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- Up to now, the federation has basically entered the formal stage. Various rules and regulations and various personnel structures have been formed. Wu Yiping has fewer trivial matters. Now Lu Mingyu is handling general government affairs.
¡°Wu Yiping put his thoughts on a newly established factory¡ªa newly established shipyard. After all, people here live by the sea. Many of them know certain shipbuilding skills, and several of them have experience in building large ships. Knowing that there are such talents, Wu Yiping must make use of them.
The shipyard was built in a bay a few kilometers away from the beach. The sea water here is deep enough. The only drawback is that the seaside is covered with large and small rocks. Fortunately, Wu Yiping now has a lot of manpower, and he arranged for people to get it. Stones were used to fill this place, and the prototype of the shipyard was formed.
The shipyard is about the size of three football fields. There is a row of wooden houses built on the side near the shore, which are the housing for the boatmen. The side near the sea is directly connected to the dock. Two small Chongqing boats that are about to be built have been put on hold. On the dock, dozens of people were busy around each wooden boat.
The shipbuilding technology on the island of Taiwan in this era was still the process handed down from Zheng He's voyages to the West. It used flat, low and horizontal sails. It sailed very smoothly and had good seaworthiness. However, she had a huge The disadvantage is that the sailing speed is slow.
In Wu Yiping's eyes, such shipbuilding skills cannot meet his requirements. Of course, compared to starting from scratch, these shipbuilders still have a certain foundation. After gradual training, he believes that they will be able to build the most advanced ships. Boat.
At this time, Western countries already knew the importance of sea control. They were all working hard to develop their navies, especially Spain and the United Kingdom. One was an old naval power, and the other was a newly rising sun. Now what Wu Yiping has to do is to ruthlessly Get a foot in the door and squeeze these two countries out.
With this idea in mind, Wu Yiping divided the manufacturing of battleships into two steps. The first step was to build the latest sail battleships, and the second step was to slowly develop steam engines and build real battleships powered by steam.
After all, Wu Yiping worked as a technical soldier in the navy for a period of time, so he knew how to build the highest level sailing warship in the sailing era. First of all, you need to use a jib for sailing. Its biggest advantage is that it is easy to control.
The second is to install the sail using the longitudinal sail method. The horizontal sail can only use the downwind, while the longitudinal sail uses the principle of component force and resultant force. The ship can "sail in eight winds" and can sail in a zigzag even if the wind is "head-on". .
The third is to use the rudder. The fourth is to use watertight compartments. With her, it not only greatly increases the strength of the hull, but more importantly, it prevents water from flooding the entire ship if one area is damaged, making it difficult to seal.
Such shipbuilding technology is too sensitive and has completely surpassed the current Western countries. Wu Yiping did not dare to build such a sailing ship before he completely controlled the entire island. He planned to build a large shipbuilding yard first and imitate the captured Dutch sailing ship. It can also be regarded as training workers.
One day, he will build the most powerful navy in the world to defend the enemy on the sea, and then dominate the entire ocean.
Of course, this is still just Wu Yiping¡¯s dream. What he needs to do most now is to complete the final assembly of the ultimate steel crossbow on the Dafeng.
This is a huge project, and it has been suspended for a long time because of Carlos' attack. Now it has finally reached the final moment. .
First build the base, then install the main bracket, then install groups of crossbow arms, connect them to bow strings made of thumb-thick steel bars, a large number of bearings, hand-polished gears, and then install the core motor, and then Connect the wires. Finally, for safety, this ultimate steel crossbow must be equipped with a steel coat. Of course, camouflaging it with wooden boards is also an essential part.
Even though Wu Yiping had already drawn the drawings and cut and polished each part, the assembly this time took a whole week. The next step is to test it.
After the completion, Wu Yiping climbed to the top of the cliff next to it and looked at the huge steel battleship again. Looking at the Dafeng that had been renovated, Wu Yiping was very proud.
Now it seems that the Dafeng is just a very huge wooden ship. Those who don't know the details will definitely suffer a big loss. You must know that at the peak of the wooden sail warship, it was only sixty or seventy meters long, more than one hundred meters long. The Dafeng Hao is a giant, and everyone who sees her for the first time is shocked.
And if the enemy sees the camouflaged Dafeng and wants to imitate a wooden ship of the same size, they will find that there are countless problems that need to be solved. Even if such a large wooden ship is actually built, It can only fall apart if it is hit by the wind and waves.
