Chongming Military Port.
"Woooooo~"
A loud whistle sounded, the shadow of the ship covered the sea, and black smoke covered the sky.
The First Fleet of the Ming Navy has returned to Hong Kong.
Zhu Zaiming personally greeted Shen Yulong at the military port, which greatly moved the latter.
After the solemn ceremony, Zhu Zaiming exchanged greetings and talked about interesting things about Hawaii.
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, you are not here, so you don't know what the hell those colonists are doing.
The clothes are not covering the body, and the body is as thin as a stick, and a gust of wind can blow it down..."
"Oh? They had warships and muskets, so how could they be beaten up by the natives? How could they be so virtuous?"
"Your Majesty, this Hawaii is not an isolated island. There are many indigenous people on it..."
Following Shen Yulong's introduction, Zhu Zaiming also roughly understood the basic situation.
The Hawaiian Islands are composed of Hawaii, Lanai, Molokai, Maui, Oahu and other islands.
There are small independent tribes on each island, each with its own king, and the social form has basically entered a feudal society.
Before Western colonists came to the island, primitive totems were still believed here.
When the colonists brought muskets, gunpowder, and metal knives, these natives regarded the Western colonists as messengers sent by the gods.
Twenty years passed by, and when these natives were able to make their own metal tools and use muskets, their ambitions grew.
Several kingdoms united to burn and kill colonial settlements, and beat the colonists violently.
Due to Zhu Zaiming's butterfly effect, when Ming Dynasty was clearing caves in Australia, many Australian colonists went all the way east into Hawaii.
The expansion of colonial power put pressure on the kingdoms of the Hawaiian Islands.
In the end, a hero named Kamehameha betrayed his uncle, unified the Hawaiian Islands with lightning speed, and established the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Next, it is Good Friday for the Western colonists.
After hearing these things, Zhu Zaiming also sighed.
These indigenous people obtained a large number of muskets and battleships, more than 4,000 tribal musketeers, and 7 large sailing battleships. Their strength could even rival the Qing Dynasty.
It's so sad.
Zhu Zaiming took Shen Yulong into the Chongming Military Shipyard and said mysteriously: "Old Shen, I will take you to see the drawings of the Ministry of Industry."
"The drawings from the Ministry of Industry? Is it a copy of the Dingyuan-class battleship?"
"The imitation drawing of a Dingyuan-class battleship is even more exciting than that!"
"Really?" Shen Yulong's eyes lit up.
Since experiencing the firepower of the Dingyuan-class battleship, Shen Yulong has become a staunch fan of giant ships and cannons.
Big is good, more is beautiful.
Now that he heard that there was a battleship that was even more exciting than the Dingyuan, Shen Yulong's heart was racing and his eyes were red.
Entering a heavily guarded conference room in the shipyard, Zhu Zaiming and Shen Yulong heard a fierce quarrel as soon as they opened the door.
Xu Qiqi blew his beard and glared, pointing at his traitor Feng Haizhou and angrily yelled: "Our Chongming Steam Engine Manufacturing Factory can't build such a huge naval steam turbine. Are you going to go to heaven with so many main guns?
The steam engine simply did not have enough power to power the main gun turret!
Young people should not be too arrogant or too ambitious, but should be down-to-earth and take one step at a time! "
Feng Haizhou admired his master.
But once you encounter academic problems, no matter what the master is, he is an unfilial master and needs to be criticized.
He argued hard and said: "Master, you are behind the times!
I once went to the Naval Staff to collect the opinions of those generals. Without exception, they all said that the bigger the artillery, the better, and the more, the more beautiful it is!
Our Ministry of Industry is here to solve problems for our colleagues in the Navy. We are not here to be timid. If you have difficulties, you have to do it!
Don't be afraid of difficulties, be conservative, and have no enterprising spirit. How can you do academic work in this way? "
These words spoke directly to Shen Yulong's heart, and he shouted "Okay" excitedly, startling the officials from the Ministry of Industry in the conference room.
