When she was less than a kilometer away from the battlefield, Nicole ordered half-sail and slowed down, because now it was rescue, and if the pirate ship fled, it could ignore it for now.

Five pirate ships besieged a speedsail battleship and also paid a heavy price, and two pirate ships were severely damaged. With the addition of the Fuxing, the angry pirates immediately adjusted and surrounded it, and the clipper was silent, as long as the Fuxing was eliminated, the clipper would be wiped out without rescue.

The Fuxing failed to reach the side of the Clipper Battleship to carry out rescue as originally planned, and was already surrounded by five pirate ships.

Nicole smiled slightly, the five pirate ships add up to six or seven hundred people, and they have already fought once, and there are at most five hundred people left, and the soldiers on her Fuxing have four hundred sailors and two hundred crossbowmen, although they are recruits, they have the advantage of battleships, and they can also kill evenly matched in the upper hand. Without guaranteeing her own safety, Nicole didn't care if the people on the fast sail battleship lived or died.

Nicole ordered a hundred of Higg's crossbowmen to return to the Tower, and ordered the ships to continue their speed and engage in a guerrilla fight against the pirates. Use the maneuverability advantage of the battleship and the tall arrow tower to consume part of the opponent's forces first, so as to gain an advantage in the hand-to-hand combat behind. Until she was forced to, Nicole wouldn't use the escort under the cabin.

"Order: All sailors deck shield defense, arrow tower free fire."

"Order, sail the sailman half sail, adjust the speed with the ship."

Nicole took the helm of the wheelhouse, stood in the helmsman's position, and personally took over the direction of the battleship.

The crossbowmen of both sides shot at each other on the sea, the pirates relied on the number of ships to chase and intercept the Fuxing, the Fuxing dodged left and right according to their maneuvering ability to avoid colliding with the pirate ship, and their own battleship had an arrow tower, looking down and shooting, although the probability of these recruits hitting the target in the movement of the warship was very low, but at least it could ensure that the Fuxing did not suffer.

After more than ten minutes of scuffle, the pirate ship finally got closer and closer to the Fuxing, and the pirate ships finally hung the hooks that helped the rope on the Fuxing one by one, and the crossbowmen on both sides were still shooting fiercely.

"All sailors withdraw their shields and fight immediately!" Nicole ordered.

Higg, who received the battle order, sent out a wall of water and stood on the port side of the Fuxing, and a dozen pirates who were jumping into the gang immediately fell into the sea, one person basically defended most of the port side, and the other sailors used their main force to deal with the pirates of the starboard jumping gang.

All of them were outlaws, and they jumped on the Fuxing, and more than twenty pirates jumped up on the fore and aft decks and on the port side and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the sailors on the deck.

The sailors on the Fuxing have only been training at sea for a month, and they have just overcome seasickness, and they are not very proficient in standing firm on the battleship. Where are those recruits who are the opponents of these pirates, hundreds of sailors can't help these two dozen pirates, and there are pirates who keep jumping on the deck of the Fuxing.

"Order, all the members of the instructor corps immediately join the battle!" Nicole didn't expect that the contact between these sailors and pirates would be one-sided.

Higg himself was able to control the situation on the port side, but the fore deck and starboard were much more dangerous.

With the addition of more than a hundred instructors, the number of pirates on the battleship also increased to more than forty, and the two sides turned out to be evenly matched.

"The sailman sails with all sails!" Nicole ordered.

"Crossbowmen suppress the jumping gang!"

"Double distress signal!"

The three large sails of the Fuxing slowly rose, Nicole immediately turned the rudder due south, and the battleship finally broke free from the entanglement of the pirate ship and sailed south, and the pirate ship followed.

The hand-to-hand combat on the deck was fierce, but without the pirates who jumped to the gang, Higg freed up his hands and immediately joined the hand-to-hand combat, and the revival ship left the battlefield so that the pirates who had jumped to the deck and were helpless could only fight to the death.

A few minutes later, the battle ended, this time in close combat, killing less than fifty pirates, but more than fifty sailors and three instructors on their own side were killed in battle, and the seriously wounded sailors reached more than sixty nights, which was a heavy loss, which made Nicole and Higg secretly frightened.

"Due north, ten kilometers, fast sail warships, three, sailing due south!" Lookout hand report.

"All mainsails, half sails slow down!"

"A group of two sailors, prepare lifeboats, rescue immediately!"

"Higg, you lead a few magicians to get ready for treatment!" Nicole said to Higg, who was healing the sailors, and several instructors.

Nicole saw that the five pirate ships were no longer pursuing the Fuxing, but fled in different directions, and immediately adjusted the Fuxing and sailed towards the speedy battleship that had completely capsized, where seven or eight lifeboats were floating, and a large number of people were struggling in the sea.

"Flag bearer, immediately send a signal to reinforcements that there is no longer a need for rescue here, ask them to pursue the pirates!" Nicole ordered.

A dozen lifeboats rowed swiftly towards the capsized clipper, the soldiers and sailors who were still struggling in the water. Lifeboats are generally full of six people, and no more than eight people are allowed in an emergency, and a lifeboat with two sailors can save six people back to the Fuxing at a time. But there were at least 200 soldiers who fell into the sea, and all the lifeboats full of eight people could only stay where they were, allowing the people in the sea to grab the lifeboats, but they were not allowed to get on the boats, and the lifeboats could not be rowed. Those who were able to get on the boat were all wounded, and those who were not injured had to go back to the sea to stay.

