Isn't the answer already obvious? Selena, although we and His Excellency Alfred have different starting points, don't you notice that the gap between us and him has been widening? If I hadn't had his help, I would still be a sailor of the first class, and at the end of the world I would be a non-commissioned officer at best.

And if he hadn't been too poor in seafaring knowledge, no one would be dissatisfied even if Hedram handed over the Vistelos to him now! That's the charisma gap between us and him, in other words, the leadership gap. Ahan said with emotion.

"You can admit that you are inferior to him, just don't tie me to you, who am I in the real world, you should know, the leadership gap? Joke, the business empire I lead has tens of thousands of direct employees alone! Selena said coldly.

"Selena, I know you've done no worse than me so far, do you really think I don't know what you've done in London and Amsterdam?" Ahan sighed, "We've all worked together so many times, can I not understand how strong you are?" Listen to me, shopping malls are different from battlefields, war makes women go away, this sentence is not just a contempt for women, some characteristics of men are not copied by women. ”

Watching Selena slide straight down the rope ladder and into the cabin without looking back, Ahan shook his head again. He knew that what he had just said had drawn a rift in the close cooperation between the two sides. However, Arhan did not regret it, and what should be said was at least much better than in the future, when the merged team suffered an unbearable blow due to the inappropriate selection of the head of the group.

"Damn Ahan, damn Alfred, damn it, damn it, damn it!" Selena walked to an unoccupied corner of the cabin, drew her cross sword and slashed at a barrel for a while, before she got a haircut and calmed her mind.

"Isn't there a way for a woman to lead a fighting team? Ahan, I'll prove you wrong, and you'll regret it, like the old guys in the real world! Selena muttered with a gloomy face, "The Bonaparte family is not only for men to be leaders! ”

……

"Come in!" Headram heard a knock on the door, but did not look up, and continued to lie on his desk and write.

"Your Excellency Admiral, Gerhardt said you were looking for me!" Xu Mo entered the captain's room and closed the door casually.

"Sit down, the storm has blown us off our original course, and Clifford's side may have been affected, and we have completely lost our anticipation of the interception course. I'm afraid that the original volley route can't be used, this is the new route map that I sorted out with Gerhardt, you can take a look, if there is any problem, ask it now! Hedram finally finished writing his letter, took a chart next to him, and handed it to Xu Mo.

"Your Excellency, I ...... I don't understand! Xu Mo took the hand-drawn chart and immediately felt dizzy. It was full of solid dotted lines, and numerous geometric figures, mostly triangles, fans, circles, and some patterns stacked on top of each other.

"Where can't you understand?" Hedram smiled and asked, "Look, this is our route, this is the radius of the ship's movement, this is the interception route plotted according to the speed of both the enemy and the enemy......"

"All...... I don't understand! Xu Mo said bitterly, "Your Excellency, I'm afraid I can't give you any advice, you should call Manuel or Blakeney!" ”

"Your Excellency Admiral, Your Excellency Gerhardt said, you are looking for me!" While the two were talking, Blakeney came in through the doorway, bowing his fingers with one arm.

"Your Excellency Blakeney, you can take a look at this route map...... Hedram motioned to Xu Mo to hand over the chart to Blakeney, and Xu Mo hurriedly handed over the "Book of Heaven" to Blakeney if he received amnesty.

"Your Excellency, with all due respect, we have entered the fog zone, and this route map may not be of much use!" Blakeney only glanced at the route map and frowned.

"Uh-huh! You're right, this route map was made by Gerhardt and I before we entered the fog zone, and it's useless now, but it contains the basics of sea routes......" Hedram said with a smile.

Xu Mo, who was sitting in the chair extremely bored, suddenly shuddered, quickly stood up, and said solemnly: "Your Excellency Admiral, it's still early, I'll go and inspect the deck again!" ”

"Sit down, it's Gerhardt's turn on deck, you don't need it!" Hedram ordered with a straight face, then turned his head and said happily to Blakeney, "Your Excellency Blakeney, I heard that you are an honor student at the Stockholm Naval Academy, and you should be familiar with all kinds of chart routes and sea tactics, and I will now give you a major task......"

"Very gladly, Your Excellency, I will definitely redouble my efforts to complete this task......" Blakeney looked at Xu Mo and grinned, revealing a mouthful of white steel teeth.

