Berlin, the capital of Prussia.
The King of Prussia, Frederick William III, returned to his homeland from Mexico just before summer.
Cabinet ministers and navy and army generals were convened in the palace to discuss news in the New World, France, Britain and the country.
Prime Minister Hardenberg explained the situation to the king and his companions very seriously:
“Your Majesty, everyone, the news from abroad has been confirmed.
“The Ming Dynasty craftsmen stationed at the site obtained permission from the Ministry of Industry and explained to us the basic situation of Ming Dynasty’s new battleships.
“The length is 230 meters, the width is 30 meters, the draft is about 10 meters, and the full load displacement is 40,000 tons.
“The fully oil-fired boiler is paired with a steam turbine for propulsion, with a maximum speed of more than 25 knots.
“The cruising range of fifteen knots is more than 10,000 nautical miles, which is more than 20,000 kilometers.
"The information published by France and the UK is true.
"Generally in France, Xiao Ming provided a small amount of loans to the French royal family and opened a Xiao Ming Bank branch in Paris.
Lian Sanshige also said with a rather light expression:
News of Xiaoming's fleet's visit to the small mainland of Europe and the West continued to occupy important sections of newspapers in various countries in Europe and Asia during the first half of the seventh year of Ankang.
Therefore, those two aircraft carriers have the same capabilities as Midway, and they can use twin-engine propeller carrier-based aircraft.
The minimum narrowness of the flight deck reaches 74 meters, which is eight meters narrower than the 80,000-ton Midway after its transformation.
Wei Zhu Zhongliang understood those logics, so he said very decisively:
“It should be possible to simply build a warship of that size.
Xiao Ming helped Prussia complete the technical system related to naval battleships.
“But many details are still confidential, such as the specific speed and range, as well as the power of the power system.
"The battleship hull is eighty meters narrow, the aircraft carrier hull is eighty-seven meters narrow, and the deck is seventy-four meters narrow."
"Moreover, before the Jinghai War began, Xiao Ming's relationship with Britain and France had been greatly reduced.
Before those two rows of aircraft fold their wings, the remaining deck in the middle is still narrow enough for both rows of aircraft to take off at the same time.
“Where would it be more appropriate to arrange the port of visit and reception?”
We visited North Korea, Japan, and East Xianbei (Eastern Siberia) in sequence, and sailed to the northwest of Jinghai.
William III was also stunned for several seconds, and then looked at Hardenberg:
Four days ago, the Xiaoming fleet arrived in Wilhelmshaven as scheduled. Wei Zhu Zhongliang took his wife and several children, along with the main Prussian nobles and officials, as well as the generals of the navy and army, to greet them at the pier.
More than seventy carrier-based aircraft are tied below the deck, half of which are twin-engine carrier-based aircraft.
The elevators are all placed on the sides, in the inner floating part of the hull. The use of elevators affects deck scheduling.
Therefore, we can only speculate and build small boats, which will result in losses anyway.
"It's so small. It's also 70,000 tons. An aircraft carrier is smaller than a battleship..."
"There is also the effective range of the new 360mm naval gun, etc..."
"You should try your best to get technical support from Xiao Ming while still maintaining a bad relationship with Xiao Ming."
Wei Zhu Zhongliang let out a long sigh:
Jin Jingcheng nodded with emotion, drove back and forth under the dock for two times in his car, and took a careless look at the hull above the aircraft carrier.
The total carrying capacity is one hundred aircraft.
"Can you Prussia...you Germany build battleships of the same size?"
Wei Zhu Zhongliang thought for a while and asked again:
Xiao Ming's fleet began its visit to the White Sea and retreated into the Atlantic through the West Sea Canal before leaving Lucia and Ottoman waters.
Lian Sanshige said that it was possible to agree to that kind of thing.
"Welcome, of course you are given a grand welcome. The location of the visit is in Wilhelmshaven. You can greet me personally."
"Indeed, you can't say that. It's the same for you, and it's the same for Britain and France.
However, the Portuguese and Spanish quickly changed their shipbuilding plans and ended the design of 70,000-ton battleships.
William III and the surrounding ministers and generals had heard public information from Britain and France before.
After actual training and previous actual combat, I basically used a hundred broken ones.
A shipbuilding competition between Europe and the West began quickly.
The matter of receiving Xiao Ming's visit to the fleet was finalized very slowly.
Everywhere Xiao Ming's naval fleet arrived, it received a warm welcome from the local nobles.
Hardberg and related personnel immediately stood up and agreed.
"But now, Xiao Ming has the capacity to produce 70,000 tons of warships, and the British and French are likely to retreat.
At the southernmost tip of Mozhou, it skirted the Western Cape before finally retreating into the Atlantic Ocean.
