On September 12, 1852, the weather was fine, the wind was light, there were no waves, fresh water, food, medicine, and ammunition were sufficient and unconsumed.

Lin Haijiang closed the captain's navigation chronicle, issued several orders in succession, and asked the 150 Chinese sailors and 100 black slaves on board to line up on the foredeck to give lectures.

The three Mitterrand standing beside Lin Haijiang looked at the decent Lin Haijiang and smiled slightly, it can be said that Lin Haijiang's coordination ability was completely beyond his expectations, although it was still a little jerky, but it was already a small miracle for a fledgling rookie.

Lin Haijiang's Royal Alternate Officer's uniform had a yellow finger-wide border on the cuffs, which represented the rank of Second Lieutenant of the Royal Navy, while the third mate Mitterrand was a full-fledged Royal Navy Captain.

Originally, the three Mitterrands were to obey Edward. Major Evan commanded, but Edward. However, Ewen sent an alternate second lieutenant adjutant plenipotentiary representative, so as long as the warship was guaranteed that there were no major problems, the third mate Mitterrand was transparent, and since there were no cadets on the ship this time, Mitterrand even saved the complicated and tedious errand of grading the cadets.

Carrying a bottle of tequila around the boat, watching Lin Haijiang train those poor Chinese sailors and black slaves, Mitterrand had never been so comfortable in his sailing career.

In addition to practicing, Lin Haijiang was depressed to find that the black slaves were faster than the Chinese sailors, and they were more diligent, on the contrary, these Chinese sailors had more or less lazy surnames?

A strong and healthy black slave of five pounds cost Lin Haijiang five hundred pounds, and Lin Haijiang has regarded these black slaves as his own team, and from a certain point of view, these black slaves who have left their homeland are still very reliable.

Because they carried more than twice as much ammunition as normal equipment, the gunners on the Phoenix were in disarray from the next day, and even the Chinese sailors and black slaves were driven to the gun emplacements, and Lin Haijiang had to select some of them who were more talented and able to accept new tasks more quickly.

For Lin Haijiang's enthusiasm, the third mate Mitterrand often smiled, in his opinion, Lin Haijiang must be living his addiction to being a commander, and being able to command a real warship can be said to be the dream of every naval officer.

From another point of view, as for so much gunpowder and shells, if some of them are not consumed, it will be troublesome to return to Hong Kong and hand them over, and it is more pleasant to move them around than to light them.

But basically after a burst of shooting, Mitterrand will always send a multi-oared boat to the impact area to see if there are any stunned fish, tomato fish soup is the favorite of sailors sailing at sea, while the tomatoes are still fresh when they just go to sea, Mitterrand looks at Lin Haijiang, who is full of energy every day, he knows, when this little guy can't hold on, his energy is exhausted, that is, it is time to return to the port to end the sea training.

Until then, as long as the ship does not sink, there is nothing to do with Mitterrand!

In the evening, Lin Haijiang hung out a twenty-pound lottery, so that the gunners of each group had a small-scale competition, and the gunners on the Phoenix were also allowed to participate, obviously Lin Haijiang mobilized the active surnames of the whole ship, and the sailors who had nothing to do were like monkeys waiting for fruit to squat full of mainsails, compared to the salary of less than two pounds, the temptation of twenty pounds was indeed not small.

Soon, a young man named Yang Tianhua entered Lin Haijiang's field of vision, Lin Haijiang was sure that Yang Tianhua had never seen this kind of breech-loading new artillery before, and he didn't understand any ballistics, mechanics, and didn't understand the horizontal conversion elevation angle, but after touching the artillery for a whole day, in the evening game, Yang Tianhua's group of seven people fired a total of five cannons, and hit four red barrels at a distance of 400 to 600 yards.

This kind of achievement stunned Lin Haijiang and Mitterrand and all the gunners on the Phoenix, you must know that the barrel is affected by the current in the sea, and the battleship itself is also moving, each gun can only be adjusted seven degrees to the left and right, that is to say, they have to complete the aiming and fire in a very short time, the measurement of the training project of shelling the barrel is whether the shell falls on the horizontal axis of the barrel, the closer to the barrel, the better the result, not hitting the barrel.

Of course, this does not rule out the coincidence that the blind cat ran into a dead mouse, and if a single hit can be summed up as luck, then five shots and four hits obviously mean something!

Lin Haijiang called Yang Tianhua in front of him, with a black face, messy braids on the top of his head, and a wooden expression on his face that was very in line with the characteristics of ordinary Chinese people in this era, and it can be said that they were forced to leave their homeland in order to survive.

However, Yang Tianhua didn't know what would happen to this adult who could command foreigners to look for him?

It's okay to nod to ordinary foreigners, but Yang Tianhua knew that this could only fool foreigners, and he couldn't fool the one in front of him, so he hurriedly said a thousand words: "Say hello to the adults!" ”

Lin Haijiang was slightly stunned, Yang Tianhua's action of asking for peace can be said to be neat, angular, and very flavorful! So Lin Haijiang said casually: "Have you been a soldier before? ”

As soon as Lin Haijiang's words came out, Yang Tianhua's face suddenly changed, and Lin Haijiang smiled slightly: "This is not the Qing Dynasty, don't worry, I'm just asking at random!" ”

Yang Tianhua slapped himself a few big mouths at this moment, and hesitated for a while before saying: "If you go back to your lordship, I have been a cannon in the Fujian Navy Tizi Battalion for a few years!" ”

"Oh! No wonder he hit it so accurately! I didn't expect to hire a sharpshooter for the price of cabbage and radish! Lin Haijiang's praise made Yang Tianhua's face red, and his originally dark face was even more black.

Yang Tianhua, who seemed a little at a loss, rubbed his hands and said: "The adults have won the award, and I am the only one who can often fire cannons in the small one, and show it to the admiral, the governor and the officials who came up from Beijing, and the rest of the people may not be able to catch a cannon even if they are the cannon head for a few years!" ”

"This foreigner's cannon seems to be a lot, in fact, it is also a common reason with ours, but it saves a lot of trouble, and it is far and accurate, such a small guy is about to top our 20,000 catties of general king!" When it came to artillery, Yang Tianhua was obviously full of interest, and he talked more.

After chatting with Yang Tianhua for a while, Lin Haijiang deeply felt that on the other side of the ocean, ancient China had been tortured by the Qing Dynasty to the point of dying, and a heavy sense of oppression made Lin Haijiang feel a little out of breath, recalling that in that dark history, the British and French forces only relied on a dozen fourth- and fifth-class battleships that had fallen behind in Europe to blast open China's country!

The Old Summer Palace, which gathers the history and culture of the Chinese nation, was looted and burned down, and Lin Haijiang's heart felt a burst of cramping when he thought of these things.

Looking at the sunset in the west, Lin Haijiang secretly swore that as long as he was still alive, he would never let history repeat itself! The Old Summer Palace is a treasure that belongs to the entire Chinese nation, not just to a certain dynasty!

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