As soon as Zeng Yi heard the words of the Commander of the Dengzhou Navy, he knew that the opportunity had come, and immediately said: "The difference between the second-level battleship and the first-level ironclad ship is too big. Experimenting on the second-level battleship will not be able to give the first-level battleship the opportunity."
For reference, it is related to the development plan of the imperial navy. It must be tested on a first-class battleship. Only if there are no problems can it be promoted to the whole army!"
The Commander-in-Chief of the Dengzhou Navy gave a wry smile: "Master Ni, of course we know this, but you should also know that the current situation is that more than half of the main battleships of the Navy are dealing with the Persian Navy, and there are only a few first-class battleships.
, once the modification experiment fails, we will lose a main warship, and we will not be able to replenish it in a short time, and our navy cannot take that risk!"
Zeng Yi pretended to be distressed, frowned and pondered for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said: "Let's do this, use my Jiaolong No. for experiment!"
"Jiaolong!" Commander of the Dengzhou Navy looked at Zeng Yi in surprise. Zeng Yi's "Jiaolong" is very famous whether among players or NPCs in the imperial court, especially among the imperial navy. Who doesn't know about it?
Zeng Yi had a first-class ironclad ship, even the most powerful among the first-class ironclad ships. The Jiaolong originally had a large displacement. When it was first refitted, it was the first ironclad ship. Those shipbuilding masters, in order to experiment with new technologies, ignored
The cost was high to add technology to the Jiaolong. Later, the imperial court's first-class ironclads actually abandoned some less cost-effective technologies due to cost issues. In comparison, the combat effectiveness was indeed not as good as the Jiaolong.
"Ni, Mr. Ni, are you really willing to take out the Jiaolong for experiments?"
Zeng Yi had an upright look on his face, "As an official of the imperial court, I am equal to the imperial court's prosperity and loss. And I rely on your majesty's trust to achieve my current status. If the imperial court is in trouble and needs the dragon number, I will naturally say nothing."
Got it!"
The Commander-in-Chief of the Dengzhou Navy stood up from his chair, stood in front of Zeng Yi, and bowed deeply to Zeng Yi, "Master Ni, on behalf of the Navy, thank you very much! Our Navy does not know how to do it.
I forgot your contribution to the development of the Navy!"
"Hey, Governor, you're too polite. You and I are officials in the same court, so the naval affairs are naturally my nanny's business too!"
On the same day, a few people found the shipbuilders at the shipyard and asked them to start studying the modification plan based on the characteristics of the Jiaolong.
Since warships are powered by wind, and the range of a single cannon is not enough to cause effective damage to an enemy ship, it is necessary to deploy as many cannons as possible on the warship.
It was also the first time for these master craftsmen to come into contact with such new weapons, and they did not know the best plan. At first, they just wanted to replace the ballistas and other weapons on the deck of Jiaolong with artillery. However, Zeng Yi only took a look at this plan.
It was rejected. Not to mention the other ship-borne weapons except for the ballistae, which are the most advanced weapons of the Mohist family, similar to borrowing cars, etc. Even in the age of artillery, they are still very powerful in killing people. Zeng Yi and
Don't want to replace it.
Zeng Yi was not satisfied with the cannons installed alone. Even though Zeng Yi didn't know much about battleships, he knew through movies and games that ancient sailing battleships were equipped with many cannons, especially large battleships, which cost upwards of one hundred.
, take the S-class sailing battleship as an example. This class of warship generally serves as the flagship of the fleet. It has three artillery decks, generally 106 to 122 guns, a crew of more than 875 people, and a displacement of 2500-3500 tons. It is simply a "sea fortress". You must know
The Jiaolong is larger and more advanced than a real first-class sailing battleship. According to Zeng Yi's idea, it only needs at least 150 cannons.
The master craftsmen at the Dengzhou Navy Shipyard made several changes, but Zeng Yi was still not satisfied. In the end, Zeng Yi had no choice but to memorize the artillery layout of some sailing battleships in reality. Although in the game, it must be open
Some settings cannot be completely based on reality, but they still have some reference significance.
After those master craftsmen learned about Zeng Yi's idea, they came up with another plan based on the structure of their Jiaolong. In this plan, the number of artillery pieces increased rapidly, and there were dozens of artillery pieces.
In fact, Zeng Yi was not very satisfied at first. After all, those first-class sailing battleships in reality all had a hundred guns. The more advanced Jiaolong only had a few dozen guns. He was really not satisfied.
However, those master craftsmen have also said that this is the best plan they can come up with under the current situation. As for the hundreds of artillery pieces Zeng Yi mentioned, it is not impossible, and it is even better than the current plan.
Save money, but you need to reduce the number of large-caliber main guns and add some small-caliber artillery, so that the number of artillery can reach more than a hundred.
Only then did Zeng Yi know that in the original modification plan of the Jiaolong, most of the artillery equipped on it were large-caliber main guns, and their firepower definitely exceeded the plan of artillery of more than 100 meters. Moreover, because the Jiaolong was a test ship, for the purpose of experiment
Artillery firepower and new tactics will only be done this way. When the imperial navy changes its equipment, it will definitely not be done like this. The number of main guns must be reduced, otherwise the navy will not have the money to completely change its equipment.
After hearing these words, Zeng Yi naturally had no objections and immediately asked the master craftsmen to start modifications.
However, those master craftsmen have also said that this is the best plan they can come up with under the current situation. As for the hundreds of artillery pieces Zeng Yi mentioned, it is not impossible, and it is even better than the current plan.
Save money, but you need to reduce the number of large-caliber main guns and add some small-caliber artillery, so that the number of artillery can reach more than a hundred.
Only then did Zeng Yi know that in the original modification plan of the Jiaolong, most of the artillery equipped on it were large-caliber main guns, and their firepower definitely exceeded the plan of artillery of more than 100 meters. Moreover, because the Jiaolong was a test ship, for the purpose of experiment
Artillery firepower and new tactics will only be done this way. When the imperial navy changes its equipment, it will definitely not be done like this. The number of main guns must be reduced, otherwise the navy will not have the money to completely change its equipment.
After hearing these words, Zeng Yi naturally had no objections and immediately asked the master craftsmen to start modifications. However, the master craftsmen also said that this was the best plan they could come up with based on the current situation.
, As for the hundreds of artillery that Zeng Yi said, it is not impossible, and it is even cheaper than the current plan. However, it is necessary to reduce the number of large-caliber main guns and add some small-caliber artillery, so that it can reach one hundred.
The number of guns above the door.
Only then did Zeng Yi know that the transformation method of Jiaolong was