"Dear Lao Wang, you say that you are a person, if you want to be serious, you are not as intelligent as Xiaozhuzhong, and you can analyze, but when you encounter a place where you need to come up with this kind of evil trick, how do you come and have it, this body difference is really wonderful. After listening to Lao Wang's plan, Mary said with some emotion.

"Why do you say it's useless at home, anyway, the plan is such a plan, most of you are salty and light, see if it is feasible?" Lao Wang replied, and then asked.

"Let me start by saying that if we can put aside all kinds of force majeure factors and successfully implement this plan, I can only say that Uncle is a person who can use the props to the limit. Takenaka said: "However, although I have a great grasp, I suggest that this trick be used as a trump card at the bottom of the box, and we must not move it casually unless it is absolutely necessary." ”

"Boss Xiaozhu has always been reasonable, but Boss Wang, didn't I just say that Sheffield is the real master? You didn't say it, I think you are the real master now!" Boss Tan echoed Takenaka's statement, and at the same time sighed.

"So, that means you're all agreeing?"

"Hmm!" everyone replied in unison.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Lao Wang nodded and said: "That's okay, we just talked about the plan, we will preliminarily combine my and Zhuzi's views, and use this method as a trick to press the bottom of the box, oh yes, the position of our ship is just right at this time, Boss Tan, you can be ready to shake people." ”

He turned the conversation into public mode, and said to Boss Tan, who was busy on the deck: "Roderick, a cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops will meet you!"

When Boss Tan heard this, he immediately came to the bow of the ship, and the harpoon cannon that had previously made great contributions in the Maneuver at the mouth of the Mona Strait appeared again.

This multi-functional launcher is quite a bit of a panacea, because it mainly relies on elastic force as kinetic energy to fire, so it is very versatile, as long as the type of ammunition is changed at any time, and then embedded in the elastic launch slot, you can shoot different types of ammunition, so as to play different roles.

For example, this time, the "nail claw" harpoon was replaced with a fireworks signal flare, and the firing angle was also changed from a flat angle to an upward shot, in order to launch a smoke bomb into the air, which is the most effective long-range communication method that Lao Wang could come up with at sea.

"Reduced sails, reduced speed, we went slowly, every 10 minutes with fireworks flares to mark the track, we are here, Ferdinand can definitely follow if he can see it, if for some reason he doesn't follow, we don't have to wait. Lao Wang ordered.

Now it is in the critical stage of the air race, the White Tulip cannot anchor and wait for others, and Lao Wang also explained the contact information with Ferdinand in advance, and the approximate time of the meeting, and now sail here, the deviation is not big, if Ferdinand has not had an accident, with his character, he should have been waiting here for a long time.

There are pros and cons to everything, and while the location of the bombs would have allowed Ferdinand to lead the fleet to the rendezvous as quickly as possible, on the other hand, the act itself would reveal the location of the White Tulip itself, and it would have been dangerous if someone coveted them, but it had to be done in order to have enough naval forces.

Lao Wang actually made a trade-off in his heart early on, the situation is grim, not that he doesn't want to be discovered if he doesn't want to be discovered.

On the other hand, the deterrent power of a large fleet is also stronger than that of a single person and a single horse, and many participants who are not strong enough to fight a single boat or a small fleet of boats, even if they want to do it, they will at least weigh their appetite in their hearts and whether they can eat this bone.

Ferdinand is used to being serious, and in the end he has not lived up to Lao Wang's hopes.

After less than 40 minutes of deceleration, the White Tulip successfully joined up with the fast-moving force, and the fleet was formed again.

As for Hines's ships, as soon as they heard the news of the death of the boss, a simple referendum on senior seafarers was held, and the final result, because the majority agreed, the Portuguese privateers decided to join the king with their men and ships.

