In the past, ships burned coal. But because coal is solid, it is quite inconvenient to carry. By the time of World War I, most of the coal-burning ships were changed to oil-burning ships. After all, oil is liquid and easy to carry. Of course, the burning is also the worst heavy oil.
Heavy oil is the lowest product in the petrochemical industry. It is basically useless. Although it can be burned, it does not burn very well. Compared with gasoline and diesel, it is far inferior, but it There is an advantage, that is cheap.
Originally, no one wanted this thing. It was the cheapest thing to burn on the boat, as long as it could be ignited.
Of course, heavy oil cannot be ignited by itself, so when burning the boiler, it is necessary to inject diesel into the boiler first. After the diesel is burned, the heavy oil can be fired. Of course, such a toss will take a long time.
Qin Baoshan started preparations early in the morning, and it was not until now that the water in the boiler inside the warship was boiled to enough pressure. Although it is said that a lot of heavy oil was burned, the Eighth Route Army now has petrochemical products, and there is no place to dispose of the heavy oil, so it is simply transported here and burned on the ship.
At this time, the brigade commander and others certainly didn't consider how much supplies would be consumed to start the ship. Anyway, as long as Qin Baoshan is here, they don't need to think about it. Qin Baoshan will take all this into consideration.
The brigade commander stepped onto the warship and looked at everything around him, feeling very fresh. After all, this was the first time the brigade commander had been on such a warship.
The brigade commander looked at everything around him curiously. And Qin Baoshan has already started to give orders there: "Attention, prepare to lift the anchor."
The little devil's warship is still very particular when it is parked. The bow of the warship is directly facing the outside, so it only needs to be started. If the berth is not suitable, this kind of big guy needs to be pushed by a tugboat to leave the port.
There was a clattering sound, and the huge anchor was stirred up. Qin Baoshan said to the brigade commander: "Report to the brigade commander, the first destroyer of the Eighth Route Army is ready to go, please give instructions."
The brigade commander nodded: "You can go." After he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something and asked Qin Baoshan: "Is this warship still unnamed?"
"Yes, Comrade Brigadier, so far this warship has no name, please name it."
The brigade commander pondered for a while, and then asked Qin Baoshan, "Do you have any suggestions?"
If someone else raises this question, the brigade commander will of course name it happily, but Qin Baoshan is not an ordinary person. Qin Baoshan has done so many great things, and now he has even captured the devil's warship. Hear what he has to say.
Hearing the brigade commander's question, Qin Baoshan was not ambiguous, and immediately replied: "Our warship is called Jinggangshan, how about it?"
The name Jinggangshan has a special meaning, and everyone knows what it stands for. Now that Qin Baoshan proposed to call this warship Jinggangshan, the brigade commander nodded immediately without the slightest hesitation and said, "You're very good, it's called Jinggangshan."
"The Jinggangshan is ready to go." Qin Baoshan shouted loudly.
"Woo hoo," the whistle continued, and the tail engine of the Jinggangshan began to roar. The heated high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor entered the steam engine at the tail, driving the piston of the steam engine, and converted it into rotation through the crankshaft. , driving the propeller at the tail, stirring up the sea water.
The entire Jinggangshan was trembling slightly amid the roar of the engine, and then started to move.
The speed at the beginning was very slow, slower than human walking, but as the Jinggangshan continued to advance, the speed began to get faster and faster.
Thus began the first voyage of the Eighth Route Army Navy.
Qin Baoshan looked at the enthusiastic superiors on the bridge, thought of something, and said: "Report to the brigade commander, since we already have these warships, we must organize our navy as soon as possible, so that our navy can still play its role in the future." play an important role."
"Yes, I came here for this purpose." The brigade commander said to Qin Baoshan.
In front of Qin Baoshan, the brigade commander hardly concealed anything, and immediately made it clear what he came for. I'm here to inspect Lushunkou. In addition to inspecting the warships seized here, I also want to set up a naval team by the way.
"Brigade Commander, Lushunkou is on our old Li's site. I think we should assign this navy to our old Li's command." Hearing the brigade commander's call, Li Yunlong immediately came to recommend himself.
"Li Yunlong, you have a good idea, let me tell you, you have two choices. Either continue to be the head of your independent cavalry regiment honestly and fight on land, or you will be the commander of our Eighth Route Army Navy and command these warships. From head of regiment to commander, you boy can be on an equal footing with the boss in no time, how about it, would you like to? "
Li Yunlong's idea is of course to attribute these warships to his subordinates and let him command them. But if he is asked to leave his original army to command the navy, then of course Li Yunlong will not do it. How many people are there in the navy? Just a few warships, less than a fraction of his troops.
Unless Li Yunlong's brain is flooded, he will come to be the commander of the navy.
But in terms of his position, then Li Yunlong has reached the sky in one step. Now he is just an ordinary regiment leader, although his regiment is a bit big. But if he became the commander of the navy, he would be a commander at once. Now in the Eighth Route Army, only the boss is the commander.
Seeing Li Yunlong shaking his head, Qin Baoshan couldn't help saying: "Old Li, you really picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon. If I were you, I would be the commander of the navy without hesitation."
"Don't just stand there and talk without pain in your back. You also know that you are the treasure of our Eighth Route Army. The higher-ups will never appoint you as the commander of the navy. Except for you being able to drive the boat out this time, in the future It is estimated that you will not be allowed to take risks at sea. Our old Li will not listen to your fooling around."
Li Yunlong hit the nail on the head and said all these words directly. Qin Baoshan can speak up there because Qin Baoshan has no possibility of being the commander of the navy. Let Li Yunlong exchange his entire Northeast King for this naval commander, of course he will not change.
Hearing what Li Yunlong said, everyone present laughed.
At this time, suddenly, a telegraph operator hurried over and said loudly: "Report, I just received an urgent message. There is a puppet naval force uprising on the Shandong Peninsula. They are driving including Several warships, including the destroyer Tongchun, are approaching us, and our superiors ordered us to respond immediately.¡± (Remember this website website: www.hlnovel.com