There is no doubt that the competition between the great powers in this time and space to build ships was launched earlier and more intensely. With the full display and threat of the two battleships of the Chinese Navy, the powers led by Britain and Germany did not need to hesitate at all, nor did they need to have a ten-year preparation period in the middle like another time and space, and they did not need to build those dozens of former dreadnoughts, but they could do it in one step.

It is not yet known what kind of changes this will cause. Yang Hao didn't care either, he purely belonged to the bad idea of running aside to watch the excitement after setting off the fire, and was full of interest waiting for the great powers to exhaust their financial resources in order to compete for maritime supremacy.

Of course, wouldn't it be more interesting if it could trigger an early outbreak of World War I?

Thinking so in his heart, Yang Hao was not paralyzed because of a momentary success. It's no problem to provoke a fire, this world is not about you or me, and countries want to compete for the right to speak, and do everything they can. But if you stand aside and watch the excitement, you should also be careful of setting yourself on fire. Britain and other powers are used to being arrogant, and this time they have suffered such a big loss in a cold manner, and they are equipped with so many warships and tens of thousands of soldiers, how can they swallow their anger?

The British Empire, at the end of the 19th century, was the undisputed number one power in the world.

The Soviet Union and the United States jointly seized the Suez Canal, the Strait of Malacca and other strategic points, and instigated their major colonies and federal states to declare independence. Without the overseas colonies to provide massive cheap raw materials, without those countries as dumping grounds for industrial products, and even more by the United States to take away the world's financial settlement rights, the British Empire, trapped in the British Isles, slowly slipped off the throne.

Until then. The decades around the twentieth century. Britain's authoritarian hegemony is not something anyone can challenge.

Yang Hao's momentary victory was far from enough to break Britain's bones. But it will only provoke unprecedented fierce retaliation. Now the British didn't wave their troops to kill him, but they felt that the cost was too great to be worth it. They want to make up for the shortcomings of the main ships of the navy first, and after rectifying the naval and land forces, they will come to the top with the power of thunder!

With such an awareness, Yang Hao did not sit on the gold and silver mountain and slept a lot. On the one hand, he used this as a reserve to issue national currency on a large scale, and made every effort to promote comprehensive changes in industry, agriculture, transportation, water conservancy, education, and government in the surrounding provinces, and at the same time devoted a considerable part of it to the upgrading and expansion of the navy.

At present, although there are four "Hebei-class battleships" launched, there are a large number of "Langya-class" light cruisers and "Dengzhou-class" destroyers as ailerons. But all things considered, by the time the four capital ships were officially commissioned, they could barely make up the size of a fleet. Not to mention pulling it out to fight, even if you want to use it to defend China's maritime borders, it is not enough to be tired of running for your life.

It is imperative that the construction of the second fleet be completed. In this regard, Yang Hao had planned and prepared early.

At the end of February 1897, while the countries were taking delivery of goods from Shanghai and paying for gold and silver, three warships, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, and Ningyuan (Fuji), were towed onto the slipway in turn. Replace the main turret.

The twin 305mm guns on the original three battleships were dismantled, cleaned and sold to the Germans. The vacant space was replaced with a triple 55x diameter 203mm gun. As a result, the three battleships were also officially decommissioned from the position of capital ships, turned into heavy cruisers, and joined the auxiliary ranks.

Since the plan has been made during the last upgrade, the refitting work has been carried out very smoothly. The short time was so short that it was almost imperceptible to the outside world, and it was not even discovered when the "Dingyuan" was put into maritime support for the Japanese war.

Don't look at the fact that the main guns of the three ships have been replaced, it seems that the threat has been greatly reduced, but in fact, their overall attack power and performance have skyrocketed!

The original version of the 305mm main gun only had a rate of fire of one round per minute, four 395kg armor-piercing shells per minute for a single ship, a maximum ammunition delivery capacity of 1,580kg, and a maximum firing range of no more than 20,000 meters.

The replacement of the 203mm gun has a maximum rate of fire of 4-6 rounds per minute, and the six guns of a single ship have at least 24 rounds of 152kg armor-piercing shells per minute, and the maximum ammunition delivery is as high as 3648kg! That's more than twice as high! If it is a high-speed launch with fully automatic loading, it can achieve more than three times the delivery volume!

