Charlie and Halleha's laboratory was set up on a ship on the surface of the sea, and by the time we were about to get there, it was still early enough to experiment.

Once we were in place, I didn't want to make this new technology public, and I wanted to see how powerful it could be, so we simply set sail and headed straight for the deep sea with a target ship.

"Don't be frightened, Captain!" Charlie rubbed his hands excitedly all the way, looking itching, and Halleha smiled but didn't say anything.

I smiled and replied, "Okay! If you really satisfy me, I'll give you a small island as a benefit! ”

"Where's the island?" Charlie clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Then can I transform the place into an experimental center, and it seems that I am afraid to do experiments?" ”

Listening to his cheers, I was speechless. Beaches, islands, beautiful women, coconut trees, I even want to do experiments!

But...... From my point of view, just do it. Do it seriously, do it well, produce more results, produce great results, I am the happiest.

Halleha, too, was puzzled, and when she heard this, she replied with a smile: "Sir, if you are satisfied with the results, can I replace the island with a spinnaker?" ”

I turned my head to look at him, and Halleha shook her head helplessly and pouted, pointing at Charlie with a depressed expression: "This guy is a madman!" With him, every day in addition to doing experiments is doing experiments, except for boom boom or boom, I really can't stand it! If I could, I'd go out and take a look around and recover my ears! ”

A boatload of people laughed, but Charlie didn't think it was wrong, and still smiled and said: "Successful people are persistent, and I am the most persistent among them!" ”

As soon as these words came out, we could only applaud and express our heartfelt admiration for his dedication to his career.

After fifteen nautical miles, we made sure that our experiment would not attract the attention of the surrounding fleets and shores, and then we opened our posture and prepared to carry it out.

Because the new automatic loader is still in the experimental stage, and the gun body of the gun still needs to be strengthened, it is still a little incomplete to use it on the largest caliber mortar or cannon, so our experiment uses a medium-caliber curved gun.

For safety reasons, I stood six or seven meters away from the loader, with a special bulletproof plate in front of me - this was not to prevent the shell from missing, but I was afraid that the rate of fire would be too fast, and the breech would explode, causing fragments to fly sideways and cause accidental damage.

Charlie and Halleha, however, refused to use others to cover it up and decided to take matters into their own, as it seems that they are fully familiar with this set of operations and are not worried about the risks at all.

As a target ship, it is a small merchant ship with a displacement of about 200 tons, and it is definitely enough as a target ship for artillery.

The two pushed the gun to the port side, and after it was securely installed, they moved a box-like object behind the side of the gun, and pulled a slipway-like thing out of the box, which seemed to be still being reloaded.

Next to them, there is another set of the same artillery combinations, operated by a pair of skilled traditional gunners.

As the commander-in-chief of this test, he glanced at the two combinations, and both of them made gestures to him that they could start, and Shih raised the musket in his hand and fired a "bang" at the sky!

"Bang bang!" Two violent cannon shots were immediately heard from the side! When I looked back, both guns had completed the first round of firing!

Charlie and Halleha's automatic loader immediately began to work, a shell on the slipway arrived at the muzzle in a moment, and the booster on the other side stuffed a pair of gun* into the chamber in advance, and the metal rod on the head of the slideway was pulled, and the shell was smoothly hit into the bottom of the chamber!

"Bang!" This cannon is going off again, but the one over there is still reloading the primer!

"Bang!" The third shot on this side has been shot, and the artillery on that side has just finished loading and starting to ignite!

"Bang bang!" Two loud bangs almost sounded on the front and back feet! The automatic loader can be reloaded almost four times faster than the original loading method!

If the original artillery could fire two shots a minute, with this loader, each gun could fire nearly seven or eight shots per minute!

Such a rate of fire is already perfect! And the position of the small ship as a target ship close to the automatic loading group was quickly beaten to pieces, regardless of the fact that in just three minutes, it became a leaky sieve everywhere!

On the other side, the position is much lighter, and it looks like a group of guns compared to a single gun, and the results are quite amazing!

"Good!" I couldn't help but shout, "It's even better than I thought!" Good! Good! ”

There was a warm applause on the boat, and cheers came one after another!

"Click!" There was a screeching sound from the target ship, and when we hurriedly looked back, the festering hull of the ship began to crumble, and it was actually broken in two from the middle!

As we watched, the wrecked ship was sinking with a large number of bubbles on both ends and belly on top!

