Generally speaking, the average gun emplacement requires a distance of about one zhang. There must be sufficient distance between the two cannons. This is the need for a safe angle, but also for the angle of shooting. If the distance is too close, in the event of an explosion, the cannon next to it will also be affected. In recent years, artillery explosions have been very frequent. At the same time, when firing from a cannon, it is necessary to adjust the angle left and right, and if the distance is too close, it is impossible to adjust the angle.

The length of the No. 2 Fu ship is generally about 15 zhang (about 50 meters), so the top deck can only be installed with a maximum of 15 guns. In fact, due to the division of the ship's cabins and the division of various engineering areas, it is not possible to achieve one gun per kilometer. For the second deck, it is even more difficult. The second deck of the ship, which needs to be loaded with a large amount of supplies, is very knowledgeable to make a safe place and install artillery.

The design of a warship is a very complicated system engineering. Cannons are just one of the sub-projects. Warships are first ships, and then warships. If even the basic functions of the ship cannot be guaranteed, then what is the use of installing more cannons? It is like the famous Swedish "Vasa" sail battleship, the king's wanton changes and constant requests for more cannons, resulting in the ship's center of gravity being too high. As a result, just after going to sea, it sank. The more than 120 cannons on board can only be a gift to the sea.

And Zhang Zhun just wants to set up a special freak. Zhang Zhun from later generations, of course, knew the tragedy of the Vasa. However, Zhang Zhun didn't need the Vasa, he only needed the Vasa's cannons. These two monsters of his are not ready to sail away. On a floating platform, a hundred cannons were installed. The No. 2 Fu ship needs to be installed with at least 60 doors. Therefore, all gun emplacements had to be reversed.

Finally, naturally, it is time to install the cannon and fill the sandbags.

After setting up the gun position, the cannon is naturally installed. Because no one has ever encountered such a monster, Xue Zhidie can't accurately measure whether it is feasible. She also didn't have time to carefully calculate the force equalization problem. Therefore, there was only one way to install artillery, to experiment with it, to cross the river by feeling the stones.

The purpose of the sandbag is to stabilize the boat. The position of the cannons is relatively high, and the greater the number of cannons, the heavier the weight of the upper part of the ship, and the lighter the bottom, which is easy to be top-heavy. The Swedish battleship Vasa was sunk for this reason. At the same time, the ships were seriously out of balance, since there were cannons on only one side of the floating battery, therefore, it was necessary to use a large number of sandbags, keeping the ships balanced. These sandbags, all pressed against the bottom of the boat. To increase the weight of the sandbags, most of the sandbags, even damp.

Ordinary warships, to sail long, to carry cargo, to carry flexible maneuvers, every penny of weight on board, should be useful. It is a shame to waste load capacity indiscriminately. No ship has a lot of sandbags on it to keep it balanced. For ships, this is completely impossible. However, Zhang Zhun has made it clear that these two big guys are used to see the door, and they will not leave the one-third of an acre of land at the door. Therefore, Xue Zhidie made this impossible possible. This is the easiest, quickest, and lowest cost way to do it. Of course, you can install iron plates! However, Zhang Zhun in a short period of time, where is there so much iron armor?

In the sea area around Fushan City, the wind and waves are relatively small, so Xue Zhidie can greatly increase the displacement of the ship. The displacement of the No. 2 Fuku, which was originally only 300 tons, can now be increased to about 400 tons. These heavy sandbags are also meant to add weight to the boat. After putting in a large amount of heavy loads, the stability of the ship will be greatly increased. According to her design, after filling thousands of sandbags, the side of the ship must be less than two feet above sea level.

This means that all artillery guns can fire as much as they want, and there is no need to worry about recoil at all. Because the Cangshan ship is too light, when the three guns are fired in a salvo, the ship is often tilted very seriously. It's definitely a test for the sailor. Therefore, the Cangshan ship basically does not fire a salvo, and the Wyvern guns fire one after another.