Moreover, the new naval guns have a range of more than 27,500 meters, and even at a distance of 14,000 meters, they can have the terrifying power of piercing through 203mm armor!

Coupled with the bonus of shooting accuracy, the combat effectiveness of the three battleships soared in this way. In addition, under the weight reduction of the main turret and shells, the increase in boiler temperature and output, the speed has also increased to more than 20 knots, which is enough to ensure that the battleship is followed in regional battles.

Today, before the four real battleships were put into service, the three armored cruisers existed as a powerful force for patrolling the sea frontier and supporting the war against Japan.

In order not to arouse the vigilance of the great powers and arouse their impulse to attack, the renewal of the three warships was kept extremely secret. In order to achieve a sudden catch-up with the British, the Germans were naturally tight-lipped about getting twelve 305mm guns. He doesn't keep it secret, Yang Hao only gives him four cannons in three batches each time, and once the news is leaked, there will be no more behind. The Germans paid all the money, and of course they refused to suffer that loss.

After such rectification, Yang Hao temporarily had four heavy patrol/armored patrol forces with armor thickness that could resist the bombardment of battleships. The other four armored cruisers captured in the last East China Sea War were also sent to the slipway this time, and the original guns were dismantled and remodeled like disembowelment.

The original 234mm or other 152, 150 and miscellaneous caliber guns were all dismantled and replaced with all 152mm/47 times radial rapid-fire guns, supplemented by single-barreled 127mm secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns, and the bow and stern of these warships were modified.

After such a series of drastic modifications, the four armored patrols have long been unrecognizable. The original conning tower, masts, and chimneys have all disappeared, and have been unified into a simple structure of a tower-type bridge, a mast and a single chimney.

The main and auxiliary turrets add up to a considerable number, with at least 8 152mm guns and 6 127mm secondary guns per ship. Ensure that the amount of ammunition delivered and the strike range are sufficient. The bow of the ship was changed to a flying scissor bow. Wave resistance decreases. With the bow and high freeboard, it will not go up the waves when sailing at high speeds. Maximum conversion of hull power to high speeds.

After replacing the new heat pipe boiler and the dual-flow multi-expansion steam main engine, each ship has a minimum power of more than 30,000 horsepower, and the maximum speed soars to about 25 knots, barely keeping up with the needs of the battle.

Of course, these four warships cannot be treated the same as the "Langya class", and because of the inconsistency of shape, the armament, armor, displacement, etc., are not up or down, and they are among the advanced new ships. It can only be regarded as the level of the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan.

The navy also saw good things, and didn't like these battleships, so they simply used the twelve zodiac signs when naming them, that is, the four ships of "Zi Rat, Ugly Ox, Yin Tiger, and Mao Rabbit". The original intention was to make do with it as a supernumerary scattered thug for the time being, but I didn't expect that the luck of the twelve Yuanchen was strong, and it was not until a few years later that none of the strange-shaped warships named after the twelve zodiac signs were sunk! Xiangrui's mess!

Looking at the messy number of fleets on paper, Yang Hao, who is a little obsessive-compulsive, feels very obsessive. The Armada that roams the Seven Seas in his mind must be a neat lineup with clear priorities and proper priorities. Whether it's a group of four battleship main attackers meat shield, or four heavy cruisers roaming around acting as agile killers. It is still a light cruiser that hugs from front to back and watch the enemy's formation, which must be pleasing to the eye.

Therefore. After the transformation and commissioning of the above seven warships under the instruction arrangement, he resolutely returned to this time and space and went to the design institute of Langya Shipyard.

It is already the golden autumn and October of 2010, and the shipyard compound is still the same as before, whether it is the office building full of creepers or the mottled brick floor, it shows the vicissitudes and loneliness of the old factory. This is not because of Yang Hao's acquisition.

If you want to talk about changes, only the roar from the production workshop in the distance makes people feel that there is no tragedy of bankruptcy here.

