Chapter 723 Warning is Ineffective (Part )

"Captain! Captain!"

With a loud bang, the door of the captain's room was pushed open. Jim, who was sitting at the desk writing a log, trembled his wrist and ink dripped onto the paper, staining the date "December 12" that he had just written with a black stain.

"Damn it!"

"Thomas, I've reminded you many times! Knock before coming in!"

Jim didn't look up, but put down the pen at the scolding, and immediately picked up the blotting cloth beside him and gently pressed it on the ink to prevent it from spreading further.

"Sorry Captain, there was an unexpected situation!"

First mate Thomas rushed to the desk in a few steps, and the oil lamp on the desk shook violently. Jim then raised his head and saw the first mate's panicked face.

"It's so late, what kind of unexpected situation could happen?" Jim frowned and helplessly put down the blotting cloth in his hand. The ink had already spread and there was no possibility of recovery.

"We are tracking the Yan Kingdom fleet. They have sent out warships, and judging from the direction they are sailing, they are heading towards us!" the first mate said breathlessly.

As soon as the words fell, Thomas's face suddenly changed. He stood up from his chair and asked as he walked out:

"How many warships are coming?"

"Judging from the lights, there should be only three ships." Thomas said, following behind Jim.

"Three ships?" Jim trotted out of the captain's room and quickly came to the deck. He looked into the distance and saw several lights floating on the vast ocean in the dark night.

And further away, there was a hazy group of lights. From Jim's perspective, it looked like a group of floating fireflies. It was the Yan Kingdom fleet sailing.

Although there were Yan country warships heading towards them, Jim was relieved when he saw that the firefly was far enough away.

He breathed a sigh of relief, after all, it was not their large force that was coming.

"Look! Captain, they are indeed coming towards us." The first mate's face was still a little panicked. After all, the Battle of Bohr that he had learned about before had already made him realize the strength of the Yan Kingdom Navy. Now that he saw them sending warships over, how could he not feel nervous.

"so what?"

"Although they are heading towards us, they only sent a few warships. They must want to negotiate with us." Jim made such a judgment.

After receiving the order from Colonel Arnold three days ago, Jim took the 24 warships to conduct long-distance tracking and surveillance. In order to prevent unexpected situations, Jim required that the warships do not sail too fast. He only needed to make the Yan State fleet appear at the farthest point in the field of vision. In this case, if the Yan State fleet made any moves, they would be able to respond in time.

And now, Yan State has only sent three warships, which is obviously just for negotiations.

"It seems that our tracking and surveillance has achieved a certain warning effect." Jim crossed his arms and continued in a deep voice.

After hearing what he said, the tense expressions of the soldiers around him eased a little, and the first mate continued:

"So, Captain, what will they say this time?"

"What else could it be? It's nothing more than a few harsh words."

They sail across this sea openly, just to demonstrate."

"Considering the supply problem, they should leave soon. We have also seen in the past few days that they have no intention of intruding into our territorial waters. Obviously, they also know where our bottom line is."

At this point, Jim's face darkened and he said coldly:

"No matter what, we cannot give in even a single step when they come to negotiate this time. We must show our attitude and not let the Yan countrymen look down on our Sa Ri country."

"Losing to them twice is more than acceptable to our country. We will not let this make us appear weak in front of them."

"Yes, sir!" Jim's words undoubtedly gave the soldiers a lot of confidence. The country was right behind them, this was their home ground, so they should act like masters.

Time passed gradually, and in the increasingly dark night, the Yan State warships sailing on the sea were getting closer and closer.

But at this time Jim became nervous.

"Isn't their speed a little too fast? There's no tailwind either." Jim frowned and leaned on the railing, watching the Yan Kingdom warships getting closer and closer.

The lights from the three warships became clearer and clearer, and in the darkness, Jim could already see the outlines of the ships.

"It's because we have more advanced warships that we lost to them before." The first mate reminded.

Jim looked sullen and made no reply.

After a while, the outlines of the three Yan Kingdom warships became clearer and clearer, and Jim also saw the clouds of gas floating above them.

This certainly surprised him, but just when he thought they were about to negotiate, the three warships suddenly reduced their speed for no reason.

"What do you mean? Are you going to let us pass?" Jim muttered, and then said coldly: "Humph, you are so arrogant."

With a "wooo" sound, as the whistle sounded from far away, the first mate pointed forward and shouted:

"No, sir, they have stopped."

Jim narrowed his eyes. "What the hell is going on?"

"Three warships, this is not a battle posture..."

However, this strange behavior still made Jim cautious, and he immediately ordered the privates on the ship to be prepared for possible sudden attacks.

However, this seemed to be an unnecessary worry. After all, the three Yan State warships did not make any strange movements after stopping sailing, and the distance was still quite far.

They literally just stopped at sea.

Jim couldn't sit still any longer, and said solemnly, "Pass the order down, increase the speed, we need to negotiate seriously with them and warn them to leave here as soon as possible!"

Not long after he gave the order, dozens of small boats suddenly appeared on the dark sea ahead.

These small boats had no lights on and were very small, as if they had suddenly appeared from the darkness. But it was obvious that these small boats had been following the three Yan State warships, and under the cover of night, they were difficult to detect.

The reason why we can see them clearly only now is because they are rushing towards us at an unimaginable speed.

Jim stared with his eyes wide open, hardly able to believe what he saw. The small boats had no sails, but were approaching at a speed far exceeding that of his own fleet.

He felt something vaguely, and his eyelids began to twitch violently.

But the four words "beware of enemy attack" had not yet been uttered.

A dull voice suddenly sounded.

The lead boat he was on sank without warning, and the violent turbulence almost made Jim fall down. The hull was shaking violently.

The same abnormality also occurred on several nearby ships, followed by panicked shouts:

"The cabin is flooded!!!"

Jim's face turned pale instantly. He held on to the railing and looked at the small boats in horror. They were still sailing and did not fire any artillery fire.

The three Yan State warships were still there, motionless, and also did not fire any artillery fire.

But the ship is indeed suffering damage.