The front and rear right sails and side sails are all open! Right full rudder! Target enemy ship, half a chain at a distance, speed six knots plus half! Starboard Release!

Under the command of Lawrence, the Tarzan suddenly made a semi-turn from the right side of three cruisers including the Sharp Swordsman? And also fired?

Dolip just wanted to open his mouth to laugh and mock these stupid pirates for firing at this distance? But before the words could be spoken, Dolip heard the unique sharp whistling sound of the whistling cannonballs breaking through the air, and with years of battlefield experience, Dolip's first reaction was to lie on the deck.

Rumble! Rumble! With the ship's hull hit in two places, the sea water stirred up by more than a dozen close-range misses poured cold on the people on the deck of the Sharp Swordsman in this cold season!

The two places on the starboard side of the Sharp Swordsman were on the gun deck, four gun emplacements were completely destroyed, a large number of gunners and sailors fell on the deck wailing and screaming, stumps and broken arms were everywhere, and a sailor was trying to shove back the guts that flowed out! The entire deck was filled with flames and smoke, like hell.

Dolip is completely stupid! The cruiser had only one gun deck, and although the firepower was not equal to that of the battleship, it was logical that the quality of the guns should be about the same.

The shells of the Sharp Swordsman's counterattack all fell into the sea at a great distance from the opponent, obviously the range of his own artillery was less than half of the opponent's, Dolip immediately realized that the other party was likely to use the so-called new cannon, looking at the miserable deck, Dolip found it hard to believe that the other party actually hit himself in the first round of shelling? Is the opponent too lucky? Or are you too unlucky?

After withstanding two rounds of fire from the upper and lower decks of the opponent in succession, the main mast of the Sharp Swordsman was broken by a direct hit, and the ship's oak fragments flew wildly in the explosion, causing casualties even worse than the shelling, especially the wounded who were pierced in the artery.

Dollip, whose face was covered in gunsmoke, looked at the almost sunken Sharp Swordsman with some distraction and muttered, "Is this the power of the new cannon flowering shell?" ”

At this moment, the first adjutant of the Madame Rice had already reminded Carbony for the second time whether he was moving closer to the shelling area, and Carbonie glanced at the first lieutenant with great dissatisfaction and said: "This operation is in charge of Dollip, not me, please remember!" ”

Kaberni looked triumphantly in the direction of the cannon sound and continued: "If the other party really has a third-class battleship, then they must be pirates with a deep background, and our appearance will definitely be considered by them as the primary threat target, you are not mercenaries who make a fortune by exterminating pirates, I am responsible for the lives of my subordinates and the safety of the ships of the fleet, this is the most important duty of a captain." ”

Carbonie said it very high-soundingly, and it was very clear that Carbonie meant that no matter how well the battle was fought, you would not benefit, and it was the mercenaries who shared the money after the victory.

On the bridge of the completely destroyed Swordsman, the Medic was bandaging Dolip's bleeding head, and the sight of the Swordsman being paralyzed by a few rounds of artillery fire frightened the Red Scorpion and the Blue Star, both ships slowing down and lowering their sails almost simultaneously.

Looking at the distant pirate ship Dollip, I want to cry without tears! Looking back at the Lady Rice, who was still nowhere to be seen, Dolip, whose face was covered in gunsmoke mixed with blood, could only sigh.

The small black dots that appeared in the distance one after another made everyone feel a sense of happiness that they had escaped from death, and on the Tarzan after the breakout, cheers continued to sound, this was a victory with an absolutely overwhelming surname, while Lin Haijiang and Lawrence stood in front of the chart and thought hard about countermeasures.

Today's ambush was obviously carefully planned and organized by the other side, and after seeing through the opponent's tricks, the Tarzan escaped with the range of the new cannon and the flowering shell, but what is the next step?

According to common sense, they need to stay away and hide for half a year or a year, but Lin Haijiang and Lawrence obviously don't want to do this.

The reason why Lin Haijiang can't disappear for the time being is that he still wants to continue to attack Jenny. The cargo ship designated by Miss William, the truth of wealth and danger Lin Haijiang knows better than anyone that anything he wants to do in the future is to kill his head and destroy the nine clans.

Lawrence, on the other hand, is anxious to vent a long-pent-up emotion! The two madmen hit it off!

