Since he arrived in the Caribbean, he has been waiting for his own warship and the first magnificent volley of the strait guns!

Lu Yuan was quietly looking forward, and even the movement of operating the wheel rudder became more and more gentle, trying his best not to allow the moving ships to interfere with the gunners' shooting...

"Boom~Boom~Boom~Boom~!" Five flames sparsely ejected from the starboard side.

Because the ship was at a disadvantage during the shooting, the sea breeze blew the white smoke caused by the shooting and poured back onto the deck, choking several groups of gunners coughing desperately.

As for the two cannons that were not successfully launched, the gun crew checked the cannons in great fear, and a guy even put his head in the muzzle and looked in - it was enough!

But there were only seven guns, and only five were fired... How thick can the smoke be?! Lu Yuan stood on the stern and easily observed the results of this shooting... He was completely shocked!

"I just said I wanted to shoot that reef, right?!" Lu Yuan grabbed August's neck and pulled him hard to him, asking angrily, "I did say that, right?! I did say that I wanted to shoot that reef that looked at least fifteen feet high! It's sixty feet wide?!"

"Ah..." August looked at Lu Yuan's angry eyes in panic, looking at him side and side with awkwardness, hoping that someone could rescue him! But when he saw that all the gunners were so scared that they were squeezed together and shivering, he had to nod and answered in a trembling voice, "Yes, your order is to let us shoot that reef..."

Don’t look at him as big as he is, don’t look at him as the first mate of a certain boat. He has fought with people many times! But when facing the murderous aura that burst out from Lu Yuan at that moment, he was almost scared to pee his pants!

"It's not my problem. I thought I was hallucinating." Lu Yuan let go of his hand in despair, tremblingly pushed August down, and staggered to hold the rudder. "Then are you fighting the moon?! Fuck Billy! You scoundrels! You guys should hang you all and let you go to see Stalin! I came to Hebei Province, and I thought this ship was so great... But I'm so sarcastic, you'll show me this one?! I'm so angry!"

One hundred meters, one hundred meters, the shooting is still a static target. Look at the distribution of the shell splashing sea water when it falls into the sea. Damn it will take a US aircraft carrier to hit it!

Lu Yuan got angry and finally laughed angrily.

In the end, I could only put down the anchor like a head of state and sat down in frustration to find a way.

A qualified gunner was trained in one day?

It's simply a fantasy! Take your time...

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When Lu Yuan woke up from his anger, he realized that he had made many mistakes that leaders should not make. For example, he could not get angry in public, such as not expressing disappointment to his team directly, etc.

Now the gunners are laughed at by the stormtroopers watching around them. They look ashamed of their heads. They also know that they are fighting too badly. In the basic salary + share system stipulated by Lu Yuan, the basic salary of the gunner is high that everyone envies, and the profit of the stormtroopers mainly depends on the share of the robbery. Of course, most sailors have part-time jobs, and it is not suitable for raising professional soldiers on the ship.

Therefore, gunners are also professions that everyone envies and hates.

Lu Yuan shook his head and walked over. He first praised the seventh group of guns. Although they were the slowest group when loading, their guns were correctly activated and the closest group to the target!

"Okay! Start the second round!" Lu Yuan stood up and clapped his hands, shouting loudly, "You have four minutes! Hurry up and start immediately!"

Then he yelled at the stormtrooper guys, "Get back to sleep! Or I'll tie you to the reef as a target!"

"What are you afraid of when you tie it there?! They can't hit it anyway!" A guy was sarcastic and clever inside, which made the stormtroopers cheer again. Lu Yuan looked at him coldly, raised his hand suddenly, and a cable hung down, tied up the guy who was talking in the crowd.

A bunch of cannon fodders actually mocked other people's technical troops. I really don't know how to write about the death!

A rag was stuffed directly into the man's mouth, blocking his curse. "Send him to the reef!"

Lu Yu ordered coldly, and the sailors became silent in an instant! The guys from the stormtroopers looked at each other and hid aside under the leadership of an old guy.

After several sailors drove the instigator onto the reef, no one dared to laugh at the gunners again, and they all stayed away and watched in shame. But not long after, someone suggested setting up a gambling game for the unlucky guy on the reef... What a bunch of unconscionable bastards!

At this time, Lu Yuan no longer paid attention to them. He handed the rudder to an old sailor and drove it casually. He walked to the side of the loaded cannons and checked them one by one. The projectiles were purchased uniformly and were basically the same; gunpowder was a pre-rated drug pack. After measurement, Lu Yuan found that the difference was not large, which was basically the same.