The originally spacious front deck is now occupied by a huge steel crossbow.??This ultimate crossbow is like an enlarged version of a multiple rocket launcher. It can rotate up and down, left and right. In front of it are eighteen holes, six horizontally and three vertically, which are the launch ports for the crossbow arrows. It looks very fierce, very ferocious, extremely oppressive, and full of dangerous aggression.
"This! Is this the battleship I saw last time?" Wu Yiping climbed to the top of the cliff this time and brought a special guest, Carlos. He is now standing next to Wu Yiping with a dull look on his face.
Before this, he couldn¡¯t believe that there would be such a huge, ferocious, and strange warship in this world. He did not see the sails of the battleship, nor did he see any oars. Although he did not know the specific data of the battleship, he knew just based on his huge body and the speed of his last sudden appearance. This is definitely not a useless toy!
As for why he let Carlos know his biggest secret, Wu Yiping also had some considerations. The first was that Carlos had seen the Dafeng from a distance during the last battle. The second was that Wu Yiping got the news that the governor of Keelung was After suing him, Carlos has now completely lost power.
Speaking of which, Gong Ping is really a genius in intelligence. He only kept fifty veterans of the escort sent to him by Wu Yiping. The others returned and only applied for a large sum of money. In his words, Members of the intelligence do not need to be sharp warriors who kill the enemy on the battlefield, but must be people with flexible minds or special skills. They can lurk under the eyes of the enemy and spy on confidential information. Now he has achieved initial results, Governor Keelung The news of the complaint came from him.
"This is my most powerful battleship." Regarding Carlos, Wu Yiping was not prepared to hide anything: "He is made of all steel and is extremely strong. Your sailing battleship is like a small sampan in front of it.
The board is as fragile.
"Made entirely of steel?" Upon hearing this, Carlos went completely crazy. He reached out and grabbed Wu Yiping's sleeves, shaking them like a coquettish child. "Impossible, how can there be a warship made entirely of steel in this world? Look at her appearance, it's clearly made of wood"
"Let's go! Let's board the ship and let you have a good experience." Wu Yiping glanced at him and did not comment on his question, but took him away and walked down the cliff
After arriving at the battleship, Carlos fell into madness. He ran around and looked everywhere; stepping on the steel deck, stroking the steel aisles and sealed doors, looking at the extremely huge and unknown function. The boiler, and the cockpit full of instruments and buttons, he shouted with a dull look: "Ark? Is this an Ark?"
He finally took a general tour of the battleship, walked back to Wu Yiping with dull eyes, grabbed his sleeve again and said:
"President, this is the Ark! Right? Only the Ark can be so huge, and only the Ark can have so many strange instruments"
Looking at Carlos who was falling into madness, Wu Yiping cursed in his heart: "Idiot! Ark??? I, he, am still a round boat"
Although he scolded Carlos fiercely in his heart, Wu Yiping said with a serious face:
"Carlos, you are so smart; yes, this is the ark built according to God's instructions. God has abandoned you Western countries because you are too greedy and cruel, so God found me and let me I became his agent, relying on the Ark to rescue the believers who were enslaved and oppressed by you. And you are the first person I rescued"
¡°The reason why I said this was just Wu Yiping¡¯s whim. However, he didn't expect that Carlos's eyes would light up after hearing Wu Yiping's words. Then he kept crossing himself on his chest and praying in his mouth. In the end, he actually leaned down and kissed the deck of the battleship
But immediately Caloust had some doubts. He looked at the battleship camouflaged by colorful broken boards and said:
"It's just! Mr. President, why did you make the Ark so broken? You are blaspheming the artifact. You should correct it immediately. You must remove all these broken boards." After saying that, he started to draw again. He made the cross and prayed non-stop.
"Uh" Wu Yiping was also a little surprised. He thought in his heart: "Oh, this idiot really believes it, right?" Thinking of this, Wu Yiping whispered: "God tells the world to be humble and cautious. !So his battleships shouldn¡¯t have a gorgeous appearance either.¡±
Wu Yiping never thought that Carlos was actually a devout Christian believer. Looking at Carlos who was captured by superstition, he wanted to question himself with doubts. Wu Yiping did not have the patience to discuss Christian doctrines with him, so he replied casually. : "I'm going to conduct a weapons test now. You'll know how powerful he is right away."
