As a typical three-deck battleship, the ship space of the "Imperial" battleship consists of four and a half layers of combat decks, a layer of waterline lower deck (also known as the lowest deck, generally acting as a cargo hold) and a bottom deck, from top to bottom, the stern deck, and the bow and stern building.

and the open air deck, upper artillery deck, middle artillery deck and lower artillery deck, the lowest deck and bottom cabin,

The "Imperial" battleship is equipped with 102 well-polished iron cast cannons, whose composition and distribution are listed as follows:

30 32-pound guns are arranged on the lower gun deck;

The 28 24-pound guns are arranged on the mid-level gun deck, which is 2 less than the other gun decks because it has a boarding door on both sides;

30 18-pound guns are arranged on the upper gun deck;

12 12-pound guns were arranged in the stern, and 2 70-pound short-barrel guns were arranged in the forecastle.

As the top main force of the Southeast Navy, the first-class battleship only used 32-pound cannons without the more grand 42-pound cannons. The Southeast Army blindly pursued a thicker, bigger and harder atmosphere, which is a manifestation of "when love reaches a strong point when love becomes thinner."

The 32-pound cannon is very well improved. It is a long cannon with a caliber slightly smaller caliber than a 42-pound cannon, but it has a longer range, has stronger penetration and faster loading speed. Another advantage is that one caliber is less and one less shell shipped can reduce logistical pressure.

Therefore, the Southeast Navy paid attention to "balance", and also added two unprecedented 70-pound heavy short cannons to the bow, which can pose a devastating blow to enemy warships at a closer distance.

The 70-pound short cannon is a very unique type of artillery. Its diameter is close to howitzers and mortars, but it is used to shoot flat like cannons. It only has a single gun ear, a ring on the gun button, and the muzzle part does not expand outward, but shrinks inward. Its mouth

The diameter is huge, even up to 70 pounds, but the weight is much lighter than the cannon of the same caliber.

Even the largest caliber 70-pound cannon is lighter than the 32-pound cannon with a caliber 32-pound cannon.

Although the 70-pound short gun has a short gun body and few charges, which leads to short range and poor accuracy, this defect at sea is not obvious. Since in the naval battles of the sail era, a very close distance of 200 yards is a normal range, and the accuracy and range of a 70-pound short gun is the best.

It can fully meet the combat needs of this distance, and the large-caliber shells it fires are full of destructive power.

With so many artillery, it can be called armed to the teeth. A ship can fire a half-ton shell in one volley!

The "Imperial" carries a total of 125 tons of projectiles and 36 tons of gunpowder. In addition, the ship also carries a large number of flintlock guns, with more than two guns per capita and can carry hundreds of Marines. They are skilled in gun shooting and fighting, and are used to defend against the enemy boarding the ship or boarding the enemy.

Ship.

Not only that, in name, 102 artillery pieces, if there are still a large number of 1-pound cannons, trolleys and barrels when they are shot, and our army's firepower deficiency syndrome is still very serious.

Although there are no cannons involved in the battleships in the waterline lower deck and bottom cabin, they are an indispensable part of the battleship. These two layers of space carry the ammunition, supplies, various daily necessities and ballasts, iron blocks for ballasts, fresh water buckets and various wooden barrels for pickling food on the bottom cabin.

Important facilities such as food storage room, infirmary room, boatman's living area, anchor cable cabin and gunpowder room are arranged on the waterline deck. At the same time, a short and narrow carpentry special passage is arranged on this deck. Its function is to be quickly repaired during wartime if the ship wall below the waterline is damaged, and carpenters can use this passage to arrive at the accident site in time and complete the repair work.

In the sailing era, there were no torpedoes and no blasting bombs, and the probability of the ship walls under the deck under the waterline being destroyed is much smaller than the ship walls on the water surface, so it is reasonable for some important facilities to be arranged here.

In the age of sails, battleships were majestic and the crew members lived a "poetic" life?

At least it is impossible for tall people!

Due to the large number of deck layers, in order to control the center of gravity, the deck height of the "Imperial" battleship is lower than the third-level battleship with a double-layer gun deck. As long as a big man is more than 1.8 meters tall, you will definitely feel uncomfortable when walking on the non-open deck on the "Imperial" battleship--a too short deck height will make the big man almost unable to walk upright. This is the criticism of the "Imperial" battleship.

Auxiliary boats are essential equipment for a main battleship during the sailing period. Although the "Imperial" battleship has a good speed, it has a large radius and is not flexible, so the boats can be used in great use. The "Imperial" battleship carries six small boats of various sizes, which can be used as transportation boats in normal times. In wartime, these small boats can undertake various auxiliary combat tasks and can be used to evacuate some of the people on the ship when the main ship is in danger. However, there are too many monks and too little porridge, which depends on the luck of the people. I hope this ship will not fall to this level.

The 850 officers and soldiers on the ship were strengthened, with a maximum of 820 people usually. The second-class battleship with 90 artillery also had 750 to 800 people. It can be seen that the crew gap between the first-class and second-class battleships in the Southeast Country is not obvious.

The "Imperial" battleship was undoubtedly well-made. After learning about construction, military equipment and structure, this giant ship has already stepped onto its historical stage with its head held high!

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It is not easy to start this big ship. Nearly three hundred people work together every time. They pull up the anchor, pull the sails, and tug the boats to help.

A tugboat is a paddle-trowel. Before there is no power boat, the paddle-trowel has a good mobility, which is better than a sailboat.

The large tugboat had twenty-eight pairs of oars, each of which was rowed by four people - unlike the Ottoman Empire, the oarsmen who served the Southeast Army were paid and hired locals to work, while the Ottoman Empire used slaves as oarsmen.

Four large tugboats were used, and the oars were rowing. The long cables connected to the battleships on the tugboat were stretched straight, and finally the giant ship was started.

It slowly left the pier, and people on the shore cheered at it.

The battleship "Imperial" floats on the sea like a mountain, giving people a strong sense of oppression. Of course, the Chinese are extremely happy. With such a giant ship participating in the war, our victory is in sight!

It is also the flagship of this battle. The configuration of the commander on the ship is very impressive. The captain is Yan Changwu himself. As the supreme commander, he personally served as the captain. There are two deputy captains, one is Liu Guoxuan, the other is Shi Lang, and the chief of staff Mr. David is also on the ship. Mr. David himself is also a master of navigation and artillery skills. He also joined the commander's team and participated in the scheduling duty.

Yan Changwu was the captain of the captain, not because he was bored, but because he was such a good "toy". It would be a pity not to use it for fun!

There was no entertainment in ancient times. Commanding a giant battleship was the best entertainment!

At this time, he issued orders on the open-air deck on the battleship, causing the surrounding officers and soldiers to join in.

The giant ship left the port and sailed into the sunny Mediterranean. Seeing that its own battleship was so majestic, and then seeing the huge battleship formation follow the action, it was a grand view!

Yan Changwu felt this: "If the Galaxy Empire had formed a huge star destroyer formation like me from the beginning, it would have conquered the Milky Way long ago!"
Chapter completed!