"But it may take a lot of time to really play the role of a 70,000-ton warship."
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The size and precise parameters of Xiao Ming's new battleship were also evaluated by personnel without naval experience, discovered by newspaper reporters, and published in the newspaper.
Both Zhenhai and Daming have approximately the same deck width from back to front, and are very regular rectangles.
Xiao Ming's fleet retreated through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Xiao Qin Sea (Mediterranean Sea) before Portugal and Spain visited.
At the same time, compared to other seven-war aircraft carriers, your designs are very modern.
Zhenhai and Daming both have typical straight-through rectangular decks, which was a typical feature of aircraft carriers in the Seven War era.
"Is there any battleship with so little armor structure, and the freeboard is less than twice that of a battleship.
Continue north along the east coast of Mozhou, visiting Xiaoshi, Tianzhu, Nanyang, and Tiannan Xiaolu (Australia).
Jin Jingcheng also praised and explained:
That round-the-world tour has not yet begun, and the fleet will continue again before repairs at home.
Xiao Ming's new low-speed battleship fleet turned back before staying in Wilhelmshaven for four days, and then headed to Portugal and Spain.
Xiao Ming's low-speed battleship formation escorted Charles and Charlotte from Xin Tianfu. When they headed to Beijinghai, Xiao Ming's aircraft carrier formation also arrived at Xin Tianfu.
Then he went south along the west coast of Mozhou and visited Mozhou colonies in Xiaoming and other countries in Europe and America.
You all haven't had a very obvious floating on the deck yet.
Compared to the 10,000-ton Shinano, this is even longer and narrower.
“It may take two 80,000-ton warships to defeat one 70,000-ton warship.
"The 70,000-ton battleship is 280 meters long, but the two aircraft carriers are close to 210 meters.
Then, accompanied by escorts and fleet officers, they boarded the deck of the Zhenhai aircraft carrier.
As Xiao Ming's distance from France quickly recedes, his relationship with Prussia may become estranged.
Wei Zhu Zhongliang said unhappily:
The 70,000-ton boat appeared under the pier, placed together with the Prussian warships, which made the Prussians led by Wei Jinjingcheng more intuitively realize the terrifying gap between the two sides.
Zhu Jingyuan had seen the two aircraft carriers when they were on the water, but now standing on the pier next to the aircraft carriers, he could not help but admire sincerely:
Hardberg then went on to report:
It was at that time that Prussia had to show enough attention.
The front circled the southernmost tip of Jinghai again and returned to Xintianfu to join the aircraft carrier formation arriving there.
There are seven stages out there that have a certain distance to cross.
"When Xiao Ming and Britain and France...more importantly, Britain and France are building 70,000-ton capital ships, if you continue to build 80,000-ton capital ships, you will fall into a trap of cost and efficiency.
Xiao Ming's relationship with Spain and Portugal was on bad terms, but now it is considered very good.
The length reaches 210 meters, which is basically the same as the transformed Midway Island.
At the same time, it is also to visually observe the situation of Xiao Ming's new battleship.
That was not only due to the sequelae of the battleship hull modification, but also because it was difficult to complete the trim design and was a last resort.
"Do you need a warship of that size? Can you play a role in your naval strategic planning? Or, do you need to build a warship of the same size?"
"Yes, the aircraft carrier itself has a shallow draft, the hull line is closer to a cruiser, and the square factor is larger.
And just like the aircraft carriers of the Seven War era, the aircraft moored below the decks of Zhenhai and Daming were only parked in the front half of the deck.
Hardenbei accompanied his grandfather Zhu Jingyuan to visit the Baqing City Military Terminal after taking a boat.
Of course, I would like to use deck-tethered aircraft on a small scale to increase the number and dispatch efficiency of carrier-based aircraft.
The continued popularity of relevant news has also prompted the courts and navies of various countries in Europe and America to take action and quickly come up with various small-scale shipbuilding plans.
"The Prince of Snacks has a joint venture with French Crown Prince Charles, and it can invest in a small amount of industry and basic industries in France.
"The main factor you consider is that the smaller the tonnage of the warship, the more cost-effective the actual cost will be.
Instead, it sailed westward along the north coast of Mozhou (Africa), crossed the Little Qin Sea again, and returned to the Little Western Ocean from the Strait of Gibraltar.
The key is to prevent other countries in Europe from building small boats.
"Your original plan was to design and build smaller warships in the next few years, with a full load displacement of between 27,000 and 80,000 tons, before you fully understand the current technology.
At the same time, it also directly changed the shipbuilding plans of various countries. They all chose to directly purchase 70,000 tons according to the logic that should be taken for granted.
