The next morning, as agreed, Summer Night and Yaha arrived at the "Far Ship Rental" building almost at the same time, and the battle-torn square outside the building was finally restored and leveled, and the meeting room that had been dug up in the corner of the building was now repaired.

It seems that the operation of "long-distance boat chartering" is gradually returning to normal.

Walking into the building, the staff who had been waiting for a long time immediately greeted them and led the two of them to the arranged conference room - the one that had been dug up before.

Curran and Chrissy were already waiting in the conference room, and as soon as they met, Summer Night complained, "Why do you always like to pick this conference room for meetings?" ”

"Redecorated, you think it's pretty good, right?" Curran grinned and pointed around.

Summer Night looked around and praised it very face-wrenchingly: "It's really good." ”

"It cost 10,000 moles." Curran said

Summer Night: "??? ”

“…… Just kidding, it scared you, in fact, it only cost less than 600 moles, all of them are glamorous appearances, after all, the company is very short of moles now. Curran said with a smile.

"I think you're hinting at something......"

"It's not a hint, it's an explicit indication - hurry up and inject money, you've been delaying it for a long time."

……

Since this was a predetermined matter, the two soon signed a witch contract. An imprint of the "Far Boat Rental" logo appeared on Summer Night's left wrist, and at the same time, the amount of overdraft was reduced by 40,000 moles at once.

Through the issuance of "Moby Dick Bonds", Xia Ye got an overdraft limit of 60,000 moles, and yesterday issued "Momo Bonds", which added an additional 500 moles; During this time, it cost Lilian a broom and crystal ball, the wages of Xiu and Susa, the use of "Thunder Knights", and other bits and pieces, all of which cost a total of 7004 Morals.

Now after the capital injection, the number on the wrist becomes:

0，32730，13496

The first number represents that your own overdraft limit has not been used, and there are still 10,000 moles that can be overdrawn.

The second figure represents the remaining amount of bonds available for issuance of 32,730 moles.

The third figure represents the remaining 13,496 moles of the overdraft line obtained through bond issuance.

In short, there are now "only" 23,496 Morles left in Summer Night.

However, after completing the capital injection of 40,000 moles, her stake in "Far Ship Leasing" also reached 33%, second only to Curran and higher than Chriss.

"So, let's move on to the next topic." "As for the next whaling ship to go to sea, how many will we need, what we need to design, and, most importantly, how far we plan to sail this time." ”

If the capital injection just now was mainly about Summer Night and Curron talking, then now it has become the home of Yaha and Chriss.

Apparently well prepared, Yaha spread out the chart on the conference table, showing Debussota, the Etheric Sea, and the western archipelago, the more west of which was almost blank.

"Last time, we reached as far as about 3,000 nautical miles west of the archipelago, which is—" Ahab said, drawing an X, which on the chart was only a few centimeters from the archipelago.

"Next time, I plan to sail to at least 30,000 nautical miles west of the archipelago, and if the process goes well, I'm considering extending that distance to 50,000 nautical miles." Yahab said, drawing a circle in a completely blank space.

"But to sail this far, the first problem that needs to be solved is fuel. The last time the Moby Dick went to sea, it used up almost all the fuel and almost had to burn whale oil to maintain its voyage, and this voyage was 2-3 times longer than the last time, which means that it also needed to carry at least 2-3 times as much fuel as last time......"

"Actually, it's not more than that." "Carrying more fuel means building bigger ships, bigger ships need thrusters with more thrust to drive, and thrusters with more thrust consume fuel faster. So I guess...... You need to bring at least 4-5 times as much fuel. ”

Yaha nodded in agreement, "That's right, I've thought about this too." So my idea is to have a ship dedicated to fuel in the next fleet going to sea.

"The ship doesn't have to carry whaling guns, cannonballs, or too many crews, so the rest of the load and space can be used to load fuel. It doesn't need to be too fast, just barely able to keep up with the cruising speed of other ships, and the propellers don't even need to have afterburner mode, but instead need to burn as efficiently as possible to save fuel. ”

"This is a 'supply ship', right?" Summer night blurted out.

"Huh? Supply ships? Yaha was slightly stunned, "I originally called it a 'fuel ship', but if I call it a 'supply ship', ......"

