The first one to go on, of course, was the King Kong, Japan has always been the younger brother of the British, the British do anything, do not have to consider the Japanese vision, not to mention, this is still a ship in the sea trials, just find a reason, just find a reason, the Japanese soldiers who accompanied the ship to the branch, the British naval officer who was responsible for leading Yang Yuanzhao to visit, even patted his chest and said, what do you want to see, you can even pull down the high seas and open fire.

Yang Yuanzhao was also very helpless about the enthusiasm of British officers, he really came to spy on the military situation, but his method of espionage was different from others, he didn't need to investigate in detail on the spot, he just needed to walk on the King Kong, and it was fine.

But obviously, he specially chose the King Kong, so that the British Admiralty thought that even if he did not come to see the British warships, it was still necessary to inspect Japan on the spot, after all, the relationship between the Northwest and Japan was not a harmonious relationship, and the most important thing was that the Admiralty was still fighting, giving the Northwest a www.uuxs.cc plan to build one or two battleships.

Take the current King Kong as an example, according to Britain's own cost accounting, the cost of construction is between 1.5 million and 1.6 million, but the price of sales to Japan is more than 2.4 million pounds, not to mention the promotion of the British shipbuilding industry by this fund, as well as the money that Japan spends in private, it is enough for the navy to obtain considerable benefits, and this money is directly supplemented to the navy's military spending.

No matter what the British said, Yang Yuanzhao did not spit out easily, the battleship is good, but it is a good battleship that he built step by step, and by the way, let the members become familiar with it step by step. If you buy the UK, not to mention that the delivery date is not necessarily certain. In case of war, requisitioned. That's all over.

Walking on the King Kong, listening carefully to the introduction of the British officer, the King Kong has eight main guns, four forward, four backward, with 36x Yarrow kerosene mixed boilers, 2x Parsons steam turbines, a total power of 64,000 horsepower, four-shaft propulsion, and the power is extremely amazing. It also allows a giant ship with a full load displacement of more than 27,000 tons to sail at a speed of 27.5 knots.

Compared with the King Kong model Lion, the King Kong has one less main gun, the main armor is weakened by about 10-15%, and the power is also compared with the number of 70,000 and 78,000 loads of the Lion class, there is also a huge difference, but the asking price is above. But it is about 2.1 million pounds more expensive than the lion level, which is almost 300,000 pounds.

This is also a common practice of purchased ships, and Japan is also aware of it, so the Kongo-class is not all purchased in the UK. Part of the spare parts and artillery were purchased, and at considerable expense, information on the blueprints and VC armor steel was obtained. This is when production is carried out in China, that is, from this moment. Japan embarked on the path of a naval power, a battleship. Regardless of the investment, it is very critical to the shipbuilding capacity of a country and the integration of various items.

At the moment of holding the side of the ship and walking on the King Kong, all aspects of the King Kong information have appeared in the all-in-one machine, it can be said that the score is good in all aspects, but it is still an unfinished version, but because the King Kong has been launched, the structure of the hull is complete, because of the sea trials, 4 of the 8 heavy guns have been installed, and the other 150 mm 50 times the caliber of the secondary guns are also installed on it, not the final finished version, it is also quite good, Yang Yuanzhao needs only 14 inches, That is, the number of 356 mm guns.

Finally got it, it took a lot of energy, in the field of giant artillery, the battleship has a huge advantage, any shore defense fortress, will not put the latest cutting-edge naval guns, put on the shore, the first time, must be installed on the battleship. Only the abandoned, or second-class, will be placed on the security fortress, take the British as an example, at present, most of the fortress guns, are under 12 inches, a large number of 11 inches and 10 inches, but the new battleships, has begun to move from 13.5 inches to 14 inches, and even 15 inches.

For Yang Yuanzhao, there is no problem of zài, the size of the naval gun can barely be produced, and the most critical position of the barrel can be molded at one time through the guò all-in-one machine, in this way, 12 inches, 13 inches, or even 14 inches, is just a matter of size, and there is no problem of zài cost, as long as he needs to protect the harbor, 14 inches, he dares to throw it down.

In fact, on the way back, Yang Yuanzhao really lost a lot of 14-inch naval guns and put them in Basra, with the position of Basra, he was not afraid of the attack of the sea fleet, and the estuary had room for maneuver, so that the battleship could not be pushed over unless it was flat, coupled with the height and protection of the battery, even if it was 10 14-inch batteries, it was enough to make this port impregnable, not to mention that Yang Yuanzhao dropped 100 at once, 70 in reserve, and 30 batteries, which was enough to make the battleship desperate.

