In order to make it easier to steer, Lee ordered the sailors to change sails with the wind and constantly manipulate the sails to cooperate, especially the triangular sails between the masts, which could act as air rudders.

When the steering was complete, and the sails were full again, the soft sea breeze blew the canvas puff, and the sailors, according to the rules left by the British, loosened the ropes, and made the canvas bulge more and more powerful, and from the front, it looked like a piece of baked bread.

Li Zhaoji, who was on the stern of the ship, was draped with weapons and protective gear with the help of Liu Li, and when he saw this scene, he shook his head helplessly.

This is the lack of science in the seventeenth century, even the experienced British, at this time there are still many mistakes in the use of wind power, in fact, the canvas bulging looks like a 'ride', in fact it is not useful to increase the speed of the voyage, but the sail is too much to pull, it is easier to scrap, this kind of soft weather, instead of putting a rope for a ride, it is better to splash water on the canvas, but also to increase some speed.

Lee Siu-kee did not have the energy to impart this knowledge, and what he had to do now was to take advantage of the anger of the brothers on the ship and the British Yankees, strike while the iron was hot, storm the London, avoid his own disadvantage in manoeuvring the ship and guns, and rush directly to the enemy, engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and rescue the compatriots on the London.

The bow of the Dongfang broke through the sea, and white spray appeared on both sides, and in the distance, the London had just completed its turn, and retreated to the southwest with difficulty, and the wind direction turned to the southeast, which was quite favorable for the pursuit, under the command of Li Zhaoji and the personal operation of Chen Liuzi, the distance between the Dongfang and the enemy ship was getting closer and closer, which made the sailors of the whole ship cheer.

Sailors are superstitious that the sea is the most moody bitch, and the slightest sign of one's favor will make one feel excited.

Lee Siu Kee had already put on Johnson's protective gear, and he stood in the stern with a knife, his face full of calm and composure.

Chen Liuzi is the busiest person on the ship, he has just made a great achievement, played a white strip in the waves, but at this time he is still full of energy, he keeps giving orders, while maintaining the advance, ready to fight, under his command, the sundries on the Dongfang are properly tied, non-slip sand is covered on the deck, because most people do not know how to use firearms, so Chen Liuzi gave them sailors' axes and short spears, and a few who have used firearms are assigned to the stern and bow of the ship by Chen Liuzi, They are responsible for a one-pounder boom cannon or musket.

"Big brother, leave it to me, it's good for you to sit here." Chen Liuzi saw that the two sides were getting closer and closer, and said to Li Zhaoji.

Li Zhaoji shook his hand: "Good brother, the most important thing now is not who takes the lead in the charge, the most important thing is to control this ship." Only you can accomplish this task. ”

"Sixth brother, don't worry, with our two brothers, we will never let the leader be hurt at all." Liu Shun carried an axe, held a shield made of pot lids in one hand, and said in a rough and loud voice.

Li Zhaoji didn't wait for Chen Liuzi to scramble, and said: "Liuzi, whether we can go back alive or not, whether we can rescue our compatriots, it's all up to you." ”

"Big brother, you give the order." Chen Liuzi said.

Li Zhaoji smiled and said to the people around him: "Brothers, let's let Yangyi's cold face stick to our hot ass." ”

Chen Liuzi already understood what Li Zhaoji meant, and he gave orders to the sail and cable group while directing the helmsmen, and under his command, the ship was like an arm.

Although they have known each other for a short time, Li Zhaoji has already understood that Chen Liuzi is definitely not just a Chinese sailor, this guy is so familiar with naval warfare, he obviously has a similar resume, maybe he is a pirate.

Under the command of Chen Liuzi, the Dongfang completed the overtaking at a distance of about 150 zhang from the London, although this distance, although it was still within the range of the six-pounder gun, but it was not in the effective range, so neither side fired the cannon, and after the overtaking was completed, the Dongfang slowly approached the route of the London from the right side of the London at 70 degrees, although the London kept turning, but it was always able to be bullied by the Dongfang.

Li Zhaoji couldn't help but applaud Chen Liuzi's boating skills, he chose the most perfect speed and cutting angle, the speed can meet the enemy as soon as possible, and this angle makes the Dongfang outside the firing range of the London gun, and the power of the opponent's artillery cannot be exerted at all.

And this angle is close, and there is another advantage, that is, to avoid the disadvantages of the Vostok and give full play to its advantages.

Ocean-going sailing ships of this era, whether warships or merchant ships, still had a stern and a bow tower, of which the stern was higher than the bow tower.

This is born from the Karak merchant ships, and in the open ocean, the biggest threat is pirates and cruel natives, fighting with them, the front and rear buildings are two pillboxes, difficult to overcome, in the last century, the Portuguese colonists once relied on this advantage, with guns, in the Strait of Malacca, only one ship, stubbornly blocked the attack of hundreds of small pirate ships, but also retreated.

