Chapter 70: Stealing the Day

Wood's pale blue pupils sometimes pass from left to right, like the scanning light of a laser printer when copying. If you look closely, you will also notice that there are some faint red dots in the depths of the pupils of the lookout. These little red dots are, of course, the lights of those battleships on the distant sea.

As a rare reincarnation of the pupil power talent, Wood's life essence is different from that of a human, he is a silicon-based life. Wood's real world is a highly technologically advanced science fiction world, and his life race has been able to sail in the stars, and it is a real cosmic advanced life form.

Wood was a radar manipulator on a spaceship before he became a reincarnation. This life experience gave him a talent similar to interstellar radar after becoming a reincarnation.

Since Y-Space is a mature space with a focus on teamwork, it also allows Wood to devote all of his resources to the talent of Hitomi. This talent had already reached the A+ level when he was still a first-order transfer, and after becoming a second-order transfer, he was even upgraded to the S-level.

At this time, in Wood's eyes, the sea with only a faint moonlight and starlight was as bright as day, and the lights of the fleet in the distance were more vivid as searchlights. The world in the eyes of the lookout is different from ordinary people, the whole world is like a computer screen covered with fishing nets, and the picture is divided into countless small grids, like a screen composed of countless dynamic small pictures.

Each of these small dynamic images can be individually zoomed in or out by Wood, but there is a limit to how much this can be zoomed in and out. At this distance, apart from the bright lights, the enemy battleship seemed to be mosaic, and it was impossible to see the specific shape for the time being. However, as the battleship approached, the mosaic was slowly metamorphosing into a concrete shape.

"My lord, there are a total of twelve ships in the northern fleet, all of which fly the Ottoman Empire's star and moon flags. The fleet is in two columns, and I can already see the warships at the beginning, they are all huge Arab galleys, and they should be the first privateer fleet in Haireddin! Even though the communication in the soul seal would not reach the outside world, Wood couldn't help but keep his voice down.

"What about the fleet in the southwest?" Xu Mo involuntarily raised his monocular to point at the northern sea, but it was still pitch black in the lens.

If his nervous sniff was seen by Hedlam, he would probably be laughed at by the North Sea Silver Eagle! Xu Mo put down the binoculars and shook his head with a wry smile.

"The fleet in the southwest consisted of four warships, one large and three small. Hey, they seem to have picked up the pace of their advance...... That's right, the lead flagship is the Sovereign of the Seas, which Raphael described to us, this ship...... It's so beautiful! The lookout muttered.

"You're beautiful, our Vasa is the most beautiful!" Dinah interjected angrily in the communication channel.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wood knew that he had lost his words, and quickly apologized, "Wait, they dispersed...... Your Excellency, you have been discovered! Measured at this distance...... My lord, I'm afraid that Hayreddin in the north will also observe the lights on your ship in three minutes! ”

"Three minutes later?" Xu Mo's face was solemn, and he lowered his head and instructed Camille under the bridge, "Camille, inform the Iron Rite Column on the foredeck, the bow of the ship is slightly north, making us look like a ship diagonally coming from the southwest!" ”

After the order was given, Xu Mo quickly felt the Vasa turning from the vibration of the ship's hull. At this time, the pale yellow zigzag lights could already be seen through the telescope behind the Vaasa, which was an open flame hanging from the mast of the Sea Sovereign.

In the age of sail, sail warships had to hang lanterns at the top of the mast and at both ends of the mast. This is not only to allow sailors on duty at night to see the deck clearly, but also to avoid colliding with other ships when sailing at night. If it was an entire fleet, they would also hang open flames in the bow and stern to maintain the formation of the formation.

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"Admiral, the ship ahead has turned, it seems that it has spotted us, why don't you chase it and sink it!" Roland turned his head to look at the middle-aged gentleman sitting in the chair next to him.

"Can you see the shape of a ship with a telescope?" Henry Morgan frowned, took a sip of his coffee cup, and turned to Roland without getting up.

