Both the engineers of the design institute and the officials of the Admiralty were shocked by Wang's request. "The domain name of this site is spelling,Please remember the domain name of this site!" 0 05 mm naval guns, what a lot of firepower this must be! With a speed of up to 2 knots and armor 00 mm thick, this is undoubtedly a battleship that is ahead of all the warships in the world. However, their first reaction was that this request was a bit too unrealistic to be fulfilled.

"No, Your Excellency, although your idea is very good, it can't be done at all. 0 05 mm naval guns, if fired in a salvo, the strong recoil will break the dragon bones of the battleship. Surely you don't want your ship's keel to break after a few salvos, right? "Barcles? Smit said.

"Then strengthen the keel and support the hull with a stronger keel!" Wang Yuze insisted.

"Well, we can reinforce the keel. However, with the thick 00 mm armor you are asking for, plus the main gun, the speed simply cannot reach 2 knots! "Barcles? Smit said.

"How can you know if you can't do it without trying? If the power is not enough, more boilers can be installed, and the drum boilers and the latest steam turbines designed by the Academy of Sciences can be used, and the four-shaft propulsion method can be used. I think this will definitely solve the problem of speed! Wang Yuze said.

"However, in this case, the displacement of the battleship will increase a lot. I am afraid that the full load displacement will be more than 20,000 tons. In addition, the cost of construction will be extremely high. "Barcles? Smit said with a frown.

"It doesn't matter! We have enough money to build such warships. Believe me, Lord Smit, this ship will be an epoch-making battleship. Your name will be known to the world as one of the best warship designers of the century! Wang Yuze said bewildermently.

Barclays? Smit was silent, as if pondering the feasibility of what Wang Yuze was talking about. However, Wang Yuze's sentence that he became the most outstanding warship designer of this century deeply moved him. Didn't he come to China because he couldn't prove his worth in Germany? There is no doubt that this is a great opportunity for him. If he succeeds, his dream will come true.

"Well, Your Excellency, you convinced me! I'll immediately take someone to design this battleship! In half a year, I'll give you the battleship you want! "Barcles? Smit said firmly.

"Half a year is too long, we don't have that much time anymore. Months, months later, we need to start building this battleship that shocked the world! Wang Yuze said.

"Alright! I'll try to get this ship up to three months! "Barcles? Smit said. There is no doubt that he likes Wang Yuze's battleship that shocked the world very much. As the designer of this battleship, he will definitely be able to make a name for himself because of it.

After that, Barclays? Smit immediately took someone to study it, and even the follow-up introduction of the battleship was carried out by others. However, Barclays? Smit did it. After three months of all-night work by the engineers at the design institute, the design drawings of a battleship called the "Zhonghua-class" appeared in front of Wang Yuze's eyes.

The "Zhonghua-class" battleship has a standard displacement of 500 tons, a full load displacement of 2,500 tons, a total length of 6 meters, a width of 25 meters, a draft of 9 meters, a power of 6 drum boilers and two state-of-the-art steam turbines, a power of 25,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of more than 2 knots (the maximum speed of 22 knots in the test run after successful construction), and a cruising distance of 0 knots / 7,000 nautical miles, It is armed with 4 twin 05 mm 50 x caliber naval guns (this naval gun is more powerful and has a longer range than the 05 mm 45 x caliber naval guns of British battleships. At the same time, four twin cannons were enough to form a powerful firepower, so the planned 5 were not used), and the knapsack turret was used, so that all eight main guns could fire at the unified side, and 4 main guns could fire both forward and backward, 0 05 mm rapid-fire guns and 0 7 mm rapid-fire guns. Torpedo tubes were eliminated. Because in the real still, lightning strikes are carried out by cruisers or destroyers. The armor is made with a new type of armor researched by Krupp, with the addition of nickel-chromium alloy to the steel and the use of an improved carburization process on the surface of the armor to make the armor stronger, and this 52 mm Krupp armor has the same defensive power as 75 mm composite armor or 406 mm wrought iron armor. The armor of the main gun and bridge was 05 mm, the deck was 65 mm, and the broadside straps were 20 mm. There is no doubt that this is an epoch-making battleship, and its appearance suddenly made all the battleships under construction and even in design in various countries obsolete. However, in the process of construction, the Chinese Navy adopted a high degree of secrecy, and the former Barclays? The parameters of the battleship designed by Smit were revealed as fake news. After the "Zhonghua-class" battleships of the Chinese Navy were put into service, the countries found out that they had been deceived. After being reviewed by Wang Yuze, it was decided to start construction on the spot, and in order to maintain his superiority over the Japanese Navy, he agreed to build four ships at one time, namely "Zhonghua", "Yanhuang", "Huaxia" and "Shenzhou". It's just that the Zhao family of this battleship is extremely expensive, and each ship has reached 000,000 yuan, which is equivalent to two million pounds. If it weren't for the 200 million pounds in reparations it received from Japan, China would not have spent so much on its military.

