I have to say that there is a huge difference between active duty and military academy study, the fatigue and pressure of work have made Chen Yuxue become a black and beautiful, emaciated, but the pressure makes people mature, with the passage of the number of posts, the business is becoming more and more exquisite, and the captain and deputy captain who used to come to patrol from time to time come less and less when she is on duty, the time is getting shorter and shorter, and finally disappears.

The crew went from being suspicious at first to willingly accepting her orders---- the facts were in front of them, and she commanded the warship with confidence, speed, stability, and peace, and everyone had nothing to say.

The sea route to Hoi An, Annam is very smooth, and the Daming port along the way, Tainan No. 15 has unimpeded the banner of the Daming Fujian Navy Division and Taiwan Guard, and the supply is unimpeded.

Nowadays, Fujian, Liangguang, Hainan, Zhejiang, and even the coastal areas of Daming north of the Yangtze River estuary are becoming more and more familiar with the southeastern prefectures, and regard the southeastern ships as their own.

On the waterway, the southeast warships come and go, and the merchant ships are dense, full of ships with export goods, they mainly transport silk, tea and porcelain, and everything that is thought to be sold for money, while the southeast province provides rice, meat, oil, sugar, tobacco and wine to the interior, this is a golden waterway, silver road, southeast province eight years of hard work, fruitful, and southeast province's warships, escort the waterway.

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Driving to Hoi An, Tainan No. 15 issued a signal to enter the port.

When the officials of the meeting found out that this Ming big ship was actually a young woman in command, they were so shocked that their jaws fell out!

Captain Huang Min proudly showed off to the Annan people: "This is our 'ship flower', unique!" ”

Chen Yuxue has a new feeling and understands how the word "vase" is written!

They stayed in Hoi An for three days, the warship was busy replenishing supplies and overhauling, and Captain Huang Min took Chen Yuxue to meet with the Hoi An officials, socialize with them, and make friends, which was also one of the tasks of the warship's visit.

Chen Yuxue was very annoyed by the eyes of the monkeys in Annan who were rolling around her in a daze, and she had no doubt that if she didn't have the skin of the Southeast Fleet, she would have been snatched into the mansion by the high-ranking officials of Annan earlier, and she would have eaten a lot!

Compared with the monkeys in Annam, Hoi An City is still good, and the enthusiasm of the overseas Chinese in Hoi An City is even more moving.

In Hoi An, there are Chinese buildings everywhere, with the Hokkien Huay Hall, the Kwong Siu Guild Hall, the Teochew Huay Hall, the Qiongfu Guild Hall and the Chung Wah Huay Hall. The building of the guild hall is majestic and magnificent, with golden and brilliant trees, and the local green trees are sprouting, but you can always hear the local sound in the exotic atmosphere.

The local overseas Chinese are extremely enthusiastic, the banquet takes turns, the delicacies of the mountains and seas, the best wine, Chen Yuxue heard Captain Huang Min say that they are too polite, and the overseas Chinese said that as soon as the battleship of the Southeast Mansion arrives, it is the backstage of their overseas Chinese, and the monkeys of Annam are very polite to the overseas Chinese!

Seeing that this beautiful girl didn't understand what she meant, the overseas Chinese gossiped, talking about the previous family history, the Ming Dynasty ignored their life and death, and overseas Chinese were bullied overseas, and their lives were bitter!

When the southeast warship arrived, the life of the overseas Chinese was much better, and if they dared to bully them, the overseas Chinese only had to say: "We will appeal to the Southeast Prefecture and ask them to send gunboats!" ”

Therefore, overseas Chinese really like the southeast warship to come------ the southeast warship does not accept bribes, and it is nothing to invite them to dinner!

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Depart Hoi An for a three-day cruise with calm sea conditions.

On this day, Chen Yuxue was resting in her room when she heard a rapid bell ringing, which was a signal to prepare for battle, so she hurriedly put on her helmet, put on her armor, and went up to the open deck.

I saw that the ship was chasing a battleship similar to the cruiser!

The streamlined cruiser has always been unique to the southeast province, and a copy similar to its own was found at sea, so it was okay!

shouted at the other party to stop the ship, the other party turned a deaf ear, didn't say anything, Captain Huang Min ordered the pursuit!

Then it was found that the other party raised a skull flag, which was a pirate ship.

The upper mast had been opened, and the foremast, mainmast, and mainsail were all full of wind, and the cruiser tilted to the right, blocking her view to the right, and she bowed down to look to the right from under the foresail, and saw that the pirate ship was beginning to make a detour, and it was about to turn around in the headwind.

The pirates looked very arrogant, they shouted, whistled, and even beat drums.

"Listen, what do they say?" Huang Min asked.

"It's Chinese!" Someone said.

The Chinese pirates are actually equipped with a cruiser-style pirate ship?

However, the headwind kept them slow and fast, and even with all the sails they used, the boat could not go up.