However, the two lucky ships that have been converted to metamorphosis can fire a salvo to their heart's content without any scruples. Due to the great increase in the weight of the ship, the degree of inclination of the ship during the cannon salvo did not cause the sea water to rush to the deck. Just imagine, hundreds of artillery pieces, firing a salvo together, what kind of scene is that! Although there are no TNT explosives and bombs of later generations, a series of shells will fall, no matter what kind of ship it is, it will be embarrassed. Solid shells are used as grapeshot bullets, which is not something that ordinary ships can withstand.

"Now!"

"Let's go!"

Zhang Zhun waved his hands and announced loudly.

Time was pressing, and Xue Zhidie quickly gathered the foremen together to divide labor.

The original shipyard had a total of five foremen, each responsible for different affairs. Now, there are two more foremen, Duan Changfa and Yin Dafu. Duan Changfa has poor hearing, but he is quite proficient in gestures. In fact, he is also an old shipwright, Xue Zhidie can basically understand as long as he uses relevant special gestures to greet him, coupled with Yin Dafu's yelling.

The most important thing to do is to have a reasonable division of labor. Yes, time is of the essence, and the work is tedious. However, the more urgent the time, the more complex the work, and the more chaotic it is. Because, once it is chaotic, at the last moment, you find that you have not done what you need to do, and you are forced to rework, or if you have to tear it down and start over, this errand is completely messed up.

Therefore, Xue Zhidie was extraordinarily calm when he was dividing labor. One by one, it is implemented on every foreman, even every small foreman. What kind of errands each person was responsible for, and what he was to do each day, were marked and nailed to the wooden wall behind the high platform, ready to be consulted. What kind of work has been completed every day, the foreman must mark it here as soon as possible, so as to facilitate Xue Zhidie's overall grasp.

In order to facilitate the command, Xue Zhidie set up a command center on the high platform, and he directly squatted here to solve problems at any time. As long as the foremen need anything, they can come here at any time to find him. Technical problems can be solved anytime and anywhere. Of course, Zhang Zhun is also squatting here to help solve the problem.

The transformation of the two Fu Ships is not something that can be completed by a single unit of the Partridge Bay Shipyard, and it involves all aspects of the area controlled by Zhang Zhun. Standing on the top of the high platform, Zhang Zhun's orders were issued one after another, providing a lot of resources for the transformation of the two Fu ships.

The first thing to be mobilized is a large number of skilled craftsmen.

Except for the craftsmen in charge of making artillery, all the other craftsmen were temporarily transferred. During the construction of Fushan Castle, there were a large number of workers and craftsmen, all of whom are now mobilized. Xue Zhidie wants 500 craftsmen, and Zhang Zhun naturally has a lot of them. Seriously speaking, now Zhang Zhun has a lot of craftsmen in his hands. Therefore, it is not very difficult to mobilize craftsmen.

Xue Zhidie quickly took charge of arranging for these craftsmen to help, mainly doing heavy odd jobs. In fact, the space of two ships could not accommodate so many craftsmen. On the top of Fuhai, up to 200 craftsmen can work at the same time. On the top of Ninghai, the number of craftsmen is even less. Most of the rest of the work is done on the beach.

For example, the construction of movable gun mounts. A hundred Wyvern cannons require a hundred gun mounts. Due to the number of cannons that Zhang Zhun needed, there was too little room for each Wyvern cannon to move. Therefore, the original standard gun mount is no longer suitable. All gun mounts had to be redesigned and rebuilt.

There are a lot of other sporadic guys, all arranged on the beach. For example, cutting raw cowhides, sewing cotton cloth, preparing standard purlins, cutting steel bars, filling sacks with sand, etc. These are the most basic raw materials, and now they all have to be made into standard parts that can be put on board.

To arrange such a complex division of labor, it fully demonstrates Xue Zhidie's ability to cope. She arranges every work in an orderly manner. Of course, Xue Zhidie was also exhausted. Her body was already a little feverish, but now she is overloaded with her brain, and her face is becoming more and more red. Zhang Zhun touched her forehead and found that it was very hot. He hurriedly called Ning Lingwei over.

Ning Lingwei checked Xue Zhidie's pulse, stretched out her hand to check her body temperature, and said, "She wants to sleep, sleep well!" It's not a big deal to take medicine! ”

Zhang Zhun frowned.

