In addition to timber cut from the mangrove forests along the coast, there are also many large pieces of timber from the beams and columns that were scrapped after the demolition of the houses in Goujiazhuang, which were used to build the shipyard facilities

The general slide wood needs to use 30*30 diameter American pine, of course there is no here, but fortunately, ordinary wood can also be substituted. However, the length of 40 meters is relatively rare, and it requires multiple pieces of wood for splicing, which is not difficult for the machinery department, and the approval procedures are a little more complicated -- all the use of metal materials currently requires the approval of the Planning Commission.

In order to simplify the difficulty of the pier, the slide is arranged longitudinally. The electric winch is easy to burn out due to overload when it is on the pier, and such accidents are common even in the shipyard, and it is safer for inexperienced people like them to use the pot camel to drive the winch.

After the winch is solved, the biggest problem is the dragon. The so-called earth dragon is a large pile buried in the ground horizontally, when the winch pulls the hull, the earth dragon as the focus of all the force, to bear a great pulling force.

The shipyard's ground dragon is mainly reinforced concrete and steel pipe filled with concrete, and in the past, wooden ground dragon was commonly used. The requirements for this dragon wood are very high, both highly robust and corrosion-resistant. Generally, a thick hardwood with a diameter of 30~50cm is selected, and the length is not less than 3 meters. It also has to go through a series of dehydration and anti-corrosion treatments.

Wu Kuangming from the Zuihou timber group found a suitable piece of wood from the yard, which is a certain hardwood from Southeast Asia, with a diameter of nearly 50cm, high corrosion resistance, and can be used directly without any treatment.

"This thing is the material that can be used to make coffins. Give you a local dragon. Wu Kuangming said a little reluctantly.

"What, you also want to enjoy the treatment of the landlord's old wealth?" Bird's Nest quipped him.

"Hehe, that's not true. However, in the past, those who engaged in wood knew that the coffin wood that could be used for the rich and noble was the most haode, and it belonged to the wood that did not rot or rot when it entered the ground and water. It's like digging up my flesh to take it from you. ”

After all the devices are installed, the preparation for the pier begins. Shangdun is a jishu job, and it is very dangerous. Shipyards are prone to work-related accidents at this stage.

"You've all listened to me!" Wu De looked at the various people below who had just been called, "It's a dangerous job to go up the pier. You have to keep an eye on me all the time when you work! If you are hit by a rope, you will be saved! ”

Then he went on to explain all the precautions - in fact, Wu De himself seemed to understand it or not, but he had at least seen it in the village, and had participated in the work of the piers of fishing boats. In addition, it is an ancient book of "simple ship repair techniques" found from the computer. Whether Shangdun can succeed or not depends entirely on Wude's memory and the accuracy of the knowledge of this book.

Everything on the ship that could be dismantled was removed, and even the mast was removed to lower the center of gravity. The tow rope is made of a wire rope that was dismantled from the Toyoseong wheel - a hemp rope made by a wood processing factory, which proved to be not strong enough in the tensile shiyan. The slide has been coated with lard - this is the only grease that Wu De can get that solidifies at room temperature, so much lard has been transported away and Wu Nanhai is distressed and half dead, how many pigs have to be killed to get so much oil!

There were fifteen or sixteen people at the site of the upper pier. Although this work is very dangerous, but Wu De did not call the members to do it, this work is to communicate at all times, no matter how good the Mandarin of the members is, after all, it is not a person of the times, in case of misunderstanding or delay, people will die immediately.

"Power on!"

The steam engine was on fire early, and with Wude's command, the winch began to rotate slowly under the drive of the flywheel, and the iron chain on the earth dragon began to tighten, and the wire rope creaked and rubbed on the pulley. Timber-framed boats have limited strength, and the wire rope is carried around the stern.

With the rotation of the winch, the wire rope was completely tightened, making a creaking sound, Wu De was a little worried: the casualties in the pier operation were related to the broken towing rope, once it was broken, the wire rope with a large liliang would be swept out like a whip, and the workers around would be beaten out of the air, and whether they could survive or not depended on luck.

The wire rope is taken from the Fengcheng ship, and theoretically it would not be a problem to use it on such a 100-ton wooden ship, but even so, the sound is still very scary.

"The ship has moved!" The intercom came the observer's report, and two-thirds of the people involved in the pier operation were observing in all directions to avoid any deviations.

