Chapter 153: Returning Home
Looking at the Flying Wolf rolling and burning on the sea, Lin Shouche held on to the side of the ship, silently watching the Flying Wolf, and after a while, he slowly knelt down towards the Flying Wolf, forcibly supported the injured body, and kowtowed a few times to the location of the Flying Wolf.
"Brothers, it's easy to go, I can't go on the road with you below, I hope you don't get angry, don't worry, go over there to take a place for your brother, brother may come when he comes!" Brothers will take care of your family when you go back, please rest assured! Lin Shouche kowtowed and muttered softly.
Several of the sailors of the Flying Wolf who were with him also knelt down with him, wept loudly, and kowtowed to say goodbye to the dead brothers.
And all the crew members of the Flying Sand also came to the deck at this time to line up, they were neatly arranged in two rows, and they knelt down on one knee under Ma Ru's order, like the Flying Wolf and the dead crew saluted.
At the same time, all the members of the Feiyun who sailed in front of them were also lined up on the deck, and under the leadership of Luo Xianbin, they knelt down on one knee together to pay tribute to the Flying Wolf and the brothers who died in battle.
At this time, around the Seawolf behind them, a few more Chu Cailao ships were surrounded, but these ships arrived a little late, and they could only watch the two ships Feiyun and Feisha, raise their full sails, and began to eat the wind, and sailed towards the sea in the southeast direction at full speed, but they could not continue to catch up with them.
The shopkeeper Xiao led the ship to the battlefield, and saw the "ghost ship" in the flames jumping and scolding, shouting loudly and ordering the boats to stick up, trying their best to extinguish the fire on the ship, saying that they could not let the ghost ship sink, at least they had to drag back a wreck to save some face.
This time they set up an ambush on Kinmen Island, this shopkeeper Xiao can be said to have mobilized all the elites under him, thinking that they could catch them all, but they didn't expect the ending to be like this.
These three ghost boats not only broke through their encirclement, but also destroyed nearly ten of their fast oars in a row, injuring several of them, and also destroying four of their other larger boats and injuring one.
But the result they got back was only to "destroy" a "ghost ship" and the so-called destruction was still a little watery, and the best thing to say was that it was destroyed by them, and to put it bluntly, it was actually self-destructed.
Now all that is left for them is this roaring ghost ship, which is really fucking hell, after they have paid such a big price now, they still haven't even figured out the identity of the other party, so he angrily ordered his subordinates to find a way to extinguish the fire on this burning ghost ship and save this ghost ship.
However, the boats are made of wood, and a lot of grease has been poured on them, once ignited, it is easy to extinguish, the surrounding temperature of the fire is very high, and there is no high pressure and water cannon to use in this era, Chu Cailao's subordinates were ordered to extinguish the fire, how easy is it to do.
Although they tried to get close to the Flying Wolf, the heat of the fire made it impossible for them to get close, and as soon as they leaned in, some of the minions' hair was rolled up by the heat, and the scorching air made the people's skin ache and pain.
A limited number of barrels of seawater were splashed over, and some water sprayed by the pumps, which were sprinkled on the Flying Wolf, and were immediately evaporated, only making a sizzling sound, but it was impossible to extinguish the fire at all, unless God opened his eyes and suddenly rained down, it was possible to extinguish the fire.
However, there is less rain on the sea in winter, and the weather is good on this day, so it is impossible to have a heavy rain, so these Chu Cailao's subordinates can only surround this burning flying wolf, but they can't bite like a dog biting a hedgehog.
Just as they were jumping to their feet, suddenly there was a loud roar under the cabin of the Flying Wolf, and the entire Flying Wolf was shaken violently by the explosion, and then the deck of the ship suddenly lifted, and the mast collapsed with a click, and fell on the deck, and then the hull began to creak and crack, and it didn't take long for the Flying Wolf to begin to disintegrate in front of everyone's eyes, and then slowly sank down, and it didn't take more than a while. All that remained on the surface of the sea were still smoking planks floating in the water.
Those Chu Cailao's subordinates who were surrounding were so frightened by the sudden explosion that they almost peed their pants, for fear that it would affect their ship, but fortunately, the gunpowder placed on the bottom of the Flying Wolf was not much, but it only broke the keel at the bottom of the ship, blew out a big hole in the bottom of the ship, and shattered the hull, and the explosion did not affect the surrounding Chu Cailao's ships.
Seeing this ghost boat, it sank under his nose, but there was nothing to be done, the shopkeeper surnamed Xiao was so angry that he almost fainted on the spot, now he was completely busy in vain, he paid such a big price, except for getting a few pieces of burned black and broken ship boards, he didn't get anything, this time he didn't know how to explain to Chu Cailao after he went back.
