Zhu Jianfeng's irritability is not on the same level as Zhu Jingyuan's domineering attitude.
Zhu Jingyuan relied on Ming's strength and status to speak the hard truth.
Zhu Jianfeng was stupid when he opened his mouth to talk about Westerners, but was stupid when he kept silent. He directly insulted the Westerners from their biological structure, saying that they had swill in their brains.
Come and try it quickly. 】
These verbal insults are actually many times stronger than the original "get out".
However, representatives from various countries in Thailand and Spain have not made a particularly violent response.
Because the initial "get out" was when I got used to dealing with Zhu Jingyuan's civilization, and I instantly felt the insult caused by the difference.
After being scolded several times by Zhu Jianfeng, they slowly accepted this fact.
They realized that Zhu Jianfeng just scolded him like this, and they didn't take any action. Even if they scolded Zhu Jianfeng, they would most likely suffer in the end.
Now they all stood there in a daze, not saying anything about sincerity or anything like that.
Zhu Jingyuan looked at the situation at the scene. The original understanding and plans of the representatives of the Thai and Western countries were disrupted, and it was impossible to make new decisions on the spot.
So today’s meeting can no longer be held.
Uncle Jiu's irritability has almost enhanced the atmosphere. You can also take out the things you prepared and add more fire.
So Zhu Jingyuan also stood up and said:
“That’s it for today’s meeting, we have something else to do here.
"We have sent a new naval gun from our homeland for actual target and armor penetration testing.
“If you are interested, you can go to the site to see it together.
"Generals from various countries can also provide suggestions."
The originally quiet Wenhua Hall suddenly erupted into a suppressed discussion.
What does it mean to go and have a look if you are interested?
If you didn't take the initiative to show things like new weapons testing, how could it be possible for outsiders like us to see it?
Are you using this to threaten us?
Then representatives from various countries all agreed without hesitation.
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take a close look at Ming Dynasty’s latest artillery.
The meeting ended immediately, and representatives from each country immediately met up with their country's generals and drove to the test site next to the armored dock.
On the temporary turret six meters above the sea, there are two twin turrets with new barrels.
This obviously imitates the height of the battleship's main gun above the water.
In front of the temporary fort, on the sea ten kilometers away, there was an old battleship with a displacement of 16,000 tons floating on the sea.
The paint colors on the surface of the battleship are different because the external armor was specially replaced for testing, and the new armor was not specially painted.
Several representatives of the Ming Dynasty, several generals of the navy and army, several craftsmen who designed and built battleships, as well as major representatives and generals from various countries.
A group of people first visited the outside of the fort, mainly to show and confirm the condition of the four cannons.
Zhu Jingyuan originally wanted to take a look at the scene, but was forcibly stopped by Guan Tianpei and stayed on the observation deck on the dock next to him.
There are more than 300 specialized guards scattered inside, outside, above and around the watchtower.
The person in charge of the test site is Wang Lai, director of the Ship Department of the Ministry of Industry of Ming Dynasty.
As a native of this world, Wang Lai didn't have much favorable impression of the Western Yi in the cultural atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty.
However, Wang Lai originally had a relatively gentle personality, and there were also representatives and generals of the Ming Dynasty present, so he would not directly show disdain.
Wang Lai had a businesslike expression and simply explained the situation in a calm tone:
“What we are going to test today is the new 300 mm, 45-caliber main naval gun that everyone is seeing now.
“Both the caliber and the magnification are the most common.
“Two items to complete in one test today.
"The first is the armor-piercing capability at a distance of 12 kilometers, and the second is to confirm the dispersion range of the naval gun at a distance of 12 kilometers."
Wang Lai's words were taken for granted, but they were actually half truth and half lies.
Although the naval gun installed on the shore gun turret for testing is indeed newly produced, the design of the naval gun itself is no different from before.
The actual difference is actually in the shells.
Before Zhu Jingyuan came to attend the meeting, he arranged for the Ordnance Department to develop the "hardened hooded armor-piercing bullet", which was successfully tested two months ago.
Then we did a lot of testing and continued to adjust and optimize several versions until it was barely ready for mass production.
Finally, in accordance with Zhu Jingyuan's original request, a batch was specially produced and sent to the Western Cape.
However, Wang Lai deliberately did not reveal anything about the cannonball.
The appearance of the "hardened hooded armor-piercing bullet" proposed by Zhu Jingyuan is somewhat different from traditional armor-piercing bullets.