As the steam winch rolled, the ship swayed, slowly moving from the water to the shore. The boat was very undulating in the waves, and it looked a little worried.

"Turn the winch slower and hold steady." Wu De kept telling him on the walkie-talkie, "Everyone is optimistic about the direction of the ship." Align the slide. ”

The first approach was really eccentric, this kind of work is also in charge of special jishu workers in the shipyard, and of course it is impossible for a non-professional like them to succeed at one time.

"Don't worry, everyone, let's do it again. Each person inspects the steel cable. ”

Every time you come back, you have to check the steel cable, and if you can't do it on the ship, at most you don't have this boat, and if something happens, you can't live anymore.

After nearly 5 hours of repeated tossing, the voices of the people present were hoarse in order to aim at the ship's position, and the Zuihou boat finally stopped firmly on the frame. Wu De was not happy, and hurriedly ordered the men to pick up the lard from the carriage and scattered around it, and put it into one clay pot after another, which would be used again when the ship was launched.

"God, this oil is all black, it's disgusting!" The Admiralty looked helpless.

"I still smell a little bit of fried food."

"That's the friction heating up. Do you have an appetite? ”

"Can this thing be used again? Isn't it said to be very pure? There's mud and sand. ”

"After boiling, it is filtered. Anyway, Wu Nanhai also rushed to say that if the oil could no longer be used, he would have to return it. ”

"The canteen is also ready to use gutter oil!"

"It's said to be going to make soap, but I'm not interested in using this black soap."

The renovation was completed in less than a week, all the bullet holes were sealed with flocculent, and the larger defects reinforced. By the way, I cleaned up the sea creatures at the bottom of the boat and applied a layer of tung oil. The Navy was ready to add artillery to it - at least leave it a place for the artillery. Originally, the pirates had set up their guns on the deck, made holes in the bulwarks as firing ports, and covered them with a layer of unprotected sheds. Weapon enthusiasts in the Technic have now moved the cannon below deck to lower the center of gravity. There are 4 gun emplacements on the left and right. In the future, 2~3 guns can also be set up on the deck. The disadvantage is that the freeboard of this ship is not high enough, and it is easy to splash water from the gun window when driving in strong winds and waves, but fortunately there is a porthole guard, and the problem is not too big when there is no war.

But there was no artillery - Ballista's problems in this battle were exposed. The nature of the Ballista itself determines that it is a projectile weapon, and its trajectory tends to be on the high side, which causes great problems for aiming. The second is that the firing frequency is extremely slow, each Ballista is wound by two gunners at the same time, and the time to fully wind it is more than a minute, and the physical exertion is very high. Zuihou it was much larger than artillery.

"What's so strange about that?" "If Ballista really has the magic that some in the mechanical department boast of, the navy weishenme is going to replace it with 'poor,' 'bulky,' and 'dangerous' guns," Chen said. Obviously, no matter how bad the cannon is, it is better than the most haode Ballista. ”

"We need real cannons! Even if it's a breech. Mondstadt howled.

Mondstadt was once accompanied by flowers and applause, but now that the ship could no longer move, he went from being a high-profile captain to a member of the Fengcheng Ship. In addition to maintaining equipment on the ship, the most important job is to patrol the bay with a dinghy.

finally managed to see the possibility of coming to the center of the stage from the beginning, but because he knew little about traditional sailing ships, Lin Chuanqing took away the captain's position, and the Deng Yingzhou is now the world of the North American gang, and he is really not interested in messing around with this group of people. Come to think of it, only the creation of the fleet will have its own day. Now that he had a new ship, he spared no effort to market his "fleet": constantly promoting the Voyagers to form a coastal fleet of sailboats, demanding more budget and more manpower for the navy, and even asking for a multi-turret BB - a call that was quickly echoed by hundreds of Traversers, including many members of the industrial sector.

The Executive Committee ordered the staff group of the military component to assess the issue. After a comprehensive analysis of the local garrison, pirates, equipment and traffic conditions, it is believed that whether it is a pirate or a Ming army, the attack of the brigade will basically be transported by sea. If you go by land, you will also advance along the road along the coastline. For a time, the traverser could not control the entire Qiongzhou Strait, but he must also have the ability to fully maneuver along the coastline -- after all, the troop of the traverser is small, and mobility is particularly important.