The next morning, as agreed, Xia Ye and Yaha arrived at the "Yuan Ship Rental" building almost at the same time. The square outside the building that had been damaged by the battle was finally repaired and leveled. The conference room that had been dug out in a corner of the building, Now it has been repaired.
It seems that the operation of "Ocean Ship Charter" is gradually returning to normal.
Entering the building, the long-awaited staff immediately greeted them and led the two of them to the arranged meeting room - the same one that was poached by 700 before.
Curran and Chris had already been waiting in the conference room. As soon as they met, Xia Ye complained: "Why do you always like to choose this conference room for meetings?"
"It's been renovated, doesn't it look good to you?" Curran pointed around with a smile.
Xia Ye looked around and praised it with dignity: "It's really good."
"It cost 10,000 moles," Curran said.
Xia Ye: "???"
"...I'm just kidding, I think I'm scaring you. In fact, it only cost less than 600 moles. They are all shiny-looking products. After all, the company is in short supply of moles now." Curran said with a smile.
"I think you are implying something..."
"It's not a hint, it's a clear statement - inject capital quickly, you've been delaying it for a long time."
…
Since this was something that had already been decided, the two quickly signed the witch contract. A mark of "Ocean Ship Rental" appeared on Xia Ye's left wrist. At the same time, the overdraft limit was suddenly reduced by 40,000 moles.
Through the issuance of "Beluga Bond", Xia Ye obtained an overdraft limit of 60,000 moles. Yesterday, the "Momo Bond" was issued, which added an additional 500 moles; during this period, he bought a broom and a crystal ball for Lillian, and Xiu Ji and Su Sha's wages, the use of "Thunder Knight" and other odds and ends cost a total of 7,004 moles.
Now after completing the capital injection, the number on the wrist has become:
0,32730,13496
The first number means that your own overdraft limit has not been used yet, and you still have 10,000 moir available for overdraft.
The second number represents the remaining amount of debt that can be issued, which is 32,730 moles.
The third number represents the remaining 13,496 moles of the overdraft facility obtained through the issuance of bonds.
In short, Xia Ye now has "only" 23,496 mols left to use.
However, after completing the capital injection of 40,000 moles, her shareholding in "Ocean Ship Leasing" has reached 33%, second only to Curran and higher than Chris.
"Then, let's start the next topic." Xia Ye said, "About the next whaling ship to go to sea, how many ships are needed, what kind of design they need, and, most importantly, how far we plan to sail this time. The place."
If the capital injection just now was mainly discussed between Xia Ye and Ke Lun, then now it has become the home court of Yaha and Chris.
Yaha was obviously fully prepared. She spread out the nautical chart on the conference table. The chart showed Debso Tower, the offshore Ether Sea, and the Western Islands. The farther west of the Islands was almost blank.
"Last time, we reached as far as about 3,000 nautical miles west of the archipelago, which is here -" Yaha said while drawing an X. On the chart, it was only a few centimeters away from the archipelago.
"Next time, I plan to sail to a place at least 30,000 nautical miles west of the islands. If the process goes well, I will consider extending this distance to 50,000 nautical miles." Yaha said, drawing a circle in a completely blank position.
"But if you want to sail so far, the first problem that needs to be solved is fuel. The last time the 'Moby Dick' went to sea, it almost used up all the fuel, and almost had to burn whale oil to maintain its voyage. This voyage is 2-3 times that of last time, that is to say, the fuel carried needs to be at least 2-3 times that of last time..."
"Actually, it's more than that." Chris interjected, "Carrying more fuel means building a larger ship. A larger ship needs a propeller with greater thrust to drive, and a propeller with greater thrust consumes more energy. The speed of fuel is also faster. So I estimate... you need to bring at least 4-5 times the fuel."
Yaha nodded in agreement: "Yes, I have also considered this issue. Therefore, my idea is to configure a ship specially loaded with fuel in the fleet that goes out to sea next time.
"This ship does not need to carry whaling guns and shells, nor does it need to be equipped with too many crew members. In this way, the remaining load and space can be used to load fuel. Its speed does not need to be too fast, as long as it can barely keep up with other ships. The ship’s cruising speed is enough, and the configured thrusters don’t even need to have an afterburner mode. Instead, they need to have the highest possible combustion efficiency to save fuel.”
"Is this a 'supply ship'?" Xia Ye blurted out.
