Chapter 351 Hot Air Balloon Ironclad
Ten days were not wasted. Although the range of 500 miles was very small, Lei Jun had already gained some understanding of this area, and the next plan could begin.
In the Ao Ren camp, one hundred hot air balloons have been installed and maintained. The long tape pipes are connected to one end of the hot air balloon and the other end of the hot furnace blower. Hundreds of strong Ao Ren soldiers are shirtless and shake the one-way fan vigorously to transport hot air into the hot air balloon.
In a magnificent tent, an old man in a garment sat with wrinkles on his face and a crescent-shaped mark on his forehead.
The skin color of the old man is obviously different from that of ordinary Austrian soldiers. The Austrian's body is bright and black, while the old man has white in black. If Renault saw it, he would think it was a variant of the cow.
In the big tent, in addition to the old man, there were more than a dozen young Austrians busy, some sorting out military newspapers, and some copying the latest military newspapers. Behind the old man, two Austrian girls stood. Although their skin was dark, they had healthy bright colors and round faces, which were most in line with Austrians' aesthetics. Among Austrians, top beauties like them are extremely rare, and a pair of twin beautiful girls are even rare.
"Meet Mr. Lei." Lei Jun walked into the tent and bowed to the ground. As the commander-in-chief of the vanguard army, he actually gave this great gift. However, the young Aunts who followed him and in the tent were used to it, without looking sideways, and continued to work on the work he had at hand.
"Yes." Old Lei snorted lightly, glanced at Lei Jun from the corner of his eyes, as if he was very disdainful. Lei Jun looked a little embarrassed. Old Lei always thought that Lei Jun was an unfilial descendant of the Lei family. This is really a misunderstanding. This thunder is not another thunder.
"Old Lei, how is the situation of the Flying Regiment?" There is no way, the next plan is entirely based on the Flying Regiment. This is a brand new vehicle that can fly in the sky. When I first saw it, I was still amazed with Lei Jun's knowledge.
"Hmph, I can't watch it myself?" Old Lei is named Lei Feng. He is one of the seven secret masters in Australia. He is now 65 years old. As an ordinary person, he is oldest among the seven secret masters. However, he is still healthy, able to ride a horse, dance swords, eat in one meal, likes to eat meat, and all girls are happy.
"This... Isn't you trying to hear about you?" Lei Jun said. After all, the hot air balloon used by this flight corps is the secret technique of the old Lei in front of him. It took no more than three years to study it.
In the past three years, most of them have been floating on the sea, and there are few experiments, which makes people feel unsure. In addition, there are too few resources in Shanghai, and even if they are fully manufacturing, there are not many hot air balloons now.
It was not until the advance column led by Gong Dong occupied the Romon Islands that there were a little more resources to make hot air balloons, but the number was still far from enough. The disadvantages of hot air balloons were also obvious, the speed was too slow and the controllability was relatively poor.
Thunderstorm waved his hand, and a young Aunt man put down his work and bowed to Lei Jun slightly: "General Lei, one hundred hot air balloons are intact, are filling in hot air, ready to take off. Each hot air balloon can carry up to eight thousand kilograms. Each hot air balloon can carry up to eight thousand kilograms of muskets, ten medium-sized crossbows, three reel crossbows, ten hundred kilograms of thunderbolts, twenty fifty kilograms of thunderbolts, hundred kilograms of thunderbolts, and ten fifty kilograms of thunderbolts, ten fifty kilograms of thunderbolts, and ten fifty kilograms of thunderbolts, and ten fifty kilograms of thunderbolts, and another fifteen occupants for seven days of military rations, water, medicines, clothing, and weapons."
The young Ao Man opened his mouth and came out a series of data reports, obviously knowing all this. In fact, not only the young secret master and apprentice knew about these data, but Lei Jun could also recite it backwards. Every time he thought of a hot air balloon, he felt like a fire. With this magical object, why worry about not being able to wipe out the Chu people?
"Sir, the hot air balloon has been inflated, the rest of the supplies have been installed long ago and are being refilled. Our hot turbulent oil is not large, it is only enough for the Flying United to use for half a month." A secret master apprentice returned the bill.
"Well, I understand, have our people arranged it?" Leisho asked.
"Twelve students are ready to go, led by the fourth and eighth brothers," said the secret master and apprentice.
"It's great. Let them remember to remember that they don't care about food and grass. Fuel, first of all, is fuel. We don't have a second chance. Within a radius of 500 miles, there is no suitable fuel. If you don't want the hot air balloon to burn wood, you must find better fuel." Leistor knocked on the table and said, not only for the disciples, but also for the Lei Jun.
As the commander of the vanguard force, Lei Jun had a heavy task, and the Chu people used the most appropriate strategy. The pressure on his shoulders was very heavy, but no matter how heavy it was, he had to know the order. Food was very important, but the fuel of the hot air balloon was even more important.
Renault is very busy, and the Shengong City is still expanding. New blast furnaces and workshops are completed and put into production. There are a lot of airships in the sky, and dozens or even hundreds of them are exchanged every day, bringing a lot of artificial, grain, and also taking away a lot of fine iron, alloy, and iron products.