The design institute, which occupies a small three-story building on its own, is surrounded by lush greenery, and there is only one path in and out that can barely be driven into a car. The parking lot in front of the building was empty, and a few bicycles tethered to the corner were covered in dust. You can imagine how lazy the otaku who work in the building are! Those bikes were supposed to have been bought under the pretext of exercising.

Needless to say, the culprit is naturally Liu Fatzi, who has the title of leader of the prop design team on his head.

This guy played tricks in Langya, tasted enough sweetness, and had a lot of fun. Not only did the work of the unit take a long vacation and did not go back, but even Shanghai did not go back. In his words, the crowded steel jungle city is everywhere, and people like him can't breathe when they go in, how can there be a pleasant scenery and comfortable environment in Langya, where there are green mountains, green waters, and rippling blue waves?

Besides, a good man should put his career first. He was in Jiangnan Heavy Industry all day long in front of a pile of useless drawings and materials, and could only bored lying in front of the computer and fighting with the same fans of online games in Tiannan and Haibei, where it was comparable to here, and he led a design team of unlimited scale, and he could put out the ideal ship at any time. The spiritual joy of realizing that ideal is incomparable!

Of course, most of the ships he called were props that were only one-tenth the size of the real thing, or exquisite models that were one-hundredth of a scale. There are only a few things that can cause real things, but they also make Mr. Fat Man smile with satisfaction.

Yang Hao hasn't been to the shipyard for a few days, and as soon as he appeared in the design institute coldly, he was warmly welcomed by a group of eyed otaku!

Liu Fatzi's tonnage of more than 200 catties was as agile as the wind, he pounced on Yang Hao's hand and clenched it tightly, shaking it vigorously and shouting: "My big boss Yang, your old man can be regarded as showing up." Are you here to reward the three armies today, or is there any good work you want us to do? You can rest assured that as long as there is a need, we will keep it properly. Everyone said, there is no faith! ”

"Yes! Great! ”

The group members, who were generally no more than 30 years old, patted their chests and packed tickets.

These guys are really idle and boring, and they design and build model props for the film and television city, naval club, naval museum, etc., and they almost don't need to spend half of their brain cells to send them away. The classical battleship they wanted to do the most cost hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn, and without Yang Hao's nod, they could only stay on the drawings.

As Yang Hao's work in the second plane became more and more busy, the lack of time to come here was outrageous, which made Liu Fatzi and the others anxious, wondering if it was time to break up?

In fact, it's understandable when you think about it. No matter how defeated Yang Hao is. There must be a limit. In addition, the constraints of the external environment also made it impossible for him to show his strength.

Until now. The "Vostok" heavy cruiser, which cost a lot of money, is still in the endless toss. The navy is very shameless and does not let go, and continues to use it as a platform to test various equipment, and when it will be delivered, there is really no spectrum.

Liu Fatzi and the others originally thought that when the battleship was officially completed, a group of them called friends and friends to gather friends from all over the world, get on the ship, and experience the power of the giant ship's cannons. But I couldn't wait.

In desperation. They had no choice but to take the time to fly halfway around the world, to Kenya in Africa, and get on two battleships in outfitting to have a good time. But the problem is that those two warships Yang Hao didn't plan to make a profit in this world at all, but just kept two looks good in Africa and acted as a link of close cooperation with the Kenyan government. Counting on pulling it out and dangling at any time? Then you have to be careful not to be messed up by the black hands of the United States or the United Kingdom. The loss, I can't stand it!

Liu Fatzi also thinks that Yang Hao's loser is almost the same as this journey, and it is impossible to go to the next level and build a 50,000-ton or 60,000-ton toy carrying a 16-inch cannon to mess around, right? That's not something that can be stopped by hundreds of millions or billions. No matter how rich you are, you can't be so bad!

So they thought that they might be happy in the days to come. It's all about drawing drawings, building models, and staking out props. didn't think about it, Yang Hao suddenly came, and Liu Fatzi swore with his fat body that he would definitely have a good job in this sixth induction test today!

The stars hugged Yang Hao into the big office like the moon, and everyone rubbed their hands and stared at him eagerly, waiting for him to say something he liked.

