Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 310 First Test
Wang Zheng was a little dumbfounded. A one-inch-thick iron plate couldn't be cut at all. What should we do?

This problem is really quite troublesome.

Because the shearing machine cannot cut an inch thick iron plate is not only a problem of insufficient punching force, but also has a lot to do with the material of the guillotine.

The hardness of Bailian Steel is simply not enough!

In other words, over there they added double the weight of the iron block on the guillotine, and then used eight steam pistons to push the guillotine up.

With one strike, the guillotine will definitely collapse.

Alas, this material problem will not be improved in a short time.

I don't know how many tests it takes to make a high-hardness alloy.

Of course, just because it's difficult doesn't mean it can't be done.

With the popularization of machine tools, high-hardness alloys must be developed, otherwise, development will encounter bottlenecks.

If there is no high-hardness alloy, the development of machine tools will be like this guillotine, and it will suddenly be stuck.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked Song Yingxing, "Chang Geng, you know bronze, right?"

This thing existed thousands of years ago, who doesn't know it!

Song Yingxing nodded repeatedly and said, "I know."

Taichang then murmured: "Pure copper will turn into bronze if a certain amount of tin and lead are mixed into it. Bronze is much harder than pure copper. I believe you know this too.

In fact, iron is the same, as long as it is mixed with some things, it will also become hard, such as carbon.

I don't know how this carbon gets into the iron, you can try more.

Of course, other things can also be tried.

In short, we must start developing this thing called high hardness alloy.

Because the machine tool we developed will definitely process iron parts in the future. If there is no high-hardness alloy, he will not be able to process it at all.

You will be responsible for this, and you will not have to worry about other things in the future, just concentrate on developing high-hardness alloys. "

Uh, this.

The idea of ​​the emperor is really a bit out of control.

At this moment they were thinking about how to cut the iron plate, and the emperor suddenly thought of some high-hardness alloy.

Song Yingxing was stunned for a long time when he heard the words, then he bowed his hands and said: "My minister obeys the order."

At this time, Wang Zheng walked over with a face full of disappointment, and said dejectedly: "Your Majesty, we seem to be unable to make this iron-clad battleship."

Not necessarily.

Iron plates don't have to be one inch thick.

Taichang pondered for a while, and then suggested: "We can try a half-inch thick iron plate."

Yes, the one-inch thick ones are cut continuously, you can try half-inch thick ones!

After all, as long as a warship can put on iron armor, its defense can be greatly enhanced.

As for whether the half-inch thick iron plate can block the shells, this is not a big problem. If one piece is not enough, just stack two pieces together!

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng immediately waved his hands and summoned a few disciples to come to the press machine and fiddled for a while.

In fact, this plate press machine can not only press one-inch-thick plates, as long as the position between the two pressure rollers is narrowed, it is no problem to press half-inch-thick plates.

Soon, Wang Zheng adjusted the two pressure rollers.

Immediately afterwards, he led a group of craftsmen to work together, and within an hour, a two-foot-wide iron ingot was also melted and cast.

There is no need to say more about the pressing plate. Anyway, the red-hot iron and copper ingots are a bit like dough, as long as they are pressed hard, they can be pressed out.

However, the iron plate that was pressed this time was not about five feet long, but about one foot long, making the original cast iron platform unable to fit.

Of course, this doesn't have much impact, just add one later if one is not enough.

The key now is to see if the shears can cut a half-inch thick iron plate.

Wang Zheng waited anxiously for a while. Before the iron plate had cooled completely, he ordered several craftsmen to work together to clamp it with clips and stuff it into the shears.

Immediately afterwards, he opened the downward pressure valve with a full face of expectation.

With a "click", the iron plate was really cut!
He jumped up excitedly, and jumped in front of Taichang in a few strokes.

"Your Majesty, now we can finally build iron-clad warships!"

This guy is too excited.

I am not as excited as you!
Taichang smiled and nodded and said: "Well, let's try it with a Spike warship first. After all, the iron plate is only half an inch thick. After adding it, I don't know if it can withstand the bombardment of the artillery."

You really have to try this. After all, the difference between one layer of iron plates and two layers of iron plates is doubled. It is best if one layer of iron plates can withstand the bombardment of artillery.

If it doesn't work, it's not too late to consider adding another layer.

If they don't even try, they just put a layer of iron armor on the dragon tooth battleship, and then find out that it can't work, then it will waste a lot of time.

At this moment, it is finally possible to trial-manufacture the iron-clad battleship, and Wang Zheng is really excited.

Wang Zheng just resigned and left, and then he called his disciples to try out the iron-clad warship.

Seeing this, Taichang could only helplessly shake his head and smile.

This guy may be too obsessed with iron-clad battleships, and he only wants to build iron-clad battleships in his mind.

fair enough.

He also hopes that the armored battleship will be built soon!

Wang Zheng's madness really scared me to death. In less than ten days, he actually wrapped a Spike warship in iron armor!

As for how to test the effect, it is simple.

Take the cannon directly!

On this day, all the warships of the Dongyang Navy gathered at the wharf of Wubei City.

Taichang, Xu Guangqi, Yuan Keli, Zhang Yuanfang, Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Sun Yuanhua, etc. all also came to the new flagship.

At this time, the Dongyang Navy is not the only one gunboat, because the first batch of 25 gunboats has been built, and the entire port terminal is almost submerged by the gunboats like mobile fortresses.

Moreover, the cannons equipped on it are all rifled [-]-jin Thor cannons, and the large telescope developed by the Ministry of Industry has also come out.

The combat effectiveness of the Great Ming Navy is already quite terrifying.

Taichang stood in front of the barrel-like telescope with a face full of excitement, scanned it slowly, and then pointed to the distant coast and said: "Just stop the armored Spike warship on the north bank of the Haihe River." It should be near a sandy beach, and if it sinks, it can be easily salvaged."

It is really possible that this armored Spike warship will be sunk. After all, the iron plate on it is only half an inch thick, and the pig iron at this moment is not as tough as the steel of later generations. Can a warship with iron armor withstand the bombardment of shells?

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanfang directly summoned a personal guard to confess a few words, and soon, several Spike warships sailed towards the north bank of the Haihe River.

The first one was obviously different, its exterior was all black iron plates, it looked like a steel monster.

After a while, those Spike warships arrived near the beach on the north bank of the Haihe River, and the sailors on that armored warship quickly jumped onto other ordinary Spike warships and returned to the port.

Seeing this, Taichang ordered without hesitation: "Drive the flagship over there and try a broadside salvo."

Zhang Yuanfang waved his hand without hesitation and ordered the boat to sail.

The flagship quickly left the pier and headed straight to the north of the Haihe River.

The rifled five-hundred-jin Thor cannon has a range of five miles, and it's really not that difficult to aim at a Spike warship.

Zhang Yuanfang held the long-barreled binoculars newly developed by the Ministry of Industry and looked at it for a while, and ordered the flagship to move back and forth several times, and then ordered loudly: "Shoot a salvo from the right side, fire!"

"Boom, boom," a burst of violent artillery roar sounded, and the entire flagship shook a few times.

Sixty shells whizzed past, and the entire armored warship was immediately surrounded by jets of water that soared into the sky.

What is the effect of the iron armor?

Soon, the water column fell.

That ironclad warship was not sunk!
At such a long distance, although the Longya warship's accuracy is not very good, but with the sixty shells firing in salvo, there are always a few hits.

But the Spike's warship is so big, not to mention that it will sink if it hits a shell, and it will definitely not be able to hold it with a few shells.

The armored Spike warship was not sunk, which is enough to prove that the armored ship can withstand artillery bombardment.

(End of this chapter)