open sea

Chapter 102 Chen Lin
Fuchuan, a two-masted hard-sail blessing boat, is docked in the offshore of Shibosi.

It is nearly nine feet long and two feet wide, with a broad bottom and a high head and tail. It has three rudder towers, double hard masts, thick boards on the side of the ship, and wooden parapets and gun beds on it. The sea outside Shibosi with all the sails passing by is like a giant beast.

What excited Chen Mu the most was the two bronze gun barrels protruding from the eight gun beds on the ship's side.

"Before Mr. Yu went to Guangxi, he explained that he wanted to transfer a warship to Qianhu in Xiangshan, and he needed a good ship. He said that it would frighten the barbarians, but a small boat would not work. They discussed that they would transfer the newly built flat-headed large sand ship from Xinhui Shipyard to you. , Chen will trade with you, this lucky boat."

As soon as Chen Mu climbed up the ship's side by the rope ladder, he saw a general under the main mast wearing a phoenix-winged headband, an iron armor inside and a green robe with bare shoulders.

"In the 40th year of Jiajing, Fujian Wuhumen Shipyard was built by Qi's army. In six years, it experienced two major wars in Fujian and Xianyou. The bow was damaged and the hull was cracked by artillery. In 45, it was sent to Xinhui for repair and handed over to the Guangdong Navy. It’s a bit old. But Wuhumen used high-quality nanmu to build boats for General Qi, and Xinhui’s flat-headed sandboat is big, but it’s made of fir, which can’t stop the fire.”

"Even if all the craftsmen in Wei have a shipyard, the same ship costs at least 800 taels." The general turned around, revealing a youthful face with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and slightly affluent, fixed his eyes on Chen Mu's face, and said, "Qingyuan Bai Jingchen sent me a message to tell you, I am Chen Lin, guarding Guangdong South Road."

"Eight hundred catties of bronze Frang machine, four old guys who were scrapped in Heyuan, and the camp craftsman reforged it. They can only fire four cannons in a row, so they will be used."

Chen Lin caressed the body of the cannon, and waved his finger to the bow, "A five-hundred-jin man in the bow said that he could hit three hundred feet, but I have never tried it. Only the bow of the new wrought iron cannon can withstand the force of the backward jump. Don't move anywhere else."

"The stern is equipped with a fierce fire oil tank, which can burn four feet of enemies from a condescending height."

After finishing speaking, Chen Lin turned his hands upwards and said: "There is nothing else. Eight boatmen, rudder, rafting, wrench, bucket, and anchor, and 55 soldiers are all equipped, and they will take five fast boats with them. One is counted as one, the Japanese boat is small and short, and it will pass when it is rolled; Fuchuan went around and burned."

The fierce fire oil tank is also a weapon that Chen Mu has only heard of and never seen before. When he boarded the stern cockpit, he saw a large boxy box with something like a pump attached to it. The outer spray and the tail of the barrel are like a bellows saw, which can exert force back and forth.

It sprays fierce fire, and Chen Mu doesn't need Chen Lin to introduce him to imagine how much damage it can cause to enemy ships at close range.

"Everyone can meet Bole, the key is whether they have the ability to be appreciated. The food is on the five fast boats, and you will see it when you go back. They only give you two hundred shi, and there is nothing Chen can do about it." Chen Lin patted the female wall on the ship's side, seemed a little bit reluctant, turned his head and smiled at Chen Mu, and said: "We have seen each other before, and I saw an official in Haiphong, Guangdong these days who was about the same age as Chen. easy."

"This coastal defense is tense, so Chen won't stay with you any longer, and he has to go back to guard against that bastard Zeng Yiben, so he won't be idle." Chen Lin didn't give Chen Mu a chance to speak from the beginning to the end, and waved the soldier on the boat to put him down. Get off the boat with a cable and board a fast boat. Before leaving, he stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back and said to Chen Mu: "Hao Jing has something to do, send someone to Xinhui to find me, and leave!"

This is my farewell?
This Chen Chaojue is different from what he imagined!

As a general, shouldn't you go to Xiangshan Qianhu to have a drink or two?
So chic!
Chen Mu watched Chen Lin drift away on the shallow sea in a fast boat with small oars and hard sails, and raised his hand to touch the bronze barrel of the Franji, feeling the cold and solid touch of the killer, and felt extremely satisfied.

This is not the first time he has seen artillery from this era, but it is the first time he has personally touched his own artillery.

As for Du Si Shao sending him two hundred stones of food, let it be as little as possible.

As Chen Lin said, when Xiangshan Qianhu got such a medium-sized lucky boat with five cannons, he felt that he had earned it.

Walking down the deck, the second floor is where the sailors live. Due to the multiple watertight structures of the open ship technology cabin, the cabin is cramped and narrow. The four cabins are nailed with low wooden couches, which is certainly not comfortable for the sailors.

However, the room on the deck below the bow and rudder is relatively clean, and it is reserved for the chief officer on board.

Some rooms on the bottom floor are used to store shells and gunpowder, and some rooms are used to store food. The space connected to the bottom storehouse in the middle is filled with repairing materials such as wood, stone and canvas as ballast.

"The structure of the open ship is not good enough, and it can't handle the recoil of the artillery." Chen Mu couldn't understand why a ship made of solid wood couldn't handle the recoil of several western three-pound and five-pound guns, but now Chen Mu looked at it. The gun mount knew it in his heart, "It's strange that I can hold it. When I go back, I will dismantle the gun mount and do it again."

The gun carriage on the ship has no wheels, and the square wood is directly seated on the gun position behind the parapet. After the gun is fired, the force does not drive the gun carriage backward to offset it, but directly downwards to force the ship plank.Structurally, watertight compartments have the advantages of better anti-sinkability, and at the same time, they are not as good as the earthquake resistance of western ships formed by multiple ribs, and there are no cannon wheels, so only small cannons can be used on board.

Improve!

The four corners of the fire oil tank behind the stern rudder are also seated on the card position. It is inconvenient to change the direction. Go back and raise it, use a simple half turntable for the seat, change the tail parapet to leave a gap, and spray 180 degrees.

Improve!

His main enemy is the local bandits entrenched in Huangliangdu colluding with the Japanese bandits and often robbing Xinhui. Four Francophones are enough.As long as the ship is equipped with a full-staffed general flag with mostly bird gunners, 20 bird guns and [-] people operating cannons, rockets, and kerosene can basically guarantee firepower.

This needs no improvement.

Later generations said that Zheng He's huge treasure ship was also in the shape of a lucky boat. This memory was confirmed by the current situation of the lucky boat under his feet, and he came to a conclusion as to why there were professional ships such as horse boats and grain boats in Zheng He's fleet. ship.

Because the Fuchuan itself does not have ocean-going capabilities, the cargo and food necessary for life that can be carried in the separated watertight cabins are too small. This is a warship specially designed for soldiers to fight.

Chen Mu thought about it for a long time on the deck, and it took him a long time to realize that he was still at sea, Guangzhou Mansion was still so big in his eyes, there were boats passing and stopping around, and his lucky boat had never moved.

"Why doesn't the boat leave?"

Chen Mu turned his head in horror, looked left and right, looked at the eleven family soldiers who boarded the boat with him, and finally fixed his eyes on Long Junxiong's face.

"Junxiong, this boat...can you drive it?"

Damn it, Chen Lin threw Grandpa into the sea and left. The problem is that he can't sail a boat!

(End of this chapter)