Master of Thermodynamics

Hearing Moos mentioning pirates, Renault asked curiously: "I heard that there are many pirates active in the four seas. Among them, there are 5 recognized pirate groups as the most powerful. What is their background?"

Moose immediately took the conversation: "In the northern ice seas, the most powerful pirates are the Iron-Crowned pirates. It is said that they have a deep connection with the Snowthorn Kingdom on the frozen land. Some people say that their supporters are behind them. It is the Bingye Grand Duke of the Snowthorn Kingdom."

"The Gulf Sea is the most frequent sea area with pirates. There are no less than 10 famous pirates in this area. Among them, there are two strongest pirates, one is the pirate of the wild shark, and the other is the pirate of the red skull. ."

"According to rumors, the two pirates seem to have reached an agreement to carve up the Gulf Sea. The former sphere of influence is the northern part of the Gulf Sea, and the latter occupies the southern part. The two parties must not easily cross the border."

"Near the Star Sea Continent in the south, there are two powerful pirate groups, the Black Feather Pirates and the Blood Wolf Pirates. They occupy the Star Blue Sea area, but the contradictions between them are very big, and they often clash with each other."

Renault couldn't help but shook his head.

The alien ocean has become a paradise for pirates. These five pirate groups have even carved up the ocean. Are the navies of the various human kingdoms especially shit-eating?

However, there is also a possibility that this situation of pirates is rampant. Maybe it is the situation that the major kingdoms deliberately condone. There are black hands behind the iron crown pirates. Are there no other pirate groups?

The more Renault thinks about it, the more likely it is that this situation is extremely likely.

Nima, it's hard to see the extremes of how this group of human aristocrats are eating. Compared with the serious maritime trade, of course they still rob money faster.

It is even possible to take all black and white. On the one hand, you can manipulate pirate groups to fight against competitors and expand your own trade share. On the other hand, you can purchase goods looted by pirates at low prices and sell them yourself at high prices.

Even the nobles at the top of society have fallen into this kind of virtue, which is truly a lively eschatological atmosphere. No wonder the human world is gradually coming to an end.

Renault recalled the chart, and asked: "Is the one closest to the ocean tide pirates?"

Moose nodded affirmatively: "Yes, I have also heard some rumors, it is said that the mad shark pirate has a relationship with the black orcs..."

Hearing the words "Black Orc", Renault suddenly became interested: "Oh? Can you tell me more about it?"

Moose said: "Some people have seen the pirate's squad boats frequent in and out of the port of the former Bell Kingdom, and occasionally black orcs take their sailing boats to other places, and there is even a rumor that they help the black orcs to train sailors... "

Renault's expression changed slightly, and these black **** really planned for a long time. From this rumor, it can be seen that the black orcs obviously intend to cultivate their own navy.

It is estimated that once the black orcs have a large-scale navy, it is time for them to take action on the three human kingdoms on the southern star sea continent.

And this time, up to 10 years!

In addition, from the clear-cut and clear-thought-out answer of Moose's regulations, it can be seen that he must have made a lot of homework during this period.

He had a foreboding that the territory would be in conflict with the pirates sooner or later, so he spent a lot of time in advance researching and compiling information about the pirates.

This suffices to show that as the supreme officer in charge of the military in the territory, Moose did a very good job.

Two days later, the Odin and Haichao arrived at Midway Island. They docked here for one hour. After replenishing nearly 100 tons of heavy oil and fresh water respectively, the fleet set off again without even having lunch on the island.

The reason why the replenishment operations are carried out so quickly is because the warehouse in Midway Island uses a new technology-pipeline transportation.

Because it took half a day to unload the cargo on Midway Island for the first time, and the sailors who were in charge of carrying the cargo were exhausted, the Department of Navigation proposed this targeted improvement.

Simply put, it is to use a high-power "high-pressure magic fuel pump" to transport heavy oil to the destination through pipelines, either from the heavy oil depot on Midway Island to the sailing boat, or from the heavy oil tank of the sailing boat to the heavy oil depot. .

The technology of the Modong oil pump is all ready-made, and there is no need to start research and development from scratch.

The structure of the magic pump in the shipyard was slightly modified to make it suitable for heavy oil with a higher viscosity, and then the blade structure was adjusted and the blade speed was increased, and a high-pressure oil pump was born.