Finally, he stopped his gaze on the lead with different lengths outside the gun door. At this time, there was neither the British improved flintlock nor the matter of care. Only this ordinary fuse. Lu Yuan drew out the stinging sword silently, cut off the excessively long line of fire, leaving only the length of the index finger outside the gun barrel.

Then Lu Yuan picked up the tip of his sword and picked up a wooden block with a cannon barrel. The sword light flashed, and in a blink of an eye it was cut into 20 square wooden pillars as long as fingers.

"Each gunner takes one, and after each loading, cut off the excess himself. If someone violates..."

Lu Yuan didn't continue to say it, but everyone understood what he meant.

"But such a short lead is really too dangerous for the ignition!" Most of the gunners picked up the wooden strips without saying a word and put them on the belt, but a gunner still protested.

Lu Yuan didn't even look at him, but just said coldly. "Then run faster!"

Under the high pressure, no one said anything more.

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Afterwards, Lu Yuan corrected the parts he thought were inappropriate in turn, because he had found a way to solve the problem.

Since I am the only one who doesn’t come to the mountain, then I will go to the mountain!

Since the energy system has been transformed into true qi, it has been replaced with a new energy sub-brain, just like taking stimulants, and the calculation volume has been doubled! Lu Yuan, who has the calculation volume of the sub-brain, can definitely do something beyond the limits of human imagination!

Lu Yuan gradually understood the details of the naval gun volley in this era. It was indeed very complicated, but it was very rough.

For example, the aiming of artillery in this era basically relies on the experience of the gunner. By prying the wooden blocks under the cannon body, we can adjust the elevation angle of the cannon, and we can only choose between horizontal, 4 degrees and 8 degrees. Use the knots to pull the left and right of the cannon to shift the cannon left and right. Lu Yuan directly fixed the shooting angle, and then prohibited the adjustment of the cannon from left and right.

But gunpowder reloading is quite complicated, and it is completely equipped based on the gunner's experience, half-pack or even one-third of gunpowder reloading. It is said that mortars have more than a dozen charges. Non-professionals cannot use them smoothly.

...

"Okay! Let's do it again!"

Lu Yuan shouted loudly and took over the rudder again.

"No. 1!" Auguste ignited the fuse. After 3 seconds, with a "boom", the 16-pound medium cannon ejected a flame! The shells drew a nearly straight line. They accurately hit the reef a hundred meters away and knocked down a piece of gravel!

The gunners were shocked, and their mouths were wide open and they couldn't close together! The sailors on the ship were also shocked, and their mouths were wide open and they couldn't close together! What happened just now? No one would have thought of being able to hit it in one shot! This is a hundred meters! Under today's sea conditions, even the most elite gunner dared to think about, is he possessed by the God of Luck?!

"Ah~! Ahhhh!" August pounded his chest excitedly and hugged and celebrated with the people in the same gun team!

"No. 2!" But when he tried to hug Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan ignored him and continued to command with an almost cold expression. At the same time, he was fully immersed in fine-tuning the wheel rudder - he now felt that this thing should be refined ten times the transmission gear below! Otherwise, it would not be able to meet his requirements for control accuracy!

The gunner of the No. 2 gun lit the wire with some trepidation. Three seconds later, another gun sounded! This time it landed directly in front of the reef, less than one meter away from the reef! The whole ship made a sound of regret. But the gunner of the No. 2 jumped up excitedly and hugged the gun crew excitedly! This was a near-missile loss, and it was also amazing in the naval battle!

"The amount of gunner No. 2 is always less than that of others." Lu Yuan silently recorded it in his subordinate mind.

“No. 3!”

...

One gun shot down one by one, causing the sailors to go from shock to numbness, and from numbness to shock. The seven guns actually hit three times! And the other four shots also fell near the reef! What kind of hit rate is this? But the turret obviously does not allow adjustment of the shooting angle?! It is even more likely to adjust the left and right. How did it hit?

Only August saw something, and he grew up his mouth in disbelief. August felt that if he told others his guess, the person would think he was crazy!

But Lu Yuan didn't need him to ask questions at all, so he ordered, "The third round! Recharge immediately! You still have 4 minutes to chat before being hanged!"

So the gunners went to carry out the third round of loading again!

At this time, countless data were flashing in Lu Yuan's eyes! "The shooting curve of the No. 4 gunpowder burning error is 0.2 seconds", "Nearby sea conditions and surge models"...

On the sea, ships are chasing each other, and their speeds are constantly changing and undergoing extremely complex relative movements! And due to the waves, the ship itself is also swaying longitudinally and horizontally, and the smaller the boat, the more violently it shakes. In this era, there are no giant ships that cannot be shaken by the sea.

