Chapter 62 The Equipment of the Sea

The Donglai military port is far less prosperous than the commercial port, but the naval warships with various tasks are also extremely busy entering and leaving the port. Among the many warships, a brig slowly sailed out of the harbor and then hoisted its sails to the east.

The ordinary hull of this battleship is no different from other brigs, only the protruding bow portrait of the bow is more special, and the bow portrait of the Jingwei Bird is more advanced than the various ordinary seabird bow portraits of other brigs. There are also naval guns on the deck covered by gun clothing, and the silhouette of a circle larger than ordinary iron smoothbore guns makes this brig even more special.

This is Gangzi's new flagship, the Sea Monster.

Lying on the seat of the captain's room of the Sea Monster, Gangzi looked at the "consolation prize" he got from Cui Shi and looked extremely satisfied. This is a ship drawing, not a battleship or a merchant ship, but it has an immeasurable effect on the fleet

Fu Ship (Army): Total deadweight: 300

Weapons: 14

Steering force: 120

Propulsion: 65

Standard sailor: 20

Necessary sailors: 6

Maximum sailor: 70

The Fu ship is one of the unique ships of the Han Dynasty, and its unique watertight cabin structure gives it good sinking resistance, but also because the watertight cabin makes the hull relatively fragile and unable to withstand the recoil of the artillery, so it cannot be equipped with too large caliber guns, so it is not suitable for naval warfare. The stiff sails made of fine bamboo strips can be flexibly adjusted in the direction of the sails, making them more flexible than ordinary cloth sails, and do not require too many sailors, reducing the number of crew members necessary to drive the boat. However, the hard sail itself is too heavy to be very large, and the speed of the ship is affected by the small wind area, which is an important weakness, but the characteristics of economy, ease of use and stability make the Han merchants like to use the lucky boat to run business.

The Fuchuan (Army) has undergone military transformation, reducing the number of watertight cabins, increasing the ribs, strengthening the hull structure, and installing special large hard sails on three sides to maintain the speed of the ship, of course, in terms of the volume of the ship, it still belongs to the category of brigs. However, the increased sails occupy the gun position of the naval guns, so that the military Fu ship can only be equipped with 14 iron smoothbore guns, but the Han Navy, which has mature warship technology, does not intend to use the military Fu ship for combat, and its good survivability and capacity are more suitable for use as a supply ship.

The ocean is different from the near sea, and the consumption of ships can be replenished quickly. Especially in the operation, the output of dozens of shells and gunpowder and hundreds of guns brought about a terrible amount of material consumption, plus the damaged hull repair wood, sails, ropes, tung oil, the crew's food, drinking water, and all other logistical needs are not a small burden for the fleet. However, the thick armor of the battle caused the load to be limited, which was not enough to support high-intensity, long-term battles, so when the fleet did not have a reliable supply point, it was best to follow a certain number of supply ships as logistical support.

It can be said that Cui Shi gave Gangzi a blueprint of a military fortune ship to help Gangzi sincerely, after all, the Fusang Sea is different from the Yellow Sea, it takes ten days and half a month to sail back and forth, not to mention the battle, and if all kinds of consumption cannot be replenished in time, it is extremely dangerous for a guest army. This is also due to the change in the attitude of Admiral Wei Yu of the Donglai Navy towards Gangzi, otherwise if it was before, in addition to fooling Gangzi in the past, the others hehehehe......

For Gangzi, this military fortune ship is really a blessing in disguise, because there is still a captain idle on his Black Sail Island at this time.

The tavern was a pastime for pirates, with the occasional spawn of wandering captains. As a rule, the Tavern on Black Sail Island must be spawned with a wandering captain when it is completed.

Sun Mingrui: Pirate Captain

Intermediate leadership

Elementary navigation

Intermediate gunnery

Intermediate Rescue (requires Intermediate Leadership Skill): Have a chance to rescue your own overboard sailors in naval battles (the chance changes with the distance of the ship from the overboard sailors), and speed up the rescue of personnel and supplies after the battle

Intermediate medical care (intermediate leadership skills are required to restore the ship's sailors' injuries)

Captain's Skill: Smoke Grenade (Action skill consumes stamina and emits smoke to cover a sea area)

This is a special talent, and the assistance is powerful. Artillery battles at sea, firing guns, being shot, the hull will shake violently, it is very common for sailors to fall into the water, warships will generally carry more sailors when they go to sea, just to cope with the shortage of manpower in fierce naval battles, sailors are expensive, and the trained skilled sailors are more expensive, especially at sea, one less if you die, no matter how much money does not dock, don't want to replenish, from here you can see the role of Sun Mingrui's intermediate rescue on the entire fleet.

Intermediate medical care can restore the injuries of the crew, especially after becoming the captain, the whole ship works, no longer the ship's doctor one-on-one treatment of the injured sailor, and quickly restore the combat effectiveness of the sailor, which is to reduce the loss of sailors in disguise.

For a fleet, Sun Mingrui's two skills are simply strategic. So after Gangzi recruited Sun Mingrui and saw his skills, he was reluctant to put him on the battleship at all, and the merchant ship was even more afraid to let go, so he had to protect him on the island and temporarily ask him to manage the idle pirates on the island.

