Chapter 351: Hot Air Balloon Ironclad Ship
Ten days was not wasted, although the range of five hundred miles was very small, Lei Jun had already understood this area, and the next plan could begin.
In the Austrian camp, 100 hot air balloons have been installed and repaired, long adhesive tape pipes, one end is connected to the hot air balloon, the other end is connected to the hot furnace blower, hundreds of strong Austrian sergeants, shirtless, vigorously shake the one-way fan to deliver hot air to the hot air balloon.
In a palatial tent, sat an old man in a garment, his face covered with wrinkles, and a crescent-shaped mark on his forehead.
The complexion of this old man was clearly different from that of ordinary Austrian sergeants. The Aoren is bright black all over, and the old man is black and white, if Renault sees it, he thinks it is a variant of a cow.
In the big tent, in addition to the old man, there are more than ten young Aomen busy, some are sorting out the military newspaper, and some are copying the latest military newspaper. Behind the old man, there are two Austrian girls, although their skin is very dark, but with a healthy bright color, round faces, the most in line with the aesthetics of the Austrians, among the Austrians, such top beauties like them are extremely rare, and a pair of twin beautiful girls, is even rarer.
"Meet Lei Lao. Lei Jun walked into the big tent and bowed to the ground, as the commander-in-chief of the vanguard army, he actually made this big salute, but the young Aoren who followed him and in the big tent was accustomed to it, did not squint, and continued to be busy with the work at hand.
"Hmm. Lei Lao snorted lightly, and glanced at Lei Jun from the corner of his eye, seemingly disdainful. Lei Jun's face was a little embarrassed, Lei Lao always thought that he Lei Jun was an unfilial descendant of the Lei family, this is really a misunderstanding, this Lei is not Bilei.
"Lei Lao, how is the situation of the Flying Wing?" No way, the next plan is completely dependent on the Flying Alliance, which is a brand-new delivery vehicle that can fly in the sky, and when I first saw it, with Lei Jun's knowledge, I was still amazed.
"Hmph, don't you know how to read it?" Lei Lao's name is Thunderstorm, he is one of the seven secret masters of Aozhou, he is now sixty years old, as an ordinary person, he has lived long enough, he is the oldest of the seven secret masters, but he is still in good health, can ride a horse, can dance a sword, fight for a meal, like to eat meat, no woman is happy.
"This ...... I don't want to hear you. Lei Jun said, after all, the hot air balloon used by this flying wing is the secret technique of this Lei Lao in front of him, and the research time is no more than three years.
In the past three years, most of them have been floating on the sea, and there are few experiments, which makes people feel bottomless. In addition, there are too few resources at sea, and even if they are fully manufactured, there are not many hot air balloons today.
It was not until the advance column led by Dong Gong occupied the Lomon Islands that the resources for making hot air balloons were slightly more, but the number was still far from enough. The disadvantages of hot air balloons are also obvious, the speed is too slow, and the controllability is relatively poor.
Thunderstorm waved his hand, and a young Olympian put down the work in his hand and saluted Lei Jun slightly: "General Lei, a hundred hot air balloons are intact, they are being filled with hot air, and they are ready to take off." Each hot air balloon can carry up to 8,000 kilograms. The crew is 10 to 15 people, equipped with 10 muskets, 1 medium-sized crossbow, 3 crossbow arrows, 10 100-kilogram thunderbolts, 20 50-kilogram thunderbolts, 100 100-kilogram thunderbolts, 100 50-kilogram thunderbolts, and 15 crew members for seven days' military rations, water, medicine, clothing, and armor."
The young Aoman, who opened his mouth, came with a series of data reports, obviously knew all this. In fact, these data, not only the young secret master apprentice knows, Lei Jun can also recite it backwards, every time he thinks of the hot air balloon, it makes his heart like fire, with this divine object, why can't he sweep away the Chu people?
"Sir, the hot air balloon has been inflated, the rest of the supplies have already been loaded, and the fuel is being refilled, and our fierce fire oil is not much, only enough for half a month of the flight wing. "A mystic apprentice returns the favor.
"Well, got it, have we arranged for our people to go there?" asked Thunderstorm.
"Twelve students, ready to go, led by the fourth senior brother and the eighth senior brother," said the secret apprentice.
"Very good, let them remember, what food and grass and so on, fuel, first of all, fuel, we don't have a second chance. Within a radius of 500 miles, there was no suitable fuel, and if you didn't want the hot air balloon to burn wood, you had to find better fuel. Thunderstorm knocked on the table and said, not only for the disciples, but also for the thunder army.
As the commander of the vanguard force, Lei Jun's task is very heavy, and the Chu people have used the most suitable strategy, the pressure on his shoulders is very heavy, no matter how heavy it is, he must also know the order, food is very important, but the fuel of the hot air balloon is more important.
Renault is very busy, the Shengong City is still expanding, a new blast furnace, workshops have been completed, put into production, the airships in the sky are like weaving, there are dozens or even hundreds of bodies coming and going every day, bringing a lot of labor, food, but also taking away a large number of fine iron, alloy, energy and iron products.
