Chapter 730: The Booming Battleship Business
The navies of the Mongol Khanate and the Louhe Kingdom, under the noses of the ships watching the battles of the great powers, fought a naval battle in which the tactics, command, and gunnery were extremely inferior in the eyes of the navies of various countries.
And it is precisely because both sides are scum that this fight is on par, and this naval battle looks extremely lively!
As a result, the spectators of the navies of various powerful countries saw the rapid-fire artillery shells on both sides flying all over the sky!
There is no doubt that this was a naval battle dominated by rapid-fire guns, and the old large-caliber main guns of both sides did little in this artillery battle, and both sides relied heavily on rapid-fire guns for combat.
The impact of this naval battle on the naval powers of some countries is no less than the Battle of Ian in previous years!
This made the navies of various countries realize that the era of rapid-fire guns has really come!
Because in this naval battle, the large-caliber main guns of both sides did almost nothing, and the main force of the battle became the rapid-fire guns of both sides.
At the same time, the armor of the warships on both sides of the combat power is not hardened armor, and the composite armor or even wrought iron armor is used, and some warships even use the protective design of the key protection concept.
As a result, the decks were washed by enemy rapid-fire guns, and some cruisers and other ships of small and medium tonnage were sunk.
This made people realize the great role of hardened armor and rapid-fire guns.
The wind direction of rapid-fire guns and hardened armor that blew in the eleventh year of Qiansheng was only a theory at the beginning, after all, it had not been tested in actual combat, but after this medium-scale naval battle, it really proved the great power of rapid-fire guns.
Rapid-fire guns are indispensable!
And to withstand rapid-fire guns, then you need a battleship with a comprehensive protection concept, and you need hardened armor.
At the end of the 11th year of the Qiansheng Dynasty, what country on the Blue Star is able to export a large number of rapid-fire guns and hardened armor to the outside world?
There is no doubt that there is only the Great Heng Empire!
Even if it is the Krull Kingdom, their hardened armor is only mass-produced in the middle of the year, and the production capacity is not high, and they build their own ships, and it is not enough to use them themselves.
As for the Keel Empire and the Walya Empire, they haven't even been able to complete the mass production work yet!
It will take time to go into large-scale production after successful development!
Only the Daheng Empire has a head start, and it has a large amount of production capacity that can not only meet its own consumption, but also be used for export.
As a result, the countries that were still hesitating to order rapid-fire guns from the Daheng Empire or simply order new warships did not hesitate one by one, even if the new warships opened by the Daheng people were expensive, they gritted their teeth and admitted it.
Compared with their entanglement, the Orr Kingdom is much more relaxed, they don't have the slightest hesitation at all, they have even been waiting for the Great Heng Empire to let go of the exit, and this release of the exit has been negotiated with the Daheng Empire.
In addition to purchasing a large number of rapid-fire guns to upgrade and modify the original warships, a large number of their new battleship orders were also for design modifications, especially the two most important battleship orders.
Both battleships would have hardened armor and 150-millimeter rapid-fire guns of the 10-year type.
Other warships will also be designed and constructed accordingly.
The second thing that is not entangled is the Mongol Khanate and the Louhe Kingdom, because they have just fought a naval battle, and their understanding of rapid-fire guns is more profound, and the conflict between the two sides is still continuing, so they urgently ordered more rapid-fire guns.
At the same time, the two countries also found the Great Heng Empire to order a new type of warship equipped with hardened armor.
In this series of new warship orders, the Klan-class armored cruisers and Anlin-class cruisers of the Daheng Empire have received the attention of many countries.
The Crane-class armored cruiser Heng Imperial Navy itself is built in many ships, and this foreign trade version has also been well received by various countries, and many countries want to order this battleship, which can be used as a secondary capital ship in a naval power, and it is a proper capital ship in a medium naval country.
Moreover, Daheng Empire has also launched a variety of set configurations, you can choose!
If you want to play broken crossing, then reduce other performance and increase the range.
If you want to use it as a decisive battleship, then increase your firepower and get a whole bunch of 150mm rapid-fire guns, plus 250mm or 200mm guns.
If you want to use it as a front guard warship or a guerrilla warship, then increase the speed.
In short, no matter what aspect you want to focus on, Daheng Empire can give you a suitable package, and you don't have to bother to toss, our designers will help you get it.
In this way, the navies of various countries are naturally very happy, whether it is the Orr Kingdom or the Mengel Khanate, or the four countries on the east coast, or even the Northwest Six Nations Alliance, they are all looking for the Great Heng Empire to purchase this battleship.
The Crane-class armored cruiser may become an armored cruiser with the largest number of production equipment in human history, and the Daheng Empire itself has a construction plan of nine ships, and foreign trade orders have been received six successively, and the follow-up is still increasing, and it is expected to break through twenty ships.
After all, there are many coastal countries on the Blue Star, and since ancient times, maritime commerce and trade have been relatively developed, and even small countries have paid more attention to naval development, and small countries like the Kingdom of Lieji dare to grit their teeth in order to protect their coastlines, and directly placed orders for two Crane-class armored cruisers, not to mention other countries.
