From the surviving crew, the British had previously learned some characteristics about their target "orgas".

"The Orcas are a warship the size of a patrol ship, with two masts and a bowsprit. The crew members all announced in unison that no Orcas were found to be equipped with paddle wheels. However, its speed and chimney both indicate that this is a steam ship. According to what we learned, the ship only has one gun deck, with a total of sixteen guns, which means there are eight guns on each side. According to the seafarers' inference, these guns should be 12-pound guns. In this way, their side firepower is equivalent to four times that of our steam frigate.

However, based on the information provided by the rescued seamen, the enemy ships never fired from the bow when they were chasing them. In addition, we made this judgment based on the arrangement of the sail equipment on the bowsprit of the "orgas" drawn by the survivors, that the enemy ships may not have the bows. In addition, the survivors did not find that they were equipped with tail cannons. If they could be used properly, this would be the obvious weakness of the enemy ships.

In this operation, we used 3 third-level battleships, 18 steam frigates and 6 cruisers. Each six steam frigates and a third-level battleship were organized into a group. In this way, any group of warships will be far stronger than the opponent in overall firepower. Each of our group of warships will be responsible for a sea area. In addition, twenty flying scissors will also participate in the battle. They will play the role of bait and assume the important task of delivering messages.

To do this, we have prepared fireworks for all our ships to deliver messages, which can be fired to a height of about 500 feet. During the day, we fired a fireworks that could produce reddish-brown smoke in the air, and at night, the flash of the fireworks could be found further away.

In addition, the three third-level battleships are equipped with hot air balloons. They can rise to a height of thousands of feet and search for vast seas. Although these third-level battleships cannot catch up with the "orgas" in terms of speed, they can provide us with a huge vision.

In addition, more than a week ago, our cruisers encountered "orgas" in the waters near France. At that time, it did not use steam power to navigate, but relied entirely on sails and were not fast. Their chimneys began to smoke after they discovered our cruisers.

This means that most of the time, the "orgill whales" are cruised at low speeds. So squadrons, including third-class battleships, can keep up with their speed. In addition, the "orgill whales"'s steam power system may not operate at a long time and at high loads. Our cruisers will cruise in this area in a single ship. Their mission is to force enemy ships to frequently use steam power to reduce the reliability of their equipment..."

At the preparation meeting for the "Whaling Ship Operation", Major Carter, the adjutant of General Hood, commander-in-chief, was introducing the relevant situation to the commanders of the participating troops.

After Major Carter introduced these situations, General Hood began to assign combat missions.

Just a few nautical miles outside the Port of Le Havre, the "Equal" patrol ship met the first British ship he encountered after his voyage - the "Breeze" cruiser.

The "Breeze" is a sail cruiser with 35 cannons. In terms of firepower alone, it is much more than "Equality". So the "Equality" immediately ignites the boiler, uses steam power, and turns to the direction of the wind, quickly distances from the "Breeze". While chasing, the "Breeze" releases carrier pigeons and conveys the news to the UK that the "orgas" were dispatched.

So the entire British coast became nervous. The three hunting teams were soon notified and set sail and left the port, and began to prepare for the "orgas" to intercept the "orgas".

Major Malten also began to feel that the situation seemed a little wrong, because he had encountered British cruisers several times along the way.

Of course, the British cruiser was not enough to pose too much threat to his ship. As long as the chimney was smoked, the "Equality" could quickly get rid of any British cruiser. But the trouble is that the "Equality" lacked a mast after all, and if the boiler was lit, it would not be able to escape the British. Using steam power would consume coal and cause certain losses to the machine.

Of course, this loss does not seem to be much, and the "Equality" still has enough supplies to support it to complete its mission. However, an encounter the next night almost made him capsize in the gutter. At that time, there was fog on the sea, and a British cruiser and "Equality" approached a very dangerous distance. If it weren't for the lookout on the "Equality" who first discovered the target, the "Equality" might have been bullied by the British cruiser.

