Chapter 131: Set Sail
After the Admiral, Xishan, and Huating successfully entered the water in the cheers of everyone, the three fighting ships used for contact started tugboats, and slowly dragged the three giant ships to the military dock of the Navy, the three fighting ships were pulled like ants pulling elephants, fortunately, it was at sea, and it was not a plane crash to pull up, and the naval sailors who had been waiting at the dock watched their warships slowly coming, and the towering mast seemed to go straight through the clouds, Li Yong and Liu Renliang also rushed to the Navy Pier, when he came to the dock, Changle They have been waiting here for a long time, and they didn't come to deliver it, but they still couldn't help but send it, Li Yong held Changle's cold jade hand and said.
"Don't come, it's just spring, it's much colder in the south than in the north, how can I go to sea with peace of mind if my body is frozen?"
"People didn't want to come, but they couldn't help but come, this time when you go out, you must be careful, we are at home."
"Don't worry, I know in my heart, when our princess is ready, our family will have a honeymoon at sea together."
"What a big ship~"
Seeing the three giant ships slowly docked to the dock under the control of the sailors, Chunlan and Xiaoxue looked at the huge ship in surprise, the boss with his mouth open, Li Yong looked at the three battleships with his arms around Changle's thin waist, several sailors climbed to the ship with a gangway, and then lowered the gangplank to the dock, Li Yong nodded to Liu Renliang.
"Embarkation~"
A team of navies began to board the ship in a neat and orderly manner under the arrangement of their respective officers, Changle knew that he was going to be temporarily separated from Li Yong, she watched with reluctance Li Yong with the guards on the largest main ship, the entire naval barracks were almost empty, only a few hundred marines remained, because this time it was mainly to test the hull and train sailors on the sea surface, so the marines as a landing operation did not follow, but stayed to protect Huating County, as all the sailors boarded the ship after completion, one by one the springboards began to be retracted, "woo~" The horn on the ship also sounded the horn of sailing, the towering mast dropped the huge sail, and slowly left the dock under the leadership of the monsoon, Li Yong and the sailors on the ship waved goodbye to the people at the pier, Changle and the people at the pier also waved to them, and finally as the ship sailed farther and farther, they could no longer see the people on the boat, and saw the people on the dock, Li Yong walked to the bow and looked at the vast sea in front of him, with the salty sea breeze coming to his face, Li Yong comfortably opened his arms to enjoy this long-lost feeling, Liu Renliang is not the first time to go to sea, But it was the first time to go to sea with his own real fleet, and the mood was just as heroic.
"Boss, isn't it cool?"
"Hmmm, that's cool, huh? If you're not busy with you, why are you following me? ”
"I'm not worried about you, I don't worry about Zhao Dahai's skills."
"Okay, let's talk about the next destination and training plan."
"This time we will sail to the waters of Taizhou, about 300 nautical miles, this time as long as the performance of the new ship is tested, after all, it is incomparable with those previous fighting ships, the training plan has the tactical cooperation of the fleet, and there is also the attack of sea surface targets, which lasted a month."
"Okay, let's follow your chance, because these three big guys are starting for the first time, what is the specific, we don't know in our hearts, we must follow the technicians on the ship to make a record, remember all the problems that arise this time, and provide first-hand information for our future ships, and your navy must also adapt to the performance of the new warship, such as the guns on the ship, how to shoot, these are all to rely on practice, don't run into pirates or something, your legs will be weak, and you can't hit accurately, you know, A cannonball was earned by all the people of Xishan and Huating. ”
"Boss, don't worry, if any of these bastards dares to drop the chain, I will throw them all into the sea to feed the fish."
"You are already the commander of the navy, you can do it yourself, I just provide you with some suggestions at sea, and it is up to you how to operate it."
Three warships on the sea to ride the wind and waves, whether it is night or day, are under the control of these sailors to act normally, Li Yong can skillfully use these sailors to use the compass, sextant and on the nautical chart to do a variety of signs is very satisfied, he has seen a modern navy is growing, Li Yong they are calm and almost to the Taizhou sea area, finally ushered in the first test, the weather of the sea is like a baby's face, say change, just now the sky is clear, suddenly the dark clouds are full of lightning and thunder, Seeing that the storm was coming, Zhao Dahai and the other captains looked at the rough sea with solemn faces, the huge waves crashed on the battleship that had just been launched for a few days, and the sailors in the cabin heard the sound of "squeak~" from the ship's plank, as if someone was squeezing the whole ship.
"Navigator, determine the direction, bah, dog's day, the wind is too strong, the mainsail is about to fall, use the auxiliary sail, hurry, hurry, we have to get through this sea before the storm comes."
