Ming Zuo

Chapter 648 Naval Gun Formation
"The success of the new naval gun is thanks to this kid."

Everyone knows that the successful development of the new naval gun is definitely a great achievement for the development of the navy.

But Sun Yuanhua did not seek credit, but introduced a young man.

About twenty years old, very simple and honest, saw Zuo Menggeng excitedly hit the pendulum.

Zuo Menggeng has never been stingy about talents.

"What's your name?"

The young man was dizzy when he spoke to the commander-in-chief for the first time.

"I...what's my name?"

The crowd laughed.

Sun Yuanhua scolded with a smile: "You idiot, the commander doesn't eat people, why are you so nervous?"

Zuo Menggeng patted the young man on the shoulder, and said in relief: "Minister Sun is right, look, I am the same as you, with one head and two hands."

With his relief, the lad finally calmed down.

"My name is Chen Changgeng. I used to be a blacksmith. The arsenal was looking for workers, so I signed up."

Zuo Menggeng nodded, as if he remembered him.

"Looking back, let Chen Changgeng go to a technical school for further studies."

This remark made many people jealous.

Everyone knew that Chen Changgeng had entered the commander-in-chief's eyes, and he would have a bright future in the future.

But there is no way, this is all in exchange for his contribution.

Zuo Menggeng finally saw the new ship run.

Just the first glance made him ecstatic.

"Is this a heavy artillery?"

In front of him was the general-purpose heavy artillery of the new army.

When it was decided to transform the naval guns, the unanimous opinion was to use infantry guns.

Because the recoil of the new army's heavy artillery was too great, the wooden deck of the warship could not bear it.

But unexpectedly, Sun Yuanhua and others actually transformed the heavy artillery into a naval artillery.

Sun Yuanhua stepped forward and slapped the heavy gun barrel with great emotion.

"Thanks to Chen Changgeng's idea, our heavy artillery can also be on board from now on."

Zuo Menggeng was anxious and helpless.

"Tell me, what kind of transformation have you made?"

He didn't urge him, but Sun Yuanhua wanted to introduce him.

"You see, we added grooves to both sides of the steel plate of the base. We installed large reeds in the two corners behind the grooves, and added bearings and rollers to the gun's mount. This way, when the gun fires, , the entire gun body will retreat along the track of the groove, and the huge force will press the reed to contract. After the braking force disappears, the strong rebound force of the reed will reset the gun.”

Zuo Menggeng lowered his head to study carefully, and had to admire the creativity of the working people.

In the original idea, the base of the artillery was just a simple steel plate.

But after the transformation of Sun Yuanhua, Chen Changgeng and others, there are two more grooves on both sides of the steel plate.

In this way, the roller on the cannon mount can just fit into the groove.

After the artillery fires, the powerful recoil force pushes the roller to rotate rapidly in the groove, driving the gun body to retreat in parallel, avoiding applying huge recoil force to the deck.

But at the end, there are huge spring steel sheets on the left and right sides of the groove of the base, forming a ">, <" pattern.

The powerful recoil of the artillery will definitely suppress the contraction of the reed.

During this process, the powerful recoil will slowly diminish, and eventually the artillery will stop.

The rebound force of the reed then returns the cannon to its original position.

Under Zuo Menggeng's gaze, Chen Changgeng took two workers to remove the steel plate above the groove by himself, allowing him to see the internal structure clearly.

The inside of the groove has obviously been finely polished, and the steel roller and the groove are all greased, which makes the rotation of the roller without stagnation, and eliminates the recoil of the artillery in the best state.

"Such a device can allow the deck to withstand the recoil of heavy artillery?"

Sun Yuanhua nodded confidently, pointed to the wooden boards under their feet and said, "This is a ship deck we built according to the design, and we have already done experiments on it. After testing, there is no problem at all for heavy artillery to fire on it."

Hearing this, Zuo Menggeng was really in high spirits.

"This is great! In this way, our heavy artillery can be on board, and even if we fight against the largest warships of the Westerners, we will not be at a disadvantage."

In any case, rifles have limited power and range.

In this era, there is no advantage at all when encountering the largest Galen warship in Europe.

But with heavy artillery, everything is different.

The heavy artillery of the new army has a range of more than [-] meters, and it uses explosive shells, which is simply not something that warships of this era can resist.

Sun Yuanhua explained their new plan in detail.

"Because heavy artillery can be on board, we have readjusted the number of artillery on the new warship. The lower deck is still equipped with light artillery, with ten on each side. The upper deck is equipped with heavy artillery, five on each side. In this way, the total number of artillery pieces on a battleship is thirty, and the distance and distance are matched, and the firepower is also sufficient."

Sun Yuanhua and the others built the land deck platform, and all the artillery has been arranged.

Zuo Menggeng carefully looked up and down, and already had an idea in his mind.

But he noticed something different.

"What is the space between the masts going to be used for?"

Sun Yuanhua admired his eyesight.

"Because of the addition of steel grooves, our artillery needs to be cleaned and lubricated frequently. However, because the artillery is too heavy, it is too troublesome to carry it manually. So after our research, we decided to use the space between the masts Install a gantry crane. When cleaning the artillery, open the upper shell of the groove, and then use the gantry crane to lift the artillery, so that the groove can be easily cleaned.”

Zuo Menggeng was dumbfounded.

Great, my Ming engineers, you have all learned how to install mechanical equipment on warships.

For the next changes, Zuo Menggeng didn't need to ask, Sun Yuanhua took the initiative to talk about it.

"We will also install two twelve-tube rockets on both sides of the bow. The rockets have no recoil, but the tail flames do a lot of damage. In order to prevent the warship from being ignited, it can only be placed on the upper deck. The bow. With the supplementary firepower of the rocket launcher, even if our warship is only a third-tier battleship, the number of artillery is only half of that of the same-tier battleship, but even against the upper-tier battleship, we are confident that we can win. "

Zuo Menggeng still agrees with this statement.

Although sailing battleships in this era have different sizes and firepower, in terms of artillery range, the difference between a first-tier battleship and a third-tier battleship is not very big.

In terms of specific protection, since they are all wooden warships, there is no difference in front of the new army's artillery.

Take the heavy artillery of the new army as an example. Even if a first-class battleship hits it, it must be a big hole, and it can even cause a fire.

In this way, the Navy will definitely be able to fight against any maritime opponent in this era with a small and broad.

Shandong's naval construction has finally seen a gratifying dawn.

(End of this chapter)