The tonnage of the Orient is a little smaller, and the London is larger, and the two sides are engaged in a broadside battle, if they are close side by side, it is not good for the Oriental, but under the command of Li Zhaoji, the Orient uses its ass to block the London, and the two sides can't collide much, but it can make the tall stern of the Orient form an advantage over the low bow of the London.

On board the London, the temporary captain Duke was also draped, he was extremely nervous with a knife in one hand and a gun in the other. He had been sent to the East by the headquarters of the East Indy Company, and was a qualified manager, a superb conspirator, but not a competent captain.

Even if he is, he can't change the current situation.

The London is a Fleet, everything about this ship is designed to reduce costs, and the biggest cost of a ship is the sailors, as a model of reducing costs, the sailors of the Fleets have reached the limit, but when Chief William went to command the Indy from this ship, he also took away the escort of the fleet and the most combat-ready sailors on the London.

The London was even more useless, which had already been overstretched, and the London had lowered most of its sails, leaving only the battle sails, not because Duke wanted to ask for battle, but because if the sails were full, too many sailors would be needed, and there would be no one under him to operate the guns and fight.

In fact, Duke didn't want to fight now, and he also saw the explosion in the stern of the Indy, but he didn't know the exact situation because it was too far away. Duke only wants to rescue William and his Indy, but now he has no choice.

"Damn yellow-skinned monkeys!" Duke scolded viciously.

"Maybe we should talk to each other, maybe the pirates just want money." The Chinese guest surnamed Hai reappeared, cautiously persuading Duke to his side.

But in response to him was a big slap from Duke, who whipped him out of the way, and Duke scolded in Portuguese: "Get out of here, monkey, you're not qualified to talk to me." ”

Of course, Duke would not believe the nonsense of this maritime merchant, because this was not a pirate robbery at all, but a sailor's storm, chaos. Duke knew very well how terrible the sailors who controlled the ships after the riots and chaos would be, and they would kill everyone who had ever had an enmity against them.

"The musketeers lined up, and the spearmen went to the front."

"Bow formation, gyroscope gun loading!"

"Listen to my order to fire a salvo."

On the two ships, the two commanders, Lee Siu Ke and Duke gave almost the same order, but their subordinates were different, Duke had few men but were well-trained, while Lee Siu Kee was a rabble, relying on the ruthlessness of revenge.

"Prepare to ramble!"

Li Zhaoji grabbed the side of the ship and roared loudly, with a bang, both ships trembled, Chen Liuzi avoided the mast of the London at a perfect angle, and sat on the face of the London.

"Fire!"

With Li Zhaoji's order, the sound of cannons and gunfire tore through the air, and a pound of boom guns and arquebuses on the gunwales of the ship opened fire one after another, with the help of height, the lead bullet was fired at the London, and the British were also firing, Li Zhaoji was loading the roundhouse cannon with shells, when he suddenly heard a sharp whistling sound, and then his ears rose, and his head almost exploded, and it turned out that a lead bullet grazed past his ear.

The wet planks were pounded with metal projectiles, the wood was so thick that it could not be penetrated by shotguns and bullets, and the two sides fired several times back and forth, and both ships were enveloped in white smoke.

"Ceasefire, ceasefire!" Li Zhaoji shouted, he shook his head, looked around, and found that his sailors were full of ugliness.

Some lay on the deck and wept bitterly, some wailed, and some peed their pants.

But looking around, no one was injured or killed, Li Zhaoji poked his head out and glanced at the boat opposite, where there were figures flickering in the smoke, but he couldn't even hear the wailing.

"I knew it was going to be like this." Li Zhaoji said angrily.

It was precisely because he had long expected that the rabble under his command would not work, so Li Zhaoji was prepared in advance, he stuffed two fingers into his mouth and blew out a sharp whistle, which was particularly loud in the interval between the two sides of the ceasefire.

Duke hid under the bow of the ship, and when he heard the voice, he didn't know what was happening.

With a thud, something slammed into the deck at Duke's feet and tumbled at his feet, and Duke looked at a fist-sized grenade with a fuse buzzing with fiery teeth.

"King! Morality! Hair! Duke yelled, and the girl ran away, and got his head into the dinghy beside him.

This is the grenade of this era, the grenade is the flowering bomb of the Ming Dynasty, because the cannon on the ship is too long, and the processing accuracy is the reason, so the artillery is not used, and the grenade thrown by people is the grenade, which is very common in the ocean.

Because cast-iron grenades are too heavy, and it takes a lot of strength to throw them, so the grenadiers must be tall, and in distant Europe, in order to obtain tall grenadiers, Germany even kidnapped strong women from neighboring countries to combine with tall men in their own country, just to give birth to strong and tall men.

And these grenades were the only ones on the Dongfang, and Li Zhaoji considered that the firepower was not the enemy's opponent, so he arranged Liu Mingde on the mast from the beginning, and threw the grenades on the opponent's ship as long as he heard the whistle.