Chapter 394 Sea Guerrillas

In the summer of the thirteenth year of Shenwu, the General Engineering Administration of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire ushered in a new glory. The Xiangying-class third-class sail battleship, which has been designed and developed since the eighth year of the Apocalypse, has finally achieved a phased victory and stepped onto a new level.

At the beginning of June, the No. 7 dock of Tianjin Royal Shipyard took the lead in completing the first all-steel battleship, which was named Xiangying as the first ship of the Xiangying-class battleship.

However, the newly completed battleship Xiangying was not a third-class sail battleship for which it was originally designed, but a new type of warship with only 60 guns and a tonnage of more than 1,500 tons.

Due to the fact that its firepower standards did not reach the standards of battleships of the third rank, they remained only at the level of cruisers. However, its tonnage exceeded the standard of a cruiser, reaching the standard of a battleship of the third rank or above. For this reason, the Imperial Admiralty had to reluctantly classify the Soaring Eagle class as a third-class battleship.

Originally, the Xiangying-class third-class battleship was going to be equipped with seventy-two guns, but because the design of the Xiangying-class was a streamlined design with a long hull, and the narrow hull was equipped with a number of bloated naval guns, the center of gravity was difficult to control, and the engineers of the empire were trying to find a way to solve this problem, but the Admiralty was too procrastinating because this project was too procrastinating and did not allow any further delay, so the Xiangying-class battleship shrank again and became a battleship with sixty guns.

The Xiangying class is planned to be a third-class sail battleship, including the bow mast with a total length of 73 meters, five meters longer than the previous 68 meters, 13.7 meters wide, 7 meters draft, and a mainmast height of 52 meters. All-steel hull with a standard displacement of 1500 tons. The four-masted Western soft sail and the double foremast are boldly designed to enhance the wind ability and increase the speed. The mainmast is hung with five crosssails, the backmast is hung with a triangular schoon, the diamast is hung with a seven-sided triangular steering sail, the flying scissor bow, the large ramming angle, the high freeboard wave protection design, and the trapezoidal stern. Sixty Shenwu six-year guns are assembled, with double-deck guns and alternate zigzag arrangements. The middle three-story bridge command platform, steel structure, capacity 400 people. At full speed, the maximum speed is 21 knots, the standard cruising speed is 18.5 knots, and the endurance is 6 months.

Due to the slender hull of the Xiangying-class, which reached 73 meters, the length of the ship's guns was limited. However, in order to ensure the range and power of the naval guns, the length of the naval guns could not be reduced, so the gun carriages had to be replaced with fixed gun mounts, because the naval guns were rear-loading fired, so the change to a fixed gun emplacement did not affect the battle, but saved most of the lateral space for the battleship, which was convenient for the artillery to organize the battle.

The appearance of the new warship is very beautiful, with a white outfit, a beautiful flying scissor bow, and a long streamlined hull, like a white angel in the sea.

However, underneath the beautiful exterior, this white angel is not a vase. Unable to meet the standard of 72 guns, the engineers increased the firepower of the Xiangying-class battleship, equipped with 60 of the latest Shenwu 6-year 20-diameter 150-mm naval guns, which was very powerful.

The Eagle-class battleship was made of all-steel, and although it was inferior to a first-class battleship in size and firepower, its armor protection was enough for her to survive under the firepower of a first-class battleship, and its speed was high enough to escape the pursuit of any enemy ship in the current enemy country.

Strictly speaking, this kind of battleship is not suitable for large-scale main fleet battles, because the cost of one Xiangying-class battleship is equivalent to the construction of two first-class battleships of the Dingyuan, and it is really not cost-effective to conduct large-scale fleet operations.

However, after previous observations of Sea Sparrow-class communication ships, the Imperial Admiralty found that high-speed warships were too advantageous in small-scale naval battles. If such a high-speed warship has a certain amount of firepower, then it will undoubtedly dominate in guerrilla warfare.

Therefore, the ultimate goal of the Imperial Admiralty in building the Falcon-class battleships became to create an invincible sea guerrilla force.

The Xiangying-class battleships had not yet been tested in actual combat, so after the completion of the Xiangying, the Imperial Admiralty temporarily approved the construction of four other warships, namely the "Xiangfeng", "Xiangyi", "Xianghong", and "Xiangbo".

