"The key to using a flintlock pistol is to be skillful and stable."

On the outskirts of Southampton, on a private estate in Hierro, Lorraine is carrying a brand-new maritime commuter flintlock pistol to train a selection of forty sharp-eyed sailors.

"Familiar with your guns, familiar with the smoke fired and the recoil of your guns, familiar with the process of reloading. By doing so, you will be the most powerful suppressive firepower in the broadside, and you will not have to worry about being in a line, like an army, listening to the drums and being killed by lead bullets flying from the opposite side! ”

"Our opponents are pirates, privateers, beasts and the uncivilized natives of the primeval regions! They are not the armies of European powers, and we can't find a ship with 40 brand-new military pikes like ours! ”

Lorraine raised the gun in his hand high: "You will be invincible in the world!" ”

"England! Banzai! ”

Dispelling the fear of the sailors waiting in line to be shot, Lorraine threw her gun to the ground, took a yellow paper tube from her waist and raised her hand again.

"This is your ammunition, fixed paper shell bullets, everything is ready for you, you just need to ......"

He flicked his fingers and tapped the lid of the fire pool, bit the tail of the paper shell with his teeth, poured the gunpowder into it, closed the lid, bit the bullet again, poured the lead bullet and another part of the gunpowder into the barrel, drew the through, and passed it to the end.

With this done, he raised his gun, aimed at the ringed plank 20 meters away, and pulled the trigger.

I only heard a bang, and white gunpowder smoke poured out of the fire pool, and for a while the smoke was swirling, obscuring the vision.

When the smoke cleared, there was a huge hole in the position of the Eighth Ring, revealing the Yinyin grassland behind the board.

The sailors remembered the sparse applause.

Lorraine knocked the barrel of the gun seemingly dissatisfied, poured out the remaining dregs, and continued: "One hundred shots per person a day, we are pressed for time, I hope ......"

Rumble!

A gunshot rang out in the distance, and the distance was almost more than a hundred meters, Lorraine stopped talking, looked in the direction of the smoke in astonishment, and actually saw little Pierce lying on the grass, holding a musket about the same height as him, rubbing his shoulders, and grinning.

As a teaching assistant, Yacharin looked at the ringed plank and was dumbfounded: "Target...... Bullseye? ”

Lorraine casually threw the gun to the nearest sailor, and said with a smile: "It seems that after losing his position in the kitchen, little Pierce quickly found himself a new position, what a good ......"

……

"Hunters?" Holding his new toy, little Pierce blinked and looked dazed, "Brother, do you want me to be a chasesser on the ship?" ”

"That's right, in addition to the deputy post of the second officer, I want you to take on the main position of a hunter."

"What's that for?"

"Hunter, originally a term for infantry, refers to elite musketeers who move quickly and shoot accurately. They have the privilege of not entering the line column and are free to choose the firing position. Later, it developed into the navy and was used to refer to the sharpshooters on ships, responsible for sniping the opposing seamen and officers. ”

"Full-time shooting, random sniping?"

"That's it." Lorraine nodded, "If you're willing to accept the position, I'm going to ask Karen to convert the foremast lookout into a special design station, dig out the gun stacks, wrap the iron sheets, and you can stand or crouch in it to shoot, which can be of great help." ”

"Can you do a great favor?" Pierce's eyes sparkled.

"Yes, a good hunter is no less useful than a cannon in broadside combat, and it is a cannon controlled by Acharin."

In an instant, little Pierce found a new value in life.

He readily agreed to Lorraine's request, and at the same time received the task of helping Henna sew a thick shoulder pad and a pair of comfortable earmuffs for him, and at the same time, he could complete the shooting volume of 200 rounds a day, and use high frequency to develop and stabilize his talent.

Little Pierce happily went to Henna, and Lorraine stretched her waist and slowly went to the umbrella to drink tea and chat with Raven.

Raven's face was full of envy.

"You can actually get a short-barreled gun for the Marine Corps......," he licked his lips, "we only have a dozen old Type 1 rifles in our entire Chamber of Commerce, and the barrels are too long to be of due value on the ship." ”

"If you like." Lorraine smiled and took a sip of tea, "I still have a spare gun, it's a gift from a friend." ”

"Really?" Raven couldn't help but rub his hands.

Lorraine smiled dumbly: "Raven, you have been my wingman since the day the Broken Fleet was established, and I am a friend in my heart, just like my seamen, a friend worthy of entrusting my life. ”

"I am willing to give my life for you." Raven said solemnly, "From the moment you rescued me at sea, I knew that a warrior had finally come out of the offshore business district, and it was my lifelong honor to be friends with him." ”

The two drank tea and laughed, and Raven solemnly took the gun and the matching bullets and bayonets that Lorraine had called, and intoxicated himself with the inscription on the gun as if he were stroking a lover.

After a few moments of intoxication, he embarrassed to put the gun back in the box.

"Lorraine...... Can I call you that? ”

"All the time."

"Lorraine, my daughter was baptized in three days, and I hope you can be her godfather and grow up with her."

"The Godfather?" Lorraine was stunned.

His reaction fell in Raven's eyes, and was misunderstood by Raven as a rejection, and his face couldn't help but darken: "If you have something to do......

"I'm really embarrassed......" Lorraine put down her teacup and pondered her words, "First of all, thank you for believing in me, this invitation is a compliment to my character, and I feel it in my heart." And then...... You see, my faith is my ancestor, Niord, and this faith has influenced many things, most of which are not good......"

Raven was surprised: "Aren't the Drakes Puritans?" ”

"This is the main reason why I was expelled from the family......"

Now it was Raven's turn to smile bitterly.

"I didn't expect that, sorry ......"

"Nothing to be sorry about." Lorraine smiled and offered tea to Raven, "It's a pity that you have to find a new godfather for my niece, a godfather who believes in God." ”

"yes......"

The two were chatting when Carmen and Hierro's niece Freya arrived together, and from afar, Lorraine saw the smile on Carmen's face.

"Captain, the Yodel Chamber of Commerce has officially responded to our request. They were more than willing to negotiate with us about the return of the Tulip of Liberty and the handsome admiral, in three days' time at the Friedrich estate in the port of Hamburg in the Kingdom of Prussia, and in the presence of Baroness Jodel herself! ”

"The baroness actually came to talk about it herself?" Lorraine looked weird, "I remember...... She's not the president of the Chamber of Commerce, is she? ”

"No, the president is Mr. Alming, she is only a funder of the Chamber of Commerce, and she is also the actual beneficiary."

"The baroness who should have been hiding behind the scenes is there herself......" Lorraine muttered, staring playfully at the amber tea, "it seems that we have underestimated what we have captured...... That handsome Admiral Wange has hidden a lot of things from us. ”