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On the eighth day of October in the 35th year of Guanghua (November 3, 1935), the first nuclear-powered battleship in human history, and also the largest tonnage and the most powerful battleship in the history of the world's navy, the Guanghua Emperor [BB-78] battleship, known as the ultimate battleship of the Chinese Imperial Navy, held a large-scale groundbreaking ceremony at the No. 10 dock of Shanghai Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ╔╗....

Thousands of mainstream media from all over the world gathered here, and Admiral Lin Jianzhang, Minister of the Imperial Navy of China, and Wei Guangping, Director of the General Administration of Naval Ships, who attended the groundbreaking ceremony, held a live press conference and broadcast it live to the world through the Imperial Television and Radio Stations.

The reason why it was so grand was that the Chinese Empire wanted to use it as a means to show off its force to the navies of the great powers of the world, to deter the ambitions of the navies of Germany and other powers, and to defend the absolute world hegemony of the Chinese Imperial Navy.

"In accordance with the will of His Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, it is hereby allowed to disclose the basic parameters of the battleship Guanghua the Great. The battleship Guanghua the Great, with a design standard displacement of 132,860 tons and a full load displacement of 152,300 tons, is equipped with 12 21-inch 50-diameter main guns, four triple turrets, and is equipped with the most powerful anti-aircraft phalanx system, radar system and fire control system, with an average armor protection of 530 mm, which can resist the attack of shells of caliber below 21 inches. The ship is designed to have a maximum speed of 35 knots, a cruising speed of 27 knots, a cruising range of 1 million nautical miles, and a fuel self-sustaining capacity of more than 10 years......"

As Wei Guangping announced some basic parameters of the ultimate battleship of the Chinese Imperial class. There was an uproar at the scene. Media workers from all over the world were shocked. And people all over the world sitting in front of the television and radio gasped and were shocked.

"Let's start answering questions from reporters! The time is two hours, please pay attention to the order of your speeches! ”

As the host of the press conference announced the answer to reporters' questions, thousands of reporters from all over the world held up their number plates, more eager than the buyers who were eager to get their favorite items at the auction, and they all wanted to know the real purpose of the Chinese Empire's construction of the battleship Guanghua the Great for the first time.

Lin Jianzhang and Wei Guangping glanced at each other, and after humbling each other, the former randomly pointed to a number in the seat.

"First question! Reporter friend No. 35! ”

"Hello! I'm Martina, a Reuters reporter! I would like to ask Admiral Lin Jianzhang whether the battleship Guanghua the Great that your country is going to build is the ultimate battleship of your country, and what is her rank. How many ships are built, and what are the combat missions after they are completed and put into service? ”

"This question of yours carries a lot of question marks!"

Lin Jianzhang smiled slightly, but still replied: "That's right! The battleship Guanghua the Great belongs to the latest Chinese Imperial class, and belongs to the ultimate battleship of the Chinese Empire. The basic national policy of the Chinese Empire to love world peace will not change. Therefore, only one battleship of this class was built, and after completion, it was only used as the flagship of the home fleet. ”

"Second question! Reporter No. 7 friend! ”

"Hello! I'm Angrett from AFP! I would like to ask the Director of the General Administration of Shipping, Mr. Wei Guangping, Mr. Wei! As we all know, the speed, firepower and armor protection of naval warships cannot be taken into account at the same time, may I ask Lord Wei, among the basic parameters of your country's Guanghua Emperor battleship, the three indicators have reached an amazing perfect combination, and the endurance is as long as one million nautical miles, which is really unbelievable, how did your country do this? ”

Wei Guangping was brought out by Wei Han, the former director of the ship, and inherited Wei Han's skills and experience. ╔╗Since he took office, he has been hailed by the Imperial Navy as a rising star of the Ship Administration. He personally led the design of the Imperial Chinese battleship, so he was dissatisfied with the French's questioning of his work.

