The sailing enthusiasts in the Hantang Group gathered again on the second rest day.

The on-site commander they elected last time sincerely criticized themselves, believing that the controversy should be put aside, and the flying clipper should be built first.

Everyone also thought so, and comforted each other and said: "It's okay, we are not a profession in the first place, nor a profession, you see, no one finds fault with our own professional work, right?" We have also completed the work and tasks that should have been completed, and we are here to help Director Wu. ”

So everyone agrees, regardless of whether Director Wu Jie really wants it.

The keel of the clipper ship is placed, and the ribs are ready to be installed.

At this time, everyone began to work in unison, and the speed was no slower than that of the Ming boatman. In fact, you have also seen the way they work, but this is the case - the first rib is inserted, and the back is directly reinforced with components.

However, in the process, it is not known who raised the issue of naval gunboats.

Of course, this has something to do with the news that there have been rumors that there will be a riot after the Chinese New Year.

Sailing enthusiasts are attached to the Navy...... If the Tyrannical Army is up, then what about the Navy? What is the use of the army without a strong navy? The rat carries a gun in the nest?! Used to maintain stability?!

In the hearts of these people, they directly regard themselves as the spokesmen of the Navy.

However, no matter how white sailing fans are, they will not ask for the Ming style sailing ship that is now under construction to be converted into a gunboat.

The Daming-style sailing ships, especially the Cantonese and Fu-style, seem to have a natural abandonment with artillery......

A technician said slowly:

"Well, there is one of the most important problems of the Ming style sailboat, which is the problem of gun position and defense, but the cause of these two problems is caused by one reason, which is the design of the water trap that many people are proud of.

If the whole sailboat does not have a water trap, the merchant only needs 1 opening to lift the cargo into the warehouse, and then move the position of the cargo through guò to fill the warehouse, but if there is a water trap, the merchant needs to open each warehouse to fill the whole ship.

Therefore, no matter how spacious the deck is, there must be several openings, and the main deck on the lower deck is also the same, and then the ship will lose quite a lot of gun emplacements.

Because the Daming style sailing ship has a partition of the compartment to support the structure, it is either not used ribs or very little when it is built, while the Western-style sailing ship can only use a lot of ribs because there is no compartment to support the structure.

These two points are perfectly reflected in the two sailboats that the Akito technicians are building.

Everyone has visited several times, and after checking the information and the actual investigation, we have already formed a complete understanding: in terms of safety and combativeness, the Ming people and their ancestors have chosen the former. ”

Another technician picked up and said:

"Especially the warships of Europe during this period, including merchant ships, have we seen the wreckage? The ribs are almost one after the other, and they provide great defense...... Even the solid shells of the Napoleonic 18-pounder guns could not cause decisive damage to even a 46-inch-thick rib at a distance of 300 yards, and a close fire could not penetrate it, and at that time every British battleship had an extra rib on the left and right sides of the gun emplacement, and the proportion of warships sunk in real naval battles was very small, and most of them were captured. ”

Another technician said:

After the Revolutionary War, the United States took advantage of the abundant and high-quality timber resources of the North American continent to build a number of oak warships, which played an unexpectedly important role in the war with Britain in their attempt to retake the North American colonies.

In the naval battles of that war, the shells fired by British warships at medium and long distances were often bounced off the hulls of American ships, making the British Royal Navy's proud artillery technology unable to give full play to its advantages, and the British sailors exclaimed that they were iron ships.

I really don't know what they would call it if they saw the Purple Cloud......

Combined with the wreckage of the Dutch ships, it would not have been easy for us to sink these wooden ships without the 37 guns at that time, unless we sank them......

At that time, the U.S. warships relied on their sturdy hulls and a large number of short and heavy guns to engage in a short-range artillery battle with the British, but the British were hit by the U.S. army's powerful short-range firepower and suffered heavy casualties, thus enabling the young U.S. Navy to win the victory at sea.

Of course, the U.S. Army was not so lucky, it was blinded by the British troops from Canada, and the capital Washington was lost, and the British burned down the presidential palace, but fortunately, the presidential palace was a stone building, but it was burned black, and then the Americans had to paint the presidential palace white, hehe, this is the origin of the American White House......"

The on-site commander couldn't help but speak: "Because the Daming sailboat uses less ribs, it is relatively easy to be pierced, and the damage caused by the cannonball will be much greater than that of the Western sailing ship." However, the Japanese ships were even more miserable, and they once used 8 capital ships to besiege a Dutch merchant ship and were all sunk, haha......

At the same time, the enhancement of the hull structure of the Western-style ship also helped to equip the ship with a large number of guns without worrying about being shaken apart by the recoil of the guns that were fired intensively.

