Chapter 375: Test Ship

With a slight shaking of the ship, the hull was completely stable, and this time the sailors brought only a hundred, mainly workers in the engine compartment and some workers who recorded the navigation data, and Wan Qiyang led the gunners and machine gunners. Because they were coming from the port of London, and across the coast was France, they had to go back to the west and find the island for artillery experiments.

When everyone looked at such a huge ship, the other ships in the harbor were dumbfounded, and it was very strange that there were no muzzles and sails in the whole hull, and there was no human paddling, only a few bridges protruding from the deck, which no one had ever seen, but they saw that the ship was still running quite fast against the wind. When looking at the black smoke coming out of the large chimney on the steamer, those who have seen the train can think of the steamship as the power of the steamer, but they can't think of the specific principle for a while.

After passing through the harbor a few times, everyone also saw the name of the new painting on the hull---- Douglas - Zero Zero One, and of course the flag of the nobility of England was flying on the ship. Soon the steamer came to some uninhabited reef islands around the west coast and anchored a long way away, but those reefs could not be seen from such a distance with the naked eye, Wan Qiyang gave Lance and Jack a pair of binoculars. When everyone saw the scenery from the telescope, they were also shocked, and it was very unbelievable to see the distant scenery so clearly from the telescope in their hands.

Then Wan Qiyang told a set of data to the gunner after measuring and calculating, Wan Qiyang signaled everyone to cover their ears, and then issued an order to 'fire', everyone only felt that there was a hull vibration, a wave of air they all sensed in the captain's room, it was too scary, even Wan Qiyang did not personally experience the feeling of firing the gun. In the distance, a huge sea flower was stirred up and black smoke rose, and then another explosion was heard a few seconds later. Then Wan Qiyang asked everyone to look at the reef in that place just now from the telescope, and the result was naturally that the reef was gone, of course it was broken!

Everyone understands that the power of this cannon is so huge and very powerful. With this kind of cannon, it is completely possible to sweep through a fleet, and at this time, the Lance patriarch finally understands what Wan Qiyang meant by dominating the whole world before. But it is obvious that this kind of technology is not spread outside, this is a military problem, so Wan Qiyang asked them to keep it a secret, and only wait until their strength is strong.

After returning to the port, Wan Qiyang was very satisfied with the first voyage test to the sea, and at the same time was satisfied with the power of the artillery, the power of the 400mm caliber was quite huge, and Wan Qiyang felt that it was a bit overkill to make such a powerful cannon now. Fortunately, I have a spare barrel to prepare, otherwise the life of one use will be shortened, and the most important thing is that the barrels manufactured now are also selected under random conditions to meet the requirements of the steel, which also shows that it is possible that the life will be shorter, and it may be longer, anyway, it is the right choice to make a backup supplement. Anyway, what you need is a modern combat army, how can you have the right to speak for yourself if you don't fight for the sovereignty of the world in your own hands, and you can only make rules if you have to be strong.

Wan Qiyang got all the navigation data, and then calculated the standard of the voyage, and recorded the best voyage log, after all, in the case of using machinery as power, a lot of navigation data is still just a process of exploration and experiment, Wan Qiyang now began to prepare for all the equipment and resources needed to return to China, the preparation for returning to China is on the one hand, on the other hand, he must have a spokesperson after leaving, this spokesperson Wan Qiyang is ready to let Henry do it, after all, Andy can only be regarded as a right-hand man, Henry was also a nobleman, with experience and brains in business. Of course, you can't completely let Henry speak for it, and someone has to supervise it to be foolproof. This overseer, Wan Qiyang, is designated as Hank's butler, and from what Hank did, Wan Qiyang is very much in agreement with this person's professional ethics, Wan Qiyang is ready to hand over several more important events to Hank, and then remind him of the supervision matters and the personnel who need to be supervised. Anyway, after he leaves England, he has to make a task list for all members, and the time limit of this task list is set at 2 to 3 years, and the particularly important part is mainly in the invention of steam engines and electrical appliances, anyway, many manufacturing plants in Wan Qiyang have completely formed a scale, all assembly line operations, all the technology is only in the hands of a few of their own people, and the key technologies are patented, and Wan Qiyang asked the Oliver family to specially organize a team of lawyers, According to the current financial resources of the Oliver family, all the professional teams can be supported completely alone, so there is no shortage of departments in Wan Qiyang's business group.

While loading some of the products he produced on the ship one after another, Wan Qiyang was planning who would follow up with the technology he needed to keep after he left, and at the same time, he must first invent wireless telegraphy before thinking about leaving, so that he could directly control it remotely. Therefore, this wireless telegraph is a particularly important tool, and this technology and equipment must be kept in his own hands for at least fifty years, so Wan Qian ** is not ready to register a patent now.

In the last two months, Wan Qiyang has arranged all these tasks, and successfully equipped the Oliver family, the Douglas family and the Jacob family with wireless telegraphs, and at the same time, Wan Qiyang produced a total of ten machines, only three of which were left in the family, and the remaining seven Wan Qiyang were brought back to China, and one was used on the ship, and it was used regularly.

Now it is the end of October 1628, thermal power plants have begun to be built in major cities, railways have begun to be laid throughout England, and even the royal families of several other European countries have begun to negotiate with the English royal family, hoping that the railway will be laid in their country, and they also hope to build thermal power plants, so the Oliver family has become the top nobles in England, and at the same time, Cromwell has also entered the national parliamentary group, Wan Qiyang is ready to expand his company, and all this is for Henry to operate, Anyway, what Wan Qiyang has in his hands is the most core technology, and the existence of weapons must only be in his own hands, and the rest is no longer a problem.

Wan Qianyang finally explained to everyone that he was going to return to China, and everyone was also a little surprised that Wan Qianyang was preparing to return to China at the stage of rapid development of his career, Wan Qiyang explained that he should go home to see if he had been out for so long, and it would be convenient to return when the time came. The only one who didn't know what her mood was when she heard the news that Wan Qianyang was going back to China, because Wan Qiyang had said before that he would return to China and take her with her, but she had a sense of fear of leaving her hometown.

It was already the thirtieth at the end of October, this day Wan Qiyang checked the list of ships on board, and also counted the goods to be transported back to China this time, as well as the team members who were ready to return to China together, in the last month, Wan Qiyang carried out assault training for the most important group of team members, familiar with and used guns, and at the same time let Wan Qiyang discover a group of sharpshooters, which is a kind of natural ability to operate firearms.