Chapter 1171 Ironclad ship power problem
At noon on December 9th, Tianxuan Six Years, Qu Mao was on the small island of Twin Islands in the middle of the road. He even had lunch and stayed for no more than 3 hours. and go.
After returning from the Kingdom Battlefield, Qu Mao met Christine Sirian on Twin Islands halfway. The two watched the development progress of the flower bomb and the chain bomb together. Qu Mao asked to stop the chain bomb, which was unstable. Gao's artillery shell research and development, and asked to mass-produce the blooming ammunition as soon as possible.
The successful development of the flower bomb is indeed worthy of praise. After all, it not only increases the range of the shell, but also improves the lethality of the shell to the enemy's active forces. Once equipped with the navy, it will inevitably greatly enhance the naval combat power.
The acting director of the Firearms Research Institute estimates that by mid-January of the seventh year of Tianxuan, it is expected that the explosive bombs will be widely used on the battlefield, which can be regarded as a very fast research and development project.
The flowering bomb was transferred to mass production, and the chain bomb project was suspended. Qu Mao called Christine Sirian to go to the Fukumura Shipyard on the outlying island. Qu Mao estimated that it would not be long. Maybe the Firearms Research Institute will have a new research and development project. As long as it can enhance the strength of Yi Gong's territory, Qu Maoba will not do more.
It has been nearly two months since Qu Mao left the Holy Land of Yigong Territory. It has been more than three months since he suggested that Fucun Shipyard should develop the ironclad ship project. Qu Mao feels that there should be some results. up.
On the way back to Fukumura Shipyard on outlying islands, Christine Ciliane introduced to Qu Mao the specific progress of Fucun Shipyard's research and development of the ironclad ship project. , at least the model of the pure steel warship has been made, and it can float on the water smoothly.
Although the model of the pure iron warship looks very clumsy and the draft is too deep, it tells everyone that they can use all iron plates to cast warships.
Pure iron warships and wooden warships, the defense power is naturally completely different.
Of course, in terms of practical application, Fukumura Shipyard's ironclad ship project has also made progress, that is, a small warship is completely wrapped in a layer of iron armor. Although this will reduce the sailing speed of this small warship by half, at least this small warship It is already very strong, and it is difficult for ordinary ship-borne ballistas to align and cause substantial damage.
Qu Mao did not respond when he heard the introduction from Christine Sirian. Anyway, the sailing time was less than ten hours. Qu Mao still hoped to wait until he saw the real ironclad ship before commenting.
On December 11th, the sixth year of Tianxuan, the naval warship that Qu Mao and Christine Sirian boarded finally moored at the dock of Fukumura Shipyard on the outlying island.
The technical person in charge of the ironclad ship project of the Fukushima Shipyard on Outlying Islands had long been standing by the dock waiting to welcome Qu Mao and Christine Sirian. Seeing that Qu Mao did not intend to greet him, he took Qu Mao and Chris directly. Ting Sirian enters the floating dock of Fukumura Shipyard.
Qu Mao looked at the small warship that had already been covered with a layer of iron armor, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Although it is somewhat different from the iron-clad warship I imagined, it can wrap the small warship with iron armor, and it can also guarantee the small warship. The warship is floating on the water, and I think it has been very successful."
The technical director of the Ironclad Ship project said humbly: "My lord, this is just an experiment at present, and my subordinates think that this change is meaningless."
You don't have to have any scruples, just say what you have to say. "
The person in charge of the armored ship project technology said: "My lord, at present, only a layer of iron armor less than 1 centimeter thick is installed on the small warship, that is, it can barely block the ship-borne ballista fired from 300 meters away and the ship-borne ballista fired from 400 meters away. Come out of the coastal defense ballista bar.
But in order to improve this little defense, the draft of our small warship has been increased by 1 meter. If we load two 8-pound cannons on the small warship, our small warship can even hold 300 full-staffed naval soldiers. No more.
And even without loading two 8-pound cannons, the speed of our small warship will be reduced by about half.
This iron armor is not considered impenetrable, but it sacrifices the maneuverability of our warship and becomes a target that can be bullied at will at sea. Without strong firepower support, it is completely meaningless. "
Christine Sirian also nodded, and said: "Such a small warship can only become a target for others when navigating at sea. Let alone armor less than 1 centimeter thick, even if it is equipped with armor 10 centimeters thick, It can't stand the continuous shooting of enemy warships."
Qu Mao thought for a while, and judged that the technical director of the ironclad ship project did not make such an attempt because of pressure from Christian Sirian, so he nodded and said: "After all, the core problem is that the power problem has not been solved. Right?"
The person in charge of the ironclad ship project technology said: "My lord, there is no problem if you say so. But my subordinates think that the problem of the ironclad ship is comprehensive and comprehensive, and there are still many key technologies that need to be broken through."
Qu Mao laughed: "At least this small warship is covered with iron armor, which proves that steel can be used to build ships."
The technical director of the Ironclad Ship project smiled: "My lord, our project team has already verified this issue since your lord said it.
Why don’t you please take a look at the model of the all-iron armored ship we made. Although the iron ship is smaller, we judge that it can also float on the water after being enlarged according to the scale. "
Qu Mao nodded, and as the ironclad ship project technical director walked to a pool, there was a warship model about 1 meter long in the pool. Without the introduction of the ironclad ship project technical director, Qu Mao could also see that the ship was about 1 meter long My boat is all made of metal, and now it is quietly floating in the middle of the pool, about 20 centimeters above the water surface.
The person in charge of the ironclad ship project technology said: "To tell you the truth, the model of the ironclad ship is placed here, and the subordinates are also worried about the speed of movement. It has been tested so far, and the wind force simply cannot make such a heavy iron ship move on the sea surface. .”
Qu Mao nodded and said: "This is indeed a problem. According to our existing iron and steel smelting technology, I am afraid it is not easy to mass produce.
However, Christine Sirian and I may have to make a special trip to the Outlying Island Power Research Institute, where the research and development of steam engines is going on. Maybe it can change the power problem of all warships. "
Christine Silian's eyes lit up, and he said, "Your Excellency, you really should go and see it."
(end of this chapter)