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Before this, Yan Kai had discussed this matter with netizens in the live broadcast room.

The final conclusion is that although the big ship looks mighty and domineering.

But as the main battleship, defense is not that important when the range of one's own weapons is obviously much higher than that of the opponent.

And if sail power is also used, the speed will be slower because the ironclad ship is heavier.

So under ideal circumstances, it would be difficult to use an ironclad ship to ram an enemy ship.

In short, it’s not that big ships cannot be built, but small ships are more cost-effective.

After the craftsmen in Kuoding County reproduce the internal combustion engine, it will not be too late to build a large ironclad ship.

What Yan Kai now wants is a sailboat with fast speed and flexible steering.

"Clippers", which were eliminated only after the advent of steamships, became the first choice.

This kind of clipper ship has also made a significant mark in China's century-old history of humiliation.

After 1811, Western clipper ships appeared along the coast of China.

The number reached nearly a hundred ships.

The number of cigarettes shipped to China in 1811 was 4494 boxes, and after 1835 it reached an astonishing 35000 boxes.

It can be said that clipper boats represent the top technological level in the entire history of sailing.

The Red Corsair made its first voyage in 1833, carrying 800 boxes of cigarettes. The voyage from Calcutta, India to Macao, China took only 51 days, and the return journey only took 35 days.

In 1866, five clipper ships set out from Fuzhou, China, and traveled 16000 miles to London in less than four months.

The "Grand Republic", built in 1853, crossed the Atlantic Ocean at full speed in only 13 days.

The characteristic of this kind of sailboat is that the bow is equipped with a protruding and adjustable sprit sail, which is convenient for matching the rudder effect of the stern, so that the sailboat can sail in the wind or even against the wind, with a maximum speed of 20 knots per hour.

What Yan Kai now plans to build is such a smaller clipper ship.

At first, Li Anyan was a little reluctant when he heard Yan Kai say it was a small boat.

There is no truth in building ships that are getting bigger and bigger, but there is no truth in making ships getting smaller and smaller.

But after seeing the drawings and various data that Yan Kai brought out, his eyes straightened.

Small, that's a bit smaller than Fuchuan.

But the length of 46 meters is definitely not a small boat in this era.

Coupled with the densely packed sails on it, this boat looks quite extraordinary.

This boat is not a design provided by netizens.

This is a design drawing that Yanhua spent a lot of money to have specially made by a ship design institute.

The thickness of the shell steel plate is 8 mm.

Don't think this is too thin. You must know that the thickness of the outer shell steel plate of the 3-ton to 2-ton ships operating overseas is only centimeters.

The thickness of the outer shell steel plate of a 1-ton warship is only more than centimeter.

In 2017, the beautiful Burke destroyer suffered two consecutive collision accidents.

The opponents are all cargo ships, and the big and beautiful 10,000-ton warships collided with each other and lost both.

In the Tang Dynasty, there would be no artillery bombardment. The biggest threat came from crossbows.

The thickness of 8mm steel plate is enough.

Don’t underestimate this 8mm steel plate. If it was only made by hand by blacksmiths in Kuoding County in the past...

No, even if all the blacksmiths in the Tang Dynasty were called over to hammer these steel plates with their hands, it would take them many years to hammer them.

Fortunately, the craftsmen of Kuoding County have now understood the power system of the waterwheel.

Yan Kai also specially sent people to build a hydraulic cold-rolled steel mill in Laizhou where the Weihe River is the most turbulent.

It went through several processes of rough rolling, intermediate rolling and finishing rolling there, and then the formed steel plate was brought back to Kuoding County, where the craftsmen here performed heat treatment.

After a series of operations of annealing, normalizing, quenching, and tempering, a shell steel plate is initially completed.

"Yan Kai, can you try the defensive power of this steel plate?" Li Anyan asked excitedly.

"Of course!" This is what Yan Kai wants.

Straight up a steel plate and now shoot with their conspicuous bag repeater.

After a clanking sound, only some small white spots appeared on the steel plate.

But everyone has long known that with such a thick steel plate, these crossbow arrows will definitely not be able to break through the defense.

Then he put on a long spear and a horizontal knife.

Facts have proven that a steel plate of this thickness, even a horizontal knife made of tool steel, still cannot cause substantial damage.

Finally, there was the three-bow bed crossbow. As the winch began to be wound, everyone's hearts were lifted.

Yan Kai took a deep breath and shouted: "Let go!"

"when!!!!"

A loud sound like a morning bell.

Even after being separated by dozens of meters, my ears felt numb.

Then several people ran over quickly.

This time, the steel plate was no longer unscathed, but was pierced by the crossbow arrow.

When I ran to the back and looked again, I saw that the tip of a crossbow arrow was almost three centimeters deep.

However, Yan Kai is already very satisfied with this. You must know that the tip of this crossbow arrow is a three-sided armor-piercing arrow made of modern steel.

The shooting distance just now was only fifty meters away.

If the iron arrowheads of this era were farther away, they would not have such power.

They moved the three-bow bed crossbow to a distance of two hundred meters and replaced it with ordinary crossbow arrows.

It took five shots before finally one hit.

And just as they thought, even if this one hit, it would only make a dent in the steel plate.

"Yes, there is nothing wrong with this steel plate!"

Yan Kai and Li Anyan were overjoyed. Having such a defense was completely sufficient in a naval battle.

"Humph, what's the use? Did you have welding technology in your time? Did you have anti-corrosion technology?"

"That's right, the anchor wouldn't be so shameless and buy a welding machine from Hyundai, right?"

"Maybe the anchor will use glue to stick the steel plate together, hahahaha!"

There were many discordant voices in the live broadcast room.

In fact, such voices have always been there, mainly from several neighboring countries in Northeast Asia.

There is no way, in their opinion, Yan Kai and the others are really trying to deal with their ancestors.

Even though it was a parallel world, it still made them very unhappy.

So if they catch something they think they can spray, they will spray it wildly in the live broadcast room.

Even if the system can kick out those who directly curse, there are still a lot of these weird voices.

Fortunately, Chinese netizens are not vegetarians. When it comes to trolling and yin and yang skills, they are as good as anyone.

Yan Kai doesn't care about this. If you want to squirt, you can squirt. Anyway, I have a lot of flesh.

And this feeling that you can't stand me, but you can't do anything about me...

It’s so cool!