"There are only unexpected things in the world, and there is nothing that cannot be done!" Wei Guangping said: "When our ancestors crossed the river on sheepskin rafts, they never imagined that the iron boat could float on the water, but we did. Humans say you can't fly without wings, but don't we have airplanes yet? What I want to explain is that the Chinese Empire has the world's leading scientific and technological strength and industrial manufacturing capacity for more than ten years, and the naval industry is the best measure of a country's overall industrial strength, and our ultimate battleships can achieve the perfect combination of firepower, armor and speed, which is the embodiment of the Chinese Imperial Navy's industrial strength. There is nothing to doubt. In addition, the main reason for the fuel endurance of the Guanghua Emperor to reach ten years is that we have installed a new fuel facility on her that does not rely on conventional fuels such as fuel oil and coal, which we call a nuclear reactor, which can provide a ten-year endurance for a giant ship of more than 100,000 tons with a small amount of fuel at one time, so our ultimate battleship can achieve the perfect combination of various indicators. ”

Wei Guangping revealed that the real secret of the battleship Guanghua the Great was the use of nuclear reactor technology. But everyone doesn't know what a nuclear reactor means, just listen to Wei Guangping. It's enough to whet everyone's appetite.

"I'm Landers, an Associated Press reporter, could I ask Master Wei to tell us more about what is the technology of a shipboard nuclear reactor and how it differs from the current way of using oil and coal as fuel for ships around the world."

Wei Guangping replied, "I'm sorry! It involves military secrets, and it is inconvenient to disclose! Next question! ”

"May I ask if the nuclear reactor is the nuclear physics and engineering technology that your country has been working on for more than 20 years?"

Wei Guangping secretly criticized in his heart that these reporters are not all novices, and it is really surprising that some of them can be immediately linked to the nuclear project.

"Nuclear physics engineering is a scientific research department set up by our Chinese empire for the benefit of all mankind, and the relevant progress and technological achievements, please go to the relevant departments to inquire and verify! Next question! ”

Regardless of the press conference they attended, the officials of the Chinese Empire would unanimously ask the reporters to go to the "relevant departments" and "relevant departments" to contact and collect evidence when they did not have a plan to deal with the reporters' questions.

Many journalists are asking questions about nuclear reactors. But whether it is Lin Jianzhang or Wei Guangping. They all refused to give detailed answers in various words, which greatly disappointed journalists from all over the world. Although reporters from all over the world did not know exactly what a nuclear reactor was, they all recorded it as the most important news, and since then they have carried out a lot of intelligence reconnaissance about nuclear reactors.

"I'm Frankfurt journalist Norvi. As far as I know, at present, the world's major naval powers are expanding their naval armaments on a large scale, and Germany, Britain, France, Italy, the Soviet Union and other countries are all building the so-called ultimate battleships. ”

Lin Jianzhang replied: "I also know what you said!" The Chinese Empire pursued a peaceful military foreign policy, and the Chinese Empire-class ultimate battleships were not directed at any one country. Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, and the Soviet Union were all building the ultimate battleship. We only hope that they will use these ultimate battleships to protect the peace of their country, and not become instruments of aggression. ”

"I'm Li Pingping, a reporter from the China News Agency, may I ask Lord Lin, the Imperial Navy spent as much as 1.5 billion dragon coins to build this ultimate battleship. ╔╗Personally, I am incredibly proud. However, the Imperial Navy has already unsealed 27 super battleships, and as a super naval power in the world, I don't think that building this ultimate battleship will affect the military status of the Imperial Navy in the world. And from an economic point of view, don't you think it's a waste of imperial taxpayers' money to spend such a huge amount of money to build a super-warship? ”

Before Lin Jianzhang came, the secretary's office had already considered all kinds of questions that reporters could ask, so Lin Jianzhang already had a case in mind about Li Pingping's problem.

