The 120mm rapid-fire guns imitated by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau have been built a total of 12 so far. Last year, a test shot was delivered, and the results were satisfactory, but it did not seem to have attracted much attention from Li Hongzhang.

Until the beginning of the month, the situation in North Korea was urgent, and under the repeated exaggeration of the "Guowen Bao", the war clouds were thick, and Li Hongzhang took precautions and ordered the rest of the rapid-fire guns to be transported to Weihai to try to install them. But by this time, 6 guns had already been transported to the Guangdong Naval Division. The Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau left one door by itself, so this time only 4 doors were shipped, and 5 doors were shipped before and after.

The archives of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau: In the 20th year of Guangxu, the Haiphong Ordnance Bureau allocated four 40-pound all-steel fast guns to the Coastal Defense Ordnance Bureau; 1,600 each of flowering and solid bullets; 400 steel bullets; 500 copper shells for fast shells; 1,000 electric tap fires for the gun door; 2,600 guns with brass pipes; one hundred and sixty gunpowder bags; smokeless fire - eight hundred pounds of medicine".

To be honest, 5 guns, 3600 shells, it's really not much. This rapid-fire cannon can shoot up to 10 rounds a minute, and even if it can hit 2% of the shots, it looks good. Apportionment again...... It's definitely not enough.

If Yang Hao hadn't appeared, these five guns would have been loaded onto the two ships "Guangyi" and "Guangbing" that had come to participate in the military parade and did not dare to go back because of the outbreak of plague in Guangdong. Now, it can be strengthened to the more needed two-way stern.

"Laiyuan Ship", which also belongs to the right wing army led by Liu Buyun, he took the lead, and after everyone finished appraising it, he ordered the battleship to set off. Black smoke billowed from the chimney, and the battleship started slowly, slowly heading out of the harbor.

Although he was not happy in his heart, Liu Buyun still invited Yang Hao to enter the armored command tower with him. This time, he would never casually praise the armor of this battleship, not even mentioning the advanced electrification equipment of this era.

Unexpectedly, Yang Hao was extremely appreciative of the 250 or so electric lights installed on the whole ship and the two searchlights with an illumination of 40,000 candles: "Although the brightness is a little worse, and the life of the bulb is not long enough, it can be regarded as relatively advanced." However, if the power can be strengthened a little more, the main engine can be increased to more than 12,000 horsepower, and the speed can be increased to more than 20 knots per hour, it will be more impressive. If the two 150mm secondary guns can be replaced with Armstrong 40x radial rapid-fire guns, it will definitely pose a great threat to the Japanese army! ”

Yang Hao was telling the truth. For the time being, the design of the "Laiyuan Ship" is very distinctive. If he had changed his way of thinking, at least it would not have been difficult to deal with the current Japanese army.

Liu Buchan said in his heart, doesn't Lao Tzu know this? Still reminded with you kid?

Qiu Guandao, who didn't know that there was a verbal dispute just now, didn't like to listen to it, and said coldly: "Could it be that Mr. Yang also has a way to overhaul the entire battleship?" I am afraid that even the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau does not have such ability, and no one in the Qing Dynasty has such ability. ”

According to what he said, it will be disemboweled, and it will hurt the muscles and bones of the whole ship. How many people in the Great Qing Kingdom can understand the design drawings? Does anyone know where to move and where not to move? You can't even modify a tail gun!

Yang Hao raised his chin and smiled proudly: "It's a trivial matter!" Not to mention refitting the ship, it is just a matter of time before it is rebuilt. If Li Zhongtang is willing to give up power and get the silver, the company can provide the best warship in the world! Even if it surpasses the Fuji-class battleships ordered by the Japanese, no problem! ”

Liu Buyun and the others all looked disbelieving.

In today's world, there are only a handful of national shipyards that can build advanced warships. Why don't you have your Yang's so-called "Yanhua Foreign Company", even if you can modify the cannon now, it is just a small job compared to designing and building the entire ship. Bragging, who wouldn't?

Liu Buyun didn't refute him directly, he pondered for a while, and suddenly asked: "Mr. Yang has always said, what kind of powerful method is the new warship of the Japanese people?" But more than what you said about the armor? ”

Qiu Baoren and the other officers also pricked up their ears and stared at Yang Hao's mouth. The term "battleship" is new to the Chinese Navy, they have not experienced much in the development of sail battleships, but they sound very powerful.

Yang Hao was about to give them a wake-up call, and said without concealment: "In order to fight against the Dingzhen Second Ship, the Japanese ...... in 1892 Oh, that is, in the 18th year of Guangxu, it was decided to build two 11,400-ton warships. In order to raise a total of 21 million yen, last year, Emperor Muhito took the lead in saving court expenses and eating only two meals a day. and issued a royal decree to reduce the salaries of all civil servants by 10%. This year, they ordered Fuji from Thames Iron Works in the United Kingdom and Yashima from Armstrong Shipyard. Fuji cost 10.38 million yen, and Yashima cost 10.5 million yen. ”

11,400 tons and a few other counts, which made everyone gasp! The 21 million yen budget is even more impressive! The Japanese worked so hard to build battleships?!

