Hong Tao wants to hunt whales, then there must be tools to hunt, although the baleen whale does not take the initiative to attack humans, but its size is too big, more than a dozen tons or even dozens of tons, hundreds of tons of body is its weapon, and it will die and die. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Europe and the United States set off a peak of whaling, and the world's whales were basically wiped out by them. As a result, when they had other alternatives, they immediately changed their attitude, saying that they wanted to protect the whales.

At the height of the whaling season, whales were mainly hunted with whale spears and whale cannons, which were a large metal arrow fired from a front-loading cannon with a sturdy cable attached to the back. When the whale is struck by the whaling fork on the whaling ship, it will not only firmly hook the whale's flesh and bones with barbs, but also open the head of the harpoon, making a large cut in the whale's body, causing the whale to lose a lot of blood. The more you struggle, the more you lose blood, and soon the whale will die, and then be dragged onto the whaling ship and dismembered on the spot.

But Hongtao did not have a large whaling ship, let alone a front-loading gun and a whaling fork, and this technology could not make up for it for the time being. But without these things, it can't be said that whales can't be hunted, and the Inuit have a relatively easy way to hunt whales. They made the harpoon head barbed and detached from the harpoon handle, with a sturdy animal skin rope attached to the end of the harpoon, and several sealskin air sacs attached to the other end of the rope.

When they spot a whale, they chase it in a kayak, and when they get close to it, they stick a harpoon on it and let the whale swim away with a leather rope and airbag. The whale does not have gills, and if it wants to go below the surface of the sea, it has to hold its breath, and after a while it has to come up to breathe. There was blood on the body and a few air sacs hanging, which hurt and affected the sinking, and the oxygen was consumed in vain, and after a few minutes, the whale had to float up. At this time, the Inuit stuck harpoons in the whale, and the cycle continued, and the whale was consumed alive. The airbags will mark the whale's location and pull it back with a row.

This is the method used by Hong Tao, his harpoon is not as advanced as the Inuit, and his head will not detach automatically. However, his harpoon was sharper and more ferocious, with a quadrangular fork head with blood grooves on each side, and a horizontal knife at the tail that could pierce and cut. The back is not tied to an airbag, but a large pile of bamboo tubes, the buoyancy is not small at all, and it is very cheap, and it is everywhere on the mountain.

When this harpoon is inserted, the whale will dive with a bunch of bamboo tubes, and after the bamboo stick is resisted by the water, it will also drive the fork head to continue to cut the whale wound, which is more effective. Originally, this harpoon was used to deal with large fish, mainly with a rolling hook, and last time I inadvertently dealt with a shark, and the effect was quite good. So Hong Tao went back and made a few more, or in the largest blacksmith shop in Zhenzhou City, the steel was much stronger than the cliff town on the Ningyuan River, and the fork head was half a foot long, which looked very cruel.

However, Hong Tao did not dare to chase the whale in the sailboat, and the distance of the harpoon was very close, and it was difficult to ensure that the whale did not struggle after suffering pain, and if the tail hit his new boat, it would be a big loss. So the three windsurfing boards made by Hong Tao came in handy, this gadget is very flexible, and the speed is also fast, even faster than the speed of the whale sprint, as long as the technique is better, follow the direction of the whale swimming, and it will not be easily hit.

"Tie the bamboo tube loosely, don't tear it open, then you will be pulled to the bottom by the whale." Hong Tao put the windsurf board down first, and then stood on it with Carl and the two of them to support the side of the boat, tied the bamboo tube to the head of the windsurf board with a live buckle, and after tying his own Hong Tao also went to check Carl's to make sure he didn't tie a dead buckle!

"Ah Zhu, remember, don't get too close, just follow the bamboo tube from a distance, let's go!" After tying the bamboo tube, holding the harpoon again, and hooking the chest hook made of hemp rope around his waist to the sail support, Hong Tao waved his hand at the Bo Zhu on the boat, and then fanned the canvas with Carl, let the sail board leave the sailboat, and began to adjust the wind on the sea, slowly accelerating.

In fact, relying on manpower to hunt whales is far less easy than Hong Tao and Azhu said, the danger is still very great, especially driving a small thing like a windsurfing board to hunt, a little bit of poor balance, after falling into the water, it will be troublesome, even if the whales do not attack you, the whirlpool they bring up when diving can also make you sink, and then next to a pectoral fin or tail fin, it will basically be reimbursed. However, Hong Tao couldn't say this to Azhu, and said that she would hold herself and not let go.

"Look at my gestures...... If you find a target, don't change course, just follow me and rush over and plug in the harpoon, leave me alone, do you hear? Don't push too hard when plugging, keep your body balanced, it doesn't matter if you don't plug in, the harpoon won't sink, and you can pick it up, so it's important to save your life. If you fall overboard in a school of whales, I can't save you, take care of yourself! "It is much more direct to communicate with Carl Hong Tao, not only to make it clear where the danger is, but also to say more seriously, now everyone around Hong Tao is very precious, and it is distressing to lose one, especially this European guy, who will explore westward in the future and go to the Atlantic, maybe he will have to rely on his relationship with the royal relatives.

Suddenly two things with tall fins appeared on the sea, and they ran quite fast, which immediately made the seabirds a mess, and the sky did not dare to dive again, and the ones on the water also quickly flew up, watching the two strange guys vigilantly. It's a pity that animals are action after all, eating is their lifelong pursuit, honest for a while, there are seabirds in the sky like a dive bomber, wings backwards, high speed into the sea, some float up with a small fish in their mouths, some are still empty, rest for a few minutes and have to fly up and dive again.

This bird is not a seagull, but a boobies, which are widely distributed around the world, and can be found on many small islands. It also has another nickname, the navigation bird, which means that it can navigate not the boats, but the fishermen. Wherever there are a large number of them, there must be a large school of fish underwater, so fishermen like to see them on the sea.

This time they are not untargeted, Hong Tao has already recognized it, the fish in their mouths is sardines, it seems that there are already schools of fish that have arrived in the nearby waters in advance, this time the calculation of the Tan family is slightly off, about a day late. It's hard to say, maybe the bigger fish are still behind, and these whales are just the vanguard.

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