1825 My New Daming

Chapter 188 It's better to hide behind and fight the fire, and then win without fighting! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
The brief introduction of the Hongwu Kai-type battleship has been placed in front of the members of the Naval Armament Commission.

The standard displacement is 1.85 tons, and the full-load displacement is 2.05 tons; the total length is 146 meters, the width is 26.8 meters, and the draft is 8.75 meters. It is equipped with 12 Jiangnan C-type coal-fired boilers, three three-cylinder reciprocating steam engines, and the power of the main engine is as high as 2.2. Horsepower, 3 shafts and 2 rudders are arranged side by side; the maximum speed of the warship can reach 20 knots, and the endurance can reach 10 nautical miles at an economical speed of 9500 knots.

战舰的武备包括12门280毫米45倍径的江南280——4型主炮，6座双联炮塔布局，12门155毫米45倍径副炮，18门单装50毫米速射防空/防鱼雷艇炮，6座450毫米鱼雷发射管。

In addition, in view of the increasing threat of airships, the Hongwu Mod 36 is also preparing to add 13 [-]mm anti-aircraft guns!

The main armor belt of the Hongwu Kaiyi type is 300 mm thick; it is equipped with three armored decks, each layer is 25-30 mm thick; the armor of the conning tower is 300 mm thick.All of the above armors use the latest case-hardened steel developed by Jiangnan Heavy Industries!
The full crew of the ship is 1018 people, including 40 officers.

Although this battleship was modified from the Hongwu Emperor class, it can actually be regarded as an epoch-making battleship!It is completely comparable to the Dreadnought class in another timeline. Its appearance can wipe out the previous naval equipment advantages of the British Empire and the Ming Empire overnight.

Moreover, this battleship did not use much "black technology", no oil-fired boilers, no steam turbines, and no knapsack turrets.The only black technology is case-hardened steel. Compared with the original old-fashioned armor, the bulletproof ability of case-hardened steel has more than doubled.Therefore, Hongwu's modification of a 300mm armor is equivalent to the old-fashioned armor of more than 700mm.

However, the "black technology" of surface-hardened armor steel alone is not a problem. The metallurgy of France, Prussia, and Austrian Rakshasa may be worse, but as long as Daming is willing to teach it, it is not a problem.

"Daozi," Zhuge Weiyi already understood Zhuge Weidao's thoughts, "Do you want France and Raksha to equal us and Great Britain in the navy?"

Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "Only when someone is chasing you can we have the motivation to work hard! And we are not afraid of France and Luocha chasing after us. First of all, we are not a European country and stay away from right and wrong places. At worst, we will strictly guard the Strait of Malacca. Anyway, now Batam, Bintan Island is in our hands, we can build a few more forts, deploy some airships and torpedo boats, and we will be safe.

Second, we still have something in our hands!Shang Shu, our 2-ton battlecruiser should come out soon, right? "

Zhuge Weiyi nodded, and said: "If you are dissatisfied, say that, in fact, the design institute of Jiangnan Heavy Industry and the Design Institute of the Ministry of the Navy have already worked out several plans for the 2-ton battlecruiser. On the basis of enlargement, and then add oil-fired boilers, steam turbines, and knapsack turrets, the number of main guns can be reduced to 8. Now the oil-fired boilers and steam turbines have been used in Jiangnan Power Plant for almost a year. The land test of the turret is about to be completed. If it starts now, the 11-ton battle cruiser will be ready for sea trials by the year of Taiping 2. When this 2-ton battle cruiser is unveiled, the Hongwu modified model will appear outdated !The armor and firepower of the 2-ton battlecruiser are comparable to those of the Hongwu Mod 4. Although there are 8 less main guns, after using the piggyback turret, the 7.5 main guns of the entire ship can be aimed at the left or right side at the same time. The side fires and the 8-ton ship is equipped with a 30-20-horsepower main engine, and the speed will be above [-] knots, while the Hongwu Kaiyi type is only [-] knots at most."

