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"The one that is about to be completed now has 50 cannons!"
Zheng Tiancheng told Li Ke the specific situation.
"almost."
Hearing this, Li Ke nodded indifferently.
32 cannons are already a dimensionality reduction strike in this era, and they can hit anyone casually.
Anyway, 32 cannons are enough, 50 cannons are better.
Moreover, when Li Ke heard this number, he basically understood how the artillery was configured.
There are 15 cannons on each side of the side, and then 1 on the bow and stern.
Generally speaking, it is enough to use the artillery on the side, because it can fire 15 artillery salvos at the same time, and the firepower and power are greater.
Moreover, the heights of these 15 artillery pieces are not the same. Some are on the first deck and some are on the second deck.
Different heights naturally have different launch angles, and the strike distance will also be different.
In short, these things are the necessary knowledge and skills for future naval battles, and it takes time to train.
"Let's launch a few rounds towards the distant sea first."
Li Ke ordered Qu Wenkang.
When Qu Wenkang heard the words, he immediately ordered people to pass the order.
At this time, Li Ke had already grasped the handrails on the boat, and ordered the others to stand firm and support them.
After all, the recoil force of the artillery is still quite large, and if more than a dozen artillery pieces on one side fire at the same time, it will cause a lot of vibration to the hull.
If you don't stand firm and support yourself, you may fall over.
Everyone had already loaded the artillery shells before, and after receiving the order, they lit the fuse with a match.
boom! boom! boom!
Following a series of 15 deafening sounds, the 15 solid shells flew towards the distant sea at an extremely terrifying speed.
After firing the cannonball, the hull of the ship received a huge impact, and even the ship moved a certain distance in the opposite direction of the cannonball.
Li Ke and others grabbed the handrail, so they stabilized their bodies.
Some people failed to grab the handrail, and they couldn't stand firmly when the gun was fired, so they couldn't help sitting on the deck!
After the artillery was fired, Li Ke picked up the binoculars and looked at it.
In the telescope, it can be clearly seen that 15 water splashes have been aroused in the distant sea area, indicating that all 15 shells have fallen into the sea water.
And this distance is much shorter than the range on land.
This is also normal. After all, the sea is windy and the wind resistance is naturally large, which will shorten the range of the shells.
Moreover, the humidity at sea is high, the greater the air humidity, the greater the air resistance, and the shorter the range of the shells will naturally be.
Under the constraints of these two natural conditions, the range of artillery at sea is still much weaker than that on land.
However, this range is definitely enough, so the impact is not great.
"Arrange some old ships as sea targets at different distances to try out simulated strikes."
Li Ke gave Zheng Tiancheng instructions.
There must be a lot of abandoned ships in the shipyard. Anyway, it is a waste to spend there, so it is better to use them for training.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Zheng Tiancheng nodded immediately, and then asked the boat to turn back.
After docking the ship at the wharf of the shipyard, Zheng Tiancheng arranged for people to tow the abandoned ships to the sea.
And according to Li Ke's request, arrange several ships at different distances, and the intervals between them are all hundreds of meters.
Li Ke nodded to Qu Wenkang when he saw all the ships parked on the sea and everyone evacuated.
Qu Wenkang understood what Li Ke meant, and then gave orders.
When striking precise targets at sea, not only artillery is needed, but also cooperation with the helmsman is required.
Before attacking, the hull must be turned sideways so that the side of the ship to be fired is facing the direction of the target.
Then try to keep the direction of the hull from shifting, so that the artillery can seize this opportunity to aim.
There are auxiliary aiming devices on the artillery, which are all debugged after repeated testing of the gun on land, and with the application of steam engines and the development of rifling technology.
Now the rifling inside the artillery is much more advanced, and the stability of the shells after they are fired is much stronger than before.
Coupled with this aiming aid device, the shooting accuracy of the current artillery is much better than when the artillery was first built!
Soon, the direction of the hull turned sideways, and the direction of the muzzle was aimed at the target.
The artillerymen also seized this moment, quickly adjusted the angle of the muzzle, and aimed.
Once aiming is complete, the fuse is ignited.
boom! boom! boom!
Another round of shells was fired from the giant ship.
Then those solid shells flew across the air quickly, and flew towards the target sea area in front of them.
Li Ke picked up the binoculars and looked at the scene in the distance. He saw continuous splashes of water near the target ship.
Obviously, these shells were all empty and landed not far from the target ship.
However, the next scene brought a satisfied smile to Li Ke's face.
Because he saw through the telescope that two shells accurately hit the target ship hundreds of meters away.
Moreover, these two shells directly smashed the wooden planks of the target ship, and sawdust flew everywhere!
It can be clearly seen through the telescope that the target ship has begun to leak a lot of water and tilted, and sinking is an inevitable result.
Of the 15 shells, 2 were hit within a few hundred meters, with a hit rate of about 13%.
