The Zhiyuan ship is launched!

The first battleship of the Chinese themselves was launched in this way.

All the staff who have paid a lot for this battleship, and all the Chinese people who came to participate in the launching ceremony of the Zhiyuan ship, raised their fists and shouted.

"Long live the Zhiyuan ship, long live the Chinese Navy!"

"After so many years, so many years, Huaguo finally has a self-built battleship!"

"This battleship has the most advanced weapons and equipment in China, and its armor thickness is enough to resist the siege of several small devil warships of the same size!"

"Yes, the battleship Zhiyuan is the beginning of our Chinese naval fleet, and he has opened an era!"

Even the most experienced engineers clenched their fists tightly and spoke excitedly.

As they say, the battleship Zhiyuan opened a new era of warships in the Chinese Navy.

In addition to the Zhiyuan naval battleship, several cruisers and destroyers were launched at the same time.

Although the scale of the Chinese navy is not particularly large.

But in addition to aircraft carriers, it can be regarded as a sparrow, although small, and complete.

Chen Shaokuan, who once served as a teacher at the Fengtian Military Academy, is naturally the number one candidate for the battleship Zhiyuan.

However, while considering that Chen Shaokuan served as the captain of the battleship Zhiyuan, Zhang Zongqing added another name to the position of deputy captain: Li Zhilong.

Li Zhilong, who was born in the Huangpu Military Academy and was also the first to be awarded a general star in the first phase of the Huangpu Military Academy, was involved in the internal struggle of the Southern Army because of some things.

As a talent who has been awarded the rank of lieutenant general, or even served as the captain of a warship, Zhang Zongqing will naturally not let it go easily.

As for the crushing between the Southern Army, Zhang Zongqing naturally didn't care about anything.

After all, Zhang Zongqing has always been a person of meritocracy.

And Li Zhilong is also a talented person.

"General Shao Kuan, Zhilong!"

Zhang Zongqing shook hands with the captain and deputy captain of the Zhiyuan ship.

Then he turned around and said to Boss Jiang, Li Zongren and others.

"Everyone, the first launch of the Zhiyuan ship for sea trials, are you interested in boarding the Zhiyuan ship to have a look?"

Faced with the invitation from the second son, Zhang Zongqing, Boss Jiang, Li Zongren and others naturally had no reason to refuse.

The group soon followed behind Zhang Zongqing and walked towards the battleship Zhiyuan.

The huge battleship Zhiyuan lay across the river, looking like a steel monster from a distance.

Compared with the historical Bismarck battleship, the performance of the Zhiyuan battleship is even much higher.

After all, the money Zhang Zongqing threw on this battleship was enough for him to build an aircraft carrier.

No matter which criteria are used to judge the relevant criteria, the battleship Zhiyuan can be regarded as a first-class battleship in the world.

Those who boarded the battleship with Zhang Zongqing, in addition to Boss Jiang, Li Zongren and others, also had the specific person in charge of the manufacture of this battleship.

"Professor Markle, Professor Lin Yutang, thank you for your dedication to this battleship."

"If it weren't for you, this battleship might not have been launched so quickly, and I feel very lucky that the Chinese Navy can have your help!"

After the two warship bigwigs and experts came up, Zhang Zongqing immediately stepped forward to shake their hands and express his gratitude again.

Especially for Professor Markle, after all, Lin Yutang is a descendant of China, and Zhang Zongqing will not be surprised that he can return to the motherland with a pure heart and dedicate his strength to the country.

But Professor Markle was a pure Eagle Nation, though he never considered himself an Eagle Nation, but a Scottish man.

However, Professor Markle has a deep affection for China, and he even regards China as his first hometown.

At first, Zhang Zongqing did not understand why Professor Markle had such deep feelings for China.

It wasn't until Professor Lin Yutang told him that when Professor Markle was a child, he used to live on the streets because he didn't have enough to eat.

A well-meaning Chinese couple sponsored him and even got him admitted to Oxford University.

But the Chinese couple later died in a foreign country due to the flu that traveled across Europe.

Professor Markle was a man of kindness, and as a street child, he always regarded the Chinese couple as his parents.

So in essence, Professor Markle can be regarded as a "Chinese" influenced by Chinese culture.

