Pampering the sea

"Send Lord Yan to Yunchuan No. [-]." The woman wiped the dirt off her face, glanced at Yan Zhan who was fainting on the ground, and said, "Let the people from Yunchuan No. [-] drive the boat back to the imperial court." go."

"What about you, my lord?"

"Me?" Xin Yue smiled lightly, but there was no expression in his eyes, "I want to take a gamble."

"Ah—my lord, there is no dice here." The soldier said in embarrassment.

The corners of Xin Yue's lips deepened, and his eyes softened a little.

At this moment, a cannon from far away came along the huge wind, and hit the hull of the Imperial Court Haicang ship with a bang. The ship was in turmoil, and the soldiers seemed to be gliding in the snow, stumbling here and there. .

The boat was heeling to starboard and sinking a little.

After many days of fighting, this ship is already in dire condition, and the sail has even blown a few holes. Even if the full sail advances, it can't reach half of the usual speed. Because of too frequent use, several fortresses have also fallen into strike In such a situation that is worsening the situation, many people already know that this ship may not be far away from being killed in battle.

"Listen to me. If you want to retreat, quickly swim to Yunchuan No. [-] or No. [-]! If you want to hold on, stay on your ship or go to Mangzang No. [-] to stand by!"

The woman on the platform spoke suddenly, and the soldiers on the side shouted orders according to her wishes.

As soon as this remark came out, the crowd was in an uproar. Many people were prepared to die, because this iron-blooded female officer never allowed them to flee in battle. They thought that this time she would say "all give me up on the idea of ​​evacuating", but they never Imagine the result.

"Then what about you, Admiral?" Someone in the crowd asked.

"Idiot! Will someone stay after I retreat?" Xin Yue raised his eyebrows.

"But... Admiral, you, there is no reinforcements for this battle, and the firearms will be exhausted. There is no chance of winning. Let's go back to the court and think about it later."

"Even if the ending has been decided, I will let them win the battle." Xin Yue said, "They will be terrified next time."

, dare not start a war easily. "

"Captain Chu, look at the situation over there, do you want to withdraw your troops?" a Dutch army asked Chu Zhiling.

In this battle, the Dutch army attacked the vanguard. The Dutch main ship was six nautical miles away from Chu Zhiling's ship, which was relatively far away. Chu Zhiling frowned when he heard this, and said with a heavy heart: "Maybe it is."

On the enemy's Haicang boat, soldiers jumped off the boat one after another, but the commander in dark blue clothes remained motionless.The woman stood facing the wind, her slender body was cast into a long shadow by the setting sun, there was no expression on her pale and thin face, but her black eyes shone with a sharp light like a blade, which was covered up in an instant, turning into Frost and snow-like cold indifference.

"It seems to be retreating. Do you want to take advantage of the victory to avoid future troubles?"

"No," Chu Zhiling waved his hand, and said, "Don't chase after them. If they withdraw, let them go."

The Dutch soldier hesitated for a moment before asking, "If so, why didn't you retreat?"

"Then...then capture them alive, especially important generals. You should understand that if they are in our hands, they will have more bargaining chips when negotiating with the imperial court."

"But didn't Captain Chu say he wanted to kill Emperor Mingchao directly?"

"Do you think it can be done!" Chu Zhiling suddenly yelled irritably, "It took more than a month to conquer this sea defense line, can Zhu Yan be killed casually!"

He calmed down and glanced at the enemy's main ship. There seemed to be something flickering in his eyes. After a long time, he said calmly, "Take your time."

"It's... Captain Chu."

"At an angle of 45 degrees to the east and north, the left rudder is full! Vertical and horizontal sails! Francois machine—fire!" An order burst out from the Dutch ship. Played even more sluggish.

At this time on the sea, five large Dutch warships and three imperial ships were fighting fiercely. The fleets of the two sides kept changing their formations. The whole world exudes a magnificent fire-like luster.

"Master Admiral... the shells... the shells are almost used up..." On the imperial ship, the soldiers had just finished speaking when they were pushed away. In the blink of an eye, he came to the rudder, knocked people away, grabbed the rudder and twisted hard.

Veins appeared on the slender arms, and the woman bit her lower lip with her snow-white mouth. The helmsmen followed her direction and turned the rudder vigorously, and finally changed the direction of the ship. At the original position of the warship, a powerful torpedo whizzed away. Swish across the bottom of the water.

The tense atmosphere was temporarily relieved, and the woman's pale face was covered with sweat. She leaned her hand on the steering wheel and panted lightly.Her figure was elongated and slender by the setting sun.

"Lord Admiral?" Seeing that Xin Yue's expression was not right, the helmsmen couldn't help asking.

But at this time, with a bang, the ship was hit again by an enemy ship, and the world was shaken and shaken endlessly.

"Admiral, are we going to lose?" After the ship stabilized, a young helmsman asked with tears.

"Who said that!" The pale woman suddenly raised her eyebrows and shouted angrily.

"But……"

"Since you choose to stay, please don't be too wordy, don't cry like a man." Xin Yue raised his eyebrows and said coldly.

"My lord! Please give me instructions on how we should act!" Boss rushed into the wheelhouse suddenly and asked anxiously.

"Continue the bombardment!"

"No more shells!"

"Then use the rocket!"

"Rocket too..." Boss lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Not anymore."

"That's useless, just use torpedoes!"

"There are only three torpedoes, and the admiral's eyes are unique. Just in case, let's launch them yourself."

"A bunch of wine bags and rice bags!" Xin Yue said angrily with a burning feeling in his chest.

Boss raised his head, saw Xin Yue standing there motionless, and couldn't help saying: "My lord?"

"Huh? What's the matter?" Xin Yue looked at Ba Zong, his eyes were dazed and dark, as if surrounded by a thick layer of fog.

Suddenly, with a bang, the thin woman fell straight to the ground.

"My lord!" The chorus suddenly sounded, and everyone hurriedly helped Xin Yue up.

When grabbing Xin Yue's arms and shoulders, it's hard for anyone not to feel that she is very thin, her body seems to be wrapped in a layer of skin, and the protruding bones are very bumpy in her hands.

"My lord, wake up!" Someone exclaimed anxiously.

Such a situation is very unexpected to everyone, and it can be said that it was unexpected. In their minds, Xin Yue is their invincible admiral, and he is stronger than the governor. The governor can be sick or weak She is a human figure, but Admiral Xin is their standing God of War. Most of the time, they ignore her gender, and even ignore her exhaustion from running around for days and months, just because of her calm and breezy performance intentionally or unintentionally.

Because she is here, it seems that many things have become easier.Isn't it just a fight?She always half-closed her eyes and said such words lazily.

And this battle has been fought for more than a month. She often stays awake and thinks about the strategy of the warship all night. , her sleep time is getting less and less, and one or two soldiers know that she has a severe degree of anorexia, because she vomited three times when she saw her eat, but she still stuffed the food in her mouth, probably because she didn't want to If you are exhausted and can't get food supplements, let's collapse.

However, he still fell down, in this battle that seemed to be won or lost.