"Fight!"
With a fierce shout, a massive brawl erupted.
Gao Yang and his reinforcements arrived first, and after setting up their formation, they waited for over twenty minutes before the British arrived. Then, without knowing who yelled first, Gao Yang and his team on four speedboats charged forward without exchanging insults or testing the waters—no words, just straight into the fight.
There were just over two hundred people aboard the Sicilian Prince, excluding those escorting outside, leaving around a hundred. However, the Sicilian Prince had only four speedboats for transporting people. Although all were deployed, the cramped boats limited their maneuverability.
The British monopolized the escort businesses in the Gulf of Aden. They were an alliance with naturally larger numbers and more transport speedboats—seven in total—with about 140 to 150 men.