In the harbor near the East Gate Lighthouse, a coast guard patrol team is stationed, equipped with three frigates and fifteen speedboats. In addition to guarding the Spaniards, the daily task is to fight smuggle and fight pirates, and no unauthorized ships are allowed to enter and exit the East Gate Strait.

Therefore, one-third of the warships are on standby. After receiving the light signal from the lighthouse, a frigate number 3625 led five paddle boats to set off.

The British sailboat is not big, and it is visually estimated to be 100-150 tons. In the sequence of coast guard warships, it is not even a frigate, and it can only be regarded as a speedboat.

It is said that these troops were more than enough to stop the British sailboat.

However, the other party was extremely agile and turned around and ran away as soon as he found something wrong.

The captain of the 3625 ship ordered the frigate to accelerate forward while ordering people to whisper flags and intercept the five speedboats at full speed.

These speedboats were improved and developed by Luzon Shipyard on the basis of the Calais warships. The style is roughly the same as the Calais warships, but it has been reduced by one-third in proportion.

The slender hull is only two meters wide, but twenty meters long. It is equipped with forty oars and twenty combatants. It only has one cannon at the bow and stern of the ship. The bow is triangle with a long rushing angle with an inverted hook to collide with a target ship.

Although the small space of this ship's hull mostly leads to poor endurance. The flat bottom is low and the draft is shallow, and it cannot withstand the storm. Moreover, the side-side cannon cannot be installed, which shows its disadvantages when facing sail warships.

But its flexible hull, excellent short-distance sprint speed, and power advantages of sailing against the wind make it still have advantages in calm offshore combat. Especially when capturing elusive South Asian pirates, the sailboat has an unparalleled advantage.

Therefore, the Luzon War Zone and the Luzon Shipyard jointly issued this "Swordfish-style galloping assault speedboat" to be equipped for grassroots squadrons and used with sail warships.

Facts have proved that in the past two years of anti-smuggling operations, the protagonists have always been in the swordfish style, and the frigate has become a leader.

This time was no exception. The oarsmen were rowing their oars together, and the five speedboats pulled their long white tails, and rushed towards the British ship like swordfish.

The oarsmen in the "Swordfish Style" are not hardworking or civilians, but serious coast guard officers and soldiers. They are well-trained, powerful, and very long-lasting. No one of the ships they are targeting can escape!

On the British sailboat with a golden deer on the bow, the crew were busy preparing for battle while busy sailing.

But they were not panicked because they had a great captain. He led them to create countless miracles, and even the powerful Spanish navy was helpless against him, so this time he would definitely pass the test without any danger.

At this time, their captain was holding his hands on the railings of the stern building, allowing the sea breeze to blow his chaotic yellow beard. This is his unique method of determining the wind direction.

The crew members dared not speak for fear of affecting the captain's judgment.

The captain wore a small apple green hood, a vermilion tight vest on the upper body, revealing a white shirt covered with lace, and a European-style tights on the lower body, which made the shape of an egg. The vermilion stockings on his legs and a pair of brown leather boots were so sexy that they were completely out of place.

This is the case with British gentlemen in this era, because Queen Elizabeth loves gorgeous clothes and lace, and her love for bright colors with strong contrast, which influenced the upper class in London.

But his clothes were very old, not only were they faded seriously, but there were still holes everywhere. Looking at his crew, they were all like beggars. I don’t know how long he had been wandering on the sea.

After a while, the captain opened his eyes and said in a London accent with a South Coast accent: "Set the course, 10 degrees northwest. Raise the auxiliary sails and try to reduce the load!"

As if the crew followed the command of the captain, they immediately turned, raised their sails, and threw heavy wooden barrels into the sea. There were many gold, silver and treasures they had plundered. But the crew had already remembered that the iron law of survival and freedom was the most precious wealth, and they could all be abandoned.

The speed of escape was getting faster and faster, but the five chasing galleys were still approaching.

"Captain, can we escape?" A man in noble clothes asked uneasy when he saw this.

"The wind is too small, not optimistic." The captain looked at the galleys and said, "I hope they will lose their strength sooner."

"Why do you want to fire a few shellings to deter them?" the subordinate suggested.

"Can't you see it? They are regular navy, and firing cannons will only anger them." The captain's eyes crossed the several galleys and landed on the frigate following behind and said, "If you guess correctly, they should be the Ming Dynasty warships. Are you going to create another strong enemy for Her Majesty the Queen?"

"We really arrived in the Far East?" Although the situation was urgent, the crew members were still excited.

"Fuss, the Spaniards have long said that they can reach Luzon in twenty days from Guam." The captain sighed and said, "Fortunately, they did not meet the Spanish."

"Will the Ming people let us go?" the subordinate asked in a low voice.

