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Captain Caludia, though arrogant, was not a brainless fool, and had no intention of rushing into the effective killing range of the ballista and trebuchet to bombard the enemy, but slowed down the ship before doing so, and cleared the "threatening targets" erected on the turrets!

"Boom-boom!!"

With the continuous firing of the two magic guide ship guns, the ballistas and trebuchets erected on the Hushan Fort were all scorched, and almost all of them were burned to charcoal! The fire continued to spread, and even the firing position of the artillery was almost affected, but fortunately, Buchen had been prepared for this before this, and mobilized a large number of people to be responsible for extinguishing the fire, otherwise these artillery would have been finished before they fired a single shell at the enemy ship......

"It's also very efficient!" Zuo Hengyan looked at the ruthlessness of the other party's cannon to destroy a weapon, and couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat on his forehead. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Buchen pinched his chin beside him, squinted his eyes and said: "The accuracy of the magic guide cannon is indeed a big threat, it seems that we have to think of some way!" Otherwise, even if a giant sail battleship is built in the future, the enemy will still be able to destroy it with one shot! ”

Zuo Heng nodded sympathetically, whether it is the current sail battleship or the sail battleship that Buchen once showed, there is one thing in common, that is, the hull is made of wood, and in the face of the magic guide cannon with powerful thermal energy, these wooden-hulled ships are naturally defenseless!

"Maybe putting iron armor on the ship will solve this problem?" Zuo Heng Yan was not very confident in making a suggestion.

Hearing Zuo Hengyan's words, Buchen's expression was a little strange.

Just kidding, put the ship in ironclad, isn't that the original ironclad ship? Anyway, don't you want to be so advanced?!

Seeing that Buchen's expression was different, Zuo Hengyan hurriedly said: "If the lord thinks it's not good, just don't say it!" ”

Buchen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Second Brother Zuo, I don't mean to deny your proposal, equip the ship with iron armor, or simply use steel to make the hull, this is the general trend of future ship development, and it is very correct!" ”

"Then you ......"

"I just don't think the current technology is up to par!" "The ironclad is too heavy, and it is difficult to drive a ship powered by sails alone, and even if it is reluctantly done, the mobility will be greatly reduced, and it will become an offshore patrol ship that cannot sail to the ocean, and there is no doubt that such a ship is completely unsuitable for the navy for the purpose of ocean-going warfare!" ”

Zuo Hengyan nodded in agreement, Buchen's words were indeed very reasonable, but these words aroused another question for him: "Lord, since the sails are not good, what can be used as power to drive the ironclad battleship?" ”

Buchen glanced at Zuo Hengyan deeply, his expression was a little subtle, and after a long silence, he replied: "By the machine, to be exact, the steam engine!" ”

"Steaming ...... Steam engine?! Zuo Heng repeated this unheard word with some difficulty. Is this machine more powerful than the sea breeze? ”

Buchen nodded heavily, "Big, much bigger!" As long as you have it, not only will the huge warship no longer be able to rely on sails to drive, but even the life and even the social form of the entire human world will usher in earth-shaking changes! It can be said that whoever creates it first will be able to lead the trend of the world and become the master of the entire human civilization! ”

Zuo Hengyan never dreamed that he could get such a shocking answer when he asked casually, and suddenly the boss with his mouth open couldn't even close it!

Buchen looked at his expression and smiled, and said in a joking tone: "Second brother Zuo, don't spread this!" I don't want a competitor! ”

"Lord...... Lord, is that steam engine really as powerful as you say?! Zuo Hengyan ignored the joke of the disobedient, and just stammered.

"That's right!"

Buchen's gaze suddenly became extremely profound, in his previous life, the Celestial Empire was reduced to such a miserable state in modern times because he did not first invent the steam engine, nor did he catch up with the two industrial revolutions that followed! After all, industry, especially machinery and heavy industry, is the foundation of a country!

