Extraordinary Voyage

2020-11-02

Chapter 356 Activating Skills and Morning Stars!

In the days that followed, Alwin spent most of his free time on the battleship, in addition to advancing various research projects that had almost filled his schedule.

With Alwin, Walkley and some of the most skilled craftsmen on the original “Storm Horn” as the main team, a tough team was established.

After Alwin hosted the first meeting and explained his vision, all the members of the tough team were full of interest in this new battleship, which was still on paper for the time being, and couldn’t wait to make it a reality.

So neglect sleep and forget about food and start the design of the pre-reconstruction plan.

During the period, of course, several versions of the design plan were inevitably killed.

It’s not in line with Alwin’s vision, and it can’t reach the predetermined performance, or it’s too natural phenomenon, and the structural strength of the current material simply can’t meet his requirements.

Later, Walkley Jeffrey simply used the public tool for private use, and shared a large amount of battleship data in the kingdom with Alwin. It allows him to conduct data statistics and analysis through the “data-based vision”, and then feed it back to the attack team for subsequent continuous corrections.

Because the main material of the battleship is oak, which is naturally grown, it is not a standardized and highly homogenized steel, so even if it is a battleship of uniform specifications, each ship will be significantly different.

Even the cast-iron guns on warships or the muskets in the hands of soldiers are the same. Because of the limitations of the casting process, craftsmen are required to carry out refined secondary processing in the later stage, which also causes the gap in weapon performance. .

So, they’re not nitpicking.

Instead, he hopes to maximize the effectiveness of the first new battleship born in his own hands, and may even become a model for the new battleship of the entire kingdom.

Another full week has passed.

When even Alwin’s own most important research project, the “Adventurer’s Blood” suppression plan had been successfully completed, they finally proposed the best plan based on the current conditions, and obtained all the unanimous approval of the people.

In Walkley’s words:

“It’s ten times more difficult to build on an existing basis than to redesign a battleship!”

Of course the more difficult ones are yet to come.

A large number of sailors were summoned non-stop to remove the open-air ship-borne artillery, and then began to dismantle the upper poop and open-air deck bit by bit.

But they always thought the battleship was not strong enough in battle, but this time they suffered because of the strong hull.

Take the deck in the open air as an example:

After the initial laying is completed, it is necessary to soak the linen with tar to block the gap, and then pour hot tar to completely seal the board seam. While effectively waterproof, it can also make the deck more stable as a whole.

Therefore, for the battleship that needs to be scrapped, the general navy will not waste time and effort to dismantle and recycle it, but directly sunk it in the sea as a gun target.

But the “Stelenberg” is different, because these ship materials have other uses after they are dismantled, and it is bound to be impossible for them to be violently dismantled.

Therefore, even if Alwin called up all the surplus manpower on the island to work overtime and work around the clock, the progress of the project would not be satisfactory.

Although the rebuilding of the sailboat does not take three to five years like a new construction, it is also a time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

It would be very efficient if these sailors alone could complete the preliminary work before the deadline for their mission to station the new continent.

So in order to avoid the night long dream and multiplication of variables, Alwin finally decided to postpone his other research projects and do it himself, so that these useless guys can see what the productivity of wizard is!

It was another all-nighter.

However, this time was different from the previous days. Most of the soldiers had left the dock, and only the marine engineer Walkley Jeffrey, the core craftsmen, and a small number of sailors who did auxiliary work remained.

Of course, after hearing what Alwin was going to do, the officers of the Cape Storm and Captain Robbins of the Endeavour also stayed here to join in the fun.

“Your Excellency Captain! I don’t mean to offend you, but is it really possible to use witchcraft to build a ship?”

From hearing Alwin’s proposal until the end of the night, Walkley, a high-level engineer, is still a little unbelievable.

There are countless strange things in a place like the new continent. The transcendent isolation is far less strict than the old continent. As a high-level engineer with a high status, he certainly has heard of wizards.

But his impressions are still stuck on weird things like poisonous spiders, lizard tails, weird decoctions, curses, totems, etc. He never thought that witchcraft could be the greatest weapon of mankind at present Get in touch.

“Of course! How do you think the industrialization of machinery is now in full swing in the mainland?”

Alwin, who was working with Milan on the dry dock floor, was doing a spell painting, Replied to him without going back.

If it is not good for the world like the ordinary person, how did the “Alchemy Light” that spread across many countries just and honorable surface? And the means you want to use are more intuitive than that!

“Phew, it’s done!”

At this time, the complicated technique has been completely formed in the hands of the two of them.

A perfect circle with a diameter of eight meters passes through five small circles painted with spiritual inscriptions.

They represent the four basic elements in the foundation of alchemy: earth, wind, water, fire, and the fifth element “soul”.

Alwin then begins placing various “spirituality” items corresponding to the elements in each small circle.

Fire Element represents vitality, passion, fire, destruction, life, sun, so what Alwin has placed in this circle is a small 6-pound cannon.

Water Element represents purification, love, sorcery, intuition, ups and downs of fate, travel, so here he is placing a wrecked ship across the ocean and staying underwater for three hundred years gold cup.

The earth element represents prosperity, wealth, money, success, employment, and fertility, so placed in this circle is a polished Golden Lion that has experienced countless transactions at a glance .

Wind Element stands for knowledge, freedom, breathing, plant growth, initiation, and here Alwin has placed the extraordinary weapon sword and staff that accompanied him through many battles.

Finally, he straightened up and looked towards Milan on the side, who realized that he had consciously stood in the last circle representing “soul”.