"My naval officers have always discovered a problem during training, and that is that the hit rate of sea shelling is too low.
Before solving the problem of low hit rate, it is reasonable to increase the number of main guns.
I agree with the approach of colleague Feng Haizhou.
As a naval admiral, no one knows battleships better than me!
The bigger and more cannons, the better! "
"His Majesty!"
Xu Qi looked at Zhu Zaiming and Shen Yulong standing at the door, and first saluted His Majesty.
Regardless of Shen Yulong, the Navy Admiral and the General Staff of the Navy, he just started spraying.
"You know nothing!
You are sitting on a drum farting and boasting.
This battleship is designed by us, and we know the textures inside and out very well. You are the one who has been on the ship, so you don’t know anything about it.
Do you know what performance steam turbines we can build currently? A steam turbine outputs 25,000 horsepower.
It is already very difficult to push the battleship forward with such power. What if you still want to provide power for the turret? "
"If one isn't enough, why don't we get a few more?"
“The hull space is only so large, you can’t install as many units as you want, only 3 units at most.
You can't add more water to the noodles. If there is too much water, add noodles.
In addition, the battleships will weigh 30,000 tons! "
Shen Yulong was just about to prepare his theory when he suddenly heard the words "30,000 tons" and his heart was moved.
"You just said, 30,000 tons?"
"How can there be 30,000 tons? Let's just say 23,000 tons..."
23,000 tons?
Shen Yulong almost jumped for joy.
The Dingyuan-class battleship is only over 7,000 tons. How big is 23,000 tons?
The displeasure caused by the quarrel disappeared from his face and was replaced by a flattering smile. He rubbed his hands like a fly and asked.
"Well, what kind of battleship did you design?"
With a dark face, Xu Qi opened a stack of documents on the conference table, found an overview map and handed it over.
"You are a dog-faced person, and you will change whenever you ask."
Shen Yulong didn't care. He picked up the overview map out of curiosity and took one look at it, unable to take his eyes away.
Shen Yulong Admiral-class battleship.
The ship is 180 meters long and 26 meters wide.
There are four twin-mounted 305 main guns, with a central axis layout, two in the front and two in the rear.
There are 12 twin-mounted 120 secondary guns, arranged amidships, 6 on each side.
The command tower has 320 mm of armor.
The total weight of the main armor of the ship is 8,700 tons, extending from the bow turret to the stern turret. The thinnest part is 130 mm thick, and the core protection is 230 mm.
It uses 8 boilers and 3 steam turbines, with a total output of 75,000 horsepower.
The speed is 14 knots and the fastest is 16 knots.
Shen Yulong's hands were trembling.
Naming this class of battleship after Shen Yulong is not only an affirmation of him, but also represents that the design and manufacturing of Ming battleships are beginning to get on the right track.
However, after all, Ming Dynasty had no experience in building such a large ship. Shen Yulong was a little worried and asked.
"Can we really build such a big warship?"
Xu Qi shook his head and sighed deeply, which made Shen Yulong's heart twitch.
"It stands to reason that we really don't have that capability now."
Shen Yulong is like an eggplant beaten by frost, and her beauty is bubbling.
Xu Qi changed the subject and smiled.
“But we have His Majesty and the Supreme Lord.
If Ming Dynasty wants to maintain its maritime hegemony, it must build bigger and stronger warships.
As my traitor said, go ahead even if you have difficulties.
Your Majesty has prepared a lot of industrial machines and a lot of information.
This first battleship is not so much self-built as it is assembled by us using materials provided by His Majesty.
We need this kind of shipbuilding experience.
How to build a battleship?
It requires thousands of factories upstream and downstream, countless experienced workers, sufficient funds, and a courageous court...
In short, we need a great country! "
Shen Yulong's eyes became brighter and brighter.
