Shen Wanqing quietly asked Lin Yuan: "How is the speed of the warship measured?" What is the target velocity measurement area? ”

Lin Yuan handed the telescope to Shen Wanqing, pointed to the shore in the distance and said, "Have you seen anything like a tower on the shore?" ”

Shen Wanqing gently pushed the telescope with her hand and said with a smile: "My eyes are good, I can see without a telescope." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Behind the tower, there is a tower at a distance, and there are two towers at a nautical mile from the line between the two towers, and there are also two towers like this, when the warship is moving, someone is responsible for watching the situation on the shore, when you see the two towers in front and behind coincide, press the stopwatch, the stopwatch is on, and then observe the next two towers, and wait until the next two towers also coincide, and then press the stopwatch, then the stopwatch stops, and the time displayed is the time when the warship travels one nautical mile, with time and distance, You can calculate the speed. ”

Shen Wanqing nodded suddenly in realization, and Lin Yuan continued: "But I think the focus of the British display today is probably not the speed, because the measurement of the speed is very troublesome, not only to determine the speed under the load of different hosts, but also to measure the speed under a certain load many times, so we have to carry out many tests over and over again, I am afraid that it will not be able to be measured in one day, the purpose of the British showing us this warship is to consolidate its prestige, and it should not take too much time on the speed test." ”

As soon as Lin Yuan finished explaining, he heard the voice of the report coming from Hickson's communicator: "Report to the captain, the speed measurement position of the No. 1 ship has been measured, and the speed of our ship is 23.5 knots per hour." "Report to the captain, the speed measurement position of the No. 2 ship has been measured, and the speed of our ship is 22.9 knots per hour!" "Number 3 ......"

When Lin Yuan heard their report, he couldn't help but feel a burst of surprise in his heart, and thought to himself: "In my time, the maximum speed of a dreadnought was only 21 knots, but in this era, it has actually increased to 23 knots. ”

Lin Yuan was thinking about it, and the ministers of various countries on the side all exclaimed, they all knew very well the speed of their country's warships - 15 knots per hour, compared with dreadnoughts, it was as slow as a snail.

Lin Yuan took advantage of everyone's exclamations and said beside Shen Wanqing: "Help me do something." ”

Shen Wanqing asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "You go and tell Hickson, you don't believe that the warship can travel at such a high speed, I hope he can do another test, and the most important thing is: you have to emphasize to him, I hope he can do another test as soon as possible, remember, you must emphasize that it is as fast as possible!" ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "What are you talking about?" Why do you want to be as fast as possible? And, most importantly, what do I want to do? ”

Lin Yuan said: "I have a special use, if I go to say it, it will definitely not be appropriate, you are a girl, you go and say the most suitable." ”

Shen Wanqing didn't know what to do, but she still stood up and said: "Dear General Hickson, your warship is too fast, as far as I know, there is no warship of any country in the world that can reach this speed, can you please drive the warship back, we will do another test, because ......"

Shen Wanqing was just about to say that we have a lot of things, so I hope you can turn the bow of the ship as soon as possible, but before these words could be spoken, I saw Hickson's face gloomy, and there was anger in his voice, and he said, "What do you mean by this?" Are you saying that our Royal Navy sailors are deliberately deceiving you? ”

Hickson's face was gloomy, looking very scary, even if Shen Wanqing was used to seeing big scenes, she was inevitably a little weak in her heart, and this question was asked by Lin Yuan, she didn't know how to explain it, so she was stunned on the spot, Lin Yuan saw her embarrassment, and quickly stood up and smiled: "General Hickson, where is your gentlemanly demeanor?" Why are you so fierce to a girl? ”

Hickson squeezed out a smile from the corner of his mouth, this smile was so ugly, the right cheek did not move, and the left corner of his mouth pulled back, so that everyone who saw it hoped from the bottom of their hearts: "This person should cry, it will be more comfortable to look at!" ”

Hickson said: "I am not a knight, much less a gentleman, I am a naval officer, a captain!" ”

Hickson continued: "We didn't lie to everyone, this is our real speed, we also ran this speed in yesterday's test, okay, let's not talk about it again, here is our highlight of the day, the fire strike demonstration!" ”

Hickson ignored the crowd, picked up the communicator, and said inside, "Prepare the target ship." Then he picked up another communicator and said in a commanding tone: "Now let's shoot live ammunition, the distance in the direction of the target is unknown, and all positions are ready!" ”

When everyone heard that they were going to shoot a target with live ammunition, they were very excited, and Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Shooting a target with live ammunition is the most reflective of the combat effectiveness of a warship, and I just take this opportunity to see how strong the combat effectiveness of the British warship is!" ”

At this time, someone sent a telescope, Lin Yuan took the telescope in his hand and looked at it, and felt that the strength of the British Navy was not ordinarily strong, at least much stronger than Japan and Russia, Lin Yuan and Japan, Russia's navy had fought against each other, among their navy, only the officers of the captain and the chief gunnery had such an eight-fold magnification binocular, and in the British Navy, they could prepare such a telescope for every minister who watched the ceremony.

The ministers of various countries all picked up the binoculars and looked aimlessly towards the sea, Lin Yuan smiled secretly in his heart: "What a group of amateurs, what can you see!" The position of the conning tower is relatively low, the light travels in a straight line, and the earth's surface is an arc, so that only the high observation tower can find distant targets. ”

"Not only that, but their target ship must be very far away, and it is really difficult to find it with the eight-fold telescope in your hands, and the real target can be found is the large observation and ranging device on the observation tower." Lin Yuan knew everything about the navy, so he took the telescope and took him in his hand, without raising it to look around, this detail was keenly observed by Hickson, and he couldn't help but think: "Why didn't this Lin Yuan pick up the telescope and look around?" ”

At this moment, the voice of a soldier came from the communicator: "Target found: 107 azimuth, fourteen nautical miles, speed seven knots." ”

Hickson immediately ordered: "Turn the rudder to the right, prepare the naval artillery, armor-piercing shells, prepare for the first salvo!" ”

After Hickson finished speaking, someone from the side came over and said to everyone: "Direction 107 is that direction." As he spoke, he pointed in a direction, and everyone looked over, but the distance was too far, and the field of view of the eight-fold telescope was very small, so they couldn't see anything at all.

From time to time, there was a report on the direction and distance of the target, and gradually, the distance had been shortened to less than ten kilometers, at this time Lin Yuan raised the telescope, and the unusual sensitivity to the direction made him find the target without much effort, Hickson said firmly: "The first wave of salvo preparations, each gun position reports the readiness." ”

At this time, Xu Jingcheng suddenly said to Lin Yuan: "I bet with you that the British salvo will definitely not hit the target." ”