Yang Hao looked around, feeling as if he was being targeted by a group of hungry wolves, no matter how he looked at it, it looked like a widower who had been holding back for several years saw a little widow who was stripped naked, as long as a hint passed, he was going to pounce on the birds and bite them?!

This is a really bad feeling! His heart trembled, goosebumps all over his body, and he felt a cough interrupt everyone's forced gaze, and took out a USB flash drive and put it on the table.

Liu Fatzi's eyes were fast, his fat fingers were extremely sensitive, he jumped to the computer in three or two steps, plugged it in, opened the document inside and put it on the big screen. When everyone saw the rough indicator requirements above, their eyes widened and their eyebrows were overjoyed.

What Yang Hao proposed this time was the design requirements of two types of battleships and one submarine.

Among them, one battleship is to be based on the current "Hebei class", upgraded and expanded into a design of four triple 305mm turrets. Under the premise that the main engine system and main structure are not completely changed, it is guaranteed that its speed is not less than 30 knots, the combat effectiveness is sufficiently improved, the thickness of the armor cannot be reduced, and so on. Most importantly, there will be no major changes to the original design of the sectional construction work.

This should be convenient for the extremely backward engineering capabilities of the B plane, and ensure that the experienced workers can apply the experience without having to retrain.

Liu Fatzi pinched his chin and thought for a moment, and the corners of his mouth crooked and said confidently: "This is nothing!" Our original design actually had a certain margin. Now it is nothing more than to increase the length of the battleship a little more, add a fifteen-meter segment from the middle, and stuff a triple turret into it. The total width of the hull will not change much, but the displacement will definitely increase a lot. ”

The others nodded in agreement.

After all, they have the design experience of the previous one, and they know all the numbers by heart. The compact knapsack structure of the "Hebei level" has actually ensured room for expansion. Now it's just a matter of making the rear a little heavier.

Yang Hao knew that things were by no means as easy as they said. It is important to know that the addition of fifteen-meter-long segments and a main turret means an increase of thousands of tons in the total weight and displacement of the hull. Then the chimney integrated into the bridge and the setting of the power system of the compartment below, etc., are related to the stable change of the ship's center of gravity. It's about the same amount of work as redesigning one.

Liu Fatzi's gang is by no means nonsense. Over the years, they have been designing all kinds of designs on the Internet, scurrying around in the comment areas of major online articles, providing professional construction for novel authors, and there are countless kinds of warship designs in their heads.

After Yang Hao set up the design institute, they were more qualified to turn the design on the electronic drawings into full-scale models and manufacture them to fill the sample showroom. Some of them have also been staked out into 10-to-1 props for film and television companies and exhibited at the Naval Museum, and there is quite a lot of practical experience!

Especially after the power design company began to develop industrial steam turbines and introduced ship steam turbines, boilers, etc., they were able to combine the equipment they had in reality to make the operation of the warship real and credible. Take the company's money to the Navy's real yàn room and research institute to do a test, this kind of refreshing feeling of rising from a wild player to a professional engineer, no matter how much you spend, you may not be able to buy it!

This is also one of the reasons why they can stay in Langya Town.

Yang Hao likes their style of taking care of everything, coupled with the actual combat verification of a variety of warships that have been launched and put into service, which shows that this design institute with an average age of less than 30 years old is doing an excellent job, and the world-wide masters hidden behind them are quite effective with the assistance of veteran experts at the national level.

Patting his face with encouragement, Yang Hao said simply: "Okay, since everyone is so confident, I hope to see the official design drawings and lofting models, as well as the construction plan for sectional construction." ”

Liu Fatzi's spirits are lifted again, which means that they don't have to worry about loneliness for a long time. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he looked at the second battleship again, and when he boarded, he happily showed two rows of big white teeth, and shouted: "It's long overdue to get this big guy!" ”

Four super battleships with triple 16-inch guns, with uncertain displacement, require the use of ten twin six-inch 152mm secondary guns, and require heavy armor that can cover the main parts, and be able to defend itself against the strength and thickness of the 50-fold diameter main gun.

Liu Fatzi's expression was stern, and he rubbed his double chin and nodded cautiously: "To be strong and beautiful, this task is a bit challenging!" I like it! (To be continued......) R1292