"Miss Li! I'm glad you were able to take that into account! Lin Jianzhang paused, and then said, "Although spending 1.5 billion dragon coins to build an ultimate battleship seems to be a waste of money. But you must know that the construction of such a behemoth of more than 100,000 tons can provide 45,000 direct jobs for the citizens of the empire, indirectly benefit tens of thousands of related companies and enterprises in the empire, and increase the salaries of tens of millions of employees, from this point of view, it will bring 1% of the country's GDP to the empire every year. If you don't believe me, look at how countries like Germany and the United States have solved millions of unemployed people in a short period of time, and I think you'll find the answer. ”

"I'm Zhang Haibing, a reporter for the Imperial Times. I heard that there has been a dispute within the Imperial Navy over whether or not to build the ultimate battleship. A considerable number of people believe that battleships should be abandoned in favor of aircraft carriers, what is your opinion on this? ”

"I don't know where you got the news from!" Lin Jianzhang naturally wouldn't admit it, and then said, "As far as I know. The officers and men of the Imperial Navy have always worked together to contribute to the future development of the Imperial Navy. When it comes to building the ultimate battleship, the Imperial Navy is highly supportive. Why are we building aircraft carriers? Could it be that the carrier-based aircraft of an aircraft carrier are capable of destroying a battleship? The answer is clearly no. All the main warships of our Imperial Navy have been modernized, and with the advanced anti-aircraft phalanx system and the formidable fleet anti-aircraft firepower of the Chinese Aegis air defense cruiser, no aircraft can pose a threat to the battleship. ”

"I'm Berlin Welt journalist Philip Ori, and I would like to ask if your navy has nine aircraft carrier battle groups. Isn't this an emphasis on aircraft carriers? ”

Lin Jianzhang explained: "That's right! We have quite a few aircraft carrier battle groups, but at best, they can only deal with the threat posed by small and medium-sized countries to the Chinese Empire. In the face of a naval threat from a great power. They couldn't sink a mighty battleship. What can sink a battleship can always be a battleship. We are grateful to Mahan for his theory of sea power, which has always made the Imperial Chinese Navy so powerful, and we will unswervingly continue to do so. ”

Lin Jianzhang's face was not blushing or breathless, he pursued the theory of victory of the giant ship artillery doctrine, exaggerated the dominant position of large battleships, and belittled the role of aircraft carriers as much as possible, so as to openly mislead the development direction of the navies of various countries in the world.

Finally, Lin Jianzhang added: "Only our Imperial Chinese Navy is still developing aircraft carriers, and the navies of other countries have basically not developed this kind of chicken rib naval warfare weapons, and the facts have proved that they are right, because we seem to have found ourselves hitting the south wall on the issue of developing aircraft carriers." ”

Lin Jianzhang's humorous answer immediately made all media reporters burst into laughter. The atmosphere was very pleasant. Most people thought that after the Chinese Imperial Navy hit the southern wall, there would be no more aircraft carriers. For a time, the theory of victory of the giant ship cannon doctrine was hyped by the news media to be incomparably powerful, further misleading the development direction of the navies of various countries in the world.

"I'm Wall Street Journal reporter James, may I ask General Lin, your country now has 27 super battleships, plus this almost invincible ultimate battleship, your navy can be called the first in the world, which will further intensify the naval arms race in Europe and the United States, and is a huge threat to world peace, what do you think about this?"

Lin Jianzhang explained: "The Chinese Empire has always pursued a peaceful military foreign policy! Fifteen years ago, the "Five-Power Convention on the Limitation of Arms Development," which was dominated by the Chinese Empire, was proof of this. ╔╗Under the dominance of the Chinese Empire. A series of arms limitation treaties signed with the five world powers, Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy, prevented the recurrence of world war. Fifteen years have passed since the last Five-Power Pact, and the Chinese Empire has proved to the whole world our peaceful military policy with practical actions. But. We are disappointed that the five-nation pact has not been renewed. We have unsealed 27 super battleships and built invincible ultimate battleships, with the aim of deterring countries that want to provoke wars, hoping that they will not develop some military forces that are not conducive to regional peace. In doing so, we are defending peace. ”

"Excuse me, are you saying that the Chinese Empire is going to play the role of the world's policeman?"

"The name is very creative!" Lin Jianzhang said with a smile: "If there is no police to maintain law and order in a country, there will be riots and social unrest. In the same way, the world is a large country made up of countries, and if there is no police to maintain law and order. Conflicts and wars will break out. The Chinese Empire will fulfill the responsibilities of a great power within the framework of the League of Nations! ”

Obviously, Lin Jianzhang was very interested in the role of the Chinese empire as the world's policeman, but he did not dare to admit it publicly, because that would cause dissatisfaction among governments. When Tsarist Russia played the role of the gendarme of Europe, it was conceivably isolated by the entire Western world.

