[Full text reading] Thanks to the dog I saw, Feng Yujian rewarded me with 200 starting coins!
Thanks to allwayes for the reward of 100 starting coins!
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[Your ship is locked and cannot activate the "Long Range Attack" skill. ]
Lu Yuan calmly ignored this message. Among the conditions for launching the "Long Range Attack", the most important one was "non-combat status". Although Clifford didn't know that he had locked the "Elona", he indirectly destroyed Lu Yuan. A skill of Yuan. However, every advantage has its disadvantages. Lu Yuan activates it every ten minutes for reconnaissance. If Clifford cancels the lock, Lu Yuan will know about it in ten minutes at most.
Tonight is the beginning of the month. There is only a faint crescent moon, and the light is very weak. However, when the thick and humid fog rises from the sea, even this little light is completely blocked, and everything is white above, below, left and right. People are everywhere. Even if you stand on the bow of the ship, you can't see the main mast, and the navigation lights hanging at the four corners of the ship only have a dim yellow halo.
In the thick fog, Lu Yuan only relied on the map data in his mind to conduct a very risky blind driving. Based on the previously calculated direction, he gradually shifted the route to a small island in the northwest. Lu Yuan had it in his hands. Without GPS, most of the navigation data can only be guessed until landmark objects are found for positioning.
So now all the adjutants and some selected sailors were lying on the side of the ship with lanterns, nervously searching the field of vision less than ten feet in front of them. Even Edward, who was very dissatisfied, was like this. This was really a fatal thing.
The buffer distance of ten feet is nothing compared to the speed of the "Elona". If there is a reef, from the time it is discovered to the time it hits it, there may not even be time to shout a warning. So even though "Elona" "No. 1" was proceeding as cautiously as possible, slowing down the speed, but the risk was still extremely high. It wasn't until Li Huamei shouted "Brother Lu! Rock!" that Lu Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and put his heart into his stomach.
There was a total difference of four hundred meters between the location of the reef and his prediction. This estimate was really deceptive.
He stopped the boat and jumped directly from the stern of the boat to the rocks. He carefully observed and measured up and down until he was sure that the group of rocks exactly matched the information in his mind.
"Okay, the rest of the journey can be easier. Let's take a rest."
With this group of reefs as positioning coordinates, Lu Yuan can accurately call up the nearby 3D map, and the subsequent night flight will be much easier. As for what will happen to the warships following behind...Does Lu Yuan have that responsibility? ?
The "Elona" began to accelerate. At this time, the battleship seemed to have eyes. It could always bypass every reef in advance. It might not be a big deal when the field of vision was good, but it was a pure death route under this kind of vision. , moving forward quickly. Although they didn’t know how Lu Yuan did it, Misha and Li Huamei both believed in him, and they sat together to take a nap.
There was only Edward, who was still lying on the bow of the boat with a lantern, shouting and watching the rocks passing by the side of the boat. Those reefs that could only be discovered at a very close distance always frightened him to the point of sweating profusely. But when he turned back, he couldn't see Lu Yuan driving the boat, only the vast mist. Edward couldn't understand that in such a heavy fog and such a dark environment, he was driving a huge sailing battleship on a reef-filled island. How did Lu Yuan do this series of incredible things in the narrow waterway?
Unconsciously, most of the resentment of being robbed by my own sister disappeared.
"Edward", the sudden voice startled him. When he turned around, he saw that Misha was already standing behind him.
"Are you still angry?" Seeing Edward's somewhat embarrassed look, Misha asked in a funny tone. She reached over and helped him tidy up his clothes.
"Hmph!" It's okay not to mention it. As soon as he mentioned it, Edward suddenly felt a sigh of relief in his chest. It wasn't just the matter of robbing the ship, but also other things... For example, the famous pirate captain "Blackbeard" ", Lu Yuan actually only appointed him as the charge captain! He must be a first mate or something...
"You~" Misha held his hand, as if seeing the little brother who was still ignorant back then. "Ayuan is your...brother-in-law, I will never treat you badly! Just wait and see, I will give you something in the future. I'm afraid your compensation will be five to ten times more... What's that look in your eyes?! Don't you believe what I'm saying?! Let me tell you, even if there's no wedding, I'm still his wife!"
"I... didn't mean that," Edward quickly denied. The cost of letting this sister misunderstand is unbearable. "I feel sorry for my boat. That boat is worth hundreds of thousands..." Edward didn't He said with a smile that he started out as a low-level pirate and it was really not easy for him to build a family. When he saw the abandoned "Queen" being sunk by the British fleet, he shed tears.
