Chapter 59: Grab the upper hand
"One, two, three, four, five, six, six red-headed plywood boats! (The white people are collectively called the red-headed plywood boats, and their transoceanic sailing boats are collectively called the plywood boats
"Three bigger plywood boats!"
"Five big sailing ships, and lucky ships..." The lookout kept calling out, making Xu Xinsu and Yang Lu's faces difficult to look.
The galleons know that it is a second-hand ship bought by the Southeastern Government and has been running business. They are still good for gunboats when they are not shipping, but it depends on whether their arson ships agree or not!
If you are in close combat, pass the arson boat, and the galleon will become a big torch!
The three larger plywood boats should be from the Dutch from Orange, but the total of nine plywood boats is a bit unexpected!
"Hey, what kind of ship is this?" As the other party approached, Xu Xinsu and Yang Lu asked questions.
The same question appeared to Pete Poznan and Mr. Van Ross Mullen. The six sailing warships they saw were different. They had almost no poop!
"Very strange warship!" Pete Poznan murmured: "I haven't seen this kind of warship. This should be a new warship built by the Southeast Mansion!"
"What good is that, can you see it?" Van Ross Mullen asked.
"That's the Clippers!" Pete Poznan exclaimed: "There is no poop, speed up, this is a gunboat dedicated to warfare!"
He fingered: "Do you see that they are not fully sailed, and the speed is the same as that of the Galen ship obtained from us, and the Galen ship is full sail and is coming from the upper wind!"
can't help but praised: "It's a worthwhile trip to be able to see such a warship this time!"
Pete Poznan patted the boat board excitedly and said, "I didn't expect Mingren to give us a surprise!"
What he praised was the "Kaohsiung No. 1" to "Kaohsiung No. 6" built by the Kaohsiung Shipyard. At the beginning of the construction of these warships, the blueprints were revised repeatedly, and the main revisions came from Yan Changwu. He said that the ships he built were used to fight wars. , To sink the enemy’s ship, besides other things, merchant ships can always find it, it is impossible to sink this group of Hong Maofan warships, and hire another group of Hong Maofan merchants to carry the cargo!
The opinions of the Southeast Mansion were unified. The main battleships they produced did not have a high poop, and they made gunboats with larger tonnage and more decks. They have a resounding name, called "Sail Battleship!"
From the beginning, the battleship construction of the Southeast Mansion went straight to the battleship of the sailing period, without taking any detours!
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Seeing nine splint boats of Hong Maofan coming aggressively, Xu Xinsu and Yang Lu looked solemn.
If it weren’t for the “stars, peaks, and sea” flags unique to the Southeast Prefecture, they would almost suspect that the red hair fan was hired by the Southeast Prefecture to beat them.
Yang Lu didn't wait for what Xu Xinsu said, and yelled: "General Zuo Feng!"
Someone on a battleship next to him responded: "Chen San is here!"
Yang Lu ordered: "You lead your left forward team to the upper hand and prepare to set them on fire!"
The left forward sent Chen San loudly and authentically, and issued a series of orders: "Raise anchor, follow our ship, and go southeast!"
All the ships moved. He took away about 25 warships. Except for a few big ships, they were basically small boats.
According to the plan, they will get the upper hand, then set the boat on fire, turn into an arson boat, and burn the battleship of the Southeast Mansion!
As for the other ships, they also followed Chen San's fleet, but at a slower speed.
For a time, the sea was violent, and the pirates' ships moved out, shouting loudly, and swarming.
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On the rear deck of "Kaohsiung No. 1", where the position is slightly higher, Yan Changwu and Storm are standing together, Storm is taking a step back from him, and the two are using binoculars to observe the enemy's situation.
For their clothes, Yan Changwu did not dress himself and the senior officers as fancy peacocks, but instead gave them ribbons (banners draped diagonally over the shoulders) according to their ranks, and the officers’ clothes and military caps. It is different from the sailors to show the difference.
The ribbons worn on the body are purple for generals, red for school officials, and blue for lieutenants. According to their ranks, the purple ribbons for officials are embroidered with gold edges, one-star brigadier has one gold edge, and so on, four-star generals have four gold edges; School officers embroidered purple borders according to rank, one is major and three are colonels; school officers embroider red borders according to rank, one is warrant officer, and four are captains.
is so eye-catching, if there is an officer wearing a golden ribbon on the ship, the enemy must not hesitate to shoot at him, because he is the marshal!
The large ribbon is worn during the war. Usually it is too "chic" to wear. You can wear a small ribbon in the officer's uniform and hang it from the chest/front pocket to the shoulders to show the respect of the officer.
Now Yan Changwu wears a purple ribbon and embroiders two gold edges (major general), while Storm has two purple edges on a red ribbon (lieutenant colonel).
"They are marching against the wind!" Yan Changwu shouted.
"Order it!" Storm said. UU reading www.uukanshu.cOM
"Open the main sail and turn the rudder to the right for 5 compass points!" Yan Changwu shouted while looking at the compass plate, and then released the serial port command.
The helmsman turned the rudder, and the Kaohsiung No. 1 with the command flag started to turn sharply. The stern jib shook tightly to assist the bow steering. The girder of the fore mast, main mast, and rear mast turned one after another, and the sailors pulled the sail smoothly. Incomparably, it shows that training is not in vain!
These hours, they have been training on the sea every day, day and night, forming a conditioned reflex to the officer’s commands, and they have basically been able to do so.
The eight battleships following him also performed almost the same movements, their course was neat and consistent, and their speeds were fast and slow, forming a gradient, and slowly turning into an arc obliquely tangent to the pirates, making Xu Xinsu and Yang Lu , Pete Poznan and Van Ross Mullen were all taken aback.
"Their ship control skills are very good!" Pete Poznan and Van Ross Mullen of the Sea Coachman both praised them.
Pete Poznan has a question in his mind: "How can they do it?"
He knows that the captain of each ship has different skills, and often the ship is controlled differently, and it is difficult to achieve consistent movements.
This is the benefit of having a unified teaching material education!
At the same time, they have been training together for a long time, and let them know what the main commander wants to do by looking at the flag of the flagship. The captains of the captains unanimously gave orders, but it produced a scene that surprised everyone, including Storm.
He blushed and said: "Good job!"
is actually praising himself, he taught this group of officers!
The six Kaohsiung ships advanced at high speed and reached the upper wind first. The port side muzzle of Kaohsiung No. 1 opened and the first shot was fired, breaking the silence on the sea!
