Chapter 592 (1/2)

Hard bone naturally doesn't understand what this dark steel warship means now, and stone bear won't explain it to him now. Anyway, when hard bone sees the power of this steel warship with his own eyes one day, he will naturally understand.

And now the stone bear doesn't have the time and mood to explain this. His attention is all attracted by the ship.

Throughout the morning, the stone bear did not leave the dock filled with water. The Carlos stayed in the dock for a whole morning to test whether the hull would enter or seep.

After all, this is the first steel ship in the world to be riveted by hot riveting technology. No one knows whether this riveting technology is qualified.

After a morning's static test, the effect looks good. The 24 watertight cabins under the Carlos deck below the waterline have no water inflow or seepage.

This result let everyone including the stone bear take a long breath.

What's the most important thing about a ship? It's simple. It doesn't leak!

If a ship leaks everywhere, not even an aircraft carrier!

Obviously, this latest hot riveting technology is qualified, and so are the workers at Norfolk shipyard!

Since the effect of static test is very good, then the next step is to enter the Elizabeth River for navigation test.

Thick black smoke billowed from the four chimneys of the Carlos, and within minutes the well ventilated dock was in a state of chaos.

At this time, the stone bear felt that the internal combustion engine was so good and environmentally friendly!

Compared with this coal-fired steam engine, the oil-fired internal combustion engine is an environmental protection expert

It takes at least 20 minutes for the water temperature in the boiler to reach the required level to generate steam, and people can't stay in the dock at this time. Therefore, taking advantage of this vacancy, they have a quick lunch, then enter the dock again and board the Carlos, waiting for the Carlos to leave the dock.

Stone bear, they just boarded the Carlos and entered the bridge. Soon after, with the clear noise of the steam engine, the Carlos slowly came out of the dock.

As soon as the ship left the dock, the smoke from the four chimneys was blown away by the wind.

Sure enough, the best place for this thing to gallop is in the sea. Only the boundless space of the sea and the strong wind can disperse the smoke

The ship was piloted by a few of hardcore's men. These men were soldiers of the gaoshu tribe, the first to drive the inland river armed transport ships. They have been following in the shipyard since they built the Carlos. They communicate with Adrian Carlos and other shipbuilding engineers every day, and then slowly explore how to pilot the ship.

After all, the way the steel warship was piloted was not the same as the way the sailboat was piloted.

”What's the motivation?” Carlos nervously grabbed the hand-held magnet phone and talked to the crew in the engine room below.

”The load of the boiler is 30%, and the operation is stable and good...” the clear voice of the crew in the engine room came out from the hand-held magnet phone, and Shi Xiong could hear it standing by.

”Slowly increase the operating power to 50%...” Carlos gave the order in a deep voice.