After the meal, Ma Guorong specially took Liu Tiannian to the pier.
Small boats moored in the bay are lined up next to each other.
"Is this a torpedo boat?"
"That's right!"
Ma Guorong pointed to the twelve torpedo boats and said.
"The Jingke type torpedo boat is the first torpedo boat built by the navy. It has a displacement of 90 tons, a length of 39.01 meters, a width of 3.81 meters, and a draft of 1.91 meters. The power system uses a triple-expansion steam turbine and a boiler, with single-shaft propulsion and high power
1000 horsepower, speed of 23.8 knots, standard coal bunker load of 12 tons, maximum coal load of 20 tons. The torpedo boat is equipped with 3 torpedo launch tubes. Among them, 2 at the front are installed at a 7-degree water entry angle, and 1 at the rear can 360 degrees
Swinging launch. It is also equipped with four 20mm six-barreled rapid-fire cannons, and the entire boat has a crew of 25 people..."
On the surface, there is really nothing worth seeing in these small boats, not even much to look at. They are just a few small boats. However, Liu Tiannian, an instructor at the Naval School, knows very well that the weapons carried on these small boats are
How deadly torpedoes are to warships!
"In naval tactics, when the weather is suitable at the right time, such as gloomy and gloomy weather, it may be night, the torpedo boat brigade can implement "wolf pack tactics" against the British fleet under the cover of twilight, that is, besieging it like a wolf pack
, torpedoes are their human wolf fangs. Once a warship in the British fleet is hit, it will definitely die, which is why it is called "Jingke"."
"Jing Ke is assassinating the King of Qin!"
Any Chinese who has read books will know this allusion. Of course, they also know what the name "Jing Ke" represents?
It’s a dead soldier!
The seawater lapped against the cliff. Looking at these small boats and the sailors still on duty there, Liu Tiannian felt a little heavy.
Lightning strike battle!
Just launch an attack with the belief that you will die, and use a small boat like that to attack the large fleet, which in itself will lead to no return!
"As for sailors, they are actually pretty much the same!"
Ma Guorong pursed his lips and smiled.
"There are no flowers for sailors' graves. It is God's blessing to have a warship as a grave!"
"Yes! There are no flowers on the graves of sailors..."
Nodding slightly, Liu Tiannian's heart was a little touched. In the end, he just took a serious look at these small torpedo boats. They were Nanhua's hope of defeating the British Navy!
Then, Ma Guorong took Liu Tiannian into the mysterious shipyard. It was brightly lit inside, and the electric lights on the roof were dazzling. The sound of hammering and riveting was particularly harsh in the shipyard. Many technicians were working nervously there.
People paid attention to the visitors. Ma Guorong and the others had to be careful to give way to others.
After entering the dock, Liu Tiannian recognized the submarine lying in the dry dock that Ma Guorong had been talking about for a long time. It was only about thirty meters long and looked so small and delicate that it looked like a fish.
Or a cigar.
"This is a submarine!"
Liu Tiannian couldn't help but let out a sound of admiration.
"It doesn't look like much, but it's very beautiful."
"Yes, that's it. In the future, you will form South China's first submarine force."
"I?"
Liu Tiannian said in surprise.
"You haven't received the order yet. The order will be issued soon, my captain."
Ma Guorong patted him on the shoulder.
"This submarine was designed by us. After Simon Bourgeois built the submarine "Diver" in 1863, I happened to be studying in France. Since then, I have been eager to build Nanhua's own submarine. Major, go
, let’s go in and take a look. Based on your experience, find out its faults..."
In fact, who is the real designer of this submarine?
It was Zhu Xianhai who drew the sketch of the submarine and carefully planned its cabin structure.
Although this submarine looks very primitive, its structure is actually very modern. After all, when designing and sketching this submarine, he drew on the structural principles of submarines from another world. But he is more
Simple and more primitive.
"Let's go in and take a look now!"
Liu Tiannian couldn't wait to get into the cabin of the unfinished submarine. He looked around, gestured and touched. Sometimes he would walk through the narrow cabin and ask about these things as he walked.
What is.
The engine compartment, the battery compartment. I stayed there for more than an hour.
When they arrived at the torpedo boat, Ma Guorong smiled and asked him:
"How's it going? Dude."
“It’s just perfect.”
Liu Tiannian praised.
"This is the torpedo launch tube. The torpedoes are launched from here!"
"Yes, that's right. This is a 550 mm caliber torpedo launch tube. The torpedoes are launched from here. The boat can hold three long torpedoes or five short torpedoes."
Ma Guorong began to introduce.
"Its water displacement is about 115 tons, and its underwater displacement is 124 tons. Its total length is 19.5 meters and its width is 3.58 meters. It uses a 160-horsepower gasoline engine when sailing on the surface, and changes to a 75-horsepower electric motor when diving underwater. Its
The sailing speed is 7.5 nautical miles per hour on the water and 5 nautical miles per hour underwater. The crew number is 8 people..."
Submarines need electric motors for submersible navigation. Although this is a bit new, Liu Tiannian has seen it before, because Nanhua's first tram line was opened a month and a half ago. The electric motors that rely on electricity naturally attracted his attention.
It's just that he didn't expect that it would be applied to submarines so soon.
It is natural to use electric motors on submarines. After all, only electric motors can run without relying on air.
"So how is the electricity supplied?"
"Battery! The battery pack is divided into two and is installed in the submarine. It has a reduced bridge, which is where we came down just now. There is a tall periscope in the bridge. This periscope is also specially customized..."
Ma Guorong specifically explained:
"It is to use the periscope to search and find targets to attack at sea."
"I have already seen the ship when it came out just now. In other words, will it attack from underwater in the future?"
"Yes, its tonnage is not large. It can only launch torpedoes, approach enemy warships from underwater covertly, get as close to them as possible, and then use torpedoes to give them a fatal blow when they are close enough."
Ma Guorong explained.
"The 550mm torpedo has a charge of over 200 kilograms!"
"The charge exceeds 200 kilograms!"
Liu Tiannian said in surprise.
"So many!"
"It's quite a lot. A torpedo carries 200 kilograms of explosives, and they are all high explosives. As long as such a torpedo can explode near the waterline of a warship, no matter what, even if it is a battleship with tens of thousands of tons, it will not
Shen also needs to be overhauled for the first half of the year."
"I think the 200-kilogram torpedo warhead is extremely powerful. No ship can withstand such a blow. Even if it can withstand it, they will eventually sink into the sea. After all, a warship that has suffered heavy damage will
It is simply impossible to cross the ocean and return to the British mainland for repairs, and in South America, only our shipyards can repair such large warships. In any case, as long as they damage their warships, it is basically equivalent to a death sentence."
Liu Tiannian smiled, patted the torpedo tube hard and said.
"With it, we no longer need to worry about the British Navy!"
This chapter has been completed!