my magic industry

Chapter 270
With the empress' clear support, Xia Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief. In his plan, the magic stone industry is very important, and its status can be compared with the large industries of steel, chemical industry, and agriculture, because no matter which world it is in, Energy is the lifeblood of national and industrial development.

If he can't establish his own right to speak in this industry, waiting until the industrial system he built develops and grows, it is equivalent to being dragged into the hands of others.

After solving this key problem, Xia Lin returned to the industrial park and began to review the progress of the various plans he had rolled out, and deal with the various reports and documents submitted by Wyatt and the managers of the New Leaf Chamber of Commerce.

In terms of military affairs, the New Army's Feifa Forest-Dark River tributary line of defense has almost been established with the efforts of hundreds of engineers and recruited civilians. Improve more, but without the interference of those black apples, at least I can carry out the orders of the generals.

This kind of organization is about the level of ordinary militiamen, and they cannot fight offensive battles, but it is more than enough for defensive battles under the leadership of veterans in fortified positions.

Xia Lin briefly read the reports submitted by the new army, and then set his sights on another matter related to his next plan, that is, the New Leaf Chamber of Commerce and the Kelin family cooperated in the construction of shipyards and docks, and designed Transformation of new warships.

Facing the threat of the First Navy Division traveling upstream along the Seine River, the 80mm breech-loading artillery produced by the Gun Factory has shown considerable effectiveness after the fort was established along the Seine River.

The 80mm breech-loading artillery has a range of two to three kilometers. Setting up positions on suitable commanding heights on both sides of the river is completely sufficient to blockade the Seine River, which has an average river width of about 800m.

The First Division of the Navy from the port of Daffa had tried many times to invade the lower reaches of Helgana, but after the towering inland and coastal warships were sunk by the artillery in these forts, their The figure gradually disappeared on the Seine River.

By the way, these moving targets that pose no threat to the fort have also helped the imperial military train a lot of fairly qualified artillery.

An ordinary inland ship of the same size as a warship costs at least forty or fifty gold lunettes, not to mention the sturdy and huge imperial navy warships, even a ten-thousand-man naval division of the empire is no more than There are only fifty warships. A warship like this made of special wood or even magic materials costs at least two to three hundred gold lunds.

It would be fine if it was destroyed during the battle, like this way of sailing on the river in such a good manner, and suddenly being bombarded and sunk by the enemy from an unknown distance, any general with a normal head would not be stubborn keep trying.

After these artillery showed such a powerful combat effectiveness, the Imperial Military Affairs Agency did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to place an order with the gun factory for 150 80mm breech-loading artillery. , plus supporting shells and other artillery equipment, this order reached 80 gold lund.

Xia Lin's gun factory also made a good profit from it. The price Xia Lin quoted to Queen Dorothea for this type of artillery was based on the price of 12 silver Mars and 31 copper bis per pound in the steel factory at that time. The cost price of steel is set. After several months of process improvement, the steel factory now only needs 2 silver Mal 33 copper pes per kilogram of steel, which is 8 silver Mal 30 copper pes per kilogram, that is, Say the profit of an 80mm breech-loading gun is 1/3 of its selling price.

However, in order to produce these cannons, the gun factory had to recruit some more employees in the Xinglan Industrial Park, and at the same time increased a lot of production equipment. It used to be a small workshop-style production for two to three days to produce a cannon. Later, it was replaced. Factory equipment, and after training a group of skilled workers to improve efficiency, on average, one cannon can be produced a day.

Up to now, if there are enough skilled workers and sufficient raw materials, the gun factory can even produce three to five 80mm breech-loading guns a day, and the production of shells has also increased to 150 rounds per day. improvement.

With these cannons, and the Military Affairs Administration is also quite interested in Xia Lin's idea of ​​moving the cannons to warships, the Colin family also has ideas about expanding their industrial scale and getting involved in military industry. The United Shipping Company is progressing rapidly. In order to gain the strength to defeat the rebel navy as soon as possible, the Colin family proposed the idea of ​​rebuilding old ships while building new ones. This idea naturally won the approval of the Imperial Army and Xia Lin.

According to Xia Lin's current report, the old shipwrights of the Colin family have used a type of inland river transport ship with a load capacity of about 180 tons to transform a warship that can mount six cannons on both sides.

It's just that this "warship" originally used for inland river and offshore navigation is bloated and looks like a big tortoise. Even if it is equipped with wind sails, the speed of full forward speed does not exceed 15 kilometers per hour. Wanting to use it to deal with a smaller size, but far surpassing its traditional imperial warships in terms of sturdiness, speed, and flexibility, it can only be said that the old birthday star wants to eat arsenic.

However, other faster ships cannot withstand the recoil caused by a salvo of three artillery pieces. There are even many types of ships that will capsize even when firing a single artillery piece. In this case, I want to come up with a Ships that are strong enough to defeat the rebel navy are a bit of a headache.

Xia Lin thought for a long time, and felt that if he wanted to achieve the idea of ​​strong firepower and fast speed, he still had to start with the magic motor. Although the performance of the current magic motor is still poor, there is still a lot of room for improvement.

For the convenience of use, Xia Lin asked Sophia to design a magic machine that is not very large. An MD1.4.2 magic machine is actually a cylinder that is about the same size as the arm of a strong adult. Enough to engrave 16 to 18 Spinning circles on it, gaining considerable momentum.

If the magic machine is further enlarged and placed on the ship, more powerful power can be obtained through more rotation magic circles, but the price is that as the size of the magic machine increases, the additional power loss will also increase.

"However, in another way of thinking, if the magic motor is made hollow, it may reduce a lot of power loss, and the large magic motor may not have no prospects."

Thinking of the new structure of the large-scale magic motor that might be applicable to ships, Xia Lin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought of a good idea.

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