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All four humpback whales were towed back to West Inu Island, and the four huge whales parked together were truly shocking. The warriors poured onto the deck to watch, undisciplined. At this time, Wang Zhenbang did not stop it, this scene is indeed rare in a hundred years, it can be said that they have never seen it before. Of the four whales, the smallest one was twelve meters long, and the longest was less than thirteen and a half meters. This is still four of the eight smaller, less than one meter, and the difference in body shape can be seen at this moment.

Fortunately, the fighters did not try to lift the whale up to the deck, this thing is too big, it definitely weighs more than twenty tons, and it is impossible to pull it on board with manpower, so it can only be dragged behind the boat with a rope and pulled to the beach of West Inu Island.

Although the whale is dead, it is not easy to bring such a large pile of meat back to Treasure Island. The battleship dragged the dead whale slowly to the West Dog Island, and the bloody smell of whale blood along the way unsurprisingly attracted groups of sharks, who chased after the battleship, all wanting a piece of the pie, trying to get a piece of the meat from the whale.

This whale is the trophy of the admirals today, how can it be so cheap for these sea robbers. Dealing with robbers, their horsetail army is the best at it. Every whale encountered a shark when it was dragged back, which also has to be lamented by the good sea conditions in this era! While each whale has an average of six large and small warships, the Clippers have three each. These boats surround the whales in front of them, left and right, and guard the whales.

The warriors looked at the sharks that surrounded them, and they immediately became angry. All hearts said. The Lao Tzu worked hard to catch such a whale. You bastards are coming to grab things, isn't that cheap for you? As soon as a shark came up and wanted to bite the whale, the soldiers immediately threw their javelins or harpoons vigorously, and some of the fighters picked up their guns and shot the sharks in the water.

Sharks are only greedy for food, and they suffer a lot at once. Several sharks were stabbed by harpoons or spears and tossed in the water. The shark's injury and bleeding made the other sharks go crazy, and the sea water seemed to be boiling, after all, they were all cold-blooded animals, even if they were of the same kind, they did not let go, and began to bite the injured shark.

For a while, the sharks were also inseparable from each other, and the sea was full of bloodstains, and pieces of whitish shark meat floated up, and even the seabirds joined in the feast. From time to time, he swooped down and picked up a piece of shark meat from the sea. Hurry up and fly high. Some seabirds are too greedy, and the shark meat is too big for them to hold up, so they fall into the sea, and some sharks rush over quickly, and they bite and drag them down.

When the soldiers saw such a scene, they didn't care about emotion, and the bullets and javelin harpoons were shot down one after another, and one shark turned up its white belly, and then it was quickly eaten by other sharks.

"I was stunned, cast a net and catch the dead shark!" The captain of the fifth-level battleship saw the corpses of many sharks floating on the sea, and immediately ordered.

There are really a lot of sharks in this school, but there are also a lot of weapons on the battleship, and they are quite powerful. Not to mention the javelins that the fighters threw out with great force, even the shooting of more than a hundred fighters, which made the shark unbearable. This shark is not a whale, the largest of these sharks is only three meters long, most of them are more than two meters, and if they are shot by javelins, as long as they are hit by three or five of them, they are basically hopeless. Coupled with such a close distance, the bullets of the muskets were shot in, and even if their vitality was tenacious, they could only turn their bellies!

At this moment, the most enviable thing is the four fifth-level warships equipped with bed crossbows, not only their greatest credit for killing whales, but also their greatest credit for killing sharks at this moment. The power of the bed crossbow is truly terrifying, shooting into the whale's body more than a meter deep, and it is even more difficult to deal with these sharks. When shooting whales, you also need to get close and simple aiming, at this moment to deal with these sharks, there is almost no need to aim, there are too many sharks below, the closer you get to the whale, the more. The bed crossbow is a shot and a shot.

As long as the sharks were shot by the bed crossbow, although they were not killed immediately, it was almost the same, the long javelin pierced their bodies directly, and the rope dragged behind them also made them have nowhere to escape. This time, instead of a raft behind the rope, the rope was tied directly to the boat, after all, the shark is far worse than the whale, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a world of difference. The soldiers on the battleship used a winch to pull the dead shark to the ship very lightly.

In just a short distance, more than a hundred sharks were caught on the battleship, and several other teams chasing whales were similar. But it also happened that at the same time, it also returned almost at the same time! Until now, it has only been two hours since they set off from Mawei!

At this moment, the four whales were placed side by side, which made everyone's spirits quite high, and they did not feel any tiredness on their bodies. It was only at this moment that they put their minds at ease, there would no longer be sharks running to grab food from them, and then look at this big whale, the sharks were bitten all over the body, but the rope was not bitten off is really lucky, otherwise they would have done it for the sharks in vain.

At four o'clock, when the sun was only slightly westerly, the people of the island, who had been hired to grow poppies, saw the situation from a distance from the hill and rushed to join in the fun. The naval fighters did not stop this time either. When the people saw the behemoth on the beach, they were even more surprised, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time. They had never seen such a scene in their lives, but what they were thinking at the moment was, how much meat must be there!