The visit to the King Kong lasted only one hour, and at the invitation of the British officer, he really fired a cannon on the high sea, a 14-inch gun, a range of more than ten or twenty kilometers, and the power of a 14-inch cannon, all of which gave him an intuitive impression.

Sitting on a traffic boat, getting off the King Kong, King Kong will continue its sea trials, which is the tradition of large warships, generally speaking, the construction period is about 1 year, even if it is a super dreadnought like Orion, at most a little more than a year, but the sea trial is a relatively long stage, it also takes a year fast, or even more than a year, among them, it is necessary to improve some small problems, test armor, artillery and a series of systems, in human history, the largest and most high-end artificial creation, No kidding.

I got the information of the King Kong, the most important 14-inch gun information has been obtained, it can be said that the greatest wish to come to Britain has been achieved, but other warships can not let go, no matter how powerful the King Kong is, it is only a purchased ship, although the British support for Japan is not small, the warships sold to them are a grade higher than the warships of other countries, but no matter how you say it, it can't compare to its own ships.

Yang Yuanzhao took the initiative to make this request, and the naval officer in charge of receiving him did not say much, these were already planned, although the order he received, if it was possible, to avoid Yang Yuanzhao from going to the high seas fleet, but on the surface, it could not be too obvious, just from Yang Yuanzhao's hands, a large number of benefits, hundreds of millions of dollars in orders, just the benefits generated by this order, it is enough for Britain to add two capital ships, not Orion and Lion class, at least the Iron Duke currently under construction, That's a real super dreadnought, a capital ship.

In the anchorage of the High Seas Fleet, Yang Yuanzhao saw countless huge warships, the number of British warships is still more than that of Germany, even if a part of the detachment goes out to cruise, in the military port, there are also more than 20 capital ships, as well as several times the number of various cruisers, destroyers, full of forests, filling up the military port slowly.

At present, Britain has started the construction of two capital ships, the George V class, which started in 1911, and the Iron Duke class, which started in 1912, that is, the Iron Duke class, which started this year, by the way, I almost forgot, and the first ship that just started, it is definitely the first ship of the Queen Elizabeth class of the king level, Queen Elizabeth, those battleships, as you can imagine, are the top secret of the British, I am afraid that even the intelligence is covered to death, not to mention that Yang Yuanzhao visited it.

The Orion battleship and the Lion-class battlecruiser (the model ship of the Kongo) are the current capital ships of the Royal Navy, and the Orion and Lion-class battlecruisers were built before the Kongo, and they are a combination of battleships and battlecruisers, and are not equipped with 14-inch guns like the Kongo. They are 13.5 inches, that is, 343 mm guns, the same 45 times the artillery, and the construction age is also before the King Kong, but it is obviously a grade higher than the 14 inches of the King Kong in the score above the artillery, and as for the overall score, it is even worse.

From this, Yang Yuanzhao has a very clear understanding, that is, in the United Kingdom, the purchased type and his own warship, the difference is huge, it seems that the British equipped Japan with 14-inch guns, but it is only a real product, and even some of the arrangements are to absorb some shortcomings of battleships in the Russo-Japanese War, such as the bow design, etc., all of which have a series of innovations, and even affected the construction of subsequent British warships.

However, Britain was completely different from the Dingzhen Second Ship before the First Sino-Japanese War, and it was also a real thing, but Germany was going all out to help, because it was also a stepping stone for Germany to gain a foothold in the field of capital ships, so that Dingzhen reached the limit of its design, and Britain was obviously hiding from Japan.

Yang Yuanzhao didn't care about the big war between the Japanese and the British, he just related to the benefits he had obtained, and walked on one battleship after another, but this time, the entourage of the naval officer did not generously let him visit any part of the battleship, his own and the purchased one, this standard is completely different, at most Yang Yuanzhao is only allowed to visit on the deck, or next to the naval gun, and the tone is also much stricter, many things are pretended to talk about him, and there is no previous knowledge and endless words.

Glimpse of the light, what can be seen, Yang Yuanzhao didn't care too much about it, the key things have been obtained, the warships of the Royal Navy at all levels, in his eyes, there are no secrets, each ship is different, it can be clearly expressed in the drawings, and what he tried his best to cover up has actually been taken away by Yang Yuanzhao.

After staying here in the military port for two days, Yang Yuanzhao was like a hard-working bee, constantly walking up and down these warships, each of them did not take a long time, more than ten or twenty minutes, and did not go to key places, which also made the officers in charge of accompanying the Navy and the intelligence department very relieved. (To be continued......) R1292