Chapter 132 Recruitment

And the ship is now loaded with as many as 20 guns. Among them, ten 24-pound guns are loaded into the lower cabin. The barrel of this 24-pound gun is slightly shorter, and its weight is not as heavy as the 24-pound gun that is now the shore gun of the fort, but its power is not reduced much. In the naval battle, The effective direct aiming range can reach 600 meters. Of course, the hit rate will be worse. After all, the hull is shaking, and it is very difficult to accurately hit the enemy ship 600 meters away.

But at a distance of 400 meters, the shooting accuracy of this kind of artillery is already very good, at least reaching a hit rate of more than 40%. In this era, there are not many guns with such hit accuracy at this distance.

These cannons provide sea wolves with a great advantage in long-range firepower in naval battles. Even if they encounter Western-style warships, the ship can also shell them beyond the effective fire distance of the enemy ship and take the opportunity to beat the other party.

And this 24-pound gun can reach a distance of one kilometer when it is used to bombard targets on the shore, or even reach a maximum of three miles away. If it is used to bombard targets on the shore of Daming, it is difficult for the Ming government to find effective weapons and methods to restrain it with Daming's current artillery technology. I can only be beaten.

In addition, there are ten cannons on the deck of this ship, of which the bow and the stern are equipped with a 32-pound Caron gun with a short tube. The hull of the ship itself is relatively tall. After installing this cardon gun, in close combat, the ship can also directly bombard the deck of the enemy ship with a caron gun, which can easily bombard The living targets on the enemy ship's deck have been cleaned up. Of course, this can only refer to the Chinese sailboats used between peers,

If it encounters a large splint ship in Europe with large displacement, it will not take much advantage.

In addition to these two Kalong guns, four 12-pound long guns are also arranged on each side. With the 24 pound guns in the cabin below, this ship has a strong long-range attack advantage. Even if it is a large splint ship twice as big as it, the ship can also rely on long-range advantage firepower to fight the other party all over the ground.

In addition, after the trial voyage, the ship was replaced with a steering wheel operation mechanism, which made the ship operate much more flexible than before. On the sea, the steering is no longer as slow as before, and it becomes relatively flexible. When grabbing the wind, the steering speed is at least doubled.

This progress can play a great role in naval warfare for knowledgeable people, and may even determine the victory or defeat of a naval battle, so now the sailors are staring at the ship, hoping to get it.

However, at present, it seems that this ship will obviously not be easily allocated to others, because Yu Xiaotian is there. This ship is very likely to be selected by Yu Xiaotian as his handsome ship. There is no reason why their big ship is small. The ship of their subordinates is large, which is really not in compliance.

Yu Xiaotian did not make a decision on this for the time being, but let the one-eyed dragon temporarily take over the ship, be responsible for training the sailors on the ship, and temporarily command the ship to go to sea in peace, but when he needs it, he may take back the ship and serve as his handsome ship.

And Yu Xiaotian is now more concerned about the two Spanish warships captured in the Battle of Chicken Cage Bay.

During Xiaotian's return to Nanri Island for treatment, the two captured ships made simple repairs in Jilong Bay, which restored some navigation capabilities and temporarily blocked the damaged parts of the ship so that it no longer leaked.

Then both ships were sent back to the Nanri Island Boat House, ready to enter the dock for overhaul.

The displacement of these two ships is relatively large, and their weight is also relatively large. At present, the freshwater side is used for shipbuilding, and the dock has not yet been excavated, but there are two available docks on Nanri Island, which can be stuffed into the two boats.

Dock shipbuilding or ship repair has great advantages, and the safety is also higher than platform shipbuilding and ship repair, and these two ships are Yu Xiaotian's current sweetheart. In addition, the freshwater boat is now concentrating on building a special single-made flying fast ship, so in order not to squeeze the production capacity of the freshwater boat, Yu Xiaotian When returning to Nanri Island, he ordered Blackhead to send the two boats to Nanri Island Boat House for overhaul.

However, Blackhead encountered trouble in how to transport these two ships, because Chinese ships and Western ships have great differences in operation. The sail operation of Western sailboats requires a high skill of sailors, while Chinese sailboats are simple, much easier to operate, and faster to adjust sails. When the sail is raised, it is relatively slower.

