On the fifth day of landfall, it was sunny.

Matthias had been dealt with, the wounded had been fully repaired, and now they were ready to go.

Luckily, we also found clean fresh water sources on the island, as well as plenty of wild bananas. Although they are green, small, and a little astringent to eat, they are still very valuable.

For seafarers, any fresh vegetables and fruits are precious, and under the premise that vitamin C cannot be extracted, long-term voyages without the support of vegetables and fruits are easy for people to get scurvy.

So I ordered to pick 90 percent of the bananas, as well as the little red fruit that looks like a wolfberry, and leave 10 percent – which is also in line with Taoist thinking. Maybe there will be descendants who can't do things perfectly!

Next, we continued to advance in two directions, which was also my basic strategy - to show weakness to the enemy. Adicon and Old Tucker left first, while we left half a day late.

At noon, the sailors took the cables, and when we boarded the boat, we quickly removed the pedals, stretched the spinnaker diagonally, and the boat slowly poured out of the U-shaped shoal and returned to the surface.

Unlike before, our ship seems to be bustling all at once. I looked back and forth, and oh, the number of people didn't increase, but the division of labor had changed - the original death row camp had been divided into two parts as I had originally envisioned.

Among them, the prisoners of war, who had stood firmly on our side during the Matthias mutiny, were reorganized into assault battalions and joined the combat training detachment. The combat quality of these people is already very good, and they soon showed different abilities!

Nine Ghost Masataka selected twenty young people who were young and had good qualities in all aspects and taught them the basic introductory ninjutsu. In my opinion, this is the prototype of modern special operations.

And these people, because of their skin color and physical signs, will also participate more in our special operations in Europe and the new continent in the future.

The other part, the surviving Matthias's men, became a death battalion. While taking on all the chores, the supply was also halved.

But they're still grateful to Dade – they're at least alive compared to their fellow men who have turned into shark droppings, aren't they?

Recently, perhaps because I've become accustomed to the energy of Hellfire, I'm getting more and more comfortable using it. In the few days I was on the shore, I repeatedly integrated it into the Iai Slash, and the number of times I practiced it was so many times that I even felt that the strength of the Hellfire was more suitable for the Iai Slash move than the Cold Crystal Technique!

Juhe Slash, pay attention to the speed of the knife and the knife, relying on the rapid cutting to hit the enemy, the ice attribute attached to the cold crystal recipe is not of much help overall, and the restrained and strong nature of the hellfire itself seems to be more suitable for this routine of relying on speed and strength to hit the enemy.

As for the psychic technique, this is even more true - this set of martial arts itself is like an enhanced version of ninjutsu, and the dark attribute hellfire is simply matched with it, which is very gratifying.

So for the first time, I recovered from the regret of completely losing the Cold Crystal Formula, including the Yuanyang Seed Formula. Thinking of these two exercises, I am more and more concerned about this guy Kite, I don't know how she is, has she improved? Alas, the affairs of the new big * Lu must be resolved as soon as possible, and we must hurry back.

After another day and a night at sea, the overall situation was calm, and the only thing worth mentioning was to continue to strengthen the covert supervision of the new recruits.

For me, with the existence of the ninja group, it is not too simple to monitor and supervise, and I feel more and more glad that I decided to recruit the nine ghosts in the first place.

The next afternoon, I was practicing the Iai slash in the house when suddenly there was a shout from the deck, as if I had discovered something. As soon as he put away the knife, the nine ghosts knocked on the door and entered the house and reported, "Sir! A continuum of ships sailing in the same direction was found to the southeast, which was supposed to be the French expedition fleet. ”

At sea, especially in the far seas, it is sometimes dangerous to encounter other fleets, and the vast sea is enough to hide all evil, and it is also enough to hold endless corpses.

After listening to his report, I carried my knife and went to the deck. Sure enough, about four or five nautical miles away, a group of ships loomed into the picture, and the flag was indeed a French ship. Relations between England and France have always been bad, but they don't seem to have much to do with me. As long as they don't take the initiative to reach out, I don't have the idea of killing people and selling goods.

The sailors on the watchtower shouted: "Captain, the other side has been sending us a distress signal!" ”

I looked up and shouted, "Are you sure?" ”

The lookout shouted, "Sure! Captain, there are three of them, the hull doesn't seem to be in good condition, and one of them has flipped sideways! ”

What's the situation? Ship rollover on the ocean surface? If it's a conspiracy, the price is too great. I thought about it for a moment and ordered: "Slow down and get ready for battle!" "I don't intend to ignore such a situation, but I also don't intend to put my own interests and security on the line.

So when the opposing fleet rushed to us, the battle line of our fleet had been formed, and the guns were all aimed at the enemy's flagship. As long as the other party made the slightest movement, it only took one order to give them, and their three Karak boats should not last more than two minutes.

In other words, the size of the opponent's fleet is much smaller than ours, and it is at an absolute disadvantage at sea, and it dares to lean over in such a situation, which shows that they are indeed in trouble!

At a distance of about 500 meters, I ordered the flag, which means "stop the ship". If the opponent gets closer, we will enter a dangerous distance, and it is easy to form a pattern of white-knuckle combat, so at this time, all our artillery is already in a state of waiting to be fired, just look at the opponent's reaction!

Slowed down! The three boats on the opposite side slowed down together and came to a complete stop when they were about four hundred meters away from us! Soon, a small boat with seven or eight men on board was lowered from the opposite boat, rowing towards my flagship.

Five minutes later, I met the captain on deck, Auguste Cuomo, an expedition captain from France, a veteran captain in his forties with a red beard from Lyon.

