In the eighth year of Taiping, on the eighth day of February, Shanghai Prefecture, the waters near Changxing Island.
Amidst the long sound of the whistle, the "Yamato" has four tall chimneys and a full load displacement of 25,000 tons. It looks particularly majestic from the outside... The floating hotel is already near the Yangtze River estuary An anchor was dropped outside the dock of Changxing Shipyard of Jiangnan Heavy Industries.
At this moment, in the lobby of the cruise ship, which has a rather luxurious interior decoration, an unprecedented product launch is being held - the kind where a very popular CEO, no, a naval colonel stands on the stage. , to a large group of naval attachés and the women they brought with them, as well as specially invited journalists and freelance writers, to the press conference where they boasted about how awesome their products were.
And this naval colonel is of course Zhuge Weidao, who is recognized as the most "handsome" talent (a particularly handsome talent) in the Ming Dynasty Navy.
The product Zhuge Weidao wants to sell today is not a "psychic phone" or a "Red Rabbit Car"...but two majestic battleships!
This is really... a bit shocking.
Even beautiful clothes, perfumes and cosmetics are not sold like this these days, let alone battleships and armored cruisers? The battleships and armored cruisers sold in this way...are they reliable?
But Zhuge Weidao doesn't care about this. He feels very good now, a bit like being a "Gebus"... It's not that he thinks that being "a certain Booth" makes more money, he just likes this feeling.
As for whether these two warships can be sold, he is not worried at all.
In his words, what he sells is a battleship, but what some customers buy is probably a Roman Empire!
Hearing the whistle, he already knew that he had arrived - after all, battleships and armored cruisers are not cars and mobile phones, and they could not be placed on the podium, so he could only take the "Yamato" and set off from the Bund Passenger Terminal in Shanghai to go The cargo was inspected at the Changxing Shipyard Pier.
"Gentlemen and ladies, please turn left... to the left! You will soon see the most advanced battleships and armored cruisers in the world... I repeat, this is the moment Among the real warships, the most advanced and powerful battleships and armored cruisers!
Maybe you can see battleships and armored cruisers that are more advanced and powerful than them on paper. But the hero class and the hero class have not only been created, but they are also on the arms sales shelves of the Ming Empire.
Among them, the Hero-class battleship can be driven home for as little as 8.88 million silver dollars, while the Hero-class armored cruiser can be purchased for as little as 6.66 million silver dollars! If your country does not have sufficient military spending, our country also has specialized financial institutions that can provide loan services to buy ships..."
As he spoke, Zhuge Weidao waved his arm and shouted to several sailors of the Ming Navy present: "Pull up... the curtains!"
"Yes, sir!"
Upon hearing his order, the two sailors began to open the thick curtains hanging on one side of the lobby. As the curtains were slowly opened, the weather outside was very good, and the sunlight suddenly came in, dazzling some unprepared guests. And when they fixed their eyes and looked outside, what caught their eyes were two large surface ships that were moored at the shipyard's delivery dock and seemed to have completed outfitting.
The professionals and reporters who really knew the navy in the lobby of the "Yamato" Hotel were immediately attracted by the two huge battleships not far away. Everyone involuntarily took steps to rush in. Beside the window. Some people raised their binoculars, while others held up the latest Seagull brand portable square box cameras to take pictures of the two warships.
Although these people have already seen the pictures of the Hero and the Haohan from the information sent to them by the Ming Navy Ministry, and they have just listened to Zhuge Weidao boasting about himself for an hour, they have a relatively good understanding of the battleships in these two days.
But when they saw the Hero and the Hero for the first time, they were still shocked... They also began to realize that the seemingly unreliable battleship salesman Zhuge Weidao was not talking nonsense. The Hero is indeed the most powerful battleship in the world, and the Hero is the most powerful armored cruiser in the world!
And these two battleships...are they really on the shelves of the Ming Navy now?
Zhuge Weidao took this opportunity and quietly walked up to Vice Admiral Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, the Rakshasa ambassador to the Ming Dynasty - this Rakshasa Vice Admiral seemed to have known for a long time that Zhuge was Dao Hui came to talk to him, so he didn't join in the fun. Instead, he stood next to a pillar, stretched his neck, and looked at the Hero battleship expressionlessly.
Zhuge Weidao walked up to him and said in Russian: "Alexander Sergeyevich, tell Nikolai Pavlovich...our Ming Dynasty sold warships, and what he bought was Maybe a Roman Empire!"
"Roman Empire?" Vice Admiral Menshikov looked back at Zhuge Weidao, "Colonel, what do you mean?"
Zhuge Weidao smiled: "Isn't this obvious? The standard displacement of the Hero is 18,500 tons, and it can run at a high speed of 20 knots with its 22,000-horsepower steam engine... It also has 6 twin turrets. , has a total of 12 280mm cannons with a caliber of 45 times.
When facing the enemy with its broadside, it can concentrate eight 280mm main guns to launch a salvo... What a terrifying firepower that is!
If you purchase five 10.88 million yuan top-end invincible enhanced versions at the same time, we will also install the latest radio stations on each battleship, and assemble another five radio stations for your naval base... With the radio station, 5 Hero-class ships can focus fire, and 40 280mm guns can bombard a target at the same time! Even the monarch level cannot withstand several rounds of volleys! "
It turns out that there are three configurations to choose from for the hero class and the hero class: "top configuration", "high configuration", and "low configuration"!
"What? 10.88 million..." Vice Admiral Menshikov was stunned. "Didn't you say you can drive home with 8.88 million? Why did it become 10.88 million?"
Zhuge Weidao explained with a smile: "The 8.88 million is the low-end version... there is no radio station, and the armor steel uses ordinary surface-hardened steel plates, while the 9.88 million high-end enhanced version uses chromium-nickel alloy The steel-based surface-hardened steel plate is quite strong! As for the top version of 10.88 million, it will not only use the best steel plate, but also install a radio station, so that multi-ship concentrated fire shooting can be carried out! But 1088 The biggest advantage of the top-end version of 10,000 yuan and the high-end version of 9.88 million yuan is not the steel plate and radio, but the delivery time!"
"Delivery time?" Menshikov was stunned again, "What's the significance of this?"
Zhuge Weidao was a little speechless at this slow-responsive Russian general, but he still said patiently: "The hero class just came out early, and the technology it uses is not very advanced. The United Kingdom also has a three-expansion reciprocating steam engine, 2 The level of 10,000 horsepower can also be reached. They also have 10-12-inch rapid-fire guns, and you can see the layout of the 6-turret. The British also have new armored steel. As for radio stations...the British are also there Concentrate your efforts on research, and you will have it soon.
But it will take at least one and a half to two years for them to get everything done, integrate it, and then complete the design of the British version of the hero ship. This is the key to your Rakshasa Kingdom becoming Eastern Rome! As long as there are four or five hero-class ships belonging to the Rakshasa Empire heading to the Eastern Mediterranean, no one in the world can stop you Rakshasa from liberating Constantinople!
There is already one completed Hero-class ship, and the hulls of four more Hero-class ships have been built and will definitely be delivered in one and a half to two years... By then Emperor Nicholas will have five Hero-class ships, The British only have a bunch of drawings! Five are 10.88 million, which is 54.4 million. I charge you 54 million. Isn’t that expensive? Alexander Sergeyevich, if you can place an order before I leave Ming Dynasty, I can also decide to buy one and get one free, buy a hero and get a flying dragon (airship) for free! "
Having said this, Zhuge Weidao paused again and said to Menshikov: "Lieutenant General, there will be test rides and test guns later... Let's board the Hero together and feel it. Be strong!"