If it were directly shown to people from the navies of other countries, they would definitely be able to quickly discover the difference in the cannonballs.
Then this morphological difference may become a reference for them to design new artillery shells.
Although Zhu Jingyuan is planning to apply for a patent in Europe and the West, not every technology needs to be patented.
For example, it is impossible to apply for patents abroad for new armor-piercing projectiles, new armor formulas, new engines, and aircraft cannon designs.
These are things that must be kept secret for as long as possible.
Anyway, it is difficult to authorize this kind of thing. The other party develops and produces it for the military, and it is impossible to sell it to civilians.
Unless Ming directly attacks the other party's homeland, it is very difficult for the other party to pay patent fees.
When you really attack the opponent's homeland, you don't need to ask for patent fees, just ask for war reparations.
Therefore, Wang Lai did not bring representatives from various countries into the turret, but just asked them to observe from the outside to confirm that the caliber and magnification of the artillery were correct.
Of all the people present, the ones who listened most carefully were the naval admirals of Britain, France, Spain and Portugal.
Next were the representatives and generals of Prussia, Austria, and Lucia, three countries that hoped to gain support from the Ming Dynasty and begin to develop their navy.
These people who were familiar with the existing naval equipment all nodded as a matter of course when they heard Wang Lai's first words.
In this world, the Ming Dynasty was the first to industrialize and start manufacturing rifled guns, and other countries followed suit.
The Ming Dynasty adopted the "Ming Dynasty metric system designated by Emperor Shizu", and all industrialized countries followed suit.
Including the British themselves, they no longer use the British system in industry, science and technology, and military affairs, and only retain it in daily life.
Therefore, the calibers and indicators of weapons and equipment in various countries in the world today are all metric.
Common caliber data are 8 mm, 12 mm, 160 mm, 240 mm, and 300 mm.
There are no calibers converted from the imperial system such as 7.62 mm (one quarter inch), 12.7 mm (one half inch), 152 mm (six inches), and 305 mm (one foot).
Now the main guns of all countries' battleships have a caliber of 300 mm, with only slight differences in caliber.
The magnification is the ratio of the barrel length to the caliber. For the same caliber, the larger the magnification, the longer the barrel, the longer the range, and the greater the difficulty of manufacturing.
The Ming Dynasty was able to produce fifty-fold caliber naval guns, but they were not used on traditional battleships, but only on newly designed battleships.
At present, the latest naval guns of other countries are still less than 45 times in diameter.
So this parameter is completely fine.
But when the representatives heard Wang Lai's second sentence, they were obviously stunned.
Nowadays, the navy's typical engagement range is still five or six kilometers away, and it often even reaches within five kilometers.
Ming Dynasty now wants to test artillery fire at a distance of twelve kilometers, which is directly doubled compared to the existing typical combat distance!
If this is a private test by researchers, the distance of twelve kilometers is actually not too special, and some people have measured it at twenty kilometers.
But that kind of test has no practical significance. It is usually just to see how far the gun can hit, rather than to hit distant targets.
Daming is now making a public display, which is obviously a deterrent, and he must be sure of the test content.
So the theoretical combat distance of the Ming Dynasty Navy has been increased to twice as far as ours?
This is a natural inference, but it is unbelievable.
If the striking distance in battle is doubled, the advantage will be overwhelming.
Of all the people present, the one who thought the most and was most meticulous was Nelson of the British Navy.
When Nelson heard the number twelve kilometers, his eyes widened. Collingwood next to Nelson was also obviously stunned.
Then both of them pricked up their ears and listened carefully to Wang Lai's next words.
Wang Lai turned around and pointed forward:
"Twelve kilometers away on the sea, the old battleship used as the target ship has been replaced with new armor with a thickness of 300 millimeters."
Hearing this, several naval generals who were already confused suddenly showed even more surprised expressions.
Nelson even subconsciously asked directly:
"Master craftsman, do you mean that Ming's new naval gun can penetrate 300 millimeters of armor at a distance of twelve kilometers? What type of armor is it specifically?"
Wang Lai had already done several tests, and now he nodded proudly and said:
"Yes, according to simulation calculations, our new naval gun can penetrate 300 mm thick armor at a distance of twelve kilometers.
"The effect of ten kilometers has been tested before, and it is certain that it can be easily penetrated. However, there is no actual test here at a distance of twelve kilometers.
“The armor we used for testing is the latest generation of layer carburizing hardened nickel-chromium alloy armor produced by the Daming Royal Iron and Steel Works.