When he saw me, he saluted me very respectfully and said to me in English that he was not very fluent in: "Thank you for your kindness!" Captain! If you don't want to help me, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive the new big * land! ”

I returned the salute and said lightly, "What's wrong?" My friend. Your situation doesn't look good! ”

Auguste Cuomo took off his hat, fanned him, licked his chapped lips, and then replied: "I am employed by the French royal family to explore the northern part of the New World, and then I need to go deep into the interior to find out if there is a suitable place to live. Don't know if my trip will bother you? ”

As soon as he came up, he went straight to the point and told him about his itinerary and plans, which was a sign of further winning my favor, and he was very successful. So I replied, "Our initial destination is the same, but the subsequent destination is different." Hey! Mavi, get a glass of water for Captain Cuomo! ”

Cumo was obviously thirsty for a while, and when he took the water, his eyes looked bright, and he drank it in a few sips, and then he let out a refreshing breath before he continued: "Thank you! Captain from the East. I was really unlucky to go to sea this time. The day before yesterday, we met a Dutch fleet at sea, and their destination was also New Land*, but something terrible happened! ”

Cuomo's face became very gloomy, and he almost gritted his teeth and said, "Spaniards! It's the Spaniards! They have a grudge against the Dutch, I know that, but when they attack each other, even we are in the range of attack! ”

He then recounted the tragic battle, in which the Spaniards pursued the Dutch fleet with all their might in order to stop the Dutch from advancing westward! The Dutch fleet was about seven or eight ships, all of which were medium-sized ships; With the addition of five French ships on his side, there are about thirteen in total. But it still couldn't withstand the surprise attack of the other side, that is, the Spaniards' eleven large sail oars and boats!

At the beginning of the battle, the Dutch did not seem to have a strong will to fight, and they wanted to speed up the disengagement. However, the Spaniards refused to let them go, and the wind did not help much, so the battle eventually took place.

In order to protect themselves, the Dutch and the French temporarily formed an alliance, but they were still defeated by the Spanish attack! In desperation, in order to prevent the Spaniards from hunting their ships, the Dutch captain Hansen Young ordered the ships that were about to be intercepted to sink themselves, and planted a lot of explosives* in exchange for time to escape by breaking the wrists of strong men!

The French fleet also lost two ships - also sunk by themselves, but to their dismal part, including the supply ship that was mainly loaded with supplies, so they lost 85 percent of their fresh water and supplies......

Hearing this, I frowned and asked, "What did you say the Dutch captain was called?" Hanson Young? ”

Cuomo nodded: "Yes, a very imposing old Dutch captain, is he your friend?" ”

I glanced at Hua Mei, and she nodded: "I made an appointment to set off first, although it can hide people's eyes, but it is also dispersed accordingly." It seems that the new big * Lu Blazer sent by the Netherlands is an acquaintance Hansen Young. Qilan, should we help them? After all, they are our allies! ”

I hummed, thinking in my heart. If I had gotten this news half a day earlier, I would have not hesitated to intercept the Spaniards, but now, in order not to attract the attention of all sides of the new continent, I let Adicon leave with half of the combat strength first, and the remaining half, can I effectively intercept the Spaniards?

Thinking of this, I turned my head and asked Cuomo, "In which direction did Hansen Yang run away?" ”

Cuomo frowned and thought for a moment before replying, "They should be right behind us, about half a day's sea!" At that time, Captain Hanson Young waved the flag, let's go first, they seemed to intend to go south and then continue to the northwest after a slight evasion! ”

As he spoke, he touched his chin and said, "They will definitely return to their current route, because they have a speed advantage, as long as they can get rid of the Spaniards!" Counting it, if all goes well, they probably should be here! ”

Cuomo calculated the compass on the nautical chart handed by his assistant for half a day before he could spend a position. When I looked down, it was about a hundred nautical miles east of where we are!

I looked up and looked at the sky, where the sun had passed its highest point and was beginning to move in the direction of sinking. According to the current season, there are still five hours until sunset. And Hansen Young is about a seven-hour flight from us!

If you want to help him, the only way is to use the night raid.

Night......

I turned my head and asked Mavi, "Is it possible to raid at night?" ”

Ma Wei frowned and said with some hesitation: "Captain, waiting for the fleet on this vast sea is really like looking for a needle in a haystack. I'm afraid I'll miss the Dutch fleet, so I'll wait for a while! As for the volley, our ships have an artillery superiority, there is not much of a problem. ”

Well, that's a problem, I thought about it, and said to Cuomo: "Why don't you do this, I'll give you some fresh water, besides, your ship seems to be a little short of materials, and there is a ship that needs emergency repairs!" ”

Cuomo nodded gratefully, and I continued: "The repaired ship is exempt, and the other two boats, I hope to cooperate with our actions." ”

Cuomo muttered for a moment and said, "My ships are all expedition configurations, and they don't play much role in battle except for escaping......"

I smiled and said, "I don't need you to fight!" I'm going to line up the seven boats in a line from north to south, with a distance of ten nautical miles between the ships, so that the interception area can be increased! As long as there is a trace of the fleet, regardless of friend or foe, the rest of the ships will move closer in that direction, increasing the probability of detection. After that, you can evacuate first without participating in the battle, how about it? ”

Cuomo thought about it, his fleet lacked fresh water supplies, and there were no materials to repair the ships, so he was also gambling on luck to sail forward, but now I have generously donated money to solve his urgent need, and it is also the right thing to do!

So, we happily reached a cooperation intention. And the unfortunate Frenchman, after receiving the supplies, immediately returned to his ship and went to prepare for war with all his might.