Lin Jianzhang did not give a positive answer, but all countries in the world also understand in their hearts that in today's world, isn't the Chinese Empire the world's policeman!

Since then, Lin Jianzhang and Wei Guangping have answered hundreds of questions, basically satisfying the curiosity of reporters. At the same time, the real purpose of this press conference was achieved.

The entire press conference lasted two and a half hours, and it was overtimed for more than half an hour because there were so many people asking questions. Lin Jianzhang and Wei Guangping also felt that using the media to deter European and American countries, misleading the direction of the development of their navies, and using Chinese Empire-class battleships in disguise to stimulate countries to engage in a large-scale naval arms race would have a very good effect. That's why I put up with it for half an hour more.

After the press conference, Shanghai Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. officially started the construction of the ultimate battleship Guanghua Emperor.

As the ultimate embodiment of the world's giant ship cannonism. The Guanghua Emperor became a mythical work of the fanatical admirers of the Imperial Navy, and a concentrated embodiment of the brilliant achievements of the Imperial Naval Industry in the past forty years. The use of nuclear reactors as the energy source of battleships is a groundbreaking event for mankind, thus covering the battleship Guanghua the Great with endless mythical colors, becoming the pinnacle of the era of the world's giant ships and artillery, and the last roar of the battleship era.

Although Wei Guangping disclosed some basic parameters about the battleship Guanghua the Great, out of the principle of security and confidentiality, the data was half-true and half-false to confuse the navies of various countries. For example, the real main gun of the battleship Guanghua the Great was a 20-inch caliber, not a 21-inch caliber.

The standard displacement of the design length and width draft of the ship is actually 119246 tons, and the maximum full load displacement is only 142,500 tons, not the claimed 150,000 tons. The maximum speed is actually only 32 knots, but the cruising speed is 30 knots per 1 million nautical miles. Cruising speed is an important basis for judging the possible position of the opponent in wartime, so the Imperial Chinese Navy concealed this issue.

In terms of the overall appearance of the Guanghua Emperor battleship, this is undoubtedly a behemoth, the 350-meter-long hull, in order to conform to the fluid mechanics and reduce the resistance, its bow must be a flying scissor bow, using a 20,000-ton giant hydraulic press to stamping the 320 mm thick huge steel plate into a thickness of 120 mm, once again refreshing the world record created by the Chinese Empire in 10 years. ╔╗The part above the waterline leans outward and forward. The bow is semi-elliptical in shape. The two sides of the ship are greatly stretched outwards to reduce the problem of waves on the bow at high speeds. The bow below the waterline is further optimised with a bulbous bow positioned about 6 meters below the waterline, which reduces wave resistance by 11% compared to the sharpened bow and reduces the waterline by about 5 meters, thus saving around 450 tons of displacement.

Of course, this bulbous bow, in addition to being used to reduce underwater drag, was mainly intended for the installation of hydrophones and sonar arrays. Because the strong armor of the battleship Guanghua the Great could block attacks on the surface and in the air, but underwater was the weak link. The threat of submarines must be taken into account, and the installation of state-of-the-art sonar arrays can detect the activity of enemy submarines in a targeted manner.

The bridge of the Guanghua Emperor battleship has been greatly optimized compared to that of the Ming-class battleships, although it is still the signature layout of the regular hexagon. However, the height of the island has been greatly reduced, and it is only 12 stories high. This is a significant drop from the 20-story island of the Ming-class battleship, mainly to reduce the probability of being hit by the enemy. At the same time, due to the significant improvement of the radar system, there is no longer a need to install optical observation instruments at high places. However, the top of the island is still equipped with a main gun observation post (built-in Guanghua 33-year-old navigation azimuth disk) and a 28-meter large rangefinder, and down to the air defense command post, the line-of-sight bridge (day battle bridge), the war room, and the captain's lounge. Compass Bridge (Night Battle Bridge), Second Chart Room, Command Tower, etc. There are four straight-through elevators in the east, west, south and north of the bridge inside the bridge to facilitate the emergency evacuation of the bridge personnel.

