Chapter XXIII "Luzon-class" battleships

Chen Zeyu knew that it was impossible for the institute to develop the ultimate "big black fish" that his senior brother would stay in the deep sea and ocean in the future, and carry out the nuclear strategic deterrence cruise mission. However, under the guidance of his own planning, he believes that Chen Zeyu is still sure that he will build an underwater combat submarine for the future Huameng Navy that is close to or even surpasses the scientific and technological level of the First World War era.

The so-called diesel-electric submarine refers to the submarine when navigating on the surface, using a diesel engine as the power to sail, and storing part of the power into a large-capacity battery. At this time, the submarine was directly driven by diesel power, not by electricity. When the submarine dives underwater, the diesel engine cannot work because it cannot obtain outside air, so it needs to be turned off. At this time, the submarine relies on the electricity contained in the battery to drive a high-power electric motor for underwater navigation.

Before the Second World War, due to the limited capacity of the submarine's battery, the conventional submarine had to be charged on the surface frequently, so the concealment was greatly reduced, and because the battery had to take care of the ship's internal transmitter operation, lighting and other living electricity, so the speed and time of underwater navigation were strictly limited.

In order to make improvements in this aspect, Chen Zeyu came up with an epoch-making high-speed rail material battery technology, and in Chen Zeyu's records, this rechargeable battery technology, which was originally developed and developed in the 21st century and applied to the latest charging cars, will not disappoint future submarine officers and soldiers. The raw material medium of high-speed rail battery is synthetic and stable ferrite, and the raw material comes from a wide range of sources, so the manufacturing cost has great advantages compared with the previous lead-acid battery.

In addition, compared with the submarine lead-acid batteries that have been used before World War II, this type of battery has a greater energy density per unit volume mass. It has many advantages such as small size, light weight, long life, and no pollution, and is simply the battery material of a natural conventionally powered submarine. The submarines equipped with the batteries developed in this way have greatly improved their combat radius, underwater endurance, and survivability.

In terms of the diesel engine used in the submarine, the development was relatively smooth.

In this regard, Chen Zeyu laid a good foundation for the institute early. As early as four years ago, when Chen Zeyu had just returned to Luzon, he issued an order to the newly established Avalanche Ship Power Company, which was affiliated with the Avalanche Group, to develop diesel engines for ships. As of last year, the company has designed and developed more than 10 types of diesel engines for ships. According to the actual situation of this type of submarine, it took only a few months to make slight improvements in the design of a medium-sized diesel engine, and the improved diesel engine has passed the acceptance of the submarine engineering expert group.

In this way, the entire system engineering for the development of this type of submarine has been difficult but also smooth, and through the full cooperation of the entire submarine design team for several years, the Sui-I submarine has finally ushered in the day when it is about to enter service.

Almost at the same time, another ship design team, codenamed A-2, was also working intensively.

In the No. 1 dock area, which was tightly guarded by black security guards, through the open-air stands on the scaffolding, it could already be seen that a huge ironclad battleship with a silver-gray body was gradually taking shape in the No. 1 dock.

Under the "influence" of Chen Zeyu, this "Luzon-class" ironclad battleship inherited the high freeboard of the previous batch of "Taiwan-class" ironclad cruisers, and the bow also removed the ramming angle. In terms of layout, the main gun positions of the front two and one rear are arranged in the central axis of the battleship, and the whole ironclad battleship is more compact and concise than the main ironclad ships used by other countries now.

From the outside, it is reflected in the fact that the whole battleship is very harmonious and looks very beautiful, whether it is the whole or the individual system parts.

"When will this 'Luzon-class' be launched?" Standing in the stands, Chen Zeyu carefully observed various parts of the battleship, and asked Wu Zhongxian, the chief engineer of the shipyard beside him.

"The armor laying stage on the surface of the ship and the installation of the main gun position of the entire ship have all been completed as planned, and the remaining secondary guns have not yet been installed in place. Finally, the completion of the line laying is done, these will not take long, but there is no sloppiness, the time is just these days. ”

Wu Zhongxian looked up at the steel giant ship that was taking shape little by little in his hands, just like looking at his most beloved child, and responded.

"Don't worry, Hanyin, I'll keep an eye on them until each ship is launched and delivered to the navy."

