Back in time not long ago——

Huluwan, on the open deck, under the foremast——

Wow!

A big wave hit him and drenched him while he was standing under the foremast. He couldn't name it but he was pulled by a thick rope used to control the foremast sail.

"Bah! Bah! Bah!"

After spitting out the seawater that he accidentally drank into his mouth, Makimura continued to control the foremast sail meticulously, and controlled the foremast sail within a certain angle as Mamiya had just requested.

(Makimura, just focus on controlling the foremast sail. Just stay here and control the foremast sail to this angle.)

(Mamiya, if our ship is missing its thickest and longest mast, can we still hit the Nikki Maru? And--can we control such a large battleship just by the two of us?

?)

(I don’t know, but let’s try it first. ‘Trying’ is always better than ‘waiting’.)

The above are the original words of the Q&A conducted by Mamiya and Makimura.

Just now, after saying "Picking this Gourd Maru to Nikki Maru", which made Makimura almost couldn't help but ask Mamiya, "Are you kidding me?", Mamiya led Makimura to the front mast.

, telling Makimura how to pull the sail and what angle the sail should be kept at.

After that, Mamiya handed the front mast to Makimura and went straight to the rear open deck alone.

As for how to make the big thing under their feet drive under such headwinds, Mamiya had briefly and comprehensively introduced it to Makimura when he was teaching Makimura how to pull the sail.

But Makimura didn't understand it at all.

Let the hull turn sideways, make the sail and the hull form a certain angle, and the wind force will be different... Makimura knows every word.

But when they are put together, I have no idea what they mean.

Since he didn't understand the principle of "sailing sailing against the wind" at all, Makimura simply didn't think much about it and just obeyed Mamiya's instructions.

Huluwan's current armed forces have basically been eliminated by them.

Those who were still alive either jumped into the sea and escaped, or hid somewhere in the cabin.

In short - Gokumaru is now almost like a "ghost ship", with only Mamiya and Makimura visible on the open deck.

After Mamiya ran to the open deck at the rear, Makimura saw that Mamiya was very busy running around, almost never stopping.

Sometimes the sail of the mizzen mast is pulled to fix the angle of the mizzen mast sail.

Occasionally he would run around and play with things that Makimura couldn't even name.

Sometimes he ran into places where Makimura couldn't be seen, and it took a while before he saw his figure again.

What was Mamiya doing? Makimura, who didn't have any knowledge about ships in his mind, didn't understand it at all.

All he knew was that after Mamiya's troubles, the direction of the ship's hull deflected, and it headed straight towards the Nikki Maru not far away!

Facing the oncoming Gourd Maru, Nikki Maru reacted immediately - but for some reason, their reaction was... quite bad.

The hull of the ship deflected slightly, and it could be seen that the crew of the Nikki Maru wanted to stay away from the colliding Gourd Maru.

But for some reason, Nikki Maru's steering was quite slow.

Like a disabled person with degenerated limbs and inconvenient movement, he has been unable to make any effective move away from the approaching Huluwan.

One side was approaching directly, and the other side was having difficulty evading. Under such a back-and-forth, in a short while, Gourd Maru was approaching to a distance of less than 10 meters from Riki Maru.

The closer distance allowed Makimura to finally see clearly what was happening on the open deck of Nikki Maru through layers of thick rain curtains.

As soon as his eyes fell on the open-air deck of the Nikki Maru, Makimura was startled by the sight that appeared in his eyes - somewhere near the side of the ship, a very young young man was holding a knife and looking at it. It went up poorly to Genichi's neck.

In front of the young man, Ogata, who had just separated for a short time, held a knife in both hands, assumed the "Daxia" stance, and started a confrontation with the young man that could still make Makimura feel suffocated even though they were so far apart. .

In addition, Makimura also saw a familiar figure who was unconscious and being guarded by several people under the main mast of Nikki Maru.

——Oops! We have to find a way to support Mr. Minamoto and Mr. Ogata quickly.

This idea just popped into Makimura's mind——

"Makimura, you can let go of the sails."

He suddenly heard Mamiya's voice suddenly coming from behind him.

Makimura quickly turned his head when he heard the sound.

