Reborn As a Pirate

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The disputes in the meeting room intensified from day to night.

In order to stimulate his imagination, Height even went out for a trip, and brought back those design team members who had been idle at home for more than half a year, eagerly looking forward to Height's getting out of the predicament.

A dozen tall, short, fat and thin people sat among the random piles of gold coins, burning tobacco, drinking coffee, red eyes, and necks stuck. One can imagine the chaos in the meeting room.

But anyway, they succeeded.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, as Humphreys wrote the last stroke on the scratch paper, everyone celebrated with deafening cheers.

Hight grabbed the honor of being the first to report the results to Lorraine.

Mr. Kenway, I am good at high-speed ships, and now I will report to you our thinking on high speed, excellent speed and flexibility.

He turned away the blueprints and stacks of drafts in front of him with a bang.

The first is the sail installation. On the basis of the Bermuda sails used in the original part, the Bermuda cloth sail mode is fully adopted. At the same time, the bowsprit is lengthened to 15 meters, so that it can accommodate five large triangular bow sails.

The overall sail layout is as follows: seven narrow square sails on the mainmast, six on the foremast, four on the mizzen, full wing sails, five large triangular bow sails, four catch sails on the front mainmast, three catch sails on the main mizzen, The mizzen is 20 meters high and has a bone-soft schooner.

At the same time, we gave up the original white glue line coating, and switched to the most expensive copper-clad ship bottom. The copper sheet is 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick. It is expected to increase the speed by 20%, and the wind and flexibility can reach your requirements. Require!

Karen stood up right after him: You know that I am good at warship design in the traditional field, so I will report the offensive and defensive layout.

In terms of firepower, we still maintain the design of a single-layer gun bay, but we have made a comprehensive upgrade from the gun door to the caliber, reaching 54 in the entire ship.

Among them, the gun compartment uses a total of 30 32-pound long-range guns on both sides as the main gun, and the main deck is equipped with three front and four rear guns, and a total of 14 24-pound short-range guns on both sides as close-combat secondary guns. The bow gun has two layers, Two sixty-eight-pounder mortars and two eighteen-pounder short guns, double stern guns, two twelve-pounder center guns and four eighteen-pounder center guns.

Lorraine rolled her eyes when she heard this: Karen, the 32-pound long and 68-pound mortars are not for civil use, and the 24-pound short is unheard of. Where are you going to find it?

Cron raised his hand and pointed at Hayter: The twenty-four-pound short is a great creation of the Rostanese gun factory in Boston,

Changing the disadvantage of the small caliber and low loading of the upper guns, the high-speed ship's cutting power is greatly improved. The ridiculous thing is that the U.S. Navy has no warships suitable for using it so far, and powerful countries such as Britain and France still don't know its existence.

But after all, it is a local product of Boston. The general manager said that he can get it, and even the equipment approval documents from the United States can be prepared.

As for the origin of the 32-pound length...Plymouth had a design back then, that is, to use a special retreat rail and mount for heavy guns on medium-caliber and small-caliber naval guns, just like increasing the loading speed of heavy guns, Achieving British speed in small and medium calibers will further widen the gap between Britain and other countries in artillery loading speed.

Ke Lun shrugged: This plan was naturally aborted due to cost and cost-effectiveness reasons, but it has formed two products. First, a mature and reliable additional gun mount modification plan is in my mind; second , the heavy artillery mount has become a separate commodity, and for some unknown reason, it has not been listed as non-civilian use.”

So my plan is to buy a gun mount from the UK, then buy the legal thirty-two pounds through Earl Galvez, and modify it by myself.

The French guns are light and accurate, with a long range and high durability. Coupled with the British speed, even if it is a medium-range bombardment of 300 to 500 meters, our battlecruisers will not lose to any country. Tier 3 ship.

Lorraine was stunned by this crazy idea. With British speed and French precision, he made the world's best 32-pound cannon...

The important thing is that this plan is indeed feasible, the possibility of success is extremely high, and there will be almost no difficulties in the process.

But he quickly thought of more critical issues, and couldn't help but gasped.

From today, this modification plan is listed as top secret in the shipyard. No one is allowed to spread it to the outside world. Without the special permission of the board meeting, it is not allowed to be applied to any individual or country's ship. At the same time, the outsourcing involving the modification of castings must be mixed with other projects. Even the modification can only be carried out secretly by those present.

In short, if you don't want to become the life-and-death enemy of the Royal Navy, this plan is rotten in your heart, and even your wife and children are not allowed to disclose it! I need you to swear to this.

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Such blatant concerns were brought up, and of course the smart people present would not fail to think of the key.

Everyone swore solemn oaths, and many swore vicious oaths. Faith, soul, family, reputation, all kinds of precious things were put on the altar, just to convince Lorraine and his companions that they would keep the secret.

