"Why can't you see the paddle wheel on this boat?" Polina looked around and asked.

"Padwheel? How can we use such a backward design?" Joseph said disdainfully.

"Why do you get rid of water without a paddle wheel? Are you paddling with reciprocating levers?" Polina said, "If this is the case, it seems to be very beautiful."

"This... Polina, maybe you should also receive some education in mathematics and physics." Joseph shook his head, "Our boat uses propellers. This is a propeller underwater, which is much more efficient than paddle wheels, and ordinary winds and waves will not let it get out of the water, and the enemy's cannons cannot hit it - the British man's stupid paddle wheel, I don't know where it is going to be smart!"

"Professor Bonaparte's propeller is indeed a great design." Fulton said sincerely, "I really didn't expect that there would be such a way of propulsion, and the efficiency is indeed much higher than that of paddle wheels."

"In fact, it's very simple to think of this." Joseph immediately installed a big-tail wolf. "In fact, this design was first derived from the turbine planned by Zeus. The design of the turbine was actually developed from the windmill. Mr. Fulton, you know that many processes in physics are reversible processes. Since the windmill can be blown by the wind, the windmill that rotates oppositely can blow the wind; the turbine can be rotated by water, and the reverse-rotating turbine can drive the water flow. So you see, this is not a particularly difficult design. On the contrary, the water seepage problem of the propeller shaft is much more complicated to solve."

A smug smile appeared on Fulton's face. This problem was solved with the joint efforts of him and several other engineers. Of course, it was not completely solved. Water seepage still needs to seep water, but the speed of water seepage was controlled to a certain extent. Coupled with a small water pump, the problem can be completely solved.

Fulton took a few people to the flat deck at the bow of the boat, where there were seats and parasols. There were champagne on the table.

"Professor, as long as you give the order, the trial voyage will start," Fulton said.

"Okay." Joseph stood at the bow of the boat with great enthusiasm and waved his hand, "Go forward! Go forward! Our goal is the sea of ​​stars!"

So the boat shook slightly and slowly left the dock. It first sailed west along the water flow, and quickly surpassed several other ships encountered on the road, and then turned around and sailed eastward against the current.

"How fast can this boat be?" Polina asked.

"The 'Silly Number' can theoretically run to around the 13th quarter." Fulton replied.

"What? How could this boat have such a strange name?" Polina was shocked.

Fulton looked at Joseph, and Joseph had no expression. He would not say that this weird name was given by him, and he chose this name entirely because in a text he learned in his previous life, he mentioned Fulton's steamboat. The boat was called "Fulton's stupidity", but it achieved great success.

Considering that some traditional cultures learned in the Eastern powers in the previous life mentioned that it is easy to raise children with a low name, and considering that "Fulton's stupidity" was not the first steamboat, but became the first steamboat to achieve great success, Joseph felt that this traditional superstitious statement might be true... so he gave the ship the strange name "Silly Number".

Part 1 of the Irish Independence Army's First Division was near a military station more than 60 kilometers away from Dublin, and the 1,000 British troops came to rescue. This battle ended with the retreat of the Irish Independence Army, which had a force of about 1,000, but the casualties of the two sides in this battle were not much different. The British army suffered more than 200 casualties, while the Irish casualties were probably higher than this, but they would not exceed 400. This result naturally shocked the British.

Although the British army that fought with the Irish in this battle were mainly recruits, they were regular troops after all, and the equipment of various weapons was more suitable for frontal combat. They also had cavalry, and when the Irish retreated, these cavalry should be able to bring huge damage to the Irish. But even so, they failed to gain much advantage in the encounters with a small number of people. Especially the cavalry, when they were chasing the Irish, they fell into the ambush circle of the Irish broadsword mines, and the whole group lost almost one hundred people. This result made the British truly feel the increase in the power of the Irish rebels.

In the base area, the Irish Independence Army, with the cooperation of the local rebels, continued to attack the "public security forces" and the British army who accidentally kept a distance from friendly forces. They kept using black guns to lure the British army to chase after them, and then ambush them with broadswords to bully the British and black dogs. As a result, although there was no large-scale war in the base area, the daily losses of the British and "public security forces" were not small.

If it were the past, the British should retreat at this time. But this time, the British insisted on gritting their teeth and continuing to support them. Because the British found that the weapons and ammunition in the hands of the Irish rebels gradually could not be supplied. Especially in recent days, there are no reports of troops being attacked by broadsword mines. The flipped Irish Independence Army using thunder cannons have been reported. This shows that they have not much French goods in their hands.

"I know that our army has suffered a lot of losses in non-security areas or in public security areas. But this time, we must grit our teeth and persevere. Now the enemy's strength has obviously faded. As long as we persist for a while, they will be finished. Now it depends on who can persist more. And the tougher side can win the entire Ireland." The Duke of Norfolk said to his subordinates in the beautifully decorated conference room of the Governor's House.

"Now, our struggle has reached a critical moment. We must persevere. Persistence is victory. We are now short of supplies, especially weapons. This is indeed a problem, but without the new weapons sent by the French comrades, we cannot fight against the enemy and defend our base and the people in our base areas? Now, on the one hand, we must save weapons, and on the other hand, we must improve the efficiency of using weapons, so as to achieve every bullet and eliminate an enemy. On the other hand, we must also use as many captured weapons as possible and use our own weapons to attack the enemy.
Chapter completed!