industrial lord

Chapter 249 Fleet
In late April, the rain in the Osmaga Empire began to increase, and the water level and flow velocity of the Danube increased a lot.

A huge fleet went down the river, and when it passed the city of Wien, countless people stopped to watch on the shore. Even His Majesty the Emperor Ferdinand stared for a long time from a turret by the river.

The entire Wesson army began to specialize in a skill that left Frederick speechless - pretending to be aggressive.

When the fleet passed the imperial capital, all members lined up on both sides of the ship, and all wore gas masks, even the horses on the deck were no exception.

For this reason, Frederick ordered through the intercom with a dark face, that the bastard who still had filter elements in the gas mask canister when he was pretending to be there should be responsible for digging and filling the toilet.

According to the health regulations of the Wessen Army, the field toilet pits must be filled when they are almost full, and they must be stepped on to ensure that they will not sink. The one or two pits stepped on at the beginning often cause accidents.

There is no way, who made there be more poison masters in Constantbul? The canister has a service life and cannot be wasted.

"What ship is that?"

Ferdinand's voice sounded buzzing as he spoke through his gas mask.

The emperor has been interested in this kind of armor for a long time, and decided to buy one after trying it himself this time, and he thinks it is very interesting, so he often wears it.

It's just that Frederick's price was 10 times the internal purchase price, and finally dropped to 7 times under the cover of sugar-coated shells sent by the emperor.

Now His Majesty saw a strange ship with waterwheels on both sides without a mast, so he asked, "Is that a water mill?"

In some rivers where the water level changes greatly, someone put a water mill on the boat, so that the water mill can work at different water levels.

Frederick replied with a smile: "That is the 'Flying Tulip', a steam engine ship built for sea navigation and transportation. This ship can sail when there is no wind. This time, I will take a look at the sea."

Ferdinand took off his gas mask and looked at the ship seriously. If it didn't have the two wheels and put the mast back on, it would look similar to a 500-ton ordinary sea-going ship.

Before he finished reading, 5 more ships with no sails and "waterwheels" at the stern followed.

"Have you brought the magic crystal cannon onto the ship?" Ferdinand suddenly noticed the big pipe in front of the ship.

"I don't have the money to make a magic crystal cannon." Frederick's answer made people around roll their eyes. "It's just a large pea gun hitting rocks, and it can only hold one rock at a time."

"These were originally for inland river transport ships. This time, I took them on board to smash the city wall of Constantbul. It would be nice if they could walk there safely."

The situation at sea is different from that in the inland river. It is very dangerous for ships in the inland river to sail on the sea, but he has no choice this time, because the first battle needs to lay down a port to release the people.

It was understandable for him to say that to Ferdinand, but the next two boats were weird.

Below it looked like a steamship like the Flying Tulip, but above it was a large flat deck supported by pillars that covered the entire length of the ship.

"What kind of ship is this?" Ferdinand thought for a while but couldn't figure it out.

Frederick replied calmly: "The fishing boats Lexington and Saratoga."

Everyone knows that he is cheating, but most people can't figure out why.

After thinking for a while, Mary realized that she was from the Fire Dragon Knights: "This is for your Dawn."

Frederick immediately said to her: "You are so clever!"

It's a fool's errand.

With the current level of Wessen State, paddle steamers for inland rivers are no problem. If it wasn't for the war this time, the few inland river cargo ships would have been put on display.

In terms of sea-going ships, the development of propellers is still a bit of a problem, and the waterproofing of the shaft passing through the bottom of the ship is even more problematic, so Frederick asked the shipyard to try to make a paddle steamer, and first use the sea-going ship to modify it.

The next day, Dragase's ship arrived, and he could dock and bring a group of former loyal ministers of the East Pulan Empire to pay a visit to Ferdinand.

Ferdinand welcomed Prince Dragases with the standard of an emperor, and sent a box of gold coins as military expenses for the restoration of the country.

The huge fleet passed by, followed by two newcomers on its tail.

Mary and her dragon joined the fleet at the end, and Frederick rode Dawn into the air, carrying the newcomer Eugene behind him, and finally landed on the Flying Tulip.

This is the flagship of the operation, and the staff is also located here.

Frederick grabbed someone at random and asked him to take Eugene to report to Helmut and go to the captain's cabin by himself.

"How's the boat?" Frederick asked as he closed the door and locked it.

In the captain's cabin, a girl with blond short hair was reading the report, and when she saw Frederick coming in, a bright smile appeared on her face.

"Ah, you're back!" Lilu stood up suddenly.

After studying with Baron Adiken for many years, Lilu thought she could be a captain. When she came to Wessenburg to look for Frederick, just in time for the newly refitted ship to test sail on the university lake, so Frederick followed the old rules. He promised to give her the boat.

After she learned how to control the boat, she caught up with the operation.

"There is a problem." Lilu said to Frederick. "From the past few days, it can be seen that the water wheel has been entangled by debris from time to time. It is a bit troublesome to clean up, and it is almost entangled on the shaft. The temperature of the chain is a bit high, and the lubricating oil is consumed. It's a little bigger. And... yay... I hate it, it's not working now!"

"Just a hug." Frederick sat on her chair and hugged her. He just put his arms around her waist gently with one hand, and took yesterday's daily maintenance watch with the other hand.

Frederick only proposed the design draft of the paddle steamer, and the specific technical details were completed by the technicians of the shipyard and the teachers and students of the University of Wessenburg. He would not point out any serious problems.

Today, the four 50-horsepower steam engines of the paddle steamer are installed in the bottom cabin of the ship. They used to be where the ballast stones were originally located. They are connected to the water wheel through the main shaft, gears and large chains. The high temperature of the chain and the fast consumption of lubricating oil are probably caused by differences in the working environment. of.

He has nothing to do with the debris, he can only find a way to install some blades near the main shaft, and use the power of the water wheel to chop them up.

What Lilu didn't have time to talk about was the ventilation problem. The temperature in the cabin was a bit high and the humidity was high, so the original ventilation pipes were not enough.

She asked the ship's carpenter to cut two snorkels where it would not affect the hull structure, and then installed the exhaust hood from the spare parts warehouse.

Frederick was satisfied with the ship after reading all the maintenance records and logbook, and even more satisfied with Lilu's management, so he couldn't help but tighten his hand holding her.

The Wessen fleet went down the river without any hindrance, except for a fight when it docked in Buda for supplies.

(End of this chapter)