Chapter Twenty-Three: Calming the Second Ship

Fine metal condensation lines? Sleek exterior? Heavy texture? Could this be Mittefilm? Lin Haijiang began to be unable to suppress his excitement again, and several technicians from the manufacturers on the side were chattering with Lin Haijiang about the advantages of the ship, or cautiously consulting Lin Haijiang about the principles of many special requirements and changes.

Lin Haijiang looked at these guys who were too shrewd, and he was very funny in his heart! He wondered what these guys would feel if they knew who they were pirates and what plans they were going to carry out.

Lin Haijiang gently stroked the thick anti-rust paint on the thumb-thick fixing bolts on the deck of the armored bridge shell, which was different from the armored cruisers he imagined, the overall shape of the two 4,860-ton and 4,720-ton sister ironclad ships was still very helpless like a piece of wood, lacking the streamlined beauty of postmodernism, and there were still shortened double mainmasts between the first and second chimneys.

The steel frame knotted keel, the use of splicing and welding into the surname technology, different from the most tried method of wooden shell cladding iron, Lin Haijiang's two ships in order to hide the eyes and ears of Jenny added a layer of oak to the surgery, and covered the turret with a large canvas and wooden cargo box.

According to Lin Haijiang's previous understanding, the front and rear layout of the double chimneys he requested meant that one more boiler was installed, and the twin flow shaft power at the stern could theoretically double the overall power, that is, the two Padino boilers together with the steam engine could make the battleship reach an absolute speed of 16 knots when life was at full load.

Lin Haijiang was very helpless, because Jenny. The technician brought by William told him that the maximum speed of the eight mainsails hung downwind so far was only 14 knots, looking at the technician with a proud expression on his face, Lin Haijiang really wanted to slap this shameless beard, all the changes on the two armored cruisers cost him more than 800,000 pounds?

On the original historical track, the steam engine and integrated boiler technology would make a qualitative leap in just five years from 1855 to 1860, and there was even a single Pibbock steam engine capable of producing 7,000 horsepower! At the beginning of the steam warship era, as long as the warships equipped with waterline armor were generally collectively referred to as ironclad ships, and armored ships were translated panzership in English; In German, it translates as panzerschiffe; It can also be translated as armoured ship or ironclad ship.

Lin Haijiang is also aware of his shortcomings, that is, his vision is too far away and his requirements are too high, after all, he comes from later generations and understands the pace of historical progress.

Lin Haijiang remembered that between 1857 and 1860, a total of 19 British armored ships of more than 4,000 tons were launched, and the maximum combat speed of these armored ships with a single Raul steam engine and no protective gun emplacements was 12.72 knots, but Lin Haijiang knew very well that according to the experts of the Royal Naval Naval Academy in later years, the real combat speed of these armored ships was less than 9 knots.

This is also the reason why Lin Haijiang asked to install two steam engines, and one more point is that in normal times, a single cycle mode can be used to cooperate with the sails, and it can also save fuel for emergency response.

The only thing that Lin Haijiang is more satisfied with is that the turret layout of these two armored ships finally adopts the layout of the front and rear double trapezoidal arrangement according to his own design, and the ammunition compartment is also placed under the best armored command tower, although Lin Haijiang knows very well that at least before 1880, before the advent of naval guns that can sink ironclad ships, not a single battleship, even including the sail battleship, was sunk by artillery fire, and all of them were burned down and sunk.

Lin Haijiang is also satisfied with the overall fire prevention of the two ships and the number and location of the arm-pressure water pumps, compared with the two ships of Mount Tai and Huashan, there are not many combustibles on the two ironclad ships, even among similar ships, Lin Haijiang believes that the fire safety of the two ships is unique.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages, the disadvantage is that the ship can only meet the minimum use and practical needs, and simplicity is inevitable, and the right-angled position of the battle position and the staircase handrail deck is only installed with cork anti-collision, and due to the large ammunition depot and supply space required by Lin Haijiang, the space, including the captain's room, has become a small pigeon cage.

If even the handrails of Taishan and Huashan, which are pure copper and silver, are Mercedes-Benz cars, then the two ironclad ships may only be regarded as illegally assembled high-horsepower trailers.

"Let's call them "Zhenyuan" and "Dingyuan"! Lin Haijiang took a deep breath, these two names that he had been looking forward to for a long time and were haunted by his dreams! It was a cry that had been suppressed for so long that in the twenty-first century, this once-glorious nation still could not have a powerful blue-water navy to protect her maritime interests!