By the time a group of people finished swearing, most of the excitement in the conference room had dissipated. new novel

No one mentioned about the thirty-two-pound length, and even the sixty-eight-pound mortar was put on hold for the time being. Lorraine only let the cannon position be vacated. For the rest, Lorraine will slowly figure out a solution.

Keren continued with his report.

In terms of defense, we are preparing to introduce a full-coverage gun door solution.

Building gun bays on the main deck gun positions is the mainstream design of small and medium-sized military ships. On the one hand, it can simplify the artillery preparation process on the upper deck and improve the overall response speed of the battleship; on the other hand, it can give upper gunners Better protection, allowing them to use their maximum focus on the enemy.

In the second step, we are going to apply armor on the outside of the hull, especially the front line of the gun bay.

The current mainstream armor is generally cast iron, with a thickness of 1 inch (2.5 cm), 2 inches (5.1 cm) and 2.5 inches (6.4 cm), but only 2.5 inches (2.5 pounds) can defend against a direct hit of 24 pounds at 50 meters. inches, so that was our only option.

In terms of implementation, using patch armor to defend important parts of the ship's hull is the latest modification technology in recent years, but it is not a military technology. We can easily find excellent craftsmen in Europe, and the only thing we need to invest is money.

The last step is the third step, mast protection.

Considering the situation where it is necessary to fight with a first-class or second-class ship under special circumstances, we analyzed that due to the huge difference in freeboard height between the two sides, the type of ammunition that is most likely to cause a fatal blow to us will be the chain bomb.

Once the mast is broken by chain bullets, we will lose the speed we need to escape. This is our biggest fatal flaw.

So the key to deal with this situation is the protection of the mast. Our solution is very simple. Add iron protection at the root of the mast three meters away, connect it with rivets, and have a thickness of 2 inches, taking into account the protection performance and the center of gravity of the mast. We believe that this The scheme is enough to protect the mast from breaking at the root.

The above is the whole plan on the offensive and defensive end!

Amidst the applause, Karen sat down, and Humphreys, the last master craftsman present, stood up and faced Lorraine.

He said angrily: Mr. Kenway, I am best at establishing mathematical models and adjusting the center of gravity, so this time I will make the final summary.

Based on the above transformation plan, the final theoretical data of the battleship frigate is 62.2 meters long, 13.6 meters wide, 7.5 meters draft, 2,500 tons displacement, and 400 people fully loaded.

Its headwind speed can reach 13 knots, and headwind 4.5 knots. It takes 15 minutes to turn around on the spot. The turning radius is not larger than three hulls, taking into account speed and flexibility.

In terms of firepower, the preset main gun is 32 pounds long, the secondary gun is 24 pounds short, and the strongest firepower is the bow 68-pound mortar gun, which can cause devastating direct hits to first-class ships at close range.

In terms of protection, the core part can withstand three rounds of direct hits from 24-pound guns and one direct hit from 32-pound guns at a distance of 50 meters. Overall, it has completely outperformed all current Tier 4 ships, and can effectively suppress Tier 3 ships.

Because the transformation plan does not make much adjustment to the hull, there is no need to customize new wooden components. The estimated construction time for the main body is 18 months, and the specialized transformation is 18 months. The construction budget includes labor, ship installation, wear and tear, sea trials, etc. , a total of about 150,000 to 180,000 pounds, nearly twice the basic cost of a first-class ship, and more than 30% higher than the full allocation price.

Is it 30% more expensive than a fully equipped first-class ship... Lorraine opened his mouth, but he couldn't say the depressing words of giving up, so he could only grit his teeth, Isn't it just to make money... Make money! That's it !

The suppressed and restrained cheers suddenly erupted, and Lorraine knew that it was the gratitude from the heart when a group of technical geeks found a way to take advantage of them.

Humphreys blushed with excitement, and even his voice trembled faintly.

After preliminary calculations, most of the modifications can be completed smoothly, only the 32-pounder gun...

What happened to the cannon?

Humphreys gritted his teeth: The recoil force of the 32-pound gun is too great, and the aspect ratio of the new type of ship is larger than that of the general capital ship, so in the environment above the medium waves, it is estimated that there may be larger The elevation angle of the shot will have a significant impact on the stability of the shelling.

There are two plans now. One is to remove at least four main guns per chord, reducing the total number of guns to 46. The other is to replace the eight guns on both sides of the gun bay with 18-pound guns. But it will greatly reduce the firepower of the experimental ship...

Lorraine blinked: Is it just because of the aspect ratio?

Humphreys nodded: The draft and tonnage are sufficient, only the aspect ratio...

Before he could finish speaking, Lorraine answered in doubt.

Since it's just a matter of aspect ratio, why don't you consider fin stabilizers?

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