Although there is an airship, it is still too far from Luocheng. Even if you find the airflow with the wind, it will take half a month to find one way, and it will take at least one month to go back and forth. Now that the Ao people have landed, Renault can afford to wait, General Wei can't.
Before he left, he had a long talk with Renault. The Lei Master naturally had the final say in everything about Shengong City. As long as the Lei Master thought it was suitable, there was no need to ask anyone, and he would just build a workshop and produce it. If there was something inappropriate, he would stop production after the sergeants of each legion gave back the information.
Wei Wenchang also saw that there was no shortage of iron ore here. If you kick it casually, you must have high-quality iron ore. Apart from manual labor, there is no other cost. So why are you hesitating? The new army with hundreds of thousands is still waiting for armor and equipment.
As time goes by, the Great Chu will only need more and more soldiers. Not only the soldiers and soldiers of the New Destiny of the Great Chu, but also consider the foreign joint army, which may also be incomplete. Those big countries are better, they are all full of staff. The troops sent by many small countries can be considered as elite soldiers.
In addition, war is extremely destructive. It is common for a fierce battle to cut off several swords and scrap some swords. The damage to the armor also requires additional repairs. After seeing the speed of the Shengongcheng Workshop in the manufacturing of armor, Wei Wenchang felt that as long as the capacity is guaranteed, the direct replacement is much faster than the maintenance speed.
On the ninth day of the 10th month, the north was already cold, the wind was howling, and the South Palm was still like hot summer. Renault led his men to the dry dock. Today is the day when Hope No. 2 was launched. Whether it could be successful depends on today. The Iron Craft Plan is equally important to Da Chu and Shengong City.
"Xiaoman, Zhangtan, Mozi, what's the situation?" Renault asked while standing by the dock. Hope No. 2, which is Experiment No. 2, was floating on the water at this time. Before Renault came here, the gate had already opened and released water. Shengong City did not say that he would wait for the leader to cut the ribbon. According to the teacher's instructions, time is life. He would work hard without waiting or relying on it.
"Sir, I learned from No. 1's experience and conducted dry ship tungsten leak measurement experiments, knocking tests, and counterweight tests, which can save a lot of time." Xiaoman said with a red face. From the initial dissatisfaction to the current situation of forgetting to eat and sleep, the Shengongcheng Shipyard has brought him so many surprises.
"Sir, the boiler has been installed, and the problem of water leakage in the thruster has been solved. No. 2 installs the triple boiler as planned, which can basically ensure that there are at least two boilers that can operate for a long time, and at the worst, it can ensure that one boiler can operate." Mo Zi said confidently. These three boilers were all made by him, and each part was polished by hand. For these three big guys, hundreds of craftsmen suffered a lot and have finally been done.
"Hmph, don't be so beautiful. This is a warship, it's a warship. If the enemy hits the boiler, what consequences will be? "Reno said dissatisfiedly. In books, movies, and games, he has seen too many warships after being hit by the power system, and that is the lamb to be slaughtered.
As a result, what greeted him was not the admiring gaze or the introspective eye waves, but the incredible gaze.
The sir is sick again!
This is an iron armored ship. Although it is just Experiment 2, it is not a real warship, but Xiaoman can pat his chest and tell everyone that even if he uses a heavy head projector, he will not be able to destroy the deck of Experiment 2. It was made of alloy.
The boiler, at the tail of the battleship and under the deck, is not a layer, but under the two-layer alloy deck. Even if Experiment 2 is still not moving, it is impossible for you to destroy the boiler, unless the crew on Experiment 2 are dead.
In fact, Experiment 2 was built according to the standards of the second-class warship in Dachu. The gentleman stubbornly believed that this ship could only be used as an experiment. In fact, as long as the boiler mentioned by Mozi can really make it run and then install weapons...
No, no weapons are needed. Just add the angle of the head of the ship and directly hit it with the speed of Experiment 2. It is an absolute overlord at sea and is not afraid of any enemies.
This experimental warship is very different from the Dachu warship. Mr. Wu had a wonderful idea and opened many open and closed gun windows on the waterway line of the ship. It was a very strange name. I know what the gun is.
Anyway, after having this thing, there is basically no need to leave people on the deck. Whether it is driving or fighting, it is all under the deck, with the protection of the fine iron hull. It is quite difficult to injure the navy on the ship.
In addition to the calorific value of orange charcoal, add 100,000 kilograms of orange charcoal at a time. As long as the loess is appropriately supplemented to reduce the temperature of orange charcoal, Experiment No. 2 can travel tens of thousands of miles.
"Sir, the orange charred and loess have already boarded the ship. Have you started the experiment?" Zhang Tan asked.
"Who is responsible for commanding Experiment 2?" Renault asked. This is the weakness of Shengong City, and few people understand the ship.
"It's the little girl you asked for back from the Ministry of War."
"Oh, yes, what's her name?" Renault read the battle report and sighed for a moment. After giving the order, he had long forgotten about this matter.
"Call Lan Bing."
Chapter completed!