Chapter 324: At Sea

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The hatch of the ship does have requirements, especially the hatch from the inside of the ship to the outside of the ship, which must only be opened inward, in order to prevent sudden opening and catching people off the sea and causing accidents. But there is actually another reason, and that is because of the water pressure. There is no unsinkable ship in this world, no one can guarantee that their ship will never sink, and once there is a serious water ingress and capsizes, the outward opening hatch will be completely unable to open due to the problem of water pressure, resulting in the death of the people in the cabin. This situation is also very common in the life of the old world, the most common situation is that when the vehicle falls into the water, the water pressure will resist the door so that the door can not be opened, and you can only choose to break the glass to let the water flow in to keep the water pressure inside and outside the car consistent or close to open, which will seriously delay the opportunity to escape, and the opening direction of the cabin door is no different from this.

Zhan Jie's curiosity is indeed true, if according to the design requirements, the cabin door of the Vostochny Port should indeed be opened inward, but the direction of opening the personnel living compartment during the design of the ship has been debated from many aspects, the most important of which is also because of the problem of water pressure. If there is a shipwreck, the sinking of the ship must be carried out from the bottom up, the cabin of the personnel living area is located under the bridge of the transport ship, just below the position of the ship deck, far above the waterline, when the water ingress occurs, all personnel will basically be required to put into the damage management work, that is to say, there will not be many people left in the cabin, and the people who stay in the cabin have special personnel on duty, once the water reaches the level of the waterline, the personnel in the cabin will be notified to evacuate, Therefore, the situation of people being trapped due to the fact that the door cannot be opened due to water pressure basically does not exist. As for the entrances and exits of the personnel living quarters, the doors are all opened inward, and the watertight doors are also used to prevent seawater backflow due to high waves at sea.

The Oriental Harbor was breaking through the water and moving forward, and her speed was not fast, only about ten knots. In fact, steam-powered ships are sometimes not much faster than sailboats, and modern sailboats in the old world are often able to speed even faster than ordinary powered ships, and the threemaran dhow special mission sailing ships now in service with the Navy can reach speeds of fifteen knots in ordinary times, and even twenty knots at the fastest time - no matter how fast it will disintegrate, no one has ever tried how fast it will be. But the biggest advantage of a steam-powered ship is that it can travel at a normal and steady speed, with or without wind, and the only thing that can limit it is fuel. In the past, the dependence on fresh water for sea navigation was very strong, and the key to how long a fleet could go depends on how long the fresh water on the ship could be kept drinkable. When the Senate came to the New World, it used reverse osmosis membrane technology for desalination, but this technology has very strong requirements for reverse osmosis membranes, and this kind of thing cannot be produced in a short period of time and space, so in addition to being equipped on the Dongfeng and several cruisers in the old world, the rest are left in the important reserve warehouse and stored in case of damage, and at least there are samples that can be imitated when they are imitated in the future.

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The Vostochny Harbor now has fresh water reserves, but this fresh water is stored in the fresh water tank in the bilge, and it is still stored in a large water tank, which is used as ballast, and will not be used as drinking water until a critical moment, and the fresh water used on the ship is obtained by the condensation of the main engine. Although it is true that there is a lack of some minerals in these fresh waters, these minerals will not die if they eat less for a year and a half, as long as they go to the land to eat a few meals and drink a few sips of water, they can basically make up for it, so the ship directly supplies this "condensate fresh water" to provide the crew with their daily needs, and can also be directly used as boiler water.

"Why are our ships moving so slowly?" Someone in the noisy steam engine asked loudly, He Lin plucked out his ears, he didn't know if the sound he heard vaguely just now was from his own auditory hallucinations, turned his head to look, and behind him an old man with an oily face was looking at him, it turned out to be Guo Hao. Guo Hao was not a veteran of the industrial department, he was working in the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and the reason why he was sent to the Oriental Port this time was because he was assigned by Gu Qingqian as a special correspondent of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade to set up a new trading station in Qingdao, Shandong.