"Because not only can it be loaded with fuel, but it can also carry other ships' ammunition, spare parts, and so on." Summer Night explained.

"In this case, by the time we return home, the fuel and ammunition in the supply ship should have been consumed a lot, and the freed up space can be used to load trophies such as whale oil." Chrissy said.

Curran, who had not spoken, also spoke: "I remember that CIVA has thrusters that meet similar requirements, you can ask them ...... when you go back"

Yaha's vision was unanimously agreed by the four of them, and as the discussion progressed, more and more details were finalized, and finally, the approximate parameters of the supply ship were determined, and as for what could be realized and what needed to be adjusted, it was up to the engineers of the "Far Ship Leasing" to consider.

“…… As for the second issue that needs to be improved, it is firepower. Yahab continued.

"Based on the experience of the last time, the Möby Dick's naval guns were more than enough to deal with ordinary whales, but the effectiveness against Moby Dick was very poor, and we relied on contracts and angles to kill it at that time. The next time we go to sea, we will most likely face more beluga whales, so the firepower will have to be strong, and moreover, a big boost will be needed. ”

"What are you going to do?" Chrissy asked.

"Is it possible...... Make a rapid-fire cannon? It can shoot at least 60 shells in a minute, and can increase the lethality of whales by pouring a large number of shells in a short time. Yahab came up with her idea.

This time, Chrissy shook her head together with Curran.

"As far as I know, there is currently no manufacturing plant in Debussota capable of making this cannon, and we have never done research on this." Chrissy said.

"And the cost is also a problem, the whaling cannon is fired by the 'directional blasting' contract on the shell, and the cost of the 'directional blasting' contract is very high, whether the rapid-fire cannon can kill the whale is one thing, but it is likely to knock you out of the bank first." Curran added.

"So, instead of increasing the rate of fire, it is better to increase the power." Chrissy continued, "We can develop a larger-caliber whaling cannon that solves the problem you mentioned." ”

"Okay......" Yaha nodded reluctantly.

The caliber of the whaling cannon is already very large today, and the increase in caliber is obviously not as large as increasing the rate of fire, but she understands that what Chrissy and Curran said makes sense, especially the cost of the 'directional blasting' contract, which basically condemns her idea to death.

The silent summer night was thinking about something else - no wonder the barrel of the whaling cannon was of an open structure, and it was not so much a barrel as a groove with a "concave" cross-section. Because of the existence of the "directional blasting" contract, the recoil force provided by the explosion must be directed exactly in the desired direction, so there is no need to design a cylindrical closed gun chamber to restrain it.

But she remembers that Luca once mentioned that "blasting" is much less expensive than "directional blasting", and is more powerful......

"I have an idea." She spoke, "You can replace the 'Directional Blast' contract with the 'Blast' contract, and the problem will be solved." ”

"However, the 'blast' contract does not provide a fixed direction of explosion, so the cannonballs will only fly." Chrissy said.

"We can change the barrel to a cylindrical type, so that the shock wave of the explosion can be constrained in a fixed direction." Summer Night picked up the pen and drew a schematic diagram directly in the blank space of the chart.

"But in this case, won't the barrel be damaged by the explosion?"

"It can be strengthened with a 'synchronous reinforcement' contract." Ahab suggested.

"But after the shells fly out of the barrel, they still fly around......"

"You can use rifling."

"Rifling?"

"Yes, it's like this, with it, the shell can rotate along the axis, so that stability is guaranteed."

"How do you know so well?"

"I learned it from another place."

"Oh......"

"There's one more question." Curran also joined the discussion, "The impact of continuous fire from rapid-fire guns causes the hull to shake, which ultimately leads to poor accuracy. ”

"So try to make the boat bigger." "And it also allows for more shells to be stored." According to the idea of Lord Summer Night, the rapid-fire cannon should be feasible, but it is still uncertain what the actual effect will be......"

"Indeed." Summer Nights agrees. The cannon of this world, and the world of the past, are not the same thing at all in the underlying principle, and she is not sure whether the idea she proposed is right or not.

But fortunately, now they have no shortage of Moor.

In the end, the four decided to build a whaling ship with a large-caliber whaling cannon and a whaling ship with rapid-fire guns......

(End of chapter)