As the cruiser passed the review, eleven patrol ships followed closely behind, passing the review stand on the Royal Clipper one by one.
Every ship passing by fired a salute in salute to their lord.
Finally came the seven early-built clippers, who were the last to pass. The tonnage of these ships is more than 500 tons and less than 1,000 tons. It is an experimental product that gradually explores the structure of large warships under the strategy of small steps and fast running. After completing the experimental mission, it was basically used as a second-line training ship.
These seven ships vary in size and performance. Every item is redesigned.
These seven training ships belong to the Jeju Island Naval School. Used to train naval recruits and cadets.
The largest cruiser in the Navy is only 1,500 tons. Compared with the Royal Clipper, which has a standard displacement of 5,000 tons, it is very small. This also made the naval officers worship him from the bottom of their hearts.
They had never seen such a huge sailing ship in their dreams.
I heard from the commander that he is developing a fast sailing ship with a standard displacement of 5,000 tons and a load capacity of 8,000 tons. Used for circumnavigation. I wonder how majestic a sailboat with an all-metal hull will be after it is built.
It is estimated that the ship will be as big as the master's ship.
In fact, this boat is the design of the Prussia sailing ship. This is a large ocean-going cargo sailing ship. Pre-research has already begun.
In 1902, Germany built the world's first five-masted steel sailing ship, the Prussia.
The five masts of the Prussia are all made of steel pipes. The main mast is 68 meters high from the keel to the mast top. All masts are hung with horizontal sails. There are 47 sails on the ship, including 30 horizontal sails on the five masts and 30 horizontal sails between the masts. It has 12 stay sails, 4 bow jibs and 1 small mizzen sail, with a total sail area of 6806 square meters. It is a pure full-sail sailboat.
Its two small boilers and steam engines were used only to drive four steam sail winches, a steam windlass, hydraulic steering gear, water pumps and generators. Of course, Yang Fan would not simply copy it. He would definitely install a triple-expansion steam engine on the ship.
With the assistance of these steam powers, only 45 crew members were needed to drive and operate such a behemoth, instead of the previous 245. It was called the "Queen of Queens of the Sea." This boat is the pinnacle of human sailing. Since then, large sailing ships have withdrawn from the stage of history. The Prussian was silenced. ..net
The Prussia has a hull length of 131.9 meters, a width of 16.4 meters, a draft of 8.3 meters, a load capacity of 8,100 tons, a full load displacement of 11,330 tons, a maximum speed of 20.5 knots, and can sail in level 9 winds.
This data is not as big as the Royal Clipper. Royal Scissor is 135 meters long and 16.5 meters wide. If Yang Fan built a cargo ship based on the Royal Clipper, it would definitely be no smaller than the Prussia.
From February 2 to May 1, 1903, the Prussia set a sailing record of only 57 days from Lizard Point in Cornwall in the south of England to the Pacific port of Iquique in northern Chile.
The American Standard Oil Company also rented it to transport oil from New York to Japan, arriving in Yokohama in only 112 days. It is undoubtedly the largest and fastest cargo sailing ship since the era of clipper ships.
All naval officers and soldiers know that the master has a grand blueprint for the development of the navy. I heard that cruisers are not the ultimate battleships. There are also battlecruisers and battleships on it. The displacement of future top battleships will not be less than 5,000 tons.
As the first batch of naval officers and soldiers, as long as they work hard, everyone has broad room for advancement.
After passing the review in separate columns, all warships turned around and lined up in three rows.
The next step in the exercise is artillery training. Yang Fan took his wives on board the ship to give personal guidance.
A small steamer barge carried Yang Fan and his wife, as well as the navy and army officers. Drive along this cruiser street.
They boarded the cruiser Huashan next to them.
The small steamer hoisted the VIP flag, indicating that there was an important person on board. There are also two rear admiral flags with one star. said there were two rear admirals on board. As the barge passed by,
The officers and soldiers on the battleship saluted one after another.
After Yang Fan boarded the ship, he came to the bridge and sat down on the prepared grand master's chair. The ladies stood behind him. Captain Zhou Shan of the Huashan ship came forward to ask for orders.
"The bombardment drill has officially begun." Yang Fan ordered solemnly.
"Here! The artillery training of the special mixed formation will begin immediately." Zhou Shan stood at attention, saluted, and shouted loudly. Then he turned around and issued the order.
The Huashan ship immediately sailed out of the formation, and then hung up the flag command.
After receiving the order, other ships immediately followed and headed southeast. After an hour, they entered the training area. In the distance, the pirate ship captured by the pirate group was spreading its sails and sailing at full speed in the southeast direction.
"Boss, the exercise fleet is coming up. Shall we retreat?" Naval Academy cadet Li Sidi shouted loudly from the lookout post on the main mast.
"Retreat, everyone retreat, get on the boat." Squad leader Sun Youtang shouted. He used a wooden pole to hold the steering wheel in place to keep the ship on course. Then everyone ran to the middle side of the ship.
"Hurry up and put the boat down. Everyone get on the boat. Be quick and don't waste time. We'll start firing soon."
Everyone got on the boat one by one. Sun Youtang began to count the number of people, and after confirming that there were many people, he lit the smoke barrel. A thick plume of black smoke rose into the sky. Then an ax cut the connecting cable.
As soon as the cable was broken, the small boat immediately separated from the larger ship. The big ship sailed into the distance with black smoke.
That chimney is actually gasoline mixed with fuel oil. After being lit, black smoke billowed out and the stench filled the sky.
"Raise the sails." Sun Youtang shouted. "Let's go back to school. The mission is completed. All four credits have been obtained."
As the Junk sail was raised on the only mast of the boat, the boat flexibly used the wind to turn around and sail towards Jeju Island. Junk ships are Chinese sailing ships. is an international name.
The Chinese sail is an irregularly shaped hard sail that uses wind very efficiently, especially in headwinds and light winds, much more than soft sails.
The soft sail can be blown into a C shape by the wind. The wind receiving area is large, so the thrust is large. But Chinese-style hard sails have higher propulsion efficiency and are especially suitable for chaotic winds.
In light wind conditions, Western sailing ships will move very slowly or even stop.
Historically, there have been incidents of crossing the equatorial windless zone, resulting in the ship being grounded for several months and the entire crew starving to death.
As for Chinese sailing boats, as long as there is a little wind, they can be used almost everywhere. This will never happen.
"Sir, the people on the target boat have retreated. We can start the drill." Zhoushan said, pointing to the boat sailing away in the distance.
"Well, let's get started. Let's experiment with chain bullets and bar bullets first." Yang Fan ordered. "Each ship fires three guns, and each ship fires in turn. One shot is qualified, two shots are excellent, and all three shots are successful."
Following Yang Fan's order. The Huashan immediately issued orders in semaphores.
The Huashan immediately raised all its sails, and with a bang, the entire hull outline seemed to expand in a circle. All sails are unfurled. As the wind picked up, the ship immediately increased its speed and rushed forward like an arrow.
The ships behind were all under full sail, and they lined up in a column and cut diagonally toward the target ship.