Mamiya, with a look of exhaustion on his face, walked towards Makimura at a leisurely pace.

Makimura saw that he was holding something in his hand that seemed particularly familiar to Makimura.

Taking a closer look - it turned out to be a crossbow used for hunting whales. He and Ogata had just been on the Calabash Wan and encountered a crew member using this crossbow to deal with them.

The crossbow in Mamiya's hand was probably picked up somewhere on the ship just now.

"Let go of the sail? No need to pull the sail anymore?" Makimura asked.

"No need. Next, you just need to rely on inertia."

Since Mamiya said so, Makimura obediently let go of the thick rope used to control the sail.

"Mamiya." Looking at the tired look on Mamiya's face, Makimura couldn't help but ask about his physical condition, "Are you... okay? You look very tired."

"It's okay." Mamiya wrote lightly, "It's just that one person can hold the job of captain, helmsman, sail controller, etc. at the same time."

Seeing that Mamiya's mental condition seemed to be okay, Makimura felt relieved a little and returned to business.

"Mamiya." Makimura cast his gaze back to the open deck of Nikki Maru with a serious look on his face, "You should also have seen the situation on Nikki Maru, right?"

"Yes, I saw it." Mamiya followed Makimura and cast his gaze towards Nikki Maruhou, who was already close at hand, and said seriously, "Makimura, listen up, the distance between the two ships is almost enough for us to jump directly. It’s over.”

"After you jump onto the open deck of Nikki Maru later, you go and rescue the lord under the main mast."

"I'm going to support Ogata-kun."

"Support Brother Ogata? How do you plan to support him?" Makimura couldn't help but ask.

Mamiya shook the whale hunting crossbow in his hand.

"I once learned how to use crossbows from a hunter from Tang Dynasty in Sendai."

Mamiya said calmly.

"Although the crossbow used for hunting whales is quite different from an ordinary crossbow, the principles of use are similar."

After saying that, Mamiya hugged the crossbow and ran towards Nikki Maru, which was already within reach. He only took a few steps before leaping forward.

The body drew a beautiful parabola and landed accurately on the open deck of Nikki Maru.

Mamiya curled up into a ball and rolled several times after landing to absorb the impact of the landing.

After the impact had almost dissipated, he immediately stood up.

Level the crossbow, aim at Toyotomi's head, and pull the trigger - all in one movement...

…

…

Nikki Maru, inside the cabin——

"Ah! Seawater is leaking in here too!"

"Hurry! Patch the hole quickly!"

"It seems like someone here was crushed by a collapsed wooden pillar!"

"Don't worry about it! Let's mend the hole together quickly! If we let the seawater flow in like this, the ship will sink!"

…

In the cabin of Nikki Maru at this time... it can be said that there are a lot of demons dancing around.

The Nikki Maru and the Hyundai Maru are battleships of the same level. Regardless of size or weight, the two ships are exactly the same.

Let a warship of the same level hit one of the most vulnerable parts of the hull: the side of the ship... you can imagine the consequences.

Just now, with a deafening "bang" sound, Gourd Maru hit the left side of Hiki Maru hard.

The moment the two ships collided... the left side of the Nikki Maru... was like a cream cake hit by a stone.

First, cracks appeared, and then the cracks spread rapidly, and then began to shatter and collapse.

A large hole was directly knocked out of the left side of the hull of the Nikki Maru, and the smaller half of the bow of the Gourd Pill was directly embedded in the hull of the Nikki Maru.

A large amount of seawater poured into Nikki Maru's cabin along the hole created.

The hull of the ship was hit, and more and more seawater poured into the cabin... These bad news one after another created chaos in the cabin of Nikki Maru at this time.

All kinds of roars and screams could be heard in Nikki Maru's cabin.

If there was anyone who roared the loudest at the scene, it was definitely the "Fleet Governor" Kazuho.

"People from Groups 1 and 3 went to get the wood for repairing the hull, and people from Groups 2, 4, and 5 repaired the big holes..."

Kazuho used a slightly hoarse voice to issue orders and instructions to his subordinates one after another.

Kazuho, ​​who has not been idle since just now, has finally fulfilled all his duties as a "fleet governor".
To be continued...