"As a captain, the most important thing is to be able to sail well in all situations and fight the enemy with cannons!" Storm teaches the machine face-to-face.

To drive a ship, first of all, you must know the sails, starting from the bow, there are: bow mast, foremast, mainmast and aftermast, and the types of sails hanging on the mast are slash sails, spinnakers, quadrangular jirs, mainmast mainsails, foremast mainsails, foremast, mainsail, aftermast, mainsail, aftermast, mainsail, mainsail, mainmast, mast, foremast, etc.

Of course, the Northport 3 is not large enough, and the types of sails are not complete, but Storm has a wide range of knowledge, and he lists them, and everyone's teaching materials are also available.

However, it is only a superficial lesson, and the real practical thing is to rely on specific commands.

Enough, the resulting sail combination is basically designed to make the most of downwind, crosswind, upwind, and so on. In general, a diagonal jib is pulled up between the bow and the first mast to take advantage of headwind propulsion. On the first and second masts, crosssails are used to make the most of the tailwind, and stay-in sails are used on the high sails. Diagonal truss sails are used on the final mast to increase the sail power of the shoulder sail. Such a configuration can take into account the needs of various wind directions, and is designed to provide stable power for ships in various sea areas. Distributed in different positions on the mast.

He explained one by one that the sail is the main force of the wind, the tail jig sail mounted on the stern of the ship can help with steering, and the role of the jib is to allow the sailboat to maneuver in a zigzag shape when the wind is headwind......

"Can a spinnaker go against the wind?" Someone asked.

"No, it can't, it's just a crosswind at an angle, and then a zigzag to complete the course against the wind."

In order to make the battleship sail fast, it is necessary to let the sails of the battleship be spread as far as possible to undertake more wind power.

"When opening the sail, the sailors must strictly follow the operating specifications, first unfurl the sails at both ends of the sail (the rod used to hang the sail), and then release the sail protrusion in the center of the sail, if the sail protrusion is relaxed first, then ......" Storm made a flying gesture: "The sail will soon be swollen by the wind, and at once it will fly to the top of the mast, and the swollen sail will hit the sailors at both ends of the sail to the deck!" ”

"Come on!" Storm took a deep breath and stood high at the stern of the ship and began to give orders!

Now the weather was bright and the wind was moderate (just look at the streamers on the masts, as you can see, the streamers were raised), so he ordered all the sails to open.

"Upper mast sail to masthead, left rudder!" Yan Changwu shouted.

His current drill was to target a small island in the sea and direct the ship to sail over.

However, he failed!

Under his command, the training ship did not go as he asked, but crookedly deviated from the direction.

"Fail!" Storm said unceremoniously.

He took over the command, moved the ship a little farther away, and replaced it with another cadet to direct the control.

It is embarrassing that none of the trainees succeeded in driving the training ship to the designated position that day, and all of them were crooked!

It looks like they need more training.

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The morning was spent in constant training, and at about 11 o'clock, the captain of the ship checked the work diary of the officer on duty (officer on duty) for the day, listened to the routine reports of officers and non-commissioned officers, solved problems and solved them, and if there were sailors who made mistakes, he gathered all the sailors and publicly flogged.

"There must be military law on board before it can be banned!" Storm explained.

The unlucky ghost of the day was a sailor who did not clean the place when he was on duty, and as a result, he was whipped three times and executed in public!

At noon, everyone starts lunch, after lunch, if there is nothing special, such as war or storm, then the afternoon time is used for training, the ordnance officer, the boatswain teaches the sailors cold weapon fighting, the use of guns, the operation of sail cables and other skills, the officers also organize gunnery, broadside warfare, fire fighting, drainage and other related training.

Because of the lack of officers, the three Dutchmen were busy to death, while the cadets were nervously learning their command skills.

Because of the teaching materials, the instructions issued by the officers were compared with them, and the trainees understood them relatively quickly.

To be honest, it sounds cool to shoot, but it's not pleasant at all to practice.

The atmosphere on the deck of the ship was tense, the smoke of gunpowder was filled when the guns were fired, and what was even more terrifying was the recoil of the guns, and the sea water poured from the side of the ship when it was unlucky!

"Everyone knows that the heaviest and most powerful guns on the battleship are installed on the lowest gun deck, then, when the battleship is sailing in the wind and waves, the most susceptible to being flooded by the sea water is the porthole of the heavy gun, but in naval battles, the heavy naval guns on the side are often the key to victory or defeat, so in many battles, the sailors braved the wind and waves to load gunpowder and projectiles, and then opened the porthole, pushed the cannon to the porthole and fired, at this time the wind and waves poured in, so it depends on what everyone thinks, submerged or sunk!" Storm sighed. ，

A student asked, "What about your choice, chief instructor?" ”

"Nonsense!" Storm said categorically: "Open the window and open the gun!" ”

"As for the water, then pump!" Storm said it lightly, but every officer knew that it was hard work, and they had seen that when the wind was high and the waves were high, the surging sea water would seep into the interior of the cabin along the cracks in the gun doors of the low bottom gun deck until it flowed into the bilge, and the water in the bilge would cause the stored food to deteriorate, and the bilge deck and keel were soaked and corroded by seawater, which was also fatal to the hull, and the best way at this time was to mobilize hundreds of sailors in shifts to pump the bilge water out all day long (hand pump to lift water), Most of the time, they pump dozens of tons of water per hour on average!

Think about firing guns here, pumping water there, no one can be idle.

It is relatively safe to fire a gun in the cabin, but the danger is also not small, and the recoil of the muzzle pushes the gun back, and it hurts if you touch someone! There is also a low quality of artillery, which is easy to explode, and the people next to it are lightly blown into flower-faced cats, and at worst they are separated from flesh and bones; In case a careless sailor ignites the gunpowder, he can't even run away!

I never knew when disaster would fall from the sky, and a cannon came from outside, and I had to sigh for myself if I hit myself.

"Therefore, we all have to believe in Mazu Niangniang and ask her to bless us!" Chief Instructor Storm said with a blank face.

But the commander-in-chief Yan Changwu said more actively than him: "We ask Mazu Niangniang to bless us, and we have to prepare for war!" ”