Just as the merchant army and the Qing army in Hubei were fighting fiercely, Shang Yi, who was in charge of Hangzhou, came to the shipyard to participate in the launch ceremony of a new ship.-
The current shipbuilding fleet is another large factory under Shang Yi's rule, second only to the arsenal. Moreover, in the past three years of operation, more than 200 ships of all sizes have been launched, but Shang Yi personally participated
There are only a handful of new ships that are out of dock and launching. Generally, Shang Yi will attend in person only if the new ships with significant symbolism or new technology are launched.
However, this ship is definitely of great symbolic significance, because it is the first super ship produced by the shipyard and the first first-class battleship of the merchant army's navy.
According to the warship classification standards formulated by Shang Yi, two thousand are considered to be second-class battleships, which are converted into tonnage, which is about 1,000 to 1,200 tons. At present, the merchant army has produced three ships on its own, plus the Spanish Navy.
There were five second-class battleships seized there. In addition, three new lucky ships of 2,000 materials were produced, which were also accompanied by the large warships of the same level. The first-class battleships were set to be 2,500 materials.
The tonnage is about 1,500 tons. It can be called the super giant ship of this era. Now the first one has finally been built.
Also attending the launch ceremony of the new ship with Shang Yi were Alisandra, Navy Chief Chenggang, Deputy Commander Huang Zhen, and the captain of the First and Second Fleets. Both fleets were stationed in Hangzhou Bay.
.Alisandra is more interested in the Navy, so she is certainly indispensable for such major events.
Before the warship was officially out of dock and put into the sea, Shang Yi and everyone also visited the ship under the leadership of the shipyard manager Hu Jiangbin, and also gave a detailed introduction to them.
The super giant ship started construction in June last year. It took about ten months to complete the hull and can be put into trial sailing for the first time. However, this ship did not use Spain
The style sail is low in front and high in the back, with a tall rear tail boat building, but adopts a Dutch smooth deck. The tail building is only one floor, with a total length of 22 zhang and four feet and a width of 5 zhang
Six feet, seven feet high, five feet high, two feet drain, three masts on the deck, three sides can be hung on three sides, the stern of the boat is a spinnaker, and the stern mast is set on the boat building. There are three floors under the deck, and there are more than 280 rooms in total.
There were a total of 118 artillery pieces, with 28 heavy artillery pieces, and there were about 1,000 soldiers and sailors on the ship.
Shang Yi estimated that the total displacement of this ship should be between 1,600 tons and 1,700 tons, compared with the representative of the giant sailboat of this era, the British warship "Sea King" launched in 1637.
It must exceed its initial construction scale, and is roughly equivalent to the "Sea King" after the maintenance and reconstruction in 165.
Because considering that the ship is successfully tested, it will almost certainly be used as the flagship of the Merchant Navy, and will also become Shang Yi's royal ship. Therefore, when Hu Jiangbin designed the hull room, he also specially divided the Shang Dynasty.
Yi's dedicated room, the Navy's Supreme Commander's dedicated room and the Captain's dedicated room. Among them, Shang Yi's dedicated room has three rooms, namely the living room, the room, and the bedroom. This is a very luxurious warship with a small space.
Of course, only such a super giant ship can be so luxurious.
Although the entire ship is only in its initial size, the deck in the room is bare, without any decoration, and even the door panel is not installed, after everyone visited it, I still praised this huge warship It's a pity, and many people are imagining the majesty of this super giant ship after it is truly put into service.
Even Alisandra, who is used to warships, praised the new ship, thinking that such a super giant ship is very rare in Europe. Once it is truly in service, it will inevitably be one of the sea. Huge power of power.
Shang Yi was also very excited because he spent a lot of effort on the construction of the shipyard and invested huge amounts of money in it. Now China can finally build its own first-class sailing warship. In addition, if there is time, This giant ship may be useful in the near future.
Everyone watched the boat for half an hour before leaving the new boat and coming to the shore. At this time, only workers participating in the trial sailing were left. Hu Jiangbin stood at the bow of the boat and commanded five ships and one thousand materials came from the sea. The sailboat was tied with ropes, and there were more than ten tow ropes on the shore, dragging the giant ship slowly towards the sea. And on the beach, the workers involved in the manufacturing of the giant ship, are there any The young soldiers were watching the giant ship move little by little, and many people even clenched their fists, wishing they could push it themselves.
After more than half an hour of slow movement, the giant ship was finally shaking and dragged into the sea. People watching on the shore also burst into a warm cheer.