Renault did not intervene in the development of the fuel pump at all. After the Navigation Department submitted the requirements to the Rune Research Institute, a group of rune magicians worked three or four days to complete the development of the new product.

There is no difficulty in the oil pipeline.

Originally, the rune magicians planned to use metal pipes, but Renault did not hesitate to veto this plan.

To ensure sufficient transportation speed, the diameter of the pipe should not be too small. As a result, the weight of the metal pipe will be very heavy.

In addition, because the length of the oil pipeline is very long, from the heavy oil tank of the sailing vessel to the heavy oil depot of the warehouse, the total length is absolutely more than 50 meters. It is obviously unrealistic to make such a long metal pipe.

Therefore, the metal pipe must be manufactured in sections, but this also brings a new problem-installation.

If you encounter a corner, you must have a dedicated right-angle connector.

More importantly, the accuracy of the mating parts must be very high, so as to ensure the tightness of the connection position.

With the current manufacturing level in the territory, it is impossible to handle such large-scale high-precision pipelines, and the lord can only do it himself.

But Renault quit, MMP, I can't find the master for anything wrong, this kind of "wrong wind and evil" is determined to fight.

Obviously there is a faster and more convenient solution. For you idiots, do you have to use metal pipes?

Facing a group of magicians who were full of curiosity, Renault left only 8 words-"Nima hose, extruded", then patted his **** and left.

Is Nima rubber only used to make tires?

Isn’t the soft, lightweight and flexible Nima glue “hose” better than metal pipes?

What a bunch of idiots!

As for "extrusion molding", this is just a question of thinking. If the melted Nima glue is extruded from a barrel of a specific shape, isn't there a hose?

This processing method is very fast, the shape of the hose is also very stable, there is almost no deviation, and the length of the squeeze is as long as you want, 200 meters long does not matter, and it does not take up much space when it is coiled.

Unlike the hard metal pipes, the length is too long and there is no place to put them.

There are many smart people in the Rune Research Institute. Although Lord Lord only gave a few key words, they also bumped into a set of Nima glue extrusion equipment, and the processing efficiency was quite high.

First melt the rubber with a "thermo heater", and then use a mechanical mechanism similar to a plunger pump to squeeze the rubber out. The extrusion port is equipped with a heat recovery device, which not only saves fuel, but also speeds up the hose cool down.

The extruder has another advantage. As long as you change the barrels of different sizes, you can get different diameters and different shapes of hoses, which greatly expands the use of hoses.

When using Nima hose to transport oil, insert one end of the hose into the heavy oil depot, and connect the other end to the high-pressure oil pump. It can transport 2 to 3 tons of heavy oil in 1 minute. The replenishment efficiency is much higher than that of manual transportation, so sailors don’t have to get tired. Like a dog.

Nima rubber hose has a very good feature, it is almost insoluble in any solvent, acid and alkali resistance is also good, which is significantly better than the rubber on the earth.

As we all know, the rubber tube cannot be used to transport fuel because it will dissolve in the fuel.

Because rubber is a macromolecule, after adding a solvent such as gasoline or kerosene, the small solvent molecules will penetrate between the rubber macromolecules, causing them to expand. After the expansion reaches a certain level, the macromolecules will completely disperse, which is called dissolution .

Nima gum is not the same. Its main raw material, algae gum, has a small molecule. After Nima powder is added, the two sides are very tightly bound and are not easily damaged by small solvent molecules.

The only disadvantage is that the molecule of pancreatic gum is naturally not a compound that can exist stably for a long time, and it will age after reaching a certain number of years.

After the replenishment was completed, the Odin and Haichao directly adjusted the large gearbox of the Heat Demon engine to third gear, and drove to the next target at a speed of 22 knots or more.

Although the speed in the third gear is the fastest, the fuel consumption is relatively high, which is about 8% higher than in the second gear.

In the next period of time, the fleet will maintain this speed until it reaches the Continent of Glow.

In the cold winter months, the storms on the ocean are too frequent, almost half of the time the sea is in a state of strong winds and waves, even the more wind-resistant trimaran dare not go out to sea.

Only the "window period" between the two storms is a suitable day for sailing. In order to seize the time, the fleet must speed up without saving fuel.