"Roar!" There were even more fierce cheers from the surrounding boats! These sailors and navigators were all overjoyed to see such a powerful weapon, after all, having such a weapon of mass destruction in their hands on the battlefield was more reliable than anything else.

Charlie and Halleha let go of the loader and came to me in two steps: "Captain, how's it going?" Are you still satisfied? ”

I laughed and said, "Of course! The first step has already been realized, and with this foundation, our firepower can be increased by four times! And almost improved on this basis, the firepower can be doubled again in a short period of time! ”

"Double again?" Halleha asked, "How is that possible?" Sir, such a loader is already the current limit, and if it is to be improved again, it may have to be changed in the overall mechanism, and it will take a lot of time as a basis. ”

With my hands behind my back, I looked at the target ship that had already sunk to the bottom of the sea, and said with a smile: "You don't need to change the overall mechanism, you only need to add a group of units, and this purpose can be achieved!" ”

"How? Captain, speak quickly! Charlie is in a hurry, after overcoming this problem, when he was about to lose the pursuit of further breakthroughs, he suddenly got such exciting news, how can he not be anxious?

I asked for a pen and a piece of paper, and soon I made a new sketch on the paper.

After finishing the drawing, I thought about it again, added a few more strokes casually, and then handed it to Charlie and Halleha.

The two of them took my drawings suspiciously, and after just a few glances, they almost jumped up with excitement!

What I drew was not really anything advanced, and what I made was just one change - the current single-barreled gun was changed to a twin!

Yes, there is no need for any technical innovation, just the physical welding of the existing guns together, ensuring the same height and orientation, and then making a copy of the loader as it is, and the requirements I put forward can be realized!

"Tall! This method will definitely work! The two of them looked at each other, forgetting even the islands and ships I had promised, and plunged headlong into the cabin to improve the drawings.

Looking at the backs of these two people, I didn't know what to say, I just felt warm and warm in my heart.

Being overseas, being able to have such a team and such people working together with me really makes people's hearts full of emotion and enthusiasm, maybe this is the greatest happiness as a leader of the leadership team!

On the way back, I summoned Charlie and Halleha out and gave them a new task - on the one hand, to work on the twin guns, and on the other hand, to carry out small-scale mass production of the existing automatic loaders as soon as possible.

And step up the application to medium and large-caliber artillery, armed with the core of the elite fleet.

I don't know what the old woman Elizabeth I wants to do, but judging by her performance, she seems to be quite unhappy with me.

This is evident from the fact that she joined forces with the Spaniards and ignored the infringement of my interests.

If she still feels grateful to me for joining forces with her, she doesn't need to do more, just add an additional clause to the contract with the Spaniards to ensure that my interests are not infringed upon.

In fact, such additional clauses do not conflict with their interests, and even have some benefits. Unfortunately, instead of doing so, she chose to stab me in the back.

Of course, if she hadn't been so unsophisticated, how could I have come back to Europe instead of England and come to France to fool around with Henry?

I knew, of course, that setting up such a formidable enemy next to England would definitely displease her, and I also knew that the smooth passage of the Spanish Armada would also annoy Elizabeth I, but so what?

If you do the first year of junior high school, don't blame me for being the fifteenth. I've always been like that.

Either you don't play the cards, except for the cards, then play to the end.

It's not okay to admit it halfway, I don't admit it.

At the same time, I was determined to wait until Charles and Halleha had completed a complete overhaul of the elite fleet before returning to England, during which time I had to make another trip to the Netherlands.

Yes, the united front, I am exactly that.

The Dutch must be waiting for me, too.

I know this, and Youxi has already given me relevant news before.

After the British defected, the space of the Dutch was sharply hit and compressed, and the rebound of the Spaniards made their space shrink again.

Now, although Britain and Spain have turned against each other again, Britain has almost torn faces with the Netherlands.

The Dutch were already long at sea and weak at naval warfare, and how could the empire, which was supported by commerce, withstand the attack of the British, who grew up in artillery fire?

William was also looking for me, and he was well aware of my situation, so he had shrewdly invited me to go to Amsterdam as soon as possible through Youxi, and discuss the next steps of the same journey.

Well, it's kind of a drowsiness and a pillow, especially after I've got the situation in Spain out and another strong backing.

After sending the port, the supplies were organized, and the fleet headed north, aiming at Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands!