Chapter 149: Winner's Prize

The changes that Guise said about the watertight compartment technology to the interior design of the battleship are also what the jury masters have seen on the dhow battleship.

In order to achieve the effect of isolation, a large number of supporting ribs were subtracted, and after Gies's reminder, the masters immediately thought of the disadvantages brought by the watertight cabin.

If it is necessary to reduce the number of layers on the deck of a ship and reduce the height, then the watertight compartment is not worth the cost for a battleship.

But it's really uncomfortable to ask the jury to admit their mistakes and then forward the winning prize to Da Liang.

"Yes, watertight technology is not yet mature enough to be applied to large warships, but we can still see how it changes to sloops. The watertight chamber gives the dhow a stronger survivability, allowing the sloop to participate in artillery battles against large ships that could only roam the periphery of the battlefield.

I think that alone makes the dhow a great design to be the winner of this competition. ”

Unexpectedly, the master of the jury was still stubborn, and Guise said unhurriedly: "Before you make a decision, I suggest that you do an overload shelling test on this dhow to see if it can really play the role of naval battle." ”

Guise's words made the masters of the jury suddenly realize that they had overlooked one point, the watertight compartment would weaken the ship's vertical pressure resistance, and in addition to the downward pressure generated by the hull superstructure, the recoil of the gun when firing was also downward.

Will this sloop be able to withstand the pressure on the hull caused by a salvo of artillery?

Although in the test just now, the jury also let the sloop combat ship enter an artillery test to observe the changes in the hull during the shelling.

But just now there was only one salvo, and a real naval battle is not the end of a single round of shells.

The overload shelling test that Guise refers to is to simulate the intensity of the shelling in a naval battle, and to conduct continuous cannon fire to observe the changes in the damage to the ship's hull.

The masters of the jury did not dare to refuse the evaluation proposed by Guise, if the dhow really could not withstand the damage caused by the overload of shelling, and they won the design jury, in the event of a serious design accident of such a battleship, it would be a major blow to the reputation of the five of their judges.

Although the masters of the jury felt that the internal structure of the sloop should be able to withstand the recoil of ten guns, they allowed further tests of the sloop just in case.

A group of artillery testers was replenished to the sloop battleship.

Once again, the ship left the dock and headed out into the distant sea.

At this time, everyone's attention on the shore was on the dhow battleship that was about to undergo the shelling test, and Da Liang took the opportunity to order Sidney to salvage the body of the Titan underwater at the dock.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The sloop fired its guns at the empty water.

The sound was deafening, muffling out several faint sounds of falling water.

Shelling tests began, and the sound of artillery continued.

Several skeleton soldiers are tied with ropes around their bodies and fall to the bottom of the sea under the guidance of an undead hero.

The salvage of the dragon corpse in the waters of Aoba Island gave the Black Fire Fleet a wealth of experience in seabed salvage. The Ship Designers Guild dock is not large, and the Titan's body has not yet been covered by the sediment on the seabed, so it can be easily found by the salvage team.

The shelling of the distant sea caused a turmoil in the bottom of the water, and the frightened sea fish fled in all directions.

The undead were unaffected by this harsh environment, and they skillfully tied the cables they brought down to the Titans' bodies, and one by one they tied the Titans into a strong knot.

The search and binding were quickly completed, and the underwater spirits were quietly pulled onto the ship.

"Your Excellency, the mission is complete."

After receiving Sidney's reply, Da Liang turned his gaze back to the sea this time.

Suddenly, the gunfire of the dhow stopped, and the battleship quickly turned around and headed for the dock under the control of the sailors.

However, its speed was obviously not raised, and the waterline outside the hull kept moving upward.

It is clear that the dhow battleship was flooded in large quantities.

The effect of the watertight compartment on the ship was as conjectural, the pressure of the shelling caused cracks in the hull, the sea water rushed in, the dhow sank before it had gone far, and the crew on the shore rushed to rescue the sailors who were in distress.

The masters of the jury were similarly silent.

A warship that cannot withstand even its own artillery bombardment is probably not qualified to participate in a war at sea.

Now the dhow is silent, and the jury has run out of options.

Da Liang got his wish and obtained the intermediate ship designer certificate, not only promoted to intermediate ship designer, but also increased the drawing rate of the brig by 10%.

In addition, the speed-enhanced dhow No. 1 also won the ship design review.

Earn a Ship Designer Master's Medal.

Ship Design Master Medal: Increases the chance of basic ship design drawings by 10%, and has a 5% chance of Boutique class ship blueprints.

Ships are divided into five categories according to their quality: normal (basic attributes); Boutique (with ship skills); Legendary (with Ship and Flagship skills); Myth (with Ship Skill, Flagship Skill, and Rule-like Weapon).

Boutique and Legendary can be transformed through alchemy.

Boutique class warships, none of the Great Bright Black Fire Fleet can reach this level, it needs the territory's alchemy technology to reach a certain level, and have an alchemy formula to enchant ships or equipment.

The 5% chance of a Boutique Ship Blueprint from the Ship Designer Medal allows Da Liang to quickly obtain a small number of Boutique Ships to arm his fleet.

The Intermediate Ship Designer Certificate and the Ship Designer Master Medal have increased Daliang's drawing rate by 20%.

In other words, even if Da Liang uses blank blueprints, as long as he is willing to spend gold, he can mass-produce brigs and improve his proficiency.

However, seeing that it costs 1,000 gold to generate the blueprints of a brig-class ship, Da Liang decided to learn the drawing and schematic drawings of the brig ship first.

The Titan's corpse has been tied to the Skeleton.

Da Liang knew that he had offended the Ship Designers Association, and he was afraid that the people here would find something that should not be discovered by the people here, so he left North Star City with Guise on the "Skeleton Soldier" after receiving the reward.

The Titan's corpse was dragged out of the water by the Blackfire Fleet.

"This is your 'Flying Thunder God's Technique' ring, you are really very lucky, the ring made by our three masters is very close to my own use of the 'Flying Thunder God' in terms of effect."

Nicole and the Prophet teleported short distances to the Skeleton's cabin, and the Titan was successfully brought out of the water, just below the ship.

The action went very smoothly, so that Nicole happily threw the ring to Da Liang.