Life of Being a Crown Prince in France

Chapter 857: 765: Tear a Small Opening in the Blockade Chain (Seeking Double Monthly Passes)

Chapter 857: Chapter 765: Tear a Small Opening in the Blockade Chain (Seeking Double Monthly Passes)

The next morning, the “Leisure” veered towards Sweden, preparing to resupply there.

This would certainly take some time but was still preferable to setting sail empty towards North America.

However, the twin-masted sailing ship had barely headed 20 nautical miles north when the lookout once again shouted an alarm in a sharp voice.

Two minutes later, Maderno finally saw a British escort ship charging towards the “Leisure” from its port bow.

For the past two months, roaming British warships like ravenous wolves had been lurking everywhere from the English Channel to the North Sea, and bad luck could lead one to encounter several at once.

The “Leisure” was clearly having no such luck.

Moreover, this time the British warship showed great cunning, using a reef to block the line of sight, now less than 8 cables away.

One nautical mile equals 10 cables. In the vast Atlantic Ocean, the two ships were practically nose to nose.

The “Leisure” desperately turned portside, but a sailing ship needs to carve out a large arc to turn about. By the time it aligned in the same direction as the British warship, Maderno could already see the color of the British sailors’ uniforms with the naked eye.

The British sailors’ seamanship was evidently superior; within just 20 minutes, the escort ship had already appeared 200 yards behind and to the starboard side of the “Leisure,” hoisting signal flags that read “Halt immediately for inspection.”