In the inland sea of the Taijiang River, in the sea area in front of the Nanda Construction Shipyard, the test of the ironclad battleship continues.

The latest round of tests was the defense of the deck of the ironclad battleship, the surface of the deck was obviously wooden, which naturally could not stop the shells, and after several shells from the Shenwei cannon fell on the deck, the entire deck set off a rain of sawdust.

But, strangely, the huge cannonballs did not hit the deck, most of them did not move after rolling on the deck a few times, and some even bounced up and flew into the water!

What's going on here?

It turned out that although the surface of the deck was not suitable for iron plates, the lower deck could be used, and the hull structure of the ironclad battleship was not exactly the same as that of a wooden battleship, and the lower deck was not the first layer of cabins, but a layer of iron plates.

That is to say, the two sides of the ironclad battleship are iron plates on the outside and the wooden planks on the inside, while the deck of the ironclad battleship is wooden on the outside and the iron plate on the inside, even if the cannonballs are smashed on the deck, it is fine, only the outer planks can be smashed a little, and the cabins inside still cannot be destroyed.

At this point, the armor strength test of the ironclad battleship was finally over, and Yang Geng then ordered: "Order, start testing the attack power of the ironclad battleship." “

With a wave of the command flag, the super battleships on both sides of the ironclad battleship slowly turned around and withdrew to the outer fleet, and then two more super battleships slowly drove in from the periphery.

These two super-battleships are a bit strange, there are no guns on the deck, and moreover, there are obvious scars in many places.

What's going on here?

It turned out that this was a super battleship that Zheng Chenggong sent back from Europe for maintenance, and Bi Maokang used it directly as a target in order to test the attack power of the ironclad battleship!

Of course, all the naval guns on it had been dismantled, and there were not many crew members on it, and after the two battleships drove two miles away from the ironclad battleship, a small boat was put down on it, and more than a dozen crew members jumped directly on board and rowed away.

At this time, the two super battleships were already empty, there was not a single figure at all, and there was not a single artillery.

It's a big deal, this is a super battleship that costs tens of thousands of taels of silver a piece, and it's actually a target here!

However, Zhu Cijiong didn't say anything, but showed an interested expression, raised his binoculars, and stared at the ironclad battleship in the middle.

He has always emphasized that when testing weapons, we should pay attention to the actual combat effect, what are the two dilapidated super battleships, if not, he will not object to the new one!

At this time, the ironclad battleship finally moved, the huge hull moved forward a little, and immediately after, there was a roar of artillery, and all the guns on both sides opened fire.

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" Five rounds of artillery fire in a row blasted out non-stop, and the super battleships on both sides flew with sawdust, and many washbasin-sized holes soon appeared in the hull.

This is actually nothing, because wooden super battleships can also blast such an effect, but they will only damage each other when fighting.

After five rounds of artillery, the super battleships on both sides were already in tatters, and then the ironclad battleship began to slowly turn around, aiming its bow directly at a wooden super battleship.

"Boom, boom, boom" There were several more cannon roars, and the Shenwei cannon in the bow of the ironclad battleship opened fire, and the three huge cannonballs all hit the wooden super battleship in front without exception.

I don't know if it was the luck of the gunners on the ironclad battleship or the horror of their accuracy, this wooden super battleship actually began to sink slowly after being hit by three shells!

This is actually nothing, wooden super-battleships can achieve the same effect, but they need to be accurate.

After trying it here, the ironclad battleship began to slowly turn around again, and directly aimed its bow at the remaining wooden super battleship.

This time, the bow of the ship did not fire, and the entire ironclad battleship actually accelerated directly and slammed into the wooden super battleship in front.

"Click", with a huge tearing sound, the wooden super battleship that was hit actually broke apart from the middle!

After cracking the wooden super battleship, the ironclad battleship continued to move forward, and it traveled a distance against the wooden battleship until the wooden battleship completely split in half and sank into the sea, then slowly turned around and drove back to its original position.

Zhu Cijiong carefully looked at the impact angle of the bow of the ship with a telescope, there were no obvious dents and cracks, just some scratch marks, and the whole was intact!

At this time, he finally put down the binoculars and laughed at Bi Maokang beside him: "Okay, Meng Hou, it's very good, that's it, the ironclad battleship is like this!" “

Immediately afterwards, he ordered the Daming to turn around and return to the Nandaying Port Wharf, and then took Bi Maokang and other officials to the shipyard to inspect it.

After the shipyard, the power plant, the cannon foundry, the plate rolling mill, and the steel mill went around one by one, he praised Bi Maokang again.

He is very satisfied with all the factories, but there is one point, the secrecy of these factories, or the security work, is not very good.

This is where Daming's hole cards are, and security naturally cannot be sloppy.

He thought about it for a while, and simply left a thousand brocade guards stationed here, so that they could watch carefully, and strictly forbade any suspicious people to enter the shipyard.

Sooner or later, ironclad battleships will appear on the battlefield, but their construction is not impossible to imitate, and if the anti-Habsburg coalition knows the secret of the sealed capsule in advance, they can also build ironclad battleships.

Although the quality is certainly not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, however, ironclad is ironclad, no matter what the quality is, it is difficult for this kind of shell to penetrate now, if the anti-Habsburg coalition builds ironclad warships, then the naval war will return to the state of attrition.

In the naval battle, he didn't want to waste time with the anti-Habsburg alliance, he was ready to secretly build a batch of ironclad warships, and by surprise, he would overthrow the entire navy of the anti-Habsburg alliance!

After the inspection, he did not stop in Dongfan, but rushed back to Dongdaying directly with Bi Maokang and a group of officials from the Ministry of Industry.

Bi Maokang and others are also going to transform the Dongda Construction Shipyard into a new shipyard for manufacturing ironclad warships, and he is going back to Beijing to arrange the next strategy.

Judging from the actual combat effect of ironclad battleships, against wooden super battleships, that is an invincible existence, as long as two or three hundred ironclad battleships are produced, it is not a problem at all to sweep the navy of the entire anti-Habsburg alliance.

Therefore, he decided to change his strategy, and ordered the Beiyang Naval Division, the Nanyang Naval Division, and the South China Sea Fleet to shrink their defense first, and not to go to sea again to make unnecessary attrition with the combined fleets of the anti-Habsburg allied powers.

During this period, no matter how provocative the enemy is, they will not attack until the Nanda Construction Shipyard and the Dongda Construction Shipyard have built enough ironclad warships.

The army corps continued to blossom at many points, seeking opportunities to engage in attrition with the anti-Habsburg coalition army.

Of course, if you can be completely sure, you can rush up and kill your opponent.

Like the Osan line and southern France, the anti-Habsburg coalition powers have gathered heavy troops, which can only be attrition.

Like the North American continent and the Holy Roman Empire, it depends on the situation, if the British and Dutch armies are not very strong, then, once the railroad is built, it will be their end!