Moreover, the two designated ironclad ships have to be handed over in this sea area, and Lin Haijiang said that he could not leave anything before receiving the goods, and due to the timeliness of communication, it was only more than half a year before Lin Haijiang received the goods.

Lin Haijiang looked at Lawrence and said softly, "How many third-class battleships will there be in the Egyptian colonial fleet?" ”

Lawrence pondered for a moment and said: "The Egyptian colonial fleet is subordinate to the Mediterranean Fleet, but the Egyptian governor can be transferred, if the normal establishment will have two or three, and the rest are cruisers and auxiliary ships. ”

Lin Haijiang seemed to have made up his mind: "I need time!" We must break through the encirclement of our opponents! At least more than half a year. ”

Lawrence took a deep breath and pointed to Dorin Harbor and said, "If my judgment is correct, they should return to Dorin Harbor today to rest, because they have a large number of wounded who need to be treated, so that the other party's ships will not all enter the harbor, this is a very good opportunity." ”

Lin Haijiang smiled at Lawrence and said, "They must not have thought that we would kill them!" ”

Lawrence nodded slightly, threw the chart pen on the chart, and said, "If they have a big ship, we will capture it for them, then it will be more shocking than the effect of sinking, and it will buy us more time." ”

As Lin Haijiang and Lawrence had envisioned, the Lady Rice did not enter the harbor like the Sharp Swordsman and some cruisers that had been dragged into the harbor after a heavy blow, because after all, the port of Dorin was only a small port, and Carbony did not bother to dock his warships with the incompetent.

The Lady Rice was moored alone outside the harbor, and Carboney and almost all of the officers went ashore to see Dolip's distressed appearance, and Carboney, who was the captain before leaving the ship, also gave the sailors on board a holiday, and several sampans on the Lady Rice went back and forth until dark.

Those who remained on duty on the ship could only drink inferior sweet potato whiskey, and the officers all went ashore happily, and those who stayed on the ship naturally did not pay attention to vigilance, in the calm and beautiful Mediterranean, the sailors of the Royal Navy were accustomed to the peaceful days, especially for a third-class battleship like the Lady Rice.

Under the cover of night, the Tarzan is slowly moving forward on the sea like a monster ready to attack at any time, and Lin Haijiang and Lawrence have locked on this unexpected surprise anchored outside Dorin Harbor!

A third-class battleship, although the Phoenix, the predecessor of the Tarzan, was also a third-class battleship, it was a training ship owned by the Dartmouth Naval School, and there was still a certain gap between it and the Lady Rice in terms of personnel quality and firepower.

The time of the attack was not set for late at night, because Lawrence insisted on an hour after dinner, because most of the sailors were already drunk by this time, that is, at 20 o'clock they forcibly docked and merged the ships and carried out an armed raid! In order to emphasize the accuracy of time, Lawrence threw his copper-shelled pocket watch into the sea and hung Lin Haijiang's gold watch in his breast pocket!

In this regard, Lin Haijiang can only express helplessness! What made him curious was whether the accuracy of the watch had something to do with the material of its shell?

Lin Haijiang, who lost his gold watch, took a deep breath, and he finally agreed to Lawrence's bold battle plan, knowing that the staffing of a standard third-level battle column is between 720 and 490, it can be said that it is difficult to accurately estimate the number of opponents, and the number of opponents also determines the length of resistance of the opponent.

If the battle reaches a stalemate, then when the cruisers in the harbor arrive, it will be Lin Haijiang's Taishan who will never recover! As pirates who dared to attack the Royal Navy of the British Empire, their fate would be hung under a lamppost like salted fish until they dried.

Lawrence saw Lin Haijiang's worries, and he patted Lin Haijiang's shoulder with confidence and said: "Don't worry, the personnel of the Royal Navy combat position of a third-class battleship are generally 21 officers, about 290 sailors, and 150 reserve supplementary personnel. ”

Lin Haijiang recalled that most of the so-called information in later generations was superficial and did not seek detailed explanation, and many of them were inaccurate or even misleading, which also made Lin Haijiang very helpless, after all, he was just an ordinary captain of naval artillery, not a historical research scholar, and most of his information and cognition came from a network of mixed truth and falsehood, and it was very normal for there to be a difference.

While the sailors left behind on the Lady Rice were enjoying a sumptuous dinner and drinking, the last quarter moon, which had turned into a crescent moon, quietly hid in the dark clouds......

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