In addition to the "Zhonghua-class" battleships, the new design of the design of the heavy cruiser "Beijing class" has also officially started construction, the "Beijing class" heavy cruiser, with a displacement of 0,500 tons, a total length of 0 meters, a width of 6 meters, and a draft of 75 meters. The armament consists of two twin 05 mm 50 times the caliber naval guns and six 05 mm caliber single guns; 6 mm single-mounted guns; 7-mm cannons; 4 475 mm water torpedo tubes. It is powered by two drum boilers, two steam turbines, the main engine power is 20,000 horsepower, two shaft propulsion, and the maximum speed is 2 knots. The armor was 200 mm at the waterline; deck 60 mm; main gun turret 05 mm; Command tower 05 mm. Because of the use of new armor steel, the defense capability of the battleship has increased a lot, but the armor has been reduced a lot. This allowed the "Beijing-class" heavy cruisers to carry more powerful main guns and have higher speeds. This heavy cruiser is almost able to compete with foreign battleships. The cost of this heavy cruiser is not low, each cost 4.5 million yuan, which is almost higher than the cost of Japanese battleships. However, under the condition of abundant funds, Wang Yuze still placed orders for ships in one go, namely "Beijing", "Tianjin", "Shanghai", "Nanjing", "Guangzhou", "Changsha", "Kulun" and "Dihua". With the addition of the previous Chengdu-class heavy cruisers, the Chinese Navy will have 6 heavy cruisers whose combat power rivals that of the capital ships. The four heavy cruisers of the "Chengdu" class of the second batch were "Xi'an", "Lanzhou", "Xining" and "Wuhan". As long as these warships can be put into service smoothly, the Chinese Navy will once again have an overwhelming advantage over the Japanese Navy.

There is also the latest class of light cruisers "Tianshui class", "Tianshui class" light cruisers, with a displacement of 4,500 tons, a length of 90 meters, a width of 2 meters, a draft of 54 meters, and two twin 55-mm naval guns, which are placed in the bow and stern respectively. In addition, there are 6 05-mm rapid-fire guns as secondary guns, and the millimeter rapid-fire guns are mounted. In addition, 7-mm rapid-fire guns were installed on the sides of the battleship. It will be powered by six drum boilers and a steam turbine with a main engine power of 12,000 horsepower, two-shaft propulsion, and a maximum speed of 0 knots. This will be the fastest cruiser in the world, and Wang Yuze is very satisfied with this. Because in the next three years, the Chinese Navy needs to snatch food from the mouth of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, and needs a large number of fast warships to cruise the vast Pacific Ocean, so after Wang Yuze's consent, the Navy placed an order for six ships in one go, namely "Tianshui", "Wuwei", "Longnan", "Qingyang", "Pingliang", "Zhangye", "Linxia", "Jinchang", "Baoji", "Xianyang", "Weinan", "Ankang", "Hanzhong", "Tongchuan", and "Shangluo". "and" Yulin ".

In addition, the destroyers, which have just been finalized, have also increased their orders, from the initial 20 to 30 ships. Although this makes the Chinese Navy need to spend nearly 100 million yuan on building ships, this money has to be spent, and the Chinese Navy has to face more than just the Japanese Navy. If you want to snatch Hawaii from the hands of the U.S. Navy, how can you not work hard to improve the strength of the Navy? Fortunately, the strength of the US Navy has just begun, and the combat power of their cutting-edge battleship "Indiana-class" may not even be able to catch up with the "Beijing-class" heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy. As long as the time comes to send four "Peking-class" heavy cruisers and matching warships, Hawaii can be held.

In addition, although it has consumed a huge amount of military spending, it has also stimulated economic growth and played a great role in improving the economy.

The frenzied investment in the navy of China and Japan has caused the Far East to enter a frenzied arms race, and even Britain and the United States on the other side of the ocean have to speed up the pace of naval construction. Although they strongly support the confrontation between Japan and China, what if Japan loses? So, they had to make complete preparations.

In addition, the Russians accelerated the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The construction of this 92-kilometer-long railway began four years ago, but due to geographical conditions and financial reasons, the construction speed is very slow. However, as China and Japan began to compete for hegemony in the Far East, Russia knew that if it did not speed up, by the time they built the railway, China and Japan in the Far East would probably have already won the battle, and Russia would have no chance of getting involved in the Far East at all. For this reason, Tsar Nicholas II, who succeeded to the throne last year, borrowed heavily from France for the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, demanding that it should be opened to traffic in five years, at least most of the sections.

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