The "Luzon-class" ironclad battleships had three twin powerful 305mm/40x diameter guns (3×2=6 guns). With an overall armor thickness of 265 mm, and the unique defensive capabilities of the T3 hardened armor, which had long been popularized in the shipyard, the surface armor of this battleship was sufficient to withstand the bombardment of warships of all countries in the entire Far East.

The weapons systems of all the warships under construction in the shipyard, including the main guns, have been provided by the Sizhejiang Avalanche Ordnance Industry Group, and after integrating several gun factories and gunpowder research and production enterprises established in the early days, this military industrial enterprise has been established for several years and has now become the leading arms and military industry group in the whole of East Asia. Of course, the capital behind it still comes from the Chen family, and the earlier technical support was also provided entirely by Chen Zeyu. Up to now, the military industrial group in Sizhejiang has been able to produce, from small to pistols worn by officers, and the military standard 7. The 92mm caliber rifle is as large as the 305mm caliber large-caliber naval gun that will be placed on the warship today, as well as various types of large and medium-caliber standard mountain guns and howitzers that will be popularized in the Sichuan and Zhejiang Army.

Chen Zeyu turned sideways and whispered to Wu Zhongxian, who was the president of the shipyard, "During this time, the expanded army units are still changing their outfits in large quantities. The production capacity of the Avalanche Ordnance Group is tight, but you don't have to worry, I have already greeted the shipyard's orders in this regard, and it will not delay the construction period of each ship. ”

Wu Zhongxian nodded, "Understood, I'll hurry up." ”

"Now the war is far from us, but the threat remains. The Spaniards, who had been distracted by Latin America earlier, had noticed our presence, and now that the 'Luzon class' had been created, I and the ruling government meant that we wanted to get it into the water as soon as possible. Liang Cheng, who was appointed as one of the state councilors within the Huameng, also said on the side after hearing this, "At that time, whether it is as a deterrent or a conflict, these warships will be a heavy weight!" ”

Chen Zeyu and his colleagues were surrounded by a large number of shipyard engineers and technicians, and behind them there were many senior naval cadets who were about to graduate from the Naval Ship Academy who were specially brought over by Chen Zeyu to visit.

This ironclad battleship rarely uses three twin main guns, and its layout of its uniform division on the central axis is also a surprise to all the students present. Only Chen Zeyu himself understands that this epoch-making design scheme was only available on his own side before the British "Dreadnought-class" battleships appeared, and there was no other semicolon for this one.

Turning his head to look at these young cadets who were about to embark on the battleship to serve, Chen Zeyu saw that many of them were flushed with excitement, and he smiled gently and turned his head again. Who knows that these young people will be a generation that witnesses history.

Today, in this naval academy, there are many naval cadets who are concerned about the construction process of these warships. Many of these shipyard workers have children studying at the Naval Academy. Chen Zeyu brought these immature students on these faces this time, which is also an alternative supervision to the shipyard group. The carelessness of a worker's screw today could well mean the loss of a whole shipload of young lives.

At the dock, everyone looked up at the ironclad battleship that was about to be launched with excitement, and Wei Han, who was already quite old, even shed tears of excitement.

The standard displacement of this "Luzon-class" ironclad battleship, which has poured everyone's efforts into it, has reached a terrifying 7,450 tons, and the deck use and design and arrangement of the entire battleship have reached the limit of this tonnage class.

In particular, the battleship is equipped with an extremely obvious, thick 6 12-inch main guns that give people an extremely shocking feeling. This caliber is similar to that of the Qing Dynasty, but the guns of the two ships are similar in the barrel to 40 times the diameter. Its power is not the same, not to mention that compared with the Ding, Zhen No. 2 ships, the "Luzon-class" ironclad battleships are equipped with one more double-mounted naval gun of the same caliber, coupled with the new central axis layout of the hull gun emplacement, so that the entire battleship can concentrate the naval guns on all gun positions at the same time to shell in the same direction. According to the evaluation of the Sizhejiang Shipyard, the overall combat power is much higher than that of the two warships of the Qing Dynasty, and the combat power of the two warships is about 1.5 to 2 times that of a single one (not including the evaluation of other equipment on the ship).

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