Daming pirates

The ship is now carrying as many as twenty artillery pieces, among which ten twenty-four-pound guns are loaded into the lower cabin. This kind of twenty-four-pound gun has a slightly shorter barrel and weighs less.

There were no twenty-four-pounders like the shore guns that are now used as forts.

It is heavy, but the power is not reduced much. In naval battles, the effective direct-aiming range can reach 600 meters. Of course, the hit rate will be worse. After all, the hull is shaking, and you want to hit accurately from 600 meters away.

Enemy ships are very difficult.

But at a distance of four hundred meters, the shooting accuracy of this kind of artillery is already very good. It can at least achieve a hit rate of more than 40%. Looking at this era, there are still artillery pieces with such hit accuracy at this distance.

It's really not that much.

These guns provide the Sea Wolf with a huge advantage in long-range firepower in naval battles. Even if it encounters a Western-style warship, the ship can rely on these twenty-four-pound guns to launch attacks on the enemy ship beyond the effective fire range.

Artillery attack, seize the opportunity first and beat the opponent hard.

And this kind of twenty-four-pound gun, when used to bombard targets on the shore, can reach a distance of one kilometer, or even as far as three miles away. If it is used to bombard targets on the shore of Daming, it will

With the current artillery technology of the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty officials to find weapons and methods to effectively restrain it, and they can only watch helplessly and be beaten.

In addition, the upper deck of this ship is equipped with ten artillery pieces, including a short-barreled 32-pound carronade cannon at the bow and stern. The ship itself is relatively tall, and it is equipped with this carronade.

After the cannon, in close combat, this ship can also use the caron gun to directly bombard the deck of the enemy ship, easily clearing out the living targets on the deck of the enemy ship. Of course, this can only refer to the use between peers.

those Chinese sailing boats,

If it encounters a large European plywood ship with a large displacement, it will not take much advantage.

In addition to these two carronade cannons, there are also four twelve-pound long cannons arranged on both sides. Together with the twenty-four-pound cannon in the cabin below, this ship has a strong long-range attack advantage, even if it is compared with it.

A large plywood ship twice the size, this ship can also rely on long-range superior firepower to beat the opponent to pieces.

In addition, after the sea trial, the ship was replaced with a steering wheel operating mechanism, which made the ship's operation flexibility much greater than before. It is no longer as slow to turn on the sea as before, and has become relatively flexible. When fighting against the wind,

, the steering speed is at least doubled.

For knowledgeable people, this bit of progress can play a huge role in naval battles, and may even determine the outcome of a naval battle. Therefore, the people in the Navy are now staring at this ship eagerly.

, hoping to get this boat.

However, it seems that this boat will not be easily allocated to other people for use. Because Yu Xiaotian is here, this boat is very likely to be selected by Yu Xiaotian as his handsome boat. There is no reason for their boss to use a small boat for his family.

Yes, their subordinates should use larger ships. This is really not in line with the rules.

Yu Xiaotian has not made a decision yet. He just asked Cyclops to take over the ship temporarily, be responsible for training the sailors on the ship, and temporarily command the ship to go to sea in peacetime, but when he needs it, he will take over the ship.

Maybe he could take it back and use it as his handsome ship.

But what Yu Xiaotian is more concerned about now is the two Spanish warships captured in the battle of Jilong Bay.

While Yu Xiaotian returned to Nanri Island for treatment, the two captured ships underwent simple repairs at Jilong Bay to restore some navigation capabilities, and the damaged parts of the ship were temporarily blocked to prevent them from being damaged anymore.

water leakage.

Both boats were then returned to the Nanri Island Boathouse, ready to enter the dock for overhaul.

The displacement of these two ships is relatively large, and their weight is also relatively large. The Tamsui side is currently using a berth for shipbuilding and has not yet excavated a shipyard. However, there are two available shipyards on Nanri Island, which can fit these two ships.

Shipbuilding or ship repairing in the dockyard has great advantages, and the safety is higher than that of shipbuilding and ship repairing on the slipway. These two ships are Yu Xiaotian's current beloved ones. In addition, Tamsui Boathouse is now concentrating its efforts on

Dachuang specially built the single-masted flying ship, so in order not to occupy the production capacity of the Tamsui Boathouse, Yu Xiaotian ordered Heitou to send the two ships to the Nanri Island Boathouse for overhaul when he returned to Nanri Island.

But Heitou ran into trouble when it came to how to transport the two ships, because there were big differences in the operation of Chinese-style ships and Western-style ships. The sailing operation of Western-style sailboats required very high skills from the sailors.

