"Distance 9700, heading due east, enemy ship group speed 6.5, relative 0.5, pursuit stability!"


    Lorraine frowned and stood in the bow: "what''s the distance from outer juster?"


    "12.6 kilometers from the coastline."


    "Haven''t reinforcements arrived yet?"


    "The northern battlefield cannot be observed, and no ship shadow is found in the direction of the island."


    "Continue observation."


    Leaving this impersonal order, Lorraine pinched the guardrail and stretched himself.


    Chasing is boring.


    Starting from the fleet that bit cotton jack, the two sides sailed to the ridge of the North Atlantic in the current way.


    Cotton Jack''s first fleet has a total of 17 ships, including 4 Galen destroyers, 4 barges, 2 Briggs and 7 brigantines.


    Like their leaders, this fleet is not outstanding in composition and navigation skills. Even the design and condition of ships of the same type can be distinguished by the naked eye.


    All these problems are dragging down the sailing speed of the whole fleet.


    In order to maintain the current cover and coordination between ships, section 6.5 is probably the speed limit they can reach.


    However, the opponent''s slow speed does not mean that Lorraine can easily surpass and block.


    Valkyrie is very powerful, and any one, two or even five opposite can hardly pose an effective threat before the injured Valkyrie.


    But there are 17 across the street.


    Lorraine knew that the powerful valkiri was not invincible.


    In baster, Blackbeard proved that valkiri could be defeated with half of his headquarters. At pier 17, hound Henry also proved with his actions that the pirates who attacked the island clearly knew how to defeat valkiri.


    The narrow sea area is surrounded by water and the open sea area is hit by water.


    The opponent who besieged walkiri is likely to be injured and sunk. The ship that hit walkiri will certainly be dismembered by heavy artillery, but as long as you are willing to pay the price, you can also be defeated as powerful as walkiri. This is not speculation, but reality.


    What is life and glory?


    In other words, is cotton Jack willing to pay for defeating Lorraine, and is his pirate ship willing to die for his wild hope?


    It''s not Lorraine''s problem.


    Lorraine can only consider the problem from the worst point of view, that is, 16 flexible boats are enough to spread a net around the Bloody Mary. The turtle speed fleet in front of her is likely to be the last game set by the pirates for the murder of Lorraine in this attack on the island.


    So the second question is, is Lorraine willing to take risks?


    Lorraine must be willing to take some risks.


    After all, cotton Jack robbed the furious design. Only when Lorraine robbed it can the previous auction process continue. Only then did he complete the commission given to him by the Royal Navy.


    The more difficult the process is, the more generous the final return will be. However, there is a major premise that the entrustment must be completed.


    Incomplete entrustment is worthless to Lorraine. In order to complete the entrustment, he lost his life and finally failed the entrustment. This process is also worthless to Lorraine.


    That''s why he caught up and invited the nipton north to support the first formation. He wanted to liberate the first formation and defeat the cotton Jack''s fleet with valkiri.


    Before the first formation appeared, Lorraine would do nothing and take no risks.


    Bell found Lorraine with a writing board, put up a railing, and turned the drawing board to the chart page in front of Lorraine.


    "I have a plan," he said in two big arcs. "The cotton ball is advancing towards the middle ridge. Once they arrive, they can ride the wind belt straight to the windy islands."


    "I suggest we detour to the south." he knocked on the south one of the two arcs. "Detour to the south, surpass their route with a speed of about 10 knots, and launch a blocking there to break up the marching formation of the cotton regiment."


    Lorraine glanced at the chart.


    "Two hours to the starting point of the interdiction?" he asked casually.


    "Nearly two hours."


    "We are almost 13 kilometers away from the island, and the lookout distance of the Mistra is less than 26 kilometers. That is to say, if we chase for another hour or so at the current speed, Mistra will lose our trace. If we have to speed up..."


    Bell rolled his eyes: "walkiri''s lookout distance is more than 40 kilometers. If we rely so much on support, why don''t we slow down?"


    "What do you think?"


    "God knows what you''re thinking." bell simply shook his head. "If you don''t want to take risks, our best choice is not to get involved. If the design drawings or those meat tickets have to be saved, we should speed up and stop Jack before entering the mid ridge wind belt."


    "But you don''t choose either. Slow pursuit, slow distance, Lorraine, what are you thinking?"


    "Of course, it''s safe to choose between the two." Lorraine took it for granted. "The sea surface has uplift and subsidence. As far as the North Atlantic is concerned, the middle ridge is the highest and both sides of the middle ridge are the lowest."


    "Being in a bulge or depression will affect the navigation and outlook of the ship, which is no different from driving a carriage uphill or downhill." Lorraine looked at Bell. "Is that why you want to control the battlefield outside the middle ridge? I don''t want to pull too far away from it."


    "No matter how big the depression is, valkiri will not lose the target 10 kilometers away. On this premise, reduce the speed as much as possible and leave the longest meeting time for the first formation. This is my plan."


    "Surprisingly conservative," Bell said impolitely, clamping the writing board. "What if the first formation doesn''t catch up?"


    "Of course..."


    "Find the shadow of the first formation!" the excited cry of the lookout interrupted Lorraine''s words. "The first formation marched eastward in a front vector array, with a speed of 11 knots and a rigorous formation! Identify the ships, Mistra, Guna, brenhild, jiershkogur, warship bird, white pelican, bamboo peach and Fei Hanying, except for the bairiju!"


    "The flag is established! Report to Mistra, the first formation is under construction, and request action instructions!"


    Lorraine made a face at Bell.


    "It seems that the first formation has caught up," he sighed. "The fleet maneuvers up to 11 knots... Han Ji always easily refreshes my understanding of her command talent."


    "It''s really a enviable talent. It''s not only suitable for the high-speed fleet, but also gives full play to the delicate characteristics of women." bell recalled his limited contact with fafuna. "It''s a pity if he could be more outgoing."


    Lorraine disagreed with bell.


    "I think it is introversion that creates her talent. If she is more outgoing, she can''t escape the influence of the outside world, and she can''t command her fleet in an absolutely rational way like now."


    "Absolutely rational way?"


    "Absolutely cold-blooded way." Lorraine raised his head, "inform Mistra of the target location and convey it to governor dipoti. Varkiri will cut the wind to the southeast soon, launch the connection from the enemy''s due south to Bloody Mary, and ask the first formation to tear up the enemy array and clear the obstacles for varkiri''s connection."


    "Yes!" the herald repeated in a loud voice, "valkiriche wind southeast to due south to start the connection, and asked the first formation to clean the route and cover the connection!"


    "Mishra returns, received the order, and will fully cooperate with the docking operation!"


    "That''s all right," Lorraine said to bell, swinging his hands and turning downstairs. "I''ll prepare for the side battle, my captain. It''s up to you."