In the newly built port at the mouth of the Haihe River, there is a closed dock in one of the hidden bays. At this moment, in the corner of the dock, Zhu Youzheng is holding a sharpened charcoal pencil, standing in front of a wooden board, and keeps talking

What is drawn.

At that time, there was a very weird ship. The entire hull was very slender. It looked a bit like the Galen ship they built, but the length-to-width ratio of the ship was much larger than that ship. Those watching from the side

Gao Lao estimated in his mind that the captain-to-width ratio in this picture was almost six to one.

In other words, the length of the ship is six times the width, and its bow is sharp and slender, shaped like a scissors. Just looking at it makes people feel a sharp feeling. Gao Lao swore that he had never seen such an extreme

The ship, even the plywood ship they built themselves, is not so extreme.

Zhu Youxiao kept drawing lines and marking numbers and sizes. Finally, he made a mark on the bow of the ship and wrote two large words - hollow.

"Hollow?!" Mr. Gao exclaimed, and at the same time there were several other screams. Everyone's voice was full of incredible flavor. The bow of the ship was hollow, which simply subverted their understanding of shipbuilding.

"Master, what kind of ship is this? Why is it so weird?" Gao Lao couldn't help but ask. Although the other people didn't say anything, they stared at Zhu Youxiao closely, for fear of missing one.

Character.

These shipbuilding masters are typical technical geeks. As long as they encounter advanced technologies that are unknown to them in their field, they will not give up until they understand it.

"This is called a flying shear ship. It is a ship design drawing I got by chance. It has no other advantages except that it is fast, very fast." Zhu Youxiao pointed to the graphics he drew and slowly explained.

However, he is still not thick-skinned enough. After all, he is embarrassed to say that he designed this.

"The design features of this kind of boat are its very large aspect ratio and hollow bow, coupled with other designs, such as a scissor-shaped tip and a bottom design with very little resistance, which gives it a very fast speed. Its normal speed

The speed is about twelve to fourteen knots."

"Um? What is the unit of knot?"

"A knot is the speed unit of a ship. One knot is one nautical mile. The speed is how many nautical miles the ship can sail in one hour, uh, half an hour."

"Um, what's in the ocean?"

"A nautical mile is a unit of length at sea. One nautical mile is equal to a little over 1.8 kilometers, uh, which is about 3.7 miles."

In this way, Zhu Youxiao kept explaining various terms, and finally finished explaining the various technical standards and characteristics of clipper ships. Clipper ships and Galen ships have many similarities, but they are just

Some aspects have been enlarged, but there isn't much in the first place.

Then the appearance of various strange nouns made Zhu Youxiao keep explaining. One noun involved another. He didn't know what these things were called in this era, so he had to explain them one after another. Fortunately, these strange words

There were not many nouns, and he finally finished explaining it after an hour and a half.

It's just that I could finish the lecture in one hour, but I was surprised that I asked him to lecture for three hours.

"Do you understand everything?" Zhu Youxiao put down his charcoal pen, took a sip of water and asked.

"My boss, I don't understand something." Gao Lao took the lead in asking questions because he had met him a few days ago.

"Here, let me tell you..." Zhu Youxiao explained to him based on the paper information in his hand. His problem was not only on the clipper ship, but also on the Galen ship.

Looking at Mr. Gao's appearance of being taught by a boy, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel satisfied. The trouble with people is that they are good teachers. Confucius sincerely doesn't deceive me. He sighed in his heart and despised his abnormal behavior.

mentality.

But before he could enjoy it for long, several other master craftsmen gathered around and started asking questions. Zhu Youxiao could explain the first few questions based on the information he had read for a few days, but the master craftsman

The questions they asked later became more and more profound, and he couldn't answer them at all.

"Here you go, read it yourself, don't ask me." Zhu Youxiao shouted and threw away the thick stack of information in his hand.

"It's really crazy." Zhu Youxiao was short and managed to get out of the encirclement of the master craftsmen. Behind him, several highly respected master craftsmen were fighting for those craftsmen like vicious dogs.

Drawing information.

"Your uncle's boss, it belongs to me, don't steal it." An old man moved a little slower and cursed loudly.

"Your grandma's Li Jiuzhi, if Lao Gao robbed you, come and rob mine." Another old man cursed angrily.

Chaos ensued. I don't know if these master craftsmen had a quarrel before or something, but they actually started fighting based on this quarrel. You poke your nose, I pick your crotch, you scratch your ear, I want your arm, all kinds of obscene and despicable things

Zhu Youxiao next to him was extremely ashamed.

"Quick, Li Tu, go up and pull people, hurry up and pull people." After Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a while, he came to his senses and hurriedly shouted for people to stop them. These old men are all his treasures. They are injured.