"You are so petty!" Misha rolled her eyes and took out a receipt and handed it to Edward. "These are just part of it. You don't know what Ayuan left for your sister... By then the battleships will dazzle you! Remember to hold your hands The people below will be trained immediately. They can also come in handy when robbing a ship!" Misha didn't bother to talk to him more. As for his position, Misha didn't want to hurt him. Let him be the charge captain. He is really a good match... first officer Li Huamei was once the admiral of the Ming Navy, and even Young Jin, who was about to come, had a record of more than a dozen ships under his command.
He, a little pirate leader, has nothing to show off.
"Two million pesos!" Edward was so stunned by the number on the bill that he didn't even notice...As the ship turned, less than three meters in front of him, a speedboat was quietly moored.
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With crystal ball listening and Elizabeth passing on information, Lu Yuan's information channel is not closed. [,! ] Sai. With one piece of news puzzle after another, he was able to roughly judge the layout of Clifford and LeBron. Of course, he also guessed that the young King should be deliberately "omitted" because both parties hoped that he could persist. one time.
Therefore, there is no doubt that the "Siren" must have received secret help from the Spanish when it was replenishing the Spanish port of Caracas.
Looking at the overall situation, the core question of the entire situation focuses on "how long can the Aerona last?"
Clifford thought that he could easily take care of Lu Yuan, and he could even leave him behind and solve the primary problem of Spain first.
But LeBron, under the advice of the "Tearer Team", prefers that Lu Yuan can persist long enough and even hold back the British fleet. In his camp, whether it is the Tearer or McLaren, Long Dog's father seemed to believe in Lu Yuan's strength. This way they could capture more British ports first.
But they still underestimated the tacit understanding of the "Opera House". Lu Yuan and Jin chose this place as the meeting place at the same time without prior agreement... Not only was the location unguessable by those who were there, but the support time was also advanced. for six hours.
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"captain!"
"Smuggler!"
Seeing Lu Yuan, Jin and Long Gou were talking together, and the people on both sides looked at each other in confusion. After a while, Lilu poked her head out from behind a group of young people, and said with some confusion, "Sister Li Huamei? Li Huamei?" Sister!" She jumped out happily and threw herself into Li Huamei's arms.
Well, it became a family recognition meeting.
Not to mention the love and murder between Long Gou and Lu Yuan, nor the past events of Li Lu and Li Huamei, the ownership of the "Siren" belongs to August after all, and his agent Jin has full authority to handle it. Everything about the ship.
So Lu Yuan gave an order, and the supplies on the "Siren" were also quickly transferred to the "Elona". In terms of the most important number of crew members, they were finally replenished to 440 people in one go.
Six hours is all the time left for the "Elona" to integrate the crew. Lu Yuan did not consult anyone and made appointments directly based on skill levels. Li Huamei served as chief mate and open deck gunnery officer, and left Class A when Lu Yuan Shi will act as captain; young Jin serves as the petty officer of the closed artillery deck, directly commanding forty of the fifty-four artillery pieces; Edward and Xiao Kou are the captains and deputy captains of the stormtroopers, respectively the musketeers and stormtroopers; Long Dog serves as the deck officer. Important officers are responsible for commanding the sail operation and observation tower; Misha and Lilu serve as logistics non-commissioned officers, responsible for material distribution and transportation, and loot statistics...
"Raise the gun!" "Put it down!" Under Edward's command, the musketeers lined up in three rows along the side of the ship, listening to the orders and training; "Put down the hook lock!" Dozens of hook locks were thrown out from the side of the ship. , fell into the sea. "Pull!" The pirates worked together to pull up the hook and lock. "Fix!" Everyone was quickly tying the rope to the side of the ship...; "Nail the skids! We don't need it. Adjust the angle, you just need to follow the instructions to load and ignite!" The artillery side is the most difficult to control. Li Huamei and Jin can only use forced orders to make everyone remember it first... and there is no time for more training.
"What are they doing?" Clifford asked doubtfully. Because after sailing out of that damn channel, the ship in front suddenly became extremely noisy, and lit at least two hundred lanterns, illuminating the entire ship into a big light. The adjutant was unsure about the ball, so he had to wake up Fleet Commander Clifford from the bed.
But even if the sea fog dissipated a little as the morning came, Clifford still couldn't see anything.
"Let the damaged ships seize the time to repair them, and let them mess around. Everything will be clear at dawn." Clifford could only order this. This night, more than a dozen ships were damaged, which shocked him. He was furious. However, he found the similarly abandoned "Siren" near the island and learned that the "Elona" had been replenished.
Everything just waits for dawn.
"Send the signal." Looking at the hands on the pocket watch, Clifford ordered.