However, the hull structure of the Ming type ships could not withstand such forces, which is why the Ming ships could only be equipped with no more than 30 guns at most, not because they were unwilling but because they could not.

In general, the Daming sailing ship is an excellent commercial ship type, due to the use of hard sails to make it easy to operate, the number of sailors required is much less than that of the soft-sailed Western sailing ships, and it is more flexible in complex sea conditions, due to the use of compartment design, the anti-sinking and cost are also better than Western sailing ships, but due to the speed, gun position and defense reasons, it is not suitable for use as a warship in the era of hot weapons, especially the ...... with solid bullets as the main weapon"

After everyone drank three pots of tea, they were in a particularly happy mood, and after talking so much, it was time to work......

But at this time, a technician who had been silent for a long time and had not spoken suddenly questioned the plugging method of the keel and ribs.

The technician suddenly said: "It's not that I'm too troublesome, we are learning the boatsmith method of the Ming people, and they are learning the method of Dutch boatsmiths, but they all use the plugging method of ordinary merchant ships...... Can this also be used on clippers? I'm not afraid of the Dutch boatmen causing trouble, their families are all in Keelung......"

Makes sense, makes sense. But why didn't you say it earlier?

"I just remembered when I listened to you chatting......"

See, how important it is to chat!

They put down their current work and began to discuss again how to strengthen the connection between the keel and the ribs...... After discussing for a long time, I found that they all use modern methods, which is not good, and there are too many restrictions on the materials - in the end, I still have to ask the professionals.

"Such a small flying scissor, there is no difference, I have never heard of special requirements, if you want to be safer...... Add some glue and you should be able to see the components I sent you...... Forget it, let's have dinner, or I'll treat you......"

Director Wu Jie went online, and a while ago, everyone was faintly suspected of criticizing him for not chatting online, which is not good, and he can't be separated from the masses.

Director Wu Jie talked about his ideals: "When we are comfortable, we can build a 10,000-ton 7-mast all-steel sailing ship, as our vacation center, and the living facilities must be better than Ziyun...... Go wherever you want! Everyone is welcome to sign up for ......"

The crowd cheered in unison...... There were many applicants, and everyone imagined the freedom of the future together.

But as we talked, we talked, and the conversation went back to the ship.

At this time, Director Wu Jie uploaded a document to Chairman Wu Dapeng, introducing the finalized type of military commuter and communication boats. Perhaps this is the fundamental reason why he went online.

The picture shows a delicate model of a sailing ship, which is a single masted and pointed bow and round stern.

The text is very detailed.

The 12-metre-long vessel is a plywood inner and outer double hull, and the nose jib is equipped with a manual reeler and an automatic sail system. Its main sail is similar to that of the America's Cup sailboat, it is a high-masted full-bone flat-topped sail, and the sailbone is laminated with tea pole bamboo and maple, and its comprehensive performance exceeds that of FRP material; The lightweight mainsail is raised and lowered along a steel guide rail on the mast, and the second slats are also equipped with sail footlines in reference to Chinese sails to control the twisting angle of the top of the sail; All sail hoisting and sail rigging are integrated into the cockpit compartment and can be piloted by one person if necessary!

Four pairs of anti-forestay arms and side strugglings form a powerful mast support structure with a total displacement of nine tons but a 19-metre high mast and a total sail area of 160 square metres! ”

The weighted cast iron keel, which is a collection of stabilizer plates and streamlined counterweights, is designed to be 4,500 kg, with a counterweight ratio of 50% and a draft of 2.9 meters.

The ship can still sail normally in a strong wind of lateral level 9, but the roll will reach more than 21 degrees at this time. Even in the event of a typhoon, if you only hang a small foresail and sail as downwind as possible, it will not be a big problem.

It has two streamlined long rudder blades on the left and right, the rudder efficiency is very high, and the course can be well controlled, and the overall structure will be the best in this time and space.

If we can transfer six 12-horsepower S195 diesel engines in the inventory to us, two years, as long as they are used for two years, these six high-speed sailing boats will be enough for the future navy, and a S195 diesel engine will not need five pounds of oil to run at full strength - with the beginning of the first batch of human transportation of oil by the natives, we have reason to believe that this very small demand will bring great benefits.

After deduction, the single machine can reach 6 knots, 12 knots under the five-level wind, and 18 knots under the eighth-level wind.

Chairman Wu Dapeng sent a secret letter to Director Wu Jie, saying: "No, it's reserved for making tractors or small tanks -- besides, this is the disadvantage of not chatting on the Internet -- "

Director Wu Jie replied: "What? ”

"There are two great men who are working on a single-cylinder, large-flywheel, 12-horsepower diesel engine -- all made from the materials of the same time and space."

"Who is this, such a cow?"