This time, the military fortune ship sent by Cui Shi was simply tailor-made for Sun Mingrui, and its capacity is twice as large as that of a brig battleship, which can carry more supplies and crews, which can ensure the needs of long-distance voyages. The flexible and watertight cabin structure of the ship equipped with hard sails ensures the strong survivability of the military fortune ship, and Sun Mingrui's own captain's skills are smoke bombs, it is estimated that any captain will not give priority to the ship hidden in the smoke, although the smoke will also affect Sun Mingrui's shooting, but naval warfare is not his function, survival is his first priority.

Rushing to Heifan Island, Gangzi immediately put the Fuchuan (Army) drawings into the shipyard. Heifan Village has been upgraded to a town, the dock and shipyard have been expanded, and the shipbuilding space has been increased by one, and Heifan Town can already build and repair three ships at the same time.

The ships of Black Sail Island have made their own reputation, the price is cheap and at the same time responsible for the installation of equipment, artillery, fool-like process, players only need to pay money and drawings and wait for the delivery of goods, plus there is a star-level person like Tang Yao to guarantee, the shipyard called Gangzi has been in a state of full capacity. Although they were all small sailing ships built, with occasional dhows and sloops, the huge profits from shipbuilding and selling guns still made Gangzi feel that he had a bad conscience.

Squeezing a building position, Gangzi put the (Fu Chuan) army into it, the construction time is one day, you can see the new ship at this time tomorrow, other sail locks, armaments are ready-made, Sun Mingrui learned that it was his own ship, immediately selected sailors, and the ship can be on the ship. Liang Hong and Sun Tiezui are rushing here, they can arrive tomorrow, and they will set off the day after tomorrow after a short rest.

Gangzi inspected the territory, many buildings are under construction, this is all under Tang Yao's responsibility, Gangzi knows that his ability is limited and he does not dare to interfere at will, but he just transferred some sailors to the places where there is a shortage of manpower. When he arrived at the warehouse, Gangzi was immediately stunned by the full artillery.

After owning the gunsmith and the military ironsmith, Gangzi was full of spirit, and with a wave of his hand, he went all out to produce iron smoothbore guns, and Sun Tiezui was responsible for casting the iron ingots needed for the cannons. But after all, the number of dhows built in his shipyard was limited, and the old guns that Gangzi poured from the Donglai Navy could just meet the needs of shipbuilding, and at the same time, he was unwilling to let the new guns impact the profits of his old gun business, so all the new guns produced by Heifan Island were squeezed in the warehouse, and the iron smoothbore guns in the warehouse became quite large-scale after a long time.

These iron smoothbore guns must be shot as soon as possible, otherwise they will occupy their own funds, not to mention, after the navy has made enough money from the iron smoothbore guns to launch the fine iron smoothbore guns, so many iron smoothbore guns will all be smashed into their own hands.

Gangzi didn't have time to sell artillery, Tang Yao was in charge of the first fleet of the Lingxiao Legion, and he was even more busy watching the construction of Heifan Island and the sale of ships, and it seemed that he was going to find an agent.

Find Qian's financial receptionist 437 and chat privately: "Do you accept artillery?" ”

The soft girl was raised a lot last time, and she usually greets Gangzi when she has something to do, and this time she saw Gangzi take the initiative to speak, and she replied very quickly: "Of course I accepted it, does my brother have an artillery in his hand?" How many doors? ”

Gangzi didn't answer and asked, "What is your purchase price?" ”

The soft girl quickly replied: "If my brother delivers the goods to our designated location, our purchase price is 950 gold, and if we pick up the goods, it will range from 700 gold to 800 gold depending on the distance." ”

Now the price of black artillery on the market is 1200 gold to 1300 gold, as high as 1500 gold in inland areas, Qian's financial 950 gold acquisition is quite fair, because the artillery can not crash into the player's backpack, transportation depends on animal power and boats, Qian financial delivery of artillery to buyers is also a lot of expenses, of course, Qian financial management has its own caravan and dart shop, these can save a part, so the profit from selling artillery is still very considerable.

The price Gangzi has been relatively satisfied, after all, this is wholesale not retail, and a certain profit must be given to the seller, but Gangzi still habitually said: "Can the price be better, I have 100 brand-new fine iron smoothbore guns in my hand." ”

The soft girl customer service was taken aback and doubted: "......, brother, are you sure you are talking about cannons?" It's a long iron bucket filled with gunpowder, and when there is a little fire, it bangs. ”

Gangzi said with black lines on his head: "Fill the gunpowder and stuff the projectile, otherwise the ignition is a hollow cannon." ”

The soft girl realized that her words were a little rude, and apologized again and again: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, brother, the acquisition of 100 guns is no longer my little customer service can call the shots, please wait a moment, I'll transfer it to my key account manager." ”

After a while, a female voice called Key Account Manager 3 came over, and a more formal female voice: "Hello sir, I am Key Account Manager 3 of Qian Finance, I heard that you have 100 cannons and plan to shoot?" ”

"Yes, the first 100 doors to test the water, if everyone is satisfied, there will be more."

"And ......! Sir, please wait a moment. ”

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Qian Duoduo: "Hehe, 100 cannons, I said which God of Wealth is such a big deal, it turned out to be the commander of the Lingxiao Legion, you and Commander Sugar sell ships and cannons to eat meat, and finally can make us idlers drink soup." I am the treasurer of Qian's financial management, and I have a lot of money, and I will have to take care of Commander Gangzi in this business in the future? ”

Sure enough, the boss of Qian's financial management was brought out.

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