A photograph of the Chinese Empire's new-style battleship leaving the port for sea trials was reprinted and published by major mainstream media around the world, causing serious concern among the major powers and countries.

Judging from the appearance of the photo alone, the 12 305mm 50x diameter guns are the most eye-catching, which is by far the largest number of main guns in the world. The turret layout is even more commendable, the four triple main gun turrets, the knapsack structure arrangement, is the most beautiful main gun turret match so far, and the strange shape design of the battleships in Europe and the United States, such as slippers, discs, butter boxes, long baths and other shapes, and the beautiful design of this new battleship of the Chinese Empire is not comparable at all, it is really far behind.

Only the shape of the hull and the caliber and number of main guns can be seen in the photos, but despite this, the naval experts of the European and American powers were stunned.

"Our Chinese Imperial warship designers are simply too talented, and they can use this method to perfectly solve the problem of insufficient number of main guns on the current battleships, compared to the European battleship designers are really weak!"

The front page of the Central Daily of the Chinese Empire was flaunted, and the military fans of the Chinese Empire wrote letters to the major newspapers in China to express their warm congratulations.

For a time, the land of China set off another round of yearning for the imperial navy, which led to the stocks of the major military industrial enterprises of the Chinese Imperial Empire rising across the board.

The major newspapers in Europe and the United States were also unable to show weakness, and they sought out military experts in their respective countries to conduct interviews, and then shouted in the air.

The Times was quick to interview Fisher, the First Sea Secretary of the British Empire.

"May I ask General Fisher, what do you think of the new battleship of the Imperial Chinese Navy, which has recently been launched for sea trials?"

Fisher replied: "I have also seen reports about the sea trials of the new battleships of the Chinese Empire. I have to say that the other side has a unique way to carry twelve 305 mm caliber 50 times the diameter of the main gun on a battleship at the same time, this design is very novel and worthy of our learning. ”

"As far as we know, the latest Dignity-class all-steel battleship in service in the British Empire also has only 4 main guns. And the Chinese Empire, a battleship with 12 main guns, its firepower output is equivalent to 3 Dignity-class battleships, once engaged, the Chinese Imperial Navy will have a firepower advantage! ”

Fisher forced a smile and said, "You don't have to worry about this at all!" Our British Empire's newly completed all-steel battleship is by far the strongest in the world. Although it was only equipped with 4 main guns, its power was incomparable, and the powerful naval guns of up to 343 mm caliber were enough to destroy any battleship of the Chinese Empire. And our Dignity-class battleships are equipped with 457 mm thick Victor steel armor, which can easily withstand the attack of 305 mm shells, although it is not clear about the performance of the latest battleship of the Chinese Empire, but I can answer with certainty that the Hsiungfeng-class battleships of the Chinese Empire are completely vulnerable in front of our Dignity-class battleships, and we have more powerful Sovereign-class battleships than the Dignity class, so please tell the citizens of the British Empire that they do not need to worry about this problem at all. ”

"Well, thank you General Fisher for your answer, and I'm sure we, the citizens of the British Empire, will be very excited to hear this! We can finally say with pride that we can finally wash away the shame! ”

As the Times reported on Fisher's remarks, the world's major newspapers were in an uproar.

The Reichstage Zeitung immediately published an article attacking Britain, saying: "Look! The British are bragging again! As soon as the all-steel battleship was built, I didn't know what my last name was! Forget that the Chinese Empire had all-steel battleships five years ago, but it was just following the Chinese Empire ****! ”

The American newspaper stood up for the first time to support the allies, and published a commentary article saying: "The British Empire is worthy of being an old military power, although it has lost to the emerging country China Empire several times, but the heritage is still there, in just a few years, the British Empire has built the world's strongest battleship Dignity, with the world's largest caliber 343 mm main gun, with the world's strongest 457 mm steel armor protection, and even the British Empire also helped our American Navy build the Maine-class battleship, It is also equipped with a 343 mm main gun and 406 mm powerful armor, and it is believed that if war breaks out again, the British Imperial Navy will definitely be able to defeat the Chinese Imperial Navy. ”

The French newspaper was not willing to be buried, and stood up to brush the existence, saying: "How could the British have built a 343-mm cannon?" It must have stolen the technology of our French Empire's Parisian cannons! ”

Then, the French newspapers broke the news about their Paris cannon, proving that the British Navy's 343mm cannon was copied from France, which is the world's strongest artillery producer.

