The control of the warship is completely different from the car, the car has a throttle device, a gear device, and the speed can be changed at will, but the warship is not easy, for example, the current warship uses a steam turbine, although theoretically, the precise flow of steam can be controlled, so that the speed of the steam turbine can be stabilized at a certain value.

But in fact, this adjustment is not infinitely variable speed, but is divided into five sections, generally speaking, the advance of the combat ship is five levels, of which the forward four is full speed, and the forward five is the strong speed; The auxiliary ship is the same as the civilian ship, it is generally three levels, and the forward three is full speed, of course, the civilian ship is actually the fourth level, but there is a level of "micro-speed progress" below the forward one.

Now, Kucherov's order to advance five was quickly transmitted to the engine room in the back, and the soldiers in the engine room had already mastered the operation essentials of the warship, and pushed the control stick next to him to the front.

Forward Five!

The steam valves had been turned to the maximum, and inside the four boilers, the fuel pumps were spinning at top speed, and the heavy marine oil was injected into it intensely, because the combustion was incomplete, and countless black particles, with the heat flow, rose together and emerged from the chimney.

The steam turbine was accelerating, accelerating, the propeller in the tail was also accelerating, and the entire huge battleship was accelerating forward with it.

The German-made warship, of quite good quality and with an adequate power system, this warship, in the case of no load, can soar to a high speed of 35 knots.

As for reliability, Kucherov will not doubt that the warships that Germany built for the USSR in the past are of quite good quality and high reliability, and this aircraft carrier, which was tested yesterday and has been operating at full power for a period of time, is also completely normal.

Now, his warships had to speed up and quickly leave the sea, out of the waters where the German Navy was often active, so that they could be absolutely safe, and if the German Navy blocked it, he would be in trouble.

The windows on the bridge were open, and he could feel the sea breeze rising as the ship picked up speed, a feeling that he was intoxicated by as an old sailor.

The steam pressure, as it increases further, flows down the pipe and into the steam engine, pushing the blades to rotate more rapidly.

The boiler was burning vigorously, and the officers and men in the engine room felt the surging heat.

"Something is wrong!" An officer and soldier said.

Although they have not been operating this aircraft carrier for a long time, after all, they were already experienced veteran sailors before they came, and the lowest of these engineers have more than ten years of operating experience.

In the engine room, the temperature is abnormal.

What's going on?

"The engine room calls the bridge, and the engine room calls the bridge." The chief engineer shouted: "The boiler temperature is too high, the boiler temperature is too high, request to reduce the power, request to reduce the power." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he heard a loud bang behind him, and countless steam leaked out of the boiler, and one of the nearest engineer soldiers screamed miserably, and under the high temperature of the steam, he was steamed in an instant.

The boiler exploded!

In the entire engine room, steam was filled, and the chief engineer shouted loudly: "Quick, damage management!" ”

Kucherov was stunned, countless ideas popped up in his head, but all the ideas were useless, and he knew that his task might not be completed.

The engineers were heroically rescuing the engine room, and they braved great danger to save five or six people who were severely burned, and finally rescued the engine room.

At this point, the boiler was already out of flames.

When Kucherov came to the engine room, he saw the chief engineer, whose hair was all burned, and his face was ugly.

"It's the refractory bricks inside the boiler." "The refractory bricks fell off inside the boiler, causing the boiler shell to break down because it could not withstand the heat. ”

Firebrick! Hearing this, Kucherov was on the verge of collapse.

In order for this aircraft carrier to be put into service as soon as possible, the Soviets also made great efforts, for example, when they heard that there was a shortage of refractory bricks for the manufacture of boilers, the Soviets immediately sent a batch of them.

As a result, there was a problem with this batch of refractory bricks!

"Now, can you continue to light the fire?" Kucherov asked.

"I'll have to ask the German experts about this." The chief engineer said with a sad face.

The boilers all blew up, although only one blew up, but the other three must also have varying degrees of damage, in this case, can it be ignited again?

Tony and the others were soon brought over, looking at the tragic situation here, Tony was also depressed: "The refractory bricks of the boiler are unqualified, this boiler has been blown up, and the other boilers, the internal refractory bricks, must have fallen off, if the ignition continues, it will definitely be the same ending as now." ”

Tony's words made Kucherov completely fall into the ice hole and lose power, then this aircraft carrier can only float on the sea!

What to do? Call the base, send a tugboat over?

That's too far, the speed of the tugboat is the slowest, that is, the speed of a dozen knots, and it will take several days to arrive!

"Captain, the weather department has sent a forecast, and in five hours, a big storm will strike."

This sentence made Kucherov fall into the ice hole, five hours, there is a big storm!

If a big storm hits, this kind of 10,000-ton warship would have little impact, for example, it can adjust its direction and sail in the direction where the waves are coming, so that the impact of the storm can be minimized.

However, if there is no power, it is a different situation, it is impossible to adjust the course, if the wind and waves blow from the side, and the effect is superimposed again and again, the big storm will overturn the battleship!

In that case, this aircraft carrier will be scrapped!

"Colonel, this aircraft carrier must be returned to the site for maintenance, and the replacement of the boiler requires cutting the deck steel plates, which is a lot of work, if you insist on driving it away, please let us go." "We got in the lifeboat and had a couple of hours to be able to paddle to shore," Tony said. ”

As a large warship, of course, there are enough lifeboats, Tony's meaning is very simple, if you want to die, then go and die, don't affect innocent people!

After speaking, he shook his head again: "It's a pity, this warship, it's a pity." ”

Kucherov knew that he had no choice, the shipyards in the Soviet country would simply not be able to complete the task of replacing the boilers, and now, if he still insisted, there was no other possibility than to be in distress in a big storm.

"Contact the shipyard and send a tugboat over to tow us back." Kucherov said.