A few days later, on the exclusive dock of Nanri Island, he personally greeted Luo Xianbin and the two ships Feiyun and Feisha that he brought back, as well as the remaining sailors on the Flying Wolf.
It is undoubtedly the highest honor for the Sea Wolf to greet Yu Xiaotian on the dock in person, so all the people who came back were all excited, cleaned up as much as possible, and lined up to the trestle under the leadership of their respective captains.
Yu Xiaotian stood on the trestle with his chest folded, wearing a short black cloak, and looked at these subordinates who came back energetically.
Except for Luo Xianbin, Ma Ru and the first mate of the two boats who walked in front of Yu Xiaotian to pay respects, the rest of the crew members all passed in front of Yu Xiaotian and returned to the shore.
And Yu Xiaotian kept clasping his fists and saluting the people who passed in front of him, and said repeatedly: "You have worked hard! Great work! ……”
In fact, your subordinates don't necessarily have to give them how much silver or high status, many times they only need a warm word in the head, and he may be willing to die for you.
And these sailors who have been on a voyage for more than two months, after experiencing many blood and fire tests, when they finally come back, they need a little psychological comfort from their masters.
Today, Yu Xiaotian just met their psychological needs, not only personally greeted them at the dock, but also gave them a salute, although the words were very simple, just a sentence of your hard work, but this is enough for these people who came back.
Many people were even moved to tears, cheering for Xiaotian again and again, walking in front of Yu Xiaotian, walking far away, and continuing to look at Yu Xiaotian with their heads twisted.
Yu Xiaotian helped Luo Xianbin and Ma Ru and the two first mates up, although at this time he still didn't know the situation of the Flying Wolf and Lin Shouche, but since they only came back from the two boats, he roughly guessed that they must have encountered some trouble, and the Flying Wolf must have been damaged outside and could never come back.
"Enlighten the master! Humble and incompetent, failed to bring the Flying Wolf back! Please, the boss! Luo Xianbin said to Xiaotian ashamedly.
In fact, the loss of the Flying Wolf this time has a certain relationship with his greed, Luo Xianbin has an unshirkable responsibility, if he is not greedy for merit, he will return directly to Nanri Island with three boats, and he will not suffer this ambush, and the Flying Wolf will not be damaged.
Therefore, Luo Xianbin does not mean that Xiaotian understands the situation, so he takes the initiative to ask Xiaotian for sin.
Yu Xiaotian nodded and said, "I'll talk about the details later!" Whether it is a merit or a punishment hall with its own judgment hall is determined! Don't be in a hurry to excuse yourself yet, but just come back! Okay, what about Lin Shouche? What about the brethren of the Flying Wolf? They won't all ......"
"Qi Yu is in charge, Brother Lin is still alive for the time being, and he will come down soon! But most of the brethren on the Flying Wolf ...... Alas! There were nine of them left, and the badly wounded brothers didn't make it back on the way! Luo Xianbin hurriedly replied.
As he spoke, several crew members who were still wrapped in bandages, with the support of some other crew members, also stepped off the side of the ship, and between them, two crew members carried several people on stretchers, and a stretcher at the head was directly carried in front of Yu Xiaotian.
Yu Xiaotian looked down and saw that it was Lin Shouche himself, but at this time, Lin Shouche's face was sallow, and he had lost a lot of weight, almost out of shape, and there was a bandage on his forehead, which showed that he also had a trauma on his head.
But at this time, Lin Shouche's spirit was not bad, and when he was carried in front of Yu Xiaotian, he struggled a few times, trying to prop up his upper body to give Yu Xiaotian a salute.
But Yu Xiaotian stretched out his hand and pressed his shoulder, pressed him on the stretcher, and said urgently: "Don't be polite, lie down and talk!" It's good to be back! It's good to be back! ”
Lin Shouche's eyes turned red, and he choked up: "Qi Yu is a big boss, and he is incompetent!" Didn't bring the Flying Wolf back! I couldn't bring all the brethren back on board! ……”
Yu Xiaotian nodded, then shook his head and said: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, how can you go south to do such a thing, how can you not lose a little!" It's good that you come back alive, and we'll talk about that later!
Don't worry, just come back! Come on, send Brother Lin and them to the infirmary, and ask the medical officer to use the best medicine, I want them to live! Do you hear that? ”
After saying that, he let go of Lin Shouche's hand, patted Lin Shouche's shoulder, and then walked up to the wounded, hugged their fists one by one and said, "You have suffered!" It's good to be back! Welcome home! ”
Several wounded people cried at that time, and wanted to kneel down to give Yu Xiaotian a salute, but Yu Xiaotian stretched out his hand to stop him, and Liu Wang, who followed him, immediately responded to the order, beckoned his own soldiers to come over, picked up these wounded, and immediately transferred them to the hospital in Dazhai on Nanri Island for treatment.
(The second update is here!) Check it out, brethren! Hehe! )