"Our French Imperial Navy is the most powerful in the world, look at our navy, it has already built eight Napoleon I-class all-steel battleships on its own, and the British dare to shout with only four Dignity-class battleships?"

The British were not happy and dared to say that their main artillery technology was stolen from the French? So the next day he published an article to fight back.

"Hey, you French want to be shameless? Can we steal your artillery technology? And did you build your eight Napoleon I-class battleships yourself? Didn't the Chinese Empire build it for you? Come out and spray, you have to have some basic common sense, okay? ”

The French newspaper felt very embarrassed to know that it had said the wrong thing, and in order to save face, it immediately broke out photos of the latest all-steel battleship in service with the French Imperial Navy, as well as the latest first-class all-steel battleship under construction in the dockyard.

"Who said we can't build all-steel battleships on our own? Didn't you see that a 16,000-ton Alsace-class battleship was being built in our dock? Equipped with 6 343mm main guns, your Sovereign-class battleships are only 4 and are just a fart, besides, your Sovereign-class has been wiped out by the Chinese Empire once, and you still have the face to name it after the Sovereign-class! ”

The British originally wanted to spray the Chinese Empire, but they ended up spraying against the French. They did not know that the British government and the French government secretly agreed on the exchange of French Paris cannon technology for British shipbuilding technology, and suddenly staged an oolong farce.

At this time, the Germans were suddenly upset again, and when they heard that the name of the newest French battleship of the first class was the Alsace class, they were immediately outraged.

"Hey, you French are really shameless, Alsace is the territory of our German Empire, why do you name Alsace? Want to go to war? ”

"Think you're going to get eight Napoleon I-class battleships? Let me tell you, only our German Empire is the hardcore ally of the Chinese Empire, and the eight Napoleon I-class battleships that the Chinese Empire built for you are just castrated versions, and the Brandenburg-class battleships built by the Chinese Empire for our German Empire will directly destroy your Napoleon I! ”

Public opinion, regardless of national borders, has always been unreasonable, it is faster than anyone's mouth, and it can even take nonsense out of context, as long as the people believe it and let the other party have nothing to say.

Originally, the British wanted to spray the latest battleships of the Chinese Empire, but it turned out that the common people of Europe and the United States sprayed indiscriminately, and no one was convinced, and a farce was staged.

Of course, newspapers like this, because after provoking disputes, the common people of various countries are interested and will buy their newspapers to read, which will invisibly increase the sales of newspapers, so the major newspapers of various countries will spray each other regardless of nationality and national borders, and the more intense the spraying, the happier they will be, and they have long forgotten the purpose of their original intention.

Soon, the citizens of the Chinese Empire couldn't bear it, and newspapers in various places began to report on it, reprinting the contents of newspapers in Europe and the United States.

How dare you say that their warships are stronger than those of our Chinese Empire? The people were immediately outraged, aroused patriotic passion, and wrote letters to the Imperial War Department and newspapers, demanding confirmation that the warships of the Chinese Empire were still the most powerful in the world, and expressing the feelings of the people of the Chinese Empire who did not accept being surpassed by other countries.

The Central News Agency quickly communicated with Zhang Juzuo, a special military expert in the Military Intelligence Express column, and published the content of the interview in the newspaper published the next day.

Reporter: "Hello Chapter, what do you think of Britain's most powerful Dignity-class and Sovereign-class battleships?" The British said that these two battleships completely crushed the Hsiungfeng-class battleships in service in the Empire, and even claimed to be the strongest battleships in the world, what do you think from a professional point of view? ”

Zhang Juzuo: "First of all, according to the thinking judgment of our normal people, it is natural that the more the number of main guns, the more advantageous, this point, the latest battleship launched in our Chinese Empire is equipped with 12 main guns, and there is no doubt that the British battleships with only 4 main guns will have a big advantage. ”

Reporter: "However, we see that the most powerful British battleship, the Sovereign class, has 6 343-mm 40-fold main guns, 12 152 secondary guns, 6 80-mm rapid-fire guns, 14 47-mm rapid-fire guns, a total of 38 guns; The newest battleships of our Chinese Empire had 12 main guns, 8 203-mm second guns, and 8 75-mm close-in rapid-fire guns, adding up to only 28, which was 10 fewer than the British. ”

