Hornet, the crisis is approaching!


    There was a noise on the deck. Collinwood looked pale and stared at the Andes coming down like thunder clouds in the distance. He pursed his mouth and said nothing.


    He has so far failed to make a final decision on advance and retreat.


    This is not to say that the Hornet is not sure to run away from the Andes.


    After all, the fog on the sea dispersed when the two sides were three kilometers away. With the clumsiness of the Andes, as long as the hornet wants to run, it has a lot of opportunities to escape from the sky along channel 4.


    Just the price?


    Once he gave up his defensive position, the front at the mouth of the fourth and fifth fairways would collapse, followed by the complete failure of the battle at Le Rober Bay and even the whole Halloween operation.


    Nelson will be trapped in the enemy, there is no way to escape. There will be no difference in essence whether he is killed or captured.


    Collinwood asked himself, can he afford such a price?


    Yu Gong said that the commander-in-chief did not fight and suffered a disastrous defeat. As a deputy general, he must bear all the responsibilities. Ordering him to retire is the most tolerant punishment that can be thought of.


    Personally, Nelson is his best friend!


    So, stick to the front until the moment of sinking?


    Hope that Lorraine Drake will have a better plan to turn the tide in the process of escape?


    If the hornet sank, would it be meaningful to stick to all this?


    Collinwood let go of his ears and the panic on the deck filled his head.


    "Raise the canvas! Raise the canvas quickly!"


    "Throw away all useless sundries and untie the cables of the submachine boat! It''s not an offensive state now. Dragging the boat behind the boat will only affect our speed!"


    "Warning! The Andes has turned around and is moving towards our ship. The speed is 2 knots and continues to increase. It is expected to engage in battle in half an hour!"


    "The target of channel 5 has also begun to move forward! Increase the shelling density and press it back. They can''t attack on both sides!"


    "God! Are we going to stay here and die?"


    "Mom, help me!"


    Despair is empty.


    Collingwood stood in this despair and looked coldly at the rising sails. He neither stopped the sailors'' spontaneous behavior nor ordered the anchor to rise to untie the last yoke of the wasp.


    He felt he should say something.


    Humiliation or despair, as a commander, it was his duty to show the way forward for the crew.


    But he didn''t know what to say. Standing in front of the crew fighting with him, should he announce the death penalty to his life, or incite the crew to fight to the end and deprive them of the opportunity to live?


    Lorraine Drake... Finally escaped.


    The chief mate, who is always known for his ability, approached with great strides: "major, the Andes began to move forward, and the enemy in the channel obviously got the corresponding orders. If we continue to stay here..."


    "Will you be caught in a pincer attack?" Collinwood interrupted the chief officer casually.


    "Yes..."


    "Captain, you used to work in the Admiralty. The gentleman who recommended you to board the ship repeatedly mentioned how smart you are, and I trust your judgment." Collinwood''s voice still couldn''t hear joy and anger. "In your opinion, what should we do now?"


    "Machine... Mobile attack." the chief officer considered the language, "major, if there is a situation of double attack, the hornet can''t hold the front at all, but if we can adjust the situation of mobile attack in time, with our mobile power..."


    "Use mobile attack to contain a class IV ship and more than two ships of the same class in a relatively broad sea area, waiting for Drake to adjust and return, or the governor will win the opponent and return to the battlefield, right?"


    "Yes..."


    "You... Really have a talent for advice."


    Collingwood smiled inexplicably. After laughing several times, he found that his mood was out of control and quickly waved his hand to apologize.


    "Sorry, I have no malice. I really think mobile attack is an excellent judgment."


    The chief mate smiled bitterly: "but you don''t intend to adopt it, do you? The staff is always just the staff. We won''t be responsible for the decision, so we can''t bear the right to make the final decision."


    "But at least you made me see your talent."


    Collinwood stretched his fingers back and stretched out a big stretch like looking away.


    "Captain, how much has channel five advanced?"


    "Because we have increased the density of bombs, the distance is 630 now, and we have basically stopped moving forward."


    "What about the Andes?"


