Fu ship, a two-masted hard-sail Fu ship, docked in the offshore sea of the city ship.

It is nearly nine zhang long and two zhang wide, the bottom tip is wide and the tail is high, the rudder tower is threefold, the double hard sail mast, the ship's side is protected by thick plates, and there is a wooden female wall and a gun bed, which is nearly three times higher than the small clipper, and it is like a giant beast on the sea surface outside the city with heavy sails.

What excites Chen Mu the most is the two bronze cannon barrels sticking out of the eight gun beds on the side of the ship.

"Before going to Guangxi, General Yu explained that he wanted to transfer a warship to Xiangshan Qianhu, and he wanted a good ship. It is said that it is a shock to the people, but the boat is not good. Du Si discussed that the newly built flat-headed sand ship of Xinhui Shipyard would be transferred to you, and Chen would exchange it with you, this lucky ship. ”

As soon as Chen Mu climbed up the rope ladder to the side of the ship, he saw a phoenix winged hood under the main mast, wearing iron armor and a cyan over-the-shoulder robe.

"In the 40th year of Jiajing, Fujian Wuhumen Shipyard was built by Qi Jiajun, and it went through two wars in Fujian and Xianyou in six years. The bow of the ship was broken, the hull was torn apart by artillery. Forty-five years was sent to Xinhui for repairs and handed over to the Guangdong Naval Division, some of which were old. But back then, Wuhumen built ships for General Qi, using fine nanmu, and although Xinhui's flat-headed sand boats were large, they used fir wood, which could not stop the cannons. ”

"Even if all the craftsmen of Wei have a shipyard, the cost of the same ship is not less than 1,800 taels." The general turned around, revealing a face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, slightly rich and young, fixed his eyes on Chen Mu's face, and said: "Bai Jingchen from Qingyuan sent me a message to say you, I am Chen Lan, and I am the guard of Guangdong South Road. ”

"Eight hundred catties of bronze Franc machine, four old guys who were scrapped by Heyuan, the camp craftsmen reforged, and they can only fire four cannons in a row, and they will be used."

Chen Lan said that he stroked the gun body with his hand, and waved his finger to the bow of the ship, "The bow of the ship is a 500-pound haircut, and they all say that they can fight 300 zhang, but I haven't tried it." The new wrought iron cannon, only the bow of the ship can support the power of the backward jump, don't move anywhere else. ”

"The stern of the ship is equipped with a fierce fire oil tank, which can burn the enemy in all directions from a high position."

After speaking, Chen Lan turned his hands upwards and said: "There is nothing else, eight boatmen of rudder, rudder, wrench, bucket, and pier, fifty-five soldiers are complete, take five clippers, and go to the sea with a piece of Fanyi, one is counted as one, and the Japanese boat is small and short, and it will pass by by crushing; The ship is not high, and it can be used to shoot a salvo of Francos and birds; Unless the ship is quite large, you are faster than him, and the fast boat will rush up, and the lucky boat will go around and burn. ”

The fierce fire oil tank, which is also a weapon that Chen Mu has only heard of and has never seen, climbed the stern helm tower, and saw a large boxy cabinet, which was connected to something like a pump, the nozzle could be sprayed outward, and the tail of the barrel was like a bellows saw, which could exert force back and forth.

It was spewing fierce fire, and it didn't need Chen Lan to introduce Chen Mu to imagine how much damage it could do to enemy ships at close range.

"Everyone can meet Bole, and the key is whether there is the ability to be appreciated. The grain is on five fast boats, and you will see it when you go back, they only allocate 200 stone to you, and Chen can't help it. Chen Lan patted the female wall on the side of the ship, seemed to be a little reluctant, turned his head and smiled at Chen Mu, and said: "We have also met, it is not easy to see an official position in Haiphong, Guangdong this year who is about the same age as Chen." ”

"This period of coastal defense is tense, Chen will not stay with you for more, and he will go back to prevent Zeng Yi's bastard, and he will not be idle." Chen Lan didn't give Chen Mu a chance to speak from beginning to end, waved his hand, and the soldiers on the boat followed the cable down and got off the boat, got on a fast boat, and stood on the bow of the boat before leaving, and said to Chen Mu with his hands behind his back: "Haojing, send someone to Xinhui to find me and say goodbye!" ”

That's the farewell?

