"Tsk... pretend to be a ghost and scare people. If the slogan can hit the warships, I will eat these cannons... Hey, your cannons are different, so small and so long. Brother, how many shots can you shoot per minute?" Carl looked down on the Indians' self-indulgence before the war. Although the shouting was different, the people in his father-in-law's tribe were also the same. Apart from looking very lively, there was nothing useless. However, when the gunner uncovered the cannon suit, his eyes could no longer turn away. He had never seen such a small cannon with a big rack, and he didn't know the performance, so he could only ask the gunner nearby.

"According to regulations, only five shots are allowed, and even more gun barrels will turn red." The gunner knew Carl. Every six months or so, the big man with a red beard would take several ships to Sun City to deliver goods, and he had no concealment from him.

"...Five shots! Not the highest rate of fire! Bastard, you mist me again!" Carl's face was so angry that he understood why Hong Tao was so calm and cost-effective. He also created a new type of naval gun with a minimum rate of fire of five shots per minute. If he was equipped with his ship, it would not make people chase him so hard that he would not dare to sleep.

"How far can I hit?" Carl was not relieved when he knew the rate of fire. There were only four naval guns on the ship, which was too few.

"The combat distance is at least 500 meters and the farthest is one kilometer. In fact, it can be hit no matter how far it is, but aiming is inconvenient." The gunner is also a talkative person. He has any kind of commander and soldier. This sentence is true at all. While wiping the cannon bore with the cannon rod and preparing to load the bullet, he was still idle and asked questions and gave him two free sentences.

Before Carl could react from the shock, another thing that shocked him even more happened. The gunner wiped the barrel, took out a pointed copper-shell cylinder from the groove under the deck behind him, and stuffed it into the hole of the tail of the cannon. Then he shook a handle next to the tail of the cannon and sealed the tail of the cannon in a few strokes.

"This is a shell! Load it from the back!" Carl understood why this kind of gun was loaded so fast, and it was not necessary to move the gun body to load medicine in the front, load the bullet, and stuff it directly from the back. Moreover, the shell was a whole. As for why it was a pointed head, what was the copper shell behind it, Carl hadn't figured it out yet. But this was enough, the loading speed was fast and the shooting distance was long. Except for the smaller diameter, this kind of gun seemed to have no disadvantages.

"It can still turn! I hate you... Fortunately, he didn't make a bet with me..." It seemed that he was deliberately trying to show off with Carl. After the gunner loaded, he shook a large handle on the gun stand and easily turned the heavy gun several degrees. The muzzle rushed towards the bow. Carl looked back and found that Hong Tao was standing on the gun position at the bow with a telescope observing the direction of the fleet. He could not make trouble at this time, but it would not prevent him from muttering a few words.

Today, Carl was very open-minded. He had seen such sailboats with very low hulls at the docks of Sun City and Carl Fort before. He didn't pay special attention at the time, nor did he expect Hong Tao to use such sailboats with slender hulls and very thin hulls as warships. According to Carl's understanding of warships, there are several essential points, such as sturdy, number of artillery, speed, and this kind of sailboat with only one deck and not a large tonnage is obviously a flexible and fast transport ship. How could it be a warship?

But facts are better than experience. After the Virginia-class movements from start to turn formation were completed, Carl immediately changed his original view. They were too flexible and too fast, turning when they said they were turning, and speeding up when they said they were speeding up. The preparation time was less than one-third of that of the Royal Navy.

As for the navy, Carl has never seen anyone more elite and well-trained than the Royal Navy of the Golden River Empire. If the person who attacked him a few days ago was replaced by the Royal Navy, he would use his original ship and would not be able to rush out even if he rushed for a hundred times.

The Flanders Hanseatic fleet is very elite in Europe, but in Asia, it is probably better than the privateer fleet of the navy. It can tie the Navy with the Song Dynasty and face the Royal Navy, and there is no hope of victory without the more than the less.

This is the special feature of the naval military branches. Experience, technology and skills are difficult to practice in a short period of time like the army. The navy requires a long time to accumulate. This time is not calculated in years, but the accumulation of people, generation after generation! Because large-scale naval warfare cannot be fought every year, but warship commanders and sailors who have participated in large-scale naval warfare are definitely more experienced than those who have not participated in it.

"Your wind direction is not good, they are going well and the speed is higher!" Despite the new guns and new warships, Carl was still worried and couldn't help but come to Hong Tao and reminded him in a low voice.

"Let the cargo ships be farther away. The first wave of attacks cannot use them. Keep a column." Hong Tao was not as relaxed as he said just now. After all, this is the first large-scale actual combat between Virginia-class warships and Qi Zu Cannons. If you have 100% sure, it is nonsense, but you can only say that you have a greater grasp.