The bow of the Tainan 15 stirred up a huge wave, and the open sails tightened the wind, and it increased its speed to five knots under the effect of all the sails, and the speed of the corsair was only the rudder effect, and it had already begun to spin in the water, because it entered a rotating downwind zone of almost uniform speed, in which case the wind would turn its unprotected stern in the direction of the cruiser's gun, and the distance between the two ships was less than five hundred meters, and the distance was getting smaller and smaller, but the pirate was not stupid, Chen Yuxue saw that the rear mast sail on it was attached to the mast, and the mainmast sail boom and foremast sail boom were all at right angles.

In this way, the wind pushes the stern downwind and the hull shifts in the opposite direction, so that the two ships are eventually parallel.

Counting, the opponent has thirty-two, and our side has 38 cannons.

"We're going to win, let's beat it!" Captain Huang Min shouted.

"Ready! it! Chen Yuxue scolded, such a beautiful girl scolded rudely, the officers and soldiers were happy!

The two ships were getting closer, and the wind pushed the Tainan 15 to the front of the pirate ship, and the distance of 300 meters was about 250 meters, and at about 250 meters, Captain Huang Min ordered the gun commander of the last cannon of the open-air deck gun: "Fire at the bow of the pirate ship." ”

The gunner did as he was told, and the cannon pierced its foremast, causing the pirates to panic, and they loosened their sails and lowered the slices.

"Grab the wind!"

The well-trained sailors were arm-and-finger, many of them brought by Captain Huang Min from his original cruiser, and it was enough to get the foremast sails fluttering in no time.

At each gun position, the sailors strictly guarded their posts, looked nervous, did not say a word, and the gunners faced the cabin solemnly, holding the lighted slow-burning fuse in their hands, and blowing air on it from time to time to maintain a good burning state.

The gunners crouched beside the barrels, staring at the pirate ship with their eyes in their eyes.

"Hit!" As soon as the words fell, the rumbling cannon sounded, the thick smoke of gunpowder shrouded the sea, the recoil of the shelling made the whole ship of the cruiser tremble, even the keel was no exception, and suddenly found that something seemed to be wrong, Chen Yuxue subconsciously straightened his clothes----- the smoke in front of him, and the sudden headwind blew the gunpowder smoke to the cruiser, the smoke was filled, it seemed to be poetic, in fact, it was full of killings, and the screams of the crew sounded from time to time in the artillery fire!

"Turn the truss." The captain shouted, ordered the steering wheel to be hit, and the warship adjusted to its original position, although the speed of adjustment was relatively slow, but it still returned to its original position, so the second round of artillery fire fired.

The sudden gust of wind just now also shifted the stern of the pirate ship to a different position, and when the smoke cleared, its cannon responded. After the smoke cleared, the officers and men of the cruiser let out bursts of cheers, and the effect of the shelling was revealed, and the stern and stern sides of the corsair were severely damaged, and the windows of the cabin and the boats hanging on the sides were destroyed.

The cruiser gradually increased in speed, traveling almost side-by-side with the Corsair, with the cruiser slightly behind. Both boats were busy adjusting the sails to suit the wind.

Everyone sat in rows, eating bullets, and fired shells at each other, and the sound of cannons continued, and the smoke of gunpowder billowed out, and tongues of fire flashed in the white and black-gray smoke.

When the bell rang, the smoke became thicker, making the warship fall into the clouds and fog, and the battle was in a hurry.

The guns roared, they shouted loudly, the gunners gave orders, the gunners fired their guns angrily, and bombarded the opponent's hull as quickly as possible, and the non-commissioned officers who worked with various departments ran around, helping here and there, and dealing with the chaos at any time.

Gunpowder and shells were delivered from the ammunition depots to the various gun emplacements with great regularity, and the boatswain and his lieutenants constantly looked up at the handsails in order to spot damaged sails or cables in time.

On the upper part of the mast, the snipers' muskets snapped and never stopped, and at the same time, the snipers on the opposing mast also used color and the opponent's artillery counterattack, and the guns rained down!

The captain commanded the battle from the open deck, and a short distance to his left stood Chen Yuxue and Wen Qi Liming, and on his right were the helmsmen, who did not move as the shells flew past or hit the hull with a loud bang.

A shell flew a few meters in front of them, hit the iron frame of the ship's crane, and under the heavy blow, shook the hanging dinghy and fell to the deck.

The shell was not broken, rolling on the deck, and Huang Min said: "Second Lieutenant Chen, you can collect it as a souvenir, this is your debut!" ”

Chen Yuxue was as good as a stream, and put away the twelve-pound cannonball.

At this time, the pirate ship could no longer bear it, it pulled up its sails and fled, and Tainan 15 was in hot pursuit!

After chasing south for about twenty miles, an island appeared in front of it, and the pirate ship sailed close to the island, while the Tainan 15 continued to pursue along the outer edge of the island.

When the two ships chased the north and southeast sides of the island and entered the waters south of it, the lookout on the Tainan 15 shouted.

Everyone's hearts sank, and when they looked at it, another pirate ship appeared!

The first pirate ship turned, and it X turned very fast, and what was worse was that both pirate ships had the upper hand, and the two ships were flanking left and right, killing Tainan 15!