The wood used for the slides and piers is provided by the Bobu Timber Factory. In addition to the wood cut from the coastal mangroves, there are also many large beams and columns obtained after the houses were demolished in Goujiazhuang. It is just right. Facilities used to build shipyards
Ordinary slide wood requires American pine wood with a diameter of 3o*3o. Of course, it is not available here. Fortunately, ordinary wood can be used instead. [No pop-up novel website] However, the length of 40 meters is relatively rare. It requires multiple pieces of material to be spliced. Splicing is not difficult for the mechanical department. The approval procedures are a little more complicated-any use of metal materials is currently required. Planning Commission approval required.
In order to simplify the difficulty of ascending the pier, the slide is arranged longitudinally. The electric winch can easily burn out due to overload when going up the pier. Such accidents are common even in shipyards. For inexperienced people like them, it is safer to use a pot hoist machine to drive the winch.
After the winch is solved, the biggest problem is the ground dragon. The so-called ground dragon is a large pile lying horizontally and buried underground. When the winch pulls the hull, the ground dragon serves as the focus of all the forces and has to bear a huge pulling force.
The shipyard's floor coverings are mainly made of reinforced concrete and steel pipes filled with concrete. In the past, wooden floor coverings were commonly used. The requirements for this earth dragon wood are very high. It must have a high degree of sturdiness and be corrosion-resistant. Generally, thick hardwood with a diameter of 3o to 5ocm and a length of not less than 3 meters are used. It also needs to go through a series of dehydration and antiseptic treatments.
Finally, Wu Kuangming from the wood team found a suitable piece of wood for him from the stockyard. It was a kind of hardwood from Southeast Asia with a diameter of nearly 5ocm. It has high corrosion resistance and can be used directly without any treatment.
"This thing can be made of coffin material. I'll give you a local dragon." Wu Kuangming said reluctantly.
"Why, you also want to enjoy the treatment of a wealthy landlord?" Yan Quezhi teased him.
"Hey, that's not true. But everyone who worked with wood in the past knows that the wood used in coffins for wealthy families is the best. It belongs to the type of wood that will not rot in the ground or water. Taking it away from you is like digging. Eat my flesh."
After all the devices are installed, preparations begin for the pier. Playing tricks is a technical job and very dangerous. Shipyards are prone to work-related accidents at this stage.
"You all listen to me!" Wu De looked at the various people below who had just been summoned. "Going up to the pier is a dangerous job. You have to keep an eye on me at all times when you are working! You are tied to the rope. If it hits you, you’ll be dead!”
Then he went through the various precautions - in fact Wu De himself didn't understand it, but he had at least seen it in the village and participated in the work on the pier of the fishing boat. In addition, it is an ancient reading book on "Simple Ship Repair Techniques" retrieved from the computer. Whether the trick can be successful depends entirely on Wu De's memory and whether the knowledge in this book is accurate.
Everything that could be disassembled from the ship was removed, and even the mast was removed to lower the center of gravity. The traction rope was a steel wire rope dismantled from the Fengcheng wheel - a hemp rope made by a wood processing plant proved insufficient in tensile tests. The slide is already covered with lard - this is the only grease that Wu De can get that solidifies at room temperature. Wu Nanhai is heartbroken to have so much lard transported away. How many pigs must be killed to get so much? Oil!
There were fifteen or sixteen people on the scene. Although this job is very dangerous, Wu De did not ask members to do it. This job requires constant communication. No matter how well the members speak Mandarin, they are not from the same era after all. If there is a misunderstanding or delay, there will be immediate consequences. Losing lives.
"Power on!"
The steam engine had started early. Following Wu De's command, the winch began to rotate slowly driven by the flywheel. The iron chain on the ground dragon began to tighten, and the wire rope creaked and rubbed against the pulley block. The wooden structure of the ship has limited strength, and the steel wire rope is hung on the stern.
As the winch rotates, the wire rope is completely tightened, making a squeaking sound. Wu De is a little worried: most of the casualties that occur during the pier operation are related to the breakage of the tow rope. Once it breaks, the consequences will be huge. The powerful wire rope will sweep out like a whip, and the surrounding workers will be knocked flying. Whether they can survive depends on luck.
The steel wire rope was taken from the Fengcheng ship. Theoretically, there would be no problem if it was used on this 100-ton wooden ship. Even so, the sound was still very scary.
"The ship is moving forward!" came the observer's report over the intercom. Two-thirds of the people involved in the operation on the pier were observing in all directions to avoid any deviation.
