"Quick...... Hurry up...... The wind is blowing, hurry up and hang the sails! ”

On a huge sail warship, an officer in a marine camouflage uniform stood on the deck, shouting incessantly, in front of him was a huge mast, on which hung a huge sail, more than a dozen sailors also wearing marine camouflage uniforms, wearing red vests, were busy pulling the sails up with thumb-thick ropes.

When one of the sails was pulled up, the officer not only did not show a happy expression, but became angry, "Stupid...... Are you all pigs? Now it's downwind, you should hang the sail instead of the sail, have you forgotten what I teach you on weekdays? I was wrong just now, even pigs are better than you! ”

The sailors in the red vests are the sailmen on the ship, and their job is to steer the sails on the ship, so that the sails are constantly changing directions, so that the ship can move forward as fast as possible at the best headwind angle.

The sailman's job may seem simple, but it is very tedious to sit on, and the larger the ship, the more sails are hoisted, and the more sailors are needed, and the more complicated the operation becomes. That's it, the crux of the matter is that the work of the sail operator is not only tedious but also very dangerous, you must know that the sail master often has to climb up and down on the mast seven or eight meters or even more than ten meters high when working, once the slightest carelessness will fall from the mast and smash to the deck, falling at such a height fools know what the consequences will be, so the sailors who can become the sail are all bold and careful and strong people.

In addition to the sailman, there are more than 10 kinds of large and small jobs on the warship, such as lookouts, helmsmen, gunners, loaders, surveying officers, first mates, second officers, and third officers, and there are dozens of sailors on small ships, and there are hundreds of sailors on large warships, and the captain's job is to effectively glue together the sailors and officers in these positions. That's why we say that the 10-year army and 100-year navy are easy to build, but it is difficult to train qualified sailors and officers.

The three sail warships that Yang Feng got from modern times were also renamed by him, namely Qingyuan, Ningyuan and Liaoyuan. The largest of them, the 600-ton Qingyuan, was appointed by Lu Guangbiao as the flagship of the Fujian Navy Division, since the three warships were scored, Lu Guangbiao lived on the ship almost every day, and drove the sailors in the sailors camp to train hard every day.

On the deck of the Qingyuan, Lu Guangbiao stood next to the helmsman and watched the sailors busy with their feet on the ground under the officers' scolding, he nodded lightly, "It seems that our soldiers are studying very hard!" ”

The first mate next to him said with a happy face: "The soldiers learn very quickly, and it only takes a few months to initially master the basic knowledge, if the gunners can complete the training again, it means that our warships have basic combat effectiveness." ”

Lu Guangbiao didn't show too much joy, he said with a somewhat solemn expression: "That's just the most basic combat effectiveness, don't forget, Zheng Zhilong and those pirates under his command are all habitual bandits, and many of them have been adrift at sea for more than ten years or even most of their lives." Don't look at our warships and artillery, but there are only three warships, once a full-scale war with Zheng Zhilong and them starts, you don't need me to say that you know what the consequences will be. ”

Thinking that once their three warships met Zheng Zhilong's dense hundreds of warships, the young first mate was dumb, he was not stupid, he naturally knew that the tigers were no match for the wolves, no matter how powerful their warships were, there were only three, once they faced the hundreds of warships led by Zheng Zhilong, there was only one result, that is, they were beaten to death by a group.

However, he was still a little unconvinced and said: "The speed of our warships is much faster than that of ordinary warships, can't we still run if we can't beat them?" ”

Lu Guangbiao looked at him deeply: "We are Fujian sailors, and if we can't win after encountering Haikou, if we run away without a fight, do you know what the consequences will be?" ”

This time, the first mate was silent, if such a thing really happened, the impeachment recitals of those imperial historians and speech officials would definitely drown Lu Guangbiao.

The three warships continued to move on the sea, and after a while, the first mate reminded: "Lord Admiral, we have passed Kinmen Island, and in front of us is the Penghu Islands, where Zheng Zhilong's fleet is often haunted, do you think we can return home?" ”

Lu Guangbiao nodded: "Okay, pass the order down and let the fleet ......"

"My lord, I found the enemy's trace in the direction of thirteen o'clock ahead, five thousand meters away!"

Suddenly, the lookout on the mast shouted.

Lu Guangbiao was stunned for a moment, and immediately raised the telescope without thinking and looked towards the right front, and soon several masts immediately came into his eyes, and a red, white and blue tricolor flag fluttered on the highest mast.

"It's the Dutch warship, there are two of them!" Lu Guangbiao's face changed slightly, and then he immediately calmed down.

"My lord, what are we going to do? Do you want to return immediately? I also saw the other party's first mate ask a little nervously, although the number of their warships is more than that of the Dutch, but you must know that almost all of them here are novices, if they really fight against the Dutch warships, it is really unclear whether they will win or lose.

"Return, are you crazy?" Lu Guangbiao glared at the first mate, and his voice became stern: "You remember for me, we are the sailors of the Ming Dynasty." This is the sea frontier of the Ming Dynasty, we must not retreat! Immediately send the order down and get ready for battle! ”

"Understood, get ready for battle!" The first mate was thrilled and quickly agreed.

"Boom la la ......"

Soon, a fiery red battle flag rose on the mast of the Qingyuan, and as the battle flag was raised, the sides of the three battleships began to reveal windows one by one, revealing the swarthy guns inside.

Almost at the same time that Lu Guangbiao ordered combat preparations, they were also spotted by the two Dutch warships on the opposite side, and the two Dutch warships also made the same moves as the Fujian Naval Division.

On the deck of the Dutch battleship at the head, an officer of the Royal Dutch Navy in a blue uniform was standing side by side with Major Onkos, and an officer was reporting to them: "Report to Lieutenant Commander Rouen, three warships have been found ahead, judging from the flags they are hoisting, they should be the navy of the Ming Kingdom." ”

"Ming's navy?" Lieutenant Colonel Rouen chuckled: "No, no...... You are wrong, the Ming Kingdom does not have a navy, according to them, it should be called a sailor. Immediately I gave my order, and immediately met it, and all the artillery hatches were opened! ”

"Understood!"

On the vast sea, a maritime conflict is about to occur.