The two ships were already injured, and the mast of one ship was still discounted and could only be removed first. However, Blackhead found that no one among his men and the sea wolf sailors knew how to operate such a boat, especially the operation of the sail, and no one could understand it.

At first, they wanted to use other ships to to tow two ships back to Nanri Island, but it was too dangerous. This voyage was not very short. They had to pass through the entire Taiwan Strait, but there were more than 400 miles down. Once they encountered strong winds and waves at sea, the two ships could not sail by themselves and were likely to In the case of hardship, it also poses serious danger to the towing ship.

So after thinking about it, Blackhead finally hit the idea on the Spanish prisoners, so he found the captured Spanish sailors together and asked the interpreter to ask them who would like to serve the sea wolves in the future.

At first, none of these Spanish prisoners were recruited, and they were unwilling to work for these Chinese pirates, so the blackheads first ignored them and starved them for two days. They were not allowed to touch them, let alone eat.

Two days later, he went there again with a translator and asked them if anyone wanted to serve the sea wolf, and someone immediately stood up and said that he was willing to serve the sea wolf.

So Blackhead was given a large bowl of brown rice, a piece of bacon and a good-looking dish for him to eat.

Although this man was regarded as a soft bone and a damn traitor by other Spanish sailors, when they smelled the seductive smell of meat and watched the guy snoring with his hand and eating with a bowl, and someone sent a pot of water to the guy and let him drink it.

These Spanish sailors, who had been hungry for two days, felt that their mouths began to secrete a large amount of saliva again, and their stomachs were rattling and empty stomachs, and they protested strongly.

couldn't stand it**. Some people stood up and expressed their willingness to serve the sea wolf, so they immediately got a piece of food and water, and gave them a set of clothes.

Since these guys were captured, the sea wolves have stripped their clothes and locked them in a separate camp. These days, they have never been dressed. Originally, some of them were officers, but these officers, like other soldiers or sailors, were stripped naked. Naturally, there is no dignity.

So the officers who usually look very serious and majestic were tossed around and suddenly swept away, and they could no longer afford to be officials.

Think about it, it's as funny a person is to be bare, dangling that thing, and scolding people with airs, so these officers completely lose their prestige and control over their subordinates when they are messed like this.

This is also a bad idea that Yu Xiaotian came up with. If you want to destroy a person's dignity, then don't dress them and see if they are naked. What else is majestic?

This can also destroy their control over their subordinates than holding the officers alone. After a few days, the big guys were bare. These officers themselves were embarrassed to give orders to others. In addition, the sea wolves were even better. After putting them in the prison camp, they shaved their hair. The beautiful name is to prevent them from nourishing fleas and other parasites in their hair.

All of these Spaniards have turned into bare skinned monkeys, not to mention dignity and dignity. Although they also protested, in front of the bayonets of the sea wolf, this protest was obviously ineffective, and two of the most happy guys were pulled out. Directly hanged in the prison camp, these Spanish bare monkeys were completely honest.

As for what they eat is clear soup and watery meals. Salt can be enough, but they can only eat half full. As for meat and fish, don't talk about it. Pickles are their best improvement.

So when they saw someone getting a large bowl of rice, bacon and vegetables, the Spanish prisoners almost drowned themselves with their own saliva.

In addition, these recruits also got a set of simple clothes, which made many prisoners who had not worn clothes for a long time even more jealous.

Since human beings put on clothes and began to have their own civilization, few people like to run around naked. Clothes have become the most basic thing of human civilization. Ordinary people can't imagine this kind of pain when they can't put on clothes. If someone doesn't believe it, they might as well try not to wear them at home for a day. What does the clothes feel like?

Clothes can provide people with the minimum dignity, and in addition to the food needed for survival, human beings may have the most important need for clothes.

After watching the applicants put on their clothes, these Spanish sailors could no longer stand **, so they all shouted one after another and asked for recruitment, expressing their willingness to serve the sea wolf and help the sea wolf troops operate these ships.

However, the blackheads only selected dozens of the earliest people to sign up, and the rest were eliminated directly because they hesitated for too long, did not accept their recruitment requests, and continued to let them stay bare in the prison camp and drink their clear soup.