Roland took out the monoculars, looked at it for a while, and waved his hand in disdain, "Damn, it's too far away, I can't see it clearly, I just know it's a big ship!" ”

"Use the signal lights to tell the other ships to slow down, and line up diagonally with us, keeping the distance between the ships at least five hundred yards!" Henry closed his eyes and muttered for a moment, then commanded again.

"Lined up diagonally?" Roland and Henderson on the bridge looked at each other quizzically.

Due to the advent of battleships, naval warfare slowly developed from the previous close-range broadside battles to medium- and long-range artillery battles. Under this tactic, the fleet in naval warfare is the most commonly used artillery battle queue to seize the T-shaped prefix in columns.

The previous tactics such as outflanking the two wings in a straight horizontal row and breaking through with a single wing in an oblique horizontal row were all tactics of broadside warfare, and have been eliminated from modern naval tactics. Not to mention, Henry Morgan also kept the fleet at an ultra-long distance of five hundred yards, and it didn't look like he was going to round up the unidentified ship ahead.

"We've entered the Aegean Sea, and according to your tip, there's a chance that Hayreddin will be here. There are many islands and harbors in this area, and it's late at night, so be careful! Henry Morgan glanced at Roland lightly, "Even if Hayreddin is old, he is still a pirate king, and I didn't live by arrogance until now!" ”

"Admiral, there's a light signal from the battleship in front of you, let me see...... Front, square, have, large, amount, boat, only! Roland read out the light message word by word, and was immediately startled, "Admiral, it should be the privateer fleet of the Ottoman Empire!" ”

"It's finally here!" A flame rose from the depths of Henry Morgan's pupils, and he got up from the bridge chair with a smile, put down his coffee cup and wiped the corners of his mouth with a silk scarf, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"Pass my order, all the battleships are full of rudders, and the course is adjusted from northeast to northwest. With the Sea Sovereign as the arrow, the fleet formed a diamond-shaped formation, and the other three ships carried out sea reconnaissance in a guerrilla attitude. With the Sea Sovereign as the center, I searched every strait and island harbor in this sea. All sailors took turns for three shifts, and if the opposing fleet did not advance at high speed, then the entire search of the sea surface continued until dawn. ”

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"My lord, even now, the fleets in both directions have seen you, and at this distance, they should not be able to see the shape of the Vasa!" Wood reminded softly in the comms.

"Camille, tell the sail lifter to extinguish the lights on the mast, and keep the whole ship silent, and no one is allowed to make a loud noise!" Xu Mo poked his head out of the bridge and ordered. In fact, at this time, the attention of the Viking sailors was focused on the bridge, and as soon as Xu Mo gave the order, they had already begun to act, and there was no need for Camille's re-conveyance.

As if it were just an instant, the Vasa was once again engulfed in darkness and glided silently away from the battlefield.

Looking down from the top of the sea, the Vassa is like a shadow that merges with the night around it. Judging from the white line on the stern of the tripartite warship, the Vasa was seen by the Ottoman fleet as a reconnaissance ship that was diagonally avoiding the front of the fleet. And in the eyes of the English in the southwest, they were the forward warships that were turning back to the Ottoman fleet.

Under Wood's Eagle Eye and the unique contact method of the Reincarnation, Xu Mo controlled the Vasa with incredible precision in the eyes of others, allowing the Vasa to steal the day under the noses of the two pirate kings, and making Emilio's matador vision at the battle meeting a reality.

"My lord, we succeeded! Both fleets changed course and began to circle in their own waters. Although armed reconnaissance ships have been sent to the surrounding seas, there are no warships chasing the Vasa, and you are moving away from the battlefield! Half an hour later, Wood shouted a cheer of delight.

"Whew!" Xu Mo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his heart was empty as if he had put down a big stone, and after a while, the young man suddenly remembered something, "Wood, I remember that there seems to be a video recording of the battle in Y-space......"