Chapter 593 (1/2)

Carlos, who has been paying close attention to the situation in the engine room, has obviously noticed this situation.

This time, he didn't even pay attention to the engine room, put down the magnet phone in his hand, pulled the stone bear to push open the cockpit door and went outside.

The wind is still strong.

The Carlos sailed from south to north. Today, it was the north wind. With the increasing speed of the Carlos, the wind felt outside the bridge was very strong.

”This... This speed is almost ten knots!” Carlos is a very experienced ship designer and shipbuilding engineer, he can also generally judge the speed of a ship.

Stone bear had driven a car, rode a motorcycle, and also rode a battery car in his previous life. He had the same feeling about speed. He nodded with a smile and said, ”yes, I think the speed of Carlos is almost ten knots now.”

The stone bear's approval made Carlos jump in place several times. Obviously, the speed of the ship was definitely higher than he expected.

One knot is about 1.85 km, and the speed of ten knots is about 18.5 kmh.

This speed is absolutely the top navigation speed in this era.

We should know that the sailing battleships currently used by European powers basically belong to the category of Galen ships. This kind of wooden hull ship, powered by sails, can only sail at a speed of seven to ten knots in the sea.

But how many sails does a windsurfing battleship have?

What about the boat under your feet? Not only is there no sail, but also a steel warship!

The ship, made of steel that can't float in the water at all, can run so fast driven by the steam engine. This is a subversion of Carlos's understanding.

”Ad...” the stone bear called out and stopped the excited Carlos jumping in place, ”ask about the situation of the engine room boiler and gearbox, and see if we can increase the power.”

Carlos nodded excitedly, opened the steel door of the bridge, ran in, grabbed the phone and began to ask.

The stone bear came in slowly. After a while, Carlos said excitedly: ”chief, just now, the boiler's operating power was maintained at about 75%, and it was in good condition. I have asked them to continue to increase the power to the top to see how fast our ship can run.”

The stone bear touched the stubble on his chin and nodded with satisfaction. 75% of the power can make the ship run ten knots, which is quite unexpected.

Through the glass window of the bridge, the stone bear can clearly see that the black smoke from the four thick chimneys behind him is more dense. Under the north wind, the four black smoke pillars have formed a black smoke belt on the river. On the Bank of the river in the distance, there are many people standing on the bank to watch, and a large number of people are kneeling down to pray. Obviously, these people are scared by the smoky steel warship

Stone bear has no time to consider the feelings of these people. The most important thing is to test the general performance of the ship.

It's just a pity that when the stone bear just felt that the ship's speed began to increase, he could see the position of the estuary in front of him.

Stone bear just hesitated a little and gave the order to slow down.

The ship can't be exposed to outsiders, let alone the Europeans.