"Turn your back to it! Run! ”

Si Wei bandaged the wound on Xiao Sheng's hand, and Xiao Sheng gave such an order, everyone was puzzled, this is to escape?

"Although I'm not familiar with it yet, I already understand the purpose of the fourth brother to build this ship, what? One missing? I ...... grass."

Xiao Sheng was explaining, when he heard Si Wei's words, he took a closer look at his hand, and most of his ring finger was missing, and he immediately scolded.

"Leave it alone! It's not that the root is broken, I'm afraid of a bird! The fourth brother gave me this boat, and it slipped away like this, and that was a loss! ”

Rejecting Jia Hao Liang Deguang's suggestion that he go to rest, Xiao Sheng gritted his teeth and wanted revenge.

"This ship is a wolf, Lao Tzu wants to teach that Yangyi a hard lesson!"

Li Shi's prediction was correct, he handed over the Golden Carp to Xiao Sheng, and did not elaborate on the specific tactics and key points, but Xiao Sheng himself could have some understanding. Although this guy has been in the army for many years, he can run the business at sea before, and now he is on an errand in the sailor, with the concept of modern warfare in his mind, plus the influence of Li Xi on him before, this Golden Carp should know how to fight.

This is to talk about why Li Xi deliberately wanted to build a fast boat, and it is similar to the flying clipper, in this era, it is completely the fundamental reason for the "spaceship".

The South China Sea is the core territory that Li Shi must grasp in his future planning, and in order to control this territory, in addition to commercial and political operations, force is a core guarantee. And when it comes to force, the Anglo-French-Dutch ships, even if they are only merchant ships, have a huge advantage. To deter them, take the line of symmetry, and build a strong regular navy, Li Xi did not have so much time and resources, especially human resources.

Therefore, he could only go to the front, without thinking about any sail battleships, and even cruisers, and chose a clipper ship with a speed of 50 percent beyond the former. And this kind of clipper ship, which is similar in essence to the clipper ship, is not suitable for being a warship because of the poor lateral stability brought by the large aspect ratio, coupled with the weakness of the low freeboard, and can only be equipped with one gun deck at most, and it cannot be equipped with heavy guns.

But a quick word can make up for a lot of shortcomings. Fast means that the projection of power is rapid, and it can form an effective force with fewer resources, which is the significance at the strategic level. And from a tactical point of view, fast means the initiative in combat. In terms of more specific tactics, that is the "wolf" that Xiao Sheng mentioned, although the boat has few small cannons, you can run away with a bite, go around in a circle and do it again, even if you can't bite the opponent, you have to bite it all over the body and lose its fighting spirit. And by virtue of artillery technology that is not inferior to the opponent, and even slightly exceeds the first line in range and rate of fire, you can always make yourself invincible.

Returning to Li Shi's naval strategy, the Jinyin Carp pinned his ideas on developing "assault ships", although it was only a small ship of more than 100 tons, it was a training ship for the future "assault fleet".

Of course, there are more benefits to be brought quickly, such as overcoming the effects of the monsoon, which will be more beneficial at the economic and political level in the future, but this is a concrete means at the implementation level, and it is not clear at the moment.

A quick word, the background is so complicated, so when Yan Sanniang asked Li Shi, Li Shi could only fool her vaguely.

And right now, Xiao Sheng has to rely on this fast word to make a fuss.

In a matter of moments, the flat-decked ship was a mile away, and Captain Popper, whose right hand was also bandaged, was admired, and the flat-deck ship was like a yellow-skinned monkey, so dexterous and slippery, and then he hated it so much that he could not catch up with the speed.

But what happened next made him angry and angry. Glad that the flat-decked ship was not on the run, but circled around the Candedide, and in his anger it also fired a few cannonballs, and Popper felt that the sound of the cannon was like a slap in his face.

Still want to fight!?

Everyone was moored just now, and it was just an accidental hand-to-hand fight. And when it comes to serious naval battles, although he is not a captain of the Royal Navy, his Candid Man is only an armed merchant ship, sixteen twelve-pounder guns, four twentie-pounder guns, which is not combat power in the Royal Navy at all, but it is not the turn of a flat-deck boat to show off its might in front of him.