The biggest difference in appearance between the battleship Guanghua the Great and the Ming-class battleships, and even all the warships of the Chinese Empire, is that she no longer needs a huge chimney. Thanks to the use of nuclear reactors, there is no need to use oil-fired or coal-fired boilers, so there is no need to arrange flues for each boiler. In order to ensure the safety of the opening of the chimney of the hull, a honeycomb protective steel plate must be installed in the opening. Protective decks are installed on the slopes and sides in front of the chimney. Once the chimney is attacked, it will create a serious obstacle to implementation, and the toxic smoke threatens the safety of personnel. After the installation of the nuclear reactor, the battleship Guanghua the Great did not need such a chimney. It not only solves the safety hazard of the chimney, but also makes the bridge structure more compact.

Overall. The appearance of the battleship Guanghua the Great was missing a huge chimney, which was more beautiful and practical.

The main guns of the battleship Guanghua the Great were designed with 12 508 mm 50 x diameter triple turrets. 2 in the front and 2 in the rear, with a symmetrical layout along the central axis.

The weapon system alone accounts for 25% of the total displacement of the tonnage, the four triple turrets are configured in the bow and stern, all located on the central axis, and the front and rear are arranged symmetrically according to the ship island, and the total weight of the three guns in one turret reaches 2450 tons, plus the weight of the turret armor 1090 tons) and ammunition, the total weight of the gyratory part of a single turret is nearly 4000 tons, which is equivalent to the tonnage of a light cruiser. The huge 20-inch barrel is equivalent to the width of the sleeping berths of the officers and men of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and it is no problem to rest in the quilt.

The armor of the turret shield was very thick, and the Imperial Navy would not allow the ultimate battleship to be beaten by the enemy and lose its combat effectiveness, so the focus was on strengthening the protection. The frontal height of the turret was 800 mm, and it can be said that even the 20-inch shells fired by the Guanghua Emperor itself could not destroy it. The rear of the turret is equipped with a 35-meter baseline rangefinder of the 33-year type of Guanghua, an electric compass is installed, and a gyroscope horizontal anti-wave stabilization instrument enables the battleship Guanghua the Great to maintain a stable design angle when sailing, and the front of the turret on both sides and the front of the top are homogeneous armor of more than 500 mm, and it is equipped with a periscope optical sight and a semi-mechanical and semi-electronic radar fire control and aiming command instrument.

The barrel of the 20-inch main gun itself is already very large, and with the length of the barrel of fifty times the diameter, the entire main gun will be moved to a row of thick telephone poles, and the movement of this behemoth relies on huge power motors and strong hydraulic engines, if it were not for the stable and powerful power supply provided by the nuclear reactor, ordinary motors would not be able to do the job. ╔╗

With the nuclear reactor supplying electricity in time, the final elevation angle of its main gun is only 65 degrees, the horizontal rotation is only 240 degrees, the gun is strictly fixed at 3 degrees when it is loaded, and it takes 2.5 minutes for the turret to rotate around.

The 20-inch main gun of the Guanghua Emperor battleship had a much slower firing rate than the Ming-class battleship, firing only one shell every 3 minutes. Because the weight of the shells has already reached 2 tons, albeit with automated mechanical loading. However, the dosage of the reloaded projectile pack remains the same. However, the number has increased significantly, so it will take more time, and the final preparation for the main gun fire will naturally be slow. In order to match the strong endurance, the shell base of the Super Cannon has also been greatly increased, with 200 rounds per cannon in reserve.

Originally, the 18-inch main gun of the Ming-class battleship was too large because the main gun bore pressure was too large, and a large amount of rifling would be worn out when fired, so after the main gun of the Ming-class battleship fired about 100 rounds, it had to be returned to the factory for repair and replacement of the barrel. However, considering that the main gun barrel replacement project of the battleship Guanghua the Great was too complicated, it would take at least three months to replace the gun barrel, which was not allowed in a state of war. Therefore. In order to enhance the barrel life. For the first time, the Armament Engineering Office of the Imperial Chinese Navy applied the most advanced materials and stamping technology to the barrel of this main gun.

