The strongest lord system

Chapter 498 Black Battleship Storm

It took almost an hour to move all the weapons into place this time, after which an inspection of the hull was carried out, so that the ship could officially sail.

At this time, Allen and Gates were constantly watching on the boat.

As for the old captain with white beard, Alan has no objection because he was picked by Ke Luo. After the battleship, then he is the official captain.

"Mr. Gates. You said that all the power of this ship is due to this strange guy." The white beard looked suspiciously at the thing that looked like a stove in front of him, no, it was shaped like a stove. .The coals for burning have also been piled up next to it.

"Yes. This thing is called a steam engine. It was developed by the Stormwind Laboratory and the Weapons Department. After that, I am building this new ship while modifying this steam engine. Finally, I have completely designed it not long ago. Its power system." When Gates spoke, his face was full of pride.

The white beard still had a puzzled look on his face. After all, he didn't know much about the steam engine. At the beginning, no one would have thought that this strange guy would be of any use.

"Okay. Captain Beard, as the trainee captain of this warship, in this half a month, someone will give you a detailed introduction to the use of this ship, and you need to combine your naval battle experience and This ship full of technology is integrated." Allen smiled and looked at Gates next to him; "Just talk about the simple power principle now."

"Okay. I won't talk about this steam engine for those who don't know it. It's useless if I say it. It uses the water vapor after the water is boiled to drive a total of four sets of propellers located on the back and sides of the hull. The rapid rotation of the propeller can make the hull move quickly on the water surface. As for its speed, we have not conducted experiments yet, so we can only speculate that its fastest speed should be [-] knots. However, this should take into account the long-term operation of the boiler. The danger of overheating, so the general speed should be fifteen knots." Gates said.

"What? The fastest twenty knots? The average speed is fifteen knots?" Whitebeard almost couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart. Even if he drove the fastest and best pirate ship with the wind, the fastest speed was In the [-]th and [-]th quarters, that was still under the premise of constantly rotating the bottom rowers.An ordinary battleship, because of its large body, generally has a speed of about seven or eight knots.

He is an old crew member, so he clearly understands the importance of speed in naval battles, because there is almost no place to hide at sea. If your ship is faster than others, it means that you have the initiative, and you can You can choose to attack from any angle and at any time, and you can even choose to escape when the situation is not good. If the opponent's ship is slower than you, it is impossible to catch up.

"Yes. The result of our calculation should be like this, because the hull is made of iron, and we have also set up magic circles in some parts. This will reduce the friction between the hull and the water surface and increase the speed." Gates said.

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At this time, Sano walked in from the outside.

"My lord, the outside preparations are ready. It's time for the last step." Sano said.

Allen looked over and asked, "Is that about to open. Then let's go out."

"No. No. This ship is the first battleship in Stormwind City. There is no name on the outer hull. According to the past tradition, it is officially named when it is launched into the sea." The white beard next to it said.

"That's right." Allen nodded with a smile: "Then needless to say, this is the first battleship in our Stormwind City, and its name should be Stormwind."

"Yes. I'll make arrangements right away. Lord Santo, please wait on the deck." Sano ran out after finishing speaking.

"Then let's go up. The engraved name should be very fast." Allen said with a smile.

When Allen and Gates walked to the door, they saw the white beard behind him still standing there.

"Mr. Captain, I have already arranged for the first trial voyage this time, and I don't need you to control it. Although I am only a shipbuilder, I still know a lot about the ship after researching during this period." Gates He smiled and said, "You can go up there with me and wait."

"No. I want to see this thing. Although I'm just a trainee captain, my captain must know less than the crew." Whitebeard said with a smile.

His eyes were full of interest in this big guy.

Every captain hopes to have a warship that can conquer everything at sea. He once had such an idea, but those wooden ships are too difficult to withstand the wind and waves.But this iron-clad ship made him very optimistic. The main question now is whether it can be driven without oars or sails. Can this ship reach the fifteen knots mentioned before, let alone fifteen knots? Yes, in fact, as long as it is five knots, he feels amazing.

"In this case, let's go out first." Ai Lu said casually, and walked towards the outside.

