Chapter 138 Entering Service (Asking for a Monthly Pass!) Read! ）

Sanduao, a geographical term that somehow signifies the future of the Chinese navy, is home to one of China's largest, and also limited, two naval bases in China, at least the other, Lushun, which had just been recovered from the Japanese, had long been completely destroyed by artillery fire.

Similarly, as China's largest naval base, it is also home to China's largest naval shipyard, and although the shipbuilding here has only been repaired until now, or even only has an outfitting platform, it is the hope for the Chinese navy to return to the ocean.

At night, the sparks in the Sanduao Naval Shipyard watched over Sanshawan, China's first good port. At this time, the Navy Shipyard was still heavily guarded near the outfitting platform. But tonight the atmosphere was more tense than ever, and a patrol of Marines could be seen almost every three minutes.

Especially near the outfitting table at the shipyard. The sentry posts and Marines accentuate the tense atmosphere. Compared to the heavily guarded outside. At this time on the outfitting platform of the Navy Shipyard. However, the outfitting platform, which was once stacked with materials such as turrets and rangefinders, was replaced by a makeshift viewing platform.

Although the curtain was already thick, the stage was crowded with people. In addition to numerous officials of the Admiralty. There are also technicians at the shipyard and thousands of workers at the shipyard. Most of these workers are Chinese workers. There are also German shipbuilders from the United States. At this time, everyone looked happy. Whether it's a technician worker in a shipyard. Or the Admiralty officers or the Navy officers.

They are proud that their country can finally build a mighty and beautiful capital ship. From time to time there are sounds of admiration and laughter......

Today is the day when the battlecruiser "Zhiyuan" was launched.

It was the day when the two "heavy artillery cruisers" built with the approval of His Majesty in the name of "cruisers" and the lead ship "Zhiyuan", the lead ship of the two "13.5-inch naval guns", were outfitted and put into service.

Although His Majesty was initially angry at the Navy's "bullying", in the end His Majesty personally named these two warships, to be precise, the "life type" - the battle cruiser, far exceeding the speed, armor, and firepower of various cruisers of the same period, and slightly inferior to the battleship in armor, and superior to most battleships in firepower The battlecruiser ship opened this era!

"Today is the launching ceremony of the first battle cruiser of our Navy, the "Zhiyuan". It is an honor for Yu Zhi to come here to participate in the ceremony. It can represent the opinion of the whole country, because it is well aware of the rapid progress of history and engineering since the opening of the factory. It is on a par with Europe and the United States. Now we can build the capital ships that our navy needs. It is really the most gratifying person for me. Everyone knows that "Zhiyuan" is in our navy. It was the consciousness of our army! I don't want to say more! Just two words! "Don't forget the first day"! "Snow Armor Shame"! ……”

Standing on the rostrum, Minister of the Navy Ye Zugui was a little moved when he spoke. Especially when looking at the pocket battleship with a beautiful bow in the dock. He is the largest warship ever built in China. It is not difficult to be inferior to Europe and the United States, and even far surpass it, it has created an era, a completely new era of warships.

When looking at the word "Zhiyuan" cast in brass on the bow of the ship. Ye Zugui felt that his eyes seemed to be a little blurry. Even during the final thank-you speech, there was even a little whimpering.

"Don't forget Jia Wu!"

"Snow Armor Shame"!

This oath has carried the hopes of many Chinese Navy soldiers in the past 25 years, and there is no navy after the first noon, and today, with the launch of this capital ship, the navy of the country has finally anchored again!

In the process of coming down, it was nothing more than some words of thanks. There is no boasting in the modesty of the reply.

But everybody knows. What this warship means for China, as well as for the Navy. People looked at the battleship. There is always an unconcealable pride and love in his eyes.

Although the launch of the hull of the Zhiyuan was completed in Shanghai, but before, in order to avoid the launching ceremony, His Majesty was angry, so that the navy was forced to dismantle the hull, as early as when the hull was built, the navy began to manufacture armament systems in the Jiangnan Navy Factory, and at the same time imported various equipment from abroad, after the hull was basically completely launched, that is, it used its own power to sail into Sanduao under the escort of the navy, so as to facilitate the construction of weapons and hull superstructure. ,

In order to rush the construction period, when sailing out of the Jiangnan shipyard, the navy even deliberately adopted the method of counterweight, and carried out various tests in advance during the voyage, so as to create a "fait accompli", but in the end, the navy's worries were superfluous, for His Majesty, perhaps dissatisfied with the navy's deception, but in the end he still accepted this fact, and even named the Zhiyuan class "battle cruiser" with great interest.

Thinking of the importance His Majesty attaches to these two warships, Ye Zugui turned his eyes to the warships, and he could clearly see the obviously "bulging" lightning protection shells near the waterline on the side side.

