Chapter 693： Launch of the Zhouwu

Yongxing four years, February 5th.

Wu Changqing attended the launching ceremony of the Navy Ship Zhouwu.

In order to facilitate the distinction, Wu Changqing divided the navy's warships according to their displacement.

Five hundred tons, one thousand tons, two thousand tons...100,000 tons are divided into eight levels.

And it is named after the heaven and earth mysterious yellow, the prehistoric universe.

A warship of 100,000 tons is named heaven or something, and a warship of 50,000 tons is land or something.

In this way, as long as you mention the name of the warship in the future, you will be able to roughly know what tonnage of the warship it is.

For example, the Zhouwu is a warship with a displacement of two thousand tons.

If the displacement alone reached 2,000 tons, it would not be worthwhile for Wu Changqing to attend in person.

Prior to this, they had built passenger ships with a displacement of up to two thousand tons.

At this time, the Zhouwu not only had a displacement of 2,000 tons, but its hull had already been semi-iron armored, and some important parts were already fully armored.

The navy wants to be fully armored, but the welding technology of large plates is always a problem.

Wu Changqing provided technical theory, but the Navy has not yet trained welders who are proficient in this ability.

In fact, it is useless to train one or two. A large iron-clad ship needs to be welded too many places, and one or two welders have to weld until the year of the monkey.

Although it is a half-iron armored ship, the protection capabilities of the Zhouwu can basically go sideways.

Unless the enemy’s artillery continues to be bombarded by standing still, with the current artillery technology of other countries, I am afraid that it will not be able to bombard.

However, it is relatively easy to destroy it with Dahua's latest large-caliber artillery.

Outside, this Zhouwu ship is still invincible.

Of course, in fact, it is not important to be invincible, and there are not many navies that dare to fight against Dahua.

This Zhouwu ship is basically used to show off its power, and it is less likely to have a real battle.

It is for this reason that there are many flashy things on this ship. Although it is not practical, it looks quite scary.

First of all, the outer skin is all wrapped in iron armor. If you don't take it apart, others don't know that this is a wooden boat.

The pure iron armored battleship, if the Fusang people watched it, they would basically be scared to pee.

With their current wisdom, I am afraid that it is impossible to understand how a large pile of iron can travel fast on the sea.

In addition to armor, the weapons above are even more terrifying.

The caliber of its main gun can already fire forty catties of shells, eight times that of ordinary red cannons.

This shell can basically be reimbursed for any warship except the Zhouwu.

Such terrible power can only be used to scare people.

The main gun can't even turn, and if you want to aim, you have to make complicated maneuvers and find a good position.

The larger the ship, the worse the maneuverability.

In addition, the main gun is very difficult to operate, and it is basically thank God to be able to shoot one shot in ten minutes.

More importantly, the accuracy of this main gun is still very poor, unless it is a close-range shelling, otherwise it is basically useless.

In short, this is a decoration.

In case of a naval battle, this warship will mainly rely on other secondary artillery.

The appearance of the Zhouwu was not a great achievement for the Navy.

The main reason is that he has no previous experience, so he built such a ship, which is a test ship.

After the creation of the Zhouwu, the Navy has accumulated a lot of experience.

Next, it should be much easier to rebuild the Zhou-class warship.

Regardless of whether this is good for everyone, it is a milestone and worth commemorating, so Wu Changqing attended it in person.

At the same time, this ship will sail in the Yangtze River in front of the people.

This kind of mighty and domineering toy is helpful for enhancing the pride and sense of identity of the people.

When a country is strong, the people will recognize it.

If a country is weak, the people will be disappointed, even resentful, towards the court.

Tens of thousands of people gathered along the river.

Then, they saw a very spectacular scene.

Several ships towed the Zhouwu, dragging it from the land into the water.

The moment the Zhouwu entered the water, the smashed water waves were as high as several meters, splashed on the shore, and rushed several meters away, drenching the whole body of some people who came to watch.

However, they did not care.

At first glance, in this way, the Zhouwu ship had to roll over directly into the river.

However, what was unexpected was that the Zhouwu slid down the middle of the river and swayed from side to side for a few times, but it didn't roll over. It was amazing.

Of course, a few college students who have studied fluid mechanics don't think so.

"my God."

There was a burst of exclamation from the crowd, and the scene of the launching of the ship was really spectacular.

They had never seen such a scene before, it was simply a visual enjoyment.

"This is my majestic ironclad ship, invincible in the world."

Someone said, others agreed.

Although none of them had ever fought a naval battle, they didn't even know how the naval battle was fought.

However, this does not affect their belief that the Zhouwu is invincible.

Because the Zhouwu ship is big, and big, it often means that it is powerful. This logic is not too bad, and it is applicable in many situations.

"Tsk tusk tusk, look at the main gun, I heard that it can hit forty catties of shells. What's the meaning of the city walls in this world?"

An army officer put down his binoculars and couldn't help but vomit.

It is so difficult to repair a wall, and this cannon can knock it down with just one shot.

Therefore, wherever the Zhouwu could reach, the city walls became meaningless.

Unless, continue to thicken the walls.

"This navy really takes advantage of it, and it's no use giving this kind of cannon to our army."

Another officer said helplessly that their army's artillery maneuvering still relied on horses.

"I heard that your Majesty is working on an internal combustion engine project. It is said that the power is amazing, even more powerful than a steam engine. In the future, we can make small trains that do not rely on railroad tracks, so that we can use large-caliber artillery."

"In other words, do we need such a large-caliber artillery? Who do we use to fight?"

.......

After the warship was launched, the crew boarded one after another and began various preparations.

Then they started the sea trial.

A boat, no matter how mighty and domineering its appearance, it only makes sense if it can move.

If it can't move, it's a decoration.

As the ship’s chimney billowed thick smoke, the Zhouwu began to drive slowly.

So far, it has basically been announced that there is no problem with the Zhouwu.

The people cheered for joy, this is their precious treasure.

In the crowd, several Koreans were also infected by this atmosphere.

At this moment, they couldn't help forgetting their Korean identity, and they cheered and regarded themselves as big Chinese.

Dahua is awesome, which means they are awesome.

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