Alwin checked it one last time to make sure there was nothing wrong. I just thought to myself, should I write a book by myself, called “One Hundred Ways of Milan”?

Stopping the wild thoughts in his heart, he took off his excess and handed it to Gary, who was standing by, wearing only a remade oak fruit around his neck and walking in a linen robe. Enter the center of the circle.

I stretched out my hand to signal, and naturally someone went to turn off all the lights in the dock.

At the same time, all the onlookers held their breaths.

The dock was completely quiet.

Alwin felt the gradually strong spirituality around him, took a deep breath.

Subconsciously touched an extra lock-shaped mark on the back of the neck, making sure that the “Blood of the Adventurer” would not suddenly run out this time, and then raised his palms upwards.

It seems that the incantation with infinite vitality is slowly spit out, constantly echoing and resonating in the dock.

Phew——

Then Alwin’s spirit instantly rose up, and he was connected with a being who had no self-awareness, but possessed a mighty power without any obstacle. .

bang!

There was a roar in my head.

That is the mysterious source of the “Living School”, the “Life Tree” that exists in the root of the world!

“sta!”

The last spell was uttered, and the magic power and living spirit transformation light in Alwin poured into the rune array under his feet.

A string of characters, one after another line lights up one by one.

Wow——

And then a jade-green brilliance that was as transparent as jade stone burst out, and instantly enveloped the small half of the battleship.

Without using ceremony, the original limit of Alwin’s “living spirit transformation light” is only a sphere with a radius of three meters. As long as the volume does not exceed this range, there is no upper limit to what can be activated.

The most important effect is to slightly affect non-organisms or change their physical form, allowing them to gain a short life force like elemental creatures.

The changes produced during this period will continue to exist even after the spell fails, achieving the effect of changing the form of matter in disguise.

Restriction: The higher the density of the material, the slower the activation speed. It is invalid for extraordinary items.

The so-called “ceremony” is to establish a connection with a certain World Rule, spirituality, gods, etc. through specific rituals. Temporarily make the id consciousness retreat, the spirit resonates with the Ultra Grade, and activate the powerful ability that surpasses its own limitations or even does not possess itself!

【Over-limit ceremony ·Activate your skillful hands! ]

At this time, after launching ceremony, not only the influence range of the spirit transformation light is greatly increased, but also the intensity is greatly improved. Within a straight line distance of 30 meters, the “Stelenberg” seemed to be hit by a dissociation technique.

The planks, tar, linen, iron nails, and wooden wedges shook slowly, and then, under the unbelievable gazes of the onlookers, bounced off the hull, and “ding ding dong dong” fell on the ground. land.

And at the same time, there was the chin of marine engineer Walkley Jeffrey.

“Goddess is on, it’s unbelievable!”

Then, with the help of this pair of “activated hands” from witchcraft.

The transformation speed of the battleship seems to be equipped with rocket thrusters, and it is advancing rapidly every day.

Flattening the decks, repairing the frames, sides, thickening the hull

Alwin and Milan will only turn on the ceremony for half an hour each night to maintain sustainability, but even This half hour also tops the workload of the sailors half a month.

In just ten days, the refitted battleship and even the outfitting are nearly complete.

Walkley and the officers wouldn’t have believed their eyes if they hadn’t seen it change little by little.

“It’s so beautiful!”

At this time, the battleship lying in the dock has undergone a change of Heaven and Earth turning upside down!

The original “Stelenburg” was a large Level 3 ship with 74 onboard guns.

[Specification] The displacement is 2950 tons, the captain is 56.42 meters, the width is 14.90 meters, the sail area is 2485 square meters, and the crew is 680 people.

【Arms】The double-layer artillery deck and the single-layer open-air deck have a total of: 28 32-pounder guns, 30 24-pounder guns, and 16 9-pounder guns.

And now its bow and stern and the original open deck have been completely disappeared, and it has become a double-deck cruise ship with the same height fore and aft.

[Specification] The displacement is 2340 tons, the captain is 56.42 meters, the width is 14.90 meters, the sail area is 3213 square meters, and the crew is 450 people.

[Arms] Double-layer transparent artillery deck: 28 24-pounder guns, 28 32-pounder guns (one sunk to the deep sea, temporarily unavailable), 2 24-pounder bow and stern guns.

There is a parameter in the fluid mechanics related to ship design called “barrier velocity”, which is related to the length of the hull, beyond which the drag surges. The correct way to build a high speed boat is to increase the aspect ratio, increase the sail area (power), and sharpen the bow (reduce drag).

Although the overall aspect ratio of the boat does not dare to move, after all, this is not a simple problem of rubbing and kneading around, the structural strength is there, if the keel is accidentally broken, it will be compensated Big hair.

However, the mast passes through several layers of cabins, and the bottom is connected to the keel of the bottom of the boat. The lower the cabin, the higher the availability of the corresponding mast. The sail area is increased by one third, and after the weight is reduced, it is also conducive to speeding up. .

Although the overall speed of this cruise ship cannot reach the extreme speed of the “Constitution”, it has surpassed all the battleships of this era. If you add the assistance of the “Heavenly Monsoon Goddess”, it will not be inferior to the “Constitution” in the slightest.

apart from this.

Alwin also drew a semi-permanent spell on the deck, which can temporarily give the rigging and sails activity, allowing him to replace most of the work of the sailing crew in an emergency.

It also gives it a little bit of an extraordinary battleship flavor.

After a brainstorm of everyone who has contributed to this ship.

Alwin eventually took Walkley’s suggestion and named the heavy cruiser “Day Star,” to represent the brightest morning star in the early morning, but not the only one. of one.

(End of this chapter)