"I won't follow the other party's rhythm like you. I have the final say on the sea how to fight. You'd better sit in the chair and watch it. If you feel idle and uncomfortable, just change into leather shoe upper sailors to collect shell shells. I'll remind you, don't touch your skin, that thing is as hot as a red iron pot." In front of Carl, you can install as much as you can, without leaving any way out. Hong Tao and Carl have already broken off from a good-looking friendship, and it won't be a problem for each other even if they are embarrassed.

"I'm dreaming, I won't be a sailor for you. You haven't tortured me enough!" Carl sneered at Hong Tao's proposal, walked back to the middle of the deck, and sat on Hong Tao's fishing lounge chair woven with rattan. He also took out a cigar from the small hole in the armrest of the chair and picked it up, then took out a lighter from the small hole in the other armrest, used his clothes to block the sea breeze, and lit the cigar, crossing his legs, intending to watch the show.

The most appropriate description of the Flanders Hanseatic fleet is used to describe it with great force. They do not intend to hide their strength at all, nor do they show excessive panic at the seven sailboats that suddenly appeared on the south side of the archipelago. They just adjusted the original geese wing formation into two columns, and then rushed towards Hong Tao's fleet without slowing down, intending to sandwich the seven small sailboats in the middle and ravage them with naval guns.

"Carl, do you know where Flanders Hansea learned shipbuilding? I feel that their tactics have the shadow of a nautical school, so they can't be born with it, right? They have only been building these warships for a few years and have never fought any sea battles. How did they summarize it?" Seeing that the other party could change the formation neatly while driving at full speed, Hong Tao was a little confused and looked back at Carl who was pretending to be calm.

"How do I know? This alliance is very mysterious. I still heard what Baron Jiang and William said. Apart from that, I know nothing about them." It's not that Carl doesn't want to help, it's because he really doesn't know. In recent years, he has focused all his energy on his son and Mia Fort, and he has omitted many other things. This is also because he has been dominating the Mediterranean for too long. He always looks at others with a fixed perspective, thinking that his technical advantages can be maintained for the rest of his life.

"Baron Castle deserves to be taller and more beautiful than Carl Castle, you are a foodie!" Hong Tao was very dissatisfied with Carl's answer. He let a maritime force grow under his nose, and he still has the face to sit there smoking, or rub against himself!

"..." Carl also knew that he was in the wrong, but he refused to admit it. He took Hong Tao's ridicule as he heard it and pretended not to hear it.

"Left rudder ten, put away the bottom sail and keep the formation tight..." Seeing Carl playing with flesh, Hong Tao stopped talking nonsense to him, raised his telescope again, estimated the distance between the fleets of both sides, and then looked at several islands vaguely in the north, and issued new orders to the captain beside him.

"Left rudder ten, put away the bottom sails and maintain a tight formation..." The captain on the Virginia had to be downgraded to become the first mate, responsible for conveying Hong Tao's instructions.

Seven flying scissor sailboats are next to each other, maintaining a distance of 100 meters between each other, turning left almost at the same time, sailing northward. Due to the upward slanting sail, when the ship slows down, there is no need to climb to the top of the mast and first retract the top sail, and just roll up the bottom sail from the bottom. This saves the physical labor of the sail operator and confuses outsiders. From a distance, the shape and number of sails seem to have not changed significantly.

"Old Earl, these ships are probably the ones who sneaked into our escort fleet last year. The ship type does not look like the Jinhe Kingdom, and I have never seen such warships. Its freeboard is too low, it cannot be equipped with too many naval guns, and its hull is not strong enough. It may not be suitable for use as a warship. I wonder where Earl Carl found these ships, did he have new allies?"

At this time, on the flagship of Flanders Hanseatic, a European aristocratic man in luxurious silk clothes was communicating with a tall, bearded middle-aged man beside him in Germanic language. They were also holding a telescope in their hands. If Hong Tao saw it, they would immediately recognize it. This was a product sold by the Jinhe Empire to members of the Strait Company. It was one size smaller than the Royal Navy, and the observation distance and clarity were worse. However, as a nautical product, it was enough.

What's even more strange is that this short man dressed in European aristocrats has an East Asian face, with black hair and eyes. In this year, the world has not begun to merge, especially the Christian countries in Europe are actually very closed, and there are almost no East Asian people. Hong Tao and Jiang Zhuyi have been here for so many years, but there are basically no people in their hometown, with black hair and black eyes, but they all have a face of foreigners.
Chapter completed!