The brief data of the two classes of ships are also clearly recorded on the manuscript of the folder -

Tiger Light Patrol:

Standard row: 3517 tons

Speed: 28 knots

Main guns: 2 x 150mm/45x

Secondary guns: 8 x 120mm/45x, 6 x 75mm/50x

Torpedo: 2 twin 500 mm tubes

Endurance: 7,200 nm/10 knots, 4,500 nm/18 knots

Crew: 368.

Leopard light patrol:

Standard row: 5860 tons

Speed: 30 knots

Main guns: 8 x 150 mm / 45x

Secondary guns: 8 x 90mm/45x, 4 machine guns

Torpedo: 4-seat twin 550 mm launch tubes

Endurance: 9,000 nm/10 knots, 5,800 nm/18 knots

Crew: 381

Water machine: 1 machine.

……

"Ping'er, study hard, although you are studying in the army academy, as the crown prince, you must have the knowledge and courage to grasp the overall situation, understand?" Qianhua wasted no time in educating her younger brother.

"The emperor taught ...... lesson"

Although Ping'er sat in the position of crown prince, it seemed that she had not been able to enter the state for a long time - forget it, this is also expected.

Qianhua muttered in her heart, but found that Liu Ping's face suddenly flashed with excitement.

"Everyone, please look up to the sky, the airship unit of the Fifth Air Force of the Naval Aviation is passing through the sky over the sea area under review in formation." The male announcer's magnetic reminder voice on the loudspeaker immediately gave the answer.

This kid...... It still hasn't changed, and I'm crazy when I see an airship.

Qian Hua sighed in his heart, raised his binoculars, and there were a total of eight airships passing in front of the Imperial Throne Ship, all of which were of the same cigar-shaped appearance, and all had wide tail rudders, a streamlined half-buried main pod, and an engine compartment independent of the main pod, except that the front four looked smaller and the last four were larger.

"Elder Hu, these airships look familiar, not much different from the army's." Liu Ping's eyes were reluctant to leave the telescope.

Hu Keen sighed: "Your Highness is right, these are originally modified from the army's 'Ziyun' and 'Qiangyun' attack airships that participated in the Asian-Russian War, and are equipped with high-powered telescopes, advanced navigation and positioning systems, and high-power radio equipment, which can not only carry out ultra-long-range strategic reconnaissance missions, but also carry out continuous monitoring of designated sea areas, or escort surface fleets. Because it can stay in the air for several days in a row, it can be equipped with guns and bombs to attack, and it also has a strong communication capability, which can be said to be a sharp weapon against enemy submarines. ”

"A weapon of anti-breaking warfare." Chiba added.

"The Emperor's Wise ......"

At this time, the airship team played red, blue and green signal flares to both sides, as if the goddess scattered flowers, and the gorgeous signal flares fell with a semi-arc trail, which attracted a burst of surprise and admiration in the VIP seats.

"Underwater, on the water, in the sky, the empire's fleet is everywhere, the soldiers are well-armed, mighty and majestic, enough for foreigners to drink a pot." Liu Bailiang, the chief of the general staff on the other side of the throne, seemed to be infected by this atmosphere and became complacent.

"The key is to give the Germans a drink, so that they can understand our strength and realize the bright prospects of cooperation with us...... Of course, if this is enough to deter the Entente and the United States and promote the success of the negotiations, it is naturally very good, and you can go to the Temple of Heaven to burn a few tons of incense and kill thousands of pigs, thank God. Yang Zhengjin, the current de facto leader of the old officer corps, said leisurely while holding a teacup.

Before the airship team was out of sight of the audience, the fourth column of 9 armored cruisers cleaved the waves, and billowing soot erupted from the towering and dense chimneys, and the hull of the light cruiser, which was much fatter than the light cruiser just now, was equipped with a battleship-class 305mm main gun - this is also a first for the Chinese.