"This is an anti-torpedo belt designed by His Majesty!"

Ye Zugui couldn't help but smile, at first they couldn't understand the intention of adding a mine protection shell, but in the end they liked this modification method very much, in order to be able to thicken the main armor belt, the bottom underwater protection of the Zhiyuan ship was weak, and the torpedoes and mines of dozens or hundreds of pounds of loading yào exploded underwater, often able to blow up the battleship chills, in the Russo-Japanese naval war, the Russian Navy's "Petropavlovsk", the Japanese Navy's British-made "Hatsuse" and "Yashima" battleships were all sunk after touching one or two mines, What's more, it is the Zhiyuan, which has weak protection at the bottom of the ship, and after His Majesty heard the introduction, he specially studied a solution.

The solution was to add mine protection shells on both sides of the hull, which were attached to the armored hull but did not extend to the bow and stern, providing additional protection only for the main compartments in the middle of the hull, which could be used to store fuel and water in normal times.

When a warship is hit by a torpedo or mine, the mine protection shell will of course be blown up by a large dòng, but with the mine protection shell, the explosion point is at a certain distance from the main hull, and the damage on the main hull is generally light. And if there is no anti-mine shell, the torpedo is directly gnawed on the main hull, although the navy has made some improvements to the structure of the anti-mine shell in the test corps, and the design details are also somewhat different from the original plan proposed by His Majesty, but the basic principle is the same.

According to the results of the Navy's tests, the "Zhiyuan" can fully withstand the attack of three white-headed torpedoes without much damage after adopting the anti-torpedo shell.

Moreover, the obvious "bulging" mine protection shell near the waterline on the side of the side has further improved the buoyancy, and the increase in buoyancy has made the navy have thickened the horizontal armor of the battleship, thereby enhancing its ability to defend against high-explosive shells, while the Japanese army is now unable to produce qualified armor-piercing shells, and all they use in naval battles is high-explosive shells that are loaded with gargling and exploding.

At this moment, as the battleship slowly slid into the sea, the shipyard's outfitting platform resounded with thunderous cheers from mechanics and naval officers and sailors.

"Don't forget the first day"! "Snow Armor Shame"!

As the battleship entered the water, the people on the outfitting table seemed to have fallen into a frenzy, and their first roar resounded through the sky. And it goes on for a long time. On the viewing platform. Several shì people came up with tall glasses full of blood-red grapes on trays. Everyone raised their glasses. It seems that the inside of the wine glass is as described in Man Jianghong.

Hun blood! It's just that the naval officers here prefer to think of it as a Japanese slave blood.

They believed that they would have a chance to thirst for the blood of the Japanese slaves!

"Your Majesty's telegram!"

Suddenly, with Ye Zugui's shouting, the people who seemed to be in a frenzy fell silent at the same time, and people stood in front of the rostrum. Looking at them, Ye Zugui's mouth moved slightly.

"The Zhiyuan ship, this is the first new warship built by our Chinese Empire. I am willing to use this to defeat the enemy. Invincible and indestructible. Shame on Snow Jiawu! ”

"Use this to defeat the enemy. Invincible and indestructible. Shame on Snow Jiawu! ”

Amid the roars of the people, Ye Zugui slowly left the outfitting shipyard, but instead of making a car, he chose to walk towards the Navy Headquarters building on foot, with Liu Guanxiong accompanying him.

"When I came, His Majesty specially told me that we must let "Dingyuan" serve as soon as possible! ”

"Is it ......?"

Liu Guanxiong's heart sank, and he vaguely guessed the reason, with Japan's victory in the Battle of Tsushima, the Sino-Japanese war was imminent.

"That's right, the navy must be ready for a decisive battle with the Japanese navy!"

Ye Zugui nodded.

"......"

"The Zhiyuan ship must form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, transfer the best officers and sailors, and ensure the combat effectiveness of these two warships, although His Majesty approved a special purchase budget of 120 million ships, but you know, the time is ......."

"120 million?"

Liu Guanxiong was so frightened by this number that he almost couldn't believe his ears, 120 million! It is enough to buy 12 "Mikasa" ships equivalent to the flagship level of the Japanese Navy, and even if you take into account warships such as auxiliary ships, you can purchase at least 5 battleships and 5 armored cruisers. ,

"If this money can be approved last year......"

"I couldn't buy a warship after it was approved last year! You can't build a warship in a year, and even if you want to buy it now, you have to do everything possible to buy a usable old ship! Do you understand? ”

Ye Zugui shook his head, and pointed his hand towards the Zhiyuan ship, which had already stopped at the berth.

"As soon as the Zhiyuan was put into service, overnight, all the warships in the world became obsolete, Britain, Germany, and the United States, their warships were all outdated, and these countries must eliminate their own warships, so we must seize the opportunity! Fight to buy a few of the best warships! ”

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