Under the helpless, nervous gazes of Black Rabbit, Izayoi, and the others, the Bear-Headed No-Names' large fuchuan used the crosswind to cut toward the side of the enemy flagship at a relatively high speed.
At their current speed and heading, they would meet the flagship of the enemy fleet—whose Community they still didn't know—in at most another minute or two.
As the distance between the two sides gradually closed,逆回十六夜 naturally headed to the deck at the bow with Black Rabbit, Kudou Asuka, and Kasukabe You. They anxiously examined the enemy they were about to engage through a pair of binoculars.
"We're done for!"
"Each side of that battleship has more than fifty gunports. That's about the same as our modified large fuchuan—at least a hundred guns!"
"But theirs is a warship, while ours is a fuchuan. We're faster, but their hull is sturdier and can take more punishment. How are we supposed to fight them?"
"And that's not all!"
"They've got five ships, with at least four hundred guns between them. It looks like they have at least a thousand people, too. We don't stand a chance..."
The more Izayoi looked, the more his heart sank. No matter how he saw it, the Bear-Headed No-Names didn't seem to have much chance of winning.
"Tell me..."
"Can we count on Annie?"
Kudou Asuka ignored Izayoi's pessimistic remarks. She merely looked conflicted as she watched the troublesome little girl bounding around the deck, correcting the gunners one by one and directing them as they adjusted their guns. She, too, had little hope for the battle about to begin.
"I don't know."
"But she seems to know what she's doing?"
Watching Annie intently guide the gunners as they pushed the cannons through the gunports and skillfully adjusted them to different angles, Kasukabe You