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Chapter 1269 The eldest nephew has to wait a while

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    Zhao Hao came to Tamna Island this time for three main purposes: to attend the graduation ceremony of the Coast Guard School, to visit the trial of a new warship, and to inspect several newly occupied islands.

    So on the second day of the graduation ceremony, the three new warships named 'Prajna', 'Mantuo' and 'Jialuo' by Jiangnan Shipyard quietly unmoored in the mist and set sail.

    Except for Zhu Jue, the three giants in the security area who stayed on duty, the other two went to sea together.  Although it was a shipyard trial, from the sailors who operated the ship to the captain who commanded it, they were all crew members selected from the guard area.

    In fact, since the first piece of wood was unpacked for these three warships, the garrison area has already sent marine police officers to be deeply involved.  In this way, we can better understand the structure and manufacturing process of each part of the warship. This is very important in this era when being able to sail a ship must also be able to repair a ship.

    Escorting the trial fleet and Mr. Zhao were twenty large and small warships led by the Zhenwo.  Jiangnan Group has blocked the financial path of too many forces, and there are undercurrents surging on the seemingly calm sea, so there is no room for carelessness.

    After the trial fleet left Seongsan Port, it first sailed to the shooting range in the guard area north of Niudao.  Mr. Zhao can't wait to see the new artillery developed by his eldest nephew!

    Chu Liuxiang, who served as the test gunner, was already familiar with the use of this gun in advance.  He took out the key, opened the lock, and opened the wooden box covering the fire door.

    Zhao Hao then saw that the small hole for inserting the fuse on the cannon was gone, replaced by a device similar to a flintlock gun.

    The flint paper that Zhao Shizhen showed to Zhao Hao finally became a reality after 18 months of research and development.

    In fact, guns can be made from small guns to big guns, and gun machines can be made, not to mention flintlock gun machines based on the same principle.  But how to perfectly integrate it with the gun body, how to improve the success rate of firing, how the gunner fires, etc., all require time to explore.  In other words, Zhao Shizhen has genius-like intuition. If someone else were to develop it, he might not be able to do it in a few years.

    At this time, the loader completed loading the ammunition, and at the same time, the secondary gunner quickly put a pull rope on the trigger.

    Behind the gun machine, there is also a mountain-shaped sight with a scale.  Chu Liuxiang used the sight and turned the 'elevation screw' with both hands for a preliminary aim.

    After the initial sighting, the assistant gunner loaded the propellant into the chamber, put on the wind cover, then stepped back one step away, tightened the rope, and entered the firing preparation state.

    Chu Liuxiang also took a step back, stood in a safe position directly behind the artillery, leaned over and took final aim through the sight.

    In the sight, the big white circle painted on the mountain wall two miles away moved up and down with the waves.  When it was two squares below the center of the target, Chu Liuxiang shouted flatly: "Fire!"

    The assistant gunner yanked the pull cord sharply, and the hammer hit the anvil, sending out a cluster of sparks that ignited the propellant.  Almost at the same time, there was a loud bang, and the shell roared out and hit the bullseye!

    Mr. Zhao took the lead in applauding.

    The Chu Liuxiang artillery crew ignored the leader's troubles and quickly cleaned the barrel, reloaded, reset, aimed, and fired.  Ten shells were fired in succession, and all of them hit the target, seven of which hit the bullseye!

    "Okay, the design is very successful! The artillery king's technology is also superb!" Zhao Hao's ears were buzzing and he did not forget to cheer.

    "How is it, uncle, is it still okay?" Zhao Shizhen came forward happily.

    "I think so." Zhao Hao smiled and nodded: "But it won't work if I say yes. It still depends on the user experience?"

    "Then tell me, tell me quickly." Zhao Shizhen urged Chu Liuxiang who was standing by.

    "This gun is very good. It is twice as accurate as the original one." Chu Liuxiang thought about it and replied: "The fusillade device is great, but the sight and elevation screw are also very useful. There is also the geometry learned in gunnery class.  Basics' and 'Plane Trigonometry' are also useful"

    "Good guy, I'm really impressed after three days of separation. This stubborn Chu Liuxiang is so comprehensive now." Wang Rulong couldn't help but chuckled to Jin Ke on the side: "I'm afraid it will erase your contribution."

    Jin Ke naturally pretended not to hear.

    "In short, it is definitely much better than before." Chu Liuxiang concluded.

    "There are no shortcomings?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile.

    "It's just that the rate of fire is 2 seconds slower than before, but it's not a big problem. All gun crews can easily fire one round within 30 seconds." Chu Liuxiang thought about it and replied.

    Because the firearm is operated by a single person, the flintlock gun fires much faster than the matchlock gun.

    But the artillery is operated by a multi-person gun crew, and the flintlock gun is not as fast as the matchlock gun Mainly because the latter omits the need to install propellant.

    However, in response to the problem that in the previous battle against Japan, the bronze cannon fired too fast, causing the barrel to overheat, deform and be scrapped, firearms researchTry the actual effect of three kinds of sails.

    Over the next few days, the three boats conducted sail testing together.

    The result was just as Yang Fan expected. When the wind was downwind, the Mantuo, which was equipped with a horizontal sail, took the lead.  When going into the wind, the Polo, which uses a canopy sail, is far ahead.  The Garo, which combines two types of sailing equipment, achieved two second places.

    In the next steering test, the operation of the Boruo was very simple and the steering was the most flexible.

    During the strong wind test, it was the easiest to retract the sails of the Poro, and the crew only had to stay in the safe aft cabin, without having to risk slippery conditions to work on the front deck in strong winds and waves.

    ?Damage and repair testing, the superiority of the sail is unparalleled.  Not to mention, a canopy sail requires only one-tenth of the sailors of a western sail

    In the end, all the judges gave Pengfan a very high score.

    But two Franconian reviewers, former Portuguese Navy Captain Pinto and former Oriental Princess chief shipwright Blanco, had different opinions.

    ps. This is yesterday¡¯s update, there are still two more updates.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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