"Spain is the common enemy of our two countries, so we should be able to have a good chat." The captain said, raising his tone and said, "But I am not used to being passive. We should escape their pursuit first and then try to contact the Ming people!"

"As for the order!" The crew responded with a loud bang, skillfully riding the sailboat and fled to the East Gate Strait.

The five flying fish-style galloping boats were approaching within two hundred meters. The coast guard soldiers held the copper microphone and loudly ordered them to collect their sails in Spanish, down their anchors, and put down their weapons. Everyone gathered on the bow deck of the ship and knelt down with their heads, otherwise they would use force against them!

Most of the British on the sailboat could understand Spanish. There was no way, the United Kingdom of this era was completely shrouded in the shadow of the Spanish Empire, and even the Queen could only gain power by Philip II.

"Don't pay attention to them!" The captain's not-so-authentic London accent sounded at the right time: "They only have one cannon on each of their ships, and they can't hit us even if they fire! And they are much shorter than our hull, and the advantage of the boarding is in ours!"

After a pause, he raised his voice and said, "Everyone is focused and performs their duties, they can't stop us!"

Seeing that they had no intention of stopping the ship, the coast guard speedboat began to fire. As expected, as the captain said, the sparse shells could not hit the sailboat that was advancing at full speed.

"Hallelujah!" The British crew screamed, and their morale rose sharply.

However, they were too happy. The coast guard speedboat fired fire only for distance measurement.

Soon, a tingling whirring sound came out, and Oda City rockets roared from five ships and shot towards the British sailboat.

This is the real weapon of the Flying Fish Speedboat that can be launched with a shoulder-mounted launcher!

The rotation nozzle of this generation of rockets is moved from the tail to the warhead, and its flight trajectory is more stable. At such a close distance, it almost refers to wherever it hits. It is most suitable for firefighting and psychological strikes on the enemy when both sides are close enough.

In previous battles, the pirates were often so scared that they were lying on the boat and cried and cried.

Now, it's the British's turn to taste its power.

The British captain and his crew were stunned. They were very knowledgeable all the way, but they had never seen such a scene of big iron sticks flying towards them.

Some crew members could not dodge and were knocked away by the big iron stick for more than ten meters, and half of their bodies were broken...

"Let's go down, all of them!" Seeing that he was stunned, more than a dozen crew members were knocked down. The captain hurriedly shouted and fell down.

As soon as he lay on the deck, a rocket flew over to him by the head. The captain couldn't help but secretly glad that God blessed me, if I lay down for a while, I would be dead.

But before he could be glad, he heard his subordinates shouting: "Captain, look at our sails!"

The captain quickly turned around and lie on the deck on his back. He saw iron sticks whistling on fire, roaring through the three masts, and the dozens of sails spreading on the open sides.

With a chilly sound, canvas sails were easily torn into large holes by rotating rockets. Several sails even caught fire.

The speed of the sailing boat has dropped significantly...

"Put the fire!" The first mate jumped up and quickly led the crew to put out the fire at the risk of being shot by rockets to prevent the fire from spreading.

"Captain!" his nobles hid in a safe place and shouted loudly at him.

"That's really a dead end." The captain's eyes passed by five speedboats and landed on the frigate that was getting closer and closer. The gun windows were all opened, and the black muzzles would spew out flames at any time.

"No wonder the Spaniards suffered losses one after another under their hands." He smiled bitterly and said, "Hang the white flag! Have a good chat with them."

"Captain, can they keep us safe?"

"Don't worry, I have a magic weapon to save my life. I promise that they can let us go. Maybe they can also get a powerful alliance for Her Majesty the Queen." Even in adversity, the captain's smile was full of confidence, as if nothing could be hindered by him.

After the white flag was raised, the Rockets stopped.

The British lowered the sails according to the instructions of the coast guard, put down their weapons, and gathered them on the bow deck, holding their heads in their arms.

The two flying fishes approached quickly and hit the sides of the British sailboat hard, and the two metal angles penetrated deeply into the British hull.

The two thrusts accompanied by the loud shock made the captain's heart bleeding. His beloved ship, he didn't want to escape now.

In a moment, two boarding pedals with hooked claws firmly grasped the deck. The fully armed coast guard officers and soldiers rushed forward and quickly controlled the situation.

A police officer with a silver star inlaid on his captain came to the prisoners and loudly asked them about their origins in Spanish.

The captain stood up, took off his hat and bowed in a graceful manner, and replied in stiff Spanish:

"We are the British ship 'Golden Deer', which was ordered by Her Majesty the Queen of England to make a friendly visit to the Ming Dynasty. I am the captain Francis Drake, and I pay my highest respect to the Ming Empire!"
Chapter completed!