The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 740 Steam Ironclad Ship Experiment (seeking a monthly ticket)
As for how many loopholes there will be in this matter...

In fact, no one will care!

As long as the matter is logical on the surface and can barely explain the past, no one will really want to be serious with Zhu Hongyu.

Thinking about these messy things, Zhu Hongyu took a deep breath, and then gave instructions to the personal eunuch beside him.

"I want to personally attend the first test run of the steam ironclad ship, so let's order someone to arrange the preparations!"

"I want to witness the heroic appearance of the world's first steam iron-clad ship with my own eyes!"

Compared with the intrigue in the political arena, Zhu Hongyu is obviously more interested in climbing the technology tree.

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On the third day of July in the second year of the Ming Dynasty, the wharf on the bank of the Yangtze River was crowded with crowds of people.

A section of the Yangtze River outside Nanjing City was designated as a no-navigation zone by the imperial court.

For a period of time, any merchant ships, civilian ships, and official ships are all prohibited from navigating.

The caliber of the imperial court's publicity is that the imperial court will conduct a launching experiment of a new type of ship here.

A lot of free time, interested Ming people came to the pier on this day, and came to the bank of the Yangtze River, ready to join in the fun.

Take a look at what the new type of ship that the imperial court is talking about looks like!
Zhu Hongyu also arrived at the dock on the bank of the Yangtze River early. After the soldiers of the imperial guards took over the defense of the dock, Zhu Hongyu came to the bank of the Yangtze River.

He stood on the pier, quietly waiting for the experiment to begin.

Wang An, the person in charge of the Daming Imperial Research Institute, Lao Liutou, the person in charge of the Daming Armory, Li Xu, the person in charge of the Longjiang Treasure Shipyard, and others stood beside Zhu Hongyu in a very troubled manner.

The research project of the steam iron-clad ship was jointly carried out by the three parties!
The research institute is responsible for technical research, the arsenal is responsible for the design of the hull structure, and the Longjiang Bao Shipyard is responsible for the casting of shipbuilding materials and the final assembly and outfitting of the hull.

Now that the results are about to come out, there is no room for them to be nervous.

Zhu Hongyu stood on the pier, holding a detailed plan for the experiment in his hand.

This plan records the relevant data of this experiment in detail.

Including the tonnage of the ship, the power of the ship's steam engine, the speed of the ship, the gun positions the ship is equipped with, the thickness of the armor, etc...

In fact, strictly speaking, the current iron-clad steamship of Daming cannot be regarded as a real iron-clad steamship.

Because most of the hull structure of this ship is only made of wood.

It's just that the outside of the ship is covered with a not-so-thin iron plate for protective armor.

In addition, some important components of the ship were replaced with steel, which made the overall structural strength of the ship far stronger than that of traditional sail battleships.

Moreover, there is also a problem with the power system of this sailing battleship!
Due to the performance of the steam engine, this steam warship is not really pure steam power!
It's a sail machine hybrid!

There are also sails on the boat.

The steam unit is generally not used, at most it is used as auxiliary power.

Or during wartime, steam generators can be used to replace sail power, so that Ming's warships can get rid of the dependence of warship power on sails.

Use more flexible naval warfare tactics!
In fact, when steam engines were first applied to ships in history, they were only used as auxiliary power.

The reason why Daming is like this now is not that Zhu Hongyu doesn't want a real steam iron-clad ship.

But the current shipbuilding technology of Ming Dynasty is not up to the standard, and the technology of steam engine is also not good enough.

At present, we can only build such a steam iron-clad ship with a half-barrel of water first, and use it to accumulate technology in the early stage.

If you don't build a few half-barrel steam iron-framed ships first, you can directly build a real steam iron-clad ship, which is easy to be too big and mess up.

It's better to be safe!

Before making Zhu Hongyu wait long, the steam iron-clad ship with half a barrel of water slowly drove out of the shipyard.

The sails of the ship were full, and the chimneys were also billowing black smoke.

The sun pierced through the clouds and shone on the iron armor of the steamship, and the iron armor on the hull reflected the sunlight.

The gun windows on the side of the ship were opened, revealing a series of black hole muzzles.

Even on the deck of the ship, there are several gun positions installed.

These artillery positions are covered with a layer of iron plates for protection. They are not so much artillery positions as turrets.

It's still the kind of rotating turret!

The bottom of the turret is connected to the steam unit that powers the ship, and the steam engine can be used to drive the heavy turret to adjust the shooting elements.

This design is beyond the times!
On the bank of the Yangtze River, one after another looked at the steam iron-clad ship in the middle of the Yangtze River.

Looking at the steam iron-clad ship swimming freely in the Yangtze River, countless people couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Oh my God, my God!"

"Iron boat, this boat is really an iron boat, it reflects the sunlight, so there shouldn't be a fake!"

"The imperial court actually built an iron boat!"

"Iron can be used to build ships? It's really incredible!"

"The iron boat is still smoking, it's amazing!"

"..."

Under everyone's gaze, the steam ironclad ship lowered its sails.

Then, the next scene was beyond the cognition of too many people.

After the sails were lowered, the steam ironclad ship was still moving, and even the speed was getting faster and faster.

Moreover, this steam ironclad ship is still going upstream!

White waves continuously appeared at the stern of the ship, as if something was churning underwater.

That's the scene created by the propeller spinning underwater!
"This...what the hell is going on here? How can the boat continue to go after the sail is lowered?"

"It's amazing, it's really amazing!"

"Oh my God, it could be that the Dragon King received the imperial decree and pushed the boat in the river?"

"..."

Although to the people of Daming today, the existence of steam engines is no secret.

However, there are not many people who can connect the steam engine and the steam iron-clad ship at the moment of seeing the steam iron-clad ship.

Some feudal and superstitious Ming people even connected the scene in front of them with the legendary Dragon King.

And it also added some drama to Zhu Hongyu who was watching the excitement!

A businessman from England, Chester, stood among the crowd, looking at the steam iron-clad ship on the river, and kept uttering oh my, oh my!
It can be seen that now he is so shocked that he is speechless!

"My God, this is unbelievable! It's amazing!"

"Amazing Chinese, how on earth did they do it!"

"Oh my God, I really witnessed a miracle today!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)