"The standard displacement is 40,000 tons, the full load displacement is 48,000 tons, and the ship is equipped with 9 420-mm 45-diameter main guns, 20 120-mm 40-diameter secondary guns, 40 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 32 20-mm machine guns...... Kavnyari gushed to Fang Yan about the main parameters of this new battleship, his face full of pride. Several Italian generals next to the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info couldn't help but straighten their chests, and their expressions were full of confidence and pride.

Fang Yan nodded slightly, and a smile appeared in his eyes as he looked at the bridge and the main turret. Compared with the Veneto on the other side, the warship has been strengthened and revised in many places: not only has the main gun embarked on the road of large-caliber and low muzzle velocity, but its secondary gun has also abandoned the extremely cost-effective 152-mm L55 and replaced it with a 120-mm twin-mounted high-level dual-purpose gun that can also attack the air. Coupled with the number of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns that are 1 times more than the original design, the effectiveness of the ship in the future will be far superior to that of its historical counterparts in both artillery combat and air defense.

In addition, the power system of this warship also satisfied Fang Yan. In this case, the Italian Navy gradually put forward the concept of "high-speed cruise", that is, let its own ships maintain a high maneuverability of more than 24 knots at any time, in order to appear in the predetermined sea area at the first time and seize the initiative on the battlefield. For this reason, the range potential of the Veneto class is considerable.

According to Kavniari, the heavy oil storage capacity of the Veneto class is as high as 6,400 tons, which even exceeds the 6,100 tons of the German Bismarck-class, and is not far behind the North Carolina class of the United States, which needs to be deployed in two oceans. Even if the Italian ship is not specially equipped with low-speed turbines like the German-American battleships that pursue the voyage, its fuel consumption at low speed will definitely be higher, but with the huge heavy fuel reserves, the endurance at 16 knots will not be less than 9,000 nautical miles. This is obviously a very advantageous attribute for future ocean-going operations.

As for speed and protection, Fang Yan couldn't find any flaws. Although the maximum stable power of the ship is only 130,000 horsepower, the speed of the ship during sea trials exceeded 31 knots. Fang Yandu was amazed by its first-class high-speed drag reduction line, and was deeply glad that the German Navy still had two equipment ahead of its time, the bow and tail plate.

In fact, the Italian warships of the historical plane are a must in the field of underwater linear types. The Veneto-class battleships they built were similar in size to the North Carolina-class battleships of the United States (238×33m vs. 222×33m), similar tonnage (3,000 tons for the standard row of Veneto, 45,000 tons for both in the full row), and almost the same main engine power (128,000 vs. 121,000), but the speed was heaven and earth. The salted fish-like North Carolina was only a pitiful 26.15 knots at a sea trial with a displacement of 43,000 tons, while Veneto ran 31.3 knots with a weight of 41,000 tons, a huge difference of 5 knots! What exactly does this gap mean, just look at how much Iahua paid for running 33 knots!

Aside from the United States, which is the most scummy underwater line, Italy is also the leader compared to other powers in the same period. Historically, the line type of the German Bismarck class was decent, and the British George V class was slightly better, but it was still not as good as Veneto; The French Richelieu class relied entirely on its own strong power, using nearly 180,000 horsepower to pile out 32.5 knots. If this set of power is put on Veneto, the laurels of the Hong Kong battleships will not have anything to do with Iowa. The only one that surpassed Veneto was the Avantgarde, which was completed after the war. However, one avant-garde is not leading much, and the other is that the avant-garde design is 7 years later than Veneto, so on the whole, Italy is still domineering.

In terms of defense, the Veneto in front of Fang Yan was also born from his classic design, and its overall armor layout was exactly the same as that of the Bismarck-class, but there were some differences in thickness. Although Kavnyari did not explain them to Fang Yan in detail, Fang Yan, as the founder of this armor layout, only had to estimate the total armor weight of the battleship to get an idea of its thickness. Seeing that the seeds he sowed were finally able to blossom and bear fruit in Italy, Fang Yan's heart was full of joy: the situation of history was changed little by little by his little butterfly.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the parade ceremony kicked off on time. A series of signal flags were raised over the Veneto's mast, and other ships on the sea responded with colorful flags. Fang Yan, who was standing on the flying bridge, looked out and saw 10 rows of blue-gray painted steel ships neatly parked on the blue sea of about 8 kilometers in length, and 80 warships gathered here, with heavy artillery at the end, and the momentum was majestic. The King's Veneto had not yet set sail, and the Italian reporters on the bridge were eager to take family photos of their fleet, which would be spread from the Apennine Peninsula to the entire continent of Western Europe by tonight at the latest.