Although there is an airship, it is still too far away from Los Angeles, even if the wind is good and the air flow is found, it will take half a month for a one-way trip, and it will take at least a month to come and go, and now that the Austrians have landed, Renault can afford to wait, and General Wei can't afford to wait.
Before he left, he had a long talk with Renault, everything in Shengong City is naturally up to the Lei Division, as long as the Lei Division thinks it is appropriate, he doesn't need to ask anyone, he just builds a workshop for production, if there is an inappropriate place, wait for the sergeants of each legion to give back the information, and stop the production.
Wei Wenchang also saw that there is no shortage of iron ore here, just kick it, what you kick must be high-quality iron ore, except for labor, there is no other cost, so what are you hesitating about, hundreds of thousands of new troops, still waiting for armor and equipment.
As time goes by, the armor that Da Chu needs will only increase, not only the new sergeants of Da Chu, but also the foreign coalition army, which may also be uneven. Those big countries are better, they are all fully equipped, and the armies sent by many small countries can have a leather armor, which can be regarded as elite soldiers.
In addition, the war is extremely destructive, a fierce battle, cutting down a few swords is a common thing, and the damage to the armor also needs to be repaired, after seeing the speed of the armor made by the Shengong City Workshop, Wei Wenchang feels that as long as the transportation capacity is guaranteed, direct replacement is much faster than the speed of maintenance.
On the ninth day of October, the north has become cold, the cold wind is howling, and the south palm is still like a hot summer. Renault took people into the dry dock, today is the day I hope that No. 2 will be launched, whether it can be done depends on today. The ironclad ship plan is equally important to Dachu and Shengong City.
"Xiaoman, Zhangtan, Mozi, what's the situation?" Renault stood by the dock and asked, hoping that No. 2, that is, Experiment No. 2, was already floating on the water at this time, and before Renault came here, the gate had been opened to release the water, and Shengong City did not wait for the leader to cut the ribbon, according to Mr. 's instructions, time is life, do not wait or rely on, and go all out to rush to work.
"Sir, learning from the experience of No. 1, we have carried out dry ship tungsten leak detection experiments, percussion tests, and counterweight tests, which can save a lot of time. Xiao Man's face was flushed and said, from the most dissatisfied at the beginning, to the current waste of sleep and food, the Shengongcheng Shipyard has brought him too many surprises.
"Sir, the boiler has been installed, the problem of water leakage in the thruster has been solved, and the second installs the triple boiler as planned, which can basically ensure that there are at least two boilers, which can run for a long time, and at worst one boiler can be guaranteed. Mozi said confidently, these three boilers were built by his own hands, and each part was polished by hand.
"Hmph, don't stink, this is a battleship, it's going to fight, if you are hit by the enemy in the boiler, have you thought about what the consequences will be?" Renault said dissatisfiedly, in books, movies, and games, he has seen too many battleships after being hit by the power system, that is, lambs to the slaughter.
As a result, he was greeted not by admiring gaze and introspective gaze, but by an incredible gaze.
Sir is sick again!
This is an ironclad ship, although it is only Experiment No. 2, and it is not a real battleship, but Xiaoman can pat his chest and tell everyone that even if he uses a heavy pitcher, he doesn't want to destroy the deck of Experiment No. 2, it is made of alloy.
And the boiler, in the tail of the battleship, below the deck, is not one layer, but under two alloy decks, even if Experiment 2 is stationary, if you want to destroy the boiler, it is absolutely impossible, unless the crew on Experiment 2 is dead.
In fact, the Experiment No. 2 was built according to the standard of the Dachu second-class battleship, and Mr. stubbornly believed that this ship could only be used for experiments. In fact, as long as the boiler mentioned by Mozi can really make it run, and then install weapons......
No, there is no need for weapons, as long as the ramming angle of the bow of the Gain ship, with the speed of Experiment 2, it will be enough to hit it directly, an absolute sea hegemon, not afraid of any enemy.
This experimental battleship has too many differences from the Dachu battleship, Mr. has a whimsical idea, and actually has many cannon windows that can be opened and closed above the waterline on the side of the ship, very strange name, the ghost knows what the cannon is.
Anyway, after having this thing, there is basically no need to keep people on the deck, whether it is driving a ship or fighting, it is all below the deck, protected by a fine iron hull, and it is quite difficult to hurt the sailors on the ship.
Coupled with the calorific value of orange coke, adding 100,000 catties of orange coke at a time, as long as the loess is properly supplemented to reduce the temperature of orange coke, Experiment No. 2 can run tens of thousands of miles.
"Sir, the orange coke and loess have already been put on board, do you want to start experiments?" asked Zhang Tan.
"Who is in charge of Experiment 2?" asked Renault, this is the weakness of Shengong City, and there are few people who understand ships.
"It's the little girl you asked the military department to come back. ”
"Oh, yes, what's her name?" Renault read the battle report and sighed with emotion, and after giving the order, he had long forgotten about it.
"It's called Lan Bing. ”
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