Soon, the sailors on the small sampan reacted. They angrily took out the harpoon and plunged it into the water. In order to prevent being electrocuted, they wrapped the metal part of the fork with cowhide.
Soon a huge eel more than two meters long was speared out.
Electric eels are slender and about 2.5 meters in length. They surface every ten minutes to inhale oxygen. It generates enough electricity to kill prey and light up a Christmas tree.
"Master, is this thing very powerful?" Xiao Niangpi asked with some fear. The two-meter-long electric eel that was harpooned was still twisting and emitting blue arcs of electricity.
Girls are originally afraid of things like snakes, and they are snake-like creatures with thunder and lightning.
Electric eels stand out for their powerful current of 860 volts, the average voltage of a car battery is about 12 or 13 volts, and most electric fences have a minimum voltage of 2000 volts. Household appliances only have 220 volts, which is enough to cause electric shock accidents.
"It's still very dangerous. If you are stunned, you will drown." Yang Fan said. "However, electric eel meat is delicious and nutritious. You are in for a treat today. I can make eel rice for you."
The meat of the electric eel is a delicious ingredient that is considered to have a unique flavor and texture.
Because electric eels consume a lot of energy during the discharge process, their meat is usually firm and delicious. In addition, the meat of electric eels is also rich in a variety of nutrients, such as protein, vitamins and minerals, which are beneficial to the human body.
After Yang Fan came to Ming Dynasty, he had not eaten eel rice yet. This one was delivered to your door today.
"Sir, is the eel rice delicious?" Xiao Niangpi heard that it was delicious and immediately took Yang Fan's arm and asked.
"It's delicious. I haven't eaten it in a long time. My mouth is watering just thinking about it." Yang Fan said with a longing look on his face. Braised eel and grilled eel are both great with rice.
"Master, look, Captain Wei has been electrocuted." Chen Xi shouted.
In the distance, I saw the electric eel that had been stuck on the harpoon that I couldn't control. Wei Qinhu got mad and grabbed the electric eel's head with his bare hands and twisted it off. As a result, he foamed at the mouth and fainted from the electric shock.
"Hey, Wei Dahu is really fierce." Xiao Niangpi said in amazement. Wei Qinhu only has muscles but no brains, so he is nicknamed Wei Dahu. He is indeed a bit of a tiger sometimes.
However, at least lunch is taken care of. The master has promised to cook himself a braised eel and a grilled eel. It can be placed on a plate filled with rice and poured with red soup. They were drooling after hearing what the master said.
As for Wei Dahu, he was naturally sent back to the ship, and a doctor would wake him up. The ladies unanimously decided that because of his hard work, they would reward him with eel rice when it is ready.
The master said that this eel weighs at least fifty kilograms. Excluding the inedible parts, there is still thirty kilograms of meat. It will weigh at least twenty kilograms when it's done. Enough for a few days.
"Let them be safe, there may be snakes and scorpions on the island." Yang Fan said to the first mate. "By the way, when we get to the island, we will catch some rabbits and bring them back for the ladies to play with."
The Ryukyu rabbit is a unique species here. Cute and cute. The Ryukyu rabbit, also known as the Amami short-eared rabbit, is one of the rarest rabbit species and is listed as "Endangered" (EN) on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Their distribution range is limited to the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan.
The team of thirty people had already gone ashore and divided into six teams to search forward. Judging from the position of the flag they were flying, they had already penetrated deep into the island. The reason why we carry the flag is to prevent them from getting separated. These islands are uninhabited. The vegetation is dense and the terrain is complex.
A flag raised high can indicate the direction. Easy to gather. This island, like all volcanic islands, has a mountain in the middle and slopes on both sides. Densely growing plants.
"It seems there is no danger. Let's go to the island to hunt for treasure." Yang Fan said with a smile.
He carried the metal detector and walked down the bridge first. Xiao Niangpi and the others ran down with joy. Climb down from the rope net on the side of the ship and enter the sampan.
The sailors rowed toward the coastline. The water here is very clear. able
I saw the bottom of the sea three to four meters deep. Many colorful fish are swimming around.
This is already the depths of the sea. The sea water is very clean, unlike the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, which are all muddy and turbid.
Yang Fan and his party got off the boat, and the three sampans went back to pick up others.
