Chapter 63: Expediency "Let me think, let me think......
You just said that some of the fuses are faulty parts?
Cheng Chuliang closed his eyes and thought hard about how to break the situation, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he instantly grasped the highlight of Li Daoyun's words just now.
"Yes."
Li Daoyun's face was very ugly: "The fuses of the shells on several ships have been pulled out, some are missing springs, and one is simply equipped with a fuse of the same specification......"
The fuze is a very precise project, the lack of a part can not ensure the accurate explosion of the shell, and the specifications of the fuse of different shells are also different, it is impossible for a 100 mm fuse to be installed on a 120 mm shell, this is absolutely not, if it is forcibly installed, it can not be detonated, and there may be danger - the fuse is not a lead, the lead is only a part of the fuse, in addition to the lead, the fuse also includes a spring, a safety pin, a firing pin, etc., Cheng Chuliang is damp is the lead part, The lead naturally cannot be detonated when it is tidal, but other ships are destroyed in different places because of the identity of the spy.
"That's going to do it."
Cheng Chuliang slapped his palms and said with a smile: "It's really an endless road, you first arrange someone to distribute that part of the unified fuze to other ships, and then gather the broken fuzes together to see if you can make up qualified fuzes." ” "Poor Dao has already arranged for this."
Li Daoyun's face was still not good-looking: "It's just that this can only be an expedient measure, and we can't regulate how many qualified fuses, we have to think of a solution that can completely solve the problem." ” "Since you have already arranged it, then do it first, and inform the fleet to prepare for the front arrow formation, and I will go to see the prince."
Cheng Chuliang turned around and left, of course he knew that this was an expedient measure, but he had to do it—at least he had to use this expedient measure to buy Li Zhen a little time to escape......
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, poor Dao understands."
Li Daoyun took a deep breath, and made the same decision in his heart - he can die, but Li Zhen, as a holy son, must live, he is the most vital link in the rise of Taoism in the future, even if the Taoist sect dies, Li Zhen can not be damaged at all.
"Your Highness."
The ship array has been untied, and it will be very difficult for Cheng Chuliang to come to the Holy Emperor this time, but the matter is urgent, and he can only take a traffic boat to see Li Zhen.
"What's going on?"
Li Zhen was still on the bridge at this time, and when she saw Cheng Chuliang, she couldn't help frowning and said, "Now is the time when the battle is at its most intense, you are not on the front line to command the battle, why did you come here?"
” "Your Highness, don't say so much, hurry up and prepare, start the steam engine."
Cheng Chuliang said anxiously: "We have been calculated, the fuses of the shells are all passive, the enemy has surrounded them, there are more than two hundred ships, at present, our shells can only support less than an hour at most, and the subordinates take advantage of this time to escort the Holy Emperor out." ” "What?"
Everyone was shocked, the main and most powerful means of fighting the enemy of the Datang warship is artillery, although it is said that each warship is equipped with bed crossbows, but the number is not too much, and the enemy in front of them is also equipped with cannons, using bed crossbows against cannons - this scene has also appeared before, but it is all the enemy's bed crossbow against Datang's artillery, and now the situation is reversed, it is really the reincarnation of heaven, and the retribution is not happy.
Of course, the most important thing now is not this, everyone is more worried about Li Zhen's safety, since the enemy has already moved on the fuse, that means that their own artillery may cease fire at any time, and once the artillery ceases fire, the enemy's ship will be surrounded as quickly as possible, so Li Zhen's safety will not be guaranteed.
"Your Highness, my subordinates are going to start the steam engine."
After Li Ergou finished speaking, he walked out of the bridge.
There is a steam engine on the Holy Prince, and the performance is very good, as long as it is started, it is enough to drive the Holy Emperor to run at a speed of fifty kilometers - this is already the fastest speed in the entire world at present, even the destroyers known for their speed cannot reach this speed, and even in later generations, warships are almost this speed (the normal speed of a warship is about thirty knots, one section is one nautical mile per hour, and one nautical mile is equal to 1.8 kilometers).
That is to say, as long as the encirclement is broken, the Holy Emperor is not afraid of the enemy's pursuit at all, as long as it escapes from the enemy's pursuit range, even if there is an interception on the road, the Holy Emperor is not afraid - the people on the Holy Emperor are all knowledgeable, and each of them is at least an old man who has followed Li Zhen for at least ten years, it is impossible to be a spy, without a spy, naturally there will be no problems with the shells.
Different from everyone's panic, Li Zhen seemed very calm: "Don't worry, what is the situation to make clear, how can a good shell fuse fail?"
” "That's the ......"
Because there was still a little time, Cheng Chuliang was not so eager, and hurriedly explained what had happened.
"I see, it seems that your counter-espionage work is not very good."
"My subordinates didn't expect that the other party would invest so much."
Cheng Chuliang was a little ashamed, and was horrified by the enemy's methods, and even more amazed by the enemy's generosity - except for the Yuezhou and Shazhou, the rest of the warships on his voyage this time were randomly selected, but even so, there were enemy spies on every ship......
What does this mean?
Of course, this is not to say that Cheng Chuliang's luck is not good enough, in fact, it is really stupid to blame luck to this extent.
This shows that it is likely that all the ships of the Quanzhou fleet have spies planted by the enemy, and the identity of this spy is not too low.
And if you want to ensure that there are people on every fleet, how many spies will they sacrifice if they are planted spies on such a scale?
That's a lot of money......
"Your Highness, great, there are no problems with our ammunition."
Li Ergou quickly came up again and said excitedly: "Your Highness, I have already let the steam engine start working, it will only take two quarters of an hour at most, and we can go." ” The start of the steam engine is not so simple, especially in this era, there is no pressurization equipment, and you can only rely on the power of the steam to start, and this takes a short time, and it can be started within two quarters of an hour, which is already efficient enough.
"Great."
This is even better news for Cheng Chuliang, there is a problem with the shells on the Holy Emperor, that is to say, the Holy Emperor has the power to protect itself, coupled with the super high speed, if the Holy Emperor is willing to flee for his life, there will be no ship to catch up.