Since the fleet had to return to Mawei Harbor before the sun set, it was necessary to organize people to divide and dispose of the whales immediately. In addition to artillery and muskets, the battleships were always equipped with a large number of axes, machetes and other cold weapons, and after the conquest, more than 50,000 Japanese swords were captured from the treasury of the Satsuma Domain, and tens of thousands more were obtained from the Tokugawa family. The whole army of the Mawei Army was also equipped with a Japanese sword. This sword is a variant of the Tang knife. It's still very easy to use. At the same time the quality of the knife is good and sharp.

After some orders, three hundred people were immediately divided into four whales. During the division period, Wang Zhenbang was not so idle, although they caught whales and a lot of sharks, but these were not enough, they had to seize the time to catch more fish. So he ordered two ships to be left behind. The other warships continued to go out to sea to fish, and these four behemoths were enough for them to decompose for a short time. This time, Wang Zhenbang didn't go out with him, his goal has been achieved, and the following things can be done by his subordinates, so it is better to save time and take a look at the structure of this whale.

I have to say that the whale skin is very thick, and the warriors need a lot of strength to cut it, and the whale skin is a thick layer of fat, and everyone has never done such a thing, so they can only clumsily cut the whale skin. The whale fat is separated from the whale skin, and the fat is peeled off the whale meat piece by piece. It is then thrown into large wooden barrels that have been prepared for a long time, and finally carried onto the ship and placed in the hold

"The sun has set, why hasn't General Wang come back yet? The brothers from the other detachments have returned! "Mawei Military Port, several captains of the detachment who returned here first got together, laughing and talking about how many fish their team caught, but they never found Wang Zhenbang coming back, Colonel Ning Wu of the First Fleet said anxiously.

"Yes, according to the agreement, this time should also be back!" Seeing that it is getting dark, if you don't come back, it will be difficult to travel at night! Senior Colonel Situ Gui, the commander of the Third Fleet, also spoke out worriedly.

"What are you talking about, it's so lively, it seems that your harvest is not small, most of our navy are from fishermen!" At this time, Geng Jingzhong walked over from the direction of the back barracks. Today, Geng Jingzhong's mood can be described as unprecedentedly good, Wang Shishan far exceeded expectations and transported back a large amount of grain, which can be said to have completely unloaded the big stone in his heart, so this afternoon he had a smile on his face, sweeping away the bitter gourd face some time ago. Previously, he was planning with Li Guangdi in the barracks, and when he heard that the navy had returned from fishing, he came to the dock to have a look.

"See the Son!" The congregation will immediately salute.

"It's not more polite, let's talk about it, what's so lively?" Geng Jingzhong asked with a smile on his face.

A few people, you look at me, I look at you, and then Situ Gui took the lead in speaking: "Hui Shizi, this time to go to sea lives up to the expectations of the world, our catch is very rich, and there are a lot of various fish, but the twenty ships of our third fleet have caught about 3,000 stone of sea fish, and the other brothers are similar." However, General Wang has not returned until this moment, and his subordinates are a little anxious! ”

"Lao Wang hasn't come back yet? Didn't he take you with him? Geng Jingzhong asked suspiciously.

"That's right, Shizi." Ning Wu of the First Fleet opened his mouth and said: "After we go to sea, according to General Wang's orders, each fleet will be responsible for one direction, disperse fishing, and return to Mawei before sunset. We're still talking about who catches more fish, but we haven't come back yet! ”

"Oh, that's right! It doesn't matter, it's just a little late, maybe they ran a little farther away from fishing, they must have dared here, maybe they have entered the mouth of the Min River at this moment! Geng Jingzhong didn't care, what could happen at the door of his home, they didn't know how many times they had gone back and forth on the sea route near here!

"Hey, look, say Cao Cao Cao arrived! It's back! Situ Gui's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly saw the Zhenyuan that had just turned the corner, and immediately said loudly. Then he shouted again, "Oh, what's that thing on the bow of the boat?" ”

Twenty-eight sail warships slowly turned into two columns and entered the Mawei Military Port, with the Zhenyuan at the front and twelve accompanying clippers following behind. At this moment, on the foredeck of the Zhenyuan was a huge skeleton of a white fish, which was red, and it was all whale blood, dripping with blood. Needless to say, this is one of their four-headed trophies, and the biggest one.

The whale's meat has all been unloaded, put into wooden barrels, and then put into the cabin, but the rest of the whale skeleton Wang Zhenbang does not want to give up. But this skeleton alone is too heavy, and it is roughly estimated that it should be no less than 5,000 catties. They did not have the tools to carry their hands, so the soldiers had to carry them on their shoulders. Pull the rope hand pull. It took all possible to lift the four skeletons onto the deck.

"Oh my God! General, you actually killed four whales! Wang Zhenbang just docked. Without waiting for him to get off the ship, Geng Jingzhong and the others rushed onto the deck of the Zhenyuan. Mr. Everybody looked at this huge sea beast skeleton, and then surrounded Wang Zhenbang, and then listened to him happily describe the process of killing whales, even Geng Jingzhong himself listened to it with relish. After Wang Zhenbang finished speaking, Ning Wu still felt a little unconvinced, touched the skeleton with some blood, and swallowed deeply.