In the 35th year of Guanghua, the Chinese Empire has been quite advanced in the manufacturing process of steel pipes for artillery, and for the first time realized the CKP-502 medium carbon, nickel, chromium and platinum alloy steel, which is based on the traditional Chinese special steel technology. It is necessary to add chrome plating, strictly speaking, not only plating, but also the steps of "infiltration", mainly to increase the internal hardness and smoothness of the barrel, after plating and chromium, and after the most advanced conical inner wall extrusion technology and sulfur seepage process, etc., in short, it is to increase the smoothness, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance in the tube, and there are also secret elements for the main gun barrel of Guanghua Emperor, adding a small amount of vanadium metal to improve the comprehensive performance. It can be adapted to fire high and low speed armor-piercing shells, high and low speed armor-piercing incendiary shells at the same time, etc., and the life of the barrel has reached 400 rounds after using this advanced barrel manufacturing process. Among the main guns of battleships of the same class, the barrels used by the German Hindenburg-class battleships are considered to have the longest lifespan, but they are only 120 rounds. The Chinese Empire has been ahead of Germany for more than 30 years in special alloy steel, and this great achievement is exciting and highlights the great creative ability of the Chinese nation.

The recoil of the main guns has always been one of the biggest problems that plague the super battleships, and the 12 18-inch guns of the Ming class battleships of the Chinese Empire have a recoil of 10,000 tons when they are pointed at a salvo to one side, and the shock wave is also very strong when fired. As a result, the roll period of the battleship is superimposed to 12 seconds, and the tilt angle of the battleship greatly affects the comprehensive combat capability.

For this reason, the designers of the Imperial Ship Administration took great pains to study the main guns of the last four Ming-class battleships and the Soviet-class battleships built for the Soviet Union, and finally the anti-recoil system installed on the Z29 anti-tank combat vehicle by Rosenberg and others was successfully experimented, and the Naval Engineering Administration relied on its principle and experience. The ZP12 anti-recoil system was developed and installed on the battleship Guanghua Emperor. As a result, when firing a salvo on one side of the 12 20-inch guns, the recoil was greatly reduced, and the recoil was only 2200 tons. At the same time, the problem of air wave shock wave after the main gun firing that was not solved by the Ming-class battleship was also solved, and the recoil system actually used 80% of the air wave shock wave to counteract the recoil, and both problems were solved at the same time.

As the ultimate battleship, the firepower strike capability of the Guanghua Emperor battleship is placed in the first place. After the caliber, double diameter and number of main guns were determined, it became important to improve the armor-piercing power and accuracy of the shells.

The MK-37 main gun (installed on ships in 1937) still uses a heavy armor-piercing warhead with low muzzle velocity and high storage capacity, and is designed to penetrate the armor of the ultimate battleship of its class at long distances. The muzzle velocity is 805 m/s, the maximum range reaches 65 km (45 degrees of elevation), and the shell needs to fly for 96 seconds. Due to the substantial improvement in the performance of the central fire control radar command system, the effective radar ranging command distance has reached 50 kilometers, so the effective strike distance of the main gun has also been expanded to 50 kilometers, which is basically close to the minimum standard of over-the-horizon combat, which is also the ultimate strike distance of shipborne artillery.

The main gun shells of the battleship Guanghua the Great use the most advanced MK6 high-strength armor-piercing warhead, combined with the black sorkin high explosives, can penetrate the main armor belt of any ultimate battleship in the world at a distance of 20,000-30,000 meters. At a distance of 12 km, it was possible to penetrate the armor of Soviet-class battleships, which the Soviets kept in the dark. On the other hand, whether it was the German Hindenburg-class, the British Britannia-class battleships, or the Italian Imperial battleships, their 20-inch main guns could not penetrate the main armor belt of the Guanghua Emperor at a distance of 10 kilometers.

