SFS Chapter 628 Submarine
Chapter 628 Submarine
Chapter 628 Submarine
Quanshan Port.
Half a month has passed since the Penghu Bay naval battle, and Wang Wenzhou has been focusing on scientific research these days. Of course, given Wang Wenzhou's character, not pursuing women would be politically incorrect, so pursuing women is a must, but scientific research cannot be neglected.
The Dutch fleet was simply too powerful. Even if Wang Wenzhou risked all his warships and won, he would pay a heavy price. Therefore, Wang Wenzhou had no choice but to research advanced technology to outmaneuver the Dutch.
On the deck of the "Little Lanlan," Wang Wenzhou, with one arm around Daenerys and the other around Chen Yuanyuan, looked at the "submarine" in the water and said with a smile, "Babies, babies, this is my masterpiece these past few days. What do you think? Pretty cool, right?"
Chen Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at Wang Wenzhou and said sarcastically, "Husband, is this a masterpiece? It looks like a big bucket lying on its side."
Although Chen Yuanyuan has fallen in love with her nemesis Wang Wenzhou, she is used to mocking him. If she didn't say a few sarcastic words, she wouldn't be Chen Yuanyuan.
"Wow..." Daenerys exclaimed exaggeratedly, "My lord, you are amazing! This is truly a masterpiece!"
Wang Wenzhou shook his head with a wry smile. "Baby, are you praising me or insulting me? You don't even know what a submarine is, and you're exaggerating like this, calling it a masterpiece?"
"Baby, be good!" Wang Wenzhou hugged Daenerys and kissed her, then said with a smile, "This submarine may not look very nice, but it will be very useful."
With the technology of this era, let alone nuclear-powered submarines, Wang Wenzhou couldn't even build a hybrid-powered submarine.
This submarine was named "Xiao Yan Yan" in memory of Wang Wenzhou's deceased baby, Qi Si Yan.
The physics behind submarines is actually quite simple: it's all about buoyancy balance. Anyone who's studied junior high school physics can build one. However, this era lacked advanced technology, so the "Little Yan Yan" could only sail for a maximum of half an hour at a time. Furthermore, during its voyage, it could only descend, not ascend.
The "Little Yan Yan" submarine can only be powered by human power. There is a row of propellers on the bottom of the submarine, and when it is sailing, a dozen or so people will pedal "bicycles" to drive the propellers.
Wang Wenzhou designed the diving depth to be only 2 meters. Don't underestimate this depth; if it's only 2 meters, it will be impossible to spot at night unless you shine a light down from above the submarine.
There are three air vents protruding above the submarine. The air vents are disguised as small fish, and from a distance, they look like just three fish.
Standing aboard the "Little Yan Yan," Liu Wei asked, "Sir, shall we begin the trial voyage now?"
Because of his proficiency in swimming, Liu Wei was appointed captain of the "Xiao Yan Yan" by Wang Wenzhou. He was also the captain of Wang Wenzhou's newly formed "Naval SEAL Team".
The name "SEAL Team" sounds impressive, and it's no surprise that they are a special forces unit that carries out special operations.
In fact, similar special forces existed during the Ming Dynasty. They just didn't have such a cool name; pirates commonly referred to them as "water ghosts."
The members of the "Navy SEALs" were 100 elites selected from the skilled swimmers under Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong.
In naval battles, these "water ghosts" would swim alone to the bottom of enemy ships, then use hammers and chisels to drill through the hull. Of course, in actual combat, this tactic wasn't very effective.
Even if they could carve out a hole the size of a fist, the enemies inside the ship would definitely find it and could easily block the hole with anything they could find.
The primary function of the water ghosts was to swim aboard enemy ships, engage in hand-to-hand combat, and seize enemy warships.
This time, Wang Wenzhou really wanted to use the "Navy SEALs" to drill into the bottom of the ship.
However, this time, the Navy SEALs didn't use hammers to chisel the bottom of the ship; instead, they used "strong water."
