The interruption in the supply of welding rods is definitely a serious dereliction of duty on the part of the purchasing department of the Senate, but there is no way to recover it now, and the only remaining way is to find a way to make your own welding rods. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info Due to the lack of rocky mountains near Dongfang Port, mineral powder such as marble cannot be found at this time, and it cannot be manufactured now, but I heard that limestone can also be substituted as an auxiliary material, so Liu Yeqiang has made a lot of limestone and other auxiliary materials to the heavy industry laboratory for trial production.

The Overlord in the sea was still lying quietly on the bottom of the sea, and the mast was still firmly blocking the exit from the harbor. In the next few days, Lin Chuanqing and Li Yuan probed around the wreck twice more to confirm the integrity of the keel and hull. To say that this Overlord is not badly lucky, although it was cut by a machine gun in the side of the ship I don't know how many small holes, but it did not affect the main structure much. According to the technical team and the Admiralty's repeated readings of photographs and interviews with divers, the probability that the ship could be repaired is quite high, but the problem is that if the ship is to be salvaged, it is necessary to make a raft out of many gasoline drums to wrap around the hull, and then use compressed air to blow out the seawater in the oil drums. In this way, it will take at least half a month or so to be made, and it will take several days to salvage, adding up to almost a month to salvage the ship.

Then the problem arose, it was impossible to build a dry dock before the cement plant was put into operation, and even if the seriously injured ship was salvaged for emergency repairs, it would not be as reliable as docking for overhaul, let alone preparing for a complete refit. But even if it is fished out, what will be done with this ship? Drift in the harbor on a raft first? But if you don't fish it out to block the port, it's not a thing, and in the past few days, according to the photos taken by diving, it can be seen that the seawater has begun to erode the hull, and various underwater organisms have begun to shuttle back and forth between the hull, and there are signs of damage to the hull. Therefore, salvaging the sunken ship is imminent.

"What else can I do?" Yang Junbo shrugged his shoulders and said to the members of the Admiralty who consulted him, "Fish it up first, and after you fish it out, you can drag it to the beach while the tide is high, and you won't be able to fish it out after soaking in the sea for a long time." ”

"This ship is also a more seriously damaged one anyway, and it can also be docked for experimental modification at that time," Lin Chuanqing on the side said with a smile, "By repairing and refitting this ship, we can also have a certain understanding of the naval power of the Maidno people, and sooner or later we will have to compete with them for supremacy at sea, and it is beneficial to know more about it earlier." ”

"That's right," Liu Yeqiang on the side nodded, "Shipbuilding is a very unfamiliar business for us, and most of us basically don't know anything about shipbuilding. Although we have a lot of line drawings of ships on hand, which can be mass-produced by drawing decomposition, it is certainly not fast, so the repair of these ships is also a good exercise opportunity for our shipbuilding industry. ”

"Mass production?" Someone in the Admiralty asked, "Do you still want to build a large fleet?" ”

"It's a matter of time," Lin Chuanqing smiled, "We can't rely on these four 8154s and that anti-smuggling boat to fight the world, the Dongfeng is an oil tiger, and it is imperative to train sailors and commanders who are familiar with steam engines and sail warships." ”

"It doesn't take much time to train a qualified sailor, but training a qualified warship commander is quite tedious, and it takes a lot of time. In fact," Bu Zhongfu paused, "many captains in our navy are not qualified, and as the captain of a sail warship, Zhong Bin can even throw us a few streets." ”

Below came the disgruntled whispers of the Admiralty members of the Senate.

"Don't be unpleasant, we now drive motorized boats in and out of the harbor, and if we change to sailboats, how many people can ensure the smooth departure of ships?" Bu Zhongfu's face was a little displeased, "Our move to change the sail warship is equivalent to frugality, you are not convinced now, it doesn't matter, except for Yang Junbo and Lin Chuanqing, who can guarantee that you can safely drive the Chunxiao out of the port masts?" ”

The faces of the people below were naturally not good, but there was really no one jumping out, Bu Zhongfu saw that no one was talking, and began to snap his fingers and said: "Our 8154 range is relatively long, but the fuel consumption is not low, how much fuel do we have left?" You must know that in order to make room for the heavy supplies on the ship, we did not have much oil in the first place, but now we have pumped oil from the fuel tanks of the Dongfeng. Everyone knows that it is impossible for us to produce diesel gasoline in large quantities in a short period of time, do you plan to let us go out on patrol and combat with 8154 in the future? What's the difference between that and the Japanese devil's Ataka ship? ”

"Didn't you say we had oil shale last time?" Someone below asked, "Didn't the technical team say that there is hope for solving the problem of extracting diesel gasoline from oil shale?" ”

When they came to New Space, they brought a set of oil shale extraction equipment, but at this time, they were still left in the Dongfeng cabin as ballast, and they didn't want to use it at all. Thinking of this, Liu Yeqiang had to stand up and explain, "The oil shale we get now is mainly the associated ore of coal mines, which is not of high quality, and it is mixed with a large number of impurities, which is not worth producing." ”

The people present knew a lot about the Navy, but they didn't know anything about oil shale extraction, and since the experts said that it was not worth producing, it was certainly not worth producing...... Since there is no diesel gasoline, let's drive a sailboat honestly.