As the steam winch rolled, the ship swayed and slowly moved from the water to the shore. The boat was heaving heavily in the waves, and it looked really worried.
"Slow down the winch and hold it steady." Wu De kept reminding on the intercom, "Everyone, keep an eye on the direction of the ship. Aim at the slide."
The first time I approached it, I was indeed biased. This kind of work is also handled by specialized technical workers in the shipyard. Of course, it is impossible for non-professionals like them to succeed in the first time.
"Don't worry, everyone, let's do it again. Everyone check the steel cables."
Every time we start over, we have to check the steel cables. If there is no pier on the ship, at best there will be no ship. If something goes wrong and people die, they will never survive.
After nearly 5 hours of repeated fiddling, with everyone present shouting hoarsely in order to align the ship's position, the ship finally stopped firmly on the ship's frame. Wu De ignored his joy and quickly directed everyone to pick up the lard on the slide and scattered around and put it into earthen jars - it would be used again when the ship was launched.
"Oh my God, this oil is so black. It's so disgusting!" The people from the Navy Department looked helpless.
"I still smell a bit of fried food."
"That's because the friction is heating up. Do you have an appetite?"
"Can this thing be used again? It has to be very pure. There is mud and sand in it."
"Just boil it and then filter it. Wu Nanhai even came here specially to say that if the oil can no longer be used, it must be returned to him."
"The canteen is also preparing to use gutter oil!"
"It is said that it is going to be made into soap, but I am not interested in using this black soap either."
The renovation work was completed in less than a week. All bullet holes were sealed with wadding, and larger defects were re-reinforced. By the way, I cleaned up the sea creatures on the bottom of the boat and applied a layer of tung oil. The Navy is preparing to add artillery to it - at least leaving room for the artillery. Originally, the pirates mounted the cannon on the deck, made a hole in the bulwark as the firing port, and then covered it with a shed with little protection. Now the weapons enthusiasts in the mechanical group have moved the gun position below the deck, which can lower the center of gravity. There are 4 gun emplacements on the left and right. In the future, 2 to 3 cannons can be installed on the deck. The disadvantage is that the freeboard of this ship is not high enough, and it is easy to splash water from the gun windows when traveling in strong winds and waves. Fortunately, there are porthole guards, so the problem is not too big when not fighting.
But there is no artillery - ba11ista's problem was fully exposed in this battle. The nature of the ba11ista determines that it is a projectile weapon, and its trajectory is often high, which brings great trouble to aiming. Secondly, the firing frequency is extremely slow. Each ba11ista is cocked by two gunners at the same time. It takes more than a minute to fully cock the gun, which consumes a lot of physical strength. It ended up being much larger than the cannon.
"What's so strange about this?" Chen Haiyang said, "If the ba11ista is really as magical as some people in the mechanical department boasted, why did the Navy replace it with a 'crude', 'bulky', and 'dangerous' artillery? No matter how bad it is, obviously The cannon is also more effective than the best ba11ista."
"We need real cannon! Even if it's muzzleloader," Mond howled.
Mond successfully sailed the ship into the harbor, and was once accompanied by flowers and applause. However, the ship could no longer move, and he was reduced from the captain of the Fengcheng ship to a left-behind man on the Fengcheng ship. In addition to maintaining equipment on the boat, the most important job is to patrol the bay with a small boat.
It took a long time for him to board the Yingzhou ship before he finally saw the possibility of returning to the center of the stage. As a result, because he knew little about traditional sailing ships, Lin Chuanqing took away the captain's position. Now he is the captain of the Yingzhou ship. In the world of the North American Gang, he really has no interest in messing around with this group of people. After much deliberation, only by building a fleet can we succeed. Now that he has a new ship, he spares no effort to promote his "fleet" plan: constantly promoting the time traveler to establish a coastal fleet of sail-gun ships, asking the navy to get more budget and more manpower, and even asking for the manufacture of a new ship. Multiple turrets - This call was quickly approved by hundreds of traversers, including many members of the industrial sector.
The Executive Committee ordered the military department's staff group to evaluate the issue. After a comprehensive analysis of the local garrison, pirates, equipment and traffic conditions, it is concluded that whether it is pirates or the Ming army, large groups of troops will basically use sea transportation to attack. If you take Route 6, you will also advance along the coastline. The traverser cannot control the entire Qiongzhou Strait at one time, but must also have the ability to fully maneuver along the coastline - after all, the traverser has a small number of troops, so mobility is particularly important.
