Magic Underachiever

Even Anne, who had faith in the ancient heroes, felt that Daliang's words were unreliable, let alone the Marquis of Whitehead.

The engine is indeed an important part of a warship, but having good engine technology does not mean that an advanced warship can be built. A warship that can gallop in harsh marine environments, survive brutal naval battles, and perform its duties well is the crystallization of the overall industrial level.

A warship made of steel must first be able to float on the sea and not easily sink or capsize in the turbulence. This requirement alone is a great test of the internal design of a ship and the welding technology of the hull. In addition, warships must be equipped with various weapons and a large number of functional facilities; they must have crew rest and work areas, reasonably designed ammunition warehouses, and defensive armor...

Wait, wait, it's not "very simple and can be drawn in just a few days."

Not to mention, what Master Liang is talking about these days also includes building a prototype ship. You must know that his shipyard has just started construction not long ago, and the shipyard has not been built yet. How can he build a warship?

They simply don't take battleships seriously.

But it’s understandable. After all, lines are separated by mountains. As an inland empire, most Frominks still believe that a ship is just an engine and a hull. Battleships just need to put cannons on them, and the empire's artillery technology is still very good.

Only by truly understanding warships can we know how complex a warship is from design to construction. The empire's ship design institute has not yet come up with a design plan for a marine warship.

Therefore, when the empire builds a large naval fleet this time, it even has the worst-case plan of outsourcing all warships.

For this naval warship procurement, the empire has sent invitations to world-renowned shipyards, inviting them to bring their most advanced warship designs to Saroyan to compete for the super order of the Fromink Empire’s navy fleet.

"I'm looking forward to the new warships that Blackfire Company will bring to the Imperial Navy..." Marquis Whitehead eased the slightly awkward atmosphere. He no longer had any expectations for Blackfire Company's warship design. The Navy would rather choose a mediocre warship design in all aspects than choose an advanced engine and an unreliable hull. “After the Saroyan No. 1 Steel Plant is put into operation, we will be able to eliminate all warships in the world just by relying on special steel.

In fact, I still really hope that the First Steel Factory only provides special steel to the Empire. You can put forward your terms and we only need twenty years. "

Twenty years of exclusive supply is enough for the Vromink Empire to use special steel to spread all over the world.

But Daliang was thinking about the longer term. When the Star Alliance came to the Planet of Order, it was impossible to allow a super empire to exist on this planet. He said: “Your Majesty Governor, our current relationship is a very pure business partnership, please do not let it become political.

Otherwise our relationship will become... either friends or enemies. The empire will definitely not let a commercial company choke the empire's throat on steel, and I don't want to be thinking about guarding against the assassination of a super empire all the time. "

Marquis Whitehead, who thought he understood what Young Master Liang meant, said: "It seems that Blackfire Company wants to be the second Scarab Company. For the sake of special steel, I think all countries in the world will give Blackfire Company a lot of convenience."

Daliang put the fork on the table, stood up and said goodbye: "Time will tell you, I am a businessman. If the Governor has nothing else to do, then I will leave.

The bidding meeting for the Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet is about to begin, and I have to rush back to design the warships that Blackfire Company is participating in the bidding for. "

What kind of battleship would that be?

Marquis Whitehead actually had some expectations, just like after seeing an ugly girl on the street, he would take another look to see "how ugly she is."

…

Da Liang left the Marcellus Governor's Palace and returned to his home on the Elysée Avenue.

A blank design drawing was spread out on the square table. He stood on the bench and looked down at the drawing and fell into deep thought. The maids around him were holding rulers, compasses, pens and many other tools needed for designing warships.

The house was quiet, and no one made a sound to disturb Da Liang's thinking.

In Daliang's gaming experience, he once learned ship design from the ship design master Gis. Although the game system will assist in generating shipbuilding drawings during ship design, there is a chance of success in generating qualified drawings. In order to increase the success rate of shipbuilding drawings, Daliang really spent a lot of time learning battleship design knowledge from Master Gis.

In the game, Da Liang is a senior ship designer and can design a three-masted sail warship.

Although the sail battleship and the ironclad ship in this world are not of the same combat level, and the design ideas are also very different, as a ship...the main structure has not changed much. Therefore, it is not too difficult for Daliang to design a ship that can float smoothly on the water.

As for the functions a warship needs to have, they can be slowly added based on the displacement after the hull is created.

When designing an ironclad ship for the first time, Daliang did not aim at battleships and cruisers of 10,000 tons or more, nor did he try to build destroyers of several thousand tons, but instead aimed at 1,000-ton light frigates.

Of course, even for a thousand-ton light frigate, Daliang's entry-level design level cannot compete with the mature design plans of those well-known shipyards in traditional warship design. In order to get the order of the Flemish Empire Navy and cultivate the shipbuilding experience of the Black Fire Company Shipyard, Daliang must come up with a unique design plan that exceeds the competitors in all aspects.

The difficulty is not ordinary, but fortunately Daliang has a special engine.

The steam engine technology in this world is highly developed. After combining with magic alchemy technology, the power efficiency is not weaker than that of internal combustion engines. Therefore, the warships of the navies of various countries also use steam power. The more advanced the steam engine, the higher the purity of water required. Seawater must never be directly injected into the steam engine.

When a ship is sailing on the sea, even if there is a water magic array that can refine seawater, a large amount of pure water must be stored in advance.

Storing water takes up a lot of space and the ship's carrying capacity.

Daliang now has a molded engine that can directly use seawater to convert into steam. Traditional steam engines do not use seawater because the salt in seawater can damage the components in the engine. But if the seawater is heated directly to produce steam, the seawater will not enter the engine and will not affect the engine.

In Daliang's mind, as long as this engine is placed under the hull, the steam engine will heat the seawater to produce steam, which will form a strong pressure between the hull and the sea surface, thereby pulling the entire hull up from the sea surface.

That's right, Daliang plans to design an air cushion boat.