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Chapter 2155 Renovation Completed

The Central Plains navy has never been in contact with warships equipped with artillery, so there is no one who can train the sailors of the Jiaolong. The four of Zeng Yi can only train by themselves. There is no way for the four of Zeng Yi to do it for the time being. , They are also the first contact, but it is possible to train these sailors to operate artillery first.

In order to train these sailors, Zeng Yi also used his official position in the name of experiments to get a few cannons for those sailors to train. The original cannon operation is actually not too difficult, the difficulty lies in the efficiency and aiming. Aiming, sailors can only operate with experience.

When they first came into contact with advanced weapons such as artillery, these sailors were all very excited. They didn’t need Zeng Yi to say anything, and they started to operate. But after shooting these guys a few times, they were not so excited. Said next to the old four and three: "When these guys are disgusted when they see the artillery, they can almost leave the teacher!"

For several days in a row, the training results of those sailors were very good. Those guys have already hated artillery to the extent that they began to work hard one by one. They didn't pay attention to the training at all. Zeng Yi reprimanded these guys several times. , but the effect was not good, Zeng Yi was finally forced to take out a little money to stimulate those guys, and the training was able to continue.

It lasted for a week, and those sailors fired hundreds of cannons, and they were finally able to do it well. At this time, more than half of the transformation of the Jiaolong had been completed, and the cannons began to board the ship one after another!

More than 80 cannons were arranged on the three-layer fire deck, with more than 40 cannons on each side. After the cannons on both sides of the ship's side were arranged, Zeng Yi found that there was still a large space at the bow and the end of the bed. Ship masters, let them arrange a cannon at the bow and stern.

"The position at the bow and stern of the ship is still very large, with two cannons installed, but for these two cannons, two cannons with the largest diameters are installed."

"My lord, many of the cannons installed on both sides are large-caliber artillery! The bow and stern are unnecessary, right?"

"That's too small, let the shipyard specially cast two larger-caliber cannons." At present, most of the cannons equipped on the Jiaolong are 110mm in diameter, 248cm in length, 1000kg in weight, 2kg in charge, and iron bullets. The cannon weighing 2.7 kilograms is indeed very powerful, but Zeng Yi still hopes to prepare two larger cannons at the bow and stern.

Finally, the master craftsmen of the shipyard specially cast two cannons with a diameter of 212 mm, a total length of 69 cm and a weight of 280 kg for the Jiaolong.These two cannons looked larger than the cannons on both sides of the ship, especially the cannon at the bow, which Zeng Yi specially installed in the skull of the snake dragon, which looked very scary from a distance.

When the Jiaolong was completed, all those who had the right to go to Dengzhou Port went to watch the launching of the first battleship equipped with artillery. Everyone smiled when they saw this battleship armed to the teeth.

"It's finally finished! I hope our navy can refit such warships sooner!" The governor of the Dengzhou navy looked at the Jiaolong and said with emotion.

Zeng Yi smiled: "Come on, now that the imperial court has allocated funds, our navy will soon be equipped with such warships, but I suggest refitting in batches, it is best not to let the Persian navy find out in advance."

The commander of the Dengzhou Navy nodded, "Don't worry, my lord, the Ministry of War has come up with regulations, two ships at a time, to be remodeled in batches. By the way, my lord, since the remodeling of the Jiaolong has been completed, you might as well go to sea to try the firepower!"

"Naturally, the Jiaolong is a test ship, of course we have to try it." Zeng Yi waved his hand and said to the sailors who had been training for a long time: "Board the ship!"

The sailors boarded the ship immediately, and took their positions.Then Zeng Yi and his party all boarded the Jiaolong.

"Raise the sails! Set sail!"

The Jiaolong slowly left Dengzhou port, followed by several second-tier warships. Since it was a test of firepower, of course there must be a target ship. Those wooden second-tier warships were the target ships of the Jiaolong this time.

After going out to sea for dozens of nautical miles, the Jiaolong stopped, and the target ship was set up. Zeng Yi gave the order to fire, boom boom boom, the sound of contact guns came, and more than forty cannons on one side of the ship fired shells. When the smoke cleared, the second-class wooden battleships in the distance were already crumbling and dilapidated.

"Three rounds loaded, extremely rapid fire!"

After three consecutive rounds of bombardment, those second-tier battleships had no chance of sinking, and had already been smashed to pieces by the Jiaolong. The whole group of people on board looked at the wooden boards floating on the sea in the distance with surprise, less than halfway forward and backward. When the incense was burning, only a few broken planks were left on the second-tier warships. Although they knew that the firepower of the Jiaolong would be abnormal, they were all surprised when they saw this situation with their own eyes.

After a while, the governor of the Dengzhou Navy said excitedly: "With this warship, who is still the opponent of my navy!"

Zeng Yi smiled: "Although the target ship is only a wooden warship, its defense is definitely not as good as that of an ironclad ship, but with such firepower, even our own warships cannot withstand it, let alone the Persian warships. Even if the Persians develop They will definitely not be able to fire battleships like this to their opponents if they produce more powerful ironclad ships!"

The Jiaolong has undergone several rounds of tests at sea. The artillery is not light. Counting the ammunition, personnel and supplies, etc., this will have a great impact on the speed of the battleship. The speed of the fully loaded Jiaolong is also affected to a certain extent. However, compared to the firepower, this speed loss is still very worthwhile.

"The displacement of the Jiaolong was originally very large, and it was equipped with a large number of specialized artillery. The speed has been affected to a certain extent. In the subsequent transformation of the navy, we must pay attention to this problem, and find the most suitable wiring between the speed and the number of artillery. !" Zeng Yi turned his head to those master shipbuilders and said.

"Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely pay attention to this problem."

After the experiment, the Jiaolong returned to Dengzhou Port and carried out the transformation again. This transformation was mainly to face some minor problems encountered in the experiment, such as the storage of ammunition, especially the gunpowder. I am very afraid of open flames, so I need to build a special arsenal to store these ammunition. This arsenal must be safe enough. If the enemy concentrates and dies, it will be a tragedy.

Of course, the problems are all minor ones. There is no need for major surgery, and it can be completed in a few days at most.Overall, the transformation of the Jiaolong was very successful, and the current Jiaolong can be called the strongest warship, bar none!

(End of this chapter)