This is simple and simple, because in the prediction of the invincible uncle team, these Portuguese privateers are used to the green forest road of robbing houses, and they may not join their own "rules" of the chamber of commerce so easily, how do he know that these guys are not stupid, they all know the strength and temperament of Lao Wang, his own admiral is gone, and he also has a relationship with the pirate duke, and only with this new master can he save his life.

There are also some people who have to leave, and for these sailors who are really tired of life at sea, Lao Wang also gives them a generous severance pay, let them leave in a dinghy, and leave the strife before the next voyage, for these people, it is not necessarily a bad thing.

The matter was settled, the fleet was simply reorganized, with the Red Tulip taking the lead, the White Tulip as the flagship in the center, the remaining two flowers guarding the left and right, the two ships left by Hines were in charge of the rear of the palace, and the support ships of the Argotic Chamber of Commerce were swimming in the outermost area, and the seven ships formed such a formation, and continued to move forward with full sails.

What Lao Wang said was not true, the sea conditions were indeed amazing now, and Mary's vision advantage was maximized, and everyone on the ship could hear the voice of the "Duchess of the Highlands" coming down from the lookout post from time to time.

In her description, there are many ships in this area of the sea like the White Tulip, and some of them have begun to solve problems with artillery dialogue, the sea is gradually turning into a chaotic battleground, and the color of azure is changing to scarlet.

"Ship shadow, due east, sail-powered cruiser, intentions unknown, no signs of approaching at the moment. Mary's voice rang out again, and in less than an hour there had been more than 10 announcements of ships like this one.

"Maintain reasonable vigilance, you can't be too grassy, the nerves of the sailors have been tense for too long, and if it goes on like this, the people on the ship will not be able to keep an eye on it. Lao Wang was worried, maybe in normal times, he could not care about the life and death of these interactive sailors at all, but it was still the same sentence, the sailing race was not something that their family of four could drive the ship away, and the lives of the sailors were also very important, at least, in this first game, it was very important.

"There is no need to warn Lao Wang reasonably. Mary looked at it for a while, then changed her voice and appeared in the team's channel and said, "That sail-powered cruiser, didn't it know its intentions before, but now it can be determined that it is our enemy." ”

"What?!" Wang was stunned, and quickly walked to the gunwald telescope to observe, and at the same time asked Mary, "How did you come to the conclusion? I watched here, they were just approaching us, this is the normal range." ”

"I can't measure it, lookout and gunnery, you're far behind me!" Mary choked on Lao Wang, and then explained: "Although the ship said that the magnitude and frequency of its approach to us were within the normal range, it still showed some horses' feet.

You see, the normal line repair of ordinary ships is alternate left and right, the purpose is to fine-tune and ensure that the master follows the course, which you ask the helmsman Xiao Zhuzhong, he should give you a more detailed explanation. After a pause, she continued, "Many of the ships that came close to us before were rudder repairs like this, so it wasn't worth our effort to guard against. ”

"What's different about this ship?" asked Lao Wang as he continued, the telescope in his hand not stopping to observe.

Mary's words made him realize that the ship was like a car that wanted to merge with them, and hit them a little, keep sailing in a straight line for a while, and then hit them a little more, a little bit of rubbing over, if you didn't look closely, it was really hard to find.

"She leaned in on purpose, and she came side-to-side, and I guess the gun window would open to us soon. Mary said anxiously.

"Don't panic at home, what about our 7 ships, even if Ferdinand's side doesn't participate in the war, the remaining 6 ships are all four-mast level, sail-powered cruisers, so that they won't be able to kill all of us, it's not good, she will suffer a big loss herself, you be steady." Lao Wang quickly began to calculate the combat effectiveness of both the enemy and us in his heart, and he still basically had the bottom in his heart in this kind of naval battle where he fought more and less.

The so-called sail-powered warships were the products of the pinnacle of shipbuilding technology in the 17th and 18th centuries, although they were the absolute powerhouses of naval warfare weapons at that time in terms of tonnage and firepower, but before the Industrial Revolution, sail-powered warships were still inseparable from the scope of traditional ships.

