1825 My New Daming

"A speed of 21 knots, a standard displacement of more than 3 tons, and eight 8-inch cannons." Emperor William knew the navy, not only naval warfare, but also shipbuilding.Hearing the indicators proposed by George Elliot, I was really regretful, "We should have given up competing with Daming for speed long ago, their industrial technology is already ahead.

Moreover, the foundation of steam turbines is power generation equipment. Daming has built and is building more than ten times more power plants than us. It is impossible for us to surpass Daming in terms of steam turbines! "

This is the scale advantage of industrialization!
For the same product, the larger the production volume, the lower the production cost will be, because fixed inputs such as research and development costs will not increase because more sales are made.

In the case of a fixed R&D investment, the more you sell, the lower the R&D cost on each product stand will be.The higher the benefit generated by the R&D investment, the higher it will be!
Moreover, the greater the market demand for a certain type of product, the easier it is to support a large number of manufacturers.If there are many manufacturers, it is easy to "roll", roll manufacturing, roll technology, roll development, roll cost, and rolls must be manufactured more, faster, better, and cheaper in the end!

And the Ming Empire plus her vassal states, as well as Japan, which has recently been integrated into the Ming economic circle, are undoubtedly the largest single market in the world!

Therefore, for all the industrial projects where Daming occupies a leading position, others can only follow behind and eat ashes. It is almost impossible to catch up unless Daming himself does not want to play.

And the steam turbine is the project that Daming is leading now, and he is still playing with great enthusiasm.There are more than a dozen steam turbine companies across the country, and each of them has new products on the way.Among them, there are four or five companies specializing in marine steam turbines, and every family has unique skills!
How does the British Empire compare with others?
There are only more than 2000 million people in Great Britain, plus the white skins in India, Canada, Australia and other places, the number is as high as 3000 million, and the market is less than one-tenth of others, so it is impossible to catch up with Ming Dynasty in terms of steam turbine technology .

If the power of the steam turbine cannot catch up with others, it means that the battleship has a "heart disease". How can it compare with the speed of a human?

Therefore, the thinking of Nelson and George Elliott is completely correct. They can't compare at all, and they can have a little chance of winning if they go directly to the slow-speed, heavy-armored, heavy-firepower large-tonnage battleship!
The Marquis of Nelson said to Emperor William in a very positive tone at this time: "Your Majesty, the battleships of 2.5 tons and 3 tons will be the key to our reversal of the decline. Among them, the 3-ton heavy battleships are the most important. !"

Emperor William nodded, thinking about the order: "The 2.5-ton battleship must start construction immediately, and the 3-ton battleship should also be designed as soon as possible, and then start construction as soon as possible!"

"Your Majesty," George Elliot reminded, "Currently, our main engine factory cannot guarantee that it can complete the steam turbine with a power of 18 horsepower within 4.5 months. I am afraid that the 3-ton battleship will not have a main engine available. "

Emperor William looked at the Marquess of Nelson.

"If you can't finish 4.5 horsepower, you can finish it with 4 horsepower," said Marquis Nelson. "If you can't do it, you can use a steam engine. We already have a steam engine with 3 horsepower. It can also be used, but the speed is slower at most. Moreover, the speed of a ship is not entirely determined by the power of the main engine, and by optimizing the hull, a main engine with a smaller horsepower can be used to push a large-tonnage ship to a reasonable speed."

Not to mention, there really was such a design in another timeline. The American Colorado class used a 2.89-horsepower main engine to allow a 3.25-ton standard ship to run at a "high speed" of 21 knots!
Marquis Nelson waved his fist, "In short, we must produce a 3-ton heavy battleship before Daming! And this kind of heavy battleship will be our last chance to win!
I estimate that after 24 months, the Ming Empire must already have 2.5-ton fast battleships, and they must have already had a large advantage in the number of cutting-edge battleships.If we want to win, we must build bigger and stronger battleships! "

After hearing this, Emperor William couldn't help frowning and said, "Before we have 24-ton warships in 3 months, what should we use to defend the British Empire and the Indian Empire?"

This question is more difficult!

Because according to the situation previously known by the British government, the relatively "weak" time window of the Ming Dynasty Navy will close around the end of 1831.After that, the Ming Dynasty Navy will have a large number of cutting-edge battleships!

And now it is the beginning of 1831. Moreover, the "weak" period of the Ming Empire's navy was also very strong. After their "weak" period is over, isn't it the end of Great Britain?
When both Nelson and George Elliot fell silent, Charlie Elliot lost no time and said, "Your Majesty, you have just received a telegram from Temasek Fortress. Viscount Beresford said that 10 Indian Imperial Army will be in Under his leadership, fight to the last man!
The Viscount also said that they will win at least 12 months of precious time for our glorious British Empire! "

"Oh, really?" Emperor William was dubious, reached for the telegram, and read it himself.

After watching for a while, he finally showed a gratified expression.He raised his head, smiled and said to Marquis Nelson: "Marquis, it seems that we have won for 12 months... because Viscount Beresford has entered the state, and he is fully reorganizing the army. He has also organized a white supervisor team, and will Will shoot every Indian who escapes from the Johor line."

"This is indeed good news!" Marquis Nelson laughed, "That's how we should treat those Indians who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"However, we are still 12 months away." George Elliot reminded in a low voice.

"Marquis, what can you do?" Emperor William asked Nelson.

"There is a way." Marquis Nelson thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, we must open up a second battlefield to distract the attention of the Ming army and their powerful force!"

"The second battlefield is..."

"Australia and New Zealand!" Marquis Nelson said, "as far as I know, the rich and open continent that the Ming Empire has always coveted!

As early as the time of King Zhuge Wuzhong, they once sent an expedition to Australia...but this huge expedition disappeared forever due to unknown reasons.

Because of this loss, the Ming Empire gave up its attempt to invade Australia, and this renunciation lasted for more than 100 years! "

Exploring the ocean always comes with risks and losses, sometimes not small ones.

And it wasn't just this one that lost the expedition team in the expedition presided over by King Zhuge Wuzhong...

Marquis Nelson said again in a heavy tone: "But today, they have battleships that are not afraid of wind and waves!

So they will definitely rush to that continent... And we should also send a fleet to Australia, send a breaking fleet! "

"Send a breaching fleet?" Kaiser Wilhelm asked. "Do we now have warships that can take on that responsibility?"

"It will be there soon!" George Elliot took the question, "Your Majesty, we will soon have six 12000-ton Crecy-class armored cruisers... According to the original design, they will have 21 knots Rated maximum speed. With forced ventilation turned on, the speed is expected to exceed 23 knots.

Since the hulls of this class of armored cruisers are still under construction, we can modify the design and equip them with more powerful power systems.

In this way, in the next 12 months, we will have a sufficiently powerful armored cruiser. "

"Okay, this is very good." Emperor William let out a long breath, and Ah San from Temasek will support him within 12 months. In 12 months, new armored cruisers will go to Australia to fight guerrillas. It seems that the British Empire will not end yet.