Hearing Zhou Rui ask about the design of the all-main gun battleship, Kang Huai hesitated for a moment and said: "Dashuai, with reference to the 'Dragon' class all-main gun battleship, we have organized a group of shipbuilding technicians and have designed a new all-main gun battleship.

However, the steam turbine factory in the new industrial zone and the heavy artillery branch of the arsenal have just been built, and even the 200 mm naval guns and large steam turbines needed for the eight large armored cruisers are not sure whether they can be built with quality and quantity.

Therefore, I think that the plan for the Ganyang Shipyard to build a battleship with all main guns should be postponed for a while, at least until the steam turbine factory can produce qualified large steam turbines, and the heavy artillery branch can produce naval guns with a caliber of more than 300 mm. ”

The 'Dragon' class battleship with full main guns refers to the French Colbe-class battleship.

Because Zhou Rui's names for the French Colbe-class battleships all start with the word dragon, in the interior of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, they are called "dragon" class battleships with full main guns.

The steam turbine factory mentioned by Kang Huai, as well as the heavy artillery branch of the arsenal, were all purchased by Zhou Rui from the Manniu Empire at a high price through Joanna, a fox businesswoman from the Manniu Empire.

Thanks to Larion, the naval minister of the Wild Bull Empire, he proposed to build the Wild Bull Empire's navy into an offshore defensive navy with destroyers and torpedo boats as the main combat ships.

Not only did the large docks of the Wild Bull Empire useless, but some factories specializing in the production of supporting equipment for large warships had to start dismissing workers and selling off production equipment.

For example, the steam turbine factory, which can manufacture large steam turbines and supporting boilers, and the heavy artillery factory, which can produce large-caliber naval guns, were all purchased by Zhou Rui at almost twice the high price.

Without large steam turbines and large-caliber naval guns, it would not have been possible for the Ganyang Shipyard to directly build eight large armored cruisers with a full load displacement of 12,000 tons.

Zhou Rui asked a little puzzled: "The steam turbine factory and the heavy artillery factory were bought as a whole, and it turns out that these two factories are already capable of manufacturing large steam turbines and naval guns with a caliber of more than 300 mm.

Why is it not sure that it will be made now? Haven't we already recruited both human technicians and human workers from both factories? ”

Kanghuai explained: "Dashuai, when the production equipment of these two factories arrived in the new industrial zone, they were all demolished.

In this way, even after the production equipment is reassembled, there is a process of commissioning.

Thanks to the fact that we recruited the human technicians and human workers from these two factories, otherwise it would be difficult to reassemble the production equipment of these two factories. ”

Zhou Rui sighed, "It's not easy to buy these production equipment.

However, I doubled the price of the new equipment and bought the two factories in their entirety. ”

In fact, even if Zhou Rui paid twice the price, the Barbarian Bull Empire was reluctant to sell it at first, but it was the fox businesswoman Joanna who spent a lot of money to dredge up the relationship before she got the Admiralty of the Manniu Empire and approved the deal.

Kang Huai hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the heavy artillery branch of the steam turbine factory and the arsenal should not be facing big problems.

It's just that if the Ganyang Shipyard wants to build a battleship with all main guns, it has to give some time to the heavy artillery branch of the steam turbine factory and the arsenal. ”

Zhou Rui asked again: "The armor steel plate of the warship, as well as the gun steel required for the gunner's gun, there is no problem at the steel plant, right?" ”

"The special steel branch of the steel plant has been put into operation, and the various types of warship armor steel plates produced, as well as various types of gun steel, are of very good quality, and it can be said that they exceed the design requirements."

The steel mill that Zhou Rui got from the lottery system includes production equipment that can produce all kinds of special steel, which can fully meet the demand for all kinds of military steel from the arsenal and all kinds of shipbuilding steel from the shipyard.

Nowadays, a number of production lines from the lottery system on the side of the arsenal have been put into operation, and the weapons and ammunition produced are no worse than those produced by the lottery system.

Zhou Rui then said: "Brother Huai, over there in the new industrial zone, and here in Ganyang Shipyard, you have worked so hard.

In particular, the heavy artillery branch must be able to produce different types of large-caliber naval guns as soon as possible, and the naval guns of some warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet have reached the end of their service life, and it is time to replace the barrels.

However, my support for you can only be infinitely funded. ”

Kang Huai said with a smile: "This is already the greatest support, if there is no investment at any cost like Dashuai, those factories in the new industrial zone cannot be established so quickly." ”

"By the way, I heard that Xue Jiao and Xie Dong are married?"

After Kang Huai's sister Kang Xuejiao and Liu Yiqiu met, the two quickly became best friends who talked about everything, so Zhou Rui also knew Kang Xuejiao, and he was very familiar with it.

"Xuejiao and Xie Dong met, and they had a good impression of each other, and the two families settled their family affairs."

