Chapter 110 Promotion Evaluation

Although the fact that Gangzi was a disciple of Sir Gardner, the chief designer of the Plymouth Shipyard, has been confirmed by Sir himself. However, the Ship Designers Guild still did not change its contemptuous attitude towards Gangzi, a Han Chinese, especially when he saw that Gangzi's application ship was a speed-enhanced dhow.

"It's a big joke, even if Sir Gardner designed it himself, he might not be able to score 80 points without special materials, let alone his disciple, who is still an Oriental, and it is rare that he is ready to add their heavy hard sails to a dhow? It's a unique idea, indeed, but we'll see a snail-like dhow, just call a trainee appraiser to look at it, and we're already giving Sir Gardner face by jumping into the on-site evaluation process so quickly. ”

So a trainee appraiser followed Sir Gardner to the docks with the Ship Designers Guild's appraisal sailors.

To be honest, Sir Gardner is not optimistic about Gangzi's transformation, although Gangzi's usual hard work is seen by him, but Gangzi's choice to strengthen the speed of the dhow this time is indeed a challenge. In his opinion, Gangzi's transformation ship can reach 70 points, which is a very good result, and then he persuaded him to focus on defense and firepower in the next transformation, and believed that after his own guidance, this disciple can easily pass the promotion of intermediate ship designer.

Without asking Jazz to wait too long, Wilson Jr. quickly brought Gangzi to the docks.

Gangzi respectfully saluted Sir Gardner and said, "Good day, sir!" ”

Sir Gardner nodded in response, and pointed to the trainee appraiser sent by the Ship Designers Guild on the side to introduce Gangzi: "This is a Bock intermediate ship designer, and he is responsible for the appraisal of the modified dhow you declared this time, so let's get to know it first." ”

Gangzi saluted Pock again: "Hello, Mr. Pock, when can we start the appraisal." ”

Following Sir Gardner, the master naval architect, Bock, the mid-level naval architect, behaved like a child standing next to an adult, and did not dare to show the slightest arrogance. However, he still showed contempt in his bones when he looked at Gangzi: "Anytime, Mr. Gangzi, I am very much looking forward to your work." ”

"Okay, the dhow parked over there is the modified ship I declared this time, Mr. Polk, you can call your sailors to operate on the ship." Gangzi said, pointing to a dhow parked nearby.

Poke glanced back and forth at the dhow a few times, and asked Gangzi strangely: "Mr. Gangzi, you are not mistaken, are you?" It's just a normal dhow, I don't see any modifications, if you're really sure it's this one. I don't think there's any need to continue with the next review. ”

Gangzi confirmed: "That's right, it's this ship, if you just say that there is no need for evaluation based on appearance, it is very unethical." ”

Gangzi dared to speak to the British ship designer like this, if it were not for Sir Gardner's presence, it is estimated that Bock would have turned his head and left, but Pock still insisted that this dhow did not have any need to evaluate, and he said to Sir Gardner: "Sir, as you can see, this dhow has not changed its sails in any way, and the hull has not been modified to reduce drag. This is an ordinary dhow, a prank that is not funny, and it would be a stain on my career if I agreed to an assessment of the modification of such a ship. It is also an insult to the ship designers' guild's modification ship evaluation system, even if Mr. Gangzi is your disciple, I will not allow such a thing to happen. ”

When he saw Gangzi's modified dhow, Sir Gardner saw the difference at a glance. He ignored Pock's protests, but turned his head and asked Gangzi, "Why did you change the bow of the ship to an oval?" Doesn't this increase the resistance of the ship to move forward? ”

Gangzi replied: "The pointed bow is good for separating the water and reducing the drag of the ship, but it is also susceptible to the lateral force of the sea. The bow of my retrofit boat was the best solution I had carefully calculated to achieve a critical value for longitudinal and lateral drag, minimizing the consumption of the boat's power. ”

Sir Gardner nodded as he listened, "It's amazing that you can notice the lateral resistance of the sea and have a solution, and it's really a different way to reduce power consumption and increase the speed of the ship from this aspect, there are many other modifications to this ship that I don't understand, and I guess they are designed to reduce lateral drag, and now I am looking forward to this review." ”

Sir Gardner complimented Gangzi, and then said to Bock: "You must now send someone to the ship to evaluate the ship, do not threaten me with any honor or dignity, remember that you are only a trainee ship surveyor, a mid-level ship designer, and you are not yet to the point where you can disobey a master ship designer." ”

In the face of Sir Gardner's stern reprimand, Bok Khan rained down and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I will send sailors to the ship immediately." ”

The Ship Designers Guild has a dedicated ship evaluation sailor, and their skill level is unified, so that each ship participating in the evaluation has a standard base.

