Anderson stood on the cargo ship and stared blankly at the iron ship leaning sideways and approaching with a rhythmic roar. White smoke spurted out from a chimney in the middle of the ship, and waves surged.
He stood up and let the cargo ship rise and fall on the waves. He quickly stretched out his hand to hold the boat shed.
Next to the chimney is the building on the deck, which is small and narrow, with a height of 3 meters. Further down is the deck with a beautiful arc, which is slightly tilted from the stern to the bow, making it look very light.
"This ship is so big!"
The length of the steel hull is three times as long as the current hull. It must be at least more than 30 meters long. The round-billed flat-bottomed hull looks round, and the part above the water looks like a puffer fish with a bulging belly.
. He searched for it, but did not see any rigid braided sails or anything similar hanging on the cargo ship.
"How does this thing move?"
The mysterious feeling brought about by the incomprehensibility, combined with the elegant and beautiful lines of the ship, made him forget his own sorrow for a while.
But what made him wonder was, what were the thick pipes protruding from the front and rear decks?
"What are these things for?"
Anderson was confused. He looked at the people next to him, but found that they also had the same expression.
Polu stood on the bridge, although it didn't deserve to be called a bridge at all, but he insisted on calling it that, looking down at his new ship.
The shape of the new ship is almost based on the 0109 high-speed gunboat in memory. Although as an inland river ship, the gunboat's draft is a little deeper, this kind of ship is not built to enter shallow water areas to pull cargo, but to pull cargo into shallow waters.
In order to ensure control of the river, it is entirely a military vessel.
After all, Bator's small boat has shown a strong desire to attack. If they don't have enough martial virtue, they may not be able to compete. If they also make up their mind to use a small boat to attack the big ship, if the firepower is not strong enough, it may really capsize.
As for the rough work of hauling cargo, it must be done by larger bulk carriers that have not yet been launched on the slipway. Since the last time the attendants took a lap on the water, many people have expressed their opinions.
Their love for the clattering weapons on the ship could not change for a while, but they were happy to come to the ship for a while and get some fresh air.
Leonardo objected fiercely: "How many people are waiting to take a boat out to gain some experience! Just a few of you want to eat alone? No way!"
The operator of something like a machine gun can only be rotated, but the operator of the boat and the helmsman cannot be rotated back and forth. It is impossible to rotate the operator of the artillery back and forth. After discussing with Leonardo, Polu had no choice but to learn from the young man from Hongshan.
Some people were selected from among them, and fixed manpower was assigned to each ship. Of course, when they went out, there must be people from the Knights on the bridge.
Since it is a warship, streaking is not acceptable, and armor is a must. Comprehensive protection on such a small ship will only dilute the armor thickness in key areas, so of course you should choose an armor box!
After a complex calculation, we finally installed suitable prismatic armor boxes for important areas. The armor box is actually a layer of 30 mm steel plate surrounding the waterline, surrounding the turbine, ammunition and energy warehouse.
The circle has no bottom and no cover. Just like this, one-fifth of the drainage volume has been used up.
Looking back from the bow direction, we can see the No. 1 turret of the single-barreled smoothbore gun equipped with the 100l25, and the No. 2 missile gun turret that was improved after the last capture. Because of the huge height, the lower half of the No. 2 turret had to be placed in the bottom bin.
The remaining half must be exposed.
So Polu simply placed it in front of the bridge, wrapped it with steel plates, and placed it at the height between the No. 1 turret and the bridge. Further back, there was a 4-unit 20-mm cannon at the stern.
Although the piggyback turret layout was perfectly formed unintentionally, Polu believes that any turret that is not a triple-mounted turret has no value. However, if it is further installed, the draft of the hull will probably reach the deck. Even if it leaves the dock and encounters some big waves,
It had to sink! He had no choice but to stop with regret.
According to his ambition, it would be best to have a 152-caliber three-gun ship with two turrets in the front hemisphere. Of course, such a ship would have to be at least several thousand tons, and it would probably be inconvenient to enter the inland river.
But this couldn't stop him. Even after this, Polu still arranged four cannons with steel plate shields on the extended structure behind the bridge.
After changing and changing, this ship finally changed from 0109 to a big, black and thick 1248. It has 100 guns plus missile cannons in the front hemisphere, and 8 20-gun guns in the rear hemisphere.
"Come after me! If you dare to chase me again, I will let you... feel what it is like to be surrounded by bullets!" Polu thought bitterly in his heart.
Although the 100 cannon is currently used as an anti-aircraft gun to fight mosquitoes, it may be difficult to aim when facing small boats jumping around. But what if there is a big ship? It still needs to be used to smash shields.
The hull of the ship expanded to this extent in one go, and the steam engine had to be rebuilt again. Polu was already disgusted with having to redesign the cylinder every time he rebuilt the ship. This time he decided to do it in one step and completed the three expansions directly.
The design of the upright cylinder was the culprit that caused the weight to exceed the standard and almost sank. Then it was discovered that the weight and size were too large. If it was forcibly installed, a turtle-backed gunboat would appear, which would be extremely embarrassing.
In the end, a V-shaped cylinder arrangement was used.
"What am I messing around with here?" Polu thought with sadness: "If I had known this thing was so big, I would have ignored it and wasted my energy."
A prepared signal was sent from the cargo ship, and Bolu controlled the gunboat and began to accelerate, heading towards Hongshan at a suitable speed.
When he returned to the dock, Leonardo was already waiting here.
"There's another group of people today!"
"I know, I'll pick you up! By the way, the elf has replied!"
"How about it!?"
"No problem, as long as you cut and plant as many as you want, they have no objection! They also have their own types that can be quickly spawned for use! They even gave us some seeds, saying that we should plant them for our own use and don't harm the spiritual beings on the mountain.
old trees!"
"That would be great!"
Since there is no coal, then the blast furnace needs charcoal. As more and more furnaces are used, more and more charcoal will be used, and charcoal will soon start to be consumed at the speed of industrialization. Polu, who is afraid of being attacked by green people, decided to
Let's talk to the elves, after all, he is currently the number one donor.
Since they now say that as long as they don't go bald, it will be fine if they grow it and use it themselves, just like farming, Nabolu is ready to get started. Mass production of retorted charcoal will produce wood tar, and wood tar is something that is currently on the horizon.
The only chemical raw materials that can be touched, and there is no need to grab food.
The inability to find oil and coal has troubled Polu for a long time. Although he has never figured out why there is no coal even if there is no oil. This means that most of the synthesis methods he is familiar with are over, and the search for natural raw materials is
The effort also declared bankruptcy.
The resin provided by the elf was not natural rubber. There was a huge misunderstanding before, which made him happy in vain. Even if there is no reliable detection method, it is impossible to say that this thing that looks similar to rosin is useless.
But it can’t be used as rubber anyway, right?
I have been thinking about it for a long time. It is far more difficult to cook without rice than I imagined. I can only take the route of wood ethanol + wood tar, butadiene, sodium butadiene rubber, styrene butadiene/butadiene/chloroprene rubber, which is theoretically possible to be practical, although it is a roundabout way.
Having a headache can almost be said to be two or three in one lifetime, but at least it is better than having no hope at all.
Although there is absolutely no hope of producing products such as synthetic rubber for a while, wood tar can be studied first. If not, bakelite and wood asphalt can also be used. At any rate, the dirt roads in the town can be paved first.
Well, after all, cement has no manpower to increase production!
These things can be considered casual. If you can catch fish, that's great. If you can't catch fish, that's it.