Sure enough, early the next morning, several captains of the navy and officers of important posts on each ship came to the captured warship by the harbor. Not far away, a large group of captives are building a relatively large raft under the command of several senators, and a little farther away is a lot of cylindrical gasoline barrels are placed on the ground, although it is difficult to salvage the shipwreck, but this shipwreck blocks the entry and exit of the Oriental Port, so it is the top priority of the Senate at this time. Therefore, whether it is the deployment of materials or personnel, it is a very smooth one-step in place. Since there were no cars to transport the gasoline drums, they were brought here by the captives from the warehouse. If it is according to the scheme designed by Liu Yeqiang, it was originally planned to make several large water tanks to be transported to the inside of the hull by divers and then drained, but in the absence of welding rods, sealing is a big problem, so you can only use wood to build a frame first, and then the sailors and divers with better water properties will first install it on the hull, and then install the water-filled gasoline barrel under the frame, so that the lift can be generated by compressed air drainage.

Zhong Bin and Ston were both standing near the pier at this time, and Ston was still wearing his Maidno Navy uniform, which had a lot of stained marks on the dark blue uniform, and even some blood stains. Both of them belonged to the high-ranking members of the maritime power who had been captured by the Senate navy, and both had suffered a lot of criticism, and Ston had suffered a little more than that. In just a few days, several of his officers were killed, and some of the sailors who tried to speak for him were also killed.

Because he is familiar with the official dialect of the Wu Kingdom, although there are many differences between what these guys in the Senate say and the official dialect, and many of the words are a little incomprehensible, but they can basically understand it. He knows very well that he is a lonely person and can't carry it hard, anyway, what the people who criticize him say, he only knows that he is criticized with his head down, and he will never talk back. As a result, he "threw himself into the arms of the Senate" earlier than several other captains and other senior sailors, and was hired as the chief adviser of the Chinese Navy's sailing fleet.

The absolute supremacy of the Medenor people at sea made him not very willing to participate in this force that had just beaten him to the ground and had to surrender, but he couldn't restrain his curiosity about this incredibly powerful Senate, of course, he also knew very well that he had already explained everything in the "political trial", and people must know their thoughts. But still making him the general counsel can only show one thing: it is that these guys who drive strange iron clippers with very fierce weapons have urgent requirements for the operation of sail warships.

At this time, standing next to him was Zhong Bin, who had joined the Senate a few months earlier than him, both of whom had been reformed after being captured, and naturally had a common language. Through the conversation, Ston was surprised to learn that the city in front of him, whether it was the port, the trestle bridge, the paved road under the feet, the houses in the distance and even the endless farmland, just over three months ago, was still a primitive jungle, all of this was realized in just three months.

Zhong Bin said with a smile: "The chiefs call this 'Oriental Port Speed', but to be honest, I, Zhong Bin, have been crisscrossing the South China Sea for more than ten years, and I have never seen such a group of people who can build a city in such a short period of time." ”

Ston didn't quite believe the former pirate leader in front of him, he had fought a lot of battles with pirates in the South China Sea in recent years, and knew that pirates were mostly gangs, and they were allies today and enemies tomorrow. But the guy in front of him didn't have the consciousness of sending people under the fence at all, but was thinking about "serving the Senate", which couldn't help but make him feel a little interesting.

He even hinted at it sometimes, to see if Zhong Bin could steal an iron clipper, in his opinion, although this kind of iron clipper has a trace of evil energy all over his body, but this kind of self-propelled ship without sails and oars is a great militaristic weapon no matter which force is in the hands.

"Don't think about this, the chiefs said that these ships are not for you and me to drive. Even sailors who want to get on these ships must first receive cultural education," Zhong Bin shook his head at him and said, "Then you have to go to the factory to learn mechanical maintenance before you can get on the ship, otherwise, even if you drive it, you don't know where to start." ”

Ston was stunned on the spot, there was such a navy? Do you want to learn cultural knowledge first? Do you want to go to the factory to learn mechanical maintenance? He has also been in the Navy for so many years, what culture does a sailor need? It's enough to be able to climb the mast and pull the cable! This is training captains, right?