The captain was serious, and the sailors and gunners on the Honest Man were serious, but only seriously. Even in Europe, the idea of other countries' ships attacking British ships had to be carefully weighed, and in Asia, they did not think that anyone at sea could threaten them.

A mile away, the two ships began a second round of artillery battles, and after a few rounds of back and forth, both sides found it really boring, and there was no way to fight.

The head crossed the sky and began to fall diagonally downward, and the Golden Carp and the Candid Man were half a mile apart, and began to circle in circles. The British ship paid attention to seizing the upper hand, and the Golden Carp originally didn't care, because it was fast, but he thought that he couldn't let the Honest Man make up for the speed difference too much, and he also chased the upper hand. The Portuguese crew on the ship are very conscientious, Xiao Sheng is whatever he says, he takes money to do things, and their work ethic is famous.

The circle became ripe, another round of shelling began, the gunners of the Golden Carp made another contribution, and a clearly visible trajectory fell on the Honest Man, and Lu Hanshan jumped up excitedly. On the deck, Jia Hao clenched his fists and cheered, Xiao Sheng raised his binoculars to look over, but he sighed.

The Candid Man was just a merchant ship, and the hull and wood were not as elaborate as those of warships, but they were still quite thick, and more than a mile away, the shells of the Golden Carp smashed up, only splashing a cloud of sawdust, which was far less powerful than the previous bombardment from a distance of twenty or thirty feet.

"If only we could aim more accurately, and smash it straight into their cannon door!"

Jia Hao thought so, and then saw that the muzzle of the Candid Man was constantly shining.

"If they can hit, I will go home and ask my daughter-in-law to have a son."

Xiao Sheng said calmly.

At this distance, even the gunners of the Royal Navy could not count on accuracy at all, let alone cameo sailors on merchant ships. What was even more annoying was that the flat deck of the Golden Carp was so powerful that it did not have a wide and towering bow and stern like the Honest Man. Popper saw with his own eyes that a twenty-pound shell had clearly reached the bow of the flat-deck ship, but it had grazed over the bow of the ship and became a near-miss, and he was so annoyed that he almost dropped his hat again.

Although it was not hit, the waves hit it, and the originally damaged bow of the Golden Carp sank, and the hull of the ship also swung for a while before it regained its balance.

"Fuck it! Just hit the ass! ”

Xiao Sheng was also frightened by this heavy artillery, and did not want to face the Old Guy on the side again, but relied on his speed and began to bite the tail of the Honest Man.

The Portuguese crew's wiveling skills were also revealed, and under Xiao Sheng's command, the Golden Carp cut through the back half of the Candid Man and entered the blind spot of its broadside guns. The shooting of the two tail guns was not threatening, the Golden Carp was forced to within half a mile, and the four guns bombarded in a row, and finally hit a cannon, and a ghost crying wolf howl was faintly heard.

"That's it!"

Xiao Sheng shouted excitedly.

When the circle of the Honest Man came around, the gunners on the side of the ship were pointing at the Golden Carp, which was making a rapid U-turn, and the shells were flying leisurely, and in addition to the solid bullets, there were also chain bullets, all of which were powerless to splash a series of water columns on its wake.

The Golden Carp retreated a mile away, and then went back to the back of the honest man's ass, and the sea wolf's tail biting tactics gradually took shape.

At dusk, huddled in the simple bedroom in the bow, smelling the disgusting smell of the bow toilet, Captain Popper had nowhere to get out of his belly. The Honest Man used to look like a plump lady, but now her skirt was ripped to shreds, and her round ass was bitten and scarred. Not only was the tail cannon destroyed, but his luxurious bedroom also became a garbage dump.

The flat-deck ship was still firing its guns behind the honest man, and feeling a jolt of the hull, and a few screams, Captain Popper, weakly taking off his hat and pushing the broadside guns to the stern, failed again. The flat-deck ship became more and more skillful, and now it was able to turn an arc in the stern direction very perfectly, approaching two or three hundred meters away from the Candid, and the cannonballs were fired before the hull reached the top of the arc, and with the momentum of the ship's movement, it was steadily beaten on the tail of the Candidy.

His first mate and sailors have tried their best, but there is no way to get rid of this wolf's "tail attack", the other party is too fast, Popper estimates, that guy can run to sixteen knots at the earliest! And my own ship, at such a wind speed, it would be good to have eight knots. At this time, he regretted it immensely, knowing that he should have used a chain bullet in the first place to blow off the ship's mast.

