God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

Chapter 873 Problems and Problem Solving

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This is also the reason why Liu Tong still gave up the steam engine even though he knew that the etching node developed by Huang Yueying could limit heat energy loss.

Unless the tracks are spread all over the country, there are corresponding equipment and facilities, and a large number of manpower for installation and transportation.

In that case, if the cost of coal is significantly reduced, at least the apparent cost of coal, steam engines will have the value of being used on a large scale.

Although it works tirelessly and will not complain, it relies on the high intensity after temperature curing and the full combustion after thermal energy restraint, without producing foreign matter such as carbon deposits.

The steam engine can be made to work twelve hours a day without rest or sleep.

But under this premise, how much material, human and financial resources have to be wasted.

At this stage, they simply do not meet this condition. Not only do they want to stabilize Xuzhou and Jizhou, they also have to take over Bingzhou and Youzhou as peacefully as possible.

Bingzhou is okay, as long as Lu Bu nods, the problem is not big, but in Youzhou, the relationship between Gongsun Zan and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu is enough to cause a headache.

And many things, even if arranged and arranged in advance, will not be implemented on a large scale until the world is unified.

Of course, for technical reasons and considerations, if the Heaven and Earth Essence Steam Engine can be completely completed before unifying the world, then the problem will be easier.

Consuming the essence of heaven and earth is much better than consuming coal. At least one is the invisible essence of heaven and earth, and the other is coal visible to the naked eye.

Which costs more?

As long as the Heaven and Earth Essence Steam Engine can be produced and manufactured on a large scale, manpower can be eliminated.

Many long-distance and bulk cargo transportation are directly handled by the heaven and earth essence steam engine.

But that kind of thing has nothing to do with Lu Jun.

A steam engine that can generate power around the clock, even if it consumes huge amounts of energy, is still an excellent substitute in Lu Jun's eyes.

Anyway, compared with the expensive battleship, how much does it cost to consume a mere amount of coal?
A master who can afford to build a [-]-ton steel battleship will be afraid of the consumption of a little coal?
Regardless of whether there is cloud suppression or not, there is an output of hundreds of tons of power, which is more than enough to propel a warship with a basic load of more than [-] tons.

If combined with the corresponding cloud energy secret technique, the speed will be very fast.

The most important thing is to be able to run without sleep.

Of course, for the sake of stability, Lu Jun did not choose to install one, but wanted to install two.

But it's a pity that there is only one in Qingzhou Mine, and the extra ones have to be made fresh.

Even when the construction center received such an order, it was in a state of confusion.

It took a long time before I remembered that there was such a thing as a steam engine, and then I fished out the corresponding drawings and asked my superiors for instructions.

That was Lu Min. It was at that time that Lu Min discovered the changes made by Lu Jun and Gongsun Yu to the ship's power.

He was even more surprised by Lu Jun's request.

You know, the steam engine he designed, under normal circumstances, relies on etching constraints and full combustion, the output power can even reach tens of thousands of horses.

Of course, only horses in the normal world, not horses in this world.

If you switch to this world, the value will drop a lot.

But the most basic power output is not surprising.Theoretically speaking, a steam engine is enough to meet the power needs of that steel battleship.

And because of etching and cloud temperature maintenance, under full combustion conditions, the coal consumption of the steam engine is much less than under normal circumstances.

Of course, even if it's much less, it can't compare to the inhuman force of this world.

Whether it was Zhao Yun's single-man army attacking and mining, or Lu Bu digging coal mines in Bingzhou with only one hand wielding the Fangtian painted halberd, it was not something that a steam engine could do.

After careful consideration, Lu Min finally decided to build another large steam engine for safety and precaution, and then delivered it to Lu Jun and Gongsun Yu.

Not only that, but also the matching boiler heating etching and cooling etching after the steam power is used are delivered, which further accelerates the cycle and reduces the size of the steam engine.

This makes it much smaller than a normal [-]-horsepower steam engine, but even to this extent, it is of little significance.

After all, it is not a large mechanical equipment that one or two people can take away.

However, Lu Jun didn't care about this at all, and directly relied on the position reserved in advance to put the corresponding steam engine in, and then started the construction of the main body.

However, when the power problem was solved and the ship was about to be completed, a new problem arose.

A problem arises from the positioning of the battleship itself.

A warship that is hundreds of meters tall and has a high height is divided into multiple levels and equipped with a variety of isolation compartments, and these isolation compartments are made of steel plates and wooden boards.

There are even two relatively small steam vents reserved for the outlet of steam.

Although the etching can achieve full combustion, the gas ejected from the chimney will not contain other gases except normal steam.

But just in case, two smaller steam chimneys were left.

There are even some sails stored in the ship, which can be used temporarily to gain some power after losing other power.

Lu Jun and Gongsun Yu relied on the previous experience at sea of ​​Gan Ning, Tai Shici and others to add a lot of safety facilities.

All of this looks very beautiful, but it contains a huge problem, a seemingly simple but very fatal problem - that is communication!

Among ships of the same size, fishing boats do not need to worry about this aspect at all.

Even if communication relies on shouting, running and spreading, it is just a waste of more time, which does not matter to the fishing boat.

But for battleships, if they are really on the battlefield, it is also very important to convey orders in a timely manner.

And this kind of steel battleship means that to spread orders within the team, we have to give up the situation of relying on roars for communication and relying on flags for orders.

Because that would be too slow. If the order is too slow to be conveyed, new changes may have already appeared.

It was such a simple question that troubled Lu Jun and Gongsun Yu for a long time.

Even though the ship is almost completed, they have yet to send the delivery letter.

After asking Gan Ning for help, an actual test was conducted.

Relying on the ability of the internal air to leave the body, it is indeed possible to penetrate the ship and convey the order, but that means that all soldiers will receive the order.

This means that commands will be propagated multiple times, commands will be repeated, and a series of confusing situations.

(End of this chapter)