After a week of being placed in the maintenance room, the cement boat finally arrived at the day of the shoal.

The workers who were called to be stunned, and when the prince was ordered to push the hard-won bath into the water, everyone wondered if they had heard wrong.

But Roland’s orders were.

He had the shed be temporarily removed and removed, and then dug a slope at the bottom of the cement boat and led straight to the river.This part must be done with extra care, because the anti-nactor resistance of cement products is very poor, and it is a small thing to produce a few cracks, and if it is broken to the ground, it is equivalent to white dry.

Rolling wood, bundling ropes to control the slipping speed, and when everything was ready, the workers would wrap the wrist-coated hemp rope around the newly laid pile and pull it into a straight line.With a sound of the password, slowly loosen the rope, the bottom of the boat slide on the rolling wood, into a harsh friction.

Fortunately, all went well, Roland saw that the cement boat gradually fell into the river, the whole boat was about half a meter deep, and the wall of the boat was still about one meter out of the water.The workers were surprised to see that this object, which was more than a stone, did not sink into the bottom of the river, but floated on the water like leaves.

“Put the rope around the pile a few times, and then tie it!”Roland commanded.The hemp rope tied to the hull cannot be untied, otherwise the cement boat will drift south with the river.

Although the Nightingale did not have a present shape, the unbelievable tone of her shock has been revealed: "Why can it float?"

“Well... in short, its average density is lower than water, and it can float on the surface of the water,” Roland replied a moment later, “it has little to do with whether it is an iron block or a cement.”In fact, when you see a sailboat, you should understand that a ship so big is much heavier than a stone."

The voice did not sound again, and he guessed that the other party had fallen into thought.Even Anna doesn’t have to react immediately.Roland smiled and continued to direct the workers on their next steps.

The subsequent outfit is a long time, the current snow, the work has to stop, only when the snow is small, can seize the time to do a while.The main content of the laying deck, a piece of wood is installed on the ship, the gap between the deck and the bottom of the ship stands many short wooden piles as support, although a bit of waste space, but considering the main use of cement ships, no matter so much.

Then there is anti-corrosion treatment.This carpenters are very clear about what to do, they first brush the deck with a pungent smell of oil, and then apply several layers of red paint.When everything on the deck is complete, the outfit enters the superstructure installation phase.

The so-called upper part is just a wooden shed between two masts to store artillery and ammunition.When it rains, the crew can also have a place to avoid the rain.A platform for one person to stand was also specially installed at the top of the wooden shed, apparently prepared for Wendy.As long as she stands on the top of the shed, the ability to exert the scope can cover the sails.

The rudder of the stern is fused from pig iron, and it is slightly troublesome to install, and it is necessary to pass the rudder handle from underwater through the reserved hole, so that it can be exposed to the deck, and then from the deck to the iron ring, welding card buckle.The buckle is a steel plate of a right-angled triangle, the long edge is welded on the rudder handle, and the short edge can be rotated freely in the trough reserved for the iron ring.

The welding work was naturally handed over to Anna, and after being shocked and puzzled by the stone baths that could float on the water, she asked the same question as the Nightingale.

Roland repeated the answer, and saw Anna crouching and meditating.

Education for all is a long way off.

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On the other hand, Vanner hesitated to join the artillery or musketeers.

It all starts with the order three days ago.

His Royal Highness decided to reassign the best performers in the first and second militia teams to regroup a special team, and Vanner was pleased to hear that his name was among them.But when the iron axe asked him whether he had joined the artillery or the musketeer, he was confused.He knew that the city's head was simply sharp in dealing with evil animals, and the penetration was much stronger than the hand.At present, only the iron axe, the chief knight, and a number of hunters can use such fierce weapons.Vana was supposed to join the musketeers without hesitation, but he asked, What is the gun?

When he learned that it was a musket ten times bigger, and the power was even more than a hundred times stronger than the musket, he was caught in a dilemma.

Obviously, the more powerful weapons can be used, the more it proves that His Royal Highness the Prince attaches to himself, and joining the artillery team seems to be a better choice than the musket, but carrying the pen-backed musket, passing through the streets of the town, attracting everyone's attention, this is the scene he has been dreaming of.Although the gun is powerful, after being magnified ten times, it must not be carried away?

By the end of the day, he had chosen the artillery.The last straw that overwhelms the camels was the monthly salary of five silver wolves higher than that of the musketeers.

Then the rigorous training began.

A gun required five men to operate, and Vanner was divided into a group of grapefruit, cat claws, Nelson and Rodney.Vanner was appointed commander because he was the deputy of the long gun team.

Compared to the musket, this thing is more troublesome than ten times!For more than a month, he secretly observed the process of iron axe operation muskets, thinking that he had been familiar with the roll.However, the artillery light is changed from the moving state to the reserve shooting state, and it is necessary to go through a complicated set of operations.

Stop the horse, pull out the pin, pull the hanging buckle, move the gun frame, push to the shooting point, fall support, these procedures need five people to work together, such as pulling the buckle, others to immediately push the gun, so that the buckle and the tractor separation, four rounds into two wheels, in order to fall the support.Must be skillful during the conversion, otherwise the heavy gun rack is difficult to remove from the tractor.

After the landing is completed, the ammunition is loaded and ready to shoot.This part is very similar to the musket, but the removal of the gun need to be replaced with two brushes in turn into one, the gunpowder is also packaged, directly into the gun tube.The ignition method uses the drug line to ignite, and it seems that it is difficult to exert its power when it rains, Vanna thought.

Fortunately, the gunners only need to direct others to do what they do most of the time, and they don't have to use too much effort.

For the first three days, the four selected artillery groups had only one artillery for training.So under the password of the iron axe, a group of people loaded the gun frame, unloaded, prepared to launch, and then returned to loading the car.These two steps were repeated, and Vanna suspected that the gun was under constant cleanliness, and that it might be much cleaner than his own face.