"It's a pity that no finished product has been shipped so far, so I have to empty it first." Zhou Ke said regretfully.

"Anyway, the warships of the past didn't have this kind of thing to fight - and Nelson didn't use it for shooting the commander." Lin Shenhe knew that this was purely an explosion of some people's bad tastes, with their current industrial capacity and the xìng ability of the warships and artillery of potential enemies, the firing distance of naval warships was up to 2,000 meters, and there was no need for any ballistic computers at all, and equipping gunners with telescopes, artillery firing watches and slide rules was Zenith technology.

Surpass? Zenith Technology's technology points are obviously not so easy to climb, as evidenced by this empty shooting conning tower.

But this doesn't matter to him, he only cares about the artillery and shells, and what kind of meow equipment is used in the artillery for the precision instrument department to consider.

At the end of the visit, Lin Shenhe suddenly remembered a question: "Is this ship named?" ”

"Not yet, the Navy said that the naming ceremony will be held after the sea trials are over."

"Did the Navy tell you what it was going to call it?"

"It is said that someone suggested that it be called Snow Wind or Shiyu ......"

"Damn, that's a bad taste." Lin Shenhe had goosebumps all over his body. There are really a lot of IJN fans in the navy, and since there is a proposal from Yukikaze and Shiyu, needless to say, the nomination of the wild score will also appear.

"I think you can use the names of mountains and rivers, such as Taihang, Taishan, Kunlun, etc., which are magnificent!" Zhou Kebi said.

Lin Shenhe shook his head: "I'm afraid this small ship can't afford it." In fact, he prefers names such as "fearless", "unyielding", "furious", and "aggressive", but the 1630 class also can't afford such courage -- even if it is suspected of building a 10,000-ton battleship in this time and space, it must be a battleship of more than four or five thousand tons to appear majestic. In contrast, the pattern of names such as Shiyu is more appropriate.

The gun installation of the lead ship of the 1630 class lasted three days, during which time almost half of the veterans of the mechanical department were mobilized to solve the problem. Especially all the veterans who have a fitter certificate. Constant repair of parts has become the main theme of the installation work. In order to improve efficiency, a number of mobile equipment were specially dispatched to the terminal assembly site. The artillery carriages, tracks, and even the bolts used for fixing them all caused endless trouble for Zhou Ke. Standardized production has been implemented for more than two years. In practice, there are still many problems - the workers are not strong, and the materials are even less powerful.

Zhou Ke has always maintained a calm mind - he has become accustomed to the endless problems that arise in the course of presiding over the shipbuilding and maintenance jihua, and according to his words: the installation of equipment never expected to be successful at the first time.

Thanks to everyone's collective efforts, all the artillery pieces were finally installed in place and functioning normally. Although the fire control equipment did not have a ballistic computer, it was still equipped with some simple equipment such as an artillery slide rule and an observation mirror before the formal sea trials.

The artillery observation scope was made by Lin Hanlong, and the observation scope was mainly used as a ruler. Structurally, it is a Kepler telescope, which is not very difficult to manufacture. But in order to obtain a relatively large field of view and luminous flux. The calibers that need to be manufactured are relatively large. Although this is difficult for Lin Hanlong, it is not insurmountable.

The most difficult tube seals - although they did not have fir optical glue to use, and there were no rubber gaskets, they had to use complex copper gaskets, vulcanized cowhide gaskets, and zuihou sealed with a layer of eucommia ulmoides glue. Although the proposal to widely grow Eucommia ulmoides in place of rubber was rejected. However, Eucommia ulmoides gum is still used on a small scale in places where xìng can not be strict, but fortunately, Eucommia ulmoides has been cultivated in China, and it is very convenient to collect raw materials.

The cushioning structure used for the installation of the lens barrel is vulcanized cowhide, although the use of xìng is not ideal, but it can barely be used. Originally, the lenses were made of lead glass or natural smelted crystals - Hainan itself is rich in natural smelting crystal deposits, but Lin Hanlong shiyanxìng smelted several times. You can never get the right product, and you can only be satisfied with the original product.

The rangefinder was originally a key project in the optical workshop, but Lin Hanlong found many problems that could not be overcome at the current stage - especially the lack of high-quality optical glass and processing methods - even if it was manufactured at this stage, the quality could not be guaranteed.

In the warehouse of the Planning Institute, there are one-meter rangefinders for 37mm guns and half-meter rangefinders for mortars brought from old time and space and bought in batches from military stores on Taobao, with a range of four or five thousand meters, and the accuracy is enough for naval guns, and the number is nearly 100 units. But the Navy ultimately decided not to use these "precision equipment".

"Equipment for the army. As long as it can be used, it must be based on domestic production. The People's Commissar of the Navy Ming Autumn expressed his position at the Jishu meeting of the 854 reform.