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The ship is now stockpiled with fresh water on the Yangji Kaoxian Oriental Harbor, but this fresh water is stored in the fresh water tank in the bilge, and it is still stored in a large water tank, which is used as ballast, and will not be taken out as drinking water until a critical moment, and the fresh water used on the ship is obtained by the condensation of the main engine. Although it is true that there is a lack of some minerals in these fresh waters, these minerals will not die if they eat less for a year and a half, as long as they go to the land to eat a few meals and drink a few sips of water, they can basically make up for it, so the ship directly supplies this "condensate fresh water" to provide the crew with their daily needs, and can also be directly used as boiler water.

He didn't really want to go down to the oil-stained engine room, but he couldn't stand the "highest technology of the Senate" ship. Whether it is the journey to this new world with everyone, or the transportation route to and from Hong Kong's Oriental Port, he basically sits on the Dongfeng, the 10,000-ton freighter is more than 100 meters long, and the full load displacement can be filled with a few whales, no matter how bad the sea conditions are at sea, it is probably stable or can be maintained, so he never knew that he would be seasick, until he boarded the Oriental Port with great interest. It took a day to reach Hong Kong at a speed of 16 knots, and after a short stop and resupply, it began its journey at sea at 10 knots.

The Oriental Port is different from the Dongfeng, its length is only more than 80 meters and the width is 20 meters, although the effect of resisting wind and waves is much better than those small transport ships in the fleet, but it is still "destroyed" by the sea conditions. Now that Guo Hao's face is covered by oil, it is actually a kind of white white, because he feels that the floor under his feet that is shaking all the time has brought his cerebellum to enjoy the stimulation of the swinging machine, and he has been unable to eat since last night, and he has the urge to vomit even when he drinks water. Just now, Guo Hao ran to the cockpit and learned that the speed of the ship was only about ten knots, and Carnesto very patiently explained to him that the distance of this route was more than 1,100 nautical miles, and at this speed, if nothing else, it should be possible to reach Qingdao in about five days. But Guo Hao felt that he couldn't stand it, because he was just a dinner and a breakfast he hadn't eaten, and his stomach was already very hungry, but the feeling of nausea and vomiting made him feel painful, and such a day was unacceptable for another twenty-four hours, let alone five or six days, so he asked Captain Yang Feng if he could increase the speed, but Yang Feng answered him very simply, the speed is not up to him, but the power output that the power cabin can provide, and now the power cabin can only provide such output, Therefore, it is only possible to continue to maintain this speed. So Guo Hao ran down to find He Lin to see if He Lin could increase the speed of operation a little.

"Why are you driving so slowly?" He Lin wiped the oil stain on his face and said, "It's very simple! Because the output of these two 160 horsepower steam engines is not enough! As he spoke, he pointed to the boiler not far away, "Our boiler or steam engine are all newly produced products, and the seamless steel pipes used were factory not long ago, and I am not very confident about these things, so they are all working at rated work efficiency and intensity, and I don't dare to try whether they can operate at full efficiency now." ”

"Give it a try! It's good to speed it up! Guo Hao quickly stroked his chest as he spoke, because he was already starting to feel like he was going to vomit again.

"It's easy to say," He Lin glanced at him, "I want to increase the output, it's very simple to say, just open the valve wider, and make the fire a little stronger, but do you know how much risk there is?" ”

Guo Hao hurriedly swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, temporarily suppressed the desire to vomit and asked, "How risky can this be?" Isn't it just steam? ”

"Well, that's right, isn't it just steaming...... I'll go! You really want to figure it out! You think it's your kettle for boiling water, right? This is the boiler! He Lin almost jumped up, "The temperature inside the boiler is very high, and the movement inside is four or five hundred degrees, if it was six or seven hundred degrees that we had there before, it would not be unusual, and the pressure inside could reach the pressure of tens of megapascals, do you remember the boiler explosion that almost killed Zhang Yuan?" ”

"Zhang Yuan?" Guo Hao was stunned for a moment, and asked weakly, "Is that the time when you hit someone with your car?" Didn't you use a Stirling engine that time? It doesn't seem like a steam engine, right? ”

