Captain Wilson of Kongtai'er's 100-man squad also exchanged a look with three warrant officers. Winters and Bard picked up the trembling, chanting soldiers from the ground. Andre was even more brutal; whenever he saw soldiers praying with their weapons dropped, he struck their faces hard with his fists.
As the navy and army were busy regrouping their morale, The Glorious closed in on the fire ship. The sails, dried out by the heatwave, caught fire from the sparks rising with the hot air even before touching the fire ship.
The sailors, shouting aloud, rushed towards the bow, throwing sea water prepared in advance onto the burning sails.
"Pour water on the sails quickly! Don't stop!" the boatswain screamed at the top of his lungs.