Dengzhou.

"Is this the new warship you've ever developed?"

Ali Buge stepped onto the battleship and looked at the battleship in front of him with blazing eyes.

Since hearing about Boyan's plan, Ali Buge began to understand the specific situation of Boyan, especially after hearing about the new warships to be built, he came directly to the Dengzhou area.

And here, Boyan gathered all the craftsmen and officials left over from the original Xie Army, and began to build his own warships with the information obtained from the Huaxia Army.

Based on the modification of vehicles and ships, the power of the steam engine was used to improve the power of the project, and the keel was strengthened with steel, and in order to strengthen the defense, iron armor was also laid on the outside of the battleship, which formed such a heavy warship with a length of 30 zhang, a carrying capacity of more than 6,000 materials, and 60 guns.

At the beginning, the Huaxia Army also wanted to build similar warships, but the shallow water of the Danjiang River could not carry such a heavy warship, so it had to give up.

Now, this ironclad ship was made out by Boyan.

Looking at this mighty and majestic battleship, Boyan felt proud and replied proudly: "That's right. In order to develop this thing, it really took a lot of effort for Weichen. You must know that this thing weighs 3,000 materials, which is far heavier than any previous warship, in order to be able to drive them, Weichen also specially sent someone to secretly purchase a batch of steam engines from Chang'an, which solved the power. ”

"Chang'an, can't we make it ourselves?"

Brother Ali was a little displeased, and he always had an inexplicable emotion about that Chang'an.

Boyan hurriedly explained: "That's right. After all, our process is not good, and we can't solve the sealing problem of the steam engine for the time being, so we can only buy it from Chang'an. Thinking that in order to get these steam engines, he really spent a lot of effort and resources, and it hurts to think about it now.

"In that case, wouldn't there be only so many ships to be built?" asked Ali Buge again.

Boyan nodded, and replied with some annoyance: "That's right." Due to the limitations of funds and steam engines, only ten ironclad ships were built. ”

Seeing that Brother Ali Buge had a little regret, he hurriedly said: "Of course, my lord, don't worry, in order to cooperate with this ironclad family, I also asked the craftsman to develop a second-class battleship by himself." Just like the battleship under your feet, although it is only 20 zhang long, the carrying capacity is only 3,000 materials, and the artillery is only 30 guns, it is a little smaller, so it can act quickly and can also be used as a supplement. ”

Because of the reasons for naval warfare, the warships built in the Yuan Dynasty emphasized artillery battles, loaded with much more artillery, rather than similar to the Huaxia Army, in addition to firepower, more emphasis on defense and carrying capacity.

Moreover, in addition to these two warships, Boyan also built a large number of small warships with a length of only ten zhang, which were used as communication ships for the fleet.

Of course, these warships were all made of wood, not all of them made of steel like the Huaxia Army.

"That's good. That's good. ”

Ali Buge relaxed a little, as the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty, he knew quite well what kind of position technology occupied when the Mongols were rising.

At the beginning, the reason why they were able to sweep across the entire Eurasian continent was because they were good at using local technology, whether it was the smelting technology from the Jin Dynasty or the artillery technology from the Huaxia Army, they were quite quickly used and developed a series of tactics.

And in this revolution of weapons, anyone who has not kept up with it is destined to be eliminated, without exception.

"Also, don't hesitate, be sure to find out this steam engine from Chang'an, if there is any shortage, tell me, I will provide it to you. Brother Ali Buge was a little nervous, and warned again.

Boyan replied: "Khan, don't worry, I have already started to work on this, and it is estimated that I will be able to successfully imitate it soon." ”

He is also an ordinary person, and naturally understands that it is not a good thing for the technology to be held by others, so he began to imitate it early on, and now with the permission of the Khan, it is even more convenient.

"Haha. You are indeed my beloved general, and you know how to solve the worries in my heart. ”

Ah Shu laughed loudly, his laughter was full of pleasure and admiration, but something suddenly flashed in his mind, and he immediately asked: "By the way, I heard Ah Shu once mentioned that the warships built in the Huaxia Army are all made of steel, so they are extremely tough, and ordinary artillery is difficult to penetrate." Can you do that here?"

"Made of steel?"

Boyan was slightly surprised and asked, "Is this true?"

Since he took charge of the shipyard here, he has been studying the technology passed down by the Huaxia Army, especially the steam turbines used to propel ships and trains, which are the most important, and he is simply amazed by its exquisite structure, and is amazed that such a machine can exert its power beyond ordinary people with only some simple structures.

Building a battleship out of steel?

When Boyan thought of this, he felt terrified, how extravagant it was for the Huaxia army to be able to easily use so much steel to build warships.

But he never imagined that due to thousands of years of development, there was no wood suitable for building warships, so he was forced to use steel instead of wood to build warships.

"It should be true. You must know that when he first encountered it, he had attacked the other party, but he was blocked by the other party, it should have been made of steel, otherwise it would not have been so strong. "Brother Ali Bu asked people to take out the memo written by Ah Shu and send it to Boyan.

After Boyan looked at it, he was also stunned, and then shook his head and replied: "If you want this, I'm afraid you can't." ”

In order to build a powerful naval force as soon as possible, Boyan adopted a strategy of renovating the original battleship hull, except for some areas reinforced with steel and steam turbines instead of power, the rest of the parts were not much modified.

At that time, if he played against the Huaxia Army, Boyan was not sure that the battleship in his hand would be able to fight against the other party.

"Can't you?"

Brother Ali Buge felt a little lost, and was also amazed by the skills of the Huaxia Army: "It seems that it is not easy to defeat the other party. If this is the case, then it will be even more necessary to defeat the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, they will only be defeated by this Huaxia army. ”

At this moment, he had an incomparable sense of crisis, and he just wanted to solve the Song Dynasty as soon as possible.

Only after the Song Dynasty is settled will he be able to free up enough strength to defeat the Huaxia army, or else he will be driven back to the steppe and continue to live the harsh and hopeless life of a nomadic people.

"Don't worry, Khan, this time I will definitely take Lin'an and avenge the Khan. Boyan hurriedly knelt down and bowed to Ali Buge.