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"Who has the sharpest eyes among them?" Lu Yuan drove the boat in the direction of Trinidad.
August was standing behind him. He had just moved out of the captain's cabin and now had to live in the officers' quarters. But whether it is now or in the future for a long time, he will be the only one in the officers' dormitory.
Even if Misha gets on the ship, it's obvious that she won't stay at his place.
Lu Yuan vowed that even if he had the reputation of being a "faggot", he would drag "Misha" into the captain's room and cause a "ship shock".
Now, except for a small number of sailors who are still sorting goods in the hold, most of the sailors are gathered on the deck, waiting for the new boss's arrangements. However, Lu Yuan did not assign them directly. Except for specific positions, he basically followed August's opinions.
"Jacques, he has the best eyesight among us!" August pointed at a young pirate and said, and Lu Yuan smiled as soon as he saw it. It just so happened that the boy who applauded first during the performance today was also one of the only two Bronze Level LV9 players left!
"Hey, Jacques! Do you want to be a lookout?!" Lu Yuan saw that in the identification technique, it showed that he had the same ship skill "Eagle Eye" as Jiang Wan. He knew that his eyesight was very good and he was very suitable. Serving as a lookout.
Jacques stood up with a troubled expression. He hesitated for a moment, then refused loudly, "Captain. I don't want to be a lookout! I want to stay in the stormtroopers. This is more suitable for me. Of course, it would be better if you could give me a musket."
"Okay, Jacques, I see that you are indeed better suited to wielding a musket than a scimitar. Go up there. Wait until I find you a good musket. I will allow you to shoot from up there! It's easier to aim up there. , you will become the one who kills the most enemies among us!" Lu Yuan has seen that most of his skills are musket skills. Most of his lv9 strength is reflected in the use of muskets. Obviously, this guy has no idea which Musketeers team he ran from as an elite shooter.
Because there was no musketeer on this small boat, he was put into the stormtroopers to wield the machete.
"Ah, is this true?! Thank you so much, Captain!" Jacques bowed happily and prepared to climb the mast. "'Things that are originally hopeless can often succeed if you try boldly'! You are absolutely right! By the way, Captain, will you... still perform dramas in the future?"
Looking at the many pirates with fiery eyes, Lu Yuan shook his head, "Don't talk nonsense. Compared with the stars in the Havana Theater, my level is as far away as the sky and the earth! I promise to find you a professional in the future. Come on! Now, let me get down to business!"
Jacques scratched his head and prepared to run away before the new captain got angry. The new captain looked weird and cold. He didn't know how he could make such a request just now.
"Wait, this thing is for you!" Lu Yuan took out the "exquisite telescope" and handed it to him, "It's a very expensive thing, use it carefully... always help me look ahead, I want to discover those things in advance Pirate Ship."
"I swear to you, I promise!" Jacques excitedly took the telescope that looked as exquisite as a work of art, quickly climbed up the rope ladder to the observation deck, and couldn't wait to use the telescope. He could hear it from time to time below. His strange screams of excitement.
By leaving the sail operator behind and separating the stormtroopers and gunners, the mission was basically completed.
As mentioned before, being a sailor on a ship is actually an extremely professional job, but many aspects are not taken seriously. For example, chefs were directly assigned to people who could not fight. In fact, this job was very critical, and Lu Yuan had already made up his mind to find a better person.
Before that, he planned to eat the food in the space box to cope with it. He was really not used to eating the food on the ship. God knows what was in that sticky stuff that the chef made!
There were also those who worked in the powder room, keeping the gunpowder dry and packaging it. This man needs to know how to use a scale and do arithmetic! In this era, he is also a high-tech talent, but he is still not taken seriously on the pirate ship. Let three skinny underage sailors serve as...
Lu Yuan shook his head. Isn't this the only thing on this ship that dissatisfied him? !
Looking at the ten 16-pound cannons on the ship, two on the front and three on the left, Lu Yuan felt a headache again. Only two or three cannons are fired at a time, so there is no dense firepower at all! Fortunately, this ship was originally designed to have twenty gun emplacements. The layout was two at the front and rear and eight at the left and right. There was still room for adjustment.
Of course, although this ship can be equipped with up to 24-pound guns, that is basically impossible. If it is really equipped with twenty 24-pound artillery pieces, then the weight of the artillery, fort and shells alone will reach about 30 tons, and it will not be able to hold any cargo. Only when encountering a situation where you simply need to go to sea to fight, such an extreme configuration will be carried out before leaving port.
"August, I need to concentrate all the artillery on one side to form an advantage and cover the firepower. You can arrange this. I know that this will cause the ship's center of gravity to shift. So you can move the cargo, whatever you want, I Hoping to fill up eight gun emplacements on one side! That’s it!”
"As you command, sir." After August agreed, he walked away with a sad face, which finally made Lu Yuan feel better.
You know, from seizing the ship to now, he was so busy that he didn't even have time to visit his captain's cabin! How can you not drag others into depression?
It's just this weather... He raised his head dejectedly and looked at the sky. The sea was still clear in the morning. Now there are flake-like stratus clouds, and the wind is gradually getting stronger. It seems that it started from the moment he became the captain...
If this continues, we will encounter a storm when we arrive in Trinidad tonight.