Chinese sailboats, on the other hand, have simple sail rigging, much easier operation, and faster sail adjustments, but they are relatively slower when raising the sails.

The two boats were already damaged, and the mast of one boat was broken, so they had to be dismantled first. However, Blackhead found that no one among his men or the Sea Wolf Navy knew how to operate such a boat, especially

No one understands the operation of the sail.

They initially wanted to use other ships to tow the two ships back to Nanri Island, but this was too dangerous. The voyage was not very short. It would take more than 400 miles to pass through the entire Taiwan Strait. Once

If they encounter strong winds and waves at sea, the two ships will be unable to sail on their own and may not be able to protect themselves, causing serious danger to the towing ship.

So after thinking about it, Blackhead finally decided on those Spanish prisoners, so he found these captured Spanish sailors together and asked the interpreter to ask them who was willing to serve the Sea Wolf in the future.

At first, no one applied for the Spanish prisoners. They were not willing to work for the Chinese pirates, so the black head ignored them at first and starved them for two days without letting them touch any water, let alone eat.

Two days later, he brought the interpreter over again and asked if anyone was willing to serve Sea Wolf. This time someone immediately stood up and expressed his willingness to serve Sea Wolf.

So on the spot, Baitou was given a large bowl of brown rice, a piece of bacon and a delicious-looking dish, and asked him to take it to the side to eat.

Although this man was regarded as a weakling and a damn traitor by other Spanish sailors, when they smelled the tempting aroma of meat and looked at the guy holding a bowl and grunting with his hands, there were others.

I gave the guy a bottle of water and asked him to drink it.

Now, the Spanish sailors, who had been hungry for two days, all felt that their mouths were secreting a lot of saliva again, their stomachs were rumbling non-stop, and their empty stomachs raised strong protests.

Unable to withstand the temptation, some people stood up and expressed their willingness to serve the sea wolf, so they immediately received a portion of food and water, and were also given a set of clothes.

Since these guys were captured, the Sea Wolf tribe took off their clothes and locked them in a separate camp. During this period, they never put clothes on again. Originally, some of them were

Officers, but these officers, like other soldiers or sailors, were stripped naked. Naturally, they were naked and had no dignity at all.

Therefore, the officers who usually seemed very dignified and dignified were suddenly thrown into disrepair after being treated like this, and they could no longer hold up their prestige as officials.

Think about it, a person who is naked, slumped down with that thing dangling, and still scolding people with airs is as funny as you want, so these officers were completely lost when they were messed with like this.

Gain prestige and control over subordinates.

This is also a bad idea that Yu Xiaotian came up with. If you want to destroy a person's dignity, then don't put clothes on them. Seeing them naked, how can they be dignified at all!

Compared with keeping the officers alone, this can also destroy their control over their subordinates. After a few days, everyone will be naked. These officers themselves are embarrassed to give orders to others. In addition, the sea wolf has

What's even more outrageous is that after they were imprisoned in a prison camp, their hair was shaved completely, in the name of preventing parasites such as fleas from breeding in their hair.

At this time, hundreds of Spaniards all turned into bare-skinned monkeys, and this time there was no dignity or dignity. Although they also protested, in front of the bayonets of the Sea Wolf tribe, this kind of protest could not be tolerated.

Obviously, it had no effect, and the two guys who were the most playful were pulled out and hanged directly in the prisoner camp. This time, these Spanish bare-skinned monkeys were completely honest.

As for the meals they are fed, they are all clear soup with little water. You can control enough salt, but they can only eat half full. As for the meaty food, let’s not talk about it. Pickles are the best improvement for them.

So when they saw someone getting a big bowl of rice, bacon, and vegetables, the Spanish prisoners almost drowned themselves in saliva.

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

Ever since humans put on clothes and started to have their own civilization, few people like to run around naked. Clothes have become the most basic thing in human civilization. Most people can't imagine what happens when they can't put on clothes.

It's a kind of pain. If some people don't believe it, you might as well try it at home to see what it feels like to not wear clothes for a day.

Clothes can provide people with the most basic dignity, and besides the food needed for survival, the need for clothes is probably the most important thing for humans.

After seeing the applicants put on their clothes, these Spanish sailors could no longer resist the temptation, so they all screamed and asked to be recruited, expressing their willingness to serve the Sea Wolf and help the Sea Wolf tribe operate these ships.

But the black head only selected the dozens of people who signed up the earliest. The rest were eliminated because they hesitated for too long. They refused to accept their recruitment requests and continued to let them stay naked in the prisoner camp and drink their clear soup.

Gone with little food.