Yang Fan distributed the spears carried by the guards to the wives. They all use muskets. Yang Fan often takes them to target practice. Even Meixiang is proficient in using handguns and flintlock rifles.
"Do you want a musket or an air gun?" Yang Fan asked.
"I want an air rifle," Xiao Niangpi said first. Lin Yueru and the others also want air guns.
Yang Fan had no choice but to give them all four Kiranduni air rifles. Airsoft guns have a history as old as muskets. It's been there a long time ago. These four Kiranduni air rifles were the ones that the British envoy Macartney first gave to Qianlong.
According to historical records, air guns were used on a large scale in the military in Austria in the late 18th century. At that time, the air rifle equipped by the Austrian army was called "indbchse", which means "wind gun".
The gun was developed by Italian gunsmith Bartolomeus Chiranduani in 1779, and production began in 1780, so it is also called the "Chiranduani Air Rifle."
With Yang Fan's current technical ability, it is not difficult at all to do this. After all, this thing does not require gunpowder. Especially suitable for use as a hunting rifle. In fact, there is a lot to be done militarily. The performance of Kiranduni air rifles is significantly better than that of muzzle-loading muskets.
First of all, this air rifle can be used in humid environments, such as rainy days. Secondly, the gun produces no smoke when shooting and has good concealment. The most important thing is intensive firepower.
This kind of rifle can fire continuously when the gas cylinder is full. A well-trained soldier can shoot a shuttle (20 rounds) of lead bullets in half a minute. Such a high rate of fire makes complex and slow loading muskets unmatched. . One bottle of gas can fire up to thirty rounds.
The two air guns brought by Macartney were the most advanced murder weapons in Europe at the time. 500 air riflemen could continuously fire 45,000 rounds of lead bullets, or 300,000 rounds of ammunition within half an hour after replenishment. Such intensive firepower was terrifying on the battlefield at that time.
The handle of this air gun is actually a gas cylinder, which looks like a big eggplant. But using the high-pressure air in the gas cylinder, it can continuously fire 20 rounds of lead bullets within half a minute, and its killing range once reached 100 rice.
It has been experimentally measured that a lead bullet fired within 100 meters can penetrate a 1-inch thick hardwood board. The power of the air gun was difficult to achieve even with the pistols of the time.
Each air rifle soldier's standard equipment is a Kiranduni air rifle, 100 rounds of lead bullets (20 rounds are loaded on the gun, 80 rounds are packed in 4 tin tube shuttles), 3 compressed gas bottles (1 in On the gun, the other 2 are carried with you), as well as the gun barrel and manual pump.
This thing is so satisfying to shoot, it makes you yell at your mother when you cheer up. Use a pump to fill the cylinder with air. There were no electric air pumps at that time. Filling a bottle of air required about 1,500 manual blows with the air pump. This workload was quite huge. It takes two hours. The person is so full of energy that he becomes paralyzed with fatigue.
Therefore, it is generally used for noble bird hunting sports. Of course it can also be used on the battlefield. But it can only deal with unarmored targets. The effect on nails is very poor. If the opponent is wearing plate armor, he will not be able to penetrate even if he is hit against it.
But it’s really cool to be able to fire twenty rounds in half a minute.
In addition to the 30 people from a general banner who came to the island in advance, Yang Fan also had 30 people in this batch. After waiting on the beach for a while, two more groups of servants came to the island. A total of one hundred and twenty people gathered together and began to disperse into groups of ten to search the entire island.
Each group has a metal detector that scans the ground. If there is metal within ten meters, the alarm will sound.
This island is not big, because I am afraid of snakes and hurting the ladies. Yang Fan took them directly to the flat land in the middle, where there was a dead tree with a diameter of more than three meters, lying sideways on the ground. Over the long years, the corroded and weathered middle has become empty, and in some places the opposite side can be seen.
Yang Fan and his party were accompanied by five servants. Prepare to camp here. Waiting for news about the large search force. He is going to cook the eel first
Besides, although this island is not big, it must be easy to find. The search will be endless for a while.
While Yang Fan and his wives were processing eels and making rice, a sailing warship with a red flag and three armed merchant ships anchored on the other side of the island.
This ship was a 74-gun sailing battleship. During this period, battleships were not yet perfect, and it was not until after 1677 that the standards for sailing battleships were finalized. But at this time, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands already had ship types that basically had sailing battleships.
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