Even Anne, who had faith in the heroes of antiquity, felt that Da Liang's words were unreliable, let alone the Marquis of Whitehead.

It is true that the engine is an important part of a warship, but having good engine technology does not mean that you can build an advanced warship. A warship that can gallop in a harsh marine environment, survive in brutal naval battles, and perform its duties well is the crystallization of the overall industrial level.

A battleship made of steel must first be able to float on the surface of the sea, and will not easily sink or capsize in turbulence. This requirement alone requires a very thorough study of the internal design of a ship and the welding technology of the hull. In addition, the warship should be equipped with all kinds of weapons and a large number of functional facilities; There should be a rest for the crew, a working area, a reasonably designed ammunition warehouse, and defensive armor......

Wait, wait, it's not "very simple, you can draw it in a few days." ”

Not to mention, what Young Master Liang said in the past few days also includes the construction of a sample ship. You must know that his shipyard has just begun construction, and the dock has not been built, how can a battleship be built?

It's just too much to take the battleship seriously.

But it's understandable. After all, as an inland empire, most Fromincks still think that a ship is an engine and a hull. The battleship just put the cannon on it, and the artillery technology of the empire is still very good.

Only by truly understanding the warship can we know how complex a battleship is from design to construction, and the imperial ship design institute has not yet had a design plan for a marine warship.

Therefore, the empire built a large naval fleet this time, and even had the worst-case plan to outsource all the warships.

For this naval warship procurement, the Empire has sent invitations to world-renowned shipyards, inviting them to come to Saroyan with their most advanced warship designs to compete for the super order of the Grand Fleet of the Imperial Naval Fleet of the Flominck.

"I'm looking forward to the new warship ...... Blackfire will bring to the Imperial Navy," the Marquis of Whitehead eased the slightly awkward atmosphere. He no longer had any expectations for Blackfire in the design of warships, and the navy would rather choose a warship design that is very mediocre in all respects than an advanced engine and an unreliable hull. "When the Saroyan No. 1 Steel Plant is put into operation, we will be able to eliminate all the warships in the world with special steel alone.

In fact, I really want the First Steel Plant to only provide special steel for the empire. You can put forward your conditions, we only need twenty years. ”

Twenty years of exclusive supply is enough for the Frominck Empire to use special steel all over the world.

But Da Liang thinks more long-term. When the Star Federation came to the Order Star, it was impossible to allow a super empire to exist on this planet. He said, "Your Excellency, we are now a very pure business partnership, please don't let it take on political overtones.

Otherwise our relationship becomes ...... It's either friend or foe. The Empire certainly wouldn't allow a commercial company to get stuck in the throat of the Empire in steel, and I don't want to be on the lookout for a super-empire's plots. ”

The Marquis of Whitehead, who thought he understood what Young Master Liang meant, said, "It seems that the Black Fire Company wants to be the second Scarab Company. For the sake of special steel, I think all countries in the world will give a lot of convenience to Black Fire. ”

Da Liang put the fork on the table, got up and said goodbye, "Time will tell you, I am a businessman." If there is nothing else to do, then I will take my leave.

The bidding for the Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet is about to begin, and I have to rush back to design the warships that the Black Fire Company is bidding on. ”

What kind of battleship would that be?

The Marquis of Whitehead was expecting something to see an ugly girl on the street, and he would take another look to see "how ugly she really was." ”

……

Da Liang left the Doge of Marcellus and returned to his home on the Avenue Elysée.

He stood on the bench and looked down at the drawings in deep thought, surrounded by maids holding rulers, compasses, pens, and many other tools needed to design a warship.

There was silence in the room, and no one made a sound to disturb Da Liang's thoughts.

During Da Liang's gaming experience, he once studied ship design from the ship designer Guise. Although the game system will assist in generating shipbuilding drawings during ship design, there is a chance of success if you can generate qualified drawings. In order to increase the success rate of shipbuilding drawings, Da Liang really spent a lot of time and specifically followed Master Guise to learn the knowledge of battleship design.

In the game, Da Liang is a senior ship designer who can design a three-masted sail battleship.

Although the sail battleship is not the same combat level as the ironclad ship of this world, and the design idea is also very different, as a ship...... The main structure has not changed much. Therefore, designing a ship that can float smoothly on the water is not too difficult for Da Liang.

As for the functions that a battleship needs to have, they can be slowly added according to the displacement after the hull is available.

For the first time in designing ironclad ships, Da Liang did not aim at battleships and cruisers of more than 10,000 tons, nor did he try destroyers of several thousand tons, but aimed at 1,000-ton corvettes.

Of course, even for a 1,000-ton corvette, it is impossible for Daliang, an entry-level design level, to compete with the mature design solutions of those well-known shipyards in the design of traditional warships. In order to secure an order from the Flamenke Imperial Navy and develop the shipbuilding experience of Blackfire's shipyards, Da Liang had to come up with a design that was different and surpassed his competitors in all aspects.

The difficulty is not ordinary, but fortunately, Da Liang has a special engine in his hand.

The steam engine technology in this world is highly developed, and after the combination of magic alchemy technology, the power efficiency is not weaker than that of the internal combustion engine. Therefore, the warships of the navies of various countries are also powered by steam, and the more advanced the steam engine, the higher the purity of the water, and the seawater must not be directly injected into the steam engine.

When a ship is sailing on the sea, even if there is a water magic array that can refine seawater, it must store a large amount of pure water in advance.

Storing water takes up a lot of space and the carrying capacity of the vessel.

Da Liang now has a molded engine in his hand, which can be converted into steam directly from seawater. Conventional steam engines do not use seawater because the salts in the seawater can damage the components in the engine. However, if the seawater is heated directly to produce steam, the seawater does not enter the inside of the engine, and it will not affect the engine.

In Da Liang's idea, as long as this kind of engine is placed under the hull, the steam engine will heat the seawater to produce steam, which will form a strong pressure between the hull and the sea surface, so as to drag the entire hull from the sea surface.

That's right, Da Liang intends to design a hovercraft.