At this time, Zhang Zongqing understood why Professor Markle had never been to China once, but he could speak a fluent piece of Cantonese.

"Zhang, although the battleship Zhiyuan is from your design drawings, he is also the embodiment of the efforts of me and Professor Lin Yutang."

"In a sense, it's also our child, and we're very proud to see it go into the water one day."

Professor Markle stroked his beard and said to Zhang Zongqing.

is really an arrogant old man, but Zhang Zongqing still likes to communicate with such an old man.

Because Zhang Zongqing has always liked this kind of real scholar who devotes himself to scientific research with a pure heart.

On the other side, Professor Lin Yutang also smiled and nodded.

Professor Lin Yutang is much better than Professor Markle in terms of human sophistication, but he doesn't communicate much with other bigwigs.

At the end of the day, he is the same kind of person as Professor Markle.

After all, they are not the same kind of people, how can two people work together for so long?

The arrogance of the scholar radiated in the two men.

If it weren't for Zhang Zongqing, he would also have some names like "weapon design experts".

Professor Markle and Professor Lin Yutang certainly do not distinguish between him and others.

"General Shao Kuan, let's start!"

After greeting the two chief designers for a while, Zhang Zongqing turned around and nodded to Chen Shaokuan, the captain of the battleship Zhiyuan.

Chen Shaokuan, who had a "general star" on his shoulder, saluted Zhang Zongqing with a military salute.

Then he turned around and walked towards the command room of the battleship Zhiyuan.

As the first main battleship of China, the Zhiyuan naturally will not complete all the processes after launching.

It is also extremely important to have a related sea trial mission.

The reason why Professor Markle and Professor Lin Yutang insisted on boarding the battleship Zhiyuan.

It is to collect relevant data through on-the-spot experience and evaluate the performance of the Zhiyuan battleship.

Of course, this will also be of great help to them in developing the next more advanced warship.

"Set sail!"

With the order of Chen Shaokuan, the captain of the Zhiyuan ship, this huge steel beast let out a roar of "woo woo".

The battleship Zhiyuan, with a total length of 251 meters and a total width of 36 meters, sailed away from the port of Weihai.

The 12 Wagner-type high-pressure heavy oil boilers and the 3-axis propulsion of the 3 Blom Foss steam turbines provided extremely strong power for the advance of the battleship Zhiyuan.

At this time, the battleship Zhiyuan only maintained a slightly lower power than the normal data.

It has a maximum stable power of 150,170 hp and a maximum maximum power of 163,026 hp.

Regarding the various performance of the Zhiyuan battleship, Professor Markle and Professor Lin Yutang glanced at each other.

They should be quite satisfied.

Zhang Dashuai, Boss Jiang, Feng Speculation, Yan Laoxi, Li Zongren and others, they naturally don't understand these professional-level knowledge.

However, they were more interested in the speed of the battleship Zhiyuan and the configuration of firepower.

At this time, the battleship Zhiyuan maintained a steady speed of 30.8 knots/h, but its top speed could reach 31.5 knots/h.

As for weapons, the battleship Zhiyuan is equipped with various types of guns of 380 mm, 150 mm, 105 mm, 37 mm and 20 mm.

Both the fire attack on the sea surface and the air defense capability are extremely strong.

Boss Jiang and Chen Cheng glanced at each other, their faces full of shock and extreme shock.

Boss Jiang and Chen Cheng were both invited by the ambassador of the Eagle Nation and had boarded the battleship Elizabeth of the Eagle Nation.

But just in terms of firepower, the battleship Elizabeth is not enough to put shoes on the current battleship Zhiyuan.

In fact, whether it is armor or firepower configuration, the battleship Elizabeth is far inferior to the battleship Zhiyuan.

What's more, when Boss Jiang and Feng speculated, they also saw that there were still four F6F Hellcat fighters parked on the battleship Zhiyuan.

The improved version of the F6F Hellcat fighter can be carried on battleships and aircraft carriers to fight against the enemy at this time.

Boss Jiang and Li Zongren had also heard that there was an extremely advanced fighter in Mukden.

And this is the first time they have seen the F6F Hellcat fighter jet on a Navy warship.

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