Although the opponent's cannon is small, it can't stand the constant beating, and by now, seventeen of his sailors have died and more than twenty have been wounded.

Thinking of that local tooth man, Popper was angry, didn't he say that there was no trouble? Why did this humble yellow-skinned monkey bite him?

Thankfully, it was getting dark, and Popper let out a long sigh of relief as he looked at the twilight glow.

"What should I do?"

On the Golden Carp, Jia Hao asked Xiao Sheng.

"Guard him! Fighting at sea depends on the surname Nai! ”

Xiao Sheng's eyes flashed with cold light, like a vicious wolf in the wilderness.

Jia Hao nodded, and said in his heart that it was right...... The Director-General said that the navy is to attack, to attack patiently.

As night fell, the Honest Man escaped into the open sea, but the Golden Carp did not catch up.

In the early morning, the tattered Candide sailed back to the sea south of Quanzhou, and it still had to wait for its cargo.

"It's a nightmare......

Popper wiped the sweat from his forehead, the strange ship was also not lightly damaged, and it should not have been ...... "ship!" It's the boat again! ”

The sailors on the top of the mast cried out in horror.

"Vomit...... Fack! Gad! ”

The tooth man on one side listened to Captain Pop speak incoherently.

"This one...... Bad wolf! ”

Then he spat out words of helplessness and frustration clearly.

"White flag! The foreigners raised the white flag! ”

On the Golden Carp, Liang Deguang shouted excitedly.

"It's a shame......"

Xiao Sheng licked his lips unsatisfactorily.

"It's so dangerous, we're running out of shells."

Liang Deguang was very happy.

"If the cannon is bigger, more more, keep it and let it sink!"

Lu Hanshan staggered up to the deck, and this day and night, he was too addicted to guns.

"That's going to have to be a big ship......

Xiao Sheng said in a low voice, also sighing deeply.

"Fourth brother...... Will give me a big ship......"

Such a thought naturally poured into his mind, and then pulled up another thought buried deep in his heart.

"Where will the fourth brother go in the end?"

The two words fluttered in his mind for a moment, and then he was pressed down by Xiao Sheng, he laughed self-deprecatingly, his fourth brother is a god, and he came to benefit the world, how could he do that kind of thing?

The sampan holding the white flag rowed over, and the soldiers in the sailor's costume could be vaguely seen, Captain Popper was a merchant after all, although the dignity of the captain was important, but the merchant's wallet was more important. If you want to continue to entangle with this flat-deck ship, not to mention your own losses, don't think about doing business anymore. Thinking about it, in the spirit of being responsible for the crew and the wallet, Popper made the difficult decision to return the man to Xiao Sheng and ask for a truce.

"That's it?"

Jia Hao was dissatisfied, everyone was fighting with bayonets, and they stopped when they said stop?

"What else? This sea, after all, is still the sea of the imperial court. ”

Xiao Sheng sighed leisurely, he wanted to fight, but the cannon on the ship was so powerful, he didn't expect to sink the ship at all. And it's really going to sink, and the officials and businessmen who do business with this foreigner don't know how to rectify themselves. Now that both sides are dead and wounded, the other side has returned people, lowered their posture, and can only go down the ladder to the wall.

"Boss Xiao, this sea, but our sea!"

Jia Hao's eyes were blazing and he looked at Xiao Sheng.

"Let's ...... After all, he is still a member of the court. ”

Xiao Sheng avoided his gaze and said perfunctorily in a low voice.

"Of course, I also believe that one day, it will be the sea of the fourth brother."

Then he patted the side of the boat, his words full of anticipation.

"Well, I also believe that Boss Xiao, the sea wolf, will also be famous all over the world."

Jia Hao said this, Xiao Sheng's understanding of the Golden Carp and his grasp of the battle situation, he saw it in his eyes, and he had to admire, Li Xian handed over the Golden Carp to Xiao Sheng, which was indeed the best use of everything.

"Sea wolves? A sea wolf with nine fingers? ”

Xiao Sheng raised his wrapped left hand, and said in his heart that this account will always have a time to be returned.

(To be continued)