Ming Zuo

Chapter 493 Technical Problems

Adding steel plates is just a word.

Whether steel plates can be added is a big problem.

There is no doubt that the steel plate that can withstand the recoil of the artillery fire must be at least several hundred kilograms.

According to the design, the Navy's first imitation Galen battleship is expected to carry forty guns.

Calculated on the basis of a steel plate of [-] kilograms, it is equivalent to adding [-] kilograms of load out of thin air.This is undoubtedly a great burden on a battleship, and the impact is countless.

Zuo Menggeng suggested adding steel plates, and everyone started discussing immediately.

Ultimately, the conclusion reached is that...

You can add steel plates, but you have to reduce the number of artillery.

To put it bluntly, it is to maintain the load balance of the battleship.

"In fact, the reduction in the number of artillery is not a big problem. Our artillery has a long range and powerful firepower. Even if it is only half the number of Europa's warships of the same class, it still has an absolute advantage."

What are European naval guns like?

Muzzle-loading guns, black powder, iron pellets...

Although the caliber of some artillery is large, the above three conditions determine that the power is completely within expectations.

The artillery that the navy is preparing to assemble is a fully enclosed rear-loading gun with a breech breech.The gun cotton explosives and pointed blasting bombs were used.

The maximum range of European naval artillery is only [-] meters, so it's accurate...

God has no guarantees either.

Although the range of the navy's new artillery is less than [-] meters, it is generally around [-] meters.

The most important thing is that the pointed explosive shells of the new army are completely devastating to the wooden battleships of this era.

The ball cannonball crackles for a long time, and at most it can make the opponent's ship riddled with holes, but it will not cause fatal damage.

But just one shot from the naval guns of the new army can completely tear apart most of the warships in the world today.Even the burning effect of the accompanying gunpowder explosion is not something today's ships can bear.

Even in order to ensure lethality, the sharpness of the warhead has to be reduced to make it rounder.

Otherwise, it becomes an armor-piercing projectile.

Hit the enemy ship, the shells pass through, and the fun is great.

Overall, reducing the number of artillery pieces has little impact on naval operations.

And it is a huge amount of work to make changes to the new warships that are about to start construction.

Seeing Sun Yuanhua, Amier, E Honglue and others' sad faces, Zuo Menggeng couldn't help laughing.

As soon as I entered engineering, it was as deep as the sea!
That night, at the port of Jiaozhou Bay, Zuo Menggeng held a grand welcome banquet for Xu Erjue and Xia Yunyi.

Food is readily available.

The returning fleet brought back a wealth of seafood, all of which were turned into exquisite dishes at the dinner.

"Yizhong first went to Linqing to settle down, and then entered the School of Political Affairs to study. After graduation, I will arrange your whereabouts."

Xia Yunyi expressed that she hopes to enter politics.

Although he is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, his communication with Chen Zilong has not been broken.I already have enough understanding of the government system in Shandong.

Although he was not entrusted with important tasks right away, Xia Yunyi was already mentally prepared and appreciated the transparent political system here.

"This is the first time I have arrived, everyone is born, and I should study hard so that I can display my ambitions."

For his open-mindedness, Zuo Menggeng admired him very much.

Looking at the child that Xia Yunyi's wife Lu Shi was holding, he stretched out his hand.

"Is this Mr. Ling?"

In fact, he knew that this infant child was the famous Xia Wanchun.

Xia Yunyi had two wives, and Xia Wanchun was born to the concubine Lu's family.And Xia Yunyi's main wife is the Sheng family, and they have a daughter, the little girl next to her.

This little girl is not an ordinary woman, but Xia Shuji, a famous talented woman in history, known as Cai Wenji in the late Ming Dynasty.

Xia Shuji would have married Hou Xuanxun originally, but the Xia and Hou families encountered great disasters during the Anti-Qing Dynasty, and many martyrs died.

Hou Xuanxun himself died of illness in the ninth year of Chongzhen. Hou Xuanxun's uncle Hou Tongzeng and two cousins ​​Hou Xuanyan and Hou Xuanjie were martyred while defending Jiading.

At that time, the Qing army created the tragedy of "Three Massacres in Jiading" and carried out mass killings, killing almost all the people in the city.

Hou Xuanxun's father, Hou Qi, was martyred again after the failure of the Songjiang Mutiny.

Xia Shuji's son, Hou Huan, died of illness when he was a teenager.
Her husband died and her son died, and her life was unfortunate. After that, she followed her mother and sister-in-law to be ordained and entered the Tao, and she was named Shenyi.

But now that she came to Shandong with her parents, I'm afraid she won't marry Hou Xuanxun again.And with the strength of the new army, there is no need for her family and relatives to die to defend the country.

Holding Xia Wanchun in his arms, looking at the little guy's dark eyes, Zuo Menggeng liked it more and more.

He and Xu Ruolin have been married for many years, and without accident, they should have a child of their own soon.

His child will be as cute as Xia Wanchun, right?

"It's a pity that I'm a poor ghost, and I can't give the child a meeting gift."

Zuo Menggeng searched all over his body, but couldn't find anything of value, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

Xia Yunyi hurriedly said: "It's a blessing that this child is liked by the commander in chief. He must not be too blessed and he cannot bear it."

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zuo Menggeng has become a dragon and a tiger.

Such a person doesn't need to do anything at all, just one sentence will have a huge impact on other people's lives.

Not to mention, just because of the fact that he hugged Xia Wanchun, this kid will be a proud son of heaven in the future.

"Zhongheng, the current situation in Songjiang Mansion is delicate, and I'm afraid there will be big changes."

Nowadays, not many people call him Zuo Menggeng.

Apart from the elders of the family, there are only some close friends.

Everyone could feel that Zuo Menggeng's authority was growing day by day, and they paid great attention to maintaining his position.

Xu Erjue doesn't need to care about these.

He is Zuo Menggeng's brother-in-law, so it's more intimate to call him that way.

Of course, doing so is actually testing.

If Zuo Menggeng showed disgust, he would also change his title, and call him Commander-in-Chief just like everyone else.

Such a change will not make Xu Erjue sad, because it is the only way for a political leader.

Xu Erjue didn't do this on a whim, but actually represented the Xu family.

Once he changed his name, it meant that the entire Xu family, including Xu Ji, had to change.

Just like Daming, does Zhou Guozhang dare to call Chongzhen his son-in-law?
During his observation, Zuo Menggeng's expression was as usual, and there was no trace of danger.

This shows that Zuo Menggeng doesn't care about the title at all.

This discovery made him very happy.

Although it is just a title, it represents the distance and alienation of people.

Zuo Menggeng is not yet sensitive to that level, even if he understands it in the future, he won't care.

What he cared more about was the information revealed by Xu Erjue.

"How is Songjiang Mansion?"

In today's Songjiang Prefecture, the cotton spinning industry has officially entered a period of rapid development after undergoing industrial reform.

It not only brought abundant financial resources to Zuo Menggeng, but also provided Shandong with a large amount of cotton spinning products.

It can be said that Songjiang Mansion is now the second piece of land, and there is no room for loss.

(End of this chapter)