After the problem of the submarine is solved, Yang Yuanzhao's next trip to Europe has basically come to an end, but there is still a lot of follow-up work to deal with, even if he is anxious, he must stay honestly, fortunately, the all-in-one machine is not restricted, and a large number of manufacturing can be carried out every day, and the manufactured things can be stored in the warehouse first, and after returning in the future, they can be opened, according to the estimate of the distance, 3 10,000-ton hydraulic presses and 3 10,000-ton free forging presses can definitely be completed.

These two things are the keel of large ships, the necessary things for the barrel of large-caliber naval guns, the previous Northwest, barely only 1,000-ton tons of hydraulic presses and free forging presses, at most can only process artillery of less than 75 calibers, for China, 75 artillery can also be called heavy artillery, but now the Northwest has been involved in the First World War in stages, even if there is no intention to participate in the war, but the necessary preparations are also necessary.

World War I is a real worldwide war, fighting is steel, the firepower is strong, the consumption is huge, rare in ancient and modern times, not to mention 75 artillery, 108, 120 these, can only be used as supporting firepower, the real decision of the strategy, is 150, 180, even more than 200 mm heavy artillery, and even more than 250 mm artillery, it can be said that in terms of land warfare, it has been fought to the extreme.

The expansion of the army in the northwest also needs to be based on this, when the time comes, millions or even millions of troops, all by Yang Yuanzhao to provide large-caliber artillery, he can't be tired to death, not to mention naval guns, tank engines, and even aircraft materials, these are the things that determine the survival of the northwest. Something that must be valued.

The 10,000-ton hydraulic press and the free forging press are definitely the first in order. Even if there is no research result of the research institute, even 3 units are not enough. It is necessary to ensure more than 10 units, so that the northwest can have enough advantages in high-end armaments.

It seems that this needs to be produced for half a year, of course, it still needs to be studied by the research institute, if other machines are more important than these machines. He had to find time to give birth.

Yang Yuanzhao continued to be in Germany, and the final end of this trip to Europe will be over, counting the final purchases, implementing the transportation work and the purchase of some special products, involving more than 1 billion US dollars in capital operation, even if the Northwest has deep pockets, in these details, will not be negligent.

On this day, good news came. After careful study by the ship's gun designers, it took 10 days to finally confirm that the ship's gun drawings were complete. And it's true, in fact, it doesn't have to be so long, the drawings are clear. Basically, those who know how to build ships. At a glance, you can see the authenticity of this drawing, the formula. It also took a while to study, and the temporary reality found that these are all true, and the reason why it took so long was because the German side needed to confirm whether there was any possibility of improving this thing.

The German side, will not because of a 13.5-inch gun that can not be raised, to the northwest so much, although there is Yang Yuanzhao's genius creative solution, but it is really equivalent to slowing down the construction speed, with enough workers, it may be possible to complete the battleship on schedule, will not delay, but skilled, stronger workers, can speed up, these are other workers can not be replaced.

The 13.5-inch naval gun, although it is derived from the Turkish battleship, is also a weakened version, and because of this weakening, no matter how British is, it is impossible for the United Kingdom to develop two different naval guns of the same level, but it is on some numbers, which is slightly worse than the original, and the materials have not been reduced much.

These hands and feet, for Japan, for Turkey, the strength is insufficient, for the large-caliber naval artillery on the research is not much, may not be able to make up for the defects of the naval gun, but for Germany, which has obtained all the drawings, and even the material formula has the material, it is not a problem at all, 10 days, the designers completed the promotion of the naval gun, comprehensive German side, for the understanding of the naval gun, and finally completed the reshaping of the entire naval gun, The newly designed 13.5-inch naval gun is at least about 2 percent more powerful than the previous original, and it is even higher than the original British naval gun.

The reason why there is such an amazing result is very simple, Germany has also gone far in terms of naval artillery, and they have taken the same direction but slightly different road with Britain, but because of the troubles in the naval artillery materials, he has not even made a breakthrough in the 13-inch gun. What's more, it is 13.5 inches, and now all the drawings of the British naval guns have been obtained, and the drawings copied by Yang Yuanzhao Tongguò all-in-one machine are even more comprehensive than the British in the design of naval guns, including all the advantages and disadvantages of materials and even design, these things are combined with the achievements of Germany so far, and they have produced extremely amazing results, and finally the newly designed naval guns are two percent stronger than the original 13.5-inch guns, and the most important thing is that the caliber of the body barrel is really more than 45 times, reaching 47 times.