Nicole commanded several other motorized lifeboats, constantly shuttling back and forth between the Fuxing and the Clipper. Higg led several instructors in treating wounded soldiers.

"General, I'm Captain Aberto of the Second Legion Navy Ryande, thank you for your timely rescue!" A middle-aged man dressed in a captain's uniform stepped onto the deck of the Fuxing and saluted Nicole.

"Revival, Nicole!" Nicole said, "The general doesn't have to be polite, we are friendly forces, please go to the captain's room to rest, and I will command the rescue first!" With that, he turned around and gave orders to the letter bearer beside him.

Alberto did not enter the captain's room, his soldiers were still in the sea, where was he in the mood to rest?

As more and more people boarded the ship, more lifeboats were freed up, the rescue on the sea was more methodical, and Higg on the deck with several instructors was also busy treating the wounded.

After more than two hours, the sea returned to calm, and all the personnel were safely treated!

"Your Excellency Captain, a total of one hundred and sixty sailors and fifty-three sailors have been rescued!" A sailor reports to Nicole on the runway.

"Okay, immediately arrange a warehouse for them to rest!" Nicole said.

"Captain Nicole, are we also chasing pirates?" Aberto returned to the captain's room with Nicole and asked in the first sentence.

Nicole said: "There are only enough supplies on the Fuxing for three days, plus your men are on board, and it can hold out for two days, we need to return against the wind." Captain Aberto, do you think we can still pursue it? ”

"Two days of supplies?"

"I've already dropped most of my supplies to lure the pirates into our intended position, and now there's only enough for us to get home!"

"Captain Nicole, why don't we go to Yaning! Straight to the lair? Higg said as he walked into the captain's room.

"Mr. Higg, do you know what two days of supplies mean?" Nicole said angrily, "It will take us exactly two days to reach Yaning Island with a tailwind, but if anything happens, we will all die at sea!" ”

"But this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if you miss this opportunity, Yaning Island may be resurrected!" Higg said hurriedly.

"Mr. Higg, what if we get to Yaning?" Nicole sneered, "There are at least seven or eight pirate ships on Yaning Island, so we will definitely be able to defeat the pirates and occupy Yaning Island?" ”

"We are a tailwind, we can fight pirates by surprise!" Higg smiled and said, "With a crazy captain like you, we have a big chance of winning!" ”

"Hmph, the victory is very big, that is, there is no certainty of complete victory?" Nicole said, "I'm not going to risk this with the Revival!" ”

"If we haven't fought any battle yet, we dare to say that we are guaranteed to win all, and if we are 70% sure, we can fight!" Higg said angrily.

"I won't agree to anything!" Nicole also said angrily.

Higg looked at Aberto, looked at Nicole, smiled in his heart, walked up to Nicole, and whispered a word in Nicole's ear,

Nicole's eyes lit up, then she stood up and said to Aberto, "Captain Aberto, how many of your soldiers are still capable of fighting, and how many more of your sailors are still working?" ”

Aberto was surprised, not knowing what Higg said to Nicole to make Nicole change so much, and said, "Thirty crossbowmen, sixty sailors, and more than fifty sailors can all work!" ”

"Good!" Nicole said, "Captain Aberto, do you want to go to Yaning Island?" ”

"Captain Nicole, there's only one captain on this battleship!" "I'm willing to obey the captain's orders!" ”

"Good!" Nicole laughed and said, "Captain Aberto, now I have wronged you, you have to be my deputy captain for a few days first!" ”

"Yes, Captain!" Aberto said.

"Raise the sails and anchor, target Yaning Island, full speed ahead!" Nicole ordered!

"Deputy Captain, you came to command the battleship, I haven't had a rest for many days, thank you for your hard work!" Nicole yawned and said.

"Yes, Captain!" Aberto said.

……

On the foredeck, Higg and Nicole stand at the bow of the boat, looking out to sea!

"Mr. Higg, if you dare to lie to me, I'm not done with you!" Nicole laughed.

"Captain Nicole, do you think my virtue, chance, and luck have been very prosperous lately?" Higg laughed, "I'm fifty percent sure that there's a square tower on that Yaning Island!" ”

"Only fifty percent? Then you're not lying to me? Nicole said angrily.

"You haven't found all the square towers for a thousand years, even if there is one in ten thousand, you will go to Yaning Island, hehe!" Higg laughed.

"Hehe, where did you go, I didn't say it again!" Nicole laughed.

"Your Royal Highness, how about we make a bet?" Higg smiled, "You are a princess, representing the Alchemy Country, I am the city lord representing Fuxing City, and the Alchemy Country and Fuxing City make a bet!" ”

"What's the stake?"

"If there is a square tower on Yaning Island, wait until your air-swinging spaceship is reassembled, and the first capital battleship built will be sold to me Fuxing City! If not, then even if I find the square tower, I won't have to pay back the millions of gold coins! ”

"Do you know how much the main battleship made by the Swinging Spaceship technology is? I'm afraid you can't afford to buy one in the entire Fuxing City right now! If you bet on the main battleship with the three million, won't I lose a lot? ”

"Hehe, it's my business whether I can buy it or not!" Higg smiled, "My millions are for you for free, the main battleship is just a fair deal, and it is me who loses!" Besides, I lost a lot of money on that deal with your father! ”

"You still dare to mention that deal!" Nicole punched her......