"Left Ruler 5!" Every time Hong Tao said, Carl shouted loudly beside him. The first mate is the captain's executive officer, and accurately conveying the captain's orders is one of his jobs.

"Left rudder 5...Left rudder 5..." As Carl shouted, the deck seemed to have an echo, and it was transmitted to the mast layer by layer. After hearing the command, the sailors standing on the horizontal line would start to change the angle of each sail according to the command of the sailboat. This European-style horizontal sail can provide enough driving force, but it is too troublesome to operate. An order came from the rudder table, and more than a dozen sailboats had to jump up and down the mast for a while. Although the sailboats were all gunners when shooting each other.

In the limelight, half of the credit is the sailboat's master. They must adjust the sail angle and area at every moment according to the captain's orders to keep the sailboat's power sufficient. Moreover, the gunners are protected by heavy ships. The sailboat has nothing and cannot even hide. The horizontal line is less than ten centimeters wide and cannot step on one foot. If there is something coming, you can only hold on to it. If you fall down, you either fall half apart or get intimate with the sea. The result is the same.

"Ajiao, have you ever seen such a ship?" The ship Hong Tao saw in the telescope looked strange. It did not have a bow or stern building, but it built a pointed roof in the middle of the ship. He had never seen it before, so he had to hand the telescope to the already well-dressed Bojiao.

"No..." At this time, standing on the stern of the boat, you can clearly see the other party with a telescope. Ajiao has been serving as the captain of the whaling team for more than half a year, leading the Whaler to the South China Sea. There were many ships he had seen. He only looked at it a few times and shook his head with certainty.

"That's easy to deal with. The northeast wind... Hehe, it's the Japanese ship. They are taking the monsoon to go to the Song Dynasty. Remember this type of ship. In the future, it is inevitable to deal with them. As long as they encounter in a sea where no one is present, they will attack. If they can catch them, they will sink. If they can't catch them, they will poke them one by one with harpoons!" Hong Tao probably knows who the other party is. Now it is the beginning of the winter monsoon, and the Japanese ships have begun to cross the west twice a year. They have to run to the Southern Song Dynasty with the northeast wind, and wait for the southwest wind in summer to blow back to Japan. Why aren't they Koreans? Because Koreans have routes to the Shandong Peninsula, and the flights there are shorter and safer.

"Yes, I'll get the drawing board!" Bo Jiao is the most talented child Hong Tao has ever seen. His handmade brush and sketching painting technique can already be auctioned at Sotheby's. If he has the chance, Hong Tao still wants him to learn painting specifically, which may be higher than being a captain.

"Right rudder 3! Hit the tail of the first ship, and starboard is ready to attack the second ship!" The Japanese ship, Hong Tao seemed to see a large group of slaves. Isn't this a waste for nothing? As for how to attack two ships at the same time, Hong Tao felt that he could make full use of the hull structure of the Haibo. Through the years of understanding of the shipbuilding technology of the Song Dynasty, Hong Tao could guess what the structure of the Japanese ship was, and the possibility of thin skin and large filling was very high. The Haibo's ship plate was 40 cm thick, and there was a 30 cm thick rib every 80 cm. If this could be injured, the ship would have to be returned to the factory and redesigned, which was unqualified!

"Are you going to warn them first that they can even get the goods with ships and goods?" Carl was worthy of the blood of the crusaders, and he always thought about getting both people and money.

"You can speak Japanese?" Hong Tao turned his head to look at Carl with a slanted eyes.

"…No…” Carl shook his head.

"Then I will?"

"Sir, it may..." Carl hoped to let Hong Tao come forward.

"I do, but they may not understand it. Forget it. Their little things are of no use to me. What I want is people." Hong Tao never thought of capturing the other person's ship because it was difficult to carry. He just packed dozens of people and fed a meal of porridge every day, which was okay.

The battle was not interesting at all. The Japanese on the ship could not think of a reason for why this tall and mighty ship rushed over from the front left at high speed and deliberately smashed the leading sailboat. Moreover, the big ship had not finished hitting the first ship, and turned right and headed for the second ship, crossing through its starboard side. The Japanese on the ship originally thought that the big ship that caused the accident was going to escape, so they pulled out their samurai swords and stood on the side of the ship clamoring. Who would have thought that there were many small windows on the mound of the big ship opposite. After it opened suddenly, a large crossbow arrow shot over the face. Most of these crossbow arrows were shot crooked, but there were always a few of them straight, some were nailed straight on the hull, and some were inserted into the boat and the hard sail, but none of them were injured.

