"Mr. Smith, you just told me that the four main turrets saved more than five hundred tons of displacement, right?" Zhang Lin still cares about this!

"Yes, because of the new technology, the weight of the main gun has been reduced, and some drainage has been saved. "Smith is still relatively satisfied with the improvement of the main gun technology" www.biquge.info "But in general, Montana's drainage has been fixed, because you have to rush Montana's construction, I use all ready-made technology to avoid accidents!" ”

Zhang Lin lowered his head and pondered for a while: "Can you add two more five-pack torpedo launchers?" More than 500 tons of drainage should be enough! ”

Smith looked at Zhang Lin with some incredulity, "Please forgive me, this battleship is already invincible, why do you need to install a torpedo launcher, so that you have ten torpedoes on one side, which is unnecessary for a battleship, such a big guy, it is already fierce enough, and the torpedo is a little impractical for her, don't you understand, sir?" ”

Zhang Lin understands what Smith said, but the situation in the sea area of the Pirate Alliance is very complicated, and Zhang Lin has carefully considered the feasibility of installing torpedo launchers, and it is necessary for the complex sea area situation over there, and most of them act alone, so that the torpedo will be useful! "I know, but Mr. Smith, you know from the Pirate League that torpedo launchers are still useful!"

"But Mr. Zhang Lin, you must know that now the torpedo launchers are installed on both sides of the hull, it is easy to get shot here, what if there is a martyrdom, you know, Montana's ship island is here, it will cause serious consequences, don't you understand?" Smith disagreed with Zhang Lin's approach: "This battleship is already perfect, I think she can handle all naval battles, if according to Mr. Zhang Lin, the torpedo launcher must be protected, and the torpedo storage compartment must be protected with armor, the saved displacement is simply not enough, you know, her current standard displacement has reached 75,000 tons, she has not yet been built, in this case I don't think there is any need to increase her drainage!" ”

"Mr. Smith, are you saying that Montana uses a 240,000-horsepower main engine? If the full load is drained, how many blocks can be at a speed? ”

"According to the design, the 240,000 horsepower main engine can allow her to travel at a speed close to 33 knots under standard drainage, and there will be a speed of 28 to 30 knots when fully loaded, but these are only theoretical, and the specific number of blocks can be verified in practice!"

"That's right!" Zhang Lin was very dissatisfied with Montana's speed: "If two more high-pressure boilers are added, how much will the main engine power be increased?" ”

Smith was not at all surprised by Zhang Lin's idea of asking for more boilers, sometimes speed gives you a great advantage: "Two boilers will increase the power of the main engine by 60,000 horsepower, but it will increase the displacement by 3,000 tons, and the turbine also needs to be adjusted, and the displacement will increase by about 5,000 tons, and the space in the hull is enough!" "Smith turned around" The design of this battleship is very ingenious, the aspect ratio is just right, and the width will affect the speed and seaworthiness, and the increase in length will affect the stability of the main gun shooting, but Mr. Zhang Lin, with all due respect, she has increased the displacement of 20,000 tons out of thin air in your hands, I had to expand the hull according to the length and width ratio of this battleship, and the bow has also been optimized, improving the seaworthiness, and then I will wake you up, increasing the boiler will reduce her endurance, and the maximum speed will be maintained at about thirty-four knots, Boiler I will give you the latest successful development of a new type of boiler, the same is true for the turbine, the maximum use of not a ton of fuel! ”

"Thank you, Mr. Smith!" Zhang Lin thanked Smith: "What does Mr. Smith think of the aircraft carrier? ”

"Aircraft carriers? How could Mr. Zhang Lin ask about this? If you want an aircraft carrier, I can produce one for you, but you probably won't find one! "Smith is not interested in aircraft carriers at all!

"I mean Mr. Smith's opinion of aircraft carriers, not what you say!" Zhang Lin corrected Smith, Zhang Lin did not understand that the appearance of aircraft carriers represented a new form of naval warfare, and the innovation of tactics made the battleship lose its status as the supremacy of the sea, but it was different here, Zhang Lin never found the answer!

"Aircraft carriers are a good thing, but there is a fatal problem, that is, carrier-based aircraft almost no production, to be honest, when the aircraft carrier came out, everyone thought that the mode of naval warfare would change, but found that the raw materials used for the production of carrier-based aircraft are not enough, the aircraft carrier can not be equipped with a large number of navy, and the problems of carrier-based aircraft are full of problems, difficult to solve, so the aircraft carrier has not been the main force of the main development of various countries, maybe who can solve these problems, the future naval war will change!" Smith sighed with emotion, "Let me ask you a question, do you know that aircraft carriers are not popular, why do you strengthen Montana's anti-aircraft firepower so much, even the main guns are required to be able to shoot at the air, and so many three-phase shells are equipped with anti-air ammunition, why?" On the basis of the original anti-aircraft guns, strengthen the anti-aircraft firepower again, and arrange so many more anti-aircraft guns, did you offend an aircraft carrier on the side of the Pirate Alliance? ”

"No, Mr. Smith, do you remember the Pirate Alliance's war against the Blue Moon Empire a little over a month ago? Sooner or later, I will have to be an enemy of the pirate alliance, they have aircraft carriers, and I have strengthened anti-aircraft fire just to deal with them! I don't know the hole cards of the top level of the Pirate Alliance, but this is just a precaution! ”

"Do you know how many sailors it will take to control Montana this time? I calculated that it would take two thousand three hundred sailors to keep her to a minimum combat effectiveness, the standard crew is two thousand eight hundred sailors, and the best case scenario is three thousand two hundred sailors to make her run better, have you found so many sailors? ”

Zhang Lin also had a headache about this, and gently rubbed his temples with both hands, "I found it, but more people are needed, does Mr. Smith have any good suggestions?" I'm very short of people right now! ”

Smith was also helpless about this, "You need to find it yourself, I can help, but the problem now is that the construction of Montana 24 hours a day may not be able to deliver it to you on the specified date, you must bring people to me and train them, otherwise even if it is handed over to you, there is no systematic training, there is no combat effectiveness at all, if you are defeated like this, it will become a joke, it is not very peaceful here, pirates have been on the move, you should understand!" ”

Zhang Lin saw that Smith was very interested in Montana, and almost used his maximum ability to build her, the best engineers and construction workers are here, and the funds are also sufficient, but five months may not be able to deliver Zhang Lin, it can be seen that shipbuilding is not a period of time to complete, in order to deliver to Zhang Lin as soon as possible, even the sea trials and commissioning and assembly have been omitted, and it still cannot be completed early!