"Your Majesty, the first two Kunlun-class armored cruisers are the latest in the front, although they are still called mounted cruisers in name, but in fact they are designed according to the new concept of 'heavy cruisers' unique to our country. Different from China's previous stages of cruise, the ship has canceled the broadside gun silhouette gun as the main source of firepower, as well as the 305 mm main gun that is enough to fight the battleship, but is uniformly equipped with 4 twin 210 mm main guns and 4 twin 120 mm auxiliary guns, the layout is very simple, due to the use of heavy oil boilers, the speed has also been greatly improved, the comprehensive performance is enough to overwhelm the various protective cruisers and armored cruisers in service abroad, and has excellent ability to break and escort each other, and has a very wide range of application prospects. The Navy has ordered a total of four ships of this class, and originally wanted to order four more, but due to the large gap in funds for the construction of capital ships, the intention to place additional orders has been cancelled. ”

Since the crown prince who is not a futuristic person is still present, Hook naturally cannot explicitly say that the concept of "heavy cruisers" appeared after the First World War in the history of another time and space, and before that, cruisers were divided into "protective cruisers" built with the concept of dome armor, "armored cruisers" equipped with broadside armor belts, and "reconnaissance cruisers" that were extremely fast but weaker than protective cruisers.

The data of the "Kunlun" class are as follows:

Standard displacement: 11815 tons

Maximum speed: 28 knots

Main guns: 4 twin 210 mm guns

Secondary guns: 4 twin 120-mm guns, 4 60-mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 machine guns.

Torpedo: 4-seat twin 550 mm launch tubes

Protection: main armor belt up to 220 mm

Endurance: 9,000 nm/12 knots, 6,000 nm/18 knots

Water machine: 1 machine

……

"The largest of the two 'Kunlun' class is the successor of the 'Suzhou' class, the 'Chaoyong' class 'Yangwei', equipped with a more advanced 305 mm gun and more perfect protection, unfortunately, compared with the most advanced so-called 'battle cruisers' of Britain and Germany, this class of ships has become obsolete and can only be used to suppress various protective cruisers, armored cruisers and old warships in service in various countries. At the end of last year, the 'Chaoyong' of this class of ships went to sea with a task force composed of a total of four warships, and it is scheduled to complete the 15 th naval round-the-world exercise in one year. ”

When Hook said this, he glanced at Liu Ping: "At that time, Your Highness will board the Imperial Throne Ship of the British King, and inspect the ships on the foreign seas like those foreign dignitaries here today. ”

Liu Ping nodded obediently: "If I have to do this, I will do my best...... The language issue is not a problem for me. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is twenty years old, and he is already an adult, so this little thing is nothing to him. Isn't it, Ping'er? Qianhua smiled and straightened Liu Ping's ribbon.

Liu Ping subconsciously rubbed his hands: "I also want to thank the emperor for allowing me to visit Europe, although it has only been less than a year, I still want to see it again." ”

"You want to see someone, right?" Qianhua almost spit out this sentence.

Considering the young man's face, it was better not to make jokes about him in front of the old ministers - while thinking so, he swallowed the words back.

It's like being a sister and a mother at the same time...... There's no way, the Queen Mother doesn't care about anything, she hides in the garden every day and recites scriptures, so she thinks that she takes care of these little guys instead of her father, after all, she is still a younger brother and sister born to the same father, and she can't die if she spends a little more brains.

Qianhua thought as she flipped through the folders, and the "super brave" level information flashed by:

Standard displacement: 15018 tons

Maximum speed: 24 knots

Main guns: 2 twin 305 mm

Secondary guns: 10 guns of 150 mm, 8 guns of 75 mm

Protection: main armor belt up to 200 mm

Endurance: 8000 nm / 12 knots

Water machine: 1 machine

……

The six ships behind the "Chaoyong" class are all old ships before and after the Asian-Russian War, of which four "Suzhou" class and two Yunzi ships were inevitably reduced to obsolete things in the 1910s after the birth of battle cruisers.

“Look！ NewBattleship！ Someone in the VIP seat suddenly shouted, and everyone's eyes invariably focused on the fifth reading column that was still turning behind the fourth column.

The soot and mist gradually dissipated, and the fifth column completed the turn one by one, and all of them entered the reading channel, and the clear figure of the pilot ship was first exposed in front of the expensive lenses of countless high-grade telescopes-

The stout triangular mast supported an octagonal iron house with many glass windows, and above it was a tower-shaped object with a long transmast-like object protruding from either side—presumably the legendary new main gun commander. Next to the front triangular mast, from top to bottom, a thick and smooth combat command bridge, a navigation bridge and other related superstructures are built in turn. Below the navigation bridge, the cylindrical structure protruding slightly forward should be the theoretically most heavily protected command tower in the whole ship, and a smaller gun commander is placed on the top of the command tower, which is supposed to be used for secondary guns.

