In naval warfare, there are several factors that are most important. One is the wind direction, the second is the position, the third is the angle, the fourth is the speed, and the fifth is luck.

At present, the two sides involved in the battle are exactly in a long "one" shape, arranged in a north-south direction.

The wind is blowing from the southwest, and there is no question of who is good and who is not good.

As for the angle, the enemy and our ships have exactly the same angle, almost in the same line, such an angle is the most unfavorable for shelling, but if you want to engage in white-knuckle combat, this is the most beneficial way to catch up with the enemy! So we received only sporadic shelling, and even our stern guns were more firepower than theirs!

The speed was not too fast, because we advanced the river, and the boats behind us followed, and everyone was about ten knots or so. It's not fast, but considering that there is a dead end ahead, it stands to reason that they will always catch up with us!

As for luck, as it stands, God seems to be on our side!

Mavi's face flickered, but she didn't say a word. After a long time, he spoke: "How did you find out?" Then he added: "Captain! ”

I smiled and said, "The reason is simple, because - what a coincidence!" ”

Mavi frowned, and asked calmly, "It's too coincidental?" ”

I continued to laugh and whispered, "Yes! What a coincidence! With that, I threw down the mango in my hand, took out the handkerchief and wiped my hands, before I smiled and continued to speak, the voice seemed to be an old friend talking: "As soon as we arrived in Manila, you took the initiative to find us, and after several twists and turns to identify yourself, you revealed the news that the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce was going to attack us!" ”

Mavi frowned and continued to ask, "Is there anything wrong with this?" The Kuhn Chamber of Commerce does have the intention of attacking you—even if you don't take into account the fact that you borrowed their name, attacked the Kumano Navy, and caused a series of losses, and your march into the South Seas alone - I mean, not being satisfied with the Malacca business district and encroaching on the intended territory of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce is enough for him to be your enemy! ”

I nodded and smiled, "That's right! That's the truth, but the problem is that when we came to Manila, we didn't use the banner of the Blade Sea Chamber of Commerce! You, Mavi the Stalker, while running a hotel on your own, how do you see and hear all directions, and know that it is us who has come to Manila incognito, the Blade Sea Chamber of Commerce? ”

Hearing this, Mavi sighed slightly, and said with a wry smile: "It was my negligence!" I didn't expect your mind to be so thoughtful! I throw in the towel! But...... But you're in a desperate situation, aren't you? ”

I was noncommittal, just looked him in the eye and smiled.

Mavi shook his head and continued to say helplessly: "I admit that I hurt you, and Pence Jr. was also deceived, and he also thought that we were united against the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce. But...... But I have my own troubles! And...... And when you were reversing just now, I suddenly felt that I shouldn't have deceived a good person like this! So I hope you will continue to withdraw from the river, at least, how to say, whether the strong man breaks his wrist, or compromises, the flagship can always escape! ”

I nodded, still not speaking. Mavi gave me a strange look and wondered, "Captain, please allow me to call you that, do you have anything to rely on?" Perhaps you think that in such a narrow waterway, you can use your own medium-sized sailing ship against the large North Sea schooners of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce? That's impossible! ”

As he spoke, Mavi pointed to the land not far below and continued, "Or are you planning to land?" Fight the enemy on land? Wake up, Captain! Our families are only a few hundred, this is the number of people in each other's boat! After all, the opponent's ships have been specially modified for white-knuckle warfare! Hopeless! ”

I suddenly laughed, stopped laughing, and then squinted at Mavi and said, "Mavi, I admire you, but unfortunately you let me down!" ”

My eyes burned, and the piercing Mavi didn't dare to look up. He lowered his head and muttered, "Yes, I have betrayed your trust in me!" You're a good captain. To be honest, after getting to know you, I wanted to tell you the truth many times, but ...... But my sister is really in their hands! ”

Speaking of this, Mavi had already closed his eyes and shed two lines of tears! He shrugged his shoulders slightly, and after a long time, he said, "That's my only relative!" I didn't have a choice! ”

At this time, the voice of Old Tucker came from the side: "Captain, what Mavi said is true!" Maggie is a very cute girl, and in order to deal with you, Simon Skun has caught Maggie! In fact, Mavita...... He was indeed forced to do so! ”

Mavi turned her head and stared at old Tucker for a long time before asking, "Did you say that?" ”

Old Tucker nodded, "I said it!" All! ”

Mavi wondered, "You don't want your daughter's life?" ”

Old Tucker frowned a few times in a row, and then said lightly: "I have found out, the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce has killed my daughter Vivian, not as they said, put Vivian under house arrest in the villa!" ”

Mavi screamed, "You talk nonsense! She's alive! She's still alive! And Maggie too, Maggie is alive too! You're lying! ”

Old Tucker looked at the scattered cannonballs that crossed not far away, took out a ring from his arms, a golden ring, and said lightly: "This is Vivien's relic, I spent a lot of money to ask someone to steal it back!" Vivien, along with Maggie, was secretly executed, and her body was pushed into the sea, which can be regarded as a sea burial! ”

Mavi looked at the ring, he knew it, Vivien had been widowed for several years, but she had always carried it.

