"Quick, quick, everyone who is not dead, get up and redistribute the sails and cables. Sailors, go up the mast. The sails must be shortened in winds of level 7."
"Tighten all the swaying ropes and turn the square sail into a fore and aft sail!"
"Helmsman, is the helmsman still alive? Port side to the wind, sailing close to the wind, three compass points east-northeast.
Sailing against the wind, a warship equipped only with large horizontal sails will never be able to catch up with us. "
"..."
The [Man-Eating Shark] couldn't figure out the battle damage on the warship, and was still trying every means to distance itself.
The surviving pirates had no time to rest, so they simply bandaged themselves and immediately went to work under the command of the captain and pirate officers.
More than half of the personnel were lost, making all tasks on the ship somewhat stretched.
After exhausting all his efforts, he finally allowed the "Man-Eating Shark" to move toward the northeast little by little against the roaring sea wind.
It's obvious.
On the surface, it looks like a sailboat being blown by the wind, but it can actually travel against the wind!
To put it simply, it is the application of the Bernoulli effect like an airplane.
When the air flows through the arc-shaped surface of the sail, which is like an airfoil, it will generate a forward and upward attraction force, and the hull relies on this pressure difference to move forward.
Of course, sail rigging is different and the efficiency against the wind is also different.
A square sail with stronger driving ability does have an advantage when going downwind, but when sailing against the wind, it will be completely destroyed by the fore-and-aft sail!
For example, when the wind blows from due north, the schooner can choose to sail into the wind in directions of 30-40° east by north and 30-40° west by north.
This posture of being closest to the wind and sailing close to the wind is called "sailing close to the wind", or "sailing close to the wind".
Just like the current "Man-Eater Shark", the port side is facing the wind, which can be further accurately described as "port side facing (against) the wind - sailing against the wind".
For a while, travel on the left side of the wind, then switch to the right side and travel on the right side for a while. In this way, you can move forward "against the wind".
The schooner can sail against the wind within a minimum range of 30-40° to the left and right of the wind direction.
However, a purely square-sailed warship can only go 67° into the wind.
The key is that when the square yard is rotated, it will be hindered by the rigging supporting the mast, and it can only rotate left and right at most 50°.
As a result, the minimum angle between the warship and the wind must be greater than 60°.
As long as you have studied the Pythagorean theorem, you will know how huge the gap in traveling efficiency is when using 30° and 60° to make a "zig" sail.
If the "Man-Eater Shark" had sailed into the wind at the beginning of the chase, it would have been easily intercepted by the opponent taking advantage of the tailwind.
But now the relative positions are reversed. As long as the distance is increased in this level 7 wind, the cruiser [Severe] will no longer be able to catch up with them equipped with longitudinal sails.
Relying on the knowledge of his previous life, Byron actually knew a superior form of sailboat - the Brigantine type mixed sailboat.
It has the advantages of both horizontal and longitudinal sails and is the pinnacle of the development of small pirate ships.
However, he is not ready to come up with this transformation plan yet, unless... [Man-eating Shark] changes its surname to Lancaster!
When the naval flag could no longer be seen amid the waves, the pirates finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After completing a series of impossible reversals, many survivors are still dreaming.
"We really survived?!"
"If we tell this experience to other people in Pirate Port, they will think we are bragging, hahaha..."
"The sea protects us."
Of course, everyone knows who the biggest contributor is.
Except for the last action of preventing the opponent from planting the flag, which I didn't understand, all the other achievements are vivid in my mind.
Modifying and raising the sail, stopping the violent and rolling iron cannon, saving the lives of many companions with superb swordsmanship, accurately observing weather changes...
Incendiary bombs were also accurately dropped on the warships.
Compared to these old pirates who roamed the North Sea, Byron Tudor was more like a descendant of the sea, born to belong to this blue world.
Without him, the [Man-Eater Shark] would never have survived, even if they had a superhuman captain.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible for Mr. Byron, the "great hero", to tell them that he was the culprit who caused the navy to pursue him!
Facing the pair of blazing eyes, Byron seemed calm on the surface, but the tight string in his heart never completely relaxed.
“I was able to escape this time purely because the York family misjudged my situation.
In their eyes, I was just a child who was not even a transcendent person five days ago.
Sending a fifth-level ship, a Tribunal-sequence [Law Master], and a fortress-sequence [Fortress Guard] are already overkill, and the standard combat power is overflowing.
But I didn’t know that I had two talents that awakened along with the sublimation of [Spirituality], and that I had the help of [Logbook], so I was no longer what I used to be. "
[Cognitive Modification] Can hide itself perfectly.
[Weather Intuition] allows him to play a guest role as [Navigator] in the lighthouse sequence.
If he didn't have extraordinary abilities, he would have been buried in the sea together with the pirates at this time.
Byron knew himself very well.
If there is a next time, we may not have such good luck.
strength! Only by mastering stronger extraordinary power and building a powerful armed force of your own can you truly be able to live and work.
Dusk.
The pirates responsible for cleaning the battlefield had stripped the corpses of all the navy and threw them into the sea.
A total of 42 pirate corpses were neatly placed on the deck.
A dozen people led by the second officer died on the cruiser, and even their bodies could not be recovered.
Byron gathered on the deck with everyone to hold a funeral for his dead companion.
Following maritime tradition, they put the bodies of their companions into empty wine barrels and placed two silver coins over their eyes.
It is said that only in this way can the sinful soul of a pirate be qualified to buy a ticket and take a ride on an elusive ghost ship on the sea to the world of the dead.
Plop! Plop! ...
Barrels fell into the rolling sea.
Standing in the crowd, Byron pressed the hilt of his sword, stared at the barrel that was getting away, and sang "The Call of Valhalla", the funeral song of the Northland Bay people with other pirates:
“The hull is away from the cold currents of the fjord;
Jackdaws fly across my vast territory;
War songs, legends, everything is destined;
I am a strong shield and a spear;
Sharing joys and sorrows, plundering mortal enemies;
We work together for honor;
Beyond the fire and thunder;
Only glory accompanies it;
echoes of eternity;
The Hall of Valor is calling me..."
The pirates have long been accustomed to death, and there is not much sadness at this time. Instead, they seem to be singing a passionate war song.
As the source of all pirates in the Old Continent, the people of the Northland Bay who once plundered the entire Old Continent have left too many traces in this ancient profession.
From the formulation of the [Pirate Code], to the creation of a lighthouse sequence composed of [Pirates], [Navigators], etc., to the [Storm Riders] after being cleared and landed ashore, there are also various traditions and rituals...
The concept of eternal life for the war dead in the Hall of Valor made them never fear death.
Legend has it that there is an inexhaustible divine cauldron there, containing a sumptuous selection of pig, beef, and mutton delicacies.
They drank fine wine, enjoyed an endless supply of delicacies, and most importantly, had beautiful fairies in mink peeling garlic for them, and lived a happy life.
As a direct descendant of Reinhardt, the king of the Northland Bay people [Blue Dragon King], Byron is very familiar with all this.
Not only did I not feel the gap from falling from the heir to the throne to a pirate, but I felt like a fish in water.
but.
When the song ended, Byron suddenly felt a chill on his back.
Turning his head, he saw the expressionless [Blood Eyes] Salman, limping towards him.