(If your relationship with the sea god Corybuso drops to "hate", the possibility of encountering a storm at sea will greatly increase!
Did you find the reason here? Your sister’s!
Lu Yuan spat and gently swung the wheel rudder to make the boat draw a beautiful arc. Taking advantage of the gradually strengthening wind, it flew across the water like flying fish!
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"It's rice! This will capsize the boat! Drag it back! Drag it back quickly!"
"That's enough!" Lu Yuan shouted with his veins exposed! He turned the rudder quickly to allow the sail to withstand greater crosswinds. With the help of the sea breeze, the sailboat was "supported" by a large tilt. Keep the ship from capsizing immediately! On the other hand, a cable must be controlled, wrapped around the main mast, to hang a 16-pound cannon weighing 700 kilograms hanging outside the ship's side!
"Damn! Osuster! Pull it up quickly!" Lu Yuan rushed to the side and hugged the mast. The completely stunned August shouted! Lu Yuan shouted this time. It can be regarded as a complete awakening of those swaying sailors! They hurriedly joined the gunners. Drag the cannon that was about to fall into the sea back onto the deck!
When the eighth artillery piece was placed on the starboard side just now, the ship was finally unable to stabilize its center of gravity and tilted sharply! The artillery that had not been fixed in time also rolled and flew out of the side of the ship. Falling towards the sea. If it weren't for Lu Yuan's superb driving skills and magic, they would have capsized!
Of course, the loss of a cannon costs two thousand pesos!
All of a sudden, all the sailors on the deck turned pale with fright!
"I've had enough!" Lu Yuan grabbed his hair in pain. He only knew that he had robbed a new ship, but how could he have thought that he had also robbed a group of novices at the same time! asshole!
Although his "borrowing the wind to save the boat" was like a stroke of genius just now, his boat driving value suddenly jumped up a few small steps, reaching a value of 50! But it doesn't help the current situation.
There is no way, he will eventually go into battle in person!
Lu Yuan quickly calculated the weight of the hull, and finally adopted the layout of "three on the left and seven on the right" for the ten cannons, and then fixed ten large wooden barrels of sea water outside the left side of the ship. This was considered to adjust the center of gravity back to the ship. The center line!
But now he doesn't believe in anything - especially the quality of these guys! You must know that August's "cannon drill" of up to 17 points is actually the best among all gunners! It took him three minutes to load a small 16-pound cannon, and he was still able to proudly accept everyone's praise... I'm fed up! enough! Lu Yuan flipped the table in his heart!
Let him lead this group of people to rush in and fight? Is this the rhythm of wanting to die? ! How optimistic was I before?
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Lu Yuan drove the sailboat and found a lonely reef, letting the boat hover about a hundred meters away from the reef.
Near the Port of Trinanda are the Cayman Islands and the Great Coral Reef Group. The sea conditions here are complex, the shipping lanes are narrow, and there are reefs everywhere. Therefore, such a reef is not difficult to find. You can encounter it at any time as long as you leave the route.
Lu Yuan did not anchor the boat and stop it. He just tried his best to stabilize the boat and let the boat circle around the reef in a shape that was not too irregular. In an era when sails were used as power, wind was the decisive factor in a ship's sailing attitude. There was not even one helmsman in a hundred who could be like Lu Yuan!
Lu Yuan's "Navigation" value is skyrocketing, but that's not what he cares about now! He also had unrealistic illusions about these crew members - he always felt that if they were not good at one aspect, they might be good at other aspects... He was completely unwilling to believe the results he had identified!
"All gunners, load the starboard cannon! Aim at that rock!" Lu Yuan ordered loudly. The gunners looked at each other... "Damn it! You haven't fired a cannon once, have you!" Lu Yuan was angry. Roar! He almost transformed into the Roaring Emperor this afternoon. Countless times he wanted to hang all these people and then jump into the sea to drown himself.
"Fired it once..." August scratched his head in embarrassment and replied with a smile, "Firing a cannon costs more than a hundred pesos! Cannonballs and gunpowder are quite expensive, and cannons are easy to break. It can save money." Just save a little...hehe."
"Hey, sister!" Lu Yuan couldn't bear it and kicked her over. "Reload it all for me right now! I want to see how bad you can be!" He took out his pocket watch and lit it up, "I'll start timing. All gun crews whose reloading time exceeds four minutes will be executed!"
August immediately led the gunners to reload in a hurry. Everyone was sweating and busy. Even the stormtroopers who had nothing to do came to watch at this time. They had nothing to do with themselves, and looked on happily.
Although the gunners worked very hard, without much training and practice, it still took them almost six minutes to load all seven cannons on the port side!
All the gunners looked pitifully, looking at the terrifying captain at the helm, waiting for judgment! Especially the group of gunners at the end, they almost knelt down and begged God!
Lu Yuan closed the cover of his pocket watch expressionlessly, "The time is just right, let's move on to the next step. Now, let's start aiming..."
The sight of the aiming was unbearable to watch. August took the lead and lay down behind the artillery, aiming at the rocks with his eyes and calculating with the length of his fingers. Then move here, kick there and adjust the cannon. This process took almost the same time as loading, which made Lu Yuan extremely disappointed with the battle rhythm of this era!
Seeing that they were all ready, Lu Yuan simply waved his hand, "Solley!" (To be continued...)
