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Chapter 1268 Three Sisters

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    On the pier of Chengshan Port, three warships with novel shapes were moored quietly.

    It is completely different from the traditional Dafu ship with a square head and square head, high side and wide body. The forecastle and stern of these three ships have been significantly lowered, especially the forecastle, which is almost completely retracted into the hull which is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.  .

    This is the new warship modeled on the Galen ship by Jiangnan Shipyard.

    In the winter of the year before last, during the "hunting operation" launched by the task force in the security area, two French sailing ships were successfully captured - the Karak ship 'Duke of Goa' and the Galen ship 'Oriental Beauty'.  '.  As if Mr. Zhao had found a treasure, he immediately brought the Oriental Beauty, which represented the future trend, back to Chongming Island, and ordered the shipyard to use all its power to dismantle and imitate it at all costs.

    With the unremitting efforts of Yang Fan and others, and with nearly unlimited human, financial and material support, a full-scale ship model was finally reverse-engineered last spring.  Then it took more than half a year to build these three half-size new warships at the same time.

    It is said to be half size, but it is already significantly larger than the Qianli Dafu boat parked not far away, and it is only slightly smaller than the Wanhu Wuwei boat.

    Oh, yes, the Coast Guard has now switched to a new unit of measurement, which uses the tonnage of water displaced by the ship in the water to express the size of the ship.  For example, the Qianliu Daifuku ship has a displacement of 333 tons.  The displacement of Wanhu Wuwei ship is 500 tons.

    And these three new warships are all 400 tons, which is similar in size to the light Galen ship dispatched by the Portuguese in the Battle of Futian Bay a few years ago.

    And although these three ships have the same tonnage and identical hulls, their sails are different.

    One ship is a complete imitation of a Western-style square sail; one ship uses a Chinese-style canopy sail; and another ship uses a combination of two types of sails - mainly Chinese-style hard sails, but at the top of each mast, there are  A Western-style square sail.

    This is naturally a combination of three sailing gears created by Yang Fan in order to test the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese and Western sailing gears.

    The three ships were completed last winter and sat in the dock for a full hundred days before being launched in the spring.  But it still belongs to Jiangnan Shipyard.  Because according to the regulations formulated by Mr. Zhao, offshore trials, ocean trials, and weapons, sails and cables and other systems must be tested under different sea conditions. Only when there are no problems can it be handed over to the Coast Guard and formally put into service.

    This time the three ships came to Tamna Island for ocean trials and equipment testing. The group attached great importance to this. Even Zhao Hao came from the capital to participate in the testing.  Naturally, Yang Fan and Zhao Shizhen did not dare to neglect, and they both arrived at Chengshan Port with the ship.

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    Zhao Hao arrived last night. He went up the mountain overnight to stay at the police academy at Sunrise Peak.  Last year I went to the capital early and missed the launching ceremony. This was the first time I saw with my own eyes the three sisters I had worked so hard to bring into this world.

    But to be honest, maybe because his expectations were too high, he felt a little disappointed after seeing the real ship.

    These three boats have beautiful shapes and excellent workmanship, but where are the gun windows on the boats?  Why is there only a single gun deck?

    Double-layered artillery is the way to go!  Are there any technical difficulties that cannot be overcome and cannot be created?

    "How many guns can this ship carry?" he asked Yang Fan calmly.

    "Twenty-four doors, two at the bow, four at the stern, and nine on each side." Yang Fan replied hurriedly.

    "It's not much." Wang Rulong curled his lips and said, "It's two doors less than Zhen Japanese Hao."

    The Zhenwo is the Wanhu Wuwei ship with hull number 101. During the "Punishment Operation Against Japan" the year before last, all the ships have made more or less military exploits, and most of them have been awarded the right to name.

    As the flagship, Ship 101 did not participate in the battle much at first, but in the final battle of Kanmon Strait, it served as the vanguard and rushed into the Maori navy, contributing to the final victory.  The ship also obtained the right to name it based on this battle, and all the officers and soldiers on the ship named it - "Zhen Japanese"!

    "General Wang, don't be anxious, this is a half-size ship for testing." Yang Fan knew what Mr. Zhao was thinking about, so he patiently explained: "Actually, these three ships all have double decks, but the sides of the 400-ton warship are  It is much shorter than the 800-ton ship. It is no problem to add a layer of artillery in the cabin, but the position of the gun window is too low and it is easy for seawater to pour in. "

    "That's it" Wang Rulong fell silent.

    Zhao Hao was also relieved.  I thought yes, if according to the classification standards of later British warships, this size would not even reach the lowest level six ships.  The sixth-level ships are single-decker artillery deck warships. It is natural that these three ships do not have double-decker artillery.

    "The original Oriental Beauty had a displacement of 800 tons, so it naturally didn't have this problem. We calculated that it would take a ship of at least 600 tons to install a double deck and increase the number of guns.?turned

    Zhao Shizhen immediately filled the pot and said: "Of course, except for the natural power of General Wang."

    "It's quite tight, I used a lot of strength." Wang Rulong said without changing his expression. He seems to be a rough guy. How can there be a real rough guy like him?

    So Ma Yinglong also stepped forward, and the two of them turned the screw steadily together, and saw that the tail of the cannon was slowly rising, and the muzzle naturally lowered.

    Amid a burst of cheers, the two men spun in the opposite direction, and the muzzle of the gun indeed rose.

    Although it is indeed a bit difficult for ordinary gunners to operate, the disadvantages are not outweighed, because the ability to adjust the elevation angle is really important.  Especially when attacking from the other side, it can greatly improve the hit rate at range.

    ps. Yaoshou, due to the epidemic, the kindergarten is also on holiday.  There are two monsters at home I have only finished writing one chapter now. If I want to write another chapter, I have to go to bed at 3 o'clock I have also set the alarm to get up early tomorrow to write.  Don¡¯t worry, there will be three updates tomorrow, and I won¡¯t go to bed until I finish writing.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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