In front of the command tower, there are two twin turrets full of suffocating heaviness arranged in a stepped shape, the thick barrel, the huge gun port, and the wide hull, the tower-like front superstructure are perfectly combined, the aesthetics of the big ship cannon is naked, intuitive and textured, without a trace of embellishment, there is no doubt, as if there is a magic force that chokes the neck of the audience, making them unable to breathe, unable to think, and ascending into heaven or hell of pure sensual visual stimulation.

Two large chimneys, painted yellow, occupy a prominent position at the front of the ship's swollen section, behind which are two large booms, and a square, semi-enclosed building (water hangar?). On the roof of the square building, there are several gun emplacements with excellent firing ranges, maybe anti-aircraft guns?

After this, there is the rear mainmast, which has a small lookout platform on top, just a single steel barrel, followed by a second secondary gun commander and two large turrets, also arranged in a stepped pattern.

At this time, Hook was also full of pride: "The latest battleship of the Imperial Navy is still in sea trials, and it has not yet been officially commissioned before it rushed to participate in the parade under His Majesty. Before the introduction, Your Majesty can take a look at the information. ”

"Very beautiful battleship." Qianhua nodded and flipped to the next page.

densely, I copied a whole page:

"Yangbo" class battleship (Battleship No. 16 of the Ship Administration Headquarters)

Budget of 1908: Wave by Wave, Wave by Wave

Budget for 1909: Fubo, Driving Waves

Ship Name: Yangbo (BB17), Chabo (BB18), Fubo (BB19), Driving Wave (BB20)

Shipyard: Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port | Beiyang Heavy Industry Dalian Shipyard / Dalian Port | Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port |

Commencement date: 1908/07/22|1908/08/10|1909/09/20|1909/10/02

Date of launch: 1909/06/03|1909/07/25|1910/08/10|1910/08/30

Displacement: 27,500 tons standard / 30,500 tons fully loaded

Size (m): 197 (waterline 190) x 28.5 x 8.8 (m)

Power: 16 Jianben-III heavy oil boilers, 4 groups of "Qiankun" steam wheels

Power: 60000 hp

Speed: normal 25 knots, cruising capacity 8000 nautical miles / 11 knots; 5000 nautical miles / 18 knots

Main guns: 8 350mm/45 times the diameter (successfully developed by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Artillery Bureau in 1909), 4 twin turrets, centerline arrangement, electric lifting device to increase the speed of the shell to 5 rounds / min, the rate of fire 2.3 rounds per minute, the projectile weight (armor-piercing projectile) 635 kg, the body life of 350 rounds.

Secondary guns: 12 150mm/45x diameter guns, gun frame mounted, firing 45 kg armor-piercing shells, maximum range 19,100 meters, rate of fire 5 rounds per minute.

Secondary guns: 16 75mm/50x guns, 8 each in the bow and stern, with a maximum range of 9,800 meters, using 8 kg blasting shells with a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute.

Anti-aircraft guns: 2 x 90mm/50xD, 2 x 60mm/50xD.

Water machine: 3 units

Torpedo: None

Crew: 1065 people (in peacetime, 50 officers), 1385 people (in wartime).

The maximum thickness of the main armor belt (bow/amidship/stern) is 150/350/100 mm

The thickness of the front and rear watertight partitions is 250 mm

Horizontal armor plate thickness 120 mm

Turret (face/side/roof/turret) 350/200/100/300 mm

The maximum thickness of the conning tower is 350 mm

Design opponents: British "Orion" class (22200/25850 tons, normal maximum speed 21 knots, 10 343 mm guns), "George V" class (23000/25500 tons, normal maximum speed 21 knots, 10 343 mm guns), "Iron Duke" class (25800/30400 tons, normal maximum speed 21 knots, 10 343 mm guns);

German "Caesar" class (24,724 tons/27,000 tons, normal maximum speed 21 knots, 10 305 mm guns), "King" class (25,796 tons/28,600 tons, normal maximum speed 21 knots, 10 305 mm guns);

American "New York" class (standard row 27,000 tons, normal maximum speed 21 knots, 10 356 mm guns), "Nevada" class (standard row 27,500 tons, normal maximum speed 21 knots, 10 356 mm guns).