Xue Zhidie said: "When I'm done, I'll sleep." ”

Ning Lingwei said: "When you are done, your body will collapse, and it will take at least two months to recover." ”

Xue Zhidie said: "I know, I am willing." ”

Ning Lingwei had no choice but to prescribe her some nourishing herbs. She was fine anyway, so she cooked it for her in Caidiexuan herself, and then brought it over. Xue Zhidie drank it in a hurry every time, and then went to get busy. Ning Lingwei had no choice but to complain to Zhang Zhun, and said helplessly: "She looks like this, no matter how good the medicine is, it is useless!" ”

Zhang Zhun could only say slowly: "Four days, as long as it takes four days, I will let her sleep well." ”

Ning Lingwei complained rarely: "You came back from Jiangnan this time, and your actions are really big. ”

Zhang Zhun shrugged helplessly.

Yes, this time in Jiangnan, the movement he made was indeed a little bigger. No, because Zheng Zhilong's fleet arrived, the entire Partridge Bay Shipyard was turned on its back. However, Zhang Zhun definitely has no regrets. The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, and I'm afraid of a bird! After these two monsters of Lao Tzu come out, you Zheng Zhilong will know how powerful Lao Tzu is!

After the work was assigned, all the craftsmen were busy.

On the first day, the main task was to dismantle all the things that were not needed on the two ships. Zhang Zhun is personally responsible for this work.

Although Zhang Zhun is not proficient in the construction of ships, he is definitely an expert in destroying ships. There is no way, the shipwrights have their own habitual thinking, and they feel that this demolition will be dangerous, and that demolition will be dangerous, and they are reluctant to dismantle it. It's like when moving, the owner is always reluctant to throw this and that. But the people of the moving company, every one wants to throw it away. Now Zhang Zhun is playing the role of this moving company.

In fact, it is indeed dangerous to tear these things down. The warship is a whole, an inseparable whole. If a certain part is removed, even if there is no problem for a short time, it will be a problem for a long time. After many years of sailing at sea, the situation encountered by the warship is very complicated. However, in Zhang Zhun's opinion, all he wants is a year. Therefore, everything that is desirable or undesirable should be torn down. For a three-hundred-ton warship, he had to dismantle at least fifty tons of excess parts. He wants to dismantle the entire warship into an empty shell.

"Demolition!"

"Tear it down!"

"I told you to tear it down! Tear it down! ”

Zhang Zhun said undoubtedly.

Behind Zhang Zhun, followed by two craftsmen, carrying ink pens. As long as Zhang Zhun designated the place to be demolished, they drew a big cross on it, and then circled it to indicate that it was to be demolished. Originally, Zhang Zhun wanted to write the word "demolition", but unfortunately they didn't know how to write such a word, so they had to give up.

"Tuk Tuk!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Quack!"

And so all sorts of voices rang out.

Some people use axes, some people use saws, some people use pry bars, and some people use pulley blocks and rudimentary cranes to remove all the parts that Zhang Zhun delineates to be demolished. There is also a foreman who is watching carefully to avoid accidents.

No way, dismantling a ship is not an easy job. It is necessary to dismantle as much superfluous things as possible without damaging the structure of the whole ship, but it is very important to pay attention to the effort. Especially the tenon and other things, which were originally connected with great difficulty, and now they have to be removed, and the tenon can not be damaged, so there is only a moving saw. Zhang Zhun only needs to open his mouth, but the shipwrights have to do it themselves, in the cabin, dozens of positions that have been circled by Zhang Zhun to be dismantled, and the construction will start at the same time, and the whole ship will be busy all of a sudden.

After a busy morning, Fuhai dismantled the material warehouse and personnel warehouse. On the Ninghai side, the speed is faster, but not much faster. Whether it is Fuhai or Ninghai, there are still fresh water tanks, cargo cabins, weapon cabins, etc. that have not been dismantled. Fuhai's original design was not a pure warship, but an armed merchant ship. Therefore, at the time of construction, a large number of cargo compartments were also placed, which could carry at least 100 tons (200,000 catties, about 1,000 stones) of cargo. Now, all cargo space has to be emptied.

(To be continued)