Accompanied by the "boom" of the cannon, in the blink of an eye, a bell-like sound echoed in the air!
After a while, shouts came from a distance.
"The shells are flying!"
"Hit again!"
…
"You are very brave!"
Li Xuelin looked at the young engineer in front of him and took the initiative to bring him a cup of tea.
"Do you know that you will probably lose your life if you do that?"
How dare you shoot in the naval headquarters!
There is nothing audacious about this. He is clearly seeking his own death. If he had not acted in time, I am afraid that this young man would have lost his life.
"I know, but I also know that if Spencer didn't bring the gun into the White House, there wouldn't be a Spencer rifle. I originally wanted to say it, but you don't have time, so that's all I can say.
It’s too late.”
In fact, when he made that choice, Ruanda didn't consider the danger at all. To put it bluntly, at that time, his head was so hot that he forgot everything.
Luanda's answer made Li Xuelin laugh.
"It seems that this is my fault, but the steel plate you brought over is indeed very good. We tested this nickel steel, and the test results were excellent! Even better than our steel-wrought iron composite armor!"
Not only was it excellent, when they took the steel plates removed from the carriage and sent them to the shooting range for testing with small-caliber artillery, the results of the test simply blinded everyone's eyes.
Nickel steel is the armor that Ruanda brought over, and it is also the stepping stone for his trip.
"It's definitely better than steel-wrought iron composite armor. This composite armor takes advantage of the characteristics of steel plates and wrought iron plates. After combining the two, they are crushed by machines to make them smooth and flawless. In this way, both steel plates
The hardness of wrought iron and the toughness of wrought iron have reached a stable level. According to the information I saw in the design room, compared with the wrought iron armor used in European countries, it exceeds 25%, in other words, it is 100 mm.
Steel composite armor has equal resistance to 125mm wrought iron armor."
Li Xuelin, who was smiling and silent, just nodded silently. Steel-wrought iron composite armor is Nanhua's unique technology. Even now, this technology is still only mastered by Nanhua in the world. Nanhua not only masters the technology of this kind of armor, but also
It also mastered the technology of new armor-piercing shells - as early as 1865, in order to ensure the advantage of the ten-inch, or 254 mm Krug cannon against enemy ironclads, the Nanhua Arsenal designed and used a new type of conical armor-piercing shell.
The shape is smoother, the head is tapered and it is forged from high-quality steel, so it has strong armor-piercing ability.
Since Nanhua has a spear, he also has a shield!
"But steel-wrought iron composite armor is still not as good as the nickel steel you brought. According to our tests, its resistance is 20% higher than that of composite armor. In other words, 100 mm nickel steel armor is equivalent to 120 mm composite armor.
resistance."
"According to Li Lin's calculations, it should have better performance, because it was made a bit hastily and the heat treatment is not even ideal. Under ideal conditions, it should be able to improve by about 30%!"
"Ah? 30%!"
Li Xuelin said in surprise,
"Are you saying it can be improved by 30%?"
Pulling the chair in front of Luanda, Li Xuelin asked.
"If you put it this way, this kind of steel is really good! The navy will definitely need this kind of armor, eh, Li Lin? He is an engineer at the steel plant? Did he invent this?"
"Yes, it's Lee's Nickel Steel."
Ruanda nodded and said.
Looking at the young engineer, whose boldness and directness won Li Xuelin's favor, he asked.
"Then why did you bring this steel plate here? Well, let me guess, you must have your own ideas, or requirements. Tell me, if there is anything you need my help with, as long as I can help, I will
I will do my best!”
Li Xuelin was full of affection for this young man. He actually broke the rules and used a very special way to "demonstrate" a new type of steel armor that was extremely important to the navy and the South China Armed Forces.
Of course, more importantly, Li Xuelin believed that the reason why he demonstrated in such a "special" way was definitely not for the steel armor.
"I, I hope the Navy will consider building combat ships."
Ruanda took a deep breath and said.
"I am a shipbuilding engineer. When I was studying in the UK, I once interned in a shipyard. Our shipbuilding technology is now no worse than many shipyards in the UK. And compared to the UK, our armor technology and artillery technology are also inferior.
Not inferior to them, many technologies, including steam engines, even far surpass them. In this case, why don't we build a large combat ship? The British had already built a 10,000-ton combat ship ten years ago.
And now our shipbuilding technology, if not worse than theirs, is at least much better than when the British built the "Warrior" ten years ago!"
Ruanda knew that when he said these words, some people would think that he was too arrogant, but he knew that everything he said was true - Nanhua's shipbuilding industry is not much worse than that of the United Kingdom, and it is definitely better than that of the United Kingdom.
You have to be strong when building the Warrior.
"Well, that's indeed true!"
Li Xuelin nodded and said.
"In the past ten years, shipbuilding technology has improved a lot. In order to improve our shipbuilding technology, the shipyard has introduced many technicians and even skilled workers over the years. To a certain extent, our shipyard has definitely
No worse than British shipyards,"
"Not only is it not worse than them, it is even better than them! At least the equipment and technical strength in our shipyard are worse than most private shipyards in the UK, such as the Laird Shipyard that built the "Flying Dragon" class. Their technical strength and equipment, They are far inferior to us, but why were they able to build 10,000-ton warships as early as two years ago, but what about us? Even the four- to five-thousand-ton warships have to wait until two years later according to the plan? What is our gap?"
Luanda's rhetorical question made Li Xuelin deep in thought. Nanhua Shipyard indeed has the most advanced equipment in the world and a large number of technicians and skilled workers, but why can't it build big ships?
What's the difference?
"What's missing is determination and courage!",
Ruanda started talking nonstop.
"In February 1854, Brunel and Russell jointly launched the construction project of the "Great Eastern". The huge hull used 3 million rivets and 30,000 iron plates. A total of about 12,000 workers participated in the "Great Eastern"
The Orient" construction project, and finally this giant ship was born due to their efforts. Until now, there is still no ship with a tonnage that can surpass it, but what about before? The largest ship in the world only only has a few thousand.
tons, and it is a wooden-hulled ship, but are Brunel and Russell afraid of this? No, even if what they want to build is a giant ship unprecedented in human history, even if they use materials that have never been used by anyone before
New technology, although they encountered a series of problems when building the Great Eastern, they created a new era!"
Taking a deep breath, Luanda said.
"Before the Great Eastern, the British built wooden-hulled ships, but after the Great Eastern, Britain entered the era of iron ships. British shipbuilding technology has since led all countries in the world. Until now, the Royal
The Navy has the largest ironclad fleet in the world, and it benefits from this! Sir Li, if Brunel and Russell had not jointly launched the construction project of the "Great Eastern", the British shipbuilding industry would have such unprecedented breakthroughs
?"
Raising his head and meeting Li Xuelin's gaze, Luanda continued.
"What we need now is the determination and courage of Brunel and Russell."
Facing Luanda's question, Li Xuelin thought for a moment and then said.
"Nanhua needs a "Great Eastern" project of its own!"