By December, the crew had been practicing for five months, and each had fired more than 400 rounds of arquebuses. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In the early days, the crew was basically able to hit the plank eighty paces away with three shots. In order to further improve the crew's shooting skills, Li Tu replaced the one-man high plank with half the original size, and then a quarter of the size.

Under the incentive system set by Li Tu, the crew kept training, summarizing, training, summarizing, and by November, even if it was a small plank that was a quarter the size of the original plank, the crew could basically hit, and it was a qualified arquebusier.

Through physical training, combat training, and adequate nutrition, the physical condition of these crew members has improved significantly. Even Xue Yiming, the head manager who is almost fifty years old, has also become much stronger under the catalysis of training, and he is more stable when operating the arquebus.

The bomb that was ordered from the Satsuma clan has also been made.

These bombs weighed 15 pounds each, and 8 pounds of gunpowder were contained in them, and they were covered with a tortoiseshell-like cast iron shell, weighing 7 pounds. A threaded opening in the top of the bomb has a slow-burning fuse inserted into it. Although they all use the existing technology of this era, there are no bright spots in technology, but they are simple and practical.

Li Tu experimentally ignited one on the training ground, and the explosives exploded and flew up to kill and injure fighters within a radius of 1.5 meters. When fighting in a gang on a ship, such a bomb can be used as a grenade, and the lethality is considerable. The only drawback is that it is more expensive, and a bomb costs ten taels of silver. If it weren't for a profiteering maritime merchant like Xiao Xiangui, the average army wouldn't have been able to use it at all.

After the bomb arrived, Li Tu organized everyone to practice throwing bombs. Of course, the practice is done with a practice bullet loaded with soil. In order to improve the effectiveness of the training, Li Tu even used wooden planks in the training ground to shape the terrace of the Fuship, and asked the crew to throw bombs on the simulated terrace.

After another month of training, by January of the third year of the Apocalypse, the crew could accurately throw targets more than ten meters away.

In terms of shooting training, Li Tu even replaced the planks with head-sized pieces of wood, allowing the crew to shoot at a distance of 80 paces.

However, not all of them train seriously. Wang Jian, the head shop, did not obey Li Tu's command at all. is simply shooting indiscriminately with his eyes closed, and after six months of practice, Wang Jian's shooting results are still a mess. Not only that, Wang Jian also took four or five eyes that followed him to find Li Tu's stubble, and often resisted Li Tu's orders.

On this day, Xiao Xiangui went to the city to visit Naomitsu Miyagi, not on the training ground. Wang Jian and a few eyes who followed him saw that the owner was not there, so they made trouble.

Eyes Hongba took the lead in attacking. Practicing arquebuses and throwing bombs every day, he has long been impatient. When it was his turn to practice shooting, he threw his arquebus on the ground and said in a loud voice:

"Manly man, what is the matter with practicing this Laoshzi in hiding every day?"

Seeing that Hong Ba was in trouble, several other eyes also made trouble.

"Practicing this Japanese iron cannon all day long, it really trained my fire!"

"A dignified man, he should jump into a duel, what's the matter with winning with this firearm?"

Seeing a few people who had always had a relatively high status on the ship making trouble, the crew looked at each other, and no one dared to speak, so they all gathered around and watched the excitement from the side.

Seeing that someone was making trouble, Li Tu hurriedly ran to the front and said loudly:

"What are you doing? This is the training ground! How dare you make trouble? ”

That Hong Ba didn't look at Li Tu in his eyes, rolled his eyes and said:

"What kind of majesty are you shaking? Lao Tzu was on this Zaixing three years ago? When did you come? It's only been half a year since you came to Zaixing, and you've ridden to Lao Tzu's head! ”

This Hong Ba got on the boat early, and he was the most prominent on the ship. He usually walks closest to Wang Jian, the head shop, if it weren't for Li Tu to kill him in the middle of the road, he would be the most suitable candidate for the second shop. Now Li Tu is in power, not only serving as the second shop, but also managing all crew training, which makes him very dissatisfied.

Seeing Hong Ba taking the lead, several other eyes coaxed:

"Aren't you just a little braver the last time you fought the pirates?"

"I don't think of myself as an outsider all of a sudden, and I have to take care of all of us, and make it look like a host!"

Hearing these words, the onlookers fell silent one by one, and no one spoke.

Seeing that Hong Ba doubted his leadership, Li Tu's eyes flashed with anger, and he went up and grabbed Hong Ba's collar.

"How dare you make trouble? Believe it or not, I Li Tu knocked you out with a punch? ”

But Li Tu's cruel words about purging discipline were interrupted by Wang Jian, the head shop.

Stopping his body between Li Tu and Hong Ba, Wang Jian said coldly:

"Erpu Li Tu, put down Hong Ba!"

"If you want to beat him, beat me to death first!"

Hearing Wang Jian's words, Li Tu was speechless for a while.

What Wang Jian and Hong Ba said was hitting Li Tu's soft underbelly.

Indeed, Li Tu's time to run the sea is still short. It has not been enough for seven months since the arrival of the Zaixing. Compared to the rest of the ship's crew, Li Tu was a newcomer. According to the habit of ranking seniority, even if he has the qualifications to fight pirates, Li Tu is at most a second shop, and he should not coordinate the overall situation and manage everyone's training at all.

The reason why Li Tu was able to take on the responsibility of managing everyone's training was because he had seen people at critical moments again and again and assisted Xiao Xiangui to tide over difficulties. As a traverser, Li Tu used the knowledge of his later generations to point out the way for Xiao Xiangui, which convinced Xiao Xiangui and got his status today.

But this kind of insight and ability is unknown to the eyes and other shipwrights on the ship. Whether Li Tu can lead them out of the crisis, they don't know. The only thing they saw was that Li Tu, who came from behind, was inexplicably rising to prominence and was entrusted with a heavy task by the owner.

So far, what Hong Ba and these people are talking about is actually the careful thinking of all the crew members.

Li Tu's position is, after all, a second shop. He didn't have enough merit or seniority to challenge for the position of head office. His move to clean up discipline was stopped by Wang Jian, the head shop, which was really a bit unjustifiable.

Li Tu waved his fist in the air, paused, embarrassed and didn't know whether to take it or let it go.

Seeing that Li Tu couldn't advance or retreat, the onlookers all chattered.

Wang Jian saw that Li Tu was discouraged, and said coldly: "This arquebus shooter specializes in hiding in the dark to operate and shoot, it is really not the work of the eldest husband, and I Wang Jian will not practice anymore." ”

When several other troublemakers heard this, they also said: "Don't practice anymore!" We don't practice anymore! ”

In front of everyone, Wang Jian and the others threw down their arquebuses and were about to leave.

But as soon as Wang Jian raised his leg to leave, he heard an old voice behind him: "Slow! ”

Wang Jian turned his head and saw that the person who stopped him was Xue Yiming, the chief manager.

Walking out of the crowd of onlookers, Xue Yiming picked up Wang Jian's arquebus, patted the dirt on it, and said: "Mr. Wang is no longer practicing, is he no longer the general shop of Zaixing?" ”