??With these words, Wu Yiping came to the command podium of the cockpit! Ordered the warship to set sail and prepare for testing of weapon systems.
After hearing Wu Yiping's order to sail, Carlos no longer had the intention to pester Wu Yiping. He stood closely behind Wu Yiping and watched Wu Yiping keep giving instructions. He still held his monocular telescope in his hand and kept talking. looking at the sea.
As the course was corrected, the Dafeng was aligned with the seaport and once again headed towards the depths of the sea. In order to save energy, the Dafeng sailed at a standard speed of 14 knots this time.
After all, Carlos is the commander of the fleet. He has been on the battleship for a long time and is very sensitive to speed. He now feels that the current speed is almost the highest speed of his previous flagship. This surprised him, and he even felt that the Dafeng was the Ark of Zoya.
Soon, the battleship arrived dozens of nautical miles away from the seaside.
"Order, level 2 combat preparation; move at two-fifths speed, launch target ship; weapons bay personnel are in place"
As Wu Yiping gave the order and was dragged behind the battleship, the raft connected with the rope was disconnected. Without traction, the raft floated freely on the sea, undulating with the waves.
This is a 15-15 meter square raft, with logs about the same thickness as a person standing on it.
When the battleship was about 1,500 meters away from the target ship, the Dafeng began to slowly circle around the target ship.
"All weapons bay personnel are in place, please power on!"
"Start the generator and connect the power to the weapon bay. Prepare to launch the No. 1 armor-piercing crossbow for live ammunition testing of the weapon."
With a roar, the No. 1 main generator on the Dafeng started running, and the power was connected to the weapons bay.
The ultimate crossbow equipped with an optical rangefinder was connected to the electricity, and the three high-power electric motors were turned on and started to "buzz" at a rapid speed, and began to string the giant crossbow; after the string was stringed, there was an automatic mechanical handle. Giant crossbow arrows up to two meters long were placed in the card slot.
Two small-power electric motors drive the ultimate crossbow to rotate up, down, left and right. After rotating to the approximate position, it is manually calibrated manually.
When the fort¡¯s copying staff was assembling the ultimate crossbow, they also participated in the entire process with Wu Yiping, so they knew the production steps very well. With the approximate position in place, they quickly shook the turntable and performed the final manual aiming. The ultimate crossbow is equipped with a six-meter optical rangefinder, which can accurately know the distance of the target. By adjusting the launch angle, it can theoretically achieve perfect accuracy over two thousand meters.
"Weapons bay report, the No. 1 armor-piercing crossbow is ready, has been aimed at the target, and is requested to be launched."
Wu Yiping picked up the telescope, put the target ship in his sight, and then said fiercely:
"Launch!"
"Bang!" was the sound of the trigger releasing the bow string, and then there was a "Boom!" sound, and the entire ultimate crossbow shook, and the crossbow arrow had been fired
As the screeching sound of the crossbow arrows rubbing against the air got farther and farther, about two seconds later, several water columns appeared at the position of the target ship. These water columns were caused by the crossbow arrows shot into the water. Wu Yiping saw clearly through the telescope I saw that most of the crossbow arrows hit the target, and pieces of sawdust were flying on the target ship. It took about five seconds before I heard a faint "duh" sound.
"Wow, good!" There was a burst of cheers on the deck. This was the sound made by sailors on the deck who were taking turns to take a break. After seeing the result, Wu Yiping also fist-bumped and took the lead in applauding.
Before they could stop cheering, Wu Yiping immediately issued an order:
"Weapons bay, prepare to launch No. 2 intensive crossbow bolts immediately. "
"Weapons bay report, the No. 2 intensive crossbow is ready, has been aimed at the target, and is requested to be launched."
"Launch"
After giving the order, dozens of smaller water columns appeared near the target ship. Due to the lighter weight of this dense type of crossbow arrows, the crossbow arrows were dispersed after flying more than a thousand meters, so less than half of the crossbow arrows were shot in the water. However, Wu Yiping is very satisfied with the result of the team members.
After the two shootings were completed, Wu Yiping ordered the Dafeng to approach the target ship and observe the shooting effects at close range.
The Dafeng slowly sailed to the target ship. Everyone also saw the situation on the target ship, and everyone felt shuddering. For the first time, ten of the eighteen armor-piercing crossbow arrows hit the target; The wooden piles were completely penetrated, and some of the wooden piles were even cut in half by huge crossbow arrows.
