The sound made everyone get up from the darkness. Lin Haoming went to the command room, Gao Qing, who was responsible for this place, pointed to the west and said, "I can't see that direction yet, do you have to lean over? The direction is just against the wind, and it may take us a little time in the past."
"Let's go." Lin Haoming said decisively.
Since Lin Haoming had already given the order, the ship immediately went towards the sound.
In fact, according to Lin Haoming's judgment, the cannon sound was probably twenty or thirty kilometers away, because there was no stop at the sea, and everything could be transmitted far away.
The ship turned around, and everyone was ready for combat. Looking at the people under his command, although they were a little lazy before, they could still get nervous when there was a real emergency. This made Lin Haoming feel somewhat relieved. If he was still lazy now, it would be really troublesome.
After sailing for half an hour, you could hear the sound of cannons from time to time, and the sound became more and more obvious. Finally, at this time, Zhang Zhili, who had climbed up the watchtower, shouted to the bottom: "I saw the fire, which is almost twenty kilometers away from here."
"So far!" After hearing this, Xu Yan, who came here, couldn't help but mutter in surprise.
"It should be that the other party was sailing, otherwise the voice had been too far before." Gao Qing guessed.
Lin Haoming also nodded and said, "It should be so. We have not met anyone yet. Now we are finally going to meet someone. We can be considered to be able to figure out the situation here."
"The other party came earlier than us, so it wouldn't be much stronger than us, right?" Yang Huan asked in fear.
Lin Haoming said with certainty: "It's better to listen to the sparse sound of cannons. Don't forget that I don't have so many people coming here, which is extremely rare. You can imagine that there are so many people coming to other camps at a time. Some people may be able to come alone. It's already amazing to have thirty-five more."
Lin Haoming said this, which also made others nod. It is true that his size of more than 400 people has absolute strength in this sea.
"It's a boat, two boats are exchanging fire, one boat chases the other one and fights." Zhang Zhili continued to shout down to the bottom and what he saw.
"How is the other ship?" Lin Haoming continued to ask.
"I can't see clearly, but in terms of shadow, it should be worse than us." Zhang Zhili shouted.
"Speed ​​up the passing." Lin Haoming ordered.
With the order of Lin Haoming, in addition to the sails, some people immediately began to step on the oars when they went down. The oars of the boat were not by hand, but like riding on bicycles, which was so labor-saving and faster.
With the addition of manpower, the ship's speed has accelerated a little more. In fact, the ship's original navigation speed seems to be faster than the other party, but now it is getting closer to the other party faster.
Just as the ship was getting closer and closer, Zhang Zhili suddenly shouted to the bottom: "Captain, the two ships stopped chasing and suddenly ran in two directions."
Hearing this, Lin Haoming looked at the other people in the command room, and Xu Yan affirmed: "It seems that you are right to judge, Captain, that the other party is not as strong as us, so he found that our ship came and ran away."
"Can you judge the size of those two ships?" Lin Haoming asked again.
"The slightly larger one is three sails, with a length of 60 to 70 meters. I can only judge so much." Zhang Zhili responded after a while.
"Our ship's displacement is at least 8,000 to 10,000 tons. A ship with a displacement of 60 or 70 meters is at most one or two thousand tons, which is far from us. No wonder we run away when we see us. Captain, I suggest we can only chase one and chase the bigger one." Xu Yan said with a smile.
"Actually, our ship is not full. This ship can have at least 800 people, and we are only half of them." Lin Haoming reminded.
"Indeed, the other party's ship can have at most two or three hundred people, and it is more likely that there are not so many, and perhaps only more than one hundred people." Xu Yan affirmed.
Xu Yan was very persistent, and the small boat seemed to be able to carry dozens of people at most, which was indeed even more disparity. So Lin Haoming also decided to say, "Okay, chase the big ship."
With Lin Haoming's order, the ship adjusted its direction again and headed towards the big ship. Perhaps because of the huge gap in strength, it might have been too long since the battle. They were all very excited. There was a gap in the ship itself. After another half an hour, there was no need to stand on the watchtower, and you could see the pursuit target in the command room.
At this time, Xu Yan also suggested again: "We are far away from the other party at the beginning. If we continue at this speed, we will probably not be able to catch up to the range of artillery fire at dawn. Captain, I think it's better to let everyone take turns, which can save energy."
Lin Haoming believed in his judgment and agreed to his request. Even if the ship rotated, the pursuit speed was still not slow. Sure enough, when the sky was about to light up, he had already chased him to a place close to the range of the artillery.
"Touch!" At this moment, before the big ship opened fire, the other party's ship opened fire first. As soon as it opened, the artillery became particularly fierce. In the first round of design, several shells exploded on the deck.
"The range of the other party's artillery is farther than ours." As the ship swayed, Xu Yan screamed in shock. Obviously, this incident exceeded his expectations.
Lin Haoming also sighed. He had indeed thought about chasing the boat several times before, but Xu Yan insisted. Lin Haoming finally agreed after weighing the pros and cons. Now it seems that he still has to be cautious. After these people came here with him, they were really careless.
When panicked, Lin Haoming ordered loudly again: "Everyone, speed up, ignore the artillery fire, speed up the rush, and prepare the gunner."
Although everyone was a little careless, they followed Lin Haoming through the sea of ​​corpses and fire. After a panic, many people also began to fight desperately.
The artillery was indeed a certain distance, but the difference was not big. Lin Haoming ordered the acceleration again, and the people who were stepping on the oars below were really desperate. And to some extent, Lin Haoming was lucky. The sail was not damaged by the artillery fire. As the ship accelerated again, it finally entered the range.
Gao Qing personally went to supervise the artillery. As Lin Haoming ordered again, the artillery of large ships also fired together, and the dense artillery fire instantly covered the opponent's ships.
With the bombardment within range, Lin Haoming's advantage suddenly appeared. After two rounds, Lin Haoming's opponent's sail broke and his speed instantly dropped.
"Roar up." Lin Haoming continued the order without hesitation, and the people who were threatened before seemed to have returned to their original life-threatening appearance, and the battle situation completely tilted towards Lin Haoming.
Chapter completed!