However, they didn't know that Yang Hao was going to disclose these numbers in the "Guowen Daily" recently. As for who he could hit, he didn't care at all.

He continued: "The final standard displacement of this type of warship is 12,500 tons, the total length is 144 meters, the total width is 22.3 meters, the draft is 8.1 meters, the main engine power is 13,500 horsepower, and the maximum speed is 18.3 knots. Its main guns are 2 twin-mounted 40 times diameter 305mm advanced guns; 10 152mm rapid-fire guns; 24 47mm single-mounted guns, 5 45mm torpedo tubes! Special reminder to everyone, its British 305mm gun, the rate of fire is 2-2.5 rounds per minute! ”

"So fast!"

Liu Buyun finally couldn't hold back anymore! Just hearing 40 times the diameter he knew was bad. As we all know, the longer the barrel of the artillery, the greater the armor-piercing ability, and it is obvious that the second ship of Dingzhen will absolutely not be able to carry it. But the worst thing is the rate of fire! Directly more than four or five times more than the two ships! This means that one of its warships can overwhelm two Dingyuan ironclad ships more than enough!

Not to mention the 10 rapid-fire secondary guns, what a bunch of volcanoes!

Yang Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, and a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "The armor of the ship is also very impressive!" Its waterline armor was up to 457mm thick, the deck was 63mm, and the bridge was 356mm. Don't forget, this is Harvey nickel steel armor with 1.55 times the defense power of wrought iron armor! Even the British themselves did not know what a thick defensive force they had piled up on it! In my opinion, at least in today's world, its defenses are impregnable! ”

"It's ......!"

You look at me, people, and I don't know what words to use to describe it. What do the Japanese want to do? How could such a powerful warship be built! In such a comparison, what advantages does the Dingzhen Second Ship have at all!

I was still proud before, and the armor of the second ship in Dingzhen was heavy and unsinkable. Now compared with the Fuji class, it is outdated in all aspects! But what's worse is that almost no one in the imperial court, except for Li Zhongtang and them, cares about the construction of the navy. All of them are busy working for the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother in October!

Liu Buyun could only sigh faintly. He reported many times, and Admiral Ding also made a lot of excerpts, and Li Hongzhang Zhongtang repeatedly asked for it, but all of them were swept back by the word "no money".

Xiu Sanhai is rich, who dares to say more about the question? Didn't Li Zhongtang also have to help get the account from the Beiyang Naval Division, so that the outside world would look more decent?

Looking at the disgraced faces of a group of people, Yang Hao finally said his intentions: "Everyone, in order to expand the navy, the Japanese ordered battleships, which can be said to be smashing the pot and selling iron. In the end, they may not be able to make up the 21 million yen payment. For this reason, they deliberately provoked disputes in Goryeo. Because they know that the whole Qing Dynasty is not willing to cause more trouble in order to celebrate their birthday. ”

"In this way, they can create friction, provoke war, seize on your eagerness to settle the situation, and extort money. Not to mention the cost of building the ship, they can even get the funds to train their troops and improve their education! So, this battle is settled. And you must not lose! ”

Liu Buyun was terrified! The corners of my eyes couldn't help but twitch! glanced at Qiu Baoren and saw each other's fear!

Why did Weng Tongyong's gang keep going to war? Because they know that Li Zhongtang is in a dilemma! First of all, you can't lose, secondly, you can't drag it out too long, and again, you can't lose too much! Otherwise, any one of them will disturb Lafayette's birthday, and you will have to go around without eating!

The most troublesome thing is that when the time comes, all kinds of basins will be buckled on their heads. What is a clear stream? Playing tricks and using the pen to frame and frame things out of nothing is exactly what they are good at! These people will not end well when they are born and die. It's chilling to think about!

At this time, they also understood why Li Hongzhang always wanted to ask for peace and emphasize. My family knows about my own family, and I really can't be sure that I can win Japan at sea!

Yang Hao gave them everything that should be said and what should not be said, which can be said to be a very risky move. However, he must also be benevolent and righteous, so as to be worthy of his heart. As for the series of consequences caused by this, it is to face up to hard resistance!

Liu Buyun lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time, raised his head suddenly, and shouted with a stiff face: "Okay!" Some of these are not true, whether they are true or not, they are still in between. Don't speculate. Let's test the effectiveness of naval guns first! ”

Everyone was stunned, and then they all understood, glanced at Yang Hao unnaturally, and hummed to cover up the past. A group of their dignified generals were bluffed by a few big words from a young second devil, which was very unseemly.

Yang Hao also roughly understood them, smiled, and said no more.

In the strange atmosphere, the "Laiyuan Ship" gradually accelerated out of the military port. Until it reached the water area about ten kilometers away from Liugong Island, he lowered a target boat from the ship, and then turned to open the distance.

At this moment, Yang Hao hid in the earbuds in his long hair, and suddenly there was a rhythm Morse code, which was the signal sent by Daddy Yang Haiwei from the X201 ship to the small tactical terminal he hung on his waist.

"There are enemy ships approaching, the coordinates are ......." PS: Thank you for the tip! Thank you for the daily renewal of the book friend space!