The 104th Octopus Regains Its Power (4,000 words) "Hurry up, Mr.
Benin, I can't wait."
Seeing Ben Yin's calm and calm appearance, Sima Cuo urged: "And you see that the enemy has begun to release assault boats, they must be planning to use this kind of boat to rush to the shore and then engage us in close combat......
Just now, I transferred ninety percent of the people to quell the chaos, and now there are not many people in our front-line positions, if they really rush up, then we will be finished, and even if there is a secret weapon at that time, it will be useless, right?
” "Don't worry, don't you see they are moving?"
Although Ben Yin didn't understand the power of these small boats, he believed in Li Zhen unconditionally, since Li Zhen left these ships as a backhand, it means that these ships must be able to restrain the enemy ships, in this case, then what is there to worry about?
Sure enough, as Ben Yin's voice fell, the small boat that was originally moored on the shore began to set sail and quickly rushed towards the enemy warship, but the speed was not too fast.
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up."
Guan Wenhai couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help urging.
Ben Yin smiled: "Don't worry, this torpedo boat needs a distance to release the torpedo, if it rushes too fast, it will rush into the camp of others." ” "Torpedo boats?
Is this the name of such a ship?
Sima Cuo asked curiously, "And torpedoes?"
Is there any difference with a grenade?
” "It's a big difference."
Ben Yin patiently explained: "The largest grenade is only the size of a fist, and the diameter will never exceed five centimeters, but the torpedo is measured in meters, and the torpedo loaded on this torpedo boat is nearly two meters long, and the weight is as high as 100 kilograms......
"Huh?
Two meters?
How do you get this out?
"Although Guan Wenhai is a civil official, he also knows something about playing cannons, and the general cannonballs don't look at the weight is very large, but in fact they are all small - of course, the imperial court is not without large cannonballs, such as the cannonballs of the 'greedy wolf' cannon, the length is nearly two meters, and the mass is as high as 500 kilograms, it is definitely the giant of the cannons, and this is not the largest, in' On top of the greedy wolf's cannon, it is said that there is a caliber of more than 400 mm mortar cannon in Chang'an City, and the weight of the shells has reached several tons.
But those are all shells of giant cannons, and the recoil of the 'greedy wolf' cannon is so strong that even the most powerful warship can't carry it, let alone the little yacht in front of you?
I'm afraid that a single shot can overturn the entire ship, right?
But with such a small ship loaded with such large shells, are you sure this small ship can shoot the shells?
"I don't know about this, in fact I've seen this torpedo once, but I haven't seen it launched."
Ben Yin said: "It looks like a cannonball, but it is very long, more than five feet, and it is fired in the same way as a normal cannonball—this torpedo actually travels in water." ” "Walking in the water?"
Sima Cuo and Guan Wenhai are even more curious, they are also well-informed, and they have seen countless types of cannons, whether it is a projectile mortar, or a howitzer with a relatively large curvature, or simply a direct-fire cannon, they have all seen it, but no matter what type of cannon it is, the shells are flying in the air, but this torpedo ......
It's actually in the water......
Can this cannonball fly in water?
I've seen shells exploding in the water, but flying in the water?
Do you move like a fish?
"I've heard them say the same, and I haven't seen it, but since they said so, I think it's okay."
Seeing the suspicious eyes of the two, Ben Yin couldn't help but laugh and said, "Besides, isn't this a good opportunity now?"
We simply took this opportunity to have a good look at how this torpedo traveled in the seawater, which can be regarded as an eye-opener. ” "That's right, then we'll see."
The sailors on the torpedo boat did not know that there were three people on the shore who were looking forward to watching the show, and they were strictly following the operating procedures of the torpedo boat, carefully putting a torpedo into the launch tube, and then finding a good target, adjusting the angle of the launch tube, calculating the amount of advance, filling water and pressurizing, and finally pressing the torpedo excitation button......
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
Only a few dull sounds were heard, and the torpedo boat shook slightly, and saw the torpedo that had been put into the launch tube burst out of the launch tube, fell into the water, and sped quickly towards the target battleship at a speed that was almost invisible to the naked eye......
It's just that in a few seconds, the torpedo traveled a kilometer and made its first close contact with the target battleship......
And then it was like a remake of the attack on Li Zhen......
I saw that the warship that was hit by it seemed as if it had been pushed from the bottom by something, and the whole ship jumped up in the air, and then it was filled with a bubble of pig urine, which expanded violently, and then cracked into pieces......
The other enemy ships that had been hit in different parts also replicated the scene of the first ship, all of which were pushed up in the air and then dismembered into pieces - in the face of tens of kilograms of explosives, the slightest error was meaningless.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
“……” Everything was done silently, until the fragments of the enemy ship fell into the sea, and the violent roar reached the ears of the three people on the shore, which made the ears itch for a while - you must know that the fleet at this time is at least four or five kilometers away from the shore, but even at such a distance, the explosion reached the ears of everyone on the shore, not much lighter than a thunder explosion, as if a cannonball exploded in the ear, it was simply moving, when everything calmed down, the sea was quiet, Not to mention the indiscriminate bombardment of the batteries and the enemy ships that were returning fire, even the sea breeze seemed to be frightened, and suddenly it was quiet.
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There were also a few torpedoes that deviated from the course due to the influence of the sea environment and did not hit the intended target, but this is not to say that they were not unsuccessful - as more and more ships entered the harbor, the area of the harbor became narrower and narrower, and a large number of ships almost had to gather together, densely packed in a large area.
So although a few torpedoes did not hit the intended target, they also hit the auxiliary vehicle by mistake and blew up several ships as well, and did not really miss......
"Let's go!"
The telescope in his hand couldn't be held tightly anymore, and he fell off his hand, but Guan Wenhai didn't mean to pick it up at all, just opened his mouth, and his eyes were about to fall out.
