The dawn pierced the thick clouds, and the morning mist at Nanyang Weigang was dispersed by the sunlight in the early morning. The huge dry dock of Weigang was opened, and the sea water poured in. The folding crane wing sails on the four sky-summit masts slowly pulled up. The huge shadow like a hill in the floating and sinking slid into the sea from the dock.

Chen Mu stood on the shore, squinting his eyes as the new warship, which was still in the Chihai class, had more power and more artillery, and had less cargo to carry more cargo into the water, and nodded slowly.

The name of this warship is "Li Zhu". It is named after the divine bird under Huangdi. There are only eighteen Gate of General Zhenshuo and four front and rear Zhao Shizhen's newly built rotating anti-cannons, and there is no independent combat or long-range combat capability.

The only special thing about it is that it is the first warship in the Ming Dynasty and the entire world to carry motors.

On both sides of the Lizhu ship, there are two paddle wheels covered by the shipboard. The gears on the thick steel wheel rods connect to the motor, and the wires lead to the open deck on the upper stern of the ship, wrapped in huge hemp ropes and piled up.

Chen Mu looked at Li Zhu Jian with eager eyes and hope.

He watched the warship enter the sea. Under the wind, the warship sailed slowly, and the two huge paddle wheels also rotated slowly. This device slowed down the warship's speed relatively, but it was only a little bit, and for the four-masted sail, it was less than five minutes.

But Chen Mu knew what it means to slow down five points from Zhu Ship, which means that it is very likely that his entire fleet will be slowed down by five percent in the future.

Someone whimpering horns were blowing on the deck. Several flag soldiers in the cabin held long poles and tied them to the stern. They struggled to fix the four corners of the large leather ball pockets with ropes to four brackets. Then, the small flag officer with a firm face knelt down on the deck several times and walked onto the wooden cabin under the leather ball without hesitation.

The hanging ball is still slightly shriveled even with bamboo strips, with more than twenty pieces of sewn leather.

Immediately afterwards, the brave little flag officer lit the fire in the middle of the leather sky lantern. Under the fire, there was enough wooden cabins to hold coal and the flag army. He sat in the wooden cabin and tried hard to overcome his fear and remained standing.

"After a while, the ball will rise." Chen Mu said confidently, but his tone was not so firm. "The Military Weapons Bureau tried to put the hot air balloon at a height of more than 30 feet in the sky, but never tried to carry people on it, even if he was as heavy as the previous cargo."

As he said that, Chen Mu held a telescope in his right hand, trying to see every detail with his own eyes, and made a gesture with his left hand, several small boats sailing away from the shore and heading towards Li Zhu Ship. In just a moment, the flag army on the ship was ready to salvage the robes at any time.

"I don't know if the ropes and wires can hold on."

Under the wooden basket, four ropes are twisted into one strand, with wires wrapped in the middle. These heavy ropes become the greatest resistance for the hot air balloon to rise. As the balloon rises, the weight of the drag becomes larger and larger, and finally freezes at a height of 100 meters.

At this stage, the wires and motors can only provide such a long distance. Even the size of the hot air balloon has been calculated and tested to ensure that it will not fall at an altitude of more than 30 meters, and to ensure that it will not continue to rise and break the rope.

Because of fuel, the existing methods of the Nanyang Military Intelligence Bureau cannot accurately test the required heat to reach the demand level, so it can only be exhausted by stupid methods.

The wooden basket is equipped with a special telegraph machine, which is connected to the warship by ropes, while the small flag officer carries a telescope.

"If everything goes well, Yu Shuai, our army will be on land and on sea, and we will be expected to be the first." Chen Mu was surrounded by Yu Dayou, and the old general was looking at Li Zhu Ship in surprise, and at the same time, he did not forget to look at Chen Mu in shock.

Chen Mu is really too cruel.

Yu Dayou has only seen fireworks blowing into the sky, and has never seen his subordinates put in sky lanterns to the sky!

The skin balloon gradually bulged with the temperature rise. Yu Dayou, who had been through the battlefield for a long time, swallowed his saliva secretly and asked: "Shuai Chen, if the rope is broken, the light is destroyed, the flag officer above..."

"It's okay, the top of the ball has a cover opening and closing, and there are ropes connecting the opening and closing in the ball cabin. Pulling can slow down the speed. After pulling for a long time, it will drop. In the end, it will inevitably fall into the sea, but it won't die." Chen Mu said, turning his head and said to Yu Dayou: "But it's hard to say on land. From the small sky lantern to this big ball, there were several times before, and the rope was not reliable enough and was blown off by the strong wind. There was no one controlling the height and falling to the ground."

"So be sure to complete the experiment at sea and then leave it to land for use - see, it's rising!"

As soon as Chen Mu finished speaking, he saw the ball slowly shaking, gradually leaving the deck, and hurriedly raised his finger to him.

The flag officer in the wooden cabin of the hot air balloon also reached the most terrifying moment. When he found through the wooden window that he was getting taller than his robe and his feet were unstable and shaking, he was so scared that he couldn't help but tremble, even though he thought he was fully prepared!

"Blessings of the Grand Master Tao in Wanhu, do not let the descendants follow your footsteps, and Blessings of the Grand Master Tao in Wanhu, do not let..."

There was no gunpowder in his hot air balloon, only three stoves above him, and clocks were placed in the wooden cabin. A valve was opened every half cup of tea, and when the third stove was ignited, it was time to prepare to land.

In other words, the ball will only last twenty minutes after being lifted off once, and then it will be necessary to go down to add materials to the stove.

The flag officer had long been slumped on the wooden bench in the cabin. He wanted to stand up, but his legs were so weak that he couldn't use his strength. The wind poured in from the wooden windows that were transparent on all sides, blowing on him, sweating all over his body. Through the window, he saw that the people at the port were so small that he could even overlook the entire Nanyang Vilar Port.

It is also Nanyang Village Port, and he can't see the Acropolis further away, but when he trembled and picked up the telescope, he could still see the patrol ships on the sea in the distance.

He took a few deep breaths, looked at the telegraph machine in front of him, counted the ships in the direction, and pressed several buttons.

In front of him was the most complex telegraph machine in the world, with three circles inside and outside, twenty-four buttons distributed in a circle. The inner circle is eight directions: southeast, northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest. The middle circle is the distance, and the outer circle is the quantity.

In a very short time, Li Zhu, who was hanging a hot air balloon, lowered the boat and rowed quickly towards the shore. Almost as the boat landed, the flag officer on the hot air balloon pulled the ball top to open and close the rope. The hot air was released from the ball top, and the floating driving was curbed and began to land at an extremely slow speed.

The flag army at the tail of the Zhu ship also pulled the winch and slowly led the hot air balloon to the stern.

"Master, telegram!"

Chen Mu took the paper, smiled on his face, and the telegram map clearly marked the location of the patrol at the sea, which was much more powerful than looking at the mast.

He put away the telegram, watched the traction force slowly fall back to the stern of the Li Zhu ship, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Go to the deep sea and continue to test. The Military Equipment Bureau will report the fuel, backup hot air balloons, motor equipment and other situations that the Li Zhu ship can carry to the Nanyang Military Office in Minduluo Island in the next three months."
Chapter completed!