This made Lin Haijiang, who was in the navy, feel like he was in a frying pot! Could it be that this nation itself lacks maritime awareness in its bones? No one can understand why Lin Haijiang's eyes are red?

Lin Haijiang knew very well that the two ships Zhenyuan and Dingyuan would be the foundation for him to realize his ideals.

Jenny. At the same time, William brought him sixty centriled rear-loading cannons, 270 tons of various shells, and a large number of boilers and steam engine parts.

What Lin Haijiang didn't expect was that Jenny actually recruited 300 professional sailors for him, looking at the unruly faces, or the timid appearance of probing his brain, Lin Haijiang didn't have to guess the approximate origin of this group of people, but as long as there was still a way to live, who would want to leave their hometown and beg for a living at sea? Live a life where there is no tomorrow today?

And Lin Haijiang also doubted that Jenny's surname would not be mixed with sand? Now that his goal has been achieved, Lin Haijiang doesn't want to make any extraneous branches.

But there is one more thing that Lin Haijiang must do, after greeting and gathering the guards to gather these guys with their nostrils in the sky, they are all concentrated on the front main deck of the Taishan, and then Lin Haijiang smiled and said: "Three minutes, automatically and consciously line up the team!" I'm a very bad-tempered person! ”

Lin Haijiang's tone immediately caused a burst of laughter, and some people even spit at Lin Haijiang's feet, but none of the sailors on the Taishan, whether white, Chinese, or black, could laugh, and they even looked at the rabble who still didn't know what to call the chaos with a kind of pity.

Almost everyone knows that if you commit it in the hands of Lawrence, the result will be a whip that you will never forget, but if you violate Lin Haijiang's bottom line, I am afraid that even the opportunity to correct it is a luxury.

But Lin Haijiang was extremely generous, and even found an opportunity to allow them to send money home! He really cared for every obedient subordinate, and even risked his life to kidnap the doctor for the sake of an ordinary sailor with a high fever.

Lin Haijiang's series of actions during this period made almost all people have a sense of cognition and belonging, and they love and hate Lin Haijiang!

Three minutes, one hundred and eighty seconds! Soon passed, Lin Haijiang carried his Xia Man Liuzi fast gun and slipped six at a very fast speed!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

After the smoke cleared, the six people who had just shouted the loudest and the most arrogant were all shot in the head and fell in a pool of blood, and in the face of more than a hundred rifles raised for fire, almost all of them went crazy? Inexplicable panic is spreading rapidly.

The white brains were gushing out with blood, and the timid man had collapsed to the ground, and the smell of urine was in the air.

Lin Haijiang hooked his finger at a big man who had spit on him before and said, "You spit on me just now, right?" ”

Dahan was suddenly frightened and soft-footed, but he still insisted on walking out, it can be said that the pirate career is a kind of training for the original crew, and most of the newcomers themselves are extremely vicious, and many people have seen the scene of killing, but so without saying a word, he directly came up and killed six people in a row without asking right or wrong, and he was ready to kill everyone? This man is a demon!

Lin Haijiang waved his hand and said disdainfully to the big man: "Go and lick me what you just vomited!" You have to be hygienic on my ship, I'll check it later, and if it's clean, I'll spare your life, and if it's not, you'll be with them! ”

Lin Haijiang pointed to the corpse that fell on the deck, and then strode forward and said loudly: "There can only be one head in this fleet, and that is me!" I'm talking about the rules, the consequences of violating them, and the price to pay, as I'm sure you've all seen! ”

"Each person will be given two Spanish gold coins! All of you can give you three months' salary advances, and if you need to bring money to your family, go to Adjutant Miller! ”

Lin Haijiang glanced at Miller meaningfully, the reason why he called Miller Adjutant was to let Miller not forget that he was still a member of the collective, and Miller's money was not for nothing, he had to charge 10% of the handling fee, which Miller was very happy about.

Lin Haijiang paused for a moment and then continued: "Give each technician and technician a three-year salary advance and then triple it to thank them for their great help!" ”

The technicians who were scared like quails by Lin Haijiang's killing spree were stunned again by the total salary that had tripled in three years!

Lin Haijiang's image has changed from the demon just now to a cute angel again!

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