"Fortunately, ......" Buchen smiled proudly, and stared at Zuo Hengyan in a flash: "How to build the steam engine, I know it clearly!" ”

For the first time in his life, Zuo Hengyan was glad that he had voted for the right lord, and he said with some excitement: "Lord, when will the steam engine be built?" ”

"Well...... Buchen's expression became a little unnatural, "It's going to take a few years!" ”

Seeing the ambiguity and ambiguity of what Buchen said, Zuo Hengyan immediately understood that this was another "lifetime" project, and a disappointed expression appeared on his face.

"Second brother Zuo, don't you do this!" Buchen said helplessly, "There is a process of technological development, and it cannot be achieved overnight!" ”

It's just that Zuo Hengyan didn't bother to listen to this, so he directly classified all the words just now into the category of "excuses".

Buchen sighed, and had to say: "Actually, it's not impossible to build an ironclad ship now, the coppersmith Lu who came to deliver the artillery a few days ago gave me a report letter from Lu Fengxian, ah!" Lu Fengxian is the director of my steel mill, who used to be a household servant in Beijing, specializing in steel smelting, and said that now the newly built steel plant outside the city of Zhenxi Mansion has been put into operation, so we are not very short of steel, and it should be no problem to convert a current main warship into a sail-powered ironclad ship! ”

Hearing that he was about to get an ironclad ship, Zuo Hengyan immediately forgot about the "steam engine in his lifetime", and said with a smile on his eyebrows: "Lord, seriously?!" ”

"That's nature!" Buchen said with a smile, but seeing Zuo Heng's overjoyed appearance, he felt that it was necessary to pour a basin of cold water on it, otherwise it would be bad if he was happy and sad: "The ironclad ship is easy to build, but there is no way to solve the power problem, even if this ironclad ship is built, it can only sail near the sea, because the speed is too slow, and the ocean cannot go!" It can only be used to defend the harbor! ”

It's just that I'm already very satisfied with being able to get an ironclad ship, and I don't care very much about its flaws: "It's okay, it's okay, anyway, the navy doesn't have a plan to fight in the ocean now!" ”

Buchen smiled in his heart, this guy Zuo Hengyan is too easy to satisfy.

But to be honest, the matter of building an ironclad ship has actually been pondered for a long time, and the proposal at this time is not all about appeasing Zuo Hengyan, but the result of careful consideration.

It is true that an ironclad ship without steam power is an Iron King VIII, and its mobility ability is almost equal to none, but thanks to its strong armor, Buchen is also confident that most of the weapons already in this world cannot pose a threat to it, as for the magic cannon! This kind of copycat laser cannon is not powerful enough, and it should not be able to penetrate the heavy steel armor!

Of course, this is just an idea of not surrendering to oneself, and the battleship covered with steel armor can resist the attack of the magic cannon, which needs to be verified by experiments.

However, even if the steel armor can't withstand the attack of the magic cannon, there are other ways to do it. This solution is mirror armor! In the previous life, because laser weapons were widely used in anti-satellite warfare, in order to ensure that their satellites were not destroyed in wartime, all space powers have installed reflector shields for their satellites, which use the principle of refraction of light to resist laser attacks is generally considered to be effective. Buchen's idea is very simple, since the mirror can resist the attack of laser weapons, then the relatively simple mirror armor should also be able to resist the attack of the magic guide cannon with lower power!

The manufacture of mirror armor is very simple, you only need to be able to make a relatively low-end bulletproof glass, and then make it into a mirror, but considering the huge size of the battleship, how to drape it is a problem!

However, there is an alternative to this, this scheme is ironclad mirroring, people who often pay attention to steel products know that as long as the metal surface is polished, it can also have a light and recognizable mirror effect, and all the armor on the ironclad hull will be mirrored, which will undoubtedly solve the problem that mirror armor is not easy to wear.

Of course, this scheme also has shortcomings, that is, the metal mirror is very easy to be scratched, and once scratched, the reflective effect will be greatly reduced, so that the effect of resisting the magic cannon will undoubtedly be reduced a lot.

If this kind of mirrored steel armor is really equipped, it is estimated that in order to ensure the survivability of the battleship in wartime, half of the time of all sailors on the ship will be spent on maintaining the armor of their own battleship......

However, it is too early to say a thousand things and ten thousand, before the ironclad ship is built! Let's refocus our eyes on the battlefield in front of us!