Of course, the rice varieties on Taiwan's side are also selected by the Department of Agricultural Administration, and they are still in the process of continuous experimentation, and the Department of Agriculture has thousands of acres of experimental fields in Taiwan, and all kinds of rice varieties will be cultivated and planted there, and according to the water source, fertilizer, pests and diseases to distinguish and breed the best varieties, according to the people in the agricultural administration, the time is still too short, and it takes at least several years to accumulate such a thing as a start, and if you want to really make progress, ten years of work is the minimum. However, now there is the Department of Agriculture to help check, at least in the selection and cultivation and all aspects are much stronger than the farmers themselves blind seeds, many farmers are self-righteous, thinking that the land that has been planted for a lifetime must be better than the reader, and after the Department of Agriculture has been hand-in-hand for half a year, these farmers know that the original farming also has a university question, and they will only make themselves suffer if they ignore it.

If it weren't for the Dutch ship sailing in front of them, getting closer and closer, it really seemed like an ordinary official breakfast, everyone took food, gathered together to eat and chat, industry and commerce, agricultural administration, military affairs, accounting, you can talk about everything.

The atmosphere is excellent, Chang Wei finished eating first, he was born in a rich family, unlike Zhang Xuwen, although he was born in a family, but he has a side door, Li Pingzhi is a commoner, Sun Jingting is with the miners all the year round, everyone eats a lot, and they don't pay much attention to taste, they are happy to eat, Chang Wei only eats one and stands aside with a smile to watch everyone eat, and then talks to everyone about government affairs.

They are all in their twenties and thirties, and the eldest Sun Jingting is in his early thirties, and he is really not very mature in later generations, and it is likely that he is not even married. At this time, these people in front of them are the best people for a while, although everyone has a smile between their eyebrows, they can still see different things.

Zhang Xuwen is elegant and confident, Sun Jingting is meticulous with a heroic spirit that can't be hidden, and Li Pingzhi is ambitious that can't be hidden between his eyebrows...... Of course, it can also be said to be ambition.

Chang Wei reflected on himself and could only shake his head and smile.

It's good to be like this now.

After everyone finished eating, they wiped their hands, and calculated that the enemy fleet would still have to arrive in the port area for half an hour, but at this time, they should have also noticed that the Hutchison sailor appeared on the unexpected sea, Chang Wei and the others saw the Dutch fleet flag waving, they were all a little nervous, I don't know what abnormal actions these Dutch people will have, fortunately, after a period of confusion in the flag, the Dutch fleet continued to maintain a mixed column pattern forward.

Perhaps having strong confidence in the strength of their own side, the Dutch did not care about the size of the Hutchison Sailor fleet and continued to move forward as usual.

After discovering this, Sun Jingting, Chang Wei and the others all glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of excitement.

The Chinese's military skills are immersed in everyone's bones, and they may not have read books, but the so-called "proud soldiers will be defeated" creed is shared by everyone.

Of course, if the Dutch had dozens of warships, no matter how proud they were, they could win, and there was no need to talk about the art of war in the face of absolute strength. But this time, the difference in strength between the two sides is not too big, and the Dutch is arrogant, and his side is training hard every day, such as facing a big enemy, such as a big guest.

Compared with the two, a first-line victory has appeared.

At this moment everyone heard the sound of cannons, and it turned out that the Dutch fleet was only less than five miles away, and a thirty-six-pounder gun was filled with gunpowder and fired a shot at the fleet at sea.

Cannonballs whistling out, more than 30 pounds of iron bullets can be imagined how huge, two hundred years, the power of artillery has not changed qualitatively, until the breech gun, rifling, gunpowder technology and airtight technology after the comprehensive innovation, until the late nineteenth century, artillery technology has completed the upgrading, become the World War I period of the big killer, at this time the cannonball fired, soon after everyone heard the sound, the cannonball has fallen into the sea.

The shells that fell from exhaustion splashed a huge splash, Li Pingzhi looked at it, and said: "It is more than three miles and less than four miles, which is already the maximum range." ”

The 36-pounder cannon is already the heaviest heavy artillery in Hutchison, and there is no heavy artillery of more than 50 pounder in Europe at this time, and the maximum firing distance is about five miles, but the level of play is not necessarily, generally speaking, it can hit a range of three or four miles, and the kinetic energy is attenuated when it is three miles away, and the power is much smaller.

The real effective killing range is still within three miles, this is the power of the top heavy artillery, the general four-pounder cannon effective killing one mile, preferably within half a mile, the nine-pounder cannon is seven hundred steps to a thousand steps, the higher the more similar, the main reason for limiting the power of artillery is still in the gunpowder and air tightness, as well as the boreness, these problems are not solved, no matter how good the workmanship is, it is to increase a little power, and more importantly, to ensure safety, like the Ming Dynasty's artillery is prone to explode, which no one can stand.

The red flags of the batteries were wavering, apparently based on the calculation of the distance just now, and at the same time, the generals waved the flags to the Hutchison sailors at sea to inform them of the results, and if they needed the assistance of the coastal defense batteries, then they had to come to the inland sea for another three miles.

