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Chapter 1363 The Era of the Giant Cannon Ship (First update, please subscribe)
"Buzz, buzz..."

Accompanied by the low roar, everyone looked up at the sky, only to see dozens of ships in the air, lined up in a "V" formation, slowly passing through the air.

"The airship unit that is now the Navy's floating air force is forming up and passing over the sea area to be reviewed."

The male announcer's magnetic voice came out just right on the radio.

"Father, it's an airship!"

Zhu Youlin, the crown prince of the empire, is a standard airship fan. He has been fascinated by airships since he was a child.

I have become a father until now, and there is still no change. I am crazy when I see an airship.

But the era of airships is over!
Sighing in his heart, Emperor Zhu raised his head and stared at the sky. A total of nine airships were passing over the throne ship. Blending in perfectly, they seem bigger.

"Shangshu Shen, these airships seem to be different from the airships in the past, they seem to be angular."

Zhu Youlin turned his head and asked.

"Returning to Your Highness, this is the latest hard-hulled airship of the empire. Its internal structure is entirely made of duralumin. It is faster, larger in size, and has a longer range."

Nine years ago, as the United States and France "invented" the electrolytic aluminum process at the same time, the empire also decrypted electrolytic aluminum. Although the empire lost a lot of money, the industrial production of electrolytic aluminum also benefited many industries. The rigid airship finally got In a fundamental breakthrough, aluminum beams replaced wooden beams, making airships bigger and stronger.

"This is Zeppelin..."

Emperor Zhu said to himself, but are there still Zeppelin airships in this world?
Before the airship troop got out of people's sight, a cruiser column composed of six armored cruisers sailed through the waves, billowing soot from the towering and dense chimneys, and its hull was equipped with battleship-class 305mm The main gun - this is also the first of the empire.

"Your Majesty, the two ships coming ahead are Xinde-class armored cruisers. Although they are still called armored cruisers, they are actually equivalent to second-class battleships in various countries. They have four 305mm twin-linked main guns that are powerful enough to fight battleships." ,...Different from the "Hiroshima-class" armored cruisers built by the Empire before, this ship has canceled the broadside guns, and is uniformly equipped with six twin 120mm secondary guns, and its structure is reasonable and simple..."

In fact, the empire's naval construction has always been influenced by Emperor Zhu. Perhaps this is "what is good at the top must be good at the bottom." From the early days, the battleship was shrunk to build a secondary armored cruiser, and now, the same is true for the empire. .It's just that the current Imperial Navy Ship Administration is more handy when designing armored cruisers.

Just like the Xinde class, although its displacement is only 20000 tons, it has achieved the perfect combination of protection, firepower and speed. It is said to be a cruiser, but its armor is even thicker than that of the Dreadnought class, and its speed is as high as 29 knots.Because of this, it won the preference of the Imperial Navy as soon as it came out, not to mention six orders were issued at once, and even an intentional order for four improved models was issued.

In fact, the reason why the Empire attaches great importance to the speed of warships is because, to put it bluntly, the vast colonies need fast cruisers to protect, not only speed, but also strong protection-because he may fall into a situation of fighting alone, Of course, powerful firepower is also required, because it is possible to face enemy battleships.

Special needs stimulated special warships. When European and American countries were building second-class dreadnoughts, the empire relied on advanced steam turbine and high-pressure boiler technology to build faster armored cruisers.

However, its appearance did not cause shock to the outside world. After all, the Xinde class has been in service for two years. In the past two years, four ships have been in service. As the new cutting-edge warship of the empire, in the past two years, it It has long been known to the world not only to cruise the seas of the empire, but also to visit various countries.

"Look, that's..."

Suddenly, someone in the VIP seat screamed in surprise, and everyone looked at the reviewing column driving behind the cruiser fleet in unison.

Through the binoculars, people were finally able to clearly see the figure of the battleship—it was not just the battleship that came into people's sight first, but the "pagoda" on the top of the battleship.A multi-layered "pagoda" above the battleship just broke into people's sight.The towering mast floors are stacked up to tens of meters.

"What is this? Is it a 'Christmas tree'?"

When the naval attachés of various countries were surprised and ridiculed, what they didn't know was that what they were witnessing was actually a naval technological change.Although the accuracy and effective range of artillery have been greatly improved with the emergence of Wujian, due to the limitations of sighting equipment and artillery techniques, navies around the world have never thought of being able to conduct artillery battles at a distance of 20-30km.

For this reason, the capital ships of various countries do not need to measure and aim at such a distant place, as long as an observation post is installed on the top of the mast.

However, in the past few years, with the advancement of sighting and artillery techniques, the Imperial Navy has proposed a new method of long-range artillery warfare. In order to conduct long-distance artillery warfare, warships not only need to detect the enemy earlier, but also Due to the curvature of the earth, it is necessary not only to stand higher, but also to observe and aim there, so the fire command units responsible for aiming, observing the landing point, commanding artillery, riding and shooting, etc. must be moved up.So the Imperial Navy not only transformed around the mast, but also designed a corresponding one-piece mast.

The one-piece tower mast looks extremely spectacular and quite shocking.But it's not just the towering mast that really shocks people.

But in front of the tower mast, there are two double-mounted turrets arranged in steps. On the surface, it seems to be no different from ordinary dreadnoughts. A first-class naval intelligence officer immediately felt a certain suffocation!
The huge muzzle, thick and long barrel are perfectly combined with the wide hull and tower-like front superstructure.

At this time, the voice of the announcer on the radio also became passionate:
"The latest "Dynasty-class" battleship of the Imperial Navy is coming. The lead ship is the "Daqin" battleship, which has a displacement of 33000 tons and is equipped with eight 8mm naval guns. It is currently undergoing sea trials... "

It doesn't matter whether he is undergoing sea trials, what is important is that it is a real giant ship with cannons!
Once upon a time, when the dreadnought appeared, people were amazed and admired by it. To a certain extent, they even thought that it was the pinnacle of human mechanics, but who would have thought that their cognition is once again being Subverted.

The destructive aesthetics brought by the giant cannons of the big ships are displayed in such a fruitful, intuitive and unreserved manner.Without the slightest concealment, without the slightest politeness, it hit everyone like a grenade exploded.

It even exudes a magical power, which is choking people's breathing and thinking, making people unable to breathe or think. In such a visual impact, a word echoed in their minds .

"380mm! 380mm..."

This moment, or heaven, or hell.

It doesn't matter anymore, what matters is the caliber.

What matters is the tonnage!

The important thing is...they are the most powerful warships in the world.

In such a visual impact, people seem to ignore the two large booms between the two large chimneys. What they don't know is that there is a release platform for seaplanes. They don't know that the new sea change has already It started quietly, and at this time all of them were immersed in the impact of the cannon giant ship.

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(End of this chapter)