The sailors boarded the speed-enhanced dhow and skillfully moved the ship. The elliptical bow easily separates the water surface and evenly squeezes the seawater force to both sides, and the special hull design uses the principle of power transmission to transmit the lateral resistance of the seawater on one side to the other side to neutralize the lateral resistance on the other side, which is the wave-resistant structure of the hull designed by Gangzi for the dhow.

The power provided by the sails was used more fully, and the dhow of Gangzi increased its speed so quickly that the sailors, who had not yet figured out the performance of the hull, almost crashed the dhow into the dock. Fortunately, these sailors were very experienced, and after the dhow showed its agility by drawing a beautiful arc on the sea, it sped away towards the depths of the sea.

Leaving behind a crowd of people on the dock with their mouths wide open.

"This ......," Polk said incoherently, "how can a dhow be so fast?" Did you reduce the weight of the materials you used, or did you use special materials? ”

Gangzi was very satisfied with everyone's expressions at this time, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he raised his eyebrows and replied extremely smugly: "When the boat comes back, you can check it yourself." ”

"Hahaha......" Sir Gardner laughed heartily, "this will be a milestone design in the history of ship design, I am very honored to participate in this review, and witness this moment, and congratulations in advance, my disciple, Gangzi Intermediate Ship Designer, it is estimated that your talent will not make you stay in the Intermediate Class for too long, I am very much looking forward to what kind of work a master of Oriental ship design will eventually complete." ”

Poke didn't know what he should do now, and judging by Gangzi's calm appearance at this time, it was likely that he didn't use special materials in violation of the rules of the evaluation. As for weakening the hull? Sailors on the far seas are conducting artillery test firing on the modified dhow, which can withstand the recoil of the guns, and the hull must not have too many problems. It seems that the Oriental in front of him has really done what the British ship designers could not complete!

Oh! Oh, God! Why am I here to do the review, I'm just an intern evaluator, an intermediate ship designer, how do I write a rating?

Tests of the speed-enhanced dhow were quickly over, and the sailors parked the ship on the pier and reluctantly walked down.

"This is the best dhow I've ever seen!"

"Yes, its speed is already comparable to that of the flying scissor sailing ship of the United States, and the flexibility is far stronger than it, I am very much looking forward to what a funny scene it will be for those flying scissor sailing ships that only pursue speed and have no force to meet such a dhow, and the merchants of the United States finally have a laugh."

"I found that this modified dhow battleship is more stable when firing guns, it is hard to imagine that such a small ship will recover its balance so quickly after bearing the recoil of the naval gun salvo, this ship evaluation, I give full marks, I also hope that I can drive such a battleship again, that speed is really exciting."

"I give it full marks too."

"Full marks."

All sailors who disembarked from the battleship gave a perfect score in the item they were responsible for in filling out the evaluation form.

The last is to inspect the hull to see if there are any irregularities in the hull modification, as Polk guessed, the materials used in this speed-enhanced dhow are all common ship materials, and there are no violations.

In the end, Bock reluctantly wrote a "100" in the final overall rating.

"100 points!" The president of the Plymouth Ship Architects' Guild slapped the report on Polke's face, "I am very suspicious of your professional ethics now, how much money did you take from that Oriental to shamelessly write such a deuce!" You idiot, you gave a perfect score for a speed-enhanced dhow, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey? Even an apprentice naval designer knows that this is not possible and that you will pay the price for your greed. ”

Polk calmly picked up the report and respectfully placed it in front of the president: "Lord President, this rating is the unanimous decision of all the evaluation sailors and me, we have not accepted any bribes, and we are all willing to accept the guild's investigation. In fact, the reason why this speed-enhanced dhow can score 100 points is entirely because 100 points is the highest score we can give, and I guarantee with my honor that all the data on the report is true, this is a perfect work, and all the dhow in front of it will be eliminated. ”

Seeing that Pock did not show a trace of timidity, the chairman couldn't help but hesitate, he picked up the report again and looked at it carefully, and said: "I will send someone to do a new evaluation of this speed modified dhow, but I still don't believe that an Oriental who is new to ship design can do what we British ship designers can't do." ”

Speed modified dhows: Gross deadweight: 60

Durability: 18

Max Weapons: 10

Steering force: 105 (95 for normal dhows)

Propulsion: 95 (85 for regular dhows)

Standard sailor: 20

Necessary sailors: 5

Max Sailor: 25 (To be continued......