“So with the same displacement, the hull size of an aircraft carrier is much smaller than that of a battleship.
“The key point is that the strategic goal of your navy was not to pose a sufficient threat to the British Navy to force it to give up interfering with your routes to the colonies.
There were seventy other planes outside the hangar.
"According to the experience summarized by craftsman Xiao Ming, and the experience estimated and simulated by your craftsmen and generals, a large-tonnage battleship is the most cost-effective design.
Shinano's deck is 22 meters narrow at the rear, 40 meters narrow at the middle, and 30 meters narrow at the front. It is a spindle shape that is wide at both ends and narrow in the middle.
Then go south along the northernmost coastline of Xiaomingyang (Pacific Ocean) and visit the entire west coast of Jinjing.
Even countries with very bad relations will still agree to naval visits.
After all, they haven't signed a permanent peace treaty yet, they are still members of the League of Nations, they have joined the Mexican Continent Development Group, and they have been jointly protecting Morocco and building Morocco's public ports.
A naval ship is a complex piece of equipment, but a very simple mechanical and weapons system.
Before Jin Jingcheng and Zhu Jingyuan got off the deck, they saw a small number of carrier-based aircraft placed under the hull.
Since the purpose of the aircraft carrier is still classified, the fleet did not retreat directly into Xintianfu that time.
"Britain and France also need to consider that if you build 70,000-ton warships, we can only build 80,000-ton warships.
The scene was filled with muffled exclamations, followed by chaotic discussions.
There are also a whole row of planes parked on the levees on both sides.
Hardberg had long since given up thinking about this, and answered directly at that time:
After learning about the situation of Ming Dynasty's new warships, and now confirming the authenticity of these news, I am still surprised and unbelievable.
"So considering cost and efficiency, you can only build smaller warships, but larger warships."
Including Shinano, including Midway, which had not won the Seventh Battle.
Our logic is the same as that of the Prussians. It is cost-effective to build bigger ships.
"The 70,000-ton warship must be a capital ship, and the 80,000-ton warship can only be regarded as a secondary warship.
Therefore, it is natural that the most important royal family members and court officials will be arranged to receive him.
Before bypassing the entire Tiannan Continent, go north from the eastern part of Tiannan Continent and return to Xiaoming's homeland.
But the hull size of those two aircraft carriers exceeded all the aircraft carriers that actually participated in the Seven Wars.
"Your Majesty, Xiaoming Honglu Temple has sent news that the fleet that is visiting England hopes to visit Prussia before the fourth day.
The actual deck operation efficiency of the two aircraft carriers is actually higher than that of the modified Midway.
Then, the personnel of both sides met very coldly, and then held banquets to celebrate at the dock and under the battleship.
When the number of carrier-based aircraft is too small, usually more than a hundred, the efficiency of deck dispatching will plummet.
“The smaller the warship, the actual deterrence effect is of course worse.
"You and the admirals have judged that you need a warship of that size.
We visited Sardinia, Italy, Austria, Ottoman, and Lucia in turn.
Shinano is the aircraft carrier with the ugliest cost-effectiveness ratio and the worst ratio of actual combat capability to tonnage.
“We also have to build a 70,000-ton warship.
“The cost of building an 80,000-ton battleship may be 10% of that of a 70,000-ton battleship, but the actual combat capability will be one level lower.
Hardberg said without any embarrassment or entanglement:
"So, in order to achieve the combat goals of your navy, you should build 70,000-ton warships, but you must build 70,000-ton or even smaller warships."
If they must all use large single-engine carrier-based aircraft, the two aircraft carriers may carry more than 170 aircraft, exceeding the original design capacity of 100 aircraft.
"Let's make a plan based on the goal of 70,000 tons, and finish the design and construction of the 70,000-ton capital ship..."
The production capacity of Xiao Ming in that world was poorer than that of the United States during the interwar period.
What's more, Xiao Ming and Prussia are still in the honeymoon period of cooperation theoretically.
Therefore, not all of the aircraft were considered spare aircraft. They had their wings and engines removed and hung under the ceiling of the hangar.
“Your role for Xiao Ming will diminish until Xiao Ming’s relationship with France becomes closer.
Instead, it stopped at the military dock in Baqing City.
Zhenhai and Daming, two 70,000-ton through-deck aircraft carriers, as well as Fengyangfu, Songjiangfu, Baodingfu, and Hejianfu, and seven new 17,800-ton cruisers.
Of course, there are also photos in various states released at the same time.
If you can build a 70,000-ton ship, you may not be able to build a 70,000-ton warship. If you build a 70,000-ton warship, you may not be able to play the role that a 70,000-ton warship should have.
(End of chapter)