Zhao Dahai gave orders to the heralds while taking the helm, the sailors on the deck were tied to the safety rope to perform their duties, the huge waves turned over and put on, and everyone became a soup chicken, but no one complained, spit out the salty sea water that ate into the mouth, but the work in the hands did not stop at all, the huge mainsail slowly fell under the shouts of the sailors, and the strong sea breeze blew the sail that was blown full, increasing the speed of the sail, if the mainsail did not fall in time, it would definitely be blown off by the storm and the mast, When the time comes, they are like lambs to be slaughtered by the storm wind down, and then swept into the bottom of the sea by the waves, the situation is very critical, Li Yong ran together without saying a word to drink the sailors together to pull down the main sail with all their might, and the sailors saw that the main general was also helping them to get off the sail like them, just like getting the BUFF, the huge main sail and the strong storm tug-of-war, and finally the man won the day, the main sail was dropped in time, Zhao Dahai turned the rudder, and the huge admiral made a gorgeous turn in the huge waves, The bow of the ship smashed a huge wave that rushed towards it, and rushed out of it, under the calm command and helm of each captain, the three warships rushed out of this dangerous sea area before the storm came, all of them had a feeling of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe after escaping, Li Yong was also tired and slumped on the chair of the cabin, and the soaked clothes on his body dripped the sea water like rain, but he didn't have the strength to change his clothes at all, and Liu Renliang came to his cabin with hot food after changing clean clothes.
"Boss, you should quickly change your clothes, otherwise it will not be a joke if you have a cold, it is fatal to be sick in the vast sea, although there is a military doctor on the ship, but you can't ignore it."
"I see, is the fleet safe now?"
"It's safe, now a haven docks, wait for the storm to pass before continuing to go."
"Okay, you can count if there are any losses this time."
"I've asked the boats to do it, you eat something and rest early."
Liu Renliang exited Li Yong's room, and then continued his work, Li Yong also took off his wet clothes, and then took a comfortable hot bath, and fell asleep after eating the hot food sent by Liu Renliang, after this thrilling storm, the three new warships were almost undamaged, and the hull was more familiar than expected, which made all the crew full of confidence in their ship, the storm raged in this sea area for a day and a night before it ended, after Li Yong's fleet counted that there was no loss, I continued to sail in the sea, and after the storm, the sea was as clean as if it had been taken away from all its innocence, and the seagulls in the sky were flying and feeding again.
"Boss, we still have three days to reach the scheduled sea area, two days later than expected."
"Well, it's normal, after all, it's the first time we've taken the whole route, and we don't know anything about the waters, didn't we just encounter a storm? Therefore, we must do our nautical charts carefully. ”
"Don't worry, boss, we all understand this."
"Then the next thing is to train tactics in the predetermined sea area, it depends on your performance, the previous performance is good, it is worthy of praise."
"Then can there be some actual ......?"
Liu Renliang rubbed his hands obscenely, Li Yong kicked him into the sea with an invincible King Kong leg, and when the sailors scooped him up, he still hung some seaweed on his head, and his face was very funny, but they didn't dare to laugh, who let you die to tease the admiral, but the friendship between Li Yong and Liu Renliang is like this, the fight can't be broken up, the scolding is not broken, and the fleet sailed to the designated sea area safely for the next three days, because there is no target ship, they can only use some useless barrels to insert small flags as target ships.
"Order all ships to open fire on the starboard side."
The flag-bearer on the Admiral waved the flag to the Xishan and Huating on both sides of the back, and the two frigates immediately followed the order and slowly lined up with the main ship, and then the starboard side of the three opened the gun ports, and a door gun was pushed to the front of the gun, how did the new guns attract them to roar, the Admiral is a three-layer gun, and there are twenty sixteen-pounder heavy guns on one floor, while the smaller Xishan and Huating only have one layer of artillery, but they are fast and can protect both sides of the main ship, so they are called frigates, After a hundred guns on the starboard side were ready, Li Yong gave the order to open fire for the first time.
"Open the gun~"
"Boom~" The power of a hundred guns fired together, the starboard sea surface of the ship is ready to become a visible shock wave, the sea water is blown away by the shock wave as if it was blown away, the three giant ships also swing to the side violently because of the recoil, the sea in front of them was shot out of the water column that rose to the sky one after another, after the first round of firing, everyone was frightened by this power, everything in front of them can be described as destroying the world, if this hits the enemy's ship, a round of attacks can hit the enemy The scum is not left, it's terrible, After the technician checked the data of the hull, he got the news that the hull was good, which made Li Yong even more excited, he knew that it was done, the new warship he designed was successful, and then Liu Renliang began to rehearse tactics according to the training plan, and the technician also continued to record the data of the hull, and Li Yong looked at them silently like a referee, his combined fleet was a success, as long as he went back to integrate this time, he could really set sail next time.