Seeing Blakeney jumping up and down with excitement on his face and leaving the captain's room, Xu Mo said to Hedram expressionlessly: "Your Excellency, I want to protest, you are a disguised punishment!" To learn this, you should send me to the Naval Academy after this naval battle! ”

"We can't go back to Stockholm for a while, you should know!" Hedram picked up the letter he had just written and said lightly, "Do you know what this is? This is my letter of recommendation to His Majesty Gustav recommending you to be the Admiral of Sweden's second privateer fleet, and in fact, His Majesty Gustav also had this idea after learning all about this voyage, just let me examine you more! ”

"Your Excellency Admiral, Your Majesty and you have loved me too much, my ability can only be reflected in the side battle, and the future naval battles will be dominated by long-range artillery battles, I am afraid that I will not be able to bear this kind of responsibility!" Xu Mo smiled bitterly, under normal circumstances, after this naval battle, he would withdraw from this world, and he didn't know how the space would arrange for this situation.

"Hehe, Alfred, you are too modest, all you lack is sailing experience, 'future naval battles will be dominated by long-range artillery battles', with this sentence alone, you have the potential to become a good admiral." Hedram laughed.

"......" Xu Mo wanted to defend himself, but he couldn't talk about it. In this era, after England defeated the Spanish Armada, the navies of various countries realized that naval artillery warfare would replace broadside warfare as the main mode of naval warfare. Although more than 20 years have passed since the Anglo-Spanish War, this sentence is still an insightful sentence for the time being.

"The drawings of the battleship we have are of great significance to Sweden, and although the treasury is not very rich now, His Majesty Gustav has decided to start building one of these ships this year, and has named it the Vasa after his grandfather, the founding monarch of Sweden, and it will become the flagship of the second privateer fleet in two to three years." Hedram's eyes glowed with fiery.

"Alfred, this sniping attack on Clifford, I command you must survive. Our privateer fleet will become pirates in the next few years, and the proceeds of privateering will become a huge fortune through Amsterdam, increasing the size of the fleet. When we can return to Stockholm again, we will form two iron fists with the built Vasa to help Sweden rule the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the world's oceans! ”

"For Sweden!" Xu Mo hurriedly catered to Hedlam, and took the opportunity to say cautiously, "This naval battle is too important, should I concentrate on preparing for the battle, as for the route map and sea tactics or something, when this naval battle is over, I will start learning again!" ”

"No, if the situation is good, we may return to Stockholm early, I'm afraid you won't have enough time to study!" Hedram faintly rejected Xu Mo's request.

……

"Alfred, be serious, look at the charts, Admiral Hedram said, during the period of teaching you, I can overstep the level and punish you, such as letting you clean the bilge or something!" Blakeney said with a blank face.

(At that time, there were many sailors on the battleship, and all physiological activities were carried out on the ship, and a lot of dirt would be produced.) In order to prevent epidemics, the cabins and decks need to be cleaned frequently, and if there is too much washing, sewage will naturally accumulate in the bilge, and cleaning the bilge is like cleaning a toilet, which is a very painful thing. ）

"Snort!" The numerous officers and alternate non-commissioned officers in the cabin secretly laughed. The gang was pretending to play cards while peeking at Blakeney's good work of repairing Xu Mo.

"Hi gentlemen! I have some pastries from Amsterdam here, do you need them? Dinah smiled as she came in from outside the cabin.

"Thank you, Pastor Dinah!"

"Thank you!"

……

"Dinah, why don't you stay in the worship room, why are you here?" Xu Mo sent a message to Dinah with an expressionless face.

"BOSS, the next naval battle is so dangerous, I have a good relationship with these officers, they can take care of me more when the time comes!" Dinah said in surprise.

"In terms of personal strength, you are much stronger than them, they are all dead, you can't die." Xu Mo said angrily, "What's more, this is the third time you've come to deliver pastries!" ”

"Ho ho, okay, boss, let's be honest, I'm here to see your jokes, it's a rare opportunity!" Dinah said confidently.

“…… You're so direct! Did you hear anything about Selena from Ahan? Xu Mo sighed and changed the subject.

"I heard a little ......," Dinah said, frowning.

……

"Dangdang!" Xu Mo was awakened from his sleep by the war-ready warning bell.

It was already early the next morning, Xu Mo glanced at the hourglass on the small table in the cabin and calculated the current moment.

"What's the situation?" Xu Mo quickly ran to the deck and asked Gerhardt

"We're about to get out of the sea fog ahead, but look ahead!" Gerhardt's eyes flashed, and he handed the monocular to Xu Mo.

Xu Mo raised the monoculars, and on the circular mirror surface, he could see a huge ship shadow not far from the sea fog area.