Of course, for super-battleships, it is impossible to melee at this distance. In particular, the warships of the Chinese Empire were equipped with fire control radar systems, coupled with advanced optical rangefinders. Long-range engagements are where the advantage lies.

In terms of secondary artillery. The Guanghua Emperor is equipped with 12 twin 152 mm 60 times the diameter of the high-level dual-purpose rapid-fire guns, 30 quadruple 40 mm 65 times the diameter of the high-level dual-purpose rapid-fire guns, 48 twin seven-barreled Gatling MK-36 Vulcan Phalanx systems, and 8 64-cell Sea Sparrow air defense rocket systems.

The 12 secondary turrets are all arranged on the secondary deck around the central ship island, with a symmetrical layout on the left and right, of which the four turrets 3, 6, 9, and 12 are the raised turret bases. As a whole, the 12 secondary guns are divided into four groups, distributed in four symmetrical directions, and each unit group has three turrets and 6 secondary guns, forming a triangular layout. This configuration can ensure that the battleship's 12 152 mm secondary guns can be pointed at one side at the same time, which greatly increases the attack power against enemy ships at medium and close range.

48-seat twin-mounted seven-tube Gatling MK-36 Vulcan Phalanx system. and 8 64-cell Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft rocket systems, which blocked the entire Guanghua Emperor battleship within a 5-kilometer airspace in all directions, and even a fly could not approach it when firing at the same time. Its formidable anti-aircraft firepower. With the specially strengthened horizontal protection against aerial bomb attacks, the ultra-thick armor protects the Guanghua Emperor from the threat from the air.

In terms of protection system, the Imperial Chinese Navy did not allow the Guanghua Emperor to be sunk, which is a matter of the face of the Imperial Navy and cannot be overlooked. As a manifestation of the indomitable will of the Chinese nation, the Admiralty attached great importance to the protection of the battleship Guanghua the Great. According to the design requirements, the ship's side armor should be able to withstand the blow of its own 508 mm main gun at a distance of 20,000-30,000 meters, and the horizontal deck can also resist 1 ton of heavy aerial bombs dropped from an altitude of less than 2,000 meters (taking the 1 ton of aerial bombs dropped by the H-5 bomber in 1935 from an ultra-low altitude sea-skimming flight as the resistance standard, but it cannot prevent the 2~5 tons of aerial bombs dropped by the H-6 bomber from an altitude of more than 6,000 meters). In fact, a bomb dropped from an altitude of 5 kilometers basically misses the target.

In order to achieve the above requirements. The battleship Guanghua Emperor was equipped with more than 40,000 tons of Chinese special steel armor and defensive steel plates, accounting for 33% of the ship's normal displacement. The ship's ammunition compartment, steam turbine room, nuclear reactor room, nuclear fuel tank, motor room and other vital parts are concentrated in the defense area protected by multiple layers of heavy armor belts in the middle and rear of the battleship, (extending from the front end of the main gun to the rear end of the rear main gun). The broadside armor in the defensive zone extends from the ship's amidships waterline to the bottom of the ship, with the thickness of the main armor belt at the upper waterline reaching 550 mm, and the thickness of the broadside plates below the main armor belt being 275-400 mm (decreasing from top to bottom). The armor on top of the fortified area was laid on the center deck of the battleship with a thickness of 200-430 mm (homogeneous nickel-cadmium alloy steel with molybdenum added). The front and rear ends of the defensive division were protected by 270-350 mm thick armor across the walls. In particular, the nuclear reactor, located in the center of the battleship, has a 450 mm secondary armor protection added to the inner wall, in addition to the outer 500 mm armor protection, and between the inner and outer walls is a 0.5-meter-wide reinforced mixed concrete wall. Acts as a buffer (in fact, the predecessor of reactive armor). There is also a 1.5-meter-thick cement isolation zone from the inner wall to the nuclear reactor, so that the reactor is in an absolutely safe state, and any explosion will not affect the normal operation of the nuclear reactor.

