Extraordinary Sailing

In the next few days, Aiwen spent most of his free time on this battleship, in addition to advancing various research projects that had almost filled the timetable.

Based on Aiwen, Walkley and the few craftsmen with the best skills on the original "Storm Horn", a tackling team was established.

After Aiwen presided over the first meeting and explained his vision, all members of the tackling team were full of interest in this new type of warship that was still on paper for the time being, and couldn't wait to turn it into reality.

So the design of the preliminary renovation plan was started without sleep and food.

During the period, of course, it was inevitable that several versions of the design proposals would be killed.

Either it doesn't match Aiwen's vision, fails to meet the predetermined performance, or it's too fantastic, and the structural strength of the current material can't meet his requirements at all.

Later, Walkley Jeffrey simply used the public equipment for private use, and shared a large number of warship data in the current kingdom with Aiwen. It allows him to conduct data statistics and analysis through the "data vision", and then feed it back to the tackling team for subsequent continuous corrections.

Because the main material of battleships is oak, which grows naturally, it is not standardized and highly homogeneous steel, so even if there is a uniform specification of battleships, each one will be significantly different.

Even the cast-iron cannons on warships or the muskets in the hands of soldiers are the same. Because of the limitations of the casting process, craftsmen need to carry out refined secondary processing in the later stage, which also causes a gap in the performance of weapons.

So, they're not nitpicking.

Instead, he hopes that the first new warship born in his own hands will achieve the best performance, and it may even become a model for the entire kingdom's new warships.

Another whole week passed.

Even when Aiwen's own most important research project, the "Adventurer's Blood" suppression plan, had been successfully completed, they finally proposed the best solution based on the current conditions, which was unanimously approved by everyone.

In Walkley's words:

"The transformation on the existing basis is ten times more difficult than redesigning a battleship!"

Of course, more difficult things are yet to come.

A large number of sailors were summoned non-stop to unload the open-air shipboard artillery, and then began to dismantle the upper forecastle and open deck little by little.

But they always felt that the battleship was not strong enough in the battle, but this time they suffered a lot because of the strong hull.

Take the open deck as an example:

After the initial laying is completed, it is necessary to soak the sackcloth with tar to block the gaps, and then pour hot tar into it to completely seal the gaps between the planks. This will not only effectively waterproof the deck, but also make the deck more stable as a whole.

Therefore, the general navy will not waste time and effort to dismantle and recycle warships that need to be scrapped, but directly sink them in the sea as gun targets.

But the "Singdenburg" is different, because these ship materials have other uses after they are dismantled, and it is bound to be impossible for them to dismantle them violently.

Therefore, even if Aiwen summoned all the surplus manpower on the island and worked overtime 24 hours a day, the progress of the project would still be unsatisfactory.

Moreover, although the rebuilding of sailboats does not take three to five years like new construction, it is also a time-consuming and laborious work.

If these sailors alone can complete the preliminary work before the deadline of their mission to station in the New World, it can already be called extremely efficient.

Therefore, in order to avoid more variables in the long night and dream, Aiwen finally decided to postpone his other research projects and do it himself, so that these useless guys can see what is the productivity of wizards!

Another long night.

But this time is different from the previous few days. Most of the soldiers have left the dock, only the ship engineer Walkley Jeffrey, the core craftsmen and a small number of sailors who do auxiliary work remain.

Of course, after hearing what Ivan was going to do, the officers of the "Cape of the Storm" and the captain of the "Endeavour" Robbins also stayed here to join in the fun.

"Your Excellency, Captain! I don't mean to offend you, but can you really use witchcraft to build a ship?"

From hearing Aiwen's proposal until this evening when things came to an end, Walkley, a senior engineer, was still a little unbelievable.

There are countless strange things in places like the New World, and the extraordinary isolation is far less strict than the Old World. As a senior engineer with a high status, he has certainly heard of wizards.

But his impressions were still only of poisonous spiders, lizard tails, strange soups, curses, totems and other weird things. He never thought that witchcraft could be connected with the greatest weapon of mankind.

"Of course! How do you think the machinery industrialization that is in full swing here comes from?"

Ivan, who was drawing spells with Milan on the dry dock floor, replied to him without looking back.

If it is not beneficial to the world of ordinary human beings, how did the "light of alchemy" spread across many countries come to the surface openly? And the method I want to use is more intuitive than it!

"Huh, done!"

At this time, the complicated technique has been completely formed in the hands of the two of them.

The perfect circle with a diameter of eight meters passes through five small circles painted with spiritual scripts. The circles are connected to each other, and together with the densely packed spiritual scripts, they form a complex array of runes.

They respectively represent the four basic elements in the foundation of alchemy: earth, wind, water, fire and the fifth element "soul".

Then Ivan began to place various "spiritual" items corresponding to the elements in each small circle.

The fire element represents vitality, enthusiasm, flame, destruction, life, and the sun, so Ivan placed a small 6-pound cannon in this circle.

The water element represents purification, love, witchcraft, intuition, ups and downs of fate, and travel, so what he put here is a golden cup that traveled across the ocean with a shipwreck and stayed underwater for three hundred years.

The earth element represents prosperity, wealth, money, success, employment, and fertility, so in this circle is placed a polished golden lion that has experienced countless transactions at a glance.

The wind element represents knowledge, freedom, breathing, plant growth, and starting point. What Aiwen put here is the extraordinary weapon sword staff that has accompanied him through many battles.

Finally, he straightened up and looked towards Milan, who understood and had consciously stood in the last circle representing "soul".

