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- early morning! In the bay where the "Dafeng" docked, Wu Yiping stood in front of the cockpit on the third floor of the bridge, looking silently into the distance.
Today is a good day and the blue sea is very calm. The occasional breeze blows, but it can only blow up countless small sparkling wrinkles. The sun has just emerged from the sea, shining golden light in front of you;
The sky is also extremely clean and blue, and occasionally a few thin light clouds can be seen. Not only did it not affect the beauty of the sky, but it gave it the most suitable embellishment. Just like a refreshing and charming girl, wearing a clean and charming blue dress, the white clouds are the gentle white gauze scarf around her neck.
After hard study, endless efforts, and countless simulation exercises, Wu Yiping finally decided to conduct a trial voyage on the Dafeng today.
¡°Perhaps because today is an important day for the Dafeng¡¯s sea trial, Wu Yiping felt that the sea today was particularly beautiful!
"Instructor" Wu Yiping was looking at the sea in trance. Liang Yong, standing next to him, said softly to Wu Yiping: "It's time!"
Wu Yiping came back to his senses instantly, took a deep breath, turned the key, opened a box, and closed the switch inside.
When this is closed and opened, the battery can power the internal communications on the battleship.
Wu Yiping said nervously into the microphone: "Call the boiler room, please answer if you hear it!"
"Report!" A clear voice came from the communicator: "The boiler room has been received. Everything in the boiler room is ready! Requesting ignition."
Wu Yiping breathed out slowly and said steadily: "Agree to light the fire!"
The boiler room immediately became busy after receiving the order, and various orders continued to sound.
"Open the fuel valve."
"Yes! Open the fuel valve."
"Add fuel."
"Yes! Add fuel."
"Light the fire"
A puff of black smoke came out of the chimney in the middle of the battleship. Two minutes passed, and the black smoke gradually faded
It takes nearly an hour from the time the boiler room is ignited to the time the boiler is filled with steam.
Wu Yiping was waiting anxiously again, and everyone at every post was waiting anxiously. They all stood up straight, staring at the thing called the horn, waiting for the order to come out from inside.
In the cockpit, Wu Yiping kept staring at the pointer representing the steam pressure, watching it move slowly but firmly from left to right.
Finally, the pointer reached a green area, which represented that the warship had basic steam reserves and could sail at half speed.
A clear voice sounded again from the loudspeaker: "Report! Level three pressure reserve is complete, please give instructions!"
"The steam cabin remains in normal operation!" After saying this, Wu Yiping tightly grasped the handle of the ship's whistle, and then pulled it down hard.
"Woo" A long ship whistle sounded through the sky.
"Suddenly, the entire battleship seemed to explode. All the personnel at the post were shocked, and then subconsciously raised their heads and chests.
The rest of the people sitting on the deck also stood up quickly. They rushed to the bow and squeezed to the edge of the ship. They wanted to see with their own eyes how this steel giant moved.
Everyone in the cockpit held their breath and stared intently at Wu Yiping, who was standing in front of the command podium.
Wu Yiping took a deep breath again and said into the microphone:
"Dafeng, I am the captain Wu Yiping, all departments are at their posts, prepare for level three battles!"
"Yes! Level 3 combat preparation!" Answers came one after another from the cockpit.
"Turn on the main generators No. 1 and 2 of the battleship, connect the generator gates, and gather non-combatants in the safe area! Prepare for the power-on test of the entire battleship."
"Dafeng" entered the final preparation stage under the command of Wu Yiping.
"The generator room reports that the power connection is complete and everything is normal."
Wu Yiping stood in front of the captain and said expressionlessly: "The warship is conducting lighting system testing, communication system testing, and electric drive system testing."
"Report to captain, lighting system is normal"
"Report to captain, communication system is normal"
"Report to Captain, the electric drive system is normal"
Wu Yiping breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that everything was normal. These are the basic things of a battleship and are indispensable. As for electronic systems, radar system sounds, etc., Wu Yiping plans to slowly test and study these by himself in the future. What needs to be done now is the official sea trial.
Captain?Wu Yiping at the command seat calmed down and continued to issue orders:
"Shut down the No. 2 main generator. Maintain the normal operation of the No. 1 generator. Weigh anchor!"
There was a "boom, boom" sound, and the huge anchor was pulled up by the electric motor.
"Report to Captain. Anchor weighing completed."
Hearing the sound, Wu Yiping knew that now was the most critical time. He clenched his fist tightly and continued to issue orders:
"Boiler room, generator room, engine room, communication groups. Please report the situation again."
"The boiler room is normal"
In the communicator in the captain's cabin. Reports from various departments came one after another.
"The engine room starts the steam turbine, 1/5 power."
"Yes! 1/5 power."
"Heading 230"
"Yes! Heading 230"
Following Wu Yiping's order, everyone felt the battleship tremble slightly, and a muffled sound of "hoohoo" came from inside the battleship, which continued faster and faster.
People at the rear of the battleship could clearly hear the sound of the impeller cutting through the water. The battleship finally moved slowly.
"My God! It's really moving." Lu Mingyu's eyes were as wide as eggs, his whole body was trembling without any bookishness, and he unconsciously shouted out his hometown dialect.