The nuclear reactor of the battleship Guanghua the Great used a pressurized water reactor that used light water (ordinary water H2O) and graphite as a coolant and neutron moderator. The cooling system consists of two circulation circuits. The first circuit connects the core to the steam generator in the second circuit, and the pressure in the circuit is maintained at about 15,000 atmospheres. At this pressure, the cooling water can be heated to about 3430C without boiling. The cooling water is heated to boiling in the heat transfer tube of the secondary steam generator with a pressure of about 7,000 atmospheres (about 2,600 °C), and the water vapor formed (after filtering out the mixed liquid water) is sent to the steam turbine through the secondary circuit. Push the turbine engine to run. The primary circuit water that releases heat energy in the heat transfer tube flows back to the reactor core at a temperature of about 2900C to complete the primary circuit circulation. The secondary circuit water flowing from the steam turbine is condensed into liquid water by the condenser and then returned to the steam generator to complete the secondary circuit circulation.

The reactor core is located inside a pressure vessel and consists of fuel assemblies arranged in a square shape. The fuel is generally sintered uranium dioxide with an enrichment degree of 2%~4.4%. Compared with the heavy water reactor and boiling water reactor previously studied by the Imperial Nuclear Physics Laboratory of China, the PWR core is smaller in size, the power density of the core is larger, the cost is low, and the power generation efficiency is about 33%.

The power system of the battleship Guanghua the Great was provided by eight light-water reactors, of which only four were used in peacetime and the other four were used as backups. The ultra-high temperature steam output from the four reactors drives four Parsons KWP8000 steam turbine systems with an output of up to 320,000 horsepower, driving four axles and four oars at a constant speed of 32 knots. A real replacement of nuclear fuel can drive 500,000 nautical miles, half of the 1 million nautical miles that are publicly claimed. Of course, this is also because the light-water reactor developed by the Chinese Empire is still only a primary product, and the utilization rate of nuclear fuel is less than 35%, and the Admiralty falsely claims that it can be used for ten years at a time of refueling in order to allow the ship to be approved by Congress. In fact, if calculated according to the requirements for combat duty, after five years the fuel will have to be replaced. But there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and by then the Congress will know about it, and it cannot be said that the battleship will be dismantled and exchanged for 1.5 billion dragon coins, so it can only choose to acquiesce.

In other electronic communications equipment, such as radio systems, telephone systems, sonar arrays, optical rangefinders, fire control command instruments, and azimuth navigation instruments, all of which have been greatly improved and upgraded, with their size and weight further reduced, and their accuracy and speed greatly increased. It plays a huge auxiliary role in improving the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Guanghua Emperor battleship.

Of course, the most important thing is the radar system.

When the radar system of the Guanghua Emperor battleship was installed, the Chinese Empire had already made remarkable achievements in the manufacturing of the electronics industry, and a large number of scientists led by Tesla had basically been able to imitate the electronic equipment on the Jiaolong.

After more than ten years of radar research and development, the RD-93X radar system finally installed on the Guanghua Emperor has improved the high-frequency detection mode, and the air search capability can detect high-speed targets the size of aircraft at a distance of 300 kilometers. The sea search radar was upgraded from 40 km in 1916 to 500 km in 1939 for medium and large warships, 300 km for high-speed light cruisers and destroyers, and 80 km for torpedo boats.

Huge detection capabilities, of course, require huge radar array antennas. Fortunately, the battleship Guanghua the Great was large enough, and the position that was supposed to be a chimney gave way to the radar array antenna. Moreover, the power consumption of the RD-93X radar is huge, and if it is changed to other warships, it will not be able to bear it at all, but it is different on the Guanghua Emperor, and the huge electrical energy provided by the nuclear reactor is more than enough to drive the radar array.

With a powerful radar system, the Guanghua Emperor can spot the enemy first outside of visual range and make tactical adjustments according to the size of the enemy's strength. Whether it is attacking or retreating, it is easy to play.

On the whole, the battleship Guanghua the Great deserves its name as the ultimate battleship of the Chinese Empire and the most powerful ultimate battleship in the world.

Regardless of the purpose for which the Chinese Empire built this nuclear-powered ultimate battleship, such a powerful battleship will surely shake the world and become a huge spiritual wealth for the descendants of the Chinese Empire. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )