Zhu Jingyuan did not expect that at the lecture on future warship design, he would once again yearn for the throne.
I had also longed for the throne of the Ming Dynasty at first, but at that time I just simply longed for the status and power of the emperor, the same pure yearning as all ordinary people.
Then, after his father's explanation and knowing that he had no chance, he basically gave up the idea of the throne and turned to consider practical ideals.
But at this moment, Zhu Jingyuan once again had some thoughts about the throne, but his mentality had completely changed.
Now it is no longer about getting the throne for the sake of power and status.
Imperial power itself has become a tool rather than a goal.
The best tool to realize your various ideas and accelerate the development of Ming Dynasty's science and technology, military, society, and culture is the imperial power of Ming Dynasty.
The Ming court, the royal consortium, and the Zhu Ming clan, as long as they master one of these three forces, they can do almost anything they want.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty controlled these three forces at the same time. The three forces restricted and drove each other, making the emperor of the Ming Dynasty almost unlimited in power.
Just now the old emperor just mentioned the royal consortium, and he directly achieved the goal that traditional imperial emperors would have to fuss about for a long time, and modern heads of state may need to struggle for several years.
When the court actively or passively perfuses the emperor due to various inertias, the emperor can use the energy of the consortium to in turn push the court to speed up efficiency.
But most of the time, court officials themselves have a sincere tendency to limit and control the power of consortiums.
There are basically no officials in the Ming Dynasty today who will resign out of anger like before in the Renwu Dynasty, because the emperor can bring in several clan members to take over their positions at any time.
The entire imperial court resigned, and millions of clan members stepped in to help, but they could barely keep the empire running.
But under normal circumstances, if the clan members want to serve as officials in the court separately, they must be evaluated by the court officials, and if they want to be senior executives in the consortium, they must also be supervised by the court departments.
The wealth and status of the consortium can support and control the clan, but the clan is also a tool for the emperor to fully control the power of the consortium.
This triangular structure seems to be very stable at present. At least it can explode with great energy with a slight push.
Zhu Jingyuan was thinking about these things and subconsciously glanced at the old emperor again.
The old emperor still had a subtle smile on his face, and he felt a little inexplicably proud. The boy looked at him like this. Did he finally have an idea for the throne?
Because I was restricted in what I could do, so I realized I needed imperial power? Aren't you yearning for the status of emperor for the sake of supreme power?
This situation is really unprecedented. Maybe Emperor Shizu was also such a person?
That's why he decisively abdicated early and started to set the age of abdication for future generations?
The old emperor sighed in his heart for a long time, waved to Zhu Jingyuan on the stage and said:
"Don't be in a daze, keep talking. You haven't finished speaking yet, right?"
Zhu Jingyuan reacted immediately:
"Yes, let's continue now. Now that the size and speed targets of the No. 2 ship have been determined, let's talk about the specific design requirements. The first is the hull itself.
"The framework of hull design involves too much content. It is impossible to explain everything clearly on the spot today. I will only mention the requirements in three directions now."
Zhu Jingyuan paused for a moment, picked up a glass plate, put it on a writing projector, or a slide projector, and projected several schematic diagrams:
“The first is the bulbous bow. This structure looks like a whale-shaped bulge that breaks the waves is added in front of the bottom of the hull.
“If the size and shape of this raised structure are appropriate, the echo generated and the waves of the ship body can cancel each other out, thereby reducing navigation resistance.
“The second is the square stern and cruise stern, which both increase the theoretical waterline length of the hull, because the longer the waterline length of the hull, the smaller the navigation resistance.
"The third is the new hull line shape. The front end extends forward corresponding to the bulbous nose, the middle side sides are as flat as possible, and the rear is rounded with a cruiser stern, or cut flat with a square stern.
"Abandon the original spindle shape and try to use this structure similar to a wine bottle to improve the space utilization in the middle of the hull and reduce the difficulty of manufacturing.
"Masters of the shipbuilding department and shipyards, please conduct pool experiments according to these forms after you return to confirm whether they are effective and how efficient they are.
"According to my estimation, if all these designs work properly, it should only require 120,000 horsepower to make a 40,000-ton ship run thirty knots.
“In this way, the total weight and size of the power system can be reduced as much as possible, which can be used to install more armor or weapon systems.
"For more specific details, after today's lecture, I will go to the Ship Department of the Ministry of Industry and the designers of the Royal Dockyard to talk alone.
“Next, let’s talk about the design requirements of the weapon system.
"The main weapon is of course a large-caliber artillery, which requires the use of the latest 360 mm caliber, 50 times caliber new naval gun.
“According to information from the Ordnance Department, the artillery itself should have been basically developed, and the next task is to design a triple turret.
"This 40,000-ton warship must be equipped with at least three triple turrets. Four turrets should be impossible.
“Then use the existing 160 mm caliber and 50 times caliber cruiser gun barrels to design double and triple turrets.
“High-speed battleships are equipped with four triple-mounted turrets as secondary guns, and subsequent new cruisers will use double-mounted and triple-mounted turrets as main guns according to actual needs.
