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Chapter 166: Cannon Ship

So obviously, wooden warships are the best choice at the moment, and they are completely sufficient. However, wooden warships have a great demand for wood and need to be processed. At least in the next two years, it is obvious that the Flang aircraft will be the main fleet of the navy.

Their function is to patrol nearby sea areas, and in addition to this, they are to train naval personnel.

But when he arrived in Tianjin again and boarded these warships, Ye Chunqiu also discovered many improvements, such as the rudder system of this era was not light enough, the sails could be adjusted, and appropriately transformed with the help of wind dynamics. The most important thing to be improved is the force equipment on the ship.

Ye Chunqiu stood on the ship under the salty and wet sea breeze. The ship under his feet was originally the 'Prince Enrique'.

Prince Enrique is a pioneering navigator in Portugal. He spent a lot of financial, material and manpower in his life to promote the Portuguese's maritime career, and devoted all his energy to it, laying the foundation for Portugal to become a prosperous and powerful marine empire in one fell swoop.

But now, things have changed, and this ship has become the flagship of the Zhenguo Mansion Navy, and the ship's name has also been changed to "Qinhuang".

Qinhuang is a giant ship. Although it is huge, it has a long and narrow body. It is one of the best in the whole world in terms of speed and firepower. It has erected thirty-two artillery pieces, which is very rare in this era. However, this kind of Folang cannon was not satisfied with Ye Chunqiu, and its power is very small.

How small is it? It only launches a few iron balls with fists, and the range is not far. Even in a water battle, it can only use the cannon of the hull to attack the opponent's hull after getting close. After firing dozens or hundreds of iron balls, whether the opponent can be sunk is entirely due to luck.

In fact, this is easy to understand. On the one hand, the Folang machine cannon was not very powerful in this era, but it was just that it was more skillful than the Ming Dynasty's tiger squat cannon. In terms of structure and technology, there was no generation difference. The most important thing is that once the power was increased, the gun body would inevitably be huge and the gunpowder would be loaded, which would generate greater recoil. Think about it, on a wooden ship, what would happen if a giant cannon was loaded with more than ten kilograms of gunpowder and bombarded with one shot?

I am afraid that the other party's ship has not yet exploded, and the cannons fixed on the wooden structure will no longer be able to bear it. The powerful recoil directly smashes the deck of the bottom warehouse. This is a rhythm of killing one thousand people and destroying eight hundred themselves.

Therefore, in this era, the cannons on ships are often small in size and the amount of gunpowder loading is pitifully small. In terms of power, I can only laugh.

There were many craftsmen who came with Ye Chunqiu, except for the ship craftsmen, and were researchers in steel and metallurgy. Everyone was amazed at the sight of the ships.
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