Chapter 29 Reviews the Reform of Military Fortune Ships

After the Second East Asian Naval War, calm returned to the seas, and soon busy merchant ships repaved the sea routes, and war and wealth were the main subjects of the sea.

As the smoke of war dissipated, the forces in the western Pacific began to divide again. Due to the dissolution of the anti-hegemonic alliance, East Asia was reunified, a reunification with the Han Dynasty as the main body. Of course, for the large number of new island countries, the name "Continental Union" alliance is definitely inappropriate.

The symbolic name of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was unanimously approved by all the minds of the Han Dynasty.

In the future, everyone will be in the circle.

A "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle" without Fusang has attracted infinite complaints from Gangzi, but Gangzi has no interest in how this circle was built. This guy brought the hob fleet back to Jimo, and then disbanded "each to find his own mother" on the spot, while the others quickly came to Plymouth.

Five military Fu ship reform has successfully arrived at the port of Plymouth, England, after the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the sea survey, the military Fu ship reform did not have any performance problems, that is to say, this kind of ship named by Gangzi military Fu ship reform is already a warship that can be used for naval warfare, and now what it lacks is through the recognition of the system, from a modified ship to a general-purpose warship.

Becoming a general-purpose warship means that Gangzi wants to make public the design drawings of the military Fuchuan reconstruction, which means that other ship designers can give birth to the drawings of the military Fuchuan transformation ship, and then Gangzi will take a cut of the construction cost of each military Fuchuan ship. However, in order to carry forward the ancient ship culture of our Han Dynasty, in order not to call me a Han ship designer from being looked down upon by British colleagues, and in order to let the world see the demeanor of my Han hard-sail battleship, what is personal sacrifice? How can the greatness, selflessness, and dedication of my brother be understood by mortals?

The Plymouth Ship Designers Guild, Gangzi once again solemnly submitted his application for promotion to senior ship designer, and coincidentally it was still the receptionist. However, the faces of the Orientals are almost the same as those of the Westerners, and the Englishman did not look at Gangzi directly last time, so this time he still glanced at Gangzi's application with the afterglow of his overlook: "Han people-Do Orientals also build ships?" Except, of course, the designer of the speed-enhanced dhow; Applying for the promotion to Senior Naval Architect - Isn't there a skill book? That kind of promotion is suitable for you, and it is estimated that you can't reach 60 points in the transformation boat, unless you have the skills of Gangzi; Application: Military Fortune Ship Converted into Battleship - It's so funny! It's so ignorant! It is impossible for a hard sailing ship to be transformed into a battleship, not all Orientals are Gangzi, are you here to play the clown? Sir Gardner's letter of recommendation - this is also a forgery! The guards arrested the fraudster. ”

Gangzi didn't want to eat any more prison meals in England, so he shouted under the drag of the guards: "Do you never look at the applicant's name first when you read the application form?" ”

"Name of applicant? You Oriental names are all the same, very difficult to recognize, and it's the same whether you look at them or not. Put him in a cell, I'm going to Lawrence Manor. Now the matter of impersonating celebrity disciples is becoming more and more rampant. ”

So Gangzi was once again taken out of Plymouth by Wilson Jr.

"You're astonishing." Little Wilson looked at Gangzi in surprise.

"Are you saying that I was thrown into a cell by the same person in a row as a fraudster posing as a disciple of Sir Gardner?"

"No, no," said little Wilson shaking his head repeatedly, "I can understand the mistake that the receptionist made, after all, you Orientals are all about the same age." ”

"In the eyes of us Orientals, you British are all the same."

"Hehe, that's not the main thing, the most important thing is that neither I nor the receptionist expected that you would apply for the promotion of senior ship designer in such a short period of time, it took me three years to be promoted to senior ship designer, and this is because of the relationship between Jazz and I can take a lot of more orders."

Gangzi smiled: "I am the Admiral of the Jimo Navy in Qingzhou, the Great Han Dynasty. My speed-enhanced dhow ships were sold all over the world, and with the supply of my shipyard, the Great Han won a war, and my skills were upgraded. ”

"I really envy you."

"There's nothing to envy about that. If you want to come to my shipyard, the chief designer is yours. Gangzi did not forget to continue to dig up Wilson Jr.

"Hehe, we're at the dock, I'm really looking forward to your military fortune ship converted into a warship."

Change the subject. Brother will dig you up sooner or later.

As they spoke, the two men arrived at the test dock again, where Sir Gardner and the testers were already waiting. A military fortune ship was parked next to them, and it was the only hard sailing ship, which must have been recognized.

