Lin Zexu stood on the bow of the Fujia ship. The vast and endless sea was boundless in the clear weather. The sea breeze filled the sails of the Fujia and also blew Lin Zexu's wide official robe. Compared with Lin Zexu's old civil servant uniform, the new navy costume on his body looked much better. His upper body was a waist-length blue double-breasted narrow-sleeved top, with gold stripes embroidered on the cuffs and a gold collar with a collar. The lower body was tight black pants and a pair of black leather shoes. There was a patch on the right side of the military uniform. This leopard, which was reduced to a shield-shaped patch, embroidered with gold thread, represented the official title of the third rank of Ryan. In addition, Ryan was wearing a large brim hat with a seahorse hat badge on his head, which made him look majestic.

At this moment, Ryan was talking about a gun battle with the British merchant fleet just now.

This reminded Lin Zexu of one of the difficult British frigates, which was obviously the British retired warship. It was this warship that broke the main mast of Fu B in a melee, and then left the battlefield under the attack of Fu A and Fu B. He took advantage of the Nanyang Navy Fleet to rescue Fu B and retreated to the northeast with the British merchant ship.

Lin Zexu decisively asked Lai Enjue to let the Fu Yi escape from the battlefield and return to the base, and commanded the remaining two warships to continue pursuing. Lai Enjue agreed to Lin Zexu's request. After sailing along the coast of Fujian for ten days, the fleet caught up with the British caravan at sea.

Ryan saw from the monoculars that the British had stopped. They had three ships in total, lined up in a shape of a font, and the hull had been crossed across the sea and was heading towards the direction of the Fortune. The frigate was hidden behind the two merchant ships and was moving to the side. It seemed that they wanted to encircle the side of the Chinese ship after the war started.

Ryan put down his telescope and quickly directed the two ships to change directions and headed northeastward. It was the direction of the British frigate moving and the upper part of the sea.

The shadow of the British fleet could already be seen from the deck of Fujia. The frigate also learned about the intentions of the Chinese fleet. Its proficient navigation skills had already made it occupy the upper hand, and thus it was far away from the merchant ship.

Ryan understands that the other party has no hope for the large-caliber short cannons on the merchant ship. Indeed, the short-range cannons from the Carron Scottish Foundry cannot threaten Chinese warships, because the French howitzers installed on the Fujia and Fucé can have a maximum range of 2,000 yards. Coupled with the flexible hull design of the warship, it is enough to beat merchant ships that are almost powerless to fight back in the distance.

At 2 nautical miles away from the British frigate, the two ships Fortune A and Fortune B encircled around.

The British frigate suddenly pulled up the sails from its original slow sails and rushed towards the Foruma, with its side facing the Foruma.

Lin Zexu stood at the bow of the boat and observed the busy sailors around him. Some of them ran up and down to convey orders, some were proofreading the angle of the cannon, some were signaling on the masts, and some were pulling and landing the sails. The tense atmosphere at the moment infected Lin Zexu. He took the initiative to help the nearby sailors do some work within his ability, and encouraged the morale of the sailors. Lai Enjue rushed to Lin Zexu and said, "Please rest in the cabin."

Lin Zexu shook his hand and said, "Let's Zhentai not care about me. I sent Zhentai a sentence, "If it benefits the country's life and death, how can we avoid it because of misfortune and good fortune?" After that, Lin Zexu held the ship's side and looked at the approaching British frigate.

Lai Enjue looked at Lin Zexu's tall back and looked admirable on his face. He silently turned to the head of the ship and commanded his officers and soldiers to prepare for the enemy.

The sound of cannons suddenly roared on the sea. The British frigate took advantage of the separation of Fujia and FuBing and quickly inserted it to the side of Fujia and started a long-range attack a nautical miles away. The shells landed in the water made a huge wave, and they were rising and falling around Fujia. Fujia quickly approached the frigate that they wanted to bypass in the waves. The FuBing on the other side sensed the intention of the British frigate, changed its course and formed a clamp shape to form a clamping attack, and quickly circled around from the other side, trying to intercept the other party.

The rumbling sound made Lin Zexu think that the Fujia was shot. He saw a thick smoke coming from the bow of the ship. The mortar of the bow opened fire. Then the Fujia and the British frigate entered a circle. The two sides entered a distance of about 1,000 yards and passed each other sideways. The rumbling sound of cannons rang out on the sea. A stream of smoke rose from the ship. Wood chips splashed on the deck. The screams of the sailors came into Lin Zexu's ears one after another. The deck was filled with choking smoke, which made Lin Zexu unable to open his eyes. The vague fire from the cannonballs in the smoke flashed by.

A fatal encounter quickly intersected, and when the sea breeze blew away the smoke of gunpowder, the deck was already in chaos. The Fora Fauga's bow was hit by a shotgun. This shell basically did not cause any major damage to the hull. Its split warhead caused three sailors to leave the world forever, leaving behind groans everywhere. Blood covered the deck near the shells, and the sails nearby were beaten into sieves.

Lin Zexu's face was completely black with smoke, but he was lucky enough to stand at the bow of the ship, only a few meters away from the center of the explosion.

The British frigate was also hit by a shot. After interlacing, he quickly fled to the distance with the wind, dragging a rolling smoke behind him.

It seems that this gun caught the British ships, but the British's skilled navigation technology had to admire Ryan Jue. The other party was a group of British sailors familiar with navigation elements such as wind directions and trends. They had accurately calculated the escape route so that they could easily get rid of the Chinese warships' blocking and leaving the battlefield after this attack.

Ryan Jue looked at the frigate away and calculated silently that the speed of the British frigate was not slower than that of Fortune A. Now he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with the other two merchant ships. Thinking of this, Ryan Jue ordered the fleet to quickly chase the merchant ship that was fleeing.

Seeing the departure of the frigate, the two merchant ships had lost their determination to resist. Seeing the approach of Chinese warships, both merchant ships hung white flags.

The cargo ships on the merchant ship were empty, and it seemed that the British had thrown all the cargo into the sea. Ryan led the sailors to quickly rush into the captain's room of the British merchant ship, searching for the navigation diary and all the ship information. Then Ryan found the owners of the two ships among the dozens of people gathered together, because everything could be easily found in the navigation diary. Although it was recorded in English, it was not difficult for Ryan. From this diary, Ryan also found evidence of the opium merchant's crime, but the cunning opium merchant fled on the frigate.

Since the cargo owner had fled, Lin Zexu decided to release the owners of two merchant ships, but the navigation diaries and some information involving the evidence of opium trafficking were detained by Lin Zexu.

After discussing with Ryan, the two decided to continue chasing for a while.

After releasing the merchant ship, Fujia and Fubing continued to sail north.

Soon the lookout hand on the mast was placing a banner downward. The first mate on the ship came to Ryan Jue's side and reported: "Sir General, the Ryukyu Islands are not far ahead, and the British warships sailed there."
Chapter completed!