Mavi knelt on the ground suddenly, held his head in his hands and said, "No!! Why! Why is this happening! ”

Old Tucker took back the ring and said with sadness in his tone, "Because the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce needs a good name!" How could a chamber of commerce focused on business do such a hurtful thing? Assert your hegemony by attacking other chambers of commerce? That's impossible! So not only will the sea of blades perish, I will die, but Mavi will also be silently wiped out in the end! ”

After speaking, he sighed again, put the ring back in his arms, and said lightly: "This is reality!" ”

Mavi, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't stop crying! Eighty percent of what he told me was true, including his sister Maggie, except that Maggie was not taken from the Old Kingdom, but in front of Mavi - on condition that Mavi act as a matchmaker and lead me into an ambush!

Old Tucker was in a similar situation, but the old man had lived at sea for most of his life, and was accustomed to seeing each other's deceit, including his leg—not because of the tsunami but because of the loss, but because of betrayal......

So he didn't believe that Kuhn would let his daughter go at all! The only thing that made him happy was that according to the spies he hired, Vivien tried her best to resist when she was about to be violated, and she was extraordinary in her own swordsmanship, injuring several Kuhn Chamber of Commerce thugs in a row! The other party had no choice but to besiege her, and finally killed her with one sword! She died a happy death, but she was also spared the devastation!

And Maggie wasn't so lucky...... There is still a long process before she dies. Of course, old Tucker didn't plan to tell Mavi these words, otherwise this man who was like a father and took care of Maggie would collapse!

Just like this, Mavi cried like a child. Since the early death of her parents, Mavi has been taking care of her sister, and this playful and cute little girl has become the only sustenance for the stalker Mavi!

He didn't want to deceive me, and it is said that Mavi also went to Kuhn - Simmons Kuhn, but nothing came of it. There are only two ways to defeat him: first, help them. Second, lead the corpse.

Looking at the old and young in front of me, all expressing the pain in their hearts in their own ways, I suddenly felt very sorry in my heart. If a person is not a sage, how can he be ruthless? If it were me, how would I choose?

Mavi cried for a while, and then suddenly stopped crying, he raised his head to look at me, and gritted his teeth and said, "Captain, I don't ask you to forgive me for my betrayal and deception!" All I ask is, please let me be the stormtrooper and collect the blood debt from the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce! ”

I looked at his face, a twisted face enraged by a blood feud like an angry bull!

I said lightly, "Are you really going to do that?" ”

Ma Wei closed his eyes, lowered his voice and said slowly: "I didn't fulfill my parents' last wish, and it is unfilial to take care of my sister for them." I betrayed you, captain, and put you in a desperate situation, and I was unfaithful! A disloyal and unfilial person like me is not qualified to live! ”

After speaking, he suddenly opened his eyes again, and two lines of blood and tears flowed from them, and he said word by word: "I only wish to atone for my sins with my own life!" Even if the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce will win in the end, I will have to be the head of Simmon Kuhn! In honor of Maggie and Vivien's spirits in the sky! ”

I glanced at old Tucker, who lowered his eyes sadly, but nodded slightly, and said softly, "Captain, please give Mavi another chance!" He...... I'm willing to vouch for him! ”

Mavi looked at Old Tucker blankly, he didn't understand why at this time, Old Tucker and I were still so calm! It doesn't make sense.

He looked up and saw that our five boats had crossed the narrowest of the river and entered an area where two boats could go in parallel, and further in, three boats could go in parallel, and the current had begun to slow down.

And the ships of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce followed behind, but they were still in the position of a single boat, and they were going deeper inside!

Judging from the current situation, when they reached the position of about three ships in parallel, the entire fleet of seven ships could all enter the river and start preparing to launch a white-knuckle battle charge against us! Then, they can use six or seven times our numerical superiority to completely annihilate us!

But why is the captain so calm? And Old Tucker! Although this quirky old guy is old, he is not old and confused at all! He is shrewd, why is he not in a hurry in the face of such a situation?

Just as Mavi was thinking nonsense, I suddenly called out faintly: "Mavi." ”

Mavi wiped away her tears, looked at me, and asked, "Captain, did you grant my request?" ”

I shook my head. Mavi lowered her head and sighed, "I know that a traitor and liar like me cannot be punished, and it is natural that you don't give me a chance." So, please kill me! If possible, please bury my body with my sister's relics! Well, please put a bouquet of irises on the grave! That's Maggie's favorite! ”

I shook my head again, and Mavi was a little anxious, but then he understood again, and said apologetically, "I forgot, captain, I'm sorry, I want you to die for my private affairs!" "In his heart, we are not going to escape death no matter what!

I suddenly raised my hand and punched him in the right cheek! Mavi fell to the ground, and then spit out a mouthful of blood, he smiled bitterly and said, "Sure enough, you won't let me die!" That's it! I've done it myself! It's up to you! ”

As he spoke, he sat on the ground and closed his eyes.

The expected beating didn't happen, and Mavi heard only my voice near and far - "Remember, you owe me"!

Mavi snapped open her eyes, and saw my back, gold-rimmed in the morning light, walking briskly toward the captain's quarters.