1825 My New Daming

Chapter 194 What Daming sold was a warship, but what he bought might be Rome! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

In the eighth year of Taiping, on the eighth day of February, in the waters near Changxing Island in Shanghai Prefecture.

In the long sound of the whistle, there are four tall chimneys, with a full-load displacement of up to 2.5 tons. From the appearance, the "Yamato" floating hotel, which was particularly powerful in the past, has been built in Changxing Shipyard of Jiangnan Heavy Industry near the mouth of the Yangtze River. An anchor was dropped outside the pier.

And at this very moment, in this rather luxuriously decorated cruise ship lobby, an unprecedented product launch event is being held—it’s the kind where a very popular CEO, no, a naval captain stands on the stage. , to a large group of naval attachés and their wives, as well as specially invited journalists and freelance writers, a press conference boasting how awesome their products are.

And this naval colonel is of course Zhuge Weidao, who is recognized as the number one "handsome" talent (a particularly handsome talent) in the Ming Navy.

The products Zhuge Weidao wants to promote today are not "psychic phone" or "red rabbit car". They are two majestic warships!
This is really a bit dumbfounded.

These days, beautiful clothes and perfumes and cosmetics are not sold like this, let alone battleships and armored cruisers?Are the battleships and armored cruisers sold in this way reliable?

But Zhuge Weidao doesn't care about this, he feels pretty good now, he feels like being a "Gebbs".

As for whether these two battleships can be sold, he is not worried at all.

In his words, then he is selling a battleship, but some customers are likely to buy a Roman Empire!
Hearing the siren, he already knew that he had reached the place - after all, battleships and armored cruisers are not cars and mobile phones, and they cannot be put on the podium, so he can only take the "Yamato" and set off from Shanghai's Bund Passenger Terminal to The goods are seen on the pier of Changxing Shipyard.

"Gentlemen and ladies, please turn left. Turn left! You will soon see the most advanced battleships and armored cruisers in the world. I repeat, these are the most advanced and strongest warships in existence. Great battleships and armored cruisers!

Maybe you can see battleships and armored cruisers that are more advanced and powerful than them on paper.But the hero class and the hero class have not only been manufactured, but also placed on the military sales shelves of the Ming Empire.

Among them, the hero-class battleship can be driven home with a minimum of 888 million silver dollars, and the hero-class armored cruiser can be bought with a minimum of 666 million silver dollars!If your country’s military expenditure is not sufficient, there are also special financial institutions in our country that can provide loans to buy ships.”

As he spoke, Zhuge Weidao waved his arm and shouted at several Ming Navy sailors present: "Pull up the curtain!"

"Yes, sir!"

Hearing his order, the two sailors began to draw back the thick curtains hanging on one side of the lobby.As the curtains were slowly opened, the weather outside was fine, and the sun suddenly came in directly, dazzling some unprepared guests for a while.And when they fixed their eyes and looked out, what caught their eyes were two large surface ships that were moored at the delivery dock of the shipyard and seemed to have completed their outfitting.

Those professionals and reporters who really understand the navy in the lobby of the "Yamato" Hotel were immediately attracted by these two huge warships not far away, and everyone rushed involuntarily. by the window.Some people raised their binoculars, while others took pictures of the two warships with the latest Seagull brand portable box camera.

Although these people have already seen the pictures of the Hero and the Man from the materials sent to them by the Ming Dynasty Admiralty, and just heard Zhuge Weidao boasting about himself for an hour, they have a better understanding of the warships of the past two days.

But when they first saw Heroes and Heroes, they were shocked. They also began to realize that Zhuge Weidao, the seemingly unreliable battleship salesman, was not talking nonsense. The most powerful battleship in the world, and the hero is the most powerful armored cruiser in the world!

And these two warships are really on the shelves of the Ming Navy?

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhuge Weidao quietly walked to the side of Vice Admiral Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Luocha's ambassador to Ming Dynasty. Daohui came to talk to himself, so he didn't join in the fun, but stood beside a pillar, stretched his neck, and looked at the battleship Hero with a blank expression.

Zhuge Weidao walked up to him and said in Russian: "Alexander Sergeyevich, tell Nikolai Pavlovich that what Ming sold was a warship, but what he bought might be a Roman Empire! "

"Roman Empire?" Vice Admiral Menshikov looked back at Zhuge Weidao, "Colonel, what do you mean?"

诸葛为道笑着：“这不明摆着吗？英雄号的标准排水量就有1.85万吨，依靠2.2万匹马力的蒸汽机可以跑出20节的高速.还拥有6座双联炮台，总共拥有12门45倍径的280毫米大炮。

When facing the enemy with a broadside, it can concentrate eight 8mm main guns for salvo. What a terrible firepower that is!
If you buy five 1088 million round "top-equipped invincible enhanced version" at the same time, we will also install the latest radio stations on each battleship, and we will also equip another five radio stations for your naval base. With radio stations, Five Hero-class ships can focus fire, and 5 40mm guns bombard a target at the same time!Even at the monarchy level, they can't withstand a few rounds of volleys! "

It turns out that there are three configurations of "top configuration", "high configuration" and "low configuration" for the hero class and hero class!

"What? 1088 million." Vice Admiral Menshikov was stunned, "Didn't it mean that 888 million can be driven home? How did it become 1088 million?"

Zhuge Weidao explained with a smile: "888 million is a low-end version. There is no radio station, and the armor steel is made of ordinary case-hardened steel plates, while the high-end enhanced version of 988 million uses chromium-nickel alloy steel-based surface. Hardened steel plate, that is quite strong! As for the top version of 1088 million, not only the best steel plate will be used, but also a radio station will be installed, so that multi-ship fire shooting can be carried out! But the top version of 1088 million The biggest advantage of the 988 million high-end version is not the steel plate and the radio, but the delivery time!"

"Delivery time?" Menshikov was taken aback again, "What's the point?"

Zhuge Weidao was also a little speechless to this unresponsive Russian general, but he still said patiently: "The hero class just came out early, and the technology it uses is not very advanced. Britain also has triple-expansion reciprocating steam engines. 2 The level of 10 horsepower can also be reached. They also have 12-6 inch rapid-fire guns. The layout of the [-]-turret will be seen. The British also have new armored steel. As for the radio station, the British are also concentrating on research. There will be soon.

But they have done everything well, integrated it, and then completed the design of the British version of the hero ship. It will take at least one and a half to two years. This is the key to your Raksha country becoming Eastern Rome!As long as there are four or five hero-class ships belonging to the Rakshasa Empire heading towards the Eastern Mediterranean, no one in the world can stop you Rakshasa from liberating Constantinople!
Now there is one hero class built, and four hero class hulls have been built for one and a half to two years, and they will definitely be delivered one after another. By then, Emperor Nicholas will have 5 hero class ships, and the British will only have a bunch drawing!Five 1088 million, that is 5440 million, 5400 million for you, not expensive, right?Alexander Sergeyevich, if you can place an order before I leave Daming, I can buy one get one free, buy a hero, and get a flying dragon (airship) for free! "

Speaking of this, Zhuge Weidao paused again, and said to Menshikov: "Lieutenant General, there will be test rides and gun tests later, let's board the Hero together and feel its power!"

(End of this chapter)