Witch Punk 2840

Chapter 200 New Fleet Construction Plan

The next morning, according to the agreement, Xia Ye and Yaha arrived at the building of "Far Ship Rental" almost at the same time. The battle-torn square outside the building was finally repaired and leveled. It has now been patched back.

It seems that the operation of "far ship charter" is gradually returning to normal.

Walking into the building, the long-awaited staff immediately greeted them, and led the two of them to the arranged meeting room—the one that was poached by [-] before.

Curran and Chris had already been waiting in the conference room. As soon as they met, Xia Ye complained, "Why do you always like to choose this conference room for meetings?"

"It's been redecorated, doesn't it look good?" Ke Lun pointed to the surroundings with a smile.

Xia Ye looked around and praised face-saving: "It's really good."

"It cost 1 moles," Curran said.
Xia Ye: "???"

"...Just kidding, it scares you. In fact, it only cost less than 600 moles. They are all glamorous-looking goods. After all, the company is short of moles now." Curen said with a smile.

"I think you're implying something..."

"It's not a hint, it's an explicit statement - inject capital quickly, you have been delaying for a long time."

……

Since this was a pre-determined matter, the two quickly signed the witch contract.An imprint of the "Ship Rental" logo appeared on Xia Ye's left wrist, and at the same time, the overdraft limit was suddenly reduced by 4 Moore.

Through the issuance of the "Moby Whale Bond", Xia Ye obtained an overdraft line of 6 Moore. Yesterday, the issuance of the "Momo Bond" added an additional 500 Moore; Xiuji and Susha's wages, the use of "Thunder Knight" and other odds and ends cost a total of 7004 moles.

After completing the capital injection, the number on the wrist becomes:

0
The first number means that your own overdraft limit has not been used, and you still have 10000 Moore to overdraft.

The second number represents the remaining amount of bonds that can be issued is 32730 Moore.

The third number represents the remaining 13496 Moore of the overdraft line obtained through bond issuance.

In short, Xia Ye now has "only" 23496 moles left to use.

However, after completing the capital injection of 4 Moore, her shareholding in "Ocean Ship Leasing" also reached 33%, second only to Curen and higher than Chris.

"Then, let's move on to the next topic." Xia Ye said, "About the next whaling ship going to sea, how many ships are needed, what kind of design is needed, and, most importantly, how far we plan to sail this time? The place."

If Xia Ye and Ke Lun were mainly talking about the capital injection just now, then it has now become the home of Yaha and Chris.

Yaha is obviously well prepared. She spread out the sea chart on the meeting table. The map shows Debuso Tower, the offshore of the Ether Sea, and the Western Islands. The western part of the islands is almost blank.

"Last time, we got as far as about 3000 nautical miles west of the archipelago, which is—" Yaha said while drawing an X. On the chart, it was only a few centimeters away from the archipelago.

"Next time, I plan to sail to a place at least 30000 nautical miles west of the archipelago. If the process goes well, I will consider extending this distance to 50000 nautical miles." Yaha said, drawing a circle in a completely blank position.

"But if you want to sail so far, the first problem that needs to be solved is fuel. Last time the 'Moby Dick' almost ran out of fuel, and almost had to burn whale oil to maintain the voyage. This time the voyage is 2-3 times the last time, that is to say, the fuel carried needs to be at least 2-3 times the last time..."

"It's actually more than that." Chris interjected, "carrying more fuel means building a bigger ship, and a bigger ship needs a thruster with a higher thrust to drive, and a thruster with a greater thrust consumes Fuel is also going faster. So I would estimate... at least 4-5 times as much fuel.”

Yaha nodded in agreement: "Yes, I have also considered this issue. Therefore, my idea is to configure a ship specially loaded with fuel in the next fleet to go to sea.

"This ship does not need to carry whaling guns and shells, and does not need to be equipped with too many crew members. In this way, the remaining load and space can be used to load fuel. Its speed does not need to be too fast, as long as it can barely keep up with other ships. The cruising speed of the ship is sufficient, and the configured propellers do not even need to have an afterburner mode, but instead need to have the highest possible combustion efficiency to save fuel.”

"This is the 'supply ship', right?" Xia Ye blurted out.

"Huh? A supply ship?" Yaha was slightly taken aback. "I originally called it a 'fuel ship', but if it's called a 'supply ship'..."

