In zoology, higher animals are a relative concept, and vertebrates are higher animals compared to invertebrates. Whereas, among vertebrates, tetrapods are higher animals relative to fishes, while mammals are taller than other animals. There is no doubt that human beings, as the primate with the most complex body structure, the most distinct tissues and organs, and the vertebrate, stand at the pinnacle of the animals currently known.

After talking for a long time, I don't know much zoology, but I know that the biggest advantage of humans over other animals is the ability to control themselves. One is active control, such as item operation; The other is passive control, such as environmental tolerance, which is a good verification environment right now!

The eight Kaplan Chamber of Commerce's transports began to burn violently, boiling flames whirring from the side of the ship, tearing at all the sights above the water!

It stands to reason that every ship sailing on the sea, especially a warship, has an emergency plan for fire fighting, but that is a source formulated for the fire on the deck with the attachments on the deck, how can there be a fire extinguishing below the side of the ship?

This situation is so rare that for a while, the eight transport ships panicked for a while! However, it is clear that the sailors of the Kaplan Chamber of Commerce are well trained. Although the situation happened suddenly, after a brief moment of panic, they began to stabilize their positions and poured water on the anticline below the side of the ship in an awkward position in an attempt to extinguish the fire!

Here I have to say that the people's understanding of fire in this era is still in a relatively primitive stage, with the modern A-F classification of fire, people at this time only understand the A and F fire, that is, wood, cotton, linen wool products, paper burning caused by fires or kitchen utensils and cooking fires.

At present, the fire caused by the burning of crude oil is a Class B fire, and the sailors on the eight transport ships did not know why, and poured water on the ship's outboard to try to extinguish the fire, but the fire burned more and more violently!

In some places, sparks even exploded, and after they spread out, they ignited the attachment location and caused a new ignition point! Under the action of the night wind, the fire became more vigorous for a while!

Most people don't have this kind of experience, but people who cook all year round will have this experience. When the pan is overheated, the cooking oil in the pan will catch fire, and the flames will suddenly rise up and rush straight to the range hood, which looks very scary. In this case, the cut vegetables should be poured along the edge of the pot quickly, or the lid should be used to cover the edge of the pot to run out of oxygen, and the fire will naturally be extinguished.

However, some people are inexperienced, and they will rush to pour water into the burning pot when they are caught off guard, and the result will generally be crackling sparks splashing, resulting in a "fryer"! Oil sparks and sparks were sprayed everywhere, which could easily cause injuries and the fire to expand. This is because of inexperience, which leads to small problems developing into big problems.

Kaplan's sailors faced this situation, they used water to extinguish the fire of crude oil, which was tantamount to fighting the fire, and the fire suddenly became more and more violent!

At this time, the sound of artillery fire sounded in my ears again, and the situation of the Kaplan Chamber of Commerce was even worse! While Kaplan's sailors were still struggling with the question of whether to fight the fire or fight back first, the elephants on board had already blown up again!

In the distance, I could only hear the neighing of countless elephants, which was three parts anger and seven parts fear, so I could imagine what a lively scene was like on board!

The No. 4 ship also began to burn, but because it was in the center of the circle, the surrounding fire was too large and absorbed a lot of oxygen, so it did not burn violently, the only problem was that the smoke was too large. After throwing the torch and seeing that the fire had burned as desired, Mo and several shinobi had already changed into water supports, ready to go into the water to escape at any time. It's just that the burning of the ship is not violent at this time, so they are still waiting.

Mo covered his mouth and nose with a damp cloth and looked at the big ship not far away with a smile in his eyes. His heart was full of a sense of accomplishment - after all, what a thing to brag about when he just moved his hands and made so many boats, so many people, so many elephants burned!

He stared quietly at the cabin opposite, and suddenly, he saw an elephant "clang" and slammed into the plank of the cabin, and jumped into the sea with a hiss! When it fell into the water, it made a huge splash!

It's a pity that I'm outside the circle and can't see it clearly, but I can see it clearly inside the ink! This huge Roshan can actually swim? Under Mo's gaze, the elephant slowly but very steadily swam towards the gap between the boats, although it was also contaminated with oil and began to show signs of fire, but this guy was very clever to dive underwater, and after the fire was extinguished, he resurfaced and swam out of the gap between the boats!

Mo couldn't help but smack his lips. It's still a few nautical miles from the coastline, so I wonder if this big guy can swim there?

Just as he was thinking, several elephants jumped out of the huge hole that the elephant had just knocked out, but their luck was mixed. Okay, it was a coincidence that I swam in the direction of the elephant just now, and after several twists and turns, I also got through the gap in the boat and swam towards the land. The unlucky ones swam in the opposite direction, and the two elephants swam away from the land!

Mo knew that the direction they swam in was the endless sea! Even if these big guys can hold on and have good physical strength, they will definitely sink in the depths of the sea in the end! Mo's heart suddenly had a trace of unbearable, we have to deal with people, not these animals who don't know why!

So Mo looked down and saw that there were a lot of burned and broken planks on the ground. He picked a piece and threw it at the elephant leading the way! Impartially, the plank was hitting the elephant's head, and the big guy was stunned, and his body was still in the water, so he raised his head and hissed, but a fierce man plunged into the water and continued to swim forward! The elephant behind it was frightened, turned around abruptly, and swam in the opposite direction—the direction of land.

