Respectfully ask Your Majesty to kill the immortal

Chapter 284 Daqian's First Steam-Powered Battleship

Xu Mochen had been busy with his marriage for a long time, but after the Enke exam, he finally calmed down a bit.

Royal study.

He is in a very good mood, because there has been a major breakthrough in the development of Daqian.

Alongside him were Tang Derun and Zhao Yuheng.

Zhao Yuheng was originally Shen Zhining's senior brother, an immortal cultivator in the Nether Realm, but now he has abandoned the immortal way and is mainly in charge of the Ningzhou Daqian Pharmaceutical Branch.

He also has another important task, which is to carry out trade with foreign countries in the name of the country.

Ningzhou is close to the sea, so such trade is naturally dominated by sea transportation.

For sea transportation, it is necessary to open up routes.

Xu Mochen has been to sea before, and he knows that the deep sea area is basically occupied by the water monsters.

It is very difficult for the human race to pass through with their own strength.

Generally, immortal cultivators from various countries participated in secret, and negotiated terms with the water monster clan in the sea area in advance, and then they were able to enter and exit.

In the past, Zhongtu paid attention to the development of inland regions, which can be regarded as a closed country.

In the troubled times for hundreds of years, there was no thought of opening up a sea route.

After the great reunification, Xu Mochen took over Ningzhou, and only then did the formal operation begin.

Among the Water Monster Clan, the most powerful is the Dragon Clan.

Now that Xu Mochen and the Dragon Clan have reached an alliance, the opening of this route is much easier.

But it is not enough to have routes, ships are also needed.

Immortal cultivators can fly with a sword and fly around the planet, as long as they are not afraid of being exposed or causing public anger, it is not a big problem.

But the human race can't. If they want to pass through the sea, they need ships.

The foreign country is ahead of Daqian, and they have all kinds of ocean-going ships.

Some countries even manufactured iron-clad ships.

Of course, this ironclad ship is not a truly modern steel ship.

The Lanzhou Hydropower Station was completed and electrified, and then a steelmaking plant was built. Xu Mochen solved the problem of steel.

After having steel, Xu Mochen issued a first-level secret order to start the mining and smelting of coal mines, oil and other resources.

Lanzhou's location is very good. Although there are few coal mines and oil in the territory, it is not without.

The main reason is that Jinzhou, Liaozhou and other places near it are rich in the above resources.

Soon after, the relative mass production of rubber came out, and Xu Mochen got the tires, so that such simple vehicle machinery could be manufactured.

The reason why it was so fast was not only the National Research Institute and a group of people headed by Shen Zhining who provided various materials, but also benefited from the joining of some immortal cultivators.

Electricity has been gained, but power is still a long way off.

However, with the prototype of steam power, it is not difficult to manufacture it with the blueprint.

After the principle is clear, it immediately becomes the current main energy mode.

Of course Xu Mochen wants gas power, but so far he has only obtained petroleum crude oil, derived gasoline and diesel, etc., and the technology is not up to it.

Even if it is realized, the number of mining is still a big problem.

Compared with oil mining, coal mining is much less difficult.

Xu Mochen was still very satisfied with this result.

On his desk, there is a drawing, which is a design drawing of a ship.

Of course it came from Shen Zhining, but Du Niang is not omnipotent, some core technologies cannot be found by searching.

Therefore, the final blueprint was actually researched by all the people working together.

Although Xu Mochen is a time traveler, he is not an encyclopedia, nor does he understand warship manufacturing.

However, this era cannot stand, the human race is very smart, and with the help of immortal cultivators, after repeated experiments with small models, they succeeded.

After the experiment is successful, that's the actual manufacturing.

Zhao Yuheng took out a crystal ball, and after being touched by his consciousness, it lit up, and a picture appeared inside.

A ship is sailing on the sea.

This is the first steam-powered warship built by Dagan.

"Your Majesty," Zhao Yuheng pointed at the crystal ball, "According to my minister's information, most of the warships in foreign countries are still powered by sails, and the ocean-going warships are all three-masted sailing ships.

There are some so-called iron-clad ships, but they are actually some important positions covered with a thin layer of iron armor.

It is effective against attacks such as rockets, but it is still unable to defend against shells. "

Xu Mochen zoomed in on the screen: "Then our ship is made of pure steel?"

"No," Zhao Yuheng said with regret, "The information given by the concubine Xian and the princess, the large-scale welding technology has not been realized at present, so it is impossible to manufacture a ship made of complete steel.

Therefore, part of this ship is still made of wood, but where it can be handled, we replace it with steel and use riveting for reinforcement. "

This is also very remarkable.

Xu Mochen asked again: "Then what about combat power?"

"The artillery of foreign countries is almost as powerful as the one researched by His Majesty during the unified war." Zhao Yuheng switched the screen. "During this time, the research institute has provided super-confidential information, which is large-caliber naval guns."

Xu Mochen has seen the warships of foreign countries, and their main artillery is still mainly the artillery arrays on both sides of the hull.

Judging from the development history of Blue Star, it probably belongs to the middle and late stages of the Great Navigation Era.

And now the warships manufactured by Dagan have added steam power. Although they are not made of pure steel seamless welding, they are already close to the standard of Blue Star's nineteenth-century ships.

Therefore, the ship in the crystal ball has two large chimneys on the hull, which are the outlets for steam power.

In terms of naval guns, according to Zhao Yuheng's explanation, it also surpasses foreign countries.

"The muzzle caliber is 306 mm, and the solid bullet weighs 108 kilograms," Zhao Yuheng skillfully reported the data. "The rate of fire is one round per minute, and the effective range is about 7500 meters."

After a series of statistics, not to mention Tang Derun, even Xu Mochen was a little dizzy.

"Simply put," Zhao Yuheng concluded, with pride in his tone, "Insta-kill the flagship warships of all contemporary foreign countries.

If the actual combat operation goes well, one battleship is enough to destroy the opponent's entire fleet. "

This is an exaggeration, after all, there is an advantage in quantity.

Xu Mochen smiled: "At present, we can manufacture a few ships."

"This one is the one that was launched for sea trials, and it is also the one with the highest configuration," Zhao Yuheng slightly regretted. "There are four other ships that are being assembled, and five ships are about to be completed."

In other words, there are ten ships in total.

"Steel resources and coal mines are still in their infancy, and the output is not high," Zhao Yuheng continued to report, "More importantly, it is very difficult to train actual operators.

At present, the method adopted by Weichen and others is that the personnel in the main positions are led by the outstanding human race members who have been trained as the team leader, so as to ensure that problems in each link can be dealt with in a timely manner.

In fact, the fleets of foreign countries are also configured in the same way. After all, ocean voyages are very difficult and challenging. "

Xu Mochen was overjoyed: "My lovers have achieved this level, which has far exceeded my expectations.

These weapons should be aimed at the human fleet and so on.

So, is there anything against cultivators? "

(End of this chapter)