Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 337
Looking at the huge black ship in front of him, Taichang couldn't help being excited.

The Aegis ship has finally been completed, and Da Ming finally has the most advanced naval warfare artifact.

This is the real artifact of naval warfare, and the gunboats are outdated in front of the Aegis!
Seeing Taichang coming, Yuan Keli, Wang Zheng and others rushed to greet him.

After the princes and ministers greeted each other, Wang Zheng couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, do you want the sailors to board the ship now?"

It turned out that at this moment, thousands of sailors and soldiers are still neatly lined up beside the Aegis ship.

Obviously, Wang Zheng wanted to test the boarding speed.

So how long does it take for thousands of people to board the ship?

Taichang also wants to see.

He nodded slightly, and Zhang Yuanfang waved his hands without hesitation and shouted, "Everyone board the boat quickly."

"Wow", thousands of soldiers immediately divided into fifteen groups, rushed to the Aegis ship, climbed up the iron ladder, opened the gun door on the first floor, and hung the hook locks protruding from both sides of the gun door to the basalt armor on both sides. , and then poured in like a stream of water.

In less than a stick of incense, thousands of people rushed in, and no one outside could be seen.

Were they all crammed into cubicles on the first floor waiting to climb up?
Of course not, Wang Zheng and the others had already considered how to quickly climb up to each floor.

The cabins on each floor of the Aegis ship are equipped with nearly two feet long ladders, and there are more than ten movable covers in the middle of the corridors on each floor.

The soldiers rushing in only need to pull out the ladder in the compartment, put it on the special hook on the upper deck, and then climb up to lift the movable cover on it.

This is similar to carrying a ladder to climb a city wall. Navy soldiers have also practiced siege, so they are naturally familiar with this method.

At this moment, the fastest runners are probably already on the third deck.

With great interest, Taichang took Yuan Keli, Wang Zheng and others to climb up the iron ladder into the first-floor cabin of the gun tower and saw that twelve sailors were neatly arranged on both sides of the artillery in the middle.

The artillery equipped on this Aegis ship is equipped with cannon carriages. Usually the cannon carriages are not placed on the gun doors. To facilitate access, the cannon carriages in the cabins on both sides are fixed under the large table in the middle of the cabin. .

Because the three-tiered beds are located at the front and rear ends of the cabin, there is a lot of space in the middle, even if a large table is placed and a cannon cart is placed, there is still a lot of space on both sides, and it is not crowded at all when walking past.

Taichang nodded slightly to the sailors standing upright on both sides, and then led the crowd to the corridor in the middle.

At this moment, more than ten aerial ladders have been neatly set up in the corridor in the middle, and these aerial ladders have hooks on the top and slots on the bottom, which are very secure.

In order to facilitate the communication between the various floors, these ladders are usually not put away.

Also, the ladders aren't too much of a hindrance.

Because the width of the corridor is about one foot, and the width of the ladder is less than two feet, so the ladder does not hinder the passage of people in the corridor, as long as the people on the upper floor walk and look at it, don't drop the cover in the middle Just inside the square pit.

Taichang led a group of people to climb up to the second and third decks, looked at the cabins on each floor, and then randomly chose a ladder to climb to the top floor.

This top floor is different from the next three floors, because the top floor is a large room.

However, the Datong room is not empty, there is nothing.

There are also a lot of things on the top deck.

Not to mention the cannons at both ends and the driver's cab at the back, there are four barrel telescopes newly developed by the Ministry of Industry alone, one at the front, rear, left, and right.

Moreover, there are two rows of exquisite houses in the middle, and there are many tables and benches fixed on the deck on both sides.

These houses are naturally for the navy generals and their personal guards. Since this sample is the flagship of Taichang's expedition to Japan, the decoration of this house is extremely luxurious. Even the bed in his bedroom and the table and chairs in the study They are all the same as the layout in the Qianqing Palace.

Wang Zheng also prepared a large meeting hall for him, which is exactly the same as the meeting hall in Wenhua Palace!
Taichang turned around, couldn't help but nodded slightly, then pointed at Wang Zheng's smile and cursed: "Liangfu, don't bother to flatter me."

Uh, this.

Wang Zheng said with a little embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I didn't bother to think about it. I just called the craftsmen who were in charge of repairing the palace and asked them to make it according to the style in the palace."