This is not 47 times the German calculation standard, but 47 times the British standard, as long as the naval gun can be processed according to the design, not only the power can be increased by 2 percent, but the range will also be greatly improved, which is for the battleship that has achieved the ultimate in all aspects, a slight improvement, has made the level of naval artillery rise.

The follow-up research is still deepening, 10 days just a simple look through these materials, in the following days, we need to follow this, smooth the development path of large-caliber artillery, the advantages of British naval artillery and what Germany has developed, fuse together, after eating thoroughly, you can develop the future 14-inch, or even 15-inch artillery.

In this way, it takes a lot of time, but once it is completed, it is of great benefit to the German side, first of all, there is no bottleneck in the 14-inch gun, almost after eating through the 13.5 inches, the water is the achievement of the canal, and the slight expansion is 14 inches, but the diameter of the body tube is improved, it takes a little time, and it is a little difficult to reach 15 inches, but it is not a problem, it is almost a smooth road.

The artillery that has plagued Germany for many years has finally been solved, and even after some basic design drawings have been completed, Germany began to make slight adjustments to the construction of the King-class, itself, the King-class is ready to install a 13-inch gun, reserved tonnage, 13.5 inches is a little larger, for the tonnage and the overall balance, there are many adjustments that are needed, fortunately, it is only a half-inch improvement, if it is really replaced with 14 inches, then the King-class is really useless, the reason is very simple, tonnage and balance can not be taken into account at all, Even if it was the King Kong built by Britain for Japan, he was also in the design, and he directly integrated the 14-inch gun, if it was 13 inches at the beginning, it was directly raised to 14 inches, even with the shameless urine of the British could not take it out, so that the ship would really disintegrate or sink after the cannon was fired, and it would not be able to drive out at all.

Verification success, under the premise of increasing power, can also be manufactured, perfect fit to the King class, the value of this ship gun drawings is immeasurable, the general designers of the King class after evaluation, the King-class protection ability is reduced very little, the attack power has increased by at least 50%, such a King-class, has comprehensively surpassed the current British main battleship Orion battleship, will also slightly exceed the future modification from Orion, is under construction of the George V class.

The Germans have few ships, and any increase in the strength of any battleship, or even any point of the original battleship, is quite obvious for the strength of the entire high seas fleet, and on the premise that the total number is lower than that of the British, there is a breakthrough in the quality of a single ship, which is also a direction, one plus one at some point, it will be greater than two.

The naval guns were confirmed, and Yang Yuanzhao gave a 640-horsepower diesel unit behind, which is the key thing to determine the strength of the submarine, the German navy, in a short period of time, after getting such two major benefits, was embarrassed to delay, did not wait for the northwest to urge the departure, and took the initiative to transfer a group of workers, all in accordance with the battleship's dock layout method, the elite forces deployed, although under the adjustment and cover of Germany, will not have much impact on the manufacture of the battleship, but will make the construction period more tight.

In fact, before the personnel were not sent out, Yang Yuanzhao was very worried that Germany would play tricks for him, with the status of China and Northwest in the world, if he really played tricks, the Northwest really had no way at all, for example, the production of dreadnought-class battleships, which could be a few years ago, the kind of battleships that Britain had just entered the dreadnought threshold, with the current technology, if you want to reluctantly make a trick, the requirements for workers, especially senior workers and engineers, can be reduced to the lowest level. This is also the most likely approach of Germany, and even only half of it is possible to build dreadnoughts, but in terms of time, from one year, it has been delayed to 2 years, 3 years, or even 5 years, these detailed things cannot be set one by one, at that time, Yang Yuanzhao only had a 13.5-inch basis, and it was good to be able to achieve the basics, even if Germany really cheated, he would not be a loss, after all, the ability to build ships was there.

Led by 12 Yang Yuanzhao's attachés, 188 workers, 6 engineers, 3 designers, including the vanguard has been prepared to complete, with them, there is also an architectural firm, they have undertaken the construction of 12 20,000-ton dock construction work, at present there is no dock construction plan in Germany, they are idle, originally ready to choose other construction, but did not expect that the appearance of Yang Yuanzhao, changed their plans, in the face of the design and construction cost of 2 million US dollars, they chose to go all, More than 120 engineers with professional qualifications and experience will be of great help to Qingdao Shipyard. (To be continued......) R1292