Start with an Archangel

The president of the Brady Ship Designers Association is an academic red-robed mage with white hair and white beard, and his face is covered with wise wrinkles.

After looking at the senior ship designer promotion application form submitted by Daliang, he said to Daliang in a kind tone: "Black-haired Captain, I am Adolf Christilson, the president of the Brady Ship Designers Association, you call me Either for Adolf or Christilson.

First of all, I wish you success in passing the evaluation.

From your explanation in the application form, I can see that you are familiar with the Brig-class battleship.

The firepower of the two-masted battleship is stronger than that of the single-masted battleship, but weaker than that of the three-masted battleship, and its other performance is in between. Its positioning in naval battles is patrol, support and guerrilla warfare. It has balanced capabilities and can be competent wherever they are placed.

It is an indispensable supplementary force for a fleet.

But also because the two-masted battleship is good at everything, there is no outstanding point. It can't outrun a single-masted battleship, and it can't defeat a three-masted battleship. It doesn't seem much if you have more of it, but it will be very uncomfortable if you don't have it.

This is the positioning of the two-masted battleship. Its comprehensiveness determines that its basic design has reached a perfect balance point. You can modify it in any way, but it will never exceed its own limitations. To strengthen one part, you will weaken another part.

Therefore, it is not easy to modify an excellent two-masted battleship. The transformation of a two-masted battleship is a real test of the talent of a ship designer.

Black-haired Captain, which aspect of the brigantine battleship has been strengthened by the test ship you submitted? "

Daliang and Guis have mastered the design skills of bulbous bow. With the help of Guis, Daliang has successfully designed a two-masted battleship with a bulbous bow.

However, Daliang was not satisfied with a speed-enhanced two-masted battleship.

Unlike single-masted battleships, which are mainly responsible for patrol and security tasks, two-masted battleships can already shoulder some combat tasks.

After the speed is increased, the two-masted battleship will shoulder more combat responsibilities. When attacking, you must take the lead to seize the position, and when retreating, you must rely on your own speed to break up the rear. When you have the opportunity, you can also use the two-masted battleship to conduct a surprise attack.

If the brig was inclined toward combat, its firepower and defenses would be somewhat thin. The size of the brigantine battleship makes it very difficult to install artillery, but increasing its defense can also increase its survivability.

Therefore, Daliang made a suggestion to Giss to thicken the hull.

Giese believes that thickening the hull means compressing the warship's storage capacity, making the two-masted warship, which is not very spacious, even more narrow.

But Daliang pointed out: the brigantine warship itself does not have the ability to travel far, and its supplies rely on offshore ports and large fleets. Therefore, the warehouse capacity for the brigantine warship does not need to be too much, just enough. After the brigantine battleship speeds up, the cost of traveling the same distance will also be reduced. This part of the storage can be reduced to improve the defense of the battleship.

Guis was convinced by Da Liang, and as a master of ship design, Guis easily completed the design of a two-masted battleship with outstanding speed and defense.

Through study, Daliang also mastered the design drawings of this kind of two-masted battleship, and was named a two-masted destroyer.

At this time a brigantine destroyer was being built at Brady Shipyard.

It's just that Daliang didn't expect that as soon as he submitted his application for promotion to senior ship designer, he would be immediately pulled in for review, so that he has no sample ship to participate in the review yet.

Facing President Adolf's question, Daliang first took out the winner's badge he received at the North Star Ship Designer Seminar, and then said: "Hello, three judges, I am the black-haired leader of the White Fang Pirates. .I won a prize at a ship designers seminar for my design of a high-speed sloop battleship.

This time, the two-masted battleship I used to participate in the review for promotion to senior ship designer also adopted the speed-increasing design techniques I successfully used on the single-masted battleship, which increased the speed of the two-masted battleship by 8%. "

When Daliang took out the winner's medal, the three presidents were already a little moved.

The Ship Designer Seminar is an academic seminar on ship design that only master-level ship designers are eligible to participate in. Senior ship designers need to be invited to participate. It talks about the skills of ship design masters in designing ships. experiences and techniques.

The three presidents all yearn for such a seminar, but they are not masters of ship design and are not qualified to participate directly, and it is impossible for them to be invited to participate due to their status.

The ship designer in front of me not only participated, but also won many master-level reviews.

It's like a transfer student from a prestigious school came to Pheasant University.

And when Daliang said that he had completed the speed-increasing design of the two-masted battleship, the three presidents could no longer calm down.

For pirates, speed means wealth and life. They can catch up with merchant ships and run away from strong enemies. The speed increase of 8% means that the speed of the two-masted battleship is close to that of the single-masted battleship. Once such a battleship appears, it will definitely be popular among the pirates.

Just 8% speedup...is it possible?

The power source of the sailing warship determines that there is an upper limit to its speed, which means that no matter how modified it is, the sailing ship will not break through this upper limit. This upper limit is around 10% of the speed of the base model of each ship. The closer it is to this value, the more difficult it is to modify and design the hull.

To strengthen one point, you will weaken other attributes.

A two-masted battleship that can increase speed by 8%. I can’t imagine to what extent the other performance of the hull will be reduced?

But the winner's medal means that the high-speed single-masted battleship designed by Heifa has been recognized by ship design masters, and it also means that he has mastered a very mature set of design techniques for speeding up ships.

If a brig can achieve an 8% speed increase without too serious reductions in other aspects, that is a modification that can greatly benefit pirates.

The three presidents can't wait to see the prototype of this high-speed two-masted battleship.

"The speed is increased by 8%, which is really an unexpected improvement. Where is this ship? We will go on board now for actual ship testing."

Daliang, who did not have a ship, could only say: "I'm very sorry, I didn't expect to be reviewed for promotion so soon. The brigantine destroyer I designed is still being built at Brady Shipyard, and it will take four days to complete."

Are prototypes still under construction?

Of course, the three presidents did not want to wait another four days to see the battleship.

President Adolf immediately recruited a ship design apprentice: "Go and inform the shipyard. The brigantine destroyer built by the black-haired captain there is now undergoing accelerated construction. I want to see it in two days."

The costs of accelerated construction were fully paid by the Brady Ship Designers Association. "

Seeing President Adolf's eager look, the ship design apprentice immediately turned around and ran out, then flew towards Brady Shipyard.

At this time, Daliang said: "President Adolf, regarding the two-masted destroyer I designed, in order to enhance its combat capabilities, I designed it to increase its speed and then strengthened its defense, so that it can survive the battle. It can perform even better. According to my prediction, the defense power of the brigantine destroyer is 13% higher than the base model of the brigantine battleship."

Adolf immediately recruited a ship design apprentice again: "Notify Brady Shipyard, no matter what they think of, tomorrow I must see the brigantine destroyer designed by the black-haired captain!"