Chapter 13: Lasius Sykes
The two looked in amazement, only to see that the three men at the helm had slipped and fallen to the ground, rolling into a ball, and the steering wheel was spinning rapidly without control...... Xu Mo stepped next to the steering wheel, held the steering wheel, and looked at it, it turned out that a handle on the steering wheel was broken.
By this time, Ahan and the other two sailors had already climbed up and regained control of the steering wheel with Xu Mo. Arham's face was ugly, he was in a hurry to change the voyage, and before Manuel gave the command, he used too much force, causing the steering wheel handle to break. He himself slipped because of his lack of strength, and also brought down the two sailors next to him.
Seeing that the three of them had regained control of the steering wheel, Xu Mo hurriedly ran to the bow of the boat to look down, only to see poor Manuel being hung by the cable around his waist, swinging under the bow of the boat, shouting for help.
Xu Mo and Dinah pulled Manuel onto the boat with all their might, but they heard a young sailor beside Arhan shouting, "Sir Manuel, the rudder is stuck!" ”
"What?" Manuel and the three were taken aback, turned their heads to look at the sea, and sure enough, they saw that the direction of Vestelos' travel had not changed, and he was still heading towards the maelstrom.
"What's going on with the course?" Hedram came from behind with a look of rage.
"Admiral, the steering wheel went out of control just now, and the tail rudder seems to be stuck in the violent turn!" Manuel quickly explained.
"I'm sorry, Admiral, I didn't do what you told me to do!" Xu Mo's heart moved, and he took Ahan's mistake away, but he skillfully avoided who was at the helm, the key point of the incident.
"Now is not the time to hold accountable, Alfred, follow me to the rudder, Manuel, you take the helm yourself, let the others assist you!" Hedram glanced at the three Ahan men at the helm and then ordered.
"Sir, I'll go with you!" The young sailor, who had just noticed that the tail rudder was jammed, followed.
"Give me the steering wheel, you two help me hold both sides!" Ignoring the reproach to Ahan, Manuel reached out and took the wheel.
Aran handed over the steering wheel with a gloomy face, knowing that the mistake he had made was due to his lack of experience at the helm. Of the four reincarnators on board at the moment, Selena is undoubtedly the most experienced in sailing, and Ahan even knows that she owns a luxury sailing yacht in reality and often goes to sea on vacation.
Dinah also has the experience of going to sea, as a reporter she has also interviewed the captains and first mates of several ocean cruise ships, and she is not ignorant of navigation, only Xu Mo and Yahan are blank for sea navigation. However, Xu Mo is the captain of the stormtrooper and does not need him to control the ship, Yahan is a deck sailor, and the matter of being at the helm has nothing to do with him.
However, in the previous naval battles, he had already established himself and became a sailor of the first class, and with just one more step, he could step into the ranks of the warship cadres. The great temptation made Arham a little anxious, and relying on his superiority in strength, he snatched the great responsibility of controlling the steering wheel from the sailor who had just been at the helm.
It turned out that navigation was a technical job, and it was not a matter of strength to make the ship obedient, and his mistake once again put the whole crew in danger. To make matters worse, although Xu Mo took all of his mistakes, tomorrow morning, the other two sailors would spread the truth, and the prestige he had built up in front of the other sailors would plummet, and Hedram would lose trust in him.
I am afraid that such a mistake will require excellent performance in several naval battles in the later period to make up for it, and the position of the alternate non-commissioned officer is far away.
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Hedram rushed to the stern with Xu Mo and others, and sure enough, he saw the rudder on one side and couldn't move.
"Two chiefs, please hold me!" The young sailor who had just noticed that there was a problem with the rudder asked the two of them with a serious face.
Xu Mo's eyes flashed, and he nodded silently, and the sailor took a thick cable and tied it around his waist, climbed down the stern, stepped on the rudder, and swung his body up.
Hedram and Xu Mo clung to the cable, watched him swing over and over again, and then used all their strength, kicking their feet on the rudder, swinging again, and kicking again.
Finally, with a "click", the rudder resumed turning, and several people immediately felt the hull of the Vistelos tilt and change course again.
"Towards the edge of the whirlpool!" Hedram glanced at the sea, breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled the young sailor up with Xu Mo with all his might.
"What's your name?" Hudram asked the young sailor.
"Admiral, my name is Rasius, Rasius Sykes." There was a hint of shyness on Rasiu's young face, and her blonde hair was wet against her head.
"Well done, Rasiu, now I'll promote you to a first-class sailor, do a good job!" Hedram patted him on the shoulder and turned to leave.
"Mention ......" Rass tried to speak, but found that Hedram had already turned away, so he had to hold back what he had not said.
"What do you want to say!" Xu Mo smiled and asked, "I'll help you tell Admiral Hedlam!" ”
"Yes, sir! I want to say that I should have been at the helm just now, and it was my mistake to hand over the steering wheel to someone else, and I don't deserve the honor of a first-class sailor! After Laxiu finished speaking, he lowered his head and waited anxiously for Xu Mo's reprimand.
Xu Mo was stunned for a moment, smiled, and did not continue to discuss this issue with Laxiu, and changed the topic: "Laxiu, why are you on the boat!" ”
"Me? I...... It was on board for privateer bounty. My parents passed away at an early age, I still owe some debts, and I have a little sister at home. I usually work at the dock, my sister helps others do laundry, we don't earn much, we have to pay off debts, and the family ...... Very poor.
However, I've heard from others that a two-year stint on a privateer can lead to a large bounty. I thought that when the time came, I would be able to pay off the debt, and maybe save a little dowry for my sister, and if possible, buy a small fishing boat for myself...... Take a wife! Rahew's face was red, and his eyes were foggy.
"You're a good fellow, you're going to make it." Xu Mo restrained his smile and said softly, "Don't take the matter of helm to heart, the Admiral handed over this matter to me, this is my mistake." As for you, you did a good job, and you deserve the honor of a sailor of the first class. ”
"Thank you, Chief Alfred!" The young man happily saluted Xu Mo, "I'll go to the bow of the boat to help!" ”
Watching Laxiu leave briskly, Xu Mo's mood seemed to be much better.
Half an hour later, the Vistelos finally broke out of the maelstrom and headed smoothly ahead. Xu Mo, who had been busy for most of the night, came to the top of the rear deck cabin and found Hedlam, "Admiral, I saw something in your room last time, can you give it to me......"
After hearing this, Hedram nodded with a smile: "Of course you can!" ”
After seeing Hedram agree, Xu Mo exhaled and looked up at the sea, the calm sea had already revealed a fiery red color at the junction of the sea and the sky, and the sun was about to rise.
(40,000 red tickets plus more, no debts!) )