The renovation of the Ryan is now nearing completion: the modification of the hull, the adjustment of the compartments, and the installation of electronic instruments have been completed, and now only the power system remains.

Traditional fortune boats and sand boats rarely use boat ribs. The craftsmen developed these types of ships to go to cargo ships, and the main function of the ships was to carry goods in the coastal areas of the mainland.

The designers did not expect the ship to cross the Pacific Ocean in a storm, nor did they consider installing a dense array of ribs on the bulkheads to fire the cannons, as can be seen from the "V" shaped bottom. In order to fire a row of guns on the side of the ship, the ship must be a "U" shape with a large bottom and a small top, and the bilge must be filled with ballast, lowering the center of gravity of the whole ship below the waterline, like a tumbler.

Since it is only a coastal freight, and it can be sheltered from the wind at any time in the event of a storm, it is wise to omit the expensive process of ship ribs: it has been proved that the existing structural strength of the ship is sufficient to meet the needs of private maritime trade for hundreds of years.

However, the Ryan, which is being transformed by the traversal, is different.

A ship that needs to carry out special tasks will definitely not be able to have a thin outer plate - even if the power system is running, there is a possibility of leakage, not to mention the possibility of unpredictable battles in the future.

So the Ryan was fully reinforced.

After various supports, stiffeners, and replacement of good timber decks, the Ryan finally paid the price of a 20% reduction in cargo hold volume in order to be strong. There is no way, the ship type has long been fixed, and it is impossible to add ribs from the keel, so this is the only way.

After the problem of robustness was solved, the other aspects of communication were the simplest: the installation of telegraphs, radios, radar screens, antennas and radomes in the aft compartment were all skillful and easy to handle.

...... Like all other ships that have been transformed, the most difficult part of the refit project of the "Ryan" must be the power system.

In the early days, the sand ship represented by the Dog Eye had a diesel outboard installed at the stern of the ship.

There are many advantages of outboard motors: plug and play, concealment, safety and efficiency, no need to install complex power systems in the cabin, no need to consider sealing, leakage and other troubles, outboard motors only need to install an external slide rail in the stern, and everything is OK.

However, one black top ten powder: outboard motors have to eat diesel, firewood, and ......

Although the amount of diesel consumed by the transport fleet is very small, usually only used in some special circumstances, but with the continuous increase of the fleet, the consumption of diesel fuel is always increasing.

By this time, even though the large office had ordered the formation of an oil exploration team in advance, the outboard motors were temporarily out of service amid the strong calls of many departments.

Nowadays, the power system on all pilot ships and special vessels such as the "Chengfeng" has been changed to wood gas + propeller power.

This one is more cheating.

Wood gas power: slow start, low power, and the whole system is much more complex than outboards. From the vaporizer to various connectors, gas transmission pipelines, special gas engines, to the main shaft and propeller, this series of projects has also made the industrial people in the kiln area angry.

First of all, running and maintaining the system is a big problem: some of the workers that have been trained in the kiln area are now being divided into a part of the fleet.

Secondly, the current capacity of the kiln area to produce its own workpieces is still very low. Except for a few silly cast iron vaporizers, the rest of the systems, including spare parts including lubricating oil and metal seals, still have to be imported......

Kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 yourself. It seems to have prevented the bottomless pit of imported diesel consumption, but the one-time basic investment is enough for the old and young masters to drink a pot.

...... The only thing that can be talked about is probably the volume of the gas system.

The entire system has a small footprint and does not require a bulky boiler and a water purification system like a steam engine. Although the power of the gas power is insufficient, the ship does not need to reach a high speed of 20 knots like a battleship - under the same circumstances, as long as it is 2-3 knots higher than the native ship, the navy is already satisfied.

The "Ryan" renovation team led by Qiao Zhengtai finally installed all the equipment before the deadline and successfully tested it.

The Intelligence Bureau's "mission" took over the Ryan the next day. Wearing a wig bun, "Mr. Cao" immediately got on the boat, and after a round of the sea, he found that the ship was in good condition, and in the case of full power of wood gas, the Fu boat could reach a high speed of 4 knots in the case of lowering the sail, which was enough.

The envoys will soon be ready, and then they will leave Fuzhou to meet Lao Xiong in secret.

As a result, the traversers entrenched on Oyuan Island began to adjust their policies in order to deal with the war that would come soon.

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Since we have to deal with the war, the first thing to open up is the gun ban.

It's a shame to say that after occupying Dayuan for such a long time, a certain dick bombing force has so far not produced a single gun, a cannon, to defend its homeland.

For a long time, the way of fighting through the people, in addition to destroying the enemy with the weapons and ammunition of the later generations, was to give some swords, axes and spears to their subordinates and let them go to hand-to-hand combat......

The advanced and the backward are mixed together, there is no transition in between, and the style is extremely weird...... However, a certain force has just mixed up without any sense of disobedience.

Now the princes of the court finally can't hold it anymore.

The rotten slogan of "all resources should be prioritized for the development of basic industries" cannot be shouted in the face of the increasingly grim situation!

On the third day after Comrade Chen Huoding arrived at the senior office, the big office issued an official document: The kiln base will open a special weapons workshop from now on to produce self-made guns.

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There was no time to complain about the brain-dead style of the princes who were looking for knives in battle, and the weapons sub-section on the forum became very lively overnight. All kinds of materials filled the screen, from bronze cannons to barreled guns, from brown basses to AKs, the fans behind all kinds of weapons jumped out at this moment, hoarsely trying to stand for the best murder weapon in their minds, mixed with countless debates, insults and ridicule.

So the weapons expert appeared -- Comrade Ma Zekai, the only firearms repairman who had been appointed as the general manager of the newly opened state-owned weapons company, officially announced: The meeting will be held tomorrow.

What kind of meeting? Gun Styling Meeting.

As for artillery?

More on that the day after tomorrow.