"Xie Dong has a very good set of leading troops, and there is no ambiguity in fighting, there is a lot of room for growth in the future, and it is very good for Xue Jiao to marry Xie Dong.

And I still know Xie Dong, Xue Jiao will not be wronged if she marries. ”

"There is a young lady who supports Xue Jiao, presumably Xie Dong's kid doesn't dare to bully Xue Jiao."

The young lady mentioned by Kang Huai refers to Liu Yiqiu.

In the interior of the Zhou family, Wen Yu is called his wife, so Kang Huai calls Liu Yiqiu a young lady.

"By the way, what about the blueprints of the all-main gun battleship?

I look at the first all-main gun battleship at the Ganyang Shipyard, how is the design performance in all aspects? ”

This all-main gun battleship, designed by a number of shipbuilding technicians at Ganyang Shipyard, has a full load displacement of 25,500 tons and a maximum speed of 20 knots.

It is equipped with 6 twin 45x caliber 305 mm main guns, 14 40x caliber 150 mm secondary guns, 24 30 mm anti-aircraft guns, 30 13 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and 4 450 mm torpedo tubes.

The broadside armor belt was from 120 mm to 260 mm, the main deck armor was 60 mm, the main turret armor was 260 mm, and the crew was 1100 people.

Zhou Rui didn't expect that the design drawings of a full-main gun battleship would fit half a room, so in the end, he only looked at the comprehensive parameters of this all-main gun battleship.

"Brother Huai, can the dock of Ganyang Shipyard build such a large warship?"

"According to this design, the 10 25,000-ton docks of the Ganyang Shipyard can build this all-main gun battleship.

The four 30,000-ton floating docks on the side of Crescent Island can also build this all-main gun battleship.

However, in order to keep enough large docks to maintain many of the capital ships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, we can only build up to 4 of these all-main gun battleships at the same time without building new large docks. ”

"Huh? So, we already have the ability to build a large shipyard on our own? ”

Kang Huai nodded, "It should be able to be built, but there may be some technical difficulties in the construction process." ”

"Brother Huai, there are difficulties to overcome, the Ganyang Shipyard needs more large docks, and the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet also needs more large docks."

"Okay, I'll arrange for the Ganyang Shipyard to design and build several large docks as soon as possible."

"A few are not enough, build as many as possible, the more the merrier, and don't be afraid to spend money."

Just when Zhou Rui inspected the Ganyang Shipyard, Wan Ruyi, the owner of Wanhualou, said to Liu Menglu with a wry smile: "It has been found out, it turns out that the Zhou family bought a steam turbine factory and a heavy artillery factory from the Manniu Empire at a high price, so they were able to build 8 large armored cruisers with a full load displacement of 12,000 tons at the same time. ”

Liu Menglu said casually while applying nail polish: "I'll just say that there is no need to investigate this, if the secrets of the Zhou family's all-main gun battleships and battlecruisers are so easy to discover, Ganyang City will not gather so many intelligence officers." ”

"But where did the Zhou family's all-main gun battleships and battle cruisers come from?

It's as if it came out of nowhere, is it really as rumored by the outside world, the Zhou family has a different time and space node in their hands that leads to other worlds? ”

"Sister Ruyi, in fact, where did the Zhou family's all-main gun battleships and battlecruisers come from, and it doesn't have much to do with your old friend.

It's not good for your old friend to spend so much energy looking into this. ”

The old friend of Wan Ruyi that Liu Menglu refers to is Shen Zhi, the third son of the late Fengwu Jiedu envoy Shen Xiao.

Now Shen Zhi and his uncle Shen Mao are fighting for Silk City, and the armies of the two sides are outside Silk City at this time, and they have been fighting for more than half a month.

Wan Ruyi sighed and said, "Although our Intelligence Department has chosen Shen Zhi now, I am not very optimistic about him, and I can't figure out that he just made a wedding dress for someone else in the end."

As for tracking down the origin of the Zhou family's all-main gun battleships and battle cruisers, this information is really too valuable. ”

Liu Menglu put the nail polish on the table, "The strength of the Zhou family is too strong, if Zhou Rui insists on entering the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, even if the major families in Fengwu Town unite, they may not be able to stop him." ”

"Hehe, Monroe, do you regret it?

If you agreed to let Zhou Rui redeem you, you would be Zhou Dashuai's wife now. ”

Liu Menglu smiled slightly, "Even if Zhou Rui becomes Zhou Dashuai, I won't be a concubine for him."

If it's Liu Yiqiu's position, I can still consider it. ”

"Monroe, you're inflated."

"Hehe, Sister Ruyi, I see that you have just swelled.

The origin of the Zhou family's all-main gun battleships and battle cruisers can't even be found out by the six major beast countries, so why do you need to get involved.

Money is a good thing, but it has to be spent, so don't involve our entire branch. ”