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Wednesday, June 8, 1622.

Located on the East River Bay side of Manchuria's Long Island New Area, Beiyang Shipbuilding now has two dry docks, 2,000 tons and 3,000 tons, as well as four slipways, the latest one of which is still under construction.

The final outfitting work of the flying scissors merchant ship "Baxia", which belongs to the state-owned import and export group, was completed in early June, and the shortage of material transportation and Azorean trade capacity for the construction project in Shuangwan City, Bermuda Island, will be alleviated to a certain extent.

The shepherds and hounds sail galen are being maintained in two dry docks, and on the slipway on the shore are the next three new ships of the short shirt class, of which the "Prisoner Niu" and "Pixiu" are part of the urgent order of the State Import and Export Group, which will be completed in four months to coincide with the last batch of Azorean trade before the winter of the year.

The third ship, "Weiyanggong", belongs to the order of COSCO International Trade Corporation. This is the result of Ren Changle's begging father to sue his grandmother for a corporate loan from the central bank, plus a patchwork of things. In order to save money, the construction period of the Weiyang Palace was extended to six months, at least for this year, Ren Changle will not be able to sit on the European side.

On slipway four, the newest 60-horsepower river steam carrier has just been launched, and soon after, the first of the military's shipbuilding program this year, an expanded version of the enterprise-class light cruiser, the 1,500-ton Republic-class light cruiser, will be built.

In an office in the Navy Command building, just a few hundred meters from the shipyard, an important discussion is underway.

Through the glass window. In the distance, the inland steam cargo ship of slipway No. 4 was slowly sliding into the waterway, and the commander of the navy, Wang Tiezhu, turned around and carefully began to look through the proposal in his hand. You Qi stood aside and smiled and waited for the other party's question.

"With your general ticket, I naturally believe in the quality of shipbuilding, but why did you propose to change the shipbuilding plan at this time? Can it still be changed temporarily? The commander of the navy was a little puzzled and spread the two pieces of paper on his desk, one on the left and one on the right, and was stunned when he glanced at them.

On the left, is the original plan for the construction of a 1,200-ton light cruiser. It's basically a simple expanded version of the enterprise level. Under the condition that the keel length remains unchanged, the corresponding parameters are adjusted, and the normal construction period is basically the same as that of the enterprise-class light cruiser. It took only six months to work on the fine work.

The new plan on the right made Brigadier General Wang Tiezhu's eyes light up. In the new plan, except for the same weapons and equipment. Almost the entire battleship is completely new from the inside out, the length and width of the battleship have increased a lot, and the standard displacement has directly reached 1500 tons!

"Standard row 1500 tons?! Built in our ship type, the length has increased a lot, we have such a suitable keel? The commander of the navy was happy for a few seconds, and then frowned instantly.

"The keel problem, I have found a solution with the stone, the splicing keel of the modern wooden sailing ship!" You Qi hurriedly stretched out his hand to help the commander of the navy open the second page of the new plan, pointing to the legend above and introducing, "This keel manufacturing process." It allows us to build large-tonnage warships before we have an iron keel! ”

North American beech or fir wood, which has a maturity of more than 40 meters in 100 years, is one of the several keel materials that Beiyang Shipbuilding Company can find at present. Coupled with the metal ferrule treatment process at the key stress point, it is enough to undertake the construction of a wooden sail warship of about 1,000 tons.

The previous enterprise and short shirt clippers used this type of keel scheme. But with the republic-class light cruisers. You Qi intends to experiment with the spliced keel manufacturing process of modern sailboats of later generations.

Calculate the strength and weakness of the mechanical stress point, multi-segment high-quality hardwood keel splicing, and use red-hot copper bars and iron bars to quickly circle and nail at the splicing place, and then carry out water-cooled cooling and cooling, which must be done in one go in a very short period of time, otherwise it is easy to have a significant reduction in processing quality.

It is said that this is also a decision that You Qi had to make. Because the development process of hundreds of horsepower class steam units is not smooth, the development of guide zhì hydraulic press and steam forging hammer is still far away, and it is still unknown whether the future Constitution-class sail cruiser can use iron keels and high-horsepower steam units.

Although the keel splicing processing process is more complex, it can break through the length limitation of a single whole wood keel, and can reach or even exceed the former in terms of comprehensive performance, laying the foundation for the large-scale sailing ships. On the other hand, it is also possible to allow enough time for the iron keel manufacturing process to be perfected before use.

Because of this, the previous design scheme of the standard displacement of 1200 tons of light cruisers was finally changed by You Qi. The latest design has been raised directly to the standard displacement of 1,500 tons, which will exceed the original limitations of the Enterprise class light cruiser in many aspects, and even leave plenty of room for future upgrades to sail hybrids.

"Take our navy's ship-building for testing?" Wang Tiehammer touched his chin, a little hesitant, but the parameters of the plan in front of him were really tempting.

The bow of the clipper, plus the underwater bulbous bow, the underwater hull is covered with copper, the total length is 82 meters, the waterline is 72 meters long, the width of the ship is 11 meters, the draft is 4 meters, the length-to-width ratio after optimizing the line type is reduced to nearly 7:1, in order to improve the hull yaw performance, the mature steam-assisted sail lifting device that has been used on the short shirt class flying shear merchant ship is adopted to reduce the manpower to control the sail, the maximum speed will not be less than 16 knots, the loading of supplies is more, and the full load displacement is close to 1800 tons!