Aiwen checked it one last time to confirm that there was no problem. I just thought to myself, why not write a book by myself called "One Hundred Ways of Using Milan"?

Stopping the random thoughts in his heart, he took off the extra things on his body and handed them to Gary who was watching by the side. He only wore a remade acorn fruit around his neck, and walked into the center of the circle in a linen robe. .

After reaching out his hand to signal, someone naturally went to turn off all the lights in the dock.

At the same time, all the onlookers held their breath.

There was complete silence in the dock.

Ai Wen felt the spiritual power gradually becoming stronger around him, and took a deep breath.

Subconsciously touched an extra lock-shaped imprint on the back of the neck, and after confirming that the "Adventurer's Blood" would not suddenly come out to cause trouble this time, he raised his hands and palms up.

The mantra that seemed to contain infinite vitality was slowly spit out, echoing and resonating in the dock.

call--

Then Aiwen's spirit instantly rose, and he was connected to an existence with majestic power even though he didn't have self-awareness, without the slightest obstacle.

boom!

There was a roar in my head.

That is the mysterious source of the "activation school", the "tree of life" that exists in the root of the world!

"sta!"

The last incantation was spit out, and the magic power and activated aura in Aiwen's body poured into the rune array under his feet.

A string of characters, each line lit up one after another.

Wow——

Then, emerald green brilliance that was as transparent as jade gushed out, covering half of the battleship in an instant.

Without using rituals, the original limit of Aiwen's "activated aura" is only a sphere with a radius of three meters. As long as the volume does not exceed this range, there is no upper limit for things that can be activated.

The main effect is to slightly affect non-living objects or change their physical form, allowing them to gain short-term vitality like elemental creatures.

The changes produced during this period will continue to exist even after the spell expires, achieving the effect of changing the physical form in disguise.

Restriction: The greater the density of the substance, the slower the activation speed, which is invalid for extraordinary items.

The so-called "ritual" is to establish a connection with certain world rules, spiritual spirits, gods, etc. through specific rituals. Temporarily make the self-consciousness retreat, the spirit resonates with the super-order existence, and activates powerful abilities that exceed one's own limitations and even do not possess one's own!

[Exceeding Limit Ritual·Activation of Skillful Hands! 】

At this time, after launching the ceremony, not only the scope of influence of the activated aura is greatly increased, but also the intensity is greatly increased. Within a straight-line distance of 30 meters, the "Singdenburg" seemed to have been hit by a dissociation spell.

The planks, tar, linen, iron nails, and wooden wedges shook slowly, and then, under the incredulous eyes of the onlookers, they bounced off the hull and landed on the ground with a "clinking sound".

And at the same time it landed, there was also the jaw of the naval engineer Walkley Jeffrey.

"Goddess, it's unbelievable!"

Then, with the help of these "activated hands" from witchcraft.

The transformation speed of the battleship seems to be equipped with rocket propulsion, advancing rapidly every day.

Flatten the weather deck, repair ribs and sides, thicken the hull

Although in order to maintain sustainability, Ivan and Milan will only start the ceremony for half an hour every night, but even this half an hour is worth half a month's workload of the sailors.

However, after just ten days, even the outfitting of the refitted warship was nearly completed.

If it wasn't for watching it change little by little with their own eyes, Walkley and the other officers couldn't believe their eyes.

"So beautiful!"

At this time, the battleship lying in the dock has undergone earth-shaking changes!

The original "Singdenburg" was a large third-class ship with 74 shipboard artillery.

[Specifications] The displacement is 2950 tons, the captain is 56.42 meters long, 14.90 meters wide, the sail area is 2485 square meters, and the crew is 680 people.

[Armment] The double-layer artillery deck and the single-layer open-air deck have a total of: 28 32-pounder guns, 30 24-pounder guns, and 16 9-pounder guns.

But now its bow and stern buildings and the original open deck have completely disappeared, and it has become a double-deck cruiser with the same height front and rear.

[Specifications] The displacement is 2340 tons, the captain is 56.42 meters long, 14.90 meters wide, the sail area is 3213 square meters, and the crew is 450 people.

[Armment] Double-layer transparent artillery deck: 28 24-pounder guns, 28 32-pounder guns (one sunk into the deep sea, not available), 2 24-pounder bow and stern guns.

There is a parameter in the hydrodynamics related to ship design called "wave barrier speed", which is related to the length of the hull. If the speed exceeds this speed, the resistance will increase sharply. The correct way to build a high-speed boat is to increase the aspect ratio, increase the sail area (power), and sharpen the bow (reduce resistance).

Although the overall length and width ratio of the boat was greater, Ivan did not dare to move it. After all, this is not a matter of simply flattening and rounding. The structural strength is there. If you accidentally break the keel, you will lose a lot of money.

However, the mast passes through several layers of cabins and is connected to the keel at the bottom of the ship. The lower the cabin, the higher the availability of the mast. The sail area is increased by one third, and the weight is reduced, which is also conducive to speeding up.

Although the overall speed of this cruiser cannot reach the limit speed of the "Constitution", it has surpassed all battleships of this era. If you add the assistance of the "Cape Statue·Monsoon Goddess", it will never be inferior to the "Constitution".

besides.

Aiwen also drew a semi-permanent spell on the deck, which can temporarily activate the rigging and sails, allowing himself to replace most of the sailing crew's work in an emergency.

It also gave it a little taste of a super warship.

After brainstorming with everyone who has contributed to this ship.

Ivan finally adopted Walkley's suggestion and named the reloaded cruiser "Venus Star", which represented the brightest morning star that appeared in the sky in the early morning, but it would not be the only one.