The Vostok fled until it was a kilometer away, and then it dared to stop and look back. For no other reason, the Victory has more than 100 guns, and there are as many as 50 guns on one side alone, and the Vostok is a "crispy" merchant ship.

I have to say that the 80 to 120 guns of the Vostok are based on sacrificing the strength of the hull, which is also a helpless move, the Venetians are businessmen after all, these shrewd businessmen want to strengthen the cargo capacity of the ship, I really don't understand their psychology, if the ship sinks, won't the cargo all go in? I really don't understand the brain circuits of capitalists! If it weren't for Napoleon's modifications, the ship would have been a mere 60-gun three-masted trading ship, closer to that of a galleon or a Dutch merchant ship.

It's just that with the full cooperation of Han Xing and Napoleon, the existence of the Vostok, which can be called a maritime miracle, was born! Han Xing's inexhaustible group of oarsmen provided the Vostok with incredible speed and maneuver, while Napoleon's modification of the additional gun deck brought the Vostok to an astonishing new level of firepower.

Thus, the most amazing warship in the history of navigation was born, not only with firepower comparable to that of the Victory, but also with speed and maneuver (xìng) far exceeding that of the Victory.

"They didn't catch up?" Just when Han Xing was looking at the situation behind him with a monocular, a small man was half-squatting behind the side of the boat, holding the railing with his hand, revealing only a pair of gray-blue eyes, vigilantly looking at the sea situation.

"Napoleon! What the hell are you doing, didn't you go to sleep? Han Xing was concentrating on searching the sea for the traces of the Victory, but suddenly felt that his calf touched something, soft and elastic, and he thought to himself: "This is not like a plank on a ship!" As a result, as soon as he lowered his head, he was startled by Napoleon.

"Sleep? You're fighting in this ping-pong battle, how do you let me sleep? I'd like to come! As a result, I don't know which genius ordered the whole boat to turn the rudder at 360 degrees, and I was thrown off directly from (chuáng)! Have you considered my feelings? I'm already seasick, and I'm going to be tortured like you inhumanely! I had a close encounter with the cabin······ Oh my God, that feels like the red lips of an octogenarian! Napoleon rolled his eyes, sneered, and wiped his lips with his right hand in disgust.

"Am I not at war? In order to avoid the shelling of the enemy on the opposite side, I had to take advantage of the maneuver (xìng)! At least you didn't encounter a shell flying through your nose, did you? Han Xing said with a smile. Last time, Hansen encountered this situation, and the initiator was not Napoleon!

"By the way, remember to have someone clean my room again!" Napoleon was not angry, and then admonished: "Also, let them not only bring mops, but also a few rags, I will vomit on the wall!" ”

Han Xing sneered and laughed, "This picture sense is too strong!" Napoleon felt like he was in a drum washing machine! Han Xing was able to use this to make up for Napoleon's ability to toss and turn in the cabin like a hamster, looking like he was in pain.

"Why didn't they catch up?" Napoleon pondered as he stared at the vanishing Victory, holding his chin.

"Maybe they think we're too fast to catch up? I dare say that we have a speed of at least twenty knots (one knot, one nautical mile is 1,852 meters, and twenty knots is 40 kilometers per hour)! Han Xing guessed.

"It's possible, but I wonder if they're going for our main fleet?" Napoleon pondered, then exclaimed.

Hearing Napoleon's idea, Han Xing was shocked, "Quick, turn around, go back and join the main fleet!" This was originally going to play a trick of tricking the tiger away from the mountain, but unfortunately the British guy on the other side was not fooled, if he let the other party play as a monkey, wouldn't it be "smart but mistaken by smart"?

At this time, the fog on the sea had been dispelled by the sun, and the mist could only cover things at the end of the skyline, so after the Dongfang that turned around and sailed for a few hundred meters, the Victory came into Han Xing's eyes again. Of course, he didn't know that this was the famous Victory, just a large British battleship.

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At the same time, on board the Victory.

"Sir, our fast ship has discovered the enemy's main fleet, but it has encountered stubborn resistance from the opponent! These French people are much stronger than we expected! Captain Warren received the flag from the standard-bearer and hurried three steps and two steps to Lord Nelson (shēn).

"Great! That's great! Unlike Captain Warren, who had a sad face, Lord Nelson was overjoyed when he heard the news, and clapped his hands and said quickly.

"Sir, I mean, our speedboats are met with stubborn resistance!" Captain Warren thought Nelson had a magic barrier, so he repeated in a cautious tone.

"I hear you, what does that mean? It means that we caught a big fish! This must be the Mediterranean fleet of France, and they must have some important task! After more than two months of searching, it was finally not in vain! Nelson smiled confidently.

"Sir, that French battleship is back!" Captain Warren pointed to the Vostok in the distance, which was speeding towards the Victory.

