Chapter 362: Battleship Enters Service (Part II)
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In the end, the Pacific Fleet came to the outside of the Shencheng pier, all the warships lined up, and the momentum of the Pacific Fleet skyrocketed.
Countries around the world that have studied the Chinese Imperial Navy a little bit know that the Chinese Imperial Navy inherited the navy of the Manchu Dynasty, and after so many years, the warships purchased during the Manchu Dynasty have lagged behind this era, but now look at the Pacific Fleet, and find that those old warships are gone, replaced by new warships that have never seen the shape.
The fact that the Chinese Empire has not purchased a single warship from a foreign country and that the Pacific Fleet has so many new warships shows that the Chinese Empire's shipbuilding capacity is rapidly increasing, and when today's news spreads, it will certainly attract the attention of some Western countries.
The Pacific Fleet has arrived, the ceremony can officially begin, and our protagonist battleship "Qin Shi Huang" begins to appear.
A puff of black smoke in the distance approached the Shencheng dock, and those holding binoculars could see that under the black smoke was a huge warship emitting a metallic brilliance, it was so powerful and strong.
"God, the Chinese Empire really built 10,000-ton battleships." Many of the foreigners present showed an incredible expression.
The 10,000-ton battleship was originally exclusive to Western countries, and it is now the main warship of the Western naval power, and it is the hegemon in naval warfare, if a country does not have a 10,000-ton battleship, it cannot be called a naval power, and now the Chinese Empire also has a 10,000-ton battleship, who would have thought that the country that was once very backward can now build a 10,000-ton battleship.
The battleship "Qin Shi Huang" was getting closer and closer to the Shencheng wharf, and some foreign naval professionals roughly calculated the displacement of the "Qin Shi Huang" battleship based on the size of the battleship.
At least 11,000 tons.
Looking at the six large-caliber naval guns on the battleship "Qin Shi Huang", it brought boundless pressure to the people on the dock, as if they were out of breath.
Battleship "Qin Shi Huang".
Standard displacement: 12508 tons
Overall length: 119.3 meters
Width: 21.5 meters
Draft: 8.4 m
Power: 12 boilers, two steam engines, 2 shafts, 12,000 horsepower
Maximum speed: 17.8 knots
Endurance: 4500 nm / 10 knots
Coal capacity: 1,050 tons
The crew of the ship is 630 people
Weapon systems
3 twin 40x 320 mm main guns, 6 single 150 mm secondary guns, 8 47 mm anti-aircraft guns, 6 550 mm torpedo tubes.
Judging from the paper data of the battleship "Qin Shi Huang", in this era, the battleship "Qin Shi Huang" was a relatively advanced battleship, which was not inferior to the German Brandenburg-class battleships and the British Sovereign-class battleships and Ballefour-class battleships.
The commissioning of the battleship "Qin Shi Huang" of the Chinese Empire represents an important step on the road of the Chinese Imperial Navy to become a world naval power, and when more and more battleships are put into service in the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire can become a naval power.
The battleship "Qin Shi Huang" docked at the pier brought boundless shock to the people on the dock, and even some foreigners thought that they were hallucinating, and rubbed their eyes with their hands, trying to rub away the illusion, but the "Qin Shi Huang" battleship was still standing there.
Under the huge battleship "Qin Shi Huang", people are like tiny ants.
The protagonist arrived, the "Qin Shi Huang" battleship inauguration ceremony officially began, the host briefly introduced the data of the "Qin Shi Huang" battleship, this data are relatively vague data, most of them are rounded, even so, foreign naval experts are shocked by the data of the "Qin Shi Huang" battleship.
He looked at the battleship "Qin Shi Huang" and opened his mouth in surprise, but he couldn't say a word, saying that he couldn't even build a 5,000-ton battleship, but the Chinese Empire had already built a 12,000-ton battleship, and the gap between the Chinese Empire and the Chinese Empire was getting bigger and bigger.
Now the country is working hard to defeat the Chinese Empire with Britain and France, but the Chinese Empire, which has built 12,000-ton battleships, can they really defeat it? No one knows the answer, and perhaps the planned war will never break out.
The Americans looked at the battleship "Qin Shi Huang" with a serious expression, wanting to analyze more information, the Chinese Empire was able to build such a large battleship, which shows that the Chinese Empire's navy has developed, if the Chinese Empire is given some more time, perhaps the Chinese Empire will be able to have a navy that is not weaker than the United States, and how should the interests of the Pacific Ocean be divided at that time.
The United States is different from the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire is an absolute monarchy, the monarch is supreme, and the strength of the whole country can be concentrated for the development of the navy, while the United States is a separation of powers, and the president of the United States must be approved by Congress if he wants to build a large navy, but there are interests of all parties in the Congress, making it impossible for the United States to gather the strength of the whole country to develop the navy like the Chinese Empire.
The growing military disparity between the United States and the Chinese Empire is a difficult problem to solve.
The ceremony of the inauguration of the battleship "Qin Shi Huang" continued, the Pacific Fleet officially received the battleship "Qin Shi Huang" from the Shencheng shipyard, the cruiser "Zhou Yafu", the former flagship of the Pacific Fleet, lowered the command flag representing the flagship, and the next moment, the battleship "Qin Shi Huang" raised the command flag and became the flagship of the Pacific Fleet.
Then Emperor Yan Xueyi, Prime Minister Yan Xuecai, and Minister of the Navy Ding Ruchang respectively delivered simple speeches.
Yan Xueyi: "The Chinese Empire is an air force, an army power, and a naval power, and in the future the Chinese Empire will build a powerful navy with sixteen battleships, the Chinese Empire is not afraid of any threat, and the Chinese Empire dares to face any challenge!" The Chinese empire loves peace, but it does not allow the provocation of others, and those who offend our China will be punished even if they are far away! ā
Yan Xuecai: "The empire has always put the development of the navy in the first place, and the Chinese empire has a huge maritime frontier and needs a strong navy to protect ......"
Ding Ruchang: "All the navy swear to serve His Majesty, defend the country, and bravely kill the enemy......"
The speeches of Yan Xueyi, Yan Xuecai, and Ding Ruchang were like three roars, which were roars to the whole world, and this is the Chinese Empire, the powerful Chinese Empire.
The battleship "Qin Shi Huang" was officially put into service, and the world set off earth-shattering waves!