Release that Witch Chapter 470: New ships

Until the road to Northern Slope Mountain's backyard, Roland echoed this sentence. ??

He felt that there was a gap in bottom of heart that was opened a little bit, yes, he thought that he was no longer the original draftsman who dealt with mechanical drawings all day, and this was not the world he was familiar with in the past. He is now gradually Becoming a big feudal lord who is in charge of one party may even become the ruler of the kingdom in the future. When the situation changes, it is no longer applicable to restrict yourself with the previous concepts.

Following the thoughts in his heart is just fine. He told himself that if you force each other for some unspoken rules, there is no benefit other than hurting both parties.

Thinking of this, Roland's mood suddenly widened a lot, he took a deep breath of cold air, and slowly opened the backyard door.

The opened iron door is like a gap between bottom of heart, and a new world is opened instantly.

"Ah ... Your Highness, "Hummingbird and Lucia ran up to salute.

"You're here?" Anna showed a sweet smile and saw a light red mark on her fair neck. Roland couldn't help thinking of the enthusiasm of the other party last night, but since she made it It was decided that he didn't care about waiting for the last time.

"How about it, did the model come out?"

"Of course," Anna made a gesture to follow me, the two walked out of the back door of the yard, and saw a iron ship floating in the middle of a pool surrounded by snow. iron ship is about one meter long and twenty centimeters wide, which is much longer than those of crude benzene cement ships. The bow has an obvious fusiform shape with a flat tail at the rear end. The most special thing is that the bottom of the ship is covered with crisscross braces, which looks like countless squares are spliced ​​together.

"This is what I want," Roland sighed. Compared with stone ships cast with reinforced concrete, pure steel ships have a unique sense of exquisiteness, especially with dense staggered beams. Piece of art. He knows that each module of this ship model is completely cut from black fire after being scaled down, and a connection point has not been omitted. If it is placed in later generations, it is also a boutique of tens of thousands of dollars.

"Is this the new ship you want to build?"

"Yeah," he nodded, "also the first standard warship of small town."

Roland originally planned to use cement ships as the hull of shallow-water heavy gunship, but he now finds that under the situation of steam engine with insufficient power, the navigation of cement ships has become the most significant disadvantage. Only situation with fuel and personnel. The entire fleet of Longsong Stronghold was only eight to nine kilometers. If a 152mm stronghold cannon is mounted on it, plus the necessary ammunition and other combat weapon, the degree is likely to fall below the five kilometers mark. . In terms of quarters, even three quarters of sailing cannot be guaranteed. The reason is that the weight of concrete is too heavy. If you use it for transportation, you don't care about the speed. If you use it as a warship, it is better to be brisk.

If it was situation, which had a severe shortage of steel production capacity two months ago, he could only recognize it slowly, but with the introduction of Iron Star, today's steel reserves can support him to build a true iron armored warship. . Structurally, Roland chose the simplest module assembly type, that is, welding a steel plate with cross beams to form a larger hollow box structure, and then joining together many flat boxes to form the hull floor. This building method of building blocks does not need to set up a keel, and it has nothing to do with the classical method. In addition, the enemy does not threaten his own cannon at all, so he does not need to worry about the defense problem. The side is almost surrounded by thin iron sheet. To minimize cost and weight.

As for the power part, Roland decided to put propeller technology on the new ship instead of the paddle wheel drive of the cement ship ... The power unit is still a steam engine to turn gear to drive two propellers. However, in the design drawings handed over to Anna, he reserved the space for the modification of the three-up style steam engine, and plans to uniformly convert it into a new steam engine that is more suitable for use in ships in the future when it is built in batches.

Back in the yard, Anna started cutting the first steel plate.

Black fire is like the most accurate ruler in her hands. Between the upper and lower floors, a one-meter-square thick steel block instantly turns into a 7-8 sheet like a potato. There are also a lot of points.

The next step is welding. Hummingbird will reduce the weight of the steel beam and place it between the two steel plates, and the black cremation of Anna will turn into the bottom of the beam, which is not visible to the naked eye. They are tied together, and at the same time raising the temperature is completely different from the original open flame welding. This inside-out heating allows the flowing molten steel to completely fill the gap between the plates. When the three are fully combined, the stringers have slightly lowered. It sank about a millimeter, which is proof that the bottom of the steel sheet has melted into the gap between the two steel plates.

A staggered cross beam can connect four steel plates, and more cross beams form a hollow box unit. These units will be transported to the Scarlet Water River side by Hummingbird after weight reduction, and the final assembly process will be completed in the dock.

Roland's gaze has always been on the busy Anna figure. The girl's linen color swings back and forth with the cutting action. In a pure white snow scene, she looks like a dancing elf.

...

In the afternoon, Roland saw the newly awakened witch, Asia.

If she can show up in the office, she has passed Nightingale audit. Regarding her peculiar ability, Wendy has already recorded it very clearly, Roland did not do any more tests, but put the contract directly in front of her.

Asia picked up the pen and stiffened for a while, then said with a red face, "I ... can't write."

"It doesn't matter," Roland smiled, "You can also press your fingerprint."

She carefully pressed the ink-stained thumb at the end of the parchment, "So then it will be alright?"

"Yeah," Roland received the contract, "I have learned about your situation from Wendy, so even if you sign a contract, you do n’t need to live in the castle. Just come over every day to practice ability and listen to class. About The characteristics of magic power, Wendy should have told you these days, right? "

"Yes, Your Highness," I heard that I didn't need to stay in the castle, and the expression of Asia was relaxed a lot. "Lady Wendy said that if we don't release the daily accumulated magic power, there will be danger to life until awakening day." /

"Yes, so you have to practice well. Regarding the relationship between the precise control of magic power and the corresponding ability, I think she will slowly teach you," Roland did not correct the respectful words in the other party ’s mouth, and remained in awe. It is not a bad thing for scholars. "If you don't understand anything, you can ask any member of Witch Union for advice."

"I see, Your Highness," she bowed her head, "but ... is this ability useless? I asked Lady Wendy this question, but she said that only Her Highness knows the answer."

"Of course not," Roland laughed. "You, a detective, have the power to fight crime."

"Name ... Detective?" Asia looked confused.

"It doesn't matter, you will know soon," he called Nightingale in the mist. "From today, this witch will be your top boss."