"Let them come! Turn the rudder to the left and let them taste the power of the Victory's fire! Nelson stood triumphantly in the warm sea breeze, staring at the approaching Vostok, his empty left sleeve swaying irregularly in the breeze.

In fact, this is what Nelson had long expected, although they had not been trained in the art of war of the Celestial Empire, but he knew the truth of "attacking the enemy must be saved", after losing the foremast, the speed of the Victory was not at all advantageous, if the blind pursuit of the Dongfang, the end would not be much better than Deng Shichang's Zhiyuan ship in the First Sino-Japanese War (rì) - being kited to death! Instead of blindly pursuing, it is better to join up with your own fleet, and then attack the enemy to save it, waiting for the other party to throw themselves into the net!

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Vostok.

"What's that sound?" Han Xing tilted his head out of the side of the ship, and he vaguely felt a vague, dull thunder-like sound coming from the southeast.

"That's the sound of cannons! Oops, it must be the main fleet that is in trouble! The British must be more than this ship, we should have known this, the British Royal Navy never acted alone! (shēn), a veteran artillery officer, Napoleon could easily tell the difference between thunder and cannonball, and he clapped his hands and exclaimed.

"It seems that our opponent is not an ordinary person! He actually had the same idea as you, intending to attract our attention with a boat, and he had already sent a fast ship to catch our main force behind his back! Napoleon gazed at the Victory a few hundred meters away, sighed, and could faintly see Lord Nelson's (shēn) shadow on the side of the Victory in the distance.

This was probably the first meeting between the two sea and land pride, lifelong rivals, and it can be said that Nelson was the culprit who caused Napoleon's inability to land on the British Isles! In the Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson inflicted heavy losses on the combined Franco-Spanish fleet organized by Napoleon at the cost of his own life, completely thwarted Napoleon's grand plan to control the English Channel and land on the British Isles, and maintained Britain's advantageous position of glorious isolation by virtue of the English Channel.

Compared to Nelson, Wellington was just a head-grabbing scumbag, and Napoleon, who was restored after Leipzig, was just a bloody head! If you have the ability to let him go to the ring with the French army who has just finished the battle of the Three Emperors and is in the limelight, it is strange not to abuse him!

"Turn the rudder left, let's go to support our main force!" With Han Xing's order, the Dongfang made a beautiful tail flick when it was about to enter within 500 meters of the Victory, leaving a perfect arc on the sea, flicking a shot, and flying away.

"This ··········· They're gone! These French are really scoundrels, aren't they the most chivalrous? How did you become a shameful deserter? Shouldn't they rush up and fight us openly? Captain Warren had already raised his hand high, just waiting for Nelson's order, and as soon as he put his hand down, the Victory would fire in unison, presenting a sonorous and powerful "symphony" for the Orient.

If Han Xing heard his words, he would probably retort and sarcastically: "What do you think? We're not stupid, so why are we sticking our heads in front of you for you to beat? When you used the longbowmen of the Black French knights at the Battle of Cressy in the same year, where did you forget your chivalry? Shame on double standards! ”

When Dongfang was about to enter the best (shè) stage, he actually shook a shot and slipped away, and Captain Warren, who was already tense and holding his breath, was stunned by his internal injuries, and for a while, he didn't even know where to put his raised right hand!

"Sir, what are we going to do? Pursuit? Fire? Captain Warren slowly lowered his raised right hand, and then asked in a low voice.

"Chase? Can we catch up? Fire? Did we hit it? Nelson reluctantly put away the monoculars, then smiled wryly and asked himself.

"Interesting, this is definitely the most amazing battleship and the most cunning enemy I have encountered in my military career!" Nelson muttered as he gazed into the distance as the Vostok, which had turned into a blur of shadows.

"Flag the ships behind them, let them sail at full speed, and let's go and join the big army!" Lord Nelson said lightly. His determined gaze seemed to pierce through the fog and fall on Napoleon (shēn) aboard the Vostok, who had all fled.

"Oh God! Thankfully, we made a U-turn in time! Han Xing looked at the dozen or so heavy battleships that were slowly sailing out of the mist behind the Victory, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Others don't know, but Han Xing and Napoleon know it! This time it was pure luck, if they had just insisted on rushing up to fight the Victory (shè), they would probably be surrounded by those dozen behemoths with at least thirty guns on one side, or they would soon be turned into a pile of burning and smoking coke, and turned into a glorious marine debris!

In this battle, the reason why the French fleet was able to overwhelm Nelson was completely due to the factor of luck, Han Xing's Eye of Horus, and the powerful Devil Terminator oarsman, plus the dense fog of the Mediterranean, all three are indispensable, as long as one is missing, it is entirely possible for them to be wiped out by Nelson's group.

There is absolutely no chance to use the same trick a second time, otherwise how to say that Napoleon is an important historical figure, and there is heaven to favor him? If there was no fog, the French fleet would have been left at least half of it by the British Royal Navy!