Master of Thermodynamics

After 10 minutes, the speculation of the watcher was confirmed.

The first three sailing ships are merchant ships that are fleeing for their lives, and the last four sailing ships are pirate ships chasing merchant ships.

However, not through the shape of the sailboat.

These pirate ships are all standard Galen sailing ships. The appearance is almost the same as that of ordinary merchant ships. When you look at it from a distance, you can’t tell them at all. Unless you drive closer and observe the crew’s dress and deck furnishings, you can Confirm whether the opponent is a pirate.

In fact, this is also a kind of disguise of the pirates. They are not fools. Why do they make the pirate ship so eye-catching? There is no benefit in doing this, as long distances will scare the merchant ship away. Only idiots can do this.

What really revealed this was the red flag flying on the merchant ship.

Through the telescope, Renault clearly saw that several black general texts were printed on the flag. They were shorthand for "request for help." To some extent, this could be regarded as a semaphore.

Merchant ships in other worlds often fly this flag after encountering pirates. It has another meaning, that is, "who saves me, who I pay".

Another proof is speed.

Even with the naked eye, it can be seen that the speed of the pirate ship is obviously faster than that of the merchant ship.

In the state of full sail, the speed of the merchant ship is less than 10 knots. This speed is considered to be extraordinary, because today's sea breeze is slightly stronger, and several spinnakers are blowing high.

But the speed of pirate ships is faster, and even the roughest judgment can tell that their speed is almost close to 13 knots, which can be called high speed.

Obviously, the pirates made a lot of lightweight modifications to the sailboat, dismantled some useless facilities, or replaced some heavy parts with balsa wood in order to achieve the purpose of reducing the total weight of the ship.

This is exactly what the pirates are good at, and the most important craft for making a living.

A pirate who doesn't know how to do this, you don't even have the qualifications to be a pirate, your ship can't catch up with your opponent, and you still be a pirate with wool?

In addition, Renault also noticed that these merchant ships seemed to be in a state of panic.

He vaguely saw that there were many small black spots on the deck of the merchant ship moving in a panic. They were obviously sailors, and from time to time there were things that looked like cargo, being thrown out of the ship by the sailors.

It can be seen that the merchant ship is working hard to save itself.

The idea of ​​doing this is correct. Throwing away the cargo can indeed increase the ship’s speed, but the question is, don’t you think it’s too late to do this now?

At this time, the distance between the merchant ship and the pirate ship was no more than 5 kilometers, and it was quite close. After another hour at most, the merchant ship that lands at the back will be overtaken by the pirates.

But, fortunately, they met Renault.

In fact, at the moment when the identity of the pirate was confirmed, the servant immediately beamed his eyes, and his excitement was beyond words.

Merchant ships are afraid of pirates, but Renault is different. Since the winter months of last year, he has been looking forward to the appearance of pirates. In his eyes, pirates are all good people.

Now that there is a shortage of sailing boats in the territory, these guys have rushed over all the way to give charcoal in the snow. They are also given free of charge. If these are not good people, what counts?

Therefore, Renault decisively grabbed a sailor and confessed to him:

"Notify Elon, let him stop all the pirate ships, don't let them go, and be sure to bring them all back to the territory..."

The sailor nodded repeatedly, bowed to the lord, and hurried to inform the captain.

Soon, Renault heard Elon's roar:

"Notify the power cabin, switch to third gear, go forward at full speed, and target the pirate ship..."

"Notify Your Excellency Moose, prepare to fight..."

"Let irrelevant people hurry back to the cabin, and they are not allowed to step on the deck without permission..."

Soon, Renault felt a slight tremor on the deck under his feet, and the Odin gradually began to accelerate, and the sound of the water waves coming from the stern increased significantly.

Immediately afterwards, Moose's sonorous voice spread across the deck:

"Grum, please go to Haichao to command the battle immediately..."

"Lanster, immediately summon the island guards; Lutherford, you come to summon all the sailors who have received training, and the island guards will temporarily recruit them..."

"In 3 minutes, I want to see everyone lined up on the deck. Everyone must be neatly dressed. Firearms, ammunition and other equipment must be prepared..."

Gurum responded with a "yes" and rose into the air, flying towards the distant Ocean Tide, Lanster and Ruderford started yelling, desperately urging them to proceed.

A dense footstep sounded on the deck, a member of Nago Island ran wildly, and the captains kept yelling "speed", "hurry up" and the like.

After 2 minutes and 30 seconds, the deck was completely silent, replaced by a square array.

More than 80 members of the island guard stood upright on the spot, each with their heads tall and straight without squinting their eyes. The queues were extremely neat, and each row and column were as straight as a straight line.

The posture of each team member is exactly the same. Everyone holds the magic air gun in both hands, and the bayonet fixed on the muzzle points diagonally upward, forming an equally neat forest of bayonet, shining a startling cold light in the sun.

Anyone who sees this scene will think from the heart that this must be a rare elite army in the world.

Moose walked a few steps back and forth in front of the phalanx, scanning the queue with sharp eyes. After a few breaths, he nodded imperceptibly and shouted:

"Stop!"

"Wow..."

All the team members stretched out their right feet neatly and gathered into a loud rubbing sound.

Moose suddenly stretched out his right hand, pointed at the pirate ship in the distance, and said sharply:

"Everyone, Lord Lord has issued an order to capture the pirate ship, so from this moment, the war begins!"

"I don't want to talk too much nonsense, I only have two requirements for you, first, complete the task, and second, come back alive!"

Having said this, Moose stood upright, solemnly saluted everyone, and said a new order:

"I order everyone to enter the combat position as a team!"

The team members collectively returned a military salute, quickly dispersed, followed the captains of their respective teams and ran to every corner of the deck. After entering the target position, they all squatted under the ship's side to avoid showing their heads.

The team leaders urged the team members to make the final pre-battle preparations:

"Everyone check the firearms and ammunition one last time..."

"Finally, check the other items you carry with you and make sure they are in familiar locations..."

The abnormal movement of Odin and Haichao seemed to make the three merchant ships in the distance notice something, and they began to change directions, trying to avoid Odin and Haichao.

Obviously, Merchant Marine regarded Odin and Haichao as accomplices of the pirates.

This ridiculous misunderstanding made Renault standing on the mast quite dumbfounded.

But it didn't take long for the misunderstanding to be resolved.

When the Odin and Haichao drove to a position 10 kilometers away from the pirate ship, the people on the merchant ship finally discovered that the Odin and Haichao were heading towards the pirates. This move has explained everything.