The remaining four warships were all built at the Tianjin Royal Shipyard, about a year later than the Xiangying, and were expected to join the Imperial Chinese Navy in the summer of Shenwu 14.

Although the colonial war of the empire was temporarily stopped, the preparation of the navy did not fall. In order to hide from the people, the Empire has secretly established the Atlantic Fleet of the Royal Navy. And the soon-to-be-completed Sky Dome-class first-class battleships were incorporated into the Atlantic Fleet, and the future five Soaring Eagle-class battleships were also incorporated into the Atlantic Fleet.

In order not to strain the navies of European countries, the imperial government has not acknowledged the news of its intention to build an Atlantic fleet. However, the European countries are not unaware of it, and they are secretly engaged in a tense naval arms race, but all countries keep a low profile and try not to provoke the Chinese Imperial Navy and give them an excuse to formally form the Atlantic Fleet.

In the Yueyuan Pavilion, Deng Haonan drank tea and waited.

After about a cup of tea, footsteps sounded behind the screen in the back hall.

Deng Haonan put down the teacup and followed the prestige.

I saw two pretty maids flashing out behind the screen, and the stars were holding the moon to protect a beautiful woman with condensed skin and bright face.

In the autumn waves, Deng Haonan met her eyes and saw that God was seizing it.

Deng Haonan had seen Xing Yuan from a distance before, and he was already amazed. Now watching this woman who stirred the legendary story of the late Ming Dynasty up close, Deng Haonan understands the great pride of 'crying the six armies and rushing to the crown'.

Xing Yuan, who I saw in the teahouse before, deliberately hid his identity and didn't dress up. Looking at her now, she is the real Oiran dress. I saw that her head was combed with a fallen horse bun, towering and sideways, with her slender and graceful figure, slender waist, beautiful jade neck, white skin, and even more charming and colorful. The eyes are deep and dark, and the light of the water shines brightly when looking forward to it, no wonder it is so attractive, it is really moving.

Deng Haonan said secretly: With Concubine Xiang's beauty, she is also inferior to two points, which shows how attractive she is. It's just that Xing Yuan's eyes revealed a hint of coldness, which made Deng Haonan suddenly sober up.

After Xing Yuan sat down, his jade face was slightly upturned. Deng Haonan's sobriety surprised her a little. So Yanran smiled and said: "Wanfen has something to do, tired Yang Gongzi has been waiting for a long time"

Deng Haonan pretended to be a relative of the emperor and called himself the surname Yang of the queen's family.

"It's okay" Deng Haonan smiled and said: "I can't recite poetry and sing poetry, and I can't sing about wine, except for liking to fight unevenly, I can't find any advantages."

Xing Yuan was stunned by Deng Haonan's words, and couldn't help but laugh, and the rare smile made her very charming.

"I didn't expect Yang Gongzi to be so funny"

"Thanks for the compliment"

Xing Yuan looked at Deng Haonan for a while, remembering that he had seen him in the teahouse, so he smiled more.

"The prince is a relative of the emperor and his surname is Yang, so he must be a member of the queen's family, no wonder the guards around him are all Sanpin's inner guards"

Deng Haonan smiled slightly, this identity cover is okay.

"I heard that if you want to meet Miss Xing again, you have to go through the test of Miss Xing"

Xing Yuan smiled, she knew that Yang Gongzi in front of her had already inquired about some things about her, so she couldn't use the previous means to win him over.

"It seems that Yang Gongzi is very anxious"

Deng Haonan said in passing: "Miss Xing's demeanor doesn't know how many men will fall down, if I don't hurry up the schedule, I will regret it to death."

Xing Yuan was a little overwhelmed by Deng Haonan's straightforward words, his pretty face was slightly red, and he glanced at Deng Haonan with disgust.

"It's rare for Yang Gongzi to value a little woman like this" Xing Yuan's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said: "Then I'll say it directly"

Deng Haonan nodded, looking very confident.

"Then please go to Shuncheonfu first."

Unbeknownst to him, Xing Yuan suddenly glanced at Deng Haonan slyly, which made Deng Haonan suddenly feel a little uneasy.

"Someone Coming"

Deng Haonan was stunned for a moment, but unexpectedly, the door opened at this time, and a group of policemen broke into it.

"He harassed me" A