Yan Changwu looked at the sails, everything was normal, and he looked at how the sea water surging up by the bow flowed backwards along the boat, and he could find from the draft difference between the bow and stern that the stern sail put more pressure on the forebow post, and the extreme pressure on the sail surface may make the speed of the ship, that is, the tail sail eats too much wind, and the stern is raised, then the rudder effect will fail, the bow is easy to bury its head, and the swell in front of the ship will wash the open deck, at this time, the speed of the ship will slow down, and sometimes the wind will be eaten too much, and the wind must be used.

So he ordered the mainmast sail to be put away, although the wind was very strong, and the cool swished like a knife, but the sailors were shirtless and steaming, Yan Changwu shouted: "Everyone work hard, kill the whale, there is a bonus, improve the food today!" ”

"Good, Overseer!" Everyone was in good spirits.

Thanks to everyone's efforts, the Tainan No. 1 (flagship) line made it smoother, the wind pushed the sails, overcame the resistance of the waves, and the speed reached eight knots per hour from the speed rope.

The wind began to blow northward, and a gust of wind was formed, and since the wind direction and keel became at right angles, Yan Changwu asked the sailors to hang up the rope sails and the front and rear mainsails, he looked up to see that the front top sails were a little loose under the wind, and told the sailors to tighten them......

The captain's work in the sail period is not so easy to do, the ship sees the wind and rudders, and how to make the ship eat the wind is a university question, Yan Changwu's efforts and the careful teaching of many senior red haired fans, let him guide the ship close to the whale.

Suddenly, the lookout whistle shouted, "It's gone!" ”

Everyone's binoculars didn't see a whale on the surface of the sea, and they couldn't help but panic.

Yamaki muttered something in the Japanese language, and the interpreter said that he thought it was a whale diving, and if it hadn't been frightened, it would have reappeared later.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the whale to resurface, and the ship cautiously approached its flank and rear.

Without using a telescope, the whale's head was unusually large, and its head was disproportionately heavy and large compared to its body, while its tail was light and small, making it look like a large tadpole.

"Sperm whale!" Yan Changwu remembered from the memory of the animal world.

The sperm whale was at least twelve meters long, and judging by the color of its body, it should be an adult, and it was squirting water unhurriedly.

They lowered their two dinghies, and the splash from the water hit the open deck, even on a sunny day.

Yamaki Dairo and Yamamoto each commanded a small boat, each with eight sailors paddling, Yan Changwu led the escort water depth down to Yamaki Dairo's boat, and the other escort water shallow went down to Yamaki Jiro's.

They were fully equipped, and brought whaling forks, javelins, buoys, machetes, and long cables in buckets, to which were nailed bollards, to which the cables were firmly tied.

Yan Changwu only wore a pair of leather pants (tied), carried a knife and a dagger, and was shirtless, revealing strong muscles in an inverted trapezoidal shape, as strong as a calf.

However, Gan Hui heard the sailors whisper about what they seemed to have seen sharks.

Paddled by the sailors, gently approaching the sperm whale.

The oars are covered with cloth so that they don't make a sound, so that the whales are not frightened.

At this time, all the ships stopped silent, and the high-ranking officials watched with a worried face as the two dinghys headed towards the whale.

In their opinion, Yan Changwu had better not do it himself, anyway, there is no hard and fast rule in the captain's "subject" exam for killing whales by himself, and he can send people to do it, so why not take risks by himself!

Although Yan Changwu's swimming skills are very good, which can be called a white strip in the waves, they are not at ease at all!

However, they couldn't stop Yan Changwu from going out in person, everyone understood that it was not easy to be the boss, and the first whale killing could express the courage of being a pioneer, which was very good for encouraging morale.

All they could do was have four more dinghys under the other ships follow.

Slowly approaching the whale, it didn't seem to notice that people were approaching it, or it found it, and disdained to pay attention to these "little guys", but it didn't expect that the body shape couldn't challenge it, but the little guy had a real guy in his hand!

Approaching, less than three meters away, Yamaki Dairo, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, carefully examined the whale, and when its fins had once again completed pushing it forward, he immediately signaled to row the oar closer, and he raised the whaling fork with a barb at the tip and threw it vigorously!

The whaling fork plunged heavily into the whale's back and stuck behind its left fin, and the whale let out a painful breath as the water rained down on everyone in the dinghy.

The whale sprang forward, and the cable attached to the whaling fork immediately ran up and down!

It dived into the water, and waves of blood spread through the water.

Tethered to the cable to the depth of the water and the two sailors held tightly, the whale's strong force acted on the hull through the cable and the human body, and it dragged the dinghy and began to accelerate!

The sea was filled with a large cloud of blood, and then the whale popped up.

Under the command of the Japanese people, the boat approached it, and then Yan Changwu used a javelin to stab the whale on the body, and at the same time, Yamaki Daro also gave it a javelin.

It dived again, and when it surfaced again, the two javelins had disappeared, so Yan Changwu and Yamaki Dalang each gave it a beat, and it dived into the water again.

After four times, after tossing for an hour, the entire sea area changed color, and the smell of blood was strong!

It took eight javelins and killed it without dying, and Yamaki Dairo also boasted that he was an expert in whaling, and he was seriously suspicious!

In fact, you can't blame Yamaki Daro, because he hasn't killed sperm whales much before, and most of them are southern mallet whales, and the killing method is different, so he can't kill sperm whales quickly.

Yan Changwu was impatient, and when it reappeared, he thrust out a javelin, full of strength! It slammed its tail from side to side!

Suddenly, as if the pain had driven it insane, it slammed into the dinghy that was causing it pain!

In general, the injured whale rarely attacks the dinghy, but it is not impossible, and the force of its collision is not trivial, the dinghy flips in an instant, and everyone falls into the water!

In the exclamation of everyone, Yan Changwu's eyes were quick, and he grabbed the cable that had been taken off by someone, and he couldn't help but be taken out by the rope.

And then, alas, a pain in the ass!

Under the eyes of the people in amazement, they saw Yan Changwu sitting on the rope bucket, his body leaning sharply, holding the rope, and running away like paddling!

Everyone was dumbfounded, is this okay?

Shi came to his senses, no, it took the Overseers away!

At this time, everyone woke up, busy saving people, rowing hard in a small boat, and Mr. David on Tainan No. 1 immediately commanded the battleship to follow.

But that whale was full of strength and ran fast, and after a while, it actually took Yan Dashao away!

Everyone knows that Yan Changwu doesn't want to let go of the first prey in his life, after all, it is of great significance, but they are all complaining in their hearts, boss, if you drop the rope, let's kill another one, okay!