Qin Ling left with the cavalry that had been built by Su Dingfang for several years, and walked in the direction of victory in his heart.

The war in Liaodong also reached a stalemate after the first battle on the Hunhe River.

And Chang'an City, at this time, has turned the sky upside down.

The ironclad battleship is finally completed, the entire warship is made of steel except for the interior decoration, this is the first steel warship in history, it uses the fact of steel to announce to all the turtles in the world that not everything heavier than water will sink to the bottom!

His Majesty Li Er came, and the Empress of the Eldest Sun also came, including the patriarchs of those families and the noble families.

The entire ironclad ship is lit up like a festival.

On both sides of the riverbank, countless Datang people gathered here to watch the trial voyage of Datang's first steel warship.

……

"Father, everyone has already come up, have you set sail?" Li Chengqian was wearing a military dress with the same style as the old man, and with a glass of red wine in his hand, he came to his father's side.

"You look at it, I'm here to have a good time today." Li Er seemed to enjoy this kind of buffet-style party, also holding a glass of red wine in his hand, chatting with Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji, and casually waved his hand and sent Li Chengqian away.

But think about it, from the beginning of the construction of the entire battleship to the completion of the construction, the old man did not even ask, and now naturally he will not point fingers at this, and professional things are left to professional people, which is the purpose of the old man.

Of course, what is more interesting is that in order to make this first voyage more meaningful, Li Chengqian also held a banquet similar to a buffet on the ship, and the bigwigs who got on the ship also came to play, so it was better to let them have a better time.

So when the old man signaled that Li Chengqian could decide for himself, Li Chengqian decisively withdrew, ran to the captain's room to find Xiao Tang, and said excitedly: "Let's go, you can drive the boat!" ”

"Okay, I'll go and inform!" Xiao Tang was spinning around like a fly in the captain's room, and when he heard that he could start the boat, he immediately cheered up, came to a row of copper pipes in the corner, and shouted at one of them: "Turbine crew, maximum firepower output." ”

A moment later, a loudspeaker in the captain's room said, "The crew understands. ”

"Deck group, anchor!"

"The deck group understands!"

"Combat groups, prepare!"

"The battle team understands!"

“……”

Using brass pipes to transmit sound, this is what Li Chengqian learned from the movie "Tunnel Warfare", of course, he may have also had a junior high school physics textbook, but he does not have a clear memory of "Tunnel Warfare".

However, it is precisely thanks to this that the transmission of messages on the ship is much easier, and there is no need to be as noisy as before, after all, there are still many bigwigs outside, and the mess is very embarrassing.

……

The movements of the people below are very fast, I think they know that the emperor is on the ship and wants to show it.

In less than a quarter of an hour, someone had already returned through the brass pipe that sent the message, and the preparation continued.

Tang Shanzhi and Li Chengqian glanced at each other, the corners of their mouths twitched slightly, but in the end they didn't say anything, turned their heads to a captain who was transferred from the sailor two months ago and asked, "Your training should have been completed, right?" I don't remember what to do next. ”

The captain didn't know how long he had been on this ship, and he was fiddling with these things on the ship every day to practice, and he had already practiced it so well that he could operate it even with his eyes closed, so after listening to Xiao Tang's question, he replied categorically: "My lord, the lower official remembers!" ”

"Then let's get started, don't be ashamed!" Don Jr. nodded.

"Yes!" The captain roared excitedly, startling Xiao Tang.

But now I can't care about these things, after answering, Xun quickly observed the various instruments on the ship, and then gave a few orders to the row of copper pipes used to send words, such as: reduce the pressure by 30%; Open the throttle valve and so on.

……

The massive steel battleship has two large chimneys on top, which means it is powered by two huge steam engines.

When all the preparations were completed, with the captain's order, the two huge chimneys suddenly spit out billowing smoke, and the hull of the warship shook slightly in the sound of the huge air whistle.

After a few moments, it was obvious to everyone on board that the ship was moving slowly.

You know, right now, it's against the current, a steel battleship with no oars and no sails is actually going against the current?

All the people who knew the slightest bit were almost stunned, especially the patriarchs of the families on the ship.

They had inquired with people who had experience in sailing before they came, and they thought that even if the ironclad could float, the power was the biggest problem, and it was impossible to move without oars and sails.

Of course, it may be possible to go down the river, but the end result can only be to drift anywhere, and everyone on the boat will have to come back in a carriage in the end.

But as it turned out, they were all wrong, the ship could really move, and as the smoke from the two chimneys rolled up, it became faster and faster, and gradually it could overtake the carriages running around on the official road.

Therefore, the general of the sailor did not speak, and did not care that the food that was placed in the open air was covered with black ash, and stuffed it into his mouth in a daze, but his eyes were all fixed on the captain's room, which was high above.

The old monsters of the family also stopped talking, and they only felt the hot pain on their old faces, as if they had been slapped a few times.

Of course, this is not to say that no one on the battleship has spoken, at least Tang Jian, who has been belittled by everyone and thinks that there is an unfilial son in the family, is starting to be proud.

On the entire battleship, apart from the sound of the whistle, only the laughter of this old man existed.

No matter who he was, he began to shout, "What's the matter, what's the matter, this boat was built by my son!" Haha......"

This is so embarrassing, Xiao Tang wanted to go down to the deck and pretend to be forced but didn't dare to go down.

Not for anything else, because I am afraid that I will be beaten after I go down.

After all, those old men are now offended by his old man, and they are angry one by one, and they will inevitably be used as a punching bag after going down.

But it backfired, just when Li Chengqian and Xiao Tang were hiding in the captain's room and pretending to be a bear, a little eunuch ran up, knocked on the door and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Tang, Your Majesty wants the two of you to go down, saying that he wants to give you two to celebrate!" ”

Celebration? What is the achievement? Isn't the old man here to have fun? I didn't say anything like celebration at first? And looking at the situation outside, it doesn't look like a celebration at all, why don't you celebrate a fart? ()

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