    "The speed finally stabilized at 2.5 knots. It is expected that the war has been corrected to an hour later. It seems that the count opposite is ready to drive us away with a dignified posture and give priority to the confluence of the two routes."


    "As always, I''m steady and don''t take any risks..." Colin woodton paused. "The Golden Deer... Has Drake changed?"


    "It has officially jumped out of the horizon. The observation feedback is 7200 away from us and 3700 away from the fourth channel. The French totem caught up because it was sailing at full speed. It is only a matter of time before the golden deer was caught up before entering the fourth channel."


    Collinwood felt a little discord and couldn''t help frowning.


    "Will the golden deer be caught? If Drake really wants to escape, he has at least a lucky horseshoe to fight... Where is the lucky horseshoe?"


    "Lucky horseshoe?" the chief officer was obviously stunned. "Since the beginning of the war, the lucky horseshoe has been hidden outside the battle area as a backup combat force, so it''s easy not to enter the field of vision of the battlefield... It''s very difficult to observe her and its value is not high, so..."


    "Find her!"


    Collinwood shouted and was receiving the surprise news from the lookout.


    "The ship shadow was found just behind the Andes. Observe the characteristics. Our army belongs to the lucky horseshoe! She''s chasing the Andes! She''s very fast! My God, the wing sail! The lucky horseshoe opened its wing sail, with a speed of 12 knots, 9.5 knots relative to the Andes!"


    "This is the charge! Our lucky horseshoe is charging! Long live!"


    ……


    On the blue sea, there is a shadow of a ship, riding the wind and waves, galloping the wind and electricity.


    That is the lucky horseshoe under the Drake chamber of Commerce, which is temporarily subordinate to the General Chamber of Commerce.


    At the end of the 18th century, when there was no mature judgment on flying shear ships, the speed of 12 knots, or nearly 20 kilometers per hour, was enough for sail warships to squeeze into the first sequence of ultra-high speed. Especially for warships that are not good at racing, it is indispensable to achieve such speed in terms of time, geography and people.


    Class I and class III ships standing at the top of the times are capped, and the speed is generally 9-10 knots. Class II and class IV ships with too bulky ship type and unstable center of gravity can rarely reach 9 knots.


    As small ships, class V and class VI ships are generally faster. They often have a design speed of more than 10 knots and nearly 11 knots.


    However, those who can really touch the speed of 12 knots and have been adopted as warships by the great powers, throughout the world, only the Baltic bridge type that integrates the high-speed gene of the new continent, has a unique slender bow and is equipped with full wing sails.


    The lucky horseshoe is such a unique Baltimore brig ship, and the high-speed ship is commanded by Bell judia, the leading ship operator in the new generation of England.


    The Gulf wind before the rainstorm is like a cyclone, and the clockwise wind belt is narrow, long and messy. Maintaining the peak speed in such an environment is a triple test of the skills, inspiration and talent of the boat operator.


    For example, Lorraine, who came out of the same school as bell, also had no less than Bell''s ship operation evaluation in the sea school. In the years of business, he accumulated a lot of practical experience and dealt with or experienced a variety of extreme hydrology.


    The golden deer, which can be operated by him, can only maintain 50% to 70% of the speed in the state of sports warfare. When it changes direction at the limit, it has fallen into the dilemma of waiting for the wind for several times, and it was almost sunk into the sea.


    In the same environment, bell easily grasped the high-speed corner cutting of the wing sail and changed direction through continuous narrow change, rather than the rapid full rudder unable to approach the route of the Andes.


    Its voice, its potential, moves like thunder!


    The temporary first mate sailor moved pale near bell and shouted at his throat.


    "Captain! The hornet has lowered its sails! The hornet has lowered its sails!"


    Bell licked his lips and joked: "it seems that our distinguished comrades in arms are finally not going to run away. We won the first battle. We have lived up to the president''s hope. Gentlemen, each of you has added a point in the competition for the long contract."


    "Long live!"


    "Next, it''s an hour of wire dancing... Do you want to include the 100 long contracts?"


    "Think! Think! Think!"


    "Then take it from the stupid bear opposite... Lucky horseshoe, move forward!"