“In addition, we have begun to design hooded armor-piercing projectiles, as well as new types of high-speed and small- and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns to protect against aerial threats.
"Twin-mounted 120mm high-level dual-purpose guns, twin-mounted 80mm anti-aircraft guns, and 40mm and 20mm anti-aircraft guns. These can be left uninstalled to leave space.
"The next thing is the defense requirements;
“The side sides need to have 255 mm thick, 5-meter-high surface hardened carburized armor, and the lower part should be installed at an 18-degree angle toward the inside of the hull.
“On the main deck, there must be 125 mm thick homogeneous horizontal armor to protect against long-range artillery shells and aerial bombs.
"The main armor and horizontal armor are connected on the sides to form a core compartment armor box, and the length is required to cover the engine compartment, turret and ammunition magazine.
"In addition to the core compartment armor box, the bow and stern parts of the ship are designed to have secondary armor boxes with a thickness of 100 mm, a length of 50 meters each, and a height of 5 meters.
“The turret frontal armor is 360 mm, the turret mount is 320 mm, the other turret angles are 200 mm, and the top is 150 mm of homogeneous armor steel.
“The specific design details of the 100mm mine protection protrusion armor, mine protection structure and armor box will be discussed separately later and will not be discussed publicly.
“The last thing is the range. After replacing the small water tube oil boiler, the theoretical range should be 15 knots and 12,000 nautical miles, at least not less than 10,000 nautical miles.
“The no-load displacement is about 32,000 tons, and the maximum displacement is about 40,000 tons (there is no standard displacement at this time).
"The waterline length of the ship is controlled at about 210 meters, the width is controlled at about 30 meters, and the average draft is about 10 meters.
"This is the overall overview of the No. 2 ship. Everyone should have an idea of the status of the ship."
Zhu Jingyuan looked at the planned data and sighed slightly with emotion.
The overall parameter level of this ship is not comparable to the last generation of new battleships such as South Dakota, Richelieu, and Veneto during World War II.
It was probably a little stronger than several sub-battleships at the time, such as the Dunkirk class and Scharnhorst class.
At that time, they should only be able to lead cruise fleet activities to hunt enemy cruisers, or deal with old ships from World War I.
But now is the era of similar dreadnoughts, and the main guns of other countries are still around 300 mm.
So she doesn't have to compare with the last battleships of World War II, or even the strongest battleships from the First World War.
255 mm of surface-hardened sloped main armor and 125 mm of homogeneous horizontal armor are capable of resisting all naval guns of the current era.
The 360mm hooded armor-piercing projectile can destroy all current capital ships at a distance of more than ten to twenty kilometers.
As long as it can be built normally within five years, it will be the most powerful warship in the world without a doubt.
Zhu Jingyuan adjusted his mood slightly and looked up at the audience. All he saw was shock and confusion.
Obviously, I said that everyone should be aware of it, but in fact, everyone has no idea at all.
No one has designed a ship of this size and type, and many of the designs mentioned by Zhu Jingyuan are unheard of.
What anti-aircraft guns, what armor boxes, what inward mounting, what mine protection protrusions, what primary armor boxes and secondary armor boxes...
All the unfamiliar words make people feel strange, as if they suddenly don't understand battleship design.
In contrast, for the so-called triple turret, the requirement of 40,000 tons and 30 knots seems much easier to understand.
But no one at the scene stood up to ask questions, because Zhu Jingyuan had mentioned it several times, and the details would be discussed later alone.
However, even though they had no idea about the details of the ship's shape, everyone understood one thing at the same time.
That is, if this ship is built, it will definitely be the number one super battleship in the world, and it will be the unique and most powerful weapon on earth.
Most craftsmen and military personnel did not doubt Zhu Jingyuan's previous statement.
This ship faces traditional 20,000-ton warships. One ship can deal with two or three of them without any problem...
Just look at the basic parameters and you will know. The terrifying speed of 10 knots, plus the 60mm gun caliber crushing, and a total of 9 large-caliber main guns.
Regardless of whether it is a battleship or a cruiser, traditional battleships are in front of her. Needless to say, there is no chance of winning, and there is no chance of escaping.
If all the battleships of the Ming Dynasty were changed to this form, the previous battle against the combined fleet of the anti-Ming Alliance would definitely be a one-sided crushing battle, and the battle would not be so anxious at all.
So while being at a loss and having no idea, everyone also began to instinctively look forward to when she could actually be built.
When can we see her true form, and when can we see her show off her power on the battlefield.
Then I sighed, how big is Zhu Jingyuan's brain, and how can he explain so many industries clearly.
The key is that although the things he planned are very bold and creative, they are not completely nonsense at the same time.
After careful analysis, it seems to be reasonable, even very reasonable, but it is different from ordinary people's thinking.
In these fifteen years of life, what did he learn and what did he experience?
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The author’s blind comparison:
Although this chapter contains a thousand words about the details of battleship design, this is probably something that most readers would not be interested in.
However, the total number of words in this chapter reaches 3,200, so after excluding the details of the battleship design, the other plot capacity has reached the level of a regular chapter.
So please spray it gently...
