Chapter 20 Embarkation The next day, after a long day's wait, the Dengzhou officials finally got an audience with Li Zhen.
It's just that these officials saw that Li Zhen was either a sycophant, or a gift, or a sign of loyalty, and there was nothing important at all, and in the end, Li Zhen received them hastily and drove them all away - he has a lot of things to do here, how can he have time to talk to them?
"Your Highness, the battleship is ready, do you want to go and see it now?"
As soon as the officials were sent away, Liu Renliang came in.
"Really?
You ready?
Li Zhen was immediately overjoyed: "Have the naval guns also been installed?"
” "It's all done, and several projects have been arranged today, to ensure that Your Highness is satisfied."
Liu Ren's orbit: "The first item is to sail rapidly......"
"Speaking of fast sailing, how fast are our warships?"
Li Zhen interrupted and asked, he was still more curious about this, although he knew the design speed, but after all, the design speed was ideal, the situation on the sea was complex and ever-changing, and the actual speed was probably far from reaching the design speed.
Liu Renliang replied: "In the case of a tailwind, it can reach twenty-two knots, and it is difficult to say that there is a headwind. ” "Twenty-two knots, this speed is a bit slow compared to a fifth-level battleship."
Li Zhen frowned and was a little dissatisfied, the design plan of Li Zhen's fifth-level battleship was designed by scientific methods, and the mistakes made by the predecessors were avoided, and the designs that should have been had were also available, and the speed should not be too slow.
Li Zhen divided the warship class according to the British warship classification method, and the standard of a fifth-class battleship should be a single-layer gun deck, 32-44 guns, a capacity of about 250 people, and a displacement of 700-900 tons.
Such a boat would have to be at least twenty-five knots or more.
You must know that at the beginning of the 18th century, large warships in the West could reach a speed of eighteen knots, and it should not be a problem for a small ship such as a fifth-class battleship to run twenty-five knots, but now it is only twenty-two knots, which is a bit slow (I don't know much about sail warships, this is pure speculation, please do not spray).
Although he was a little dissatisfied, seeing Liu Renliang's face ashamed, Li Zhen had no choice but to comfort: "But it's not bad, at least I can run on the sea, and I can try to correct the speed in the future, let's go and see my boat now." ” "Yes, my subordinates must try their best to urge them when they go back, and they must build a battleship that His Highness is satisfied with."
"Actually, it's not necessary, there's no point in improving it, I just let you practice the fifth-level battleship, and it doesn't have much effect, and the fourth-level battleship is the capital ship."
Li Zhen didn't care, the displacement of the fifth-class battleship is there, it is only suitable for offshore patrols, and it is not possible to sail in the open sea.
The waves in the deep sea are not comparable to the waves in the near sea, and if a big wave hits, the boat may capsize.
If you want to set foot in the ocean, you must have bigger and stronger giant warships, such as first-class battleships with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons or even super battleships of more than 5,000 tons (the Valmy, the largest wooden sail battleship in history, with a displacement of 5,826 tons and a crew of more than a thousand, and the Duke of Wellington, this one is more perverted, with a displacement of more than 6,000 tons, but that is steam-powered, not to mention), and the worst must be more than a thousand tons (fourth-class battleships), otherwise they are not qualified to travel far in the deep sea.
"Yes, my subordinates will definitely build a fourth-tier battleship as soon as possible."
Liu Renliang assured.
"Let's go."
Li Zhen put on her cloak and walked out first.
When he came to the dock, Li Zhen found that someone came earlier than him: "Beloved, you like boats so much?"
” Fang Yiai took his obsessive gaze away from the battleship and sighed: "Your Highness, your subordinates boast that they are well-informed, but they have never seen such a huge battleship, such a big ship, it must be very majestic to sit on. ” "That's for sure."