"This is the best battleship armor in the world today. After the test is completed, everyone can go to the site for inspection."
Listening to Wang Lai's explanation, everyone present who was familiar with the navy fell silent.
Naval gunfire of more than ten kilometers has been done by the British, French, Spanish and Portuguese navies.
Even if it is a capped armor-piercing bullet, its armor-piercing ability against the latest armor at a distance of ten kilometers is only about 250 or 60 millimeters.
At a distance of twelve kilometers, the armor-piercing capability should be reduced to 230 to 40 millimeters.
At the same time, the thickness of the main armor of the latest battleships is usually in the range of 280 to 300 millimeters.
Existing naval guns cannot penetrate the main armor of a battleship at a distance of more than ten kilometers.
Therefore, ten kilometers is considered an absolutely safe distance for battleships.
Today's test of the Ming Dynasty will not only prove that the Ming Dynasty can fight at a distance of more than ten kilometers, but also penetrate the armor of a battleship at a distance of twelve kilometers!
If this test can really succeed, it will completely break this so-called safe distance and make existing capital ships no longer safe!
In the future battlefield, the opponent's warships will not be able to reach combat range at all, and they will have already been beaten to pieces by the Ming Dynasty's warships!
By this time, not only the admirals, but also other representatives were panicking.
The expressions of representatives from various countries are very complicated.
Daming will show off his muscles today, but he must not succeed...
In the weird atmosphere at the scene, Wang Lai explained the test process and details clearly.
Then let the driver of Huangzhuang take the audience away, and go to the observation tower where Zhu Jingyuan is, standing on a high place to observe the test process from a distance.
After all relevant personnel are ready, on-site staff once again check that there are no idle people or ships around the test site.
Relevant news was reported to Zhu Jingyuan, who directly issued the order, and Wang Lai waved the command flag.
The army generals all held telescopes and stared carefully at the test ship on the sea.
Ordinary representatives and members of the royal family who did not have telescopes also stared at the shadow of the ship on the distant sea with their eyes wide open.
On the temporary shore battery below, dazzling flames suddenly burst out from the muzzles of four artillery pieces.
This was followed by four loud bangs in succession.
The explosion of propellant, the roar of the muzzle, and the sound of a 400-kilogram shell breaking through the air at twice the speed of sound mixed into a deafening muffled thunder.
Four cannonballs roared out of the gun barrel and pounced on the old ship on the water twelve kilometers away.
A distance of twelve kilometers and a time of ten seconds.
The hearts of all the viewers tightened.
Everyone held their breath and survived these ten seconds.
Finally, four shells fell into the water one after another around the target ship, and four water columns rose into the sky.
The old warship with a new look shook slightly.
The shell did not hit, but the audience was not relieved, and no one felt lucky, but felt even more depressed.
It is completely normal in gunnery for the naval gun to miss in the first round of firing.
The first hit can only be regarded as an accident.
Moreover, in this first shooting, all the shells fell around the target ship.
In other words, the same shells fired from the same artillery with the same shooting parameters completely cover the target target ship.
This shows that the shooting parameters are no longer a problem, after all, I have aimed them many times before the test.
Just because the artillery itself has errors, the shells did not fall on the target.
This situation is what is called "cross-fire" in artillery.
As long as the artillery is reloaded and continues firing with the same parameters, hitting the target is purely a matter of probability.
While everyone was waiting and suffering, the four artillery pieces were loaded again, and Wang Lai gave the firing signal again.
There were four more cannon shots in succession, and another ten seconds of breath-holding and concentration.
As a result, only three water columns rose this time.
"Hit!"
I don't know who shouted, but several people also shouted.
Zhu Jingyuan always held the telescope and observed the situation of the target ship.
The shell that hit was like a huge hammer, hitting the side of the target ship.
In an instant that was difficult to detect with the naked eye, a huge gap was torn out on the side of the ship's hull.
Bright flames burst out from the gap, and the distant and dull explosion came back half a minute later.
The shell exploded in the belly of the target ship.
This shows that the shell not only successfully penetrated the armor, but also effectively penetrated it. If it is penetrated but not exploded, it is an invalid breakdown.
At a distance of twelve kilometers, the 300mm armor was really penetrated directly by the 300mm naval gun.
Craftsmen from a country like Ming Dynasty should not be able to fake this kind of display test.
At most, the test environment is far more comfortable and stable than actual combat.
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