"I don't expect the Dutch to come." Chang Wei shook his head and said, "Although our shore-based batteries have less than fifty heavy guns, it is also a psychological deterrent to them when they fight, so they will adjust the tail sail and try to send the ship further overseas." If we don't go up, they will come straight across the boat, and we will suffer even more. ”

Of course, naval battles can't be sideways, and sail warships can't do that, so no matter what the array, it's important to get the first touch at the beginning.

The battle line is a one-word column, that is to say, it is a column when facing the battle, so that when it reaches a distance that can be engaged, the battleship at the front of the column must be set on fire by the opposite side, most of them are worse, the Netherlands is not a column, but like a swarm of bees, such a disadvantage is that when the side is in chaos, each fights, can not concentrate firepower, the fire because of the adjustment of the angle of the reason there are front and back, a naval battle is more than half, some ships have not adjusted the angle to find a suitable position. Most of them can even accidentally injure friendly ships...... There are not such examples, but there are too many.

The Dutch are not stupid, although they are arrogant, they will not fight against the heavy artillery on the shore and this side, it is more likely that they will adjust some distance and then go back, if the Hutchison sailor does not meet it, then the other party will be able to adjust the angle sideways and come back, which is equivalent to giving the enemy ship time to adjust calmly, and the loss will be greater.

In front of everyone's eyes, the white sails on the calm sapphire-like sea were really chaotic, and the Holland adjusted the spinnakers on the tail slightly, and nineteen warships of various sizes rowed out of the royal blue water, and went sideways to the sea to the west, and then returned to adjust the sails, and continued to maintain the posture of the column straight forward.

With the waterline and white waves behind you, a flock of seagulls flying on the top of the sailboat, and dolphins leaping and chirping from time to time on the sea below the hull.

The scenery in front of them was like this, and everyone was solemn, time passed in an instant, and a fierce naval battle was about to begin.

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Zheng Zhilong stood at the stern of the ship, watching the gunners of the artillery washing and cleaning, and the schooner desperately rushing to turn to the side, the speed was extremely fast, and the artillery could not fire at such a high speed, so it was just the opportunity to do a deep cleanup.

Every gunner took off their robes and ran back and forth shirtless, they knew that they would have to fight for a while, and they were not happy to do things in their robes, not to mention that if they were hit and wounded, it would not be easy to rescue and clean...... Of course, if it is really directly hit by a cannonball, then it is useless to say anything, and it will directly become a puddle of rotten meat.

The speed at which the Tianchengwei turned around was so fast that it was almost instantaneous, and the sea of water at the stern of the ship became a pile of white jade-like debris, and several dolphins rolled under the white waves, swimming happily around.

Zheng Zhilong was a little stunned, he didn't know why the dolphin kept following the boat, it seemed to be like this all the time.

However, this is not the time to take care of this matter, the hull turns quickly, the movement is very urgent, the width of the schooner is not as wide as that of the Galen ship, nor as good as the same amount of lucky ships, and when it turns, the side is too strong, and everyone has the feeling of tilting.

Soon the hull turned, and like a fish flying forward, the sails immediately puffed up, eating the wind forward, almost flying, the speed of this moment must have reached more than a dozen knots, that is, the speed of more than 30 kilometers per hour, the experience of driving in the future is not worth mentioning, just a light throttle to the speed, but for people in this era is a rare high-speed experience, riding a horse for an hour is generally to walk three or four to five or six kilometers, at the expense of horsepower of the horse an hour is more than ten kilometers per hour, the carriage is even slower, Where can it compare to the speed of riding the wind and waves right now?

Many of the sailors shouted merrily, and the Russians screamed strangely, and the crowd did not seem to turn back to fight the enemy, but as if they were racing on the sea.

Zheng Zhilong is also full of happiness, sure enough, he still has to do what he wants, he wants to kill back, he wants to kill back, and he has a good idea, if he runs away directly this time, his morale will definitely be greatly defeated, and he will not escape next time he encounters the enemy at sea? If you run away from the enemy every time, then shipbuilding and cannon building have a fart use, just call the Dutch a tribute...... That's all the Dutch asked for!

The Crown Prince was not far from the port on the left, about five or six miles apart, and they were originally anchored sideways to shoot, but when they saw the schooner turn around, it must have been in the direction of their bow, so they could only quickly lift the anchor and turn around, turn the original bow around, towards the direction of the interior of the port, and then come to meet the battle on the starboard side, at this time the characteristics of the Galen ship were fully revealed......

The origin of the Galen ship is actually the improvement of the Spanish galleon, the predecessor of the Spanish galleon is the Kirk ship and the Carrak sailboat, in Northern Europe appeared a different from the past single-deck Viking longship, with the upper and lower cabin design, the volume is also larger than the longship of the dhow: the Kirk ship. It is believed that the name Kirk ship originated from the waterproofing method used to fill the gaps in the joints of the hull with glue and stuffing during construction.

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It's actually really difficult to check the information of naval battles and sailing ships, and it's a lot of energy, so let's use the ticket to make a little affirmation for me, thank you.