When Li Xian bought the whaling cannon from Martin, he tried to fire it a few times, and he was still familiar with the basic usage, but it was another thing to shoot the whaling cannon at the same high speed on a ship sailing at high speed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If nothing else, whether the ship is launched at the top of the wave or the ship is launched at the bottom of the wave is a matter of knowledge worth pondering for a long time.

The whaling gun has always been installed on the bow of the ship, and according to the principle of practicality, the capital of the ship where the whaling gun is installed must be processed to a certain extent, that is, the bow of the ship is protruded a little, so that the shooting range can be widened and it is more convenient to shoot.

Li Xian himself practiced with the whaling cannon of a hundred-ton ship, and the whaling cannon of the other ship was not idle, so he let Lin Changsheng and the others take it to play.

As for the newly recruited guards, Li Xian was not at ease about letting them touch firearms, lest they blow themselves up.

The whaling cannon is a mature weapon invented in the 17th century, with an effective range of between 50 and 60 meters.

This kind of cranium or fork is usually loaded with explosives, and it explodes after hitting the whale, which is very powerful, and the cranium or fork is also tied with a very strong rope, and the end of the rope was supposed to be fixed to the boat, but after thinking about it, Li Xian still hung several huge wooden barrels at the end of the rope instead of connecting it to the boat.

Li Xian had great doubts about the performance of his whaling ship that he had temporarily converted from a merchant ship, if the rope was fixed to the ship, if the whale hit by the whale shelling shook violently with the rope and shook the whole ship to sink, it would be troublesome, or safety first, it was a big deal to let the whale run away with the barrel.

Li Xian pondered carefully on the ship for a long time, and secretly put some needed things in those secretly built secret compartments, so that he could snipe the enemy well.

These two ships are delicate gadgets compared to ocean-going merchant ships, but they are actually not small, both are the size of two floors, and there is a lot of space in the cabin.

In short, after some planning, these two ships are ostensibly merchant ships converted from whaling ships, but they are hidden and dangerous inside, and they are the best traps to ambush masters.

It's just that neither the guards nor the experienced dart masters, nor the sailors, have a lack of understanding of this, and only observe the surface, and treat these two ships as whaling ships that have become a little strange under the special hobby of the big boss.

After trying to sail at sea for three days, and both ships fired more than 200 harpoons each, both Li Xian and Lin Changsheng were full of confidence, and felt that they should be able to deal with unarmed whales.

To be on the safe side, Li Xian hired a few of the most experienced whaling fishermen and told them that he was going out to sea to hunt and kill the beluga whales that were in the way, so that the fishermen could go out to sea to fish and whaling with confidence.

At this time, when he heard that Li Xian was going to use a big boat (compared to a dozen tons of fishing boats, both ships are big ships) and cannons (whaling cannons) to hunt and kill the white whale, he raised his hand and praised, and immediately many people were willing to come over to help, even if they didn't give money, they had to do it.

A few old fishermen thought that the white whale was the reincarnation of the dragon king, and came to teach the fishermen who were always hunting and killing their own people, thinking that Li Xian's move would anger the dragon king and bring disaster down, but almost no one was willing to pay attention to them.

The whereabouts of this beluga whale are uncertain, and he doesn't know where to look for it, so Li Xian proposes to hunt ordinary whales first to see if he can provoke the beluga whale out.

Several generations of whaling fishermen led the way, and the two boats soon reached the place where whales frequented, and in the distance they saw several whales playing, and the water jet sprayed high.

The two boats secretly drove over, and Li Xian personally operated the whaling cannon on the big ship to aim at these whales.

When the whale saw the boat coming, it was a little frightened, and fled in all directions, but before realizing the gravity of the danger, it neither sank into the water nor increased its speed with all its might.

The big ship sailed at full speed under the control of the sailors, reaching a speed of more than eight knots under the strong direction of the wind, and the distance between the whale and the whale was reduced little by little.

When the distance between the two sides was shortened to about forty meters, Li Xian aimed at the heart of the whale, pulled the trigger of the whaling cannon, and the iron harpoon flew out with a long rope, accurately hit the heart, and inserted it directly, and then the explosives on it exploded, blowing up a huge hole in the whale's back.

The whale was so frightened by the blow that it tried to swim completely, and the water was stained red with the blood from the whale.

The whale is arguably the most powerful creature on the planet (at least in the Overworld), and it was so badly injured that it dragged four huge wooden barrels and swam in the sea at high speed for about two hours before finally dying after exhausting its strength.

Because of the wooden barrels dragging it, it did not sink to the bottom of the sea.

When the whaling ship approached and threw it with a harpoon, the whale did not move, so he drove to the whale and continued to stab the whale in the heart with a sharp spear, and saw that the whale was motionless, and confirmed that the whale was dead.

Immediately, someone jumped on the whale, hooked the whale's carcass with a huge hook, and then was dragged by the whaling ship to Yaluo Bay.

According to the previous whaling method of the villagers in Yaluo Bay, they had to send more than 20 boats, each with six or seven fishermen, and then run to the whale and throw the whale with a huge hook tied to a long rope, and throw a dozen or even dozens of hooks one after another to kill the whale.

Compared with the current hunting method, there is a world of difference in both convenience and danger.

For the first time, the fishermen cheered when they killed the whale so easily.

Li Xian has always been cautious, and when he saw a boat of more than fifty tons coming with him at this time, he was unwilling to continue the adventure and dragged the whale back to Yaluo Bay.

It took a day and a night to return to Yaluo Bay, and when the tide receded, I found that the whale was about 50,000 catties and was an adult male whale.

The fishermen of Yaluo Bay have been whaling for generations, and they know the danger of whaling, and they didn't believe that Li Xian could catch whales with a whaling cannon that they had never heard of.

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