"Heh~" After a long time, Guan Wenhai seemed to come back to his senses, took a long breath, and then gasped violently, and after a long while, he reacted: "I only have one idea now......
"What thoughts?"
Ben was stunned, although he also boasted of being well-informed, and it was not that he had never seen the scene of the roar of the cannon, but he was still shocked by the earth-shaking power of this torpedo - plus he was originally from the more ignorant Black Continent, and the worship of totems and gods was engraved in his bones, although he had lived in Datang for more than 20 years, the awe of the gods in his bones had not been completely washed away.
Although he had seen the cannons fire more than once, after seeing the terrifying power of the torpedo that almost wiped out the ship, he only felt that even a god might not be able to exert such a powerful attack, right?
"What, I just want to ask you one question now......"
Still not reacting from the shock just now, Guan Wenhai swallowed his saliva and said, "Is our navy still recruiting?"
My desire to be in the Navy at this moment has never been stronger, and if I can set up a torpedo boat, even if I give up my official robe, even if I die at the bottom of the sea for it, I feel that my life is worthwhile. ” Sima Cuo took over the conversation and said with a smile: "It's easy to be in the navy, as long as you pass the physical and political examination, I can be the master to recruit you into the navy, and I will also give you a good position, but the torpedo boat unit does not belong to the naval sequence, I can't do anything about this, this is directly commanded by the prince, if you really want to, you can apply directly to the prince." ” "Cut!"
Guan Wenhai gave him a roll of the eyes, since you said it doesn't count, then you say so much is there a fart?
"But to be honest, seeing the power of this torpedo boat, I am worried about the future of the Navy."
A trace of sorrow flashed in Guan Wenhai's eyes, this torpedo is so powerful, even the most powerful battleship will only have a sinking fate when it encounters, then it is enough for the imperial court to develop torpedo boats in the future, why bother to develop the navy?
This torpedo boat is so big, the cost is not much higher, and it is so powerful, compared with the battleship that often invests thousands of taels of silver, it can be described as a model of good quality and low price, and now that the imperial court has torpedo boats, the role of their navy can be greatly reduced - is it that the prosperity of their navy has just arrived, and it is about to end?
In fact, Sima Cuo thought too much, although this torpedo boat is powerful, and the power of the torpedoes fired is even more earth-shattering, but this ship has this advantage - in addition to being powerful enough, what other advantages does this torpedo boat have?
There is no merit at all.
First of all, it is clear that such a small ship cannot sail far; And because the ships are too small, they can't fight in the harsh seas, otherwise they may be overturned if they encounter a big wind and waves; Third, the torpedo range is too short, only one kilometer, which means that the torpedo boat must be close to the enemy to make a contribution, and such a distance can easily be attacked by the enemy, even if it is not attacked, a wave set off by a flick of the tail may overturn the whole ship; The speed of the fourth torpedo boat is too slow, and when it is launched, it can certainly make a contribution with one blow, but after the torpedo is fired, it can only be slaughtered, if a wave of fire destroys the enemy, it is enough, but if the enemy is not destroyed at one time, then they can only die; Last but not least, the production of torpedoes is too low, the cost is too high, and a large amount of equipment will definitely not work, at least not for a short time.
Therefore, don't look at the power of the torpedo is so great, but at present, it is an extreme weapon, and it will never be taken out until the last resort, and it is impossible to replace the position of the navy - the development of torpedoes in later generations is not slow, but there is no torpedo to replace warships, even in later generations, torpedoes can only be used as an auxiliary weapon of the navy, and the real decisive battle at sea still needs to look at the performance of surface ships.
And there is another point, the reason why the torpedo is so powerful, it is because there are too many explosives filled in it, and the explosion power is seriously left, if the charge is reduced, even if the explosive charge is only one-tenth of the current one, the remaining space will increase the fuel charge, not only can destroy the enemy in the same way, but also increase the range of the torpedo, this is really a double win, but such a simple reason, Li Zhen did not do it - the reason why so many explosives are loaded is not that Li Zhen has too many explosives and has no place to put them, But at the beginning of the design of the torpedo, Li Zhen did not pay attention to these wooden battleships.
This batch of torpedoes should actually be regarded as a test model, and the target is the future steel battleship, this time Li Zhen took it out to test the performance.
And the torpedo that is really used against wooden battleships is actually in production, codenamed 'Jaws II', which is only one-tenth of the power of the current 'Jaws I', but it is enough to deal with wooden warships.
Therefore, Sima Cuo's worries were wrong from the beginning, not to mention that Datang wants to sweep the world, and the role of the navy must not be ignored, otherwise even if Datang conquers overseas, without the navy to occupy territories and guard routes, these territories will rebel at any time, even if such a territory is defeated?
"But speaking of which, why would His Highness leave such a backhand?"
Guan Wenhai thought more: "This torpedo boat is obviously used to deal with surface ships, but how did His Highness know that there would be an enemy attacking Coconut Harbor?"
Don't......
Hmmm......"
Guan Wenhai seemed to think of something, but before he finished speaking, he was covered by Sima Cuo, and the remaining half of the words were swallowed back into his stomach.
"Poof!"
Hanging was not killed, Guan Wenhai struggled to escape from Sima Cuo's hands, and scolded: "Sima Cuo, you are too rude, this official is also your superior, this is how you treat Shangguan?"
If you don't give the official an explanation today, don't blame the official for being polite to you. ” "Oh, you're still in the mood to struggle with this?"
Sima Cuo didn't have the slightest intention of repenting, but said in a tone that I was good for you: "Master Guan, you really dare to say anything...... "......"
Guan Wenhai's cold sweat 'snorted', and he came down immediately......