"Because it can not only hold fuel, but also carry ammunition and spare parts from other ships." Xia Ye explained.

"In that case, by the time we return to the voyage, the fuel and ammunition in the supply ship should have been consumed a lot, and the freed up space can be used to store trophies such as whale oil." Chris said.

Curen, who had been silent all this time, also spoke: "I remember that CIVA has propellers that meet similar requirements, you can ask them later..."

Yaha's idea was unanimously approved by the four people. As the discussion gradually deepened, more and more details were finalized. In the end, the general parameters of the supply ship were determined. As for which ones can be realized and which ones need to be adjusted, then It is something that the engineers of "Ocean Ship Leasing" need to consider.

"... As for the second issue that needs improvement, it is firepower." Yaha continued.

"According to the previous experience, the naval guns equipped on the 'Moby Dick' are more than enough to deal with ordinary whales, but the effect against beluga whales is very poor. At that time, we relied on the contract and the angle of attack to kill it. Next time we go to sea We're likely to be dealing with more beluga whales, so the firepower has to be stronger, and a big boost is needed."

"What are you going to do?" Chris asked.

"Is it possible...to make a rapid-fire cannon? It can fire at least 1 shells in one minute, and can increase the lethality against whales by pouring a large number of shells in a short time." Yaha proposed her idea.

This time, Chris and Curran shook their heads together.

"As far as I know, there is currently no factory in Debsota that can manufacture this gun, and we have never done research in this area." Chris said.

"And the cost is also an issue. Whaling cannons are fired by the 'directed blast' contract on the shell, and the cost of the 'directed blast' contract is very high. Whether a rapid-fire gun can kill a whale is one thing, but it is likely to be fired first. Break you up," Curran added.

"So, instead of increasing the rate of fire, it is better to increase the power." Chris continued, "We can develop a whaling cannon with a larger caliber to solve the problem you mentioned."

"Okay..." Yaha reluctantly nodded.

The caliber of today's whaling cannons is already very large, and the improvement of increasing the caliber is obviously not as large as increasing the rate of fire, but she understands what Chris and Curran said are reasonable, especially the cost of the "directional blasting" contract, basically pronounced A death sentence for her thoughts.

Xia Ye, who was sitting by the side without making a sound, was thinking about another thing - no wonder the barrel of the whaling cannon is an open structure. It is not so much a barrel as it is a concave hole with a "concave" cross section. groove.Because of the existence of the "directional blasting" contract, the recoil force provided by the explosion will definitely point in the required direction, so there is no need to design a cylindrical closed bore to constrain it.

But she still remembered that Luca once mentioned that the cost of "blasting" is much lower than that of "directional blasting", but the power is even greater...

"I have an idea." She said: "We can replace the 'directed blasting' contract with the 'explosive' contract, and the problem will be solved."

"However, the 'explosive' contract cannot provide an explosion in a fixed direction, so the shells will just fly around." Chris said.

"We can change the barrel into a cylindrical shape, so that the shock wave of the explosion can be constrained in a fixed direction." Xia Ye picked up a pen and drew a schematic diagram directly on the blank space of the chart.

"But in this case, won't the barrel be damaged by the explosion?"

"It can be strengthened with the 'synchronous strengthening' contract." Yaha suggested.

"But after the shells fly out of the barrel, they still fly randomly..."

"Rifling can be used."

"Rifling?"

"Yes, it is like this. With it, the shell can rotate along the axis, so that it can ensure stability."

"How do you know so well?"

"Learned from another place."

"Oh……"

"There is another problem." Curran also joined the discussion, "The impact of continuous firing of rapid-fire guns will cause the hull to shake, which will eventually lead to poor accuracy."

"So try to make the ship bigger." Chris said, "and it can also store more shells. Although according to Master Xia Ye's thinking, rapid-fire guns should be feasible, but what is the actual effect? , it is still uncertain..."

"Indeed." Xia Ye also agreed.The guns of this world and those of the past world are not the same thing at all in terms of underlying principles, and she is not sure whether the idea she put forward is right or not.

But fortunately, they don't lack Moore now.

In the end, the four decided to build a whaling ship equipped with large-caliber whaling guns and a whaling ship equipped with rapid-fire guns...

(End of this chapter)