After the hull gradually stabilized, Hu Jiangbin also directed the workers to untie the cables to pull the boat, raise the sails, and start sailing in the sea. Around the new ship, there were seven or eight ships following the escort, forming a The fleet was sailing on the sea. Moreover, as the sails on the masts of the new ship rose, the speed was gradually accelerating. The people on the shore were even more smiling, and many people began to celebrate the success of the first trial voyage in advance.
However, because it was the first time that the new ship was launched, a sail was raised on each mast. Under Hu Jiangbin's command, the angle of the sail was constantly adjusted to observe the performance of the new ship and the next step of adjusting it. The place where the school is revised.
After sailing in the sea for more than an hour, he slowly sailed back towards the dock. It took him half an hour to turn back into the dock. At this time, the super giant ship's first A trial voyage was completely over, and of course it was a complete success. Hu Jiangbin also handed over the rest to other workers and came to the shore to meet Shang Yi and others.
Everyone returned to the conference room of the shipyard together to sit down. Shang Yi asked Hu Jiangbin again, saying, "Director Hu, how long does this ship take to officially serve."
Hu Jiangbin said: "Report to the master, after this trial, there will be many places for this ship to be adjusted and modified. It will take about one month to conduct a second trial, and then it will be sailing full of sails. It may take two to three trial voyages. Overall, it will take three to four months before Zhishao can officially start service. In addition, it also requires cooperation from other departments."
Shang Yi nodded and said, "Director Hu, how do you need other departments to be qualified to be with Jin?"
Hu Jiangbin said: "First of all, the various weapons carried by this warship will be in place from now on, because this is another key test project for future trial voyages. Secondly, the captain, crew, and soldiers of this ship , sailors must also be in place before the next trial sailing and begin to participate in the adjustment and improvement of the ship, so that they can familiarize themselves with the performance of the ship as soon as possible, and improve according to their needs, because the ship will be used in the future, But they, too, must the name of this ship be determined so that we can prepare the statue of God for it."
Because according to the naming principle of warships formulated by Shang Yi, the first-class battleships will be named after the ancient famous generals, so a statue of the gods will be set up in each ship to worship the famous generals named by the warships in order to seek their blessings. In Shang Yi's view, this is a feudal superstitious practice, but after all, it is a custom of this era and needs to be respected.
However, the Navy Department has already discussed the last two points proposed by Hu Jiangbin. The Navy Department agreed that Wu Dahai will be the candidate for the captain of this new warship.
Wu Dahai's family followed Shang Yi since Shang Yi arrived in Zhejiang. His father Wu Quanfu has served as the captain of a merchant fleet, but he is only running overseas trade. In addition, Wu Dahai's younger brother Wu Liang is now Shang Yi's guard. The elder sister Wu Lan is Ye Yaoying's personal maid and has been engaged to Duan Peng. Therefore, she is a candidate with a background and is absolutely reliable in politics.
Of course, Wu Dahai is not inferior to his professional skills. He has served as the captain of flying scissors, cruisers, and second-class battleships. He has performed very well in previous naval battles, and has also participated in cultural study classes. Now he can read and read literacy. It can be considered as getting rid of illiteracy. Therefore, it is natural for him to serve as the captain of this first-class battleship.
The Navy proposed four choices for the naming of the warships: Huo Qubing, Li Jing, Yue Fei, and Qi Jiguang, which basically covered all unified dynasties, namely the representatives of famous generals of the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, but Finally, the first first-class battleship was named after the famous general. There was no unified conclusion in the Navy because these four famous generals had many supporters, although the support rate was slightly higher than that of Qi Jiguang. Because he is a famous general in this dynasty after all, but he has no absolute advantage, so Shang Yi still needs to make the final decision.
But for Shang Yi, Qi Jiguang was the first to be rejected. It was not because Shang Yi had any sincerity with Wei Jiguang. The reason was that he was a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, because since Shang Yi planned to replace the Ming Dynasty, he naturally had a chance to become independent. We must try our best to undermine the influence of the Ming Dynasty in the merchant army, so it is impossible to name such a significant warship by the name of a famous Ming Dynasty general.
However, this reason is that you cannot say it and pay it. Shang Yi directly gave his own choice - Yue Fei. This aspect is due to Shang Yi's personal preference, and a more important reason is that Yue Fei's historical achievements lie in fighting the gold medal. The form of the Southern Song Dynasty at that time was quite similar to that of the present, and the Jin army, the Jurchens, were the ancestors of the Manchus, so the name of Yue Fei was named the first first-class battleship of the navy. Of course, its symbolic significance was self-evident. of.
The Navy Department agreed with Shang Yi's reasons, so it also agreed that the first first-class battleship of the Shangjia Army Navy was named "Yuefei".