Liu Renliang said: "Our shipyard also receives civilian orders, but most of those civilian ships are engaged in inland shipping, and the largest one they ordered is a small cargo ship with a displacement of less than 500 tons (Li Zhen has already taught them these concepts, so don't worry about this), the largest General Fang has ever seen should be these, but how can the inland river boat be compared with this warship?"
What's more, there are cannons on this battleship, with a total of sixteen cannons (this is different from Western battleships, Li Zhen knows that the unification of naval guns is the future of battleships, and with Datang's artillery technology, there is no need to replace the defect of insufficient shooting accuracy with intensive firepower, rather than increasing the number, it is better to increase the power), the salvo is simply overwhelming, and it can tear up anything that stands in front of you. ” "Okay, don't blow it, you see that you envy your bereavement."
Li Zhen looked at Fang Yiai, who was almost drooling, and said with a smile: "Look at your unproductive appearance, you are drooling on a mere fifth-level battleship?"
If you were to see a first-class battleship or even a super battleship, you wouldn't have to go crazy, huh?
” "What?
And bigger warships?
Fang Yiai's eyes immediately turned red: "Your Highness, you must leave me one, you must give me one." ” "It's okay to give you one, but you'll have to learn naval warfare."
The reason why Li Zhen brought so many generals was to cultivate his own naval combat talents, and with the length of the coastline of the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't defend Liu Renliang to death, let alone attack it.
"It's nature."
Fang Yiai couldn't wait to say: "Then Your Highness, let's go up and have a look now, right?"
” "What are you anxious about?
Let's talk about it when we all come. ” "Yes."
Soon, everyone had already arrived, and under the guidance of Liu Renliang, Li Zhen took the lead in stepping on the sail battleship named Dengzhou.
"Yes, yes, very good."
After visiting the ship, Li Zhen nodded with satisfaction, although he was a little dissatisfied with the speed, but I have to say that Liu Renliang did it with heart, the wooden materials are very exquisite, all of them are made of high-quality old fir wood, and the naval guns are also very well placed, and there is basically no shooting dead end.
There is a row of oars on each side of the hull to assist navigation, which is used for starting the ship in a windless or headwind state, and is usually stored in the belly of the ship, and can be peeked out from the windows on both sides when used (large warships have many sails, and the sails can be adjusted to sail with the help of the wind, but the fifth-class ships are too small and can only be assisted by oars).
In addition to cannons, in order to compensate for the lethality of medium and long distances, there are also crossbows as auxiliary means of attack, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.
"Your Highness, is it okay to sail?"
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Liu Renliang came over and asked.
"Let's sail."
"Yes, sail."
"Whoa!"
The iron anchor that sank to the bottom of the sea was lifted, and then there was a shock under my feet, and the battleship, which had been floating on the water, slowly left the place and headed forward.
Liu Ren orbit: "Your Highness, a total of three projects have been arranged today, the first is what the subordinates said before, rapid sailing, the second is artillery salvo, and the last one is a leisure project, called deep-sea hunting, I don't know what Your Highness thinks?"
” "Deep-sea hunting?
What is that?
Li Zhen asked strangely, is it to catch whales?
Doesn't it mean that whales are called gods in the sea at this time, and hunting whales will be cursed by the sea god?
Does this Liu Renliang still have the courage to hunt whales?
If that's the case, you'll have to look up at him.
"It's actually fishing."
Liu Renliang said with a smile, and was afraid that Li Zhen would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, don't think that fishing is not a big deal, fishing in the sea and fishing on land are two completely different concepts, there are many giant beasts in the sea, some fish can be three or four times longer than the height of the minister, and the strength is even greater, and it is much more difficult to catch it than fishing in the river." ” "Isn't it still fishing?"
Fang Yiai muttered, "How boring this is." ” Li Zhen suddenly lost interest, as a small rich second generation, he didn't do much in his previous life about sea fishing, and he was tired of it for a long time.
If you don't think about it, it's been more than ten years since I came to Datang, and I really haven't fished in the sea, so let's review the old and learn the new and see if the technology has regressed.