Mo sighed, he had done his best to save one head, and it would be counted as one if he could save one! As for those who don't listen to persuasion, that's the path they choose, and they don't blame others.

More and more cabins were being knocked open by elephants or shelled by artillery, and I could see clearly outside the circle and couldn't help but smile. After this, the guys of the Kaplan Chamber of Commerce must have a little heart! But at the end of the day, it's not safe, I'll have to find something for them to do in the future!

I called Yu from the cabin, who could speak eight languages, and asked, "Do you speak the languages of the vicinity of Basra?" ”

You nodded and said with a smile: "Yes!" Mr! He also changed his name with the nine ghosts and filial piety.

I yelled at Arashi, "Get closer!" Get as close as you can when it's safe to do so! ”

Arashi understood what I meant, and immediately commanded the fleet to act, and accelerated forward while half-turning the rudder to the right! Our battle line gradually approached the opposing ships. I asked the Nine Ghosts Masataka to take out a wooden megaphone and give it to Yu, and after a round of shelling, I ordered him to shout at the ships of the Kaplan Chamber of Commerce: "You cursed heretics, accept the infinite sanctions of Allah!" The glory of the Woodin family is unstoppable! You will be punished for your foolishness! Allah! ”

After saying that, our artillery fire continued to bombard the other side fiercely! We were concentrating on the enemy's flagship, but it soon became clear that the enemy had completely abandoned the ability to attack with artillery, and had used all of its load capacity for armor reinforcement! Our four ships bombarded the opponent's flagship fiercely for a long time, but this guy was only injured and not destroyed! The probability of ricocheting has reached more than 70%, and even if it does not ricochet, the probability of breakdown is very small, and most of them cause armor damage, but they cannot hurt the essence.

I frowned, it was worthless to fight like this, and it would cause our ammunition to be empty. We have to change our strategy!

So, I took a closer look, and the armor of the other party's flagship, No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 6, and No. 7 ships was obviously thicker, while the armor of No. 2 and No. 5 was obviously lighter! It seems that the ship has taken on other tasks in the past two days.

I shouted at Arashi, "Shift the fire!" Attack the opponent's second ship! Hit the stern! ”

Arashi immediately ordered, and the firepower of the four boats quickly shifted the target of attack after the light indicated, and all the firepower began to fiercely attack the second half of the opponent's second ship! Sure enough, the defense of this No. 2 ship was much worse than that of the flagship, and after a few rounds of salvos, black smoke rose from the second half of the opponent's No. 2 ship, and it looked like there was a fire in the cabin!

Judging from the intensity of the fire, there must be some flammable things inside, considering the living environment of the elephants, ninety percent of the cabin is filled with various wood products, or plant things - not necessarily all of them, but they must be used by the elephants to improve their living environment!

I looked down at the surface of the water again, the draft of the second and fifth ships was deeper than the other ships, and they must have contained something very dense, and I guessed that it was very likely that it was grain! It seems that my decision to order the transfer of fire was correct!

There were several more rounds of artillery fire on the second ship, and the captain of the opposing side was obviously panicked, wanting to hide behind several ships with thicker armor! But how could I possibly give them this chance? I have to make a gap! The reason is very simple, I want to give Mo and the others who are still in the encirclement a way to survive!

According to the ability of Mo and the others, it would have been possible to dive away. But at this time, the sea surface is full of crude oil, and they have no room for ventilation, so it is very dangerous to rush into the water! So I ordered Halleha to build a very light iron armor based on the model of a speedboat, and nest it well on the outside of a speedboat for fireproofing!

It looks special, how to put it, like putting a sturdy phone case on the outside of your phone! All we have to do now is sink an enemy ship, open a gap before the place rushes up to fight us, and when they rush out, we're ready to leave!"

The enemy ships also apparently discovered that the four ships on our outer side were nothing more than four medium-sized armed merchant ships. Although they were caught off guard by the flames and the sudden artillery bombardment, after reacting, the other side rushed towards our ships very bravely, trying to solve the passive problem and win a chance for themselves by fighting like they were all dead!

How could I possibly give them such an opportunity? After a few more rounds of fire, the opponent's No. 2 ship had already begun to tilt, and its left side was discounted! The sea water began to "gurgle" into the cabin! I yelled at Arashi, "Hit the middle of the second ship!" ”

Lan naturally understood that at this time, we were fighting for a chance to survive for the Mo team, so he immediately ordered full firepower, no longer thinking about the problem of attrition, and fired fiercely at the middle of the left side of the broken second ship of the opponent's second ship!

Finally, the opponent's No. 2 ship was completely sunk! The broken hull of the ship sinks to the bottom of the sea with dense bubbles! The sailors on the ship jumped into the sea in a hurry, and some climbed onto the back of the elephant that broke free from the shackles and jumped into the sea, and fled with the ups and downs of the huge body towards the surrounding ships!

A huge gap suddenly appeared in the opponent's ship array! Mo, who has been engaged in intelligence for a long time and has an extremely tricky vision, will naturally not let go of this opportunity. He led several subordinates to push the "plus" speedboat into the water, jumped into the merchant ship, and rushed towards the gap with all his might!