"not bad."
Li Ke nodded with a smile, he didn't think the hit rate was very low.
In fact, the hit rate at sea itself is very low, because it is difficult to guarantee absolute accuracy due to the relationship between wind, waves and air humidity.
Moreover, the target ship is also relatively small, which also reduces the hit rate to a certain extent.
If it was a little bigger, at least two more shells could be hit just now.
This is just a round of salvo, and there is still a distance of several hundred meters, enough for the ship to turn around once.
When the hull turned sideways, the 15 cannons on the other side were already ready to fire, and they only needed to ignite the fuses for another salvo.
After the salvo, you can take advantage of the speed of the giant ship to temporarily distance yourself. After the shells are loaded, you can cross the hull again and continue shooting.
In this process, as long as a few shots are hit, the opponent's ship must have been severely damaged.
If you are lucky and just hit the waterline of the opponent's ship, then in the case of a large amount of water leakage, there is no need to continue firing, and the opponent's ship will sink.
Therefore, the hit rate of about 13% seems to be very low, but it is only very low in training shooting.
In actual combat, the damage caused by this hit rate is actually not low at all.
Even just this hit rate can scare the enemy.
"continue!"
Li Ke nodded to Qu Wenkang.
But, the higher the hit rate, the better, so more training is still needed.
This is the first time to accurately shoot a target at sea, so it is understandable that the hit rate is poor.
After continuous training, this hit rate will definitely be greatly improved.
As a result, the sound of gunfire continued to be heard from the giant ship.
The target ships in the distance were also sunk one by one by shells.
After more than a dozen rounds of training and test firing of artillery shells, the accuracy of the artillerymen has also been greatly improved.
At the end of the day, the hit rate at a distance of several hundred meters to 1000 meters can reach about 25%!
This hit rate is already very high!
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As for the performance of the ship, he is not very interested.
After all, this ship was designed by him, and he learned the detailed information before crossing.
This ship has no secrets in front of him, and there is no need to try it.
Seeing that Li Ke had already decided to board the ship, Zheng Tiancheng and the others couldn't say anything more.
And they also felt that what Li Ke said was very reasonable, even if something happened, they could still leave in the small boat equipped on the ship.
Besides, they are very confident in their craftsmanship and this giant ship, and the chance of accidents is not high.
So, a group of people surrounded Li Ke and came to the side of the giant ship in a small boat.
A wooden frame that can stand two people is put down on the boat, and it is very safe for people to stand inside.
Then someone on the giant ship pulled a strong hemp rope, and used the pulley block on the giant ship to pull the wooden frame and the people inside to the deck of the big ship.
This is a bit similar to the take-off and landing equipment on modern ships, or elevators.
After arriving on the deck, Li Ke looked down at the sea surface again, and immediately fully felt the height of the Galen ship's hull!
In his eyes, the boat he just rode over suddenly became small.
With everyone on board, the crew also began to set sail and prepare to set sail.
After all, it is only the first time to go into the water, and a trial voyage is still needed, so I won't run very far, just sail in the surrounding waters.
During the voyage, many craftsmen are observing and checking everywhere to see if there is any water leakage, whether the water leakage is large or not, and so on.
Leakage is normal, and even the current ships are hard to say that they are absolutely leak-free.
The capacity of drainage greater than the capacity of water leakage is enough to ensure the normal navigation of the ship.
Moreover, the new boat will definitely leak when it is launched into the water, because it is all wooden structure, and there will inevitably be gaps.
However, as long as the wooden boards of the ship are soaked in water and swell, the gap will be filled naturally, so as to achieve good waterproof performance.
"Your Highness, there are a few small problems on the ship, but they are not major. There are no major problems on the ship as a whole!"
After a while, Zheng Tiancheng came over to report to Li Kehui with an excited face.
A few small problems can be solved soon after returning, and these small details will be paid attention to when building 177 ships later.
As long as there are no major problems, it means that this giant ship has been successful!
"good."
Li Ke nodded in satisfaction, not surprised in his heart.
After all, the blueprint he gave was tested by a large number of Galen ships in later generations, and it is a fully mature ship.
As long as it is built according to the drawings, there will be absolutely no major problems.
"Your Highness, although this ship is big, it sails extremely fast and is extremely stable!"
"According to my opinion, even if encountering relatively large waves, this ship can survive safely."
Standing on the deck, Zheng Tiancheng said to Li Ke in great surprise and surprise.
He has been on so many boats, small boats and big boats, but only this boat gave him the best riding experience!
You must know that this is at sea. Although today's wind and waves are not too big, there are still wind and waves.
If you change to the previous big ship, it will definitely not be as stable as it is now!
It is still so stable in the face of this kind of wind and waves, which shows that the ship's ability to resist wind and waves is much stronger than other large ships.
In this way, even if the ship is not so stable in the face of greater wind and waves, at least it can sail normally.