This Chen Chaojue is different from what he imagined!

As a military general, shouldn't you go to Xiangshan Qianhu to drink two cups?

It's chic!

Chen Mumu watched Chen Lan take a small oared hard sail clipper to gradually move away on the shallow sea, raised his hand to touch the bronze barrel of the Franc machine, felt the cold and solid touch of the killing weapon, and felt extremely satisfied.

This was not the first time he had seen the artillery of this era, but it was the first time he had touched his own cannon.

As for Du Si Shao, he sent himself 200 stone grain, so let's do less.

As Chen Luan said, Xiangshan Qianhu got such a medium-sized lucky ship with five guns, and he felt that he had earned it.

Walking down the deck, the second floor is where the sailors live, because the technical cabin of the Ming ship has multiple watertight structures, resulting in the cramped and narrow cabin, and the four cabins are nailed with low wooden couches, which is certainly not comfortable for the sailors.

However, the room on the deck below the bow rudder was clean and reserved for the ship's chief officer.

Some rooms on the lowest floor are used for cannonballs and gunpowder, some rooms are used for food, and the space in the middle of the connecting basement is filled with wood, stone, canvas and other repair materials as ballast.

"The structure of the Ming ship is a little worse, and it can't carry the artillery recoil." Chen Mu couldn't understand why the ship made of solid wood couldn't carry the recoil of a few of these three-pound and five-pound guns in the West, but now Chen Mu looked at the gun carriage and knew in his heart, "It's strange to be able to bear it, and when I go back, I will dismantle the gun carriage and do it again." ”

There are no wheels on the ship's gun carriage, and the square wood sits directly on the gun position behind the female wall, and the force after the gun is fired is not to drive the gun carriage backwards to move to counteract, but directly to the rear to make the ship's board stressed. Originally, the watertight compartment had the advantage of better sinking resistance, but it was also inferior to the Western ship with more ribs to form an integrated seismic resistance, and there were no gun wheels, which led to the fact that only small cannons could be used on the ship.

Improvement!

The four corners of the fierce fire oil tank behind the stern rudder are also seated in the card position, which is inconvenient to turn the direction, go back and raise it, use a simple semi-turntable for the seat, change the female wall at the tail to leave a gap, and spray 180 degrees.

Improvement!

His primary enemies were the bandits who were entrenched in Huangliangdu and colluded with the Japanese to raid Xinhui from time to time, and the four Francos were sufficient. As long as the ship is equipped with a full flag with a large number of bird guns, 30 bird guns and 20 people to operate cannons, rockets, and fire oil, can basically guarantee firepower.

This doesn't need to be improved.

Later generations said that Zheng He's huge treasure ship was also in the shape of a lucky ship, and this memory corroborated with the current situation of the lucky ship under his feet, and a conclusion was reached why there were professional ships such as horse ships and grain ships in Zheng He's fleet.

Because the ship itself does not have the ability to go to the sea, the cargo and food necessary for life can be carried in the watertight cabin, and this is a warship specially designed for soldiers to fight.

Chen Mu thought about it on the deck for a long time, and it took him a long time to realize that he was still at sea, and the Guangzhou Mansion was still so big in his eyes, there were boats walking and boats stopping, and his lucky boat had never moved.

"Why doesn't the boat go?"

Chen Mu turned his head in horror, looked left and right, looked at the eleven soldiers who were on the boat with him, and finally fixed his gaze on Long Junxiong's face.

"Toshio, this ship...... Will you drive? ”

Damn, Chen Lan threw his master into the sea and left, the problem is that he can't drive the boat!