"Fluke. It was a fluke! Wang Zhenbang said with a humble fist, he was really happy. Today this is really a lot of face, not only him, but also the accompanying soldiers.

Geng Jingzhong also looked at this skeleton with a smile, and then looked at the whale meat that was constantly transported ashore, and had to sigh at the wisdom of the ancients. If this was given to him, he couldn't think of such a good way. Just looking at this skeleton, I knew that this whale was definitely very large, and it should weigh no less than 20 tons. He guessed right, this whale was the biggest. Weighing a full twenty-five tons, go out of the skeleton. And the blood that was lost, and there were still twenty tons.

Geng Jingzhong looked at the large pieces of whale meat in the barrel, but he didn't classify them too carefully. Beneath the thick layer of whale skin of the whale is thick fat, and beyond that is the bright red whale meat. When the warriors were dividing, they mixed it all together and put it directly into the barrels. And they are not to blame, because they simply don't know about it.

"Stop!" Geng Jingzhong suddenly ordered loudly. It was completely dark at this moment, but the whole Mawei Harbor was lit with braziers and brightly lit. It's just that the biogas digester has not yet been popularized at this time, otherwise this place should have been used.

After Geng Jingzhong gave the order, the soldiers stopped carrying the barrels. Geng Jingzhong quickly walked to the barrel, and then the bright firelight, carefully looked at the whale meat in the barrel. "On my orders, these whale meat should be kept separately. Then organize human hands to separate the whale's fat from the fish's meat. Fat is these fats! ”

"Shizi, who are you?" Wang Zhenbang was puzzled. This fat dish is not bad, why should it be separated? I don't understand, I really don't understand!

"It's nothing, come and see, how thick the fat layer of this whale is, it is estimated to account for a quarter of the whale's weight, such a thick non-standard is too wasteful not to use it for oil refining, we are now short of oil!" Geng Jingzhong said to Wang Zhenbang, and at the same time to the other generals.

"That's right, Shizi Takami!" Wang Zhenbang and the other generals also immediately thought of this, and said in a loud voice. Their fireships, if they need to be dispatched when they encounter a foreign enemy, this time they need a huge amount of oil, that is, naval battles, and when they engage the enemy in close combat, they also need a lot of oil, and the navy is huge, and the amount of oil needed is also huge, so the reserve of oil is also an important task in the navy.

"What are you doing in a daze, I didn't hear the order of the prince! Quick, re-divide this thing and send the fat to the refinery! Wang Zhenbang reacted and said loudly.

In the next few days, the navy soldiers went out to sea every day to fish, and the sea was full of fishing boats. Not far from the coast are the fishing boats of ordinary fishermen, and a little farther away are the temporary "fishing boats" of the navy. In a workshop in the back mountain of Mawei, the small oil refinery that used to be inconspicuous is now lively.

From the first day Wang Zhenbang caught the whales, it began to be busy. Outside the refinery, the whale skin is peeled off in large chunks, and the fat is completely separated from the fish, and then the fat is sent to the oil refinery cauldron where the oil is boiled, and it is continuously refined into grease, and then scooped out with a large spoon, put into an iron barrel and poured into a large vat to cool, and then it is loaded into a wooden barrel, covered with a lid and sealed into the warehouse.

In the refinery, the cauldron is constantly being filled with new whale fat, and some black slag is floating in the cauldron. The workers had never seen this whale meat, and they were surprised for a while, and they were reluctant to throw away the slag at first, but then they saw that there were too many things, so they simply threw the slag directly into the fire below. After the fire had these oily slags, it burned even more vigorously, and later even the firewood and grass were not used, and the oil residues were directly burned to refine whale oil, which was equivalent to the whale using its own body to refine its own oil for the horsetail navy, and this process was undoubtedly cruel.

Fortunately, it is in the refinery, otherwise it would be difficult to find so many oil containers, the fat on the whale can make a lot of oil, and the rows of large tanks in the refinery yard are slowly filled with fish oil.

The whale skin and fat were quickly stripped away by the concerted efforts of everyone, and the large pieces of whale meat were also cut off, and the amount was just as terrifying. The first to arrive were humpback whales, weighing more than twenty tons, and the fat alone accounted for nearly a quarter of the weight, and the meat was even more, accounting for about a third of the weight. The whale meat of the largest humpback whale was carefully removed by the warriors, and it weighed more than eight tons, that is, more than 16,000 catties.

However, the fish caught from the sea were quickly sprinkled with a layer of salt, and then quickly sent to various places, along with the food for disaster relief, which added some prestige to Geng Jingzhong, and the coastal affected areas were all reading Geng Jingzhong's good, burning incense and praying for Geng Jingzhong's safety and longevity crowded the temple! (To be continued......)

PS: I'm ashamed, don't talk about it! Five thousand and one hundred words, a little less, little brother self-check!