There were still a lot of people gathered at the pier. Although almost an hour had passed, no one left.

Because the iron ship was really floating on the sea at this time, which made those who thought that the ship would sink just now couldn't believe it.

And now they want to see if the ship can sail.

"I remember that the steam engine was made a month ago. I didn't expect you to refit it so quickly." Allen held his deputy and looked at the sea in the distance.

"Actually, this is not too difficult, because the iron used this time, iron does not need to be polished like wood, and there are many requirements. We can directly make steel in the grinding tool, and then splice it step by step. , In fact, apart from the shape and its power system, the oars and sails have been removed from this boat. Everything else is very similar to the big boat you gave me before. However, you may not have the chance to see you again in the future We arrived at that ship. We dismantled all the hulls of that ship. I also dismantled two medium-sized ones for research. However, we have sent those things to the shipyard, and we should be able to make small boats Come on," Gates said with a smile.

"It's okay. Don't talk about those ships, even if you dismantle all the wooden boats for me, I'm fine. I only need this one under my feet. From then on, our Stormwind City, except fishing boats and merchant ships Except for the wooden ones, all warships are made of iron and powered by steam engines." Allen said, he looked at Gates and asked, "That's right. If you are asked to build another ship like this now, what would you do? How long will it take?"

"In terms of time. In fact, it should be a little longer than this time, because this time, in order to speed up the construction of this ship, our shipyard even borrowed a lot of people from the construction team of Haiyu City. The three shifts are there all day long. It is in the dock. Otherwise, it would not be built in just one month. If the normal speed is followed, it will take about one and a half months to two months to build one. After all, the manufacture of this kind of warship It's very difficult," Gates said, shaking his head.

"Now people are needed in many places. At least until Haiyu City is rebuilt, we can no longer use most of the people on the dock side. Then you can arrange it, and I will give you two and a half months. If this The first ship was successfully tested, and the third steam engine at our laboratory will be handed over to you. The second one was produced a few days ago and has been transported to Haiyu City, ready to be used in the Xueshi mine. " Allen said with a smile.

"I have seen the steam engine in the mine. I have to say that your idea is really perfect. Set up the rails we have researched before in the mine, and then use the steam engine to drive, so that the manpower of such a mine can be at least less If two-thirds are dropped, the work efficiency will increase by at least two or three times. If the mines are mined deeper and deeper, this effect will become more and more obvious." Gates said with a sigh.

"Report. The name has been drawn, we can start now." Sano walked over and said excitedly.

Allen and Gates looked at each other, smiled and walked to the bow.

I saw the three big characters of the Storm on one side with a special black paint.Because of the material, there is no need to worry about being washed away by water.

"My lord, the Tempest has officially requested to set sail." Gates looked at Allen with a smile.

Allen looked at the sea in the distance; "Set sail."

"woo woo woo woo."

A voice sounded, and the crew members had already started to prepare in an orderly manner. Although these crew members were not very skilled, they had at least learned it before.

A thick puff of smoke began to rise above the great funnel of the ship.

"Escort of all the Griffin Knights." The members of the Griffin Knights have been hovering over the Storm, just in case.

The boat began to move slowly.

The citizens on the shore also began to exclaim.

"My lord. Let's go to the captain's room." Gates said.

"Okay." Allen nodded, and he took one last look at the citizens on the pier outside.

Their eyes were full of expectation.

You will not be disappointed, this is a warship that can gallop the sea, and it will be a sharp weapon for Stormwind City.

When I walked to the captain's room, it was quite similar to the scene in Allen's imagination.

"Report. It has left the dock now, and the speed of the ship is one knot." A crew member reported.

"Go to the mouth of the sea. Before leaving the sight of the crowd, the speed of the ship is increased to six knots, and no more than six knots are allowed." Allen ordered.

He believed that there must be outside spies on the pier, no matter where they were.

So now he has to try his best to hide the secret of the Tempest. Although he can't hide it for too long, at least he has to hide a little bit about the speed of the ship.

"Yes."

In the eyes of everyone on the pier, the black warship flying the blue flag accelerated quickly and slowly, left the port, and headed for its own sea.

(End of this chapter)