Hahahaha.

Taichang couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'm just joking with you, the layout here is really good, I'm very satisfied."

As long as you are satisfied.

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw the emperor, and their faces couldn't help showing joy.

The layout here is really good, so good that it is beyond their imagination.

Hearing this, Wang Zheng couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Majesty, as long as you are satisfied, or else, let's try sailing."

Oops, I've been on the boat for a long time, and I forgot to start the boat.

Taichang nodded again and again: "Well, hurry up and try it out."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanfang immediately waved his hand without hesitation, and said loudly, "Get ready to sail."

The sailors and soldiers he brought up immediately dispersed, grabbed the rope hanging from the "eaves" and pulled them up vigorously.

Soon, more than ten windows were exposed in the front, back, left, and right sides, and the situation outside was immediately clear.

And the top platform, which was a bit dim because of the light leaking in from rows of holes, suddenly became transparent.

Zhang Yuanfang walked into the cab in person, picked up the binoculars next to the steering wheel, scanned the front, back, left, and right sides, and then looked at the standard bearers around, and then said directly to the copper horn in front of him: "Bottom floor, burn the steam, get ready!" sail."

This is another advanced design, the sound is transmitted through the copper horn and thin copper tube!
Originally standing in the cab on the top of the three-story tower, if you want to notify the bottom floor, you can only use the pull rope to signal, not to mention troublesome and error-prone.

It’s different now, every floor is equipped with such copper horns, and there are messengers standing in front of the copper horns, as long as you give orders to the horns, every floor can hear clearly!
Not long after this order was issued, whistles came from all around.

This means the steam is ready.

Zhang Yuanfang glanced around carefully again, and then carefully drove the Aegis ship out of the area where platforms were built at both ends, and came to the front of the waterway under the gestures of the standard bearers around.

Apparently, before the Aegis ship was completed, they had been on board and practiced many times, so it was quite proficient in operating it, and there was no problem at all.

After a while, the Aegis ship drove out of the waterway and came to the surface of the sea.

Next is the speed test.

This Aegis ship uses the latest steam engine with the largest power, and the water wheels on both sides are also covered with iron sheets, which are much stronger than before, and it doesn't matter if they turn faster.

Therefore, the speed of the Aegis ship is faster than that of the Dragon Fang battleship, and it can catch up with the speed of the Spike battleship and the wheels.

The next step is to test the artillery, which needless to say, because the artillery configuration of the Aegis ship is not much different from that of the dragon tooth battleship, just a few more main guns.

They have already built dozens of dragon tooth battleships, so naturally there will be no problem with this.

The last thing is to test the defense of the armor.

They didn't even disembark, and didn't close the open windows, and let the four building gunboats fire a salvo in each of the four directions.

The result is of course nothing.

Because this Aegis ship is too reliable, too strong, and now these artillery that are purely hit by shells can no longer threaten the people inside.

At most, after a few rounds of artillery fire, replace the basalt armor that has been smashed and deformed more obviously.

Moreover, there are a lot of spare basalt armor stored in the cabin on the bottom floor, and there is no need to go back to the dock for ordinary repairs and replacements.

Taichang was very satisfied with this safe, comfortable, advanced and practical warship. After the test, he immediately said to Wang Zheng: "Liangfu, we will build more Aegis ships of this kind in the future, and the direction of research and development and improvement is also the same. To concentrate on the Aegis ship, you must strive to use all the advanced technologies on this Aegis ship. As for the building gunboat, just build some dragon-tooth battleships, and there is no need to research and develop new models."

Uh, this.

Wang Zheng was quite surprised and said: "Your Majesty, we can build fifty dragon-tooth warships a year. Even if we go all out for the Aegis ships, we may only be able to build 25 a year. Because the Aegis ships are too expensive. Manpower, building cabins, batching armor, etc. cannot be replaced by steam machine tools."

What he meant was that it took as much effort to build an Aegis ship as to create two buildings and gunboats.

The problem is that all the buildings, ships, and gunboats are outdated, so why do you still work hard to build them?
Taichang thought for a while, and then said decisively: "Then build twenty Aegis ships a year, and ten Dragon Tooth battleships a year."

(End of this chapter)