Eventually, the artillery rangefinder was simplified to a simple steering wheel system. Specifically, an angle disc with a sight was installed in each of the bow and stern. Aiming the sight at the target, and then finding the distance between the battleship and the target based on the difference between the different angles displayed in the bow and stern - this jishu appeared in the 19th century and is very much in line with the current jishu level of the Senate Navy.

In addition, wind vanes and anemometers are installed in the fire control equipment to measure crosswinds and longitudinal winds, and wind direction and wind speed are important reference data when solving the firing elements.

Zuihou is a quadrant made of tin brass, which is used to measure the inclination angle of the gun in the vertical plane from 01500 dense (0°~90°), and check the angle of the artillery aiming device and the gun. At the same time, the gun can be adjusted to the desired firing position. Combined with ranging and plotting, it is possible to determine the speed of enemy ships. The main use is that the command platform can be used to determine the safety of the ship's guns by adding a limiter on the quadrant, so as not to accidentally injure the ship by artillery fire in the battle.

After all the fire control equipment was installed, the ship finally waited for the belated ship name: "Lichun". Whether this means that 1630 ships will be built in the class of 24 has caused a discussion among the senators. The Navy cheered, while the Army was worried. A spokesman for the Planning House replied to this: "The construction of the second batch of 1630 Jihua has not yet begun. However, he admitted that preparatory work for the laying of the keel of the second 1630-class ship had already begun, and it was only pending the approval of the Senate for an additional budget for the "second ship consolidation record".

However, judging from the naming of this ship, it is clear that there is a plan for the construction of larger warships in the Navy's Ship Administration Headquarters. The Navy denied this, and People's Commissar of the Navy Chen Haiyang said: At present, there is no Jihua that has not built new warships.

On August 10, 200 crew members, shipyard Jishu personnel, and workers boarded the battleship and went to sea for the first sea trial voyage under the command of Li Di, chairman of the outfitting committee. On August 11, the ship made a reservation left and right 360-degree maneuver and speed change shiyan in the Qiongzhou Strait. That night, it was anchored at the Red Label Port on the Ma Yuan Peninsula. On August 12, "Lichun" conducted a full-speed public test in the same sea area under the alert of two 8154 cruisers. This includes sailing with steam engines and sails in all sea conditions.

On August 22, Rear Admiral Li Ziping, the former captain of the Haitian, was appointed as the first captain of the "Lichun". This was followed by a series of sea trials. On August 29, firing from the 130mm main gun Shiyan and ballistic Shiyan was carried out over the sea near Hongpai Island. The front and rear main guns fired a salvo in the direction of Hongpai Island, which was 4 kilometers away, and the rumbling of artillery could be heard in the distance in the Mayuan Fort.

On September 1, the Lichun, which had completed the shooting of Shiyan, returned to Bopu, and eight days later, the Lichun was officially completed and put into service, handed over to the navy, and the warship flag was raised. Its registered place is Kaohsiung Port of the Navy.

Naturally, Kaohsiung would not exist at all - but this did not prevent Kaohsiung from becoming one of the main bases in the Senate naval system.

All the sea trials went smoothly, although there were a number of failures during the navigation tests, especially some minor failures in the steam engine and boiler from time to time. But none of them are serious problems, and the test can continue with a little repair and adjustment.

After a month of intensive testing, the full data of the Lichun were: unladen displacement: 1,091 tons, standard displacement: 1,160 tons, normal displacement: 1,359 tons, full load displacement 1,519 tons. The actual power output is 489 horsepower, and the maximum sail speed is 15 knots at full power in standard sea conditions. The maximum displacement is 359 tons of coal, and the maximum power range is 5 knots/5000 nautical miles.

The shipboard personnel, excluding 149 sailors. In addition, it can carry a platoon of sailors and all their weapons and equipment for a long time. In case of short voyages, it is possible to carry a company and equipped light artillery and its crew.

Li Ziping's comprehensive evaluation of the Lichun was: excellent machinery, storage, cabin space; adequate accommodation and workspace; The ship rocks slowly and calmly, and it is a good platform for fire. Excellent sea boat, comfortable and able to fire in the worst weather.

On the whole, Li Ziping was quite satisfied with the ship—it was much stronger than the first battleship built by the patriarchs, Haitian—and it was much more stable than the Haitian in terms of navigation alone. The firing effect of large-caliber artillery was also satisfactory. Whether it is the use of armor-piercing shells or grenades, the destruction of targets far exceeds their psychological expectations.

As for the living conditions, which is the most important hard indicator for the veterans, there has also been a leap forward, especially in the arrangement of the dormitory of the veteran officers, Lichun is much more spacious than the "Zhenhai" class, not only the captain can enjoy a single room as usual, the veteran officers also have double dormitories to live in, and the ship's galley has also been upgraded.

"In just three months, I will use this ship to its full strength." He said to Chen Haiyang with confidence.

"You don't have three months left, only thirty days to familiarize yourself with the equipment and train your subordinates." Chen Haiyang said, "As soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival is over, the engine action will be in full swing. ”！。