And the Anlin-class cruiser is also a foreign trade product developed by Daheng people from their second-class cruisers.
There are several foreign trade versions, for example, the Orr Kingdom ordered the reconnaissance version, which pays attention to the speed, and the maximum speed is twenty-five knots.
The other countries ordered the enhanced firepower version, which was slightly slower, but the firepower was absolutely strong, and the main gun was a bunch of 150mm rapid-fire guns.
In fact, this ship doesn't have any big features, it's still a dome cruiser, but it can't stand the Daheng people piling hardened armor and rapid-fire guns on it!
For a time, this foreign trade warship also received more than ten orders for different versions!
Those countries ordered these two warships, in addition to the design of the battleship itself, in fact, most of them came for hardened armor and rapid-fire guns.
In particular, the 10-year 150-millimeter 45-fold rapid-fire gun of the Nanzhou Machinery Bureau, although extremely expensive, has an ultra-high rapid-fire rapid-fire gun, a long firing range, and a small dispersion, and the smokeless propellant and armor-piercing shells dispensed are also outstanding.
All aspects are taken together, it is definitely the most outstanding naval gun in contemporary times, and at the same time, the Daheng Empire is still the only country on the Blue Star that can rapid-fire a 150mm naval gun, and even the Krull Kingdom has just completed the mass production of a 120mm rapid-fire gun, and this 150mm rapid-fire gun is still being worked on, but it is estimated that it will not take a few months to get it.
The rapid-fire cannon was paired with hardened armor, and then added other messy technologies, which made the foreign trade warships of the Daheng Empire extremely prosperous for a while.
There are many foreign trade orders for warships, and the delivery time is relatively tight, so that the three traditional warship shipyards of the empire can't arrange production for a while, so many other shipyards in the empire also join in to participate in the production of warships.
For example, Nanzhou Shipyard, Nanfeng Shipyard, Jingzhou No. 4 Shipyard, etc., these shipyards have actually participated in the production of some warships before, but most of them are small warships, such as torpedo boats, patrol ships, etc., and this is the first time to engage in large-tonnage warships above cruisers.
However, there is technical guidance, and at the same time, the current shipyard produces warships, which is actually just an assembly project, and the more core work is actually matched by other manufacturers.
When the Daheng Empire was selling rapid-fire guns and warships, the Krull Kingdom, the Kekel Empire, and the Walya Empire were also very popular.
It's all money!
The amount of orders for these warships is relatively large, and the profits are extremely high, which can make more money than ordinary international trade, and now they are all snatched away by those constant barbarians, which is simply intolerable.
At this time, the Krull Kingdom finally embodied the spirit of its first power!
They have approached several countries in their traditional arms market to directly sell their warships, what, you say that the hardened armor and rapid-fire guns that are matched on our warships cannot be supplied in a short time, what are you kidding, we Krull people are not bad in industry, and since the beginning of this year, both hardened armor and rapid-fire guns have been openly supplied.
And in order to compete for orders, they also took out a lot of good things, and directly took people to see their rapid-fire guns and hardened armor, and I have to say that the industrial strength of the Krull Kingdom is extremely strong, and the performance and hardened armor of the rapid-fire guns produced by this are very good.
In addition, the name of the world's first power, the name of the first navy has a great bonus effect, so that many countries have placed orders.
After all, it usually takes two years or more from the construction of warships to delivery anyway, which is enough time for the Krull Kingdom to complete the production capacity of hardened armor and rapid-fire guns and supply them to the outside world.
Not to mention, with the name of the world's No. 1, even if they don't even have stock, they can still get a large number of orders.
For a time, the diplomats and arms dealers of the Krull Kingdom, the diplomats and arms dealers of the Great Heng Empire were busy grabbing orders all over the world.
It made the Kekel Empire and the Walya Empire look very red, but they were helpless.
Because the Great Heng Empire directly buys spots, the Krull Kingdom sells futures in the name of the world's number one power.
And it is not in stock, and it is not the largest country in the world, so it is far from being as strong as the Krull Kingdom, and has strong technology, and can come up with a lot of good things to make other countries excited, and willingly wait a few more years.
Behind the booming warship market, many people who have a big picture and know more about the inside story have seen the crisis, a crisis all over the world.
The reason why countries build warships to expand their navies is of course due to technological progress and the obsolescence and backwardness of old warships, but this is not the main reason, but more because of the geopolitical conflicts in various parts of the Blue Star and the conflicts of interests between many major powers.
In the face of numerous conflicts, whether for self-preservation or for expansion reasons, they need to maintain a good navy.
For example, the Orr Kingdom, they were still fighting with the Krull Kingdom both years ago, and as soon as the war ended, they couldn't wait to expand the navy, trying to raise the naval strength to a higher scale, enough to make the Krull Kingdom a rat trap.
With the expansion of the navy of the Orr Kingdom, it directly led to the naval expansion of the four countries on the east coast, the Liej Kingdom and other neighboring countries.
Otherwise, if a war broke out between the Orr Kingdom and them, wouldn't it be easy to blockade their coastline with a navy?
And the expansion of the navy of the Orr Kingdom also made the Orissa Empire feel threatened.