Testing of the armored warships in the inland sea of ​​Taijiang River, in the waters ahead of the Nanda Shipbuilding Shipyard is still continuing.

The latest round of testing was the defense of the deck of the armored warship. The surface of the deck was obviously made of wooden, so it naturally could not stop the shells. After several artillery cannon shells fell on the deck, a rain of wood chips was stirred up on the entire deck.

But, strangely, the huge shells did not smash through the deck. Most of them rolled on the deck for a few times and stopped moving. Some even bounced up and flew into the water!

What's going on?

It turns out that although the surface of the deck is not suitable for iron plates, it can be used under the deck. The hull structure of the iron armored warship is not exactly the same as that of the wooden warship. Under the deck is not the first cabin, but a layer of iron plates.

In other words, the two sides of the armored warship are iron plates outside and wooden boards inside, while the deck of the armored warship is wood plates outside and iron boards inside. Even if the shells hit the deck, it would be fine. You can only smash the outer wooden boards a little, and the cabin inside can still not be destroyed.

At this point, the armor strength test of the armored warship was finally over. Yang Geng then ordered: "Order to start testing the attack power of the armored warship."

A wave of order flags, the super battleships on both sides of the armored warship slowly turned around and retreated to the outer fleet. Immediately afterwards, two more super battleships slowly drove in from the outer periphery.

These two super battleships are a bit strange. There are no artillery on the deck, and there are obvious scars in many places.

What's going on?

It turned out that this was the super battleship sent back from the continental region to repair. In order to test the attack power of the iron armored warship, Bi Maokang used it directly as a target!

Of course, all the naval guns on it have been removed, and there are not many crew members on it. After the two warships drove two miles away from the armored warship, a small boat was placed on it. More than a dozen crew members jumped on and off the boat and rowed away.

At this time, the two super battleships were empty, with no figure or gun at all.

What a big deal, this super battleship cost tens of thousands of taels of silver each, was actually placed here as a target!

However, Zhu Cijiu did not say anything, but instead showed an interesting expression, raised his telescope and stared at the armored warship in the middle.

He has always emphasized that when testing weapons, we should pay attention to actual combat effectiveness. What are the two worn super battleships? If not, he would not object to the new ones directly!

At this time, the armored warship finally moved, and the huge hull moved forward a little, and then there was a roar of artillery, and all the cannons on both sides opened fire.

"Boom Boom Boom" "Boom Boom Boom" Five consecutive rounds of artillery fire were blasted out continuously, and the super battleships on both sides flew into wood chips, and many holes as big as washbasins soon appeared on the ship's body.

This is actually nothing, because wooden super battleships can also produce such an effect, but they will damage each other during battles.

After the five rounds of artillery, the super battleships on both sides were already broken and destroyed. Immediately afterwards, the armored battleship began to slowly turn around and directly aimed the bow of the ship at a wooden super battleship.

"Boom boom boom" There were a few more cannons roaring, and the divine cannon on the head of the iron armored warship opened fire, and all three huge shells hit the wooden super battleship in front without exception.

I don’t know if the gunners on the Iron Armored Battleship were lucky or their accuracy was quite terrifying, but this wooden super battleship began to slowly sink after hitting three shells!

This is actually nothing. The wooden super battleship can achieve the same effect, but it only requires accurate results.

After the trial here, the armored warship began to slowly turn around and aimed the bow of the ship directly at the remaining wooden super battleship.

This time, the bow of the ship did not fire, and the entire armored warship accelerated directly and crashed into the wooden super battleship in front.

"Crack", with a huge tearing sound, the wooden super battleship hit broke from the middle!

After the wooden super battleship was cracked, the armored warship continued to advance, and then marched for a distance against the wooden warship until the wooden warship was completely cracked in half and sank into the sea. Then he slowly turned around and drove back to his original position.

Zhu Cijiong used a telescope to look carefully at the corner of the bow. There were no obvious dents or cracks, but some scratches, and the overall situation was intact!

At this time, he finally put down his telescope and laughed at Bi Maokang beside him and said, "Okay, Meng Hou, you did a good job, that's it, this is the iron armored warship!"

Immediately afterwards, he ordered the Ming Dynasty to turn around and return to the Nandaying Port Terminal. Then he took Bi Maokang and other officials to inspect the shipyard.

After turning around the shipyard, power plant, casting gun factory, rolling plate factory, and steelmaking plant one by one, he praised Bi Maokang again.

He is very satisfied with all factories, but one thing is that the confidentiality or security work of these factories is not done well.

This is the trump card of the Ming Dynasty, so security cannot be careless.

He thought about it and simply left a thousand Jinyiwei here to guard it, so that they could watch it carefully, and strictly prohibit any suspicious person from entering the shipyard.

The armored warships will sooner or later appear on the battlefield, but their structure is not unmatched. If the Anti-Habsburg Alliance knew the secret of the sealing chamber in advance, they could also build the armored warships.

Although the quality is definitely not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, iron armor is iron armor. No matter how good the quality is, such shells are difficult to penetrate now. If the anti-Habsburg Alliance builds iron armored warships, the naval battle will return to the state of anti-defense.

In the naval battle, he didn't want to waste his time with the anti-Habsburg alliance. He was going to secretly build a batch of armored warships, and unexpectedly defeated the entire anti-Habsburg alliance navy!

After the inspection, he did not stop in the East Pan, but instead rushed back to Dongdaying with Bi Maokang and a group of officials from the Ministry of Works.

Bi Maokang and others also wanted to transform the Dongda Shipyard into a new shipyard for making armored warships, while he had to return to Beijing to arrange the next strategy.

Judging from the actual combat effectiveness of the armored warship, it is an invincible existence against the wooden super battleship. As long as two or three hundred armored warships are produced, it is not a problem to sweep the entire anti-Habsburg alliance navy.

Therefore, he decided to change his strategy and asked the Beiyang Navy, Nanyang Navy, and South China Sea Fleet to shrink their defense first and not go out to sea to make unnecessary consumption with the joint fleet of the anti-Habsburg Alliance powers.

During this period, no matter how provoked the enemy, they would not attack until the Nanda Shipyard and Dongda Shipyard built enough armored warships.

The army legions continued to bloom at multiple points, looking for opportunities to fight against the anti-Habsburg alliance army.

Of course, if you can be sure, you can rush forward and kill the opponent.

For example, the Wushan line and southern France, the anti-Habsburg alliance powers all gathered heavy troops, so naturally they could only deal with the waste.

For example, the North American continent and the Holy Roman Empire depends on the situation. If the British and Dutch army are not very strong, then once the railway is built, it will be their doomsday!
Chapter completed!