On the sea, dozens of sail warships of the two fleets chased and fled more than 10 nautical miles, which was spectacular.

Lin Wei and others robbed the merchant fleet fifteen nautical miles away from the mouth of the Tejo River, and after discovering the other party, they burned the ship and fled, the speed of the cruiser was much faster than that of the battleship, in order to attract the other party to pursue with all his strength, he kept the fleet at a speed and always kept a distance of about fifteen nautical miles from the other party.

The lookout post on the mast also counted the specific number of warships of the Anglo-Portuguese combined fleet at this time, and the liaison adjutant carefully checked it, and then hurried to Lin Wei, who was watching at the stern, and reported after saluting: "Report to the general, the battleships that followed the chase were flying the British and Portuguese flags respectively, and the number was equal, including twelve third-class battleships, twenty fourth-class battleships, and ten cruisers. ”

Lin Wei nodded slightly, this scale was expected by him, what surprised him was that the British fleet would come in, no wonder their warships were so slow, I don't know if the British volunteered, or the Portuguese plucked, frowned slightly, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and there was no turning back from the bow, since the British were going to wade through this troubled water, it could only be polite, and there was not much difference between the late and early fights, and the situation in Europe would be as chaotic as possible.

Hearing the report, the officers who followed behind Lin Wei were secretly happy, this kind of scale is what they are looking forward to the most, no matter how big the scale is, it will be difficult to fight, if you can't swallow it all in one go, this record will be greatly reduced, the scale is small, and it won't be much fun to fight.

The guerrilla Song Caide said with regret: "You say, why didn't Portugal and Britain send a second-class battleship out?" Our Lin Xie Town is still short of a flagship. ”

"What? Want to be the captain of a 3rd class battleship? Lin Wei turned around and glanced at him, and said with a smile: "I just have a flagship, and you don't have a chance to be promoted to the captain of a third-class ship, so you should be the captain of a fourth-class ship with peace of mind." He said. He glanced at the several officers gathered behind him and said, "Don't be too ambitious, come step by step, and step up training." Before you go home, I believe you can all be the captains of a third-class ship. ”

"General Xie." Several people said in unison.

"Don't do it." Lin Wei smiled and said: "This is not a wish, the captains are all openly selected, if you want to be the captain of a third-class ship, you have to rely on your own ability." ”

"Of course." Song Caide said with a smile: "The most convincing and attractive part of the navy is that it is promoted by ability. ”

"Yes, don't be poor." Lin Wei scolded with a smile: "It is said that the British navy has the best quality and captured British prisoners." You have to work hard to get something out of them, but remember. We can't let them get on our ships. ”

"Mark the honorable order." The crowd responded.

Combined Anglo-Portuguese fleet. Wells put down the telescope in his hand, with a faint smile on his face, and glanced at his old partner, Deputy Commander Herbert, but did not say anything.

Herbert followed suit and lowered the telescope. "Wells, this is not a pirate, their formation looks chaotic, but it is very rigorous, this is a regular navy, and. I found that they were deliberately controlling the speed. ”

Wells nodded and said, "That's right, it should be the Spanish Navy, I think, there will be a big battle waiting for us ahead." ”

"Are you from the Qing Kingdom?"

Wells shook his head and said, "No." It was supposed to be the combined fleet of the Qing and Spain. ”

"Shall we continue to chase?" Herbert smiled slightly.

"Why not?" Wells smiled proudly: "With the size of the fleet in my hands, no one in Europe is my opponent. "A slight pause. He said contemptuously: "The Qing fleet can only fight the Luzon fleet in the Far East, which is not even a third-rate cargo, and Europe is not where they should come." ”

Herbert was already accustomed to Wells's arrogance, and said lightly: "I still haven't figured out how a cruiser can force a battleship to surrender?" ”

"It should be that the port was blocked with hot oil, or cut off food and fresh water, and the Far East is the territory of the Qing people after all." Wells said disapprehantly.

The two fleets chased and fled, and it was past noon in a blink of an eye, Lin Wei looked at the sun, and then at the lookout post of the mast, and secretly estimated in his heart that he had left Lisbon more than forty nautical miles, according to the plan, at this time, he should be able to see the figure of the main fleet fleet, why hasn't there been a report?

Song Caide didn't know the meeting place, but he noticed Lin Wei's eyes, and knew that he was afraid that it was approaching the battlefield, so he instructed the liaison officer: "Go and tell the brothers to cheer me up, if anyone makes me embarrassed today, I promise to make him embarrassed for a year." ”

Lin Wei smiled when he heard this, and was about to say a few words of ridicule, but an officer named Zhou Fuquan stepped forward and said, "General, if you sink the enemy's flagship, can you skip the rank and be promoted to the captain of a third-class battleship?" ”

"Hehe, your kid is not very ambitious, the cruiser wants to sink a third-class battleship?" Lin Wei chuckled and glanced at everyone before he continued: "Although you can't sink the enemy's flagship, you can kill their generals, the commander is the soul of the army, the courage of the army, defeat his general, we will win half of the victory, tell the artillerymen and musketeers, give me the officers who aim at them and the captains of the warships, their officers are very easy to recognize, but if you can't recognize them, you will take the telescope." ”

After a slight pause, he raised his voice and said: "Kill their fleet commander, the captain will be directly promoted to the captain of the third-class ship, and the soldiers will be promoted to the third rank and sixth rank in a row, and there will be another reward for killing other officers, but those who surrender cannot fight, and a fleet commander is worth a lot of silver." ”

Hearing this, the crowd couldn't help but applaud.

At this moment, the lookout post on the mast shouted, "Fleets have been spotted directly ahead, the number is unknown." ”

When Lin Wei heard this, his spirits perked up, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Raise the Golden Dragon Banner and prepare for battle!" With that, he rushed to the bow of the ship, raised his binoculars and watched, and with the order, all the warships immediately raised the red background and gold dragon flags, and the crew gunners also entered their own fighting posts.

As soon as the red background and golden dragon flag were raised, the Anglo-Portuguese combined fleet immediately discovered this anomaly, Wells raised his binoculars and looked at the unfamiliar flag carefully, muttering: "This is the flag of the Qing Kingdom?" ”

"It seems that their main fleet has arrived." Herbert asked softly, "Do you want to slow down?" ”

"Nope." Wells shook his head and said, "It's too early to slow down, and you can't be so cautious about dealing with these recruits." ”