Neither one is good.

With Zhu Youxiao's intervention, these old men stopped, and then they all frowned and looked at each other with blushing faces, and then reluctantly agreed to come down and study and watch together.

In the next few days, Zhu Youxiao spent most of his time in this small shipyard, using his knowledge and insight far beyond ordinary people to discuss with these master craftsmen. At this time, almost all Chinese ships floating in Nanyang in the late Ming Dynasty

They are all fortune ships, large and small, which form the main force of pirates' battles and the fleets of merchants who go out to sea for trade.

However, Zhu Youxiao's shipyard has not built many Dafu boats. It has only built some fishing boats, which can be regarded as training personnel. When Zhu Youxiao came here, he did not hide his actions. With enough manpower on hand, he naturally wanted to move the big boat

A shipyard has been built, and these master craftsmen will definitely be the main force at that time.

In the past few days, after constant discussions, Zhu Youxiao and several master craftsmen have generally reached a consensus. From now on, the major shipyards will focus on imitating Western ships until the shipyards are able to design ships independently.

It’s not that China’s Fuchuan is bad, it’s just that it’s not suitable for this era. Whether it’s watertight compartments, omnidirectional hard sails, or the V-shaped bottom design, any of them are beyond this era. The design direction of these ships

, in the 21st century, it still appears on those high-tech ships, enduring and timeless.

It's just that these things are not suitable for this era, or they are not suitable for the naval warfare of this era. At this time, it is already an era when artillery far exceeds the naval warfare technology, and the side battles have been eliminated and outdated. Fuchuan

The advantages of large cargo capacity and large number of people are becoming less and less obvious, and its internal watertight compartment design and V-shaped bottom cannot provide sufficient artillery positions and sufficient earthquake resistance. If it is fully loaded on a Fu ship

Artillery, after a single bombardment, the entire ship may topple over or the hull structure may be shattered by the recoil of the artillery.

It can only be that the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors is too advanced. Many of their designs will be very good technologies in the 21st century. In this world, the combat effectiveness of ships is gradually judged by the number of artillery and speed.

In the 1970s, the U-shaped bottom, large area of ​​soft sails and transverse hull ribs of Western Galenic ships could provide sufficient speed and strength.

Western sailing ships are a very strange type of ship in the history of ship development. They are only suitable for this era. Once this era passes, they will be obsolete. Unlike the Chinese fortune ships, the wisdom on them is brilliant, even in the era of advanced technology.

In the 21st century, it has been shining.

However, the first task of Zhu Youxiao's shipyard was not to imitate Western Galenic ships. Even if he picked up a Galenic ship and dismantled it, he obtained relatively complete technical information. In this place where there are many strong men, it has been delineated

In order to gain a place on the sea where they have their respective spheres of influence, in addition to building a large number of warships and conducting a large-scale naval battle, they can repel the invaders.

Just like the British fleet defeated the Spanish Armada!

Zhiyouxu also followed this path, but he did not start from the Galen ship. He took a different approach and planned to start from the clipper ship. In this way, by borrowing the high speed of the clipper ship, he could gain control of the maritime power in a short time.

Certain advantages, saving time and effort.

The flying shear boat can be said to be the pinnacle of the development of sailboats. Its speed is very fast, and its various designs are very distinctive. In addition to ensuring the necessary stability, all designs are to increase its sailing speed. Flying shear boats

The appearance of ships was at the peak of the development of sailing ships. After that, iron-clad battleships powered by steam engines appeared, and sailing battleships were quickly eliminated.

Therefore, there has never been a battleship with a clipper hull as the basic ship type in history. At this moment, in this era where large sailing ships are rampant, the emergence of clipper ships can be said to be an epoch-making subversion. No one knows what kind of impact it will bring.

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Can a clipper ship be equipped with a large number of artillery and serve as a battleship? If not, can a new warship model be designed with both firepower and speed by combining the characteristics of the Galen ship and the clipper ship? In this case

, will high-speed, high-power battle cruisers appear in advance?

These possibilities are full of infinite attraction for countless ship enthusiasts, and they can't help but indulge in them. However, for Zhu Youxiao, these spiritual enjoyments are not important.

Therefore, the design of the clipper boat is based on its unparalleled speed. In this era, speed is money and speed is life.

And this unparalleled speed can quickly give his new fleet a huge advantage at sea. There is a saying among martial arts practitioners that if your martial arts is improved by three points, you will be infinitely stronger. This is in the development of science and technology.

It's okay to go up to 100. If the skill is three points higher, the strength of the army will be infinitely stronger.
Chapter completed!