Strong water is simply a mixture of strong acids, and it wasn't something Wang Wenzhou, with his superior chemistry skills, invented on his own. Rather, the technology to manufacture strong acids existed in that era. Xu Guangqi's book, *Xu Guangqi's Manuscripts*, contains a method for making strong water. However, Xu Guangqi died in the sixth year of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign, before Wang Wenzhou's time travel. Otherwise, Wang Wenzhou would definitely have sought out this great Ming Dynasty scientist and tried to forcefully advance his technological skills.
Wang Wenzhou nodded and said, "Xiao Wei, let's begin."
"Yes!" Liu Wei accepted the order and quickly opened the hatch and went inside.
In a short while, the water tank of the "Little Yan Yan" opened, and as seawater flowed in, the "Little Yan Yan" slowly sank.
"Ah?" Liu Li exclaimed in surprise, "Sir, something terrible has happened! Your new ship is sinking!"
Liu Li, being the daughter of a pirate, naturally understood that a shipwreck was a bad omen. She wanted to take advantage of the fact that the new ship hadn't sunk to the bottom of the sea yet and quickly send people to salvage it. Moreover, her cousin Liu Wei was still on board; if the ship sank, their Liu family line would end. Her father, Liu Xiang, had no sons; Liu Wei was the only bloodline in their Liu family.
Wang Wenzhou said with a smile, "Baby, baby, what's all the fuss about? The Little Yan Yan is a submarine. Of course, a submarine has to sink into the sea to sail."
"Huh?" The children were all stunned. Boats sail on the surface of water, but there are boats that can run in the water? Isn't that just like a fish swimming in the water?
Daenerys complimented, "My lord, you are simply a god descended to earth, able to build such a magnificent ship."
"Hmph!" Chen Yuanyuan snorted coldly, and said irritably, "You barbarian little bitch, always flattering people, don't you get tired of it?"
"Yuanyuan, be good! You can't bully others all the time, especially when they have physical disabilities. Don't hit someone in the face, don't insult someone's shortcomings. Daenerys didn't want her hair to be black or her eyes to be the color of a dog's either. But her parents gave birth to her like this, so how can you blame her?" Wang Wenzhou seriously scolded Chen Yuanyuan.
"Hmph!" Chen Yuanyuan snorted coldly. "You're so good to that little bitch! Wait till we get back to Hanshan, see how you explain this to that little slut Liu Rushi. Knowing her temper, if she finds out you're always sleeping with that barbarian bitch, she'll definitely be furious."
After the "Xiao Yan Yan" vessel descended to the designed water level, it circled the "Xiao Lan Lan" vessel several times.
Wang Wenzhou was overjoyed. His design had succeeded. With the "Little Yan Yan," a surprise attack on the Dutch fleet docked in the port would likely sink them all to the bottom of the sea.
……
Nanjing, the newly built Earl's Mansion.
"Cough cough..." Wang Wenzhou's adoptive father, Wang Xianda, coughed a few times.
Wang Wenzhou's mother, Madam Yang, quickly patted her husband's back.
Madam Yang asked, "Does Master miss Boxin?"
Wang Xianda glanced at Zhang Erhua beside him with a smile, then his expression changed, and he said sternly, "I don't want that wretched son at all!"
Zhang Erhua was sleeping in Zhang Rong's arms at this moment. Babies sleep more than they are awake.
"Hehe!" Madam Yang said with a smile, "In two months it will be the master's sixtieth birthday. No matter how busy Boxin is, we must make him come back to celebrate your birthday."
Regardless of time or place, parents are naturally happy when their children grow up and become successful. However, if their children live far away and they cannot see them for many years, parents will miss them terribly.
At this point, Madam Yang looked at Zhang Rong and said, "Rong'er, you've been living in Nanjing for so long now, and Zhang Erhua is all grown up. Why don't you take him to Fujian so his father can see him? Most importantly, two months from now, you must have Boxin return to Nanjing to celebrate his father's birthday."
Zhang Rong nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll make preparations for going to Fujian in the next few days."
"Cough cough..." Wang Xianda coughed a few times and quickly said, "Rong'er, remember to tell Boxin to bring his wife and children home. There won't be many more opportunities for our family to reunite. I don't know if my old body can make it through this year."
"Father, you can't say that!" Zhang Rong thought to herself. Although the old man said he didn't miss his enemy, how could he not miss him? He even threatened his enemy by saying he would see him one last time.