"I'll go! You don't know about that boiler explosion? Directly blow up a boiler bigger than this one and fly out a few hundred meters! He Lin sighed and continued, "If our boiler explodes, the explosion effect is equivalent to a 500-kilogram TNT explosive, which can blow our ship to pieces, and none of us can escape." ”

Guo Hao was stunned at this time, he didn't know that he had been staying on such a short-tempered bomb, and he couldn't help but quietly retreat. He Lin waved his hand, "It's okay, it hasn't exploded yet, we're just afraid that it will explode now, you must know that the key components we use now are all new products from Dongfang Port, although they have been monitored by flaw detectors and other instruments after they are produced, who can guarantee that there will be no problem?" So I think it's better to keep the output low for a while, let these devices get used to it, and then run at their power rating. ”

Guo Hao was about to speak, but He Lin continued to say to himself, "Now because the bottom of the boat has just been launched, there are still quite a few cracks in many places, and the water ingress is still very serious. The water intake continued to increase for a few hours when I was close to Hong Kong, so I had to lower the power output and slow down the speed of the boat, which was much better. If the water is flooded for a long time and the speed is still high, it is easy to directly damage the safety of the hull structure. ”

Guo Hao shook his head, the strong churning in his stomach made him a little unbearable, and he hurriedly turned around and ran in the direction of the stairs, He Lin looked at his back and hurriedly shouted, "Don't run!" I'm not done yet! There are six ways to inspect pressure pipes, but I haven't talked about it yet! ”

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"The spring breeze - raising the parting of you and me, the summer rain - wetting the lonely eaves, the autumn leaves - the red leaves falling and missing, the winter snow - it is another year in the blink of an eye. In the three hundred and sixty-five days of missing you, listening to the song you and I love the most, tears, always accidentally smiling faces, suddenly I feel that you have not gone far! In your arms—there is the warmth of your hugs,In your eyes—you smile and cry,In your heart—there are the stories you have told,In your dreams—you are on your way home; In the three hundred and sixty-five days of thinking of you, read every word of comfort you wrote, love, encircle you and I in the same circle, I can feel your heat and cold; In the three hundred and sixty-five days of thinking of you, the sea - I wish I could see farther, love - the continuous long line between the two hearts, my joys and sorrows are surrounded by you" With the melodious orchestral sound, a familiar singing voice came from the tweeter, which was from Li Fen, the most famous soprano singer in Oriental Port.

With the "self-created" songs that Pan Dai tailor-made for Li Fen, her fame in Dongfang Port began to grow, as naturalized citizens, they had never heard such melodious and in-depth songs, of course, they were full of admiration for female singers who could sing such beautiful voices; The patriarchs had heard these songs, but they were already memories of the old world, and in the new world, there was basically no other way to listen to them than to play them on MP3 and CD, except for the cassette tapes and vinyl records brought by a few veterans who were keen to restore the classical style of the old world. Since it is not easy to hear these songs now, it is actually very good to listen to Li Fen to recover these songs, so although the patriarchs know the truth, they never break it, but just quietly enjoy it with the naturalized people.

During this time, Pan Dai has tried everything to make this soprano who he "picked up" famous, and every once in a while, a new song will be released. There is no professional dubbing studio in the Oriental Harbor of the New World, let alone a dubbing artist, and Li Fen's beautiful singing voice can almost sing the original flavor of every song, and can also bring her personal taste. Especially after Li Fen learned more knowledge and culture through self-study and night school training during this time, her understanding of the artistic conception of lyrics has reached a new level.

This song "Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days of Thinking of You" was written by Wu Yukang in the old world, composed by Li Weixiang and sung by Coco Li, after Li Fen saw it, she deeply felt the sweet and warm feeling brought by missing, she was singing loudly with her eyes slightly closed and her hands quietly on her abdomen, and the orchestral musicians around her were playing in her soulful singing one by one, everyone was extremely serious, and she was very proud that such a beautiful piece could be played from her own hands.

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