No matter how advanced it is, there is a certain limit to the difference in superiority with ordinary armed ships, and it is impossible to have a vastly different gap between ironclad steam-powered warships and wooden sail warships.

The so-called ants bite more elephants, besides, compared with the sail cruiser under Lao Wang's hand, that is, the difference between cheetahs and hyenas, as long as the tactics are appropriate, I have not seen 6 hyenas bite a cheetah.

"Uncle, this is where I'm worried, this time I'm definitely not a habitual pessimistic thinking, you see, if someone is still reluctant to do the act of attacking the strong with the weak, no one wants to do a suicide attack, right?" Takenaka asked: "If she comes here like this, not only will she not be able to kill a ship, but she will definitely be destroyed by the ship, and until now, we don't know why she came to war with us!"

Lao Wang's heart suddenly struck, and he realized that things didn't seem as simple as they seemed on the face.

The White Tulip has behaved in a good manner since it began the race, except for a little show of its hand when it entered the Mona Strait, there is nothing else to remarkable, and there are so many fairy tricks in the competition, Lao Wang, they almost lost themselves in this rough work is still a small role that is not in the stream.

If, for such reasons, the cruiser set its sights on itself, it is absolutely impossible.

There are so many powerful opponents at sea, and if you look at it from the perspective of eliminating dangerous competitors, neither the selector nor the interactive character will use them as the first choice if you want to deal with them quickly.

Let's talk about the issue of grudges, Sheffield is registered on his side, and those who are clear will definitely come to find fault and fight, but the cruiser that is approaching now does not belong to Sheffield's team, plus Lao Wang has no other enemies, the purpose of this cruiser is worth thinking about.

The king continued to observe the approaching ship, which, judging by the flag, was flying an expired Venetian flag with no black flag, which meant that they were not pirates or privateers.

In addition, they did not fly the flag of the Venetian Navy, so they were not involved in the army, and they were most likely armed merchants like Lao Wang, from this point of view, merchants were the least fond of needless fighting, and took the initiative to attack, which was even more impossible.

What the hell is going on?

Isn't that right?

"Uncle, do you think it will?!" Takenaka's voice trembled a little.

"Is that what Takechu said?!" Mary's voice trembled.

"You two want to go with me!" finally concluded helplessly.

"I said three bosses, are you interested in explaining this dumb riddle to me?" Tan Liang didn't know what the three of them were talking about, so he had to ask in the team channel.

"Bloom arranged?" the three voices said in unison.

......

"Captain Falconi, these guys haven't discovered our intentions yet, and are stupidly moving on!" the stout man Ivan rubbed his hands excitedly, and said to the blind captain Falconi beside him, as if for him, the battle was the most celebrateable thing.

"Ivan, do you have an inside line on the other party's ship?" Falconi asked lightly, because his eyes could not be focused, his expression could not be seen to be happy or angry, but there was a shallow majesty in it.

Dahan Ivan scratched his head, and his excited expression was a little embarrassed by cold water: "Captain, I don't have an inside line on the other party's boat." ”

"So, could you tell me again, can you see the situation on the other side's ship, or hear their conversation?" asked Falcony.

"Neither can I. Ivan's hand hung to his side, like a child making a mistake, and his face was full of unease.

"How did you know that the other side didn't find out about our intentions?" Falconi turned to Ivan, his empty eyes piercing his soul.

Dahan was even more uneasy, and said at a loss: "I can't confirm it." ”

"That's it, as my right-hand man, please be sure to pay attention to your words and deeds in the future, and never say such unfounded words again, the place where we are is called a random space, because there are fewer people who die carelessly?" Falconi's tone did not change, and a pair of beautiful blind eyes were still motionless, but Ivan, a big man who was taller than his two heads, was stunned like a little lamb in front of him, and he didn't even dare to speak loudly.

"Captain, I see. Ivan nodded, as if upsetting Falconi would have very serious consequences. I want to talk about "Malignant Supermarket" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~