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Chapter 600 The Nanhua in St. Petersburg (First update, please subscribe)
Just as Emperor Zhu was looking forward to the arrival of next year, when the northern hemisphere entered autumn, the "Nanhua" finally sailed into St. Petersburg. The arrival of this foreign warship immediately caused an unprecedented sensation in St. Petersburg.

After all, this is the first time a foreign advanced warship has entered the port after the Crimean War.

As the commander of the navy, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, the fourth prince of the tsar, boarded the warship in person after a simple welcoming ceremony.

In addition to the admiral who accompanied Alexei on the ship, there was also Lieutenant General Popov, who was the designer of the "Peter the Great" ironclad ship. Now that warship is being built at the Karerny Island factory. An ocean-going battleship of [-] tons.

"Is its fleet built of steel armor? No wood?"

As Russia's top naval engineer, Popov asked this question as soon as he opened his mouth. In this era, it is a very common design to sandwich wood in the iron armor. The waterline armor of the iron hull of the "Peter the Great" is 559 mm thick. Wood, wrapped on both sides with 178 mm thick armor plates.

The British warships were also built in this way.

"Yes, Your Excellency, our warship is entirely made of steel plates. It is definitely the world's first-class warship. It has a 305 mm thick waterline armor and a central iron-clad fort design, which makes it an impossible ship at all. The sunken sea turret, two twin 305mm naval guns, can fire shells weighing up to 350 kilograms to 13 kilometers away..."

Even if he is not a military officer, as a businessman, Buffett knows the index of commodities very well.

"But sir, according to the tests in the British Sea, the steel armor is relatively brittle, and if it is hit by a shell, it is easy to shatter, so it is not a good choice to use steel armor!"

Alexey asked the question he was most concerned about. The reason why he cared about this question was because... he was really moved by this battleship!
"Your Highness, that's British armor, not Ming's. We have very special metallurgical technology. Through adjustments during smelting, we can ensure that it has sufficient toughness."

As a businessman, Buffett immediately got up, and he even deliberately showed off Daming's unique metallurgical technology.

In fact, there is something special there!

The armor steel of the "Nanhua" is just ordinary carbon steel. The British Navy used steel plates to test the brittleness of the steel plates. It is because the phosphorus content of their steel plates exceeds the standard, which leads to serious cold and brittle steel plates.

But Nanhua's steel plate...does have its unique technology. Under the guidance of Emperor Zhu, high-quality carbon steel can be obtained through quenching and tempering in the steelmaking process. Although it is not comparable to alloy steel, it is definitely better than other countries. Wrought iron is better.

"If Your Highness has time, after the tour is over, we can watch a movie on the ship. We also conducted corresponding tests on the steel armor, and the test process was filmed."

"What is a movie?"

Alexey asked curiously.

"It's a moving photo, Your Highness. This is also a new invention of Daming. In fact, it has been put into use a few years ago, but it has not been widely used. This time I came to your country, and Your Majesty specially asked me to bring it. I bought a movie machine and a projector, and gave it to His Majesty the Tsar as a gift!"

It's no surprise that there are many gifts. Besides, when you come to do business, you must give some gifts. In fact, gifts are just a stepping stone.In the international arms trade, there are often kickbacks, especially in countries like Russia. According to the tradition of previous dealings between the two parties, the kickbacks are about 5%.

An hour later, in the war room that was temporarily filled with movie projection rooms, Grand Duke Alexei, the commander of the Russian Navy, and a group of naval officers all stared dumbfounded at the pictures on the curtain and those moving pictures.

"He, he can move!"

When Alexey stood up excitedly, his shadow blocked the picture. Looking at the shadow on the curtain, he turned his head and said to Buffett.

"Give me a set of this movie machine!"

Is this a face-to-face bribe?Of course not, this is just a normal relationship.

"as you wish!"

Buffett laughed.

"Everyone, although the movie only has pictures and no sound, we still demonstrated the test process through text. The M1872 305mm cannon you see now can be used in both warships and turrets... "

After a brief explanation, Buffett stopped talking, because everyone's attention was on the movie. In the picture on the screen, the gunners stuffed a heavy shell into the chamber, and then loaded the powder pack and the firing tube. Close the bolt, all these soldiers are very familiar to them.

The only thing that makes them curious is, what kind of machine records the actions of these people?Moreover, the tape can be projected on a white cloth. They looked at the projector from time to time, trying to understand the principle, the cannon suddenly erupted, and at the same time as a large cloud of smoke rose from the muzzle, the shells whizzed out and flew into the distance .

The camera switched to the other side. In the open field, a steel plate stood up. There seemed to be a black spot hitting the steel plate. In a cloud of smoke, people were surprised to see that the steel plate seemed to be intact.

"Your Highness, look, this is the 305mm armor after being hit by a 305mm cannon, that is, the armor belt used by the "Nanhua". Except for a crater about 120mm deep, not only did the back not break, but also Even the surrounding area has not collapsed, from which we can draw a conclusion that, in terms of current military technology, no warship in the world can sink the "Nanhua-class battleship", Your Highness."

When the lights came on, Buffett saw the astonishment on everyone's faces, and he just smiled triumphantly. At this moment, these Russians were conquered.

Conquered by advanced weapons they have never seen before!In other words, they were conquered by the intuitive performance of the weapon's power.

Noticing that the Russians still didn't seem to have seen enough movies, Buffett ordered.

"Play another movie, let's play the "Battleship Nanhua"!"

That movie was a newsreel movie made when the "Nanhua" was being built, and now it's just time for them to see how this battleship was built again!

Since you want to show Daming's technology in front of these Russians, let's give them an all-round experience.

Just as Buffett expected, when these naval officers and technicians saw this documentary, they all looked engrossed.

Looking at them who have been conquered, Buffett couldn't help sighing.

"Movies are such a good thing!"

(End of this chapter)