The armament will continue to be the same as that of the enterprise class, and the actual number of officers and men will be about the same as that of the enterprise class. The new 1,500-ton Republica-class light cruiser will have better long-range combat performance and self-sustaining power at sea.

Thanks to the use of a more mature wood drying process and the addition of copper in the underwater hull, the new Republic-class light cruisers will have longer combat readiness voyages and shorter maintenance times, and the service life of the battleships can reach at least fifteen years, and the annual maintenance cost will be even lower than that of the enterprise class.

Yiqiē looks so "perfect" that Navy Commander Wang Tiehammer can't put it down when he holds the design draft.

"That's good...... Build fine points. A long time is acceptable, and the service life is also guaranteed. The commander of the Navy pinched the draft of the new plan and finally began to nod, "Such a plan, the cost will be a little higher, right?" ”

"Well, it's higher, but the overall cost performance of long-term service is much higher than that of the enterprise level!" You Qi smiled. Quickly turned another page, which recorded the stage schedule of the construction project, and the small list of ship price figures written in the corner.

Look at each other's fingers. Wang Tiehammer was directly stunned, and the cost of a single ship was as high as 270,000 US dollars! It is almost close to catching up with the cost of two enterprise-class light cruisers, and the old 1,200-ton scheme is only 200,000 dollars.

The total amount allocated to the Navy in 1622 was only 580,000 dollars. Such a ship will take up nearly fifty percent, and don't think about other things.

"Xiaoyou, Mr. You, you are here...... Hey, you're too hard at making money, aren't you? Wang Tiehammer seemed to remember the process of the national budget dispute at the end of last year, and couldn't help but stare at You Qi.

"General Wang, Commander Wang, you also want to see if this plan is worth the price?! Not to mention that this keel processing and manufacturing process is complicated, just the bulbous bow and underwater hull copper will cost tens of thousands more! There is money, Jiang Zhaolong, they earned it! ”

You Qi hurriedly pointed to the list of construction works. Wantonly put all the increased shipbuilding costs on either General Industries or Huamei Wood. In short, his Beiyang Shipbuilding Company was completely thinking about the long-term development of the navy this time, and it almost reached the point of hemorrhage for voluntary labor.

"Sharp teeth and sharp mouth, it seems that starting a company and doing business is different......" Wang Tiehammer pinched a new plan for building ships. Reluctantly looked at it, and finally sighed, "I need to communicate with the Ministry of Defense about this, and I'll give you an answer in two days." ”

"Hey, it should be, it should be. At that time, as long as you say a word, new plan or old plan, I will start work immediately! ”

Leaving the naval headquarters, the smile on You Qi's face slowly receded, looking at his shipyard in the distance, the young engineer's eyes were filled with a layer of fiery passion.

The naval command and the Ministry of Defense naturally cannot ask for the tonnage of new warships to break through the design limits and continue to expand, but what will be followed is a sharp increase in the cost of building ships. The adoption of the latest design scheme for the two Republic-class light cruisers in the annual shipbuilding plan will inevitably lead to a huge gap in the annual naval shipbuilding budget, and combined with the huge financial burden of Ming Dynasty immigrants on the current backs of the country, it is almost wishful thinking to persuade Congress to allocate additional shipbuilding costs.

After weighing for a long time, after obtaining the consent of the Ministry of National Defense, the Navy Command finally gritted its teeth and changed the annual plan for the use of funds, and the two Republic-class light cruisers originally planned to be built in installments, and part of the annual research and development funds for the Constitution-class sail light cruisers will also be allocated to ship construction to fill the big hole caused by the rising cost of building ships.

In order to ensure quality, the normal shipbuilding period will also be extended to more than 10 months, and the service period of the "Republic" that is now under construction will not be until April next year at the earliest, while the construction of the second "Exploration" will not be launched until the completion of the fifth slipway, and the construction period will be postponed in stages until after August in the second half of next year.

Such a major adjustment is a bit of a pitfall, but at least it was not cut by the Ministry of National Defense that the two ship-building plans that were "the only remaining fruits" this year, and Wang Tiezhu was quite acceptable.

After the continuous replenishment of European shipbuilders in the new year, there are now more than 200 European shipwrights and technicians in the Beiyang Shipbuilding Company, of which more than a quarter are technicians who have emigrated for more than one year. Including low-level Indian employees, the number of workers in the company is close to surpassing the 500 mark.

The new republic-class light cruiser, in You Qi's eyes, not only adds new profits, but more importantly, this class ship will greatly improve the technical level of the shipyard, and many construction links can also improve the technical upgrading and proficiency in the fields of machine tools, metals, and wood processing.

In addition to the ocean-going vessel business presided over by You Qi, Shi Yige's inland waterway ship business orders have never been interrupted. This year, Beiyang Shipbuilding Company's business scale is excellent, which makes all investors extremely satisfied, and it is expected that the annual share dividend will be one of the best among all private enterprises in China.

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