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Chapter 238 Sugar-coated Cannonballs (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
target!

The torpedo target is not an ordinary target, but a ship!

Just after New Year's Day in 1866, a dilapidated wooden-hulled cargo ship was floating alone on the sea off the coast of Nanhua. This abandoned wooden-hulled cargo ship was purchased from Buenos Aires for experiments.

Although it is not an iron-hulled ship, in order to achieve the effect of the experiment, it was dragged into the dock before that and nailed a layer of two-inch thick iron plate directly below the waterline of the ship's plank.

On this day, the weather was clear, and Zhu Xianhai, who was on the small steamship, even felt that this was "the moment of fate"!
It's time to decide the fate of the Royal Navy!

"let's start!"

With his order, a steam boat sailed towards the target.

"Chairman, this ship is a temporarily improved launch ship. It uses compressed air to launch the No. 16 product with a caliber of 13 feet. Its mine head is equipped with 67 pounds of picric acid explosives! The power is extremely amazing. Even a [-]-ton ship cannot Can't resist one."

Although Speidel's tone was a bit exaggerated, Zhu Xianhai did not refute, but just said with a smile.

"Then let us see for ourselves!"

When the voice fell, he picked up the binoculars and watched the small steamboat sailing to... the distance seemed a bit close!
At most, it's more than a hundred meters!

This distance is basically the distance of fighting a bayonet.

Could it be the legendary cannon fighting bayonet?

Suddenly there was a "bang", there was a muffled sound from the launch tube of the small steamboat, and a black shadow rushed out of the launch tube.

Bubbles rise on the sea surface—according to the technical requirements of the "No. 13 Special Product Mission Statement", the torpedo uses aerodynamic power, that is, the engine is driven by compressed air. This is also the power of the first generation torpedo. Torpedoes are widely used.

"Chairman, did you see it? 10 knots! Its speed is 10 knots!"

Compared with Speidel's excitement, Zhu Xianhai was stunned.

Is this...is this what excites you?

It's only 10 knots, this... is this a torpedo?

Seeing the bubble trail of the "speedy" ship heading towards the target, Zhu Xianhai was a little speechless.

The next moment, there was a loud noise on the sea, and a huge water column exploded from the port side of the target ship. The water column was hundreds of meters high, and it looked like it was going to swallow the entire target ship. .

When the water column fell, everyone stared at the target ship dumbfounded—there was a gap of at least four or five meters in the water surface, and the gap below the water line was even bigger, and sea water was constantly pouring into the ship. body, but only for a moment, the target ship quickly sank into the sea...

Looking at the faint yellow on the sea... everyone was stunned!

"Chairman, this, this..."

Even the technicians in the tenth research room were stunned. They did not expect such a "special product" to be so powerful!

All of a sudden, an ironclad ship was sunk!

"My lord, my lord..."

Swallowing, Sun Hu was speechless for a while, this thing is too scary!
It simply overturned their cognition.

"Yes, with it, we, we don't have to worry about foreign warships anymore!"

Compared with the joy of others, Zhu Xianhai shook his head and said.

"Not yet. The speed of 10 knots is too slow. At most, it can only hit the stationary warship. If the speed of the warship is fast enough, it will not be able to hit at all. What's more, its range, how far is this distance? ?”

"150 meters!"

"too close!"

When Zhu Xianhai said these words, how did he know that in another world, White hit a target with a torpedo for the first time at a distance of only 134 yards, or less than 120 meters, and it was also a wooden merchant ship. , A large hole more than six meters wide was directly blasted on the ship's plank.

Nanhua's 150 meters...is already a very amazing distance!
"150 meters, let alone a cannon, even a rifle can hit this far. Using a torpedo boat to launch a lightning strike is too close, and the risk is too great."

"Chairman, according to the hundreds of tests we conducted in the past, the average performance is between 10-11 knots, and the range is about 500 meters."

Speidel was a little unhappy, it seemed to him that this could be a miracle.

"If the distance is farther, it will definitely yaw. If two bombs are launched at the same time, at a distance of 300 meters, there will be about half of the hit rate, which should be enough."

"What we want is not enough!"

Zhu Xianhai shook his head and said.

"We need a secret weapon to defeat the enemy at sea. At present, its performance is indeed excellent, and it is an amazingly powerful weapon. However, we need a better and more perfect weapon, 18 knots! Think of a way first Achieve this goal, as for other issues, improve it a little bit! I think, I will wait for your good news..."

When making these demands, Zhu Xianhai did not feel that his demands were too high, and only progress could be made if there were demands. Why did torpedo technology advance rapidly in history? To put it bluntly, it was because of the Germans, French, British and Austro-Hungarians. The technology competition among them, well, their technology is all bought from White.

Each of these countries improved their own products, which stimulated that guy Whitehead to continue to improve his products-Robert Whitehead is definitely a proper profiteer. After he invented the torpedo, the navies of various countries quickly discovered the great potential of this weapon , so "Secret" is very popular.But as a shrewd businessman, Whitehead refused to sell the "secret" exclusively to any one country.Instead, it was sold to any country willing to buy it.

Of course, after these countries bought Robert Whitehead's technology, they invested manpower and financial resources to improve it. They competed with each other and learned from each other, which eventually led to the rapid development of torpedo technology.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhu Xianhai to sell his trump card to any other country. He is still waiting to use torpedoes as his "secret weapon" to stab the British Empire when necessary.

Sell ​​to foreigners?
Isn't that courting death?

There is no motivation without pressure, so push them to take the initiative to improve it.Only in this way can we get the most excellent weapons.

Of course, just whipping is not enough, and material rewards are also needed. Even if this idea was first proposed by Zhu Xianhai, it was also realized by the mechanics in the laboratory. If you want the horse to run, you must let the horse eat. Grass.

So Boss Zhu gave each of them a bonus of [-] silver dollars as soon as he opened his mouth!This is almost equivalent to their annual income. As for Speidel and several mechanics who played an important role, the bonus is doubled directly. Zhu Xianhai has always been extremely generous when it comes to rewards...

(End of this chapter)