"Huh? Supply ship?" Yaha was slightly startled, "I originally called it a 'fuel ship', but if it were called a 'supply ship'..."
"Because it can not only hold fuel, but also other ships' ammunition, spare parts and other things." Xia Ye explained.
"In other words, by the time we return, a lot of the fuel and ammunition in the supply ship should have been consumed, and the space freed up can be used to store trophies such as whale oil," Chris said.
Curran, who had been silent until now, also spoke: "I remember CIVA has thrusters that meet similar requirements. I can ask them later..."
Yaha's idea was unanimously approved by the four people. As the discussion gradually deepened, more and more details were finalized. Finally, the rough parameters of the supply ship were determined. As for which ones can be realized and which ones need to be adjusted, This is something engineers of "Ocean Ship Chartering" need to consider.
"...As for the second issue that needs improvement, it is firepower." Yaha continued.
"According to last experience, the naval guns equipped on the 'Moby Dick' were more than enough to deal with ordinary whales, but the effect against the beluga was very poor. At that time, we relied on contracts and angles to kill it. Next time we go to sea We are likely to face more beluga whales, so the firepower must be stronger, and it needs a big improvement."
"What are you going to do?" Chris asked.
"Is it possible...to create a rapid-fire cannon? It can fire at least 60 shells in one minute. By pouring a large number of shells in a short time, it can increase the lethality against whales." Yaha put forward her idea.
This time, Chris and Curran shook their heads together.
"As far as I know, there is currently no manufacturing plant in Debsota that can manufacture this kind of cannon, and we have never done any research in this area," Chris said.
"And the cost is also a problem. The whaling cannon relies on the 'directional blasting' contract on the shell, and the cost of the 'directional blasting' contract is very high. Whether the rapid-fire cannon can kill the whale is one thing, but it is likely to be first Knock you out of business,” Curran added.
"So, instead of increasing the rate of fire, it is better to increase the power." Chris continued, "We can develop a larger caliber whale cannon to solve the problem you mentioned."
"Okay..." Yaha nodded reluctantly.
The caliber of today's whaling cannons is already very large. The improvement of increasing the caliber is obviously not as great as increasing the rate of fire, but she understands that what Chris and Curran said makes sense, especially the cost of the 'directional blasting' contract, which is basically a verdict. Her thoughts on the death penalty.
Xia Ye, who was sitting silently, was thinking about another thing - no wonder the barrel of the whaling cannon has an open structure. It is not so much a barrel as a concave cross-section. groove. Because of the existence of the "directional blasting" contract, the recoil provided by the explosion will be accurately pointed in the required direction, so there is no need to design a cylindrical closed barrel to constrain it.
But she still remembered that Luka once mentioned that the cost of "blasting" was much lower than that of "directional blasting", but the power was actually greater...
"I have an idea." She said, "You can use a 'blasting' contract to replace the 'directional blasting' contract, and the problem will be solved."
"However, the 'explosion' contract cannot provide a fixed direction of explosion, so the shells will just fly around." Chris said.
"We can change the barrel to a cylindrical shape, so that the shock wave of the explosion can be restrained in a fixed direction." Xia Ye picked up the pen and drew a schematic diagram directly on the blank space of the chart.
"But in this case, won't the barrel be damaged by the explosion?"
"You can use the 'Synchronized Strengthening' contract to strengthen it." Yaha suggested.
"But after the cannonball flies out of the barrel, it will still fly around..."
"It can be rifled."
"Rifling?"
"Yes, it's like this. With it, the cannonball can rotate along the axis, thus ensuring stability."
"How do you know so clearly?"
"Learned it from another place."
"oh……"
"There is another problem." Curran also joined the discussion. "The impact of the rapid-fire cannon's continuous firing will cause the ship's hull to shake, which will eventually lead to poor accuracy."
"So we should try to make the ship bigger." Chris said, "And this can also store more cannonballs. Although according to Sir Xia Ye's idea, rapid-fire cannons should be feasible, but what is the actual effect of manufacturing them? , it’s still not certain…”
"Indeed." Xia Ye agreed. The cannons of this world and the cannons of the past world are not the same thing at all in terms of underlying principles, and she is not sure whether the idea she proposed is right or not.
But fortunately, they don't lack Moer now.
In the end, the four decided to build a whaling ship equipped with a large-caliber whaling cannon and a whaling ship equipped with a rapid-fire cannon...
(End of chapter)
