hours away from Brent's First Squadron.

The two small families, who only had a few small early fillers, naturally would not be taken into Brent's eyes, but in order to avoid interference from external forces in the next action, Brent still took some precautions, such as dividing his first squadron into three fleets.

The four twin battleships were partially transferred to a trirea, and the remaining two triremes and two twin warships that did not carry Honma's old part were divided into two fleets of twin warships and one triremit.

Just as in the battle deployment of the total annihilation of Honma's fleet, the two convoys were deployed by Brent not far from the sides of his main fleet, and Brent, who personally led the flagship and a triremes battleship, as well as two twinships, was responsible for personally sending Honma Yuki ashore.

The reorganization of the First Fleet and the transfer of Honma's old unit were completed the day before Honma was brought ashore, and Honma, who was no different from a bystander, had no opinion on this, and even Brent took the initiative to ask him, but he did not dare to say much.

After nightfall, Honma, who had regained his freedom of movement, consciously returned to his cabin, which was the most ordinary cabin on Brent's ship, but also the furthest from the sea, and which Honma himself asked for from Brent.

After calling Obwano, who commanded the elite squadron, to his cabin, Brent said to him with a pleasant face: "Captain Obuino, tomorrow morning you will lead your troops to follow Honma Yuki to the Ito family, do you need me to provide you with some sailor costumes for the Hashige Navy?"

"Your Excellency, I don't want my soldiers to change into the costumes of the Hamao Naval Army unless it is necessary. Obwano frowned slightly and said, "The armor and leather armor worn by the soldiers under my command are not only their most important armor, but also their life-saving equipment. ”

"Captain Obwano, I don't don't understand what you're saying. Brent persuaded: "Just changing into the sailor costume of the Yumao Navy is conducive to your soldiers to hide their identities and avoid some unnecessary troubles caused by your clothing differences." ”

"This ......" Obino, who was brave and wise enough to be persuaded by Brent, shook his original idea a little, but he could not hide the nature of a warrior, and he was still reluctant to let his soldiers take off their armor.

"Captain Obuino, if you really don't want your soldiers to take off their armor, I can find you a hundred sets of relatively wide Yumao naval army uniforms, and let your soldiers put them on the outside of their armor to hide their identities. ”

"Then thank you, Your Excellency, Commander!" Obuno said with a smile on his face, thanking Brent, who had genuinely thought of him.

"It's all my own brothers, why be so polite!" Brent, who was already young, smiled and invited Obwano and said, "I have two bottles of fine red wine brought from the city of Rome here, and tomorrow you will go ashore to act, and I will treat you to a drink tonight!"

"Haha, it's been a long time since I've drunk the best red wine in Rome, and I won't go home tonight if I don't get drunk!"

"Haha, two bottles of red wine can't make us get drunk!"

Two bottles of Rome's finest red wine, which had a lot of stamina, were used up in only half an hour in front of the drunken Brent and Obino, and as Brent said before drinking, two bottles of red wine could not make a huge number of people drunk.

Of course, even if there was enough red wine on the ship, Brent and Obwano couldn't drink too much, and to make sure that tomorrow's action didn't go wrong, they would drink a little wine to release their emotions, but they wouldn't really get themselves drunk, because it was not allowed by military law.

In the early morning of the next day, as soon as a trace of fish belly white appeared on the sea level, Brent's flagship was the first to sound a loud military trumpet, and then the other three trilinear battleships and four double-column battleships also sounded a loud military trumpet, and a new day came!

The sails that had been lowered the evening yesterday were raised again within five minutes of the sound of the trumpets of the ships, and at the sound of Brent's command, the flag-bearers on the flagship's masts turned the order into a flag, and the eight battleships were in full swing at once.

Brent, who likes to stand on the top deck, enjoyed the feeling of riding the wind and waves, and he smiled at Obwano on the side of the wooden railing on the edge of the deck: "Brother Obuino, you will be able to go ashore in two hours, but don't forget your promise last night." ”

"Brother Brent, don't worry. Obino, who was in high spirits, said with a big grin: "I will definitely prepare the good wine on Sado Island for you, if you can't find it, I will give you five bottles of fine red wine when I return to Rome City!"

"Haha, okay!" Brent laughed, "Then I'll wish you a successful start and return with wine!"

I have to admit that drinking alcohol is indeed one of the best ways to cultivate feelings between men, Brent and Obino, who only met for the first time yesterday, only drank two bottles of red wine together last night, and today they have become good brothers who call each other brothers, which is simply amazing!

After sailing forward for about half an hour, the first fleet, which was not slow, was confronted by a pirate fleet of four small mornings and a closed ship, which was not very strong, but it was a pirate fleet that should not have appeared.

According to the information provided by Honma Yuki, the other two families near the Ito family are small families who only own a few small ships, and there is no ship at all, so the question is, why does this pirate fleet that is not the Ito Navy have a ship?

Yuki Honma, who had been 'invited' out of the cabin, immediately showed a look of great excitement when he saw the flags flying on the ships of this pirate fleet, and it turned out that this was a fleet from the Hamo Naval Army, a fleet loyal to Yuki Honma.

Honma Yuki is also a strong contender for the next governor of the Honma family, and it is not surprising that there are some forces in the Hamo Navy that are loyal to him, but in the case of the destruction of his main fleet and the possibility of his own death, there is still a fleet willing to take the initiative to break away from the powerful Hamo Navy to find the dead Honma Yuki, which is worth Brent's attention.

Whatever else Brent had in mind, the fleet of the Hamo Navy, loyal to Honma, had been taken over by him, but Brent didn't have the extra manpower to take over what he considered to be 'tatters'.

This fleet, consisting of four Kohaya and one Seki, naturally became Honma's fleet, and even the old troops under his command followed him to his own fleet with Brent's tacit approval.