Zhuge Weidao continued the old man's words: "By Taiping 11, our 3-ton mass-produced battleship and 3-ton battlecruiser should have been designed, right?"

"Hahaha," Zhuge Weiyi laughed, "absolutely. If everything goes well, by the 13th year of Taiping, these two new warships can be equipped. level, then the aircraft carrier developed based on the 13-ton battlecruiser body can also be secretly built in Taiping 2, and sea trials can begin in Taiping 13."

Zhuge Weidao nodded, thinking: "1000 million tons of navy or something is more of a bluff. If 1000 million tons are on dreadnoughts or pre-dreadnoughts, facing 3 tons of mass-produced battleships and 3 tons The battlecruisers and 2-ton fleet aircraft carriers are just a bunch of live targets. Therefore, the key to a world war is to use the right mass-produced capital ships at the right time!
The mass-produced capital ship was built early, and it will be obsolete when the war starts.But if it is late, it will not be able to catch up.

Therefore, grasping the time to start the war is the key!At the same time, it is also very critical to induce opponents to waste their limited financial resources on eliminating ship types.After all, no one's money is blown by strong winds, and no one can destroy the fleet just built! "

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "The British can also produce battleships, battlecruisers and aircraft carriers that we can produce. It's just a few years behind us. And the use of these battleships, battlecruisers and aircraft carriers Life expectancy is at least 30 to [-] years.

If there is no war, it does not matter whether it is three or five years earlier or later.These three to five years are our time window.And to extend this time window as much as possible, we should force the British to spend more financial resources on the Hongwu Mod 2 and the [-]-ton Battle Cruiser! "

Li Tiezhu, Chief of Naval Intelligence, asked with a smile: "So you want to give the Hongwu Modification [-] to France and Luocha? Let them challenge the hegemony of the British Empire in the western seas?"

"Actually, an Arab Empire can be added!" Zhuge Weidao said, "France can restore the glory of Western Rome, and Luocha has inherited the legal system of Eastern Rome and claimed to be the Third Rome. If Egypt can develop into the third Roman Empire after the collapse of the Turkish Empire Wouldn't the hegemony of the Arab Empire and the British Empire come to an automatic end? Wouldn't we be able to win without a fight?
The British army has no deterrent effect on France, Rakshasa, or even Ali Pasha in Egypt. What everyone is really afraid of is the Royal Navy.If we can export a warship that can greatly weaken Britain's sea superiority, then France, Rakshasa, and Egypt will definitely take action. If these three countries realize the revival of Western Rome, Eastern Rome, and the Arab Empire by dividing up the Turkish Empire, Then the glory of the British Empire will be gone!

If the British Empire wants to maintain their glory, it must follow up immediately and start building a large-scale battleship similar to the Hongwu Kai I, and the number of construction should not be less than the Hongwu Kai I that Rakshasa, France and Ali Pasha may have. Sum!Even so, the British Empire cannot guarantee that Rakshasa, France, and Egypt will not jump out to carve up the Ottoman Turkish Empire. "

Zhuge Weiyi, Zhuge Weiyong, Li Tiezhu, and Guan Tianpei all showed relaxed smiles when they heard Zhuge Weidao's plan of "backing the fire and winning without fighting". In fact, they don't really want to fight a world war. And win, that would be great.

Zhuge Weiyi, Chief of Staff of the Navy, laughed at this moment: "Daozi, the French and Arabian fires can be fought by a great army, but the Rakshasa fires must be fought by you yourself. You need a bell-tier to untie the bell! "

Zhuge Weidao nodded: "Okay, I'll go. When will the Hongwu Type [-] modification be able to complete the sea trial?"

"It's definitely too late this year," Zhuge Weiyi calculated, "You should be able to complete the sea test next summer. Daozi, I can give you a general rank at that time, and you will be the admiral of the formation visiting Europe, and bring Nata along with you." Grand Duchess Li, how about going to Europe for a leisurely stroll, and by the way, how about selling our Hongwu Kaiyi?"

"Okay, that's it!"

(End of this chapter)