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As a typical three-deck battleship, the shipboard space of the "Empire" battleship consists of four and a half battle decks, a sub-waterline deck (also known as the lowermost deck, which generally serves as a cargo hold) and a bottom compartment. From top to bottom are the stern deck and stern tower

And the amidships weather deck, upper artillery deck, middle artillery deck and lower artillery deck, the lowermost deck and the bottom tank,

The battleship "Empire" is equipped with 102 well-polished cast iron cannons, the composition and distribution of which are listed below:

Thirty 32-pounder guns are arranged on the lower artillery deck;

28 24-pounder guns are arranged on the middle artillery deck, 2 less than other artillery decks because it has boarding hatches on both sides;

Thirty 18-pounder guns are arranged on the upper artillery deck;

Twelve 12-pounder guns were placed on the stern, and two 70-pounder short-barreled guns were placed on the stern.

As the first-class main force of the Southeastern Navy, the first-class battleship only used 32-pound guns instead of the more majestic 42-pound guns. This is a big violation of the Southeast Army’s unambiguous pursuit of thicker, larger, and harder ethos. A manifestation of the "turn of love".

The 32-pound gun has been improved very well. This is a long gun with a slightly smaller caliber than the 42-pound gun, but it has a longer range, stronger penetrating power, and faster loading speed. Another advantage is that it has less caliber and is shipped. One less shell can reduce logistical pressure.

So the Southeast Navy paid attention to "balance", and also added two unprecedented 70-pound heavy short guns to the bow, which can cause a devastating blow to enemy warships at a relatively close range.

The 70-pounder short gun is a very unique type of artillery. Its multiple diameters are close to howitzers and mortars, but the method of use is flat fire like a cannon. It has only a single lug, with a ring on the button, and the muzzle is not expanded, but retracted. Its mouth

The diameter is huge, even up to 70 pounds, but the weight is much lighter than a cannon of the same caliber.

Even the 70-pound cannon with the largest caliber is lighter than the 32-pound cannon, which has a much smaller caliber.

Although the 70-pounder short gun has a short body and low charge, which brings about a short range and poor accuracy, this defect is not obvious at sea. Because in the naval battles of the sail age, a short distance of 200 yards is the normal range, and the accuracy and range of the 70-pound short gun

It can fully meet the combat needs of this distance, and the large-caliber artillery shells it fires are full of destructive power.

With so many artillery pieces, it can be said to be armed to the teeth, and one salvo on the ship can fire half a ton of shells!

The "Empire" carried a total of 125 tons of projectiles and 36 tons of gunpowder. In addition, the ship also carries a large number of flintlocks, the per capita guns are more than two, and can carry hundreds of marines, good at gun shooting and fighting, used to defend the enemy boarding or boarding the enemy’s

Ship.

Not only that, the nominal 102 artillery, if there are a large number of 1-pounder guns, spray guns, and tubes, continue to increase their power, the firepower deficiency syndrome of our army is still very serious.

Although there are no artillery on the deck and bottom tank under the waterline, they are an indispensable part of the battleship. These two layers of space carry ammunition, supplies, various daily necessities and ballast on the ship. The iron blocks for ballast, fresh water buckets and various wooden buckets for pickling food are placed in the bottom compartment.

Important facilities such as food storage room, medical room, boat workshop, officer’s living area, mooring cabin and gunpowder room are arranged on the deck below the waterline. At the same time, there is also a short and narrow carpentry channel on this deck. The role of the carpenter is that if the ship wall below the waterline is damaged during wartime, it must be repaired quickly, and the carpenter can rush to the accident site in time through this passage and complete the repair work.

In the era of sailing, there was no torpedo, no blasting bomb, and the probability of damage to the ship wall on the deck below the waterline was far less than that of the ship on the water surface. Therefore, it is reasonable and reasonable for some important facilities to be arranged here.

In the era of sailing, battleships were majestic and majestic, and the crew lived a "poetic" life?

At least it is impossible for tall people!

Due to the large number of decks, in order to control the center of gravity, the deck height of the "Empire" is lower than that of the third-tier battleship with a double gun deck. As long as a large man over 1.8 meters walks on the "Empire" Discomfort will definitely be felt on the non-air deck on the battleship --- the low deck height makes it almost impossible for the big man to walk upright, which is the criticism of the "Empire" battleship.

The auxiliary dinghy is an indispensable equipment for a battleship during the sailing period. Although the battleship "Empire" has a good speed, she has a large transformation radius and is very inflexible, so the dinghy can be used for great purposes. The battleship "Empire" carries 6 small boats of various sizes, which can be used as transportation boats in peacetime. In wartime, these small boats can undertake various auxiliary combat tasks, and can be used to evacuate the main ship when it is in danger. There are some people on the ship, but there are too many monks, and it depends on the luck of the people. I hope that the ship will not be reduced to this point.

The ship’s 850 officers and soldiers have been strengthened, and the number is usually 820 at most. The second-tier battleship with 90 artillery also has 750 to 800 personnel. It can be seen that the crew gap between the first-tier and second-tier battleships in the southeastern country is equal. Not obvious.

The battleship "Empire" is undoubtedly well-made. After learning about its construction, armament and structure, this huge ship has been on the stage of its history with its head high!

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It is not easy to start this big ship. Every time, nearly three hundred people work together. They pull the anchors, pull the sails, and tugboats come to help.

A tugboat is a paddle boat. Before there was a power boat, the paddle boat was very maneuverable, better than a sailboat.

The large tugboat has twenty-eight pairs of oars, and each oar is rowed by four people---different from the Ottoman Empire, the oarsmen who served the Southeast Army were paid, and the locals were hired to work, while the Ottoman Empire had all Use slaves as oarsmen.

Four large tugboats were used, the oars moved, and the long cables connecting the battleships on the tugboat were stretched straight, and finally the huge ship was activated.

It slowly left the pier, and people on the shore cheered at it.

The battleship "Empire" floats on the sea like a mountain, giving people a strong sense of oppression. Of course, the Chinese are very happy to have such a huge ship participating in the war~www.wuxiaspot.com~ our victory is in sight!

It is also the flagship of this battle. The configuration of the ship’s commander is very good. The captain is Yan Changwu himself. As the supreme commander, he personally served as the captain. There are two deputy captains, one is Liu Guoxuan and the other is Shi Lang. Mr. David, the chief of staff, is also on this ship, and Mr. David himself is also a master of navigation and artillery. He also joined the commander's team and took part in the scheduling of duties.

Yan Changwu's role as captain was not because he was bored, but such a good "toy", it would be a shame not to use it for fun!

There is no entertainment in ancient times, commanding a giant battleship is the best entertainment!

At this time, he gave orders from the open deck on the battleship to turn the surrounding officers and soldiers around.

The huge ship left the port and sailed into the sunny Mediterranean. It was a magnificent sight to see how mighty its battleships were, and then to see the huge battleship formations following the action!

Yan Changwu felt this way: "If the Galactic Empire had formed a huge formation of star destroyers like me from the beginning, it would have conquered the galaxy long ago!"

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