If the first effect was heart-stopping, then the second attack was enough to make people feel goosebumps all over their body. Although only half of the 60cm crossbow arrows hit the target, the firing volume of 162 arrows at a time makes the current targetNearly ninety crossbow arrows were densely inserted on the chest, and each crossbow arrow penetrated a large section of the wood; just thinking about being attacked by such a dense crossbow arrow would make people tremble.
Seeing such shooting accuracy, Wu Yiping beamed with excitement. The ultimate crossbow equipped with an optical rangefinder has a shooting accuracy that is unmatched by current front-mounted artillery. Coupled with the advantage of the battleship's speed, it is far superior to other battleships in pursuit or escape. As long as it is not Unfortunately, it ran aground and was surrounded by dozens of sail warships. The Dafeng was invincible.
The weapon test is not over yet. There is still one most powerful weapon to test¡ª¡ªthat is, the ultimate crossbow fires projectiles the size of round basketballs.
In Wu Yiping¡¯s plan, there will be something inside the projectile. Three months ago, Changde soldiers had already made a bullet fire contract, but the output was very small. Wu Yiping had been stocking up and not using it in the war. After such a long period of stockpiling and the completion of the ultimate crossbow, Wu Yiping Finally, I used the fire treaty on weapons.
Now he has produced fifteen projectiles that can explode and blink. The outside is a thick pig iron shell and the inside can hold about three kilograms of fire. After completion, one has been actually exploded on land, causing quite a scene.
The one drawback is that Wu Yiping has not yet produced a Lei tube, so he can only detonate it with an open flame through a fuse. So this time we will launch two more to test. One is to test the accuracy, and the other is to test whether the ignition wire will be extinguished due to the launch.
The weapon bay is prepared in an orderly manner. Now everyone is very nervous. If the crossbow fails to launch, there will be no consequences; but this kind of projectile must first light the fuse when launching. If the launch fails, it will be a big trouble. Three kilograms of fire can completely turn the weapons bay into ruins.
"Weapon bay report, a single No. 3 projectile is ready, has been aimed at the target, and is requested to be launched."
"Launch!" No matter how dangerous it is, the experiment must be carried out, so Wu Yiping ordered the launch very calmly.
In order to ignite the fuse, the launch had to be delayed by half a beat Finally, the ultimate crossbow on the deck shook, and with a "swish" sound, a black shadow flashed across the launch port like lightning.
Wu Yiping held up the telescope and locked the target firmly. Maybe there was a wind blowing just now, or maybe the launcher was too nervous. This black shadow did not hit the target ship, but jumped over, more than ten meters beyond. The distance fell into the sea and stirred up a column of water.
"One secondtwo secondsthree."
Suddenly, the calm sea surface bulged strangely, and a huge water column rushed into the sky, thirty or forty meters high Only then did a muffled sound of "boom" come, and the water column flying into the sky fell again. It came down, and then there was a "swishing" sound, and a minute later, the sea slowly returned to calm.
"Yeah!" Wu Yiping couldn't help but clenched his fists and waved his arms fiercely. Although he didn't hit the target, he was able to successfully blink, which made Wu Yiping couldn't help shouting:
"good!"
"Launch the second one"
"Whoosh" The second one flew out instantly.
Wu Yiping stared at the target nervously, and finally lived up to his expectations. The projectile accurately hit the target ship. The projectile broke a piece of wood and then got stuck between two pieces of wood.
The same five-second delay fuse burned out about three seconds after hitting the target. A violent fire flashed, a shock wave visible to the naked eye was formed instantly, water droplets and sawdust were scattered, and a white smoke floated up. Only at this time was there There was a loud "Boom" that made people's ears buzz.
Fierce cheers came from the deck again.
"God!" Carlos's eyes were as wide as bells, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
Next to the command podium, Liang Yong, Luo Hu, Luo Bao and several other officers were also stunned. Although they knew about the existence of this kind of weapon, it was the first time they knew its actual effect.
"Haha! Okay! Okay!" Wu Yiping kept grinning stupidly. He turned around and saw Carlos beside him, dumbfounded. Regardless of whether he wanted to or not, Wu Yiping walked over and hugged him, and gave him a hard squeeze on his back. Hammered twice. Then he said harshly: "Damn it, it's time for me to take the initiative. Hahaha!"
"Wow" There was extremely warm applause in the cockpit
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