Sir Gardner was very happy to call Gangzi: "The military Fuchuan refits battleships, this is simply a more difficult idea than the speed-enhanced dhows, from this modified battleship I see your understanding of speed, and the Fufu itself is stronger than defense, so I am not worried about the attributes of these two, but I don't see how you solve the artillery problem, looking at the structure of this ship does not seem to be able to withstand the pressure generated by the salvo of twenty guns, or you have mastered amazing technology, just like you modified a dhow." I'm very much looking forward to this sea test, maybe I can witness another miracle. ”

Gangzi said respectfully, "Sir, this ship promises not to disappoint you. ”

After confirming the test formalities, the tester directed the test sailors to begin boarding the ship. Sailors who are accustomed to sailing ships are obviously not used to this kind of hard sailing ship, but the good quality still allows them to quickly master the trick of driving a hard sailing ship, two hard sails are pulled on the mast, the unique hull design makes this military ship change shows a good speed, and the hard sail itself is simple to control longer than flexible, so in terms of speed attributes, the military ship has surpassed the brig.

Other loads, cabin space, and necessary equipment were successfully tested and finally reached the final artillery test.

Twenty 12-pounder iron smoothbore guns were the optimal configuration for a brig, and the most difficult thing about the hard sailing battleship was how to withstand the pressure of so many gun salvos.

The test sailors loaded all the artillery charges, and the people on the shore watched nervously, if the test of this military ship to artillery was successful, it would represent the emergence of a new system of sail warships - the Oriental hard-sail battleship. The rise of warships of oriental origin was not good news for Britain, the authority on sailing ships.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

In the first round of salvos, there were no problems with the change of military ships, which was also expected by everyone, if even a round of artillery salvo could not withstand it, it was impossible for Gangzi to take this kind of battleship out and embarrass people.

The key next is to look at the hull's ability to withstand artillery salvos, and to see if the hull is not deformed under the constant pressure of the artillery.

According to the test standards, the sailors will fire all the ammunition that the ship can stockpile, and then speed and turn sharply to test whether the hull has become structurally fragile due to the continuous shelling.

After half a day of testing, the military ship was instead parked on the pier by the sailors.

"Not a bad battleship, it's hard to imagine that such a short sail can keep such a large ship at a decent speed."

"In particular, it's so easy to operate, I think it only takes six sailors to do it, and there is no lot of rope to set up the sails, and the deck is a lot more open, at least in case of an emergency, you don't have to go around too many cables."

"I think the most important thing is the design of the watertight compartment under the waterline, which can withstand more shells, which is simply fantastic, and if I had a choice, I would prefer to serve on such a battleship."

"I think this military ship has all the performance of a brig, and it is an outstanding work to be able to convert a supply ship into a battleship, and I give it full marks."

"To be able to add twenty guns to the Fu Ship, it is impeccable, full marks."

"Full marks!"

"Full marks!"

All test sailors were given full marks.

The tester assigned by the Plymouth Ship Designers Guild to Gangzi was a senior ship designer, and he took all the perfect scores given by the sailors and said suspiciously: "Although Gangzi has shown his extraordinary talent in the transformation of dhow battleships, I don't think he can violate the laws of physics and use ordinary ribs to withstand the pressure of a salvo of twenty guns in a watertight chamber layout, are you sure you have nothing missing?" ”

The test sailors said: "We are only responsible for the evaluation of the performance of the ship, this military ship is fully in line with the requirements of a brig, and in some aspects of performance is superior, if possible, I hope that our ship designers can introduce the watertight tank technology of the Eastern ship, I think all sailors will love such a battleship." ”

The tester affirmed: "No, to increase the watertight chamber you have to reduce the ribs, and if you reduce the ribs, you will not be able to withstand the pressure generated by too many guns, unless special materials are used, then this is a violation." ”

The sailors shrugged and said: "It's your duty to check for violations, we are only responsible for the performance test of the ship, but according to our observations in the cabin, that wonder boy from the East really solved the problem of ordinary rib compression, just like his reinforced dhow, we think that the problem that doesn't work may not necessarily be that it doesn't work, technology has always been so mysterious before mastering it, as if you haven't made much progress in the research of that battleship, and the pirates of the Caribbean are already equipped with this kind of warship." ”

Being able to serve as a test sailor for the Ship Designers Guild, these people are all very skilled guys, and since they say that there is no problem with the ribs, then basically there is really no problem.

However, the senior ship designer tester still boarded the military ship to carry out a comprehensive test, and the results showed that there was really no problem with the materials, all of which were basic shipbuilding wood. (To be continued......)