It is not easy to stop a ship and start a ship. How can it be so easy to stop a behemoth of more than 7,000 tons once it generates potential energy? You need to stop it in advance, then slowly slow down, and the pilot boat goes up and pushes against the hull of the ship little by little toward the safe anchorage area. Depend on.
Anchor after arriving at a suitable location. This suitable location has been measured in advance by many hydrological experts. Not all places can anchor warships.
After struggling for a long time, the Qinling and a group of warships slowly docked in safe waters a hundred meters away from the south shore. At this time, the soldiers and civilians on the shore could see more clearly. They could even see every rivet on it from a distance of a hundred meters.
The sailors on the deck looked down at the Hunan troops. Those soldiers who looked up almost broke their necks!
"Oh my God! How many floors is this high? Ouch... I can't even see the people above!"
"This... this is all made of iron? Oh my god... I have seen ships made of iron, but I have never seen such a big one..."
"It won't sink. It won't sink. How thick is this iron plate?"
The Ninth Commander walked all the way and listened to the useless voices of the soldiers around him. His face was livid with anger, but the pressure of the giant ship in his eyes made him unable to breathe, and he could not compete with these ignorant things.
A Chinese steam pilot boat was waiting on the pier. Two Chinese soldiers stood at attention and saluted, "Commander, please come aboard!"
"I have prepared wine and food in the city. Let General Lin Zhen get off the boat to discuss it!" Ninth Commander said.
"Sorry! The general has a military order and he is not allowed to disembark! At this moment, the Chinese fleet has issued a military order of Level 2 combat readiness. The commander is responsible for the safety of the fleet, and the warship is a country's floating territory. He cannot do it at will. Get off the boat and go ashore..."
"Unless there is the latest order from the Chinese, the general can only invite the commander-in-chief to get together on the ship!"
"Level 2 combat readiness? Who do you want to fight with?" Ninth Commander took a breath of air.
"The commander-in-chief has misunderstood. The levels of combat readiness are just a level of preparedness for the situation in the Chinese army. It involves how much ammunition we need to bring every time we go on a voyage, whether soldiers need to write suicide notes, etc...."
"Suicide note?" Liu Jintang said in shock.
"Yes... once the Chinese enter the first level of combat readiness, all soldiers who are about to leave must write a suicide note as soon as possible! How can we fight a war without the intention to die?"
The generals of the Hunan Army were all livid. The momentum displayed by the Chinese army was beyond their imagination.
Jiu Shuai didn't say much, and boarded the pilot boat and started to leave the dock. Although the distance was only a hundred meters, Jiu Shuai felt that a long, long time had passed.
The closer you get to this steel behemoth, the more you feel what pressure is! It's completely steel spitted into silver, with a paint number and ship's name on the bow.
The closer he got, the more he needed to look up. Soon he was close to the iron boarding ladder. Even if he broke his neck, he could no longer see the soldiers above.
Grabbing the handrail, Marshal Jiu jumped onto the boarding ladder and walked step by step on the steel gangway to the deck, where Lin Zhen and others were waiting on the deck to greet him.
But this feeling of walking from low to high was so humiliating, as if all the soldiers above were watching his joke!
But you still can't fault the Chinese people, because they have already lined up to salute, giving you the great honor of the Nine Commanders!
"Salute! Play music!"
When the Ninth Commander's head was just exposed, at an order, there was actually a military band of more than ten people on the deck, which started playing Western music.
Lin Zhen and other generals stood at attention and saluted the Ninth Commander. On both sides were gun-wielding guards lined up with wild goose wings. They were all wearing navy uniforms. They were neat and tidy and heroic!
Jiu Shuai was startled by the sudden sound of drum music. He suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and forced out a smile!
"Haha... General Lin? It's the first time we've met, and I've admired him for a long time!"
Lin Zhen put down his saluting hand and stretched out his hands to hold the Ninth Commander's right hand. "Hello, Commander! Hello from the younger generation! You are an old senior, so you need to support the younger generation... Please!"
Lin Zhen was enthusiastic enough, and the Ninth Commander felt a little better. Only then did Zeng Guoquan have the opportunity to see the battleship at close range!
Underfoot is a clean teak floor! The two 210-meter cannons directly in front had their gun jackets removed, and their black muzzles pointed straight ahead.
The turret is surrounded by thick steel plate protection. The soldiers inside stand solemnly on duty, and the various precision instruments cannot even be named.
There were lifeboats hanging on both sides of the deck, and on the tall watchtower, the flagman did not know what he was waving.
Although the steam engine has stopped at this moment, there are still residual fires burning in the boiler, and the heat waves can still be seen in the chimney steaming the air, producing traces of distorted light and shadow.
Looking around, the entire deck is made of steel, glass, and steel cables. Except for the wooden floor under the feet, everything else is made of steel.
This is purely a city of steel stacked together!
A general behind the Ninth Commander whispered, "This...ironclad ship...everywhere is made of steel...why isn't there steel underfoot? The wooden planks were blasted through with just one shot..."
Lin Zhen's adjutant was also in the welcoming queue and said with a smile, "There is still steel under the wooden board, and it is a steel plate with a thickness of more than 200 mm..."
"Warships must have wooden floors. On the one hand, the steel deck is prone to slipping, making it inconvenient for soldiers to run! Moreover, when fighting in the tropics, without wooden floors, the temperature of the steel deck can reach 40 to 50 degrees, which will burn the soldiers' feet! "
"There are also cold zone operations... It's dozens of degrees below zero, and human skin will freeze together instantly once it comes into contact with steel... So this kind of wooden floor is needed to buffer it..."
The Ninth Commander gave his subordinate a hard look and scolded him for asking random questions without knowledge and making people laugh.
"Okay, okay... Xiao Letian is really powerful... Such a battleship can be built... I'm afraid even the British don't have such a battleship, right?"
Lin Zhen smiled and did not answer Ninth Commander's sarcasm. Instead, he smiled and led Ninth Commander forward. There was a Western-style buffet at the bow of the ship.
It is placed on the left side of the main gun turret. There are various drinks in the ice bucket on the white tablecloth. There are many simple but exquisite cold dishes on the dining table.
Cold cooked shrimp balls, sliced German sausages, Soviet-style snacks, tropical fruits, various dried fruits...
"I was in a hurry and was not well prepared. Please...please, Marshal, drink a full glass of this glass! This is ice wine purchased from Germany with a lot of money. It is very rare..."
"It must be made from grapes that have been frozen every year after ripening. People say that French wine is the best. In fact, there are also many fine wines from other European countries!"
In a diplomatic situation, the ninth commander suppressed his anger and could only take a few sips from his cup. The two parties stood together to raise their glasses, and then several cameras recorded the 'friendly' scene at this moment.
Put down your glass and Jiu Shuai won’t be polite!