Zhang Juza: "You misunderstood! I'm talking about the number of main guns, not all guns! ”

Reporter: "Is this any different?" ”

Zhang Juza: "Of course, and the difference is huge! In a real naval battle, ships from near and far are engaged in battle! In the distance, it can only be a confrontation between large-caliber main guns! For battleships, only the main guns can pose a threat, such as 152 secondary guns, 80 mm, 47 mm rapid-fire guns and other secondary and tertiary guns, against battleships at all, because they simply cannot penetrate the armor of the battleship. So the British Sovereign-class battleships had only 6 main guns to threaten our battleships, while we had 12 main guns to threaten the opposing side. ”

Reporter: "I see! However, we have also seen the British report that the British Sea Secretary Fisher said that the Sovereign-class battleships have armor protection up to 457 mm thick, and our 305 mm shells cannot penetrate at all, what do you think? ”

"457 mm armor, it sounds scary, but people with a little common sense will laugh, because at a glance, you can tell that the British are scared by us!" In all the naval battles between China and Britain, the British armor was as fragile as tofu, which is a fact recognized all over the world. ”

"Although the ability to protect armor has a relationship with thickness, it is not decisive. For example, the ironclad ships of the British, equipped with 400 mm thick wrought iron armor, turned out to be as fragile as tofu in front of our 305 mm shells, and they would be blown up in an instant. As far as I know, the strongest steel armor in the world is still the special steel of our Chinese Empire, the strongest armor in Europe and the United States is the Krupp steel armor of the Germans, and the Victor steel armor of the British is not as good as the Krupp steel armor. ”

Reporter: "Can you give an example?" ”

Zhang Juza: "It's easy! Let's make a comparison! Every year, the Imperial Military has a Global Steel Strength Test program that puts together steel from all countries in the world for comparative testing! At present, the most advanced Krupp steel armor in Europe is carburized and hardened, and its hardness is about 300 mm Krupp steel armor is equivalent to 700 mm thick wrought iron, and the battleships exported by our empire to the French Navy are made of No. 7 special steel, which is equivalent to 1.4 times that of this Krupp steel. The battleships built for the German Navy used No. 6 special steel, which was harder and 1.9 times stronger than Krupp steel. ”

Reporter: "So do the battleships of our Imperial Chinese Navy use No. 6 special steel or No. 7 special steel?" ”

Zhang Juzuo: "As far as I know, No. 3 special steel or No. 11 special steel is used. ”

Reporter: "It must be more advanced, right?" ”

Zhang Juza: "That's a must!" Export-oriented special steel is definitely a generation worse than self-used special steel! The same British used 457 mm steel armor for protection, and we only need 300 mm of No. 11 special steel to achieve the same level of protection! ”

Reporter: "So which is stronger than the 343-mm guns of the British or our 305-mm guns?" ”

Zhang Juzuo: "This question is not easy to answer! If both sides are the same size, then naturally the larger the caliber, the more powerful! If the caliber is the same, then naturally the longer the double diameter, the stronger the power! ”

Reporter: "When you say that, I feel like it's a question of 4 times 6 or 6 times 4!" ”

Zhang Juza: "It can't be completely like that!" Calibers are easy to make, we can immediately make 1000 mm guns, but if it is a 1000 times diameter artillery, even if the caliber is as small as a rifle bullet, we can't do it. The reason why the British raised the caliber to 343 mm was because they could not catch up with us in the double diameter, at least at the moment the British did not have the ability to create a 50 times diameter 305 mm gun. ”

Reporter: "That is, the 343-mm 40-fold main gun of the British is not as good as our 305-mm 50-fold main gun?" ”

Zhang Juza: "It's obvious! If you don't believe it, do the math of 343 times 40 or 305 times 50, which is bigger? ”

Reporter: "The former is 13720, the latter is 15250, it seems that the main artillery of our Chinese Empire is more powerful!" But is that really how it is calculated? ”

"Sometimes, even if you use the wrong method to solve the problem, you can also get the right answer!" ”

The reporter laughed, the chapter bureau laughed, and the people of the whole country laughed!

The British are crying! (To be continued.) )