Behind him, Liang Yong, Zhang Yunshan, Liu Rui and other village protection team officers were all stunned. An officer from the village protection team grabbed Liu Rui by the collar beside him and kept shaking him: "Xiao Rui, move, what you said is actually true!"
"It's a pity that Liu Rui, who is usually smart and has become a primary school teacher, is now swinging back and forth like a puppet on strings, with his mouth wide open but unable to say a word.
Lu Chuxue, who was standing aside, covered her mouth with her hands, staring at Wu Yiping with a pair of big eyes full of surprise.
On the deck, there was a burst of cheers, which could still be heard clearly even through the thick glass windshield.
"Success!!!" Wu Yiping first breathed a big sigh of relief, then waved his arms fiercely, his eyes getting brighter and brighter: "Hey! My hard work finally paid off, it's time to trouble the Dutch. Got it!"
The battleship made a turn, pointed its bow at the seaport, and sailed slowly over.
The battleship came out, the battleship came out of the small bay, and she finally entered the embrace of the sea, dragging a long water mark farther and farther away.
If you look down from a distance, the shape of the battleship is like an elongated olive, sailing quietly on the calm sea, it is very coordinated and at the same time very shocking.
There are no cannons on the deck of the warship now, and the front and rear decks are empty, much like the helicopter pad of a modern warship. The current battleship, if you exclude the chimney and look at it from the side, is actually somewhat similar to the California cruiser currently in service in the United States.
With smooth arc-shaped flanks, the battleship's bow is slightly tilted forward for flying shear testing, which improves its seaworthiness. At the tail of the ship is a round tail, and a tail suspension is formed on the water surface, which increases the area and length of the tail deck and plays a good role in protecting the rudder.
Thanks to the rigor of the Germans, the sacrifice of some space during design, and the no-cost attitude, the main structure of the battleship is extremely strong. And from the beginning, this battleship was designed for the Soviet Union, so it had an icebreaker on the bow.
Now Wu Yiping has extended and installed a collision angle on the ice-breaking hammer! This collision corner is six meters long and consists of five dismantled pieces of 30mm thick steel. Everyone who sees the triangular collision corner has a shuddering feeling.
"The most dissatisfying thing about the battleship is the wooden coat that Wu Yiping put on the battleship.
There are not that many carpenters in Dafeng Village now. In order to speed up the progress, Wu Yiping had to let the village protection team do the work of carpenters. The result of this is that the wooden boards used as camouflage are of different sizes and thicknesses.
Putting these completely non-standard wooden boards on the battleship makes the battleship very ugly when viewed up close, like countless uneven patches on the beautiful shell of the battleship.
Many villagers who had seen the heroic appearance of the first Dafeng shed tears after the battleship was camouflaged. When Wu Yiping saw it for the first time, he thought he was being such a jerk for actually making a beautiful and mighty steel battleship look like this.
But when it comes to the camouflage effect, it is the best. Apart from being larger, such a ship hardly makes people feel threatened. But those who truly understand it will know how terrifying this warship is when it bares its fangs.
Wu Yiping stood in the cockpit.?, complacent.
Half an hour later, the color of the sea gradually deepened, and the battleship had entered deeper waters. Wu Yiping issued new orders.
"In the boiler room, turn on the blower for strong pressure and prepare for speed test."
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"The boiler room reports that the maximum air pressure has been reached."
"Very good, maintain air pressure in the boiler room, turn on maximum steam in the engine room, and move forward at full speed."
"Yes! Go ahead at full speed"
The propellers turned rapidly, and the battleship became faster and faster
The speed shown on the speedometer is steadily increasing
"10 knots15 knots20 knots25 knots"
The needle slowly stabilized at 26 knots; Wu Yiping knew that this was because the steam turbine drove a generator, so the speed could not reach the maximum speed of 28 knots. If the two main generators were turned on at the same time, the maximum speed might only be Reaching about 24 knots.
The glass windows on both sides of the cockpit were fully opened, and the cold sea breeze blew in, blowing their hair and blowing into their necks. Everyone was stunned by such speed.
This speed is very normal for Wu Yiping, but in the eyes of others, especially Lu Mingyu, who has been on a sea ship, it is very different.
You must know that the fastest sail warship at this time can only reach a maximum speed of about 20 knots when the wind and water are smooth, and it is usually about 10 knots. If it is against the wind and the current, it would be good not to go backwards.
"Instructor, with this battleship, will we become invincible at sea?" Liang Yong gently stroked the cockpit console, from left to right, without missing any gaps, and closed it slightly. His eyes were intoxicated.
"She must be invincible." Lu Mingyu next to her immediately took over the words: "Ignoring everything else, except for her speed, no warship can keep up with her. Just by virtue of this, she is invincible. "
Hearing their conversation, Wu Yiping laughed "hehe" on the side. But suddenly he stopped laughing and kept shaking his head.
"What's wrong?" Liu Rui asked strangely.
"Have you forgotten what fuel this battleship needs?" Wu Yiping said with a depressed and regretful look: "She needs oil, and if she can't find it, our Dafeng will turn into an iron coffin sooner or later. "
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