The sea breeze was blowing, the waves were splashing, and the huge body of the battleship Veneto began to move slowly, passing by the side of the first row of warships lined up in a column. The Italian officers and men on the parade stood on the broadside deck and saluted, forming a long dark blue line like the ocean. Fang Yan was shocked to find that the 8 ships in the first row were all battleships with majestic and majestic guns, and he immediately grew his mouth in surprise, and his eyes were full of shock and horror.

Kavnyari looked at Fang Yan's expression in his eyes, and said with a smile: "General Brom, your country's navy has only begun to gradually revive in the past ten years, and you are a young officer who only grew up after the war, so you may not have seen the scene of a group of capital warships. These 8 battleships in front of you are the accumulation of 30 years of the Kingdom of Italy. ”

"The four ships of the same class on the left belong to the 1st Battleship Detachment, all of which were of the Caracciolo class, which was built between 1933 and 1934 in response to the expansion of the French Navy. It has a standard displacement of 30,000 tons, is equipped with 8 381 mm main guns and 16 120 mm secondary guns, has a maximum stable power of 110,000 horsepower, and can race boats at high speed at 30 knots...... "The enthusiastic Kavnyari was about to introduce it in depth, and suddenly remembered that this type of battleship was the masterpiece of the Ansal Shipyard. And the latter's exquisite design techniques were inherited from Fang Yan's hands, maybe Fang Yan already knew the details of the Caracciolo-level by heart.

Thinking of this, Kavnyari was suddenly a little interested, and in front of this young man, his new ship really had nothing to surprise him.

"I remember, however, that when your navy built this new batch of battleships, it was clearly declared that it was intended to replace the old ones. What made your country decide to renew these old ships for a few more years? Fang Yan pointed to the four large ships on the other side that were obviously old-fashioned. Kavgnari pursed his lips and replied with some resentment: "It's all due to the fact that the French were the first to break the rules, and we had to take measures to protect ourselves." ”

"The French have kept six battleships since the war, far superior to our four in number and firepower, but they have no intention of seeking equality, but have been constantly renovating and strengthening those six ships since the 30s. If China unilaterally scraps the four old dreadnoughts, it will inevitably cause a serious imbalance in the strength of the Franco-Italian navy. Kavnyari said with a serious expression, "So our army has also carried out a comprehensive modernization of 2 Cavour-class and 2 Andrea-Doria class since 1935. ”

"After 20 years of service, the power of several old ships has long been unusable, and now they are equipped with new oil-fired boilers and gear reduction steam turbines, and the power has been greatly increased to 50,000 horsepower." As soon as Kavnyari said a place, Fang Yan secretly frowned in his heart. The cost of replacing the power pack of a capital ship is not less, even if the degree of improvement is not as good as in history, but the total amount of work is not comparable to the power reset of the Queen Elizabeth class of the United Kingdom.

"At the same time, their weapons systems have been strengthened. The elevation angle of its 305-mm L46 gun was increased to 25 degrees, and it was replaced with a new shell with an increased weight of 500kg; The sighting instruments and fire control computers used the Caracciolo-class equipment directly, extending the effective range from 12 km to 22 km. Although they were unable to expand the caliber of the main gun to 320 mm as originally planned, with as many as 13 305 mm naval guns with greatly improved power and accuracy, they were able to fight against the French Brittany-class super dreadnought. Kavniari smiled.

Fang Yan stared at the faint bulge of the four old battleships at the waterline, and suddenly intercepted: "In addition, in order to defend against the new shells that the enemy ships may be equipped with, their dome armor and horizontal defense have also been enhanced, right?" Then, in order to maintain the draft and make the upper end of the dome armor significantly higher than the waterline when the warships are fully loaded, these warships are also equipped with underwater protrusions, and their standard displacement is definitely more than the original 22,000 tons. ”

Kavgnari laughed: "You are right. Their dome armor and main horizontal armor are now thickened to 90 mm, and the standard displacement has increased to 25,000 tons, including the new anti-aircraft firepower. Due to the noticeable increase in power, their maximum speed was increased to 23 knots. In addition to their firepower, they were not inferior to the British Revenge in Alexandria. ”

Fang Yan sighed secretly when he heard this. Although these 4 old battleships have not been renovated on a large scale as in history, they are now changing power and adding armor, and the cost is definitely not much less. The important thing is that it will be almost difficult for them to do anything in the future naval battles, and they can only exert the last residual heat through shore bombardment. In that case, what is the point of spending money on modifications? Fang Yan conservatively estimated that the total cost of the modification of these 4 ships would not be less than 500 million lire, which was enough to build 2 medium-sized aircraft carriers of the Yunlong class!