The flying scissor communication ship that the squad leader in the naval base showed to the second captain and Wang Zheng had actually only been delivered for three months. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

But in these short three months, it has already run three times between the Lion City naval base on the island of Shilan and the base on the island of Hormuz in the Persian Strait!

Its astonishing speed makes the Liuqiu Navy proud...... There are even some maritime rumors that the Liuqiu Navy can rely on the traction of angels, otherwise where can it be so fast?!

The second captain of the junior team just arrived here, of course they haven't heard those rumors...... Under the leadership of the team leader, they boarded the strange-looking boat and took a closer look.

In addition to the hollow bow sign, this flying scissor sailing ship has a smaller freeboard and less superstructure.

It seems that this not only improves the stability of the ship, but also makes it possible to give full play to the role of the sail.

The squad leader said, "When the scissor sailboat is sailing, it is almost flying against the water......

After hearing this, the second captain and Wang Zheng could only express their surprise......

They observed that the ship's length-to-width ratio was even greater than 6:1, even more slender than their swordfish assault boat!

The team leader also introduced its underwater shape, which resembles an inverted triangle, which has the least resistance in the water, and can immediately increase the speed!

But at the same time, in order to be stronger, the bottom of the ship also has a certain curvature...... It can't be a complete inverted triangle, which makes its waterline particularly beautiful.

The captain of the second captain saw that the waterline surface of the bow of the ship was concave, which made the bow of the ship appear long and sharp, and the curved scissors shape, so the ship would definitely be able to move forward in the waves!

No wonder it can be called flying scissors......

Wang Zheng observed the sails of the entire ship...... The increased bow post extends the length of the hull, and a slash sticks out along the bow post to hang more jibs, which not only helps to expand the capacity of the sail, but also enables the hollow bow to make a bow lifting action when moving forward in the waves, thus improving the course stability in the waves!

The rear of the boat gradually becomes sloping, and the inclined waterline transitions harmoniously to the narrow round tail, thus blending harmoniously with the graceful bow shear pattern.

What a beautiful sea boat...... The second captain and Wang Zheng couldn't help but clap their hands and praise!

The squad leader also said that the ship would have no difficulty in maneuvering, as long as the sails could be adjusted at any time at the angle of the wind...... Our Zhang Island Master is really talented!

All three were proud of their owner.

What they don't know is that the so-called clipper is actually just a conceptual problem, and its own structure is not complicated, especially Wang Defa's family did not want to pursue large-scale and high-speed at the beginning, as long as it can be used normally and safely, it is completely small.

These requirements enable the flying scissor communication vessel to ...... groundwater quickly and smoothly

The flying scissor ship required a large enough sail area, and Wang Defa's family directly requested that the two-masted fully equipped sail was directly used, and the tall mast was directly adopted, and its height reached three-quarters of the length of the ship...... He also asked for a moon sail and a ramyard to be hung on the top mast sail.

Moreover, the two sides of the boat are also added with overhang sail trusses as wing sail bars, and after hanging the wing sails, the lateral extension area of the sail is further increased.

Since it is only a two-masted mainsail, there is little interference between the sails, so it is easy to operate...... The transverse dimensions of its visible sails greatly exceed the width of the ship.

The cotton and linen canvas produced on Liuqiu Island provided the possibility for Wang Defa's family to design sails.

Moreover, the large woodworking machine tools they use also provide technical support for the shipbuilding process......

During sea trials, it easily ran fifteen knots per hour with a tailwind!

At levels above level 6, its limit can reach eighteen nautical miles!

Only eight people are needed on board for normal sailing...... It can be used as a transportation communication ship.

Almost all onlookers were stunned by its sea trials, it was like flying on the sea!!

The island of Ryukyu is really a place where things come out of the gods!!

But Wang Defa's family understands that it is not so comfortable to ride...... Ordinary people can't stand the bumps on it.

Director Zhang Laoshi disagreed, he said: "If people who go to sea can't bear some bumps, then what's the use?!" ”

Wang Defa's family recommends that it is easy not to use it to the limit...... At least in favor of the maintenance of such a ship.

Due to the speed of the boat, it needs to be well maintained after every voyage.

Those onlookers praised its high speed...... But Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, knows that it is far from reaching the maximum speed of this type of ship!

He was well aware that in later generations, the fastest record for this type of ship was to arrive in London from Canton in 99 days...... And it's a thousand-ton merchant ship!

But their ship is less than 100 tons......

During the entire manufacturing process, he only visited the Badaohe shipyard once.

He once asked Wang Defa's family to build an iron-clad flying scissor clipper, and he wanted to directly mount the thousand-ton level.

At that time, Wang Defa's family smiled and said to him: "Sea transportation, all the timber can still complete the task; Land transportation, you can't play without steel......"

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, was speechless for a moment...... At that time, their steel production could not fully meet their own needs, and one of the important indicators was that they had at least two tons of steel per capita on the island of Liuqiu!

In the beginning, they thought that this was not a high requirement at all, and that this goal should be easily achievable as long as they concentrated their efforts on expanding the iron and steel mills!

But until now they have not reached ...... What they didn't expect was that the number of people who came to Liuqiu Island was growing so fast that it would always pull their numbers down!

There is a reason why the Great Song government is secretly promoting, they often break up some regular troops, and then send them to Liuqiu Island as "volunteers".

Of course, there are also some people in the Great Song Dynasty who really volunteer to be volunteers...... In addition, there is a regular influx of labor from the island countries of Japan, so they always have to postpone this goal.

Originally, they demanded that anyone on the island should be the denominator of the data......

The structural requirements of a large flying shear sailboat are much higher than that of a small one, because the bow and hull of the ship are able to withstand high fluid extrusion forces, so only iron-wood hybrid construction is possible......

Zhang Laoshi made a model of the flying scissor sailboat according to the ratio of ten to one, and when they sent the first flying scissor sailboat away, they began to prepare to build a thousand-ton flying scissor sailboat.

For this reason, the owner of Zhang Guoan had to stop an important project to build a bridge, squeeze out its wrought iron material, and completely allocate it to the Badaohe Shipyard.

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, had to agree with his friend's opinion, in terms of steel, it was still the main thing to solve the needs of land, and the 1,000-ton clipper ship could only be regarded as a sample for the time being...... Wood is still the main thing at sea.

When the people in the Lion City Naval Base knew that the owner of Zhang Island handed over the first flying scissor sailboat produced and processed to them for use, they were all overjoyed, which showed that although it was far away, the owner of Zhang Island was still concerned about everyone!

So, they like to show off the boat to others, not to look at its small size...... (To be continued.) )