The shooting of the cannon itself is more complicated, and the amount of gunpowder cannot be determined by artificial recharge; the shooting curve caused by the quality of the cannon is inaccurate; when loading the cannon, you need to drag the cannon back and push it back after the loading is completed! The change in front and rear positions determines that the target of each fire is changing...

Among all the factors, Lu Yuan can fully grasp the influence. It is the ship itself! So he fixed the shooting angle of the cannons on the turret and stipulated the shooting direction. First, he ensured that the cannon volley energy is concentrated within a range!

Then Lu Yuan calculated the shooting curve of the seven guns at the moment of shooting through calculations of the sea breeze, ocean currents and the ship itself, and adjusted the hull posture during this process so that the shelling area could directly cover the target!

Although it is still impossible to achieve accurate shooting, the probability of hitting will undoubtedly increase greatly!

This is the probability that the naval battle has always been!

"The loader of No. 2 will be deducted from 10 pesos of salary. Your gunpowder will be less for the second time; the gunner of No. 6 will be the loader. Every time you push the cannon back, it will shake left and right, resulting in inaccuracy. August, let the people in the gunpowder room make accurate one-half medicine packs, and don't let the gunner estimate it yourself. Then I will mark the position of the gun door. You find someone to carve it into a groove. In the future, the front wheel of the cannon must be stuck in the groove before it can be fired!..."

Lu Yuan explained one by one. He gave more than a dozen opinions in a row and made several adjustments to the promotion and reduction of positions. Among them, there are fine adjustments to the horizontal direction of the gun position, which can further narrow the left and right widths of the covered area.

"I remember!" August replied in contemptuously. The more he looked at Lu Yuan, who was in charge of the rudder, the more he became afraid.

"Wait. You...ah, no! It's the captain! Captain, do you say I'm paid?" The No. 2 loader was not depressed, but asked in surprise.

"If you keep talking, I will hang it on the mast in two minutes! Don't worry, I will bring your salary today to your wife!" Lu Yuan raised his head and said. Hearing that he had already started calculating his salary from today, all the gunners remembered his generous contract and were immediately energetic!

"We'll have a volley this time!" Lu Yuan shouted loudly, "One, two, three, light the fire!"

The gunners put the fuse on the fuse and ignited it quickly. Three seconds later, the neat and gradual shooting raised a thick white mist again. This time, the experienced Lu Yuan left it on one side of the ship. The hull was pushed out by this volley!

When this shooting with a strong sense of rhythm was completed, Jacques on the watchtower shouted first, "Seven out of 2, five near misses! This time it's so beautiful!" The old sailors on the boat couldn't help cheering! I've never heard of this hit rate! But they can't see how it did it yet!

"The No. 1 gun group, the No. 3 gun group is a formal member, and there is another round!" Lu Yuan continued to give the order indifferently. At this time, everyone was actively taking action, without any doubts! Although for some reason, the hit rate of the artillery suddenly increased to a terrifying level! But there is no doubt that the key lies with Lu Yuan!

Everyone peeked at the cold captain in awe.

Lu Yuan's authority gradually became erected.

...

When Lu Yuan drove off the reef on the boat, no one cared about the idiot on the reef. Just look at the reef that turned into a dog-like gnawing, you can tell that the guy above... I don't know what left.

Seven groups of gunners, five groups of Shunlin were promoted to formal gunners, and the guaranteed salary increased by 30%! Only those who were qualified in the other two groups of gunners were left, and the others were kicked into the stormtroopers and re-selected the manpower.

Since then, this rule has been preserved.

After an afternoon of training, on the sea where the wind and waves are getting darker and the wind is getting bigger and bigger, Lu Yuan led his fleet to face the pirates' fleet again without hesitation! There is no clear route on the sea. In order to catch the sea breeze, the ships always intersect the route repeatedly, rather than strictly adhering to the route. Therefore, perhaps a gust of wind can make two ships traveling towards each other on the same route a distance of two nautical miles, and even pass by each other without seeing each other.

That's why you need a visually keen lookout hand!

As it was almost evening, Jacques on the top of the mast shouted, "I saw them! Northwest! A four-star Garen sailboat and a five-star Calavere!"

"Roar the alarm bell! Raise our flag! Fight!" Seeing Lu Yuan's gesture, August yelled with excitement!

A unique flag painted with a siren rose up, and it floated under the Caribbean sky for the first time! (To be continued...)

ps:ps: million words, sigh, all kinds of requests!
Chapter completed!