Daming Military Empire

Chapter 679 Iron armor is invincible, by surprise

In the inner sea of ​​Taijiang, in the waters ahead of NTU Construction Shipyard, the test of the iron-clad warship is still going on.

The latest round of testing is the defense of the armored battleship deck. The surface of the deck is obviously made of wood, which naturally cannot block the shells. After a few shells from Shenwei cannons fell on the deck, the entire deck set off a rain of sawdust.

However, the strange thing is that the huge shells did not smash through the deck, and most of them rolled on the deck for a few times and then stopped moving, and some even bounced up and flew into the water!

What is going on here?
It turned out that although the surface of the deck was not suitable for iron plates, the lower deck was acceptable. The hull structure of an iron-clad warship was not exactly the same as that of a wooden warship. The lower deck was not the first layer of cabins, but a layer of iron plates.

That is to say, the two sides of the armored battleship have iron plates on the outside and wooden boards on the inside, while the deck of the iron-clad battleship has wooden boards on the outside and iron plates on the inside. If it is smashed a little, the cabin inside will still not be destroyed.

At this point, the armor strength test of the iron-clad battleship was finally over, and Yang Geng then ordered: "Order, start testing the attack power of the iron-clad battleship."

After waving the command flag, the super battleships on both sides of the armored battleship slowly turned around and retreated to the outer fleet. Immediately afterwards, two more super battleships slowly entered from the outer periphery.

These two super battleships are a bit strange, there are no artillery on the deck, and there are obvious scars in many places.

What is going on here?
It turned out that this was a super battleship that Zheng Chenggong sent back from Europe for maintenance, but Bi Maokang used it as a target in order to test the attack power of the armored battleship!

Of course, all the naval guns on it have been dismantled, and there are not many crew members on it. After the two warships drove two miles away from the ironclad battleship, a small boat was put down on each of them, and more than a dozen crew members jumped up and down directly. The boat rowed away.

At this time, the two super battleships were empty, with no figure or artillery at all.

What a big deal, this is a super battleship that costs tens of thousands of taels of silver a piece, and they actually use this place as a target!

However, Zhu Cijiong didn't say anything. Instead, he showed an expression of great interest, raised his binoculars, and stared at the iron-clad battleship in the middle.

He has always emphasized that we should pay attention to actual combat effects when testing weapons. What are two dilapidated super battleships?

At this time, the armored battleship finally moved, and the huge hull moved forward a little. Then, there was a roar of artillery, and the artillery on both sides fired.

"Boom boom boom" "Boom boom boom" Five consecutive rounds of artillery fire came out continuously, and the super battleships on both sides flew a burst of sawdust, and many washbasin-sized holes soon appeared on the ship.

This is actually nothing, because the wooden super battleship can also blast such an effect, but it will hurt each other during the battle.

After five rounds of artillery fire, the super battleships on both sides had been blasted to pieces. Then, the armored battleship began to turn around slowly, aiming its bow directly at a wooden super battleship.

"Boom boom boom" There were several artillery roars, and the Shenwei cannon on the bow of the ironclad warship fired. The three huge shells all hit the wooden super battleship in front without exception.

I don't know whether it was the luck of the gunners on the armored battleship or their terrible aim, but this wooden super battleship started to sink slowly after being hit by three shells!

This is actually not a big deal, the wooden super battleship can also achieve the same effect, just need to be accurate.

After the test here, the armored battleship began to turn around slowly, and directly aimed the bow at the remaining wooden super battleship.

This time, the bow did not fire, and the entire ironclad battleship accelerated directly, slamming into the wooden super battleship in front.

"Kacha", with a huge tearing sound, the wooden super battleship that was hit unexpectedly broke from the middle!
After cracking the wooden super battleship, the ironclad battleship continued to move forward. It just traveled a certain distance against the wooden battleship until the wooden battleship was completely split in two and sank into the sea. Then it slowly turned around and drove back. original position.

Zhu Cijiong took a closer look at the ramming angle of the bow with a telescope. There were no obvious dents or cracks, just some scratches, and the whole was intact!
At this time, he finally put down the binoculars, laughed at Bi Maokang beside him and said, "Okay, Meng Hou, you did a good job, that's how it is, that's what an ironclad warship is like!"

Immediately afterwards, he ordered the Daming to turn around and returned to the wharf of Nandaying Port, and then took Bi Maokang and other officials to the shipyard for inspection.

After going around the shipyard, power plant, cannon factory, rolling mill, and steel mill, he praised Bi Maokang again.

He is very satisfied with all the factories, but there is one thing, the secrecy work of these factories, or the security work is not very good.

This is where Daming's hole card lies, so security cannot be sloppy.

After thinking about it, he decided to leave a thousand Jinyi guards stationed here, let them watch carefully, and strictly forbid any suspicious personnel to enter the shipyard.

Ironclad battleships will appear on the battlefield sooner or later, but their structure is not impossible to imitate. If the anti-Habsburg alliance knows the secret of the airtight cabin in advance, they can also build ironclad battleships.

Although the quality is definitely not as good as that of Ming Dynasty, iron armor is iron armor. No matter what the quality is, this kind of shells are difficult to penetrate now. If the anti-Habsburg alliance builds iron-clad warships, naval battles will return to state of consumption.

He didn't want to waste time with the anti-Habsburg alliance in naval battles. He planned to secretly build a batch of ironclad warships, and by surprise, he would overthrow the entire anti-Habsburg alliance navy!
After the inspection, he did not stay in Dongfan, but rushed back directly to Dongdaying with Bi Maokang and a group of officials from the Ministry of Industry.

Bi Maokang and others will also transform Dongda Construction Shipyard into a new type of shipyard for manufacturing armored warships, and he will return to Beijing to arrange the next strategy.

Judging from the actual combat effect of the iron-clad warships, they are invincible against wooden super battleships. As long as two or three hundred iron-clad battleships are produced, it will not be a problem to sweep the entire anti-Habsburg alliance navy.

Therefore, he decided to change his strategy and order the Beiyang Navy, Nanyang Navy, and South China Sea Fleet to shrink their defenses first, and stop going to sea to do unnecessary consumption with the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers.

During this period, no matter how provocative the enemy is, they will guard against attacking until the Nanda Construction Shipyard and Dongda Construction Shipyard have built enough ironclad warships.

The various armies of the army continued to bloom more, looking for opportunities to start a confrontation with the army of the anti-Habsburg alliance.

Of course, if you have full confidence, you can rush up and kill your opponent.

Like the front line of Osan and the south of France, the anti-Habsburg alliance powers have assembled heavy troops, so naturally they can only fight against each other.

Like the North American continent and the Holy Roman Empire, it depends on the situation. If the British and Dutch armies are not very strong, then once the railway is built, it will be their end!
(End of this chapter)