Obviously, in this sea area, the number of British ships has increased significantly. But this has inspired Malten's fighting spirit.

"Anyway, now that there is no ship in the world that can catch up with the 'Equality', what are we going to worry about?"

Two days later, I observed the kite and found a British fly-scissor. So Malten ordered the boiler to set fire and pressurize it and headed towards the British fly-scissor.

But this time, Malten encountered more trouble in his operation. The British were now more alert than the last time. After seeing the rolling black smoke from the "Equality", the British flyby immediately accelerated and continued to firecrackers into the air, which seemed to be asking for help from other British ships.

Malten knew that at this time, as long as he turned around, he would fail to join him and try to hunt his British ship. However, considering the overwhelming advantage of his warship in speed, Malten felt that it would be too late to decide whether to fight or turn in after seeing the British ship.

So he continued to chase after him.

At this time, the wind was not strong at the sea. Although the British flyby was accelerating as much as possible, its speed never exceeded ten knots. The speed of the "Equality" had reached about eleven knots. Malten estimated that he would be able to catch up with the British ship at most at two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

The British fly-slippers fled all the way and fired firecrackers into the sky. Malten was unmoved and continued to chase. At about 1 pm, the distance between the two sides was very close. But at this time, several smoke columns had appeared in front of the British fly-slippers - obviously, this should be the British steamboat.

Malten also had some knowledge of the British steamboats, and even after the captured British steamboat was restored, he had even experienced it several times. He knew that if he raised the pressure of the boiler to the maximum allowable pressure, the Equality could travel about three quarters faster than those British ships. So these smoke columns did not scare Malten - anyway, it really doesn't work. The sea is so big that if it turns in, no one can catch up with him.

So Malten ordered without hesitation: "Continue to pursue."

"Captain, do you want to increase the power a little longer?" asked Edgar, the first mate.

Now the speed of the Equality Sign is just 11 knots, and the Equality Sign can actually run safely to a speed close to fifteen knots. If they continued to accelerate, they would have caught up with the British flyby.

"No," Malten shook his head, "unless we can kill all the sailors on that boat, I don't want to expose our top speed. We want to give the British an illusion that our fastest speed is actually comparable to theirs..."

After chasing this for a while, at about two o'clock, the "Equality" caught up with the flying scissors. At this time, the six smoke pillars in the distance were getting closer and closer. With a telescope, you could clearly see the British steamship below the smoke pillar and the paddle wheels flying around the two sides of the steamer.

"We can sink the ship before they catch up." Major Malten put down the telescope in his hand and sneered and gave the order to open fire.

This time, Equality did not choose to use chain bombs to destroy the opponent's sails first and then force the enemy to surrender. Instead, it first seized the direction of the wind and then used grape bombs to strafuse the deck of the British fly-slippers. In particular, it focused on the two flamethrowers mounted at the bow and stern.

The so-called grape bullet is actually very similar to the use of shotguns by the Army, except that the single projectile of the grape bullet is larger. The number of projectiles emitted by a volley is smaller than that of the Army. However, the larger projectiles also ensure a longer range and power.

After several rounds of shooting, there was no one on the deck of the British flyby. The two flamethrowers on the bow and stern of the boat were also destroyed. So the "Equality" continued to approach the past and then ignited the boat with the flamethrower. The British rushed out of the cabin and jumped into the sea. Many people still had burning flames on their bodies when they jumped into the sea.

The Equality ignored these British sailors, directly distanced themselves from the burning British fly-slippers, and then began to turn, as if they were preparing to get rid of the British steam frigates.

At this time, the British steam frigates had approached a lot. As for the "Equality" just attacked the British flyby, it slowed down and started to turn again. This naturally further slowed down the speed. When the "Equality" completed its turn, the British steam frigates had already caught up with a lot.

The “Equality” begins to accelerate.

"Accelerate slowly, and the maximum speed should not exceed 11 knots. Let them feel that as long as they work hard, they can catch up with us before sunset. Haha, do they really think they are hunters, do we be prey?"
Chapter completed!