Fast Travel: I Don't Want to Save the World

Chapter 187 The Era of Great Navigation (26)
Whether the latest artillery can be installed on the ships going to sea this time is indeed a very big problem, but this problem has been solved long ago.

When Rhodes and Ye Qing came to Merlin Bay, a brand new ship was moored by the sea.

"Gently, come up quickly!" Rong Sheng waved to Ye Qing from the bow.

Ye Qing stepped onto the boat. Only Rong Sheng and Shi Yin were on board. Hu Yingfeng and Juan went to the Meilin Bay Ship Management Office. The boat had completed the final modification work and now needed to register for sea voyage.

"Are the cannons installed?" Rhodes ran to the gun cabin as soon as he got on the ship. Not only was their ship equipped with smoothbore cannons, it was also the latest model, with four cannons!
"Thanks to Hu Yingfeng." Rong Sheng said, beckoning to the two of them, motioning them to follow him: "I'll show you around."

"Our ship will be smaller than the average commercial ship, but our ship is more powerful!"

Juan chose an abandoned ship from a nobleman. The overall hull was small and it had been docked at the dock for more than a year. However, the original wood used in the ship was of the highest quality. After Juan's transformation, the ship's effectiveness was maximized.

Even the ship with the largest tonnage has only three masts, and Juan added an additional rake at the bow, so that their ship has four masts, from bow to stern, there are rafts, front masts, and main masts in turn. And the rear pole, a sail is hung on the oblique pole, three sails are hung on the front pole and the main pole, and a large triangle sail is arranged on the rear pole.

The more poles, the more sails, the faster the speed of course!
"Our boat is small. If we encounter bad weather and travel too fast, it will be unstable." Rong Sheng continued: "So, Juan has worked hard on the cabin. In addition to the place to live, he also cleverly With more storage space, we can store more food, fresh water and artillery, which can be regarded as adding weight to the hull.”

Ye Qing and the two followed Rongsheng off the deck.

There is not much space on the ship. Under the deck, there is an artillery storage compartment at the rear of the ship, and the gunner also lives in it. Going forward, it is the most stable place under the deck. It is divided into two rooms, each This room can accommodate four people, Pharmacist Franks and Hu Yingfeng will live here, the outside of the room is the oar room, and the front is the crew room.

"Juan said that most ships would store food here. He thought it was too stuffy here, so in this location..."

Rong Sheng pointed to the direction above the head, that is to say, there is an independent space under the deck of the ship, which is specially used to store food.

"This place is very hidden. If you encounter bad guys trying to steal food, they won't be able to find it!"

"There are also oars, Juan's idea is great!" Rong Sheng praised Juan, especially on the modification of the oars.

"One paddle may need three to four people to push it. There are four wooden paddles on both sides, which means eight. We need at least 24 people. Rhodes, we don't have that many people now, right? If it's only when it's safe, slow down It doesn’t matter if you paddle slowly, what should we do if the situation is critical?”

"Look." Rong Sheng asked Shi Yin to sit on a rowing seat, and he continued to explain: "Juan has changed the traditional rowing method. Using this thing, three people can operate the left and right paddles at the same time."

"What if it changes lanes?" Rhodes crossed his arms, leaned to one side, and looked at Rongsheng with a smile: "When changing the course, you have to separate."

"Uncle Thirteen, show them a demonstration."

Shi Yin lifted a board under the seat, stretched his feet in, his legs started to move like pedaling a bicycle, and at the same time, his hands kept pushing forward.

"Using this method, one person can be the strength of more than two people."

"Juan is simply a genius!" Ye Qing couldn't help clapping his hands, Juan used levers, pulleys, and slopes, and the operation of the entire paddle was perfect.

"Take a look at the gun compartment again."

Several people returned to the ship and walked to the bow. Rhodes noticed that the ram and the hull had changed at a glance, and then turned around to look at the additional front fort. Rhodes immediately understood what Juan was thinking.

"Goed to the ram angle and lowered the hull."

"What do you mean?" Ye Qing asked.

"The collision angle is used to hit the opponent's ship. Once it hits, it will use the tall front side of the hull to fall onto the deck of the opponent's ship and start a melee."

"Like the front ship used by pirates?"

"Yes!" Rhode excitedly walked to the side of the turret, and then went to a turret room behind the ship: "The purpose of lowering the hull is to allow our light guns to complete long-distance projection!"

There are four guns on the ship, one on each side under the deck, one fort at the bow, one at the back of the ship, and a heavy counterattack smoothbore gun at the back of the ship, and the other three are light artillery with a longer range.

"If you really encounter pirates, instead of fighting melee at close range, it is better to strike the enemy from a long distance, one hit will kill you, or catch the enemy by surprise, let's hurry up and run away." Just after Rong Sheng finished speaking, Ju An and Hu Yingfeng All back to the boat.

"Juan, I didn't expect you to have research on tactics!" Rhodes gave Juan a hug, and Juan almost held his breath.

Juan took a breath and said, "Rongsheng told me about the method of light artillery, and I can't think of it."

Rhodes was taken aback: "Boy, you have the brains of a captain since you were a child!"

"It's the fox's credit for getting the latest artillery." Rongsheng rubbed his head in embarrassment.

"fox?"

Rong Sheng looked at Hu Yingfeng: "His nickname."

"Huh, tell me, how did you get the latest light gun set? I heard that the Wendy Marine Department just issued a regulation that ships like ours can only be equipped with old smoothbore guns. I'm so curious , how on earth did you do it?"

Rhode's eyes widened with excitement, and Ye Qing also looked at Hu Yingfeng.

Hu Yingfeng glanced at Ye Qing, brushed a strand of hair on his forehead, and said lightly, "It's a small thing."

"Small idea?" Juan pursed his mouth: "Queen Seiler received him in person, our latest light gun set was specially approved by Queen Seiler!"

"Special approval from Queen Seyler?!"

Now, Rhodes' mouth can be stuffed with an apple, not an egg but an apple!
"Hu, how did you meet Queen Seiler? How did Queen Seiler agree to give us the light gun crew? Also, what does Queen Seiler look like? Leon told me that she is definitely a model of beauty and wisdom I don't even know if Leon is exaggerating! Hu, tell me carefully..."

Ye Qing didn't listen to Hu Yingfeng's chapter on how to convince Queen Seiler that beauty and wisdom coexist. At the age of three, Ye Qing believed that there was nothing Hu Yingfeng couldn't take.

At this point, the ship, crew and pharmacists were all in place. Hu Yingfeng and He purchased the corresponding supplies on the ship. Only the gunner was left unsolved.

Now that their ship was equipped with a light gun crew, Rhodes felt that his requirements for the gunners could be lowered. Without taking a break, he immediately returned to the main city and went to the rooftop where the gunners were concentrated, hoping to find suitable personnel.

Tomorrow, they will prepare to set off. No matter what level of gunners they are, they must prepare a few gunners.

(End of this chapter)