The problem is that these crossbows look very strange. The shafts are very thick, like the arms of adults, and there is smoke on them. Nani? Just as the Japanese on the boat were squatting on the deck and wondering, the crossbow that was nailed to the boathouse suddenly exploded. After a burst of white smoke, the few people close to it were in trouble and were jumped with a sticky face. The most important thing is that this thing is still on fire! Almost at the same time, two other crossbows inserted on the hull and sails also exploded. In an instant, the deck of the ship was covered with smoke, followed by a flame. The painted wooden boards and sails burned very quickly, and there was a large flame in more than ten seconds.

"Right right rudder full! Turn the sail down the sail!" When an explosion occurred on the other side's boat, there were another shout from the Haibo. As the helmsman turned the steering wheel to the right with his life, the sail operators on the mast began to jump up and down again. The body of the sailboat slowly tilted to the right, and the gray-white fish-skin canvas were quickly rolled up. After the bow of the boat completed the 90-degree turn, the canvas had to be opened again, from facing the wind to going down. There were many sails, and it was difficult to turn, especially when turning from the lower limelight to the upper limelight, if the sail was not closed half, the steering radius would be very, very large.

The larger the tonnage of the ship, the more sails, the faster the speed, the more difficult it is to turn. This is also the main reason why European sail warships will eventually develop into battle line operations. If everyone fights against each other on the sea, frequent steering alone will exhaust the sail drivers. As a result, no one can touch anyone, and maybe they will have to bump into it. So they might as well queule and spray each other, to see who is strong, who is lucky, and who has more cannons!

By the way, I will correct the wind direction problem when sailing warships are spraying each other. I see that many books say that sailing warships have to fight to steal the limelight when fighting. In fact, this is wrong. The real advantageous position is to launch an attack from the limelight position. Only the fleet commander who does not have the advantage in the number of ships and the number of artillery and plans to fight against the enemy will launch an attack from the limelight.

The reason is very simple. When the attack is launched from the upper wind, the wind blows from the outside of you, so your ship will tilt inward. With this tilt, the gun door on your lower deck will not be opened, and once the sea water is opened, it will pour in, which means you have at least one layer of artillery. The gun ports of the two or three layers of artillery above are also slightly downward. At this time, special devices have to be used to adjust the angle of the artillery. The angle of the artillery on the ship is generally fixed and can only slide forward and backward, and cannot rotate up and down, left and right. Even if it can be raised, it is very troublesome. Because the cannons at that time were very heavy, the 24-pound naval gun weighed two tons, and the 12-pound naval gun was also one and a half tons. This is still medium and light cannons. Without hydraulic auxiliary devices, who can lift it?

So, naval guns in a downwind position are easier to exert their firepower advantages and are more likely to break the opponent's mast and sail. Once the sailboat loses its sails and masts, it will only be beaten, and it will be difficult to turn around.

And to face the enemy from the downwind direction, there is another advantage, that is, if you want to run, turn your head and run, and you will be at the right time. If you attack from the upper wind position, if you can't beat the opponent, you can't even run, turn your head..., resist the wind!

This time, the 360-degree turn is quite satisfied. The technical proficiency thing is that it usually increases very slowly in training. Once it is time to war, it will basically increase by a large portion once, and people will have to force it! When the Haibo successfully completed the turn, the small boat with black smoke had just run out about a kilometer, and was soon caught up by the Haibo, which was sailing with wind.

"Hey! It's really a trick of each village! Give them another round, drop one third of the sails, and follow it!" When the Haibo approached from the other side again, Hong Tao was happy. The people on the other side's boat were putting out the fire. Since only two crossbows hit the superstructure and sails of the ship just now, the fire was not too big. Although it was still difficult to extinguish, the Japanese had a way. They took down the hard sails made of straw mats and the fire roof panels and threw them into the sea.

"Calculate the wind direction and shoot again. They are not worth our crossbow arrow money. If you shoot too much, you will pay for it!" Just as the gunners on the deck stuffed the shortened cork into the cast iron tube of the crossbow arrow, Hong Tao shouted again.

The effect of this shooting was obviously better than the last time. Only two of the 10 crossbow arrows were shot missed, and the rest were nailed to the opponent's ship. This was not because the gunner's accurate head suddenly grew, but because this time it got closer, the two ships were only more than 30 meters, and the speed also decreased.
Chapter completed!