"When will these backward and ignorant Chinese also design battleships? Do they understand what a battleship is? After the defeat in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the backbone of their navy was broken. Major Marcos thought with disdain. He was even ready to use sharp words to satirize these self-defeating Chinese as a tribute to their denigration of the 'German-class' battleships.

However, when the blueprints were placed in front of Major Marcos, he was completely stunned.

"This, is this the battleship you designed?" Major Marcos seemed completely unable to believe what was in front of him.

Minister Hahausen and Klaus also came over, although they did not understand the navy either. However, the five-seat twin-mounted main gun seen from the design drawings seems to be very powerful in the way of the central axis layout.

"This is the battleship we are going to build, and we will name it the 'Dragon Teng-class' battleship!" Wu Haoxuan said with a smile on his face.

In fact, the 'Longteng-class' battleships were completely drawn by Wu Haoxuan based on the 'King-class' battleships that the German Navy would start building in the future. It's just that improvements have been made in some areas.

The 'Longteng-class' battleship has a length of 175.4 meters, a width of 29.5 meters, a draft of 9.1 meters, a standard displacement of 23,581 tons, and a full load displacement of 29,200 tons. It is armed with 5 twin 305 mm 50 x caliber main guns, 14 155 mm 45 x caliber single guns, 10 88 mm rapid-fire guns, and no underwater torpedo tubes. The five-seat twin-mounted main gun adopts the layout of two in the front and two in the rear. The knapsack design allowed the battleship to fire at one side with ten main guns. At the same time, Wu Haoxuan planned to use heavy oil boilers and steam turbines on this battleship. Allowed the battleship to reach more than 21 knots. The thickness of the armor on the side of the battleship was 350 mm, the frontal armor of the turret was 300 mm, and the armor of the conning tower was 350 mm. This allowed the battleship to have the strongest defense in the world. Together with the design of watertight compartments and anti-mine protrusions, the survivability of the battleship will be further improved.

"This battleship is really tough! Five twin 305mm guns, though as many as the main guns of the British battleship Dreadnought. However, the Dreadnought had only four main guns capable of firing at one side at the same time. The 'Dragon-class' battleships, on the other hand, have five main guns capable of firing at one side. In addition, the battleship's defense was far stronger than that of the Dreadnought, and the 50-caliber 305-mm gun was also more powerful than the Dreadnought''s 45-caliber 305-mm gun. This makes this battleship more powerful than the 'Dreadnought' battleship. Major Marcos thought to himself. Although he was a little incredulous that such a formidable battleship was actually designed by the Chinese. However, he had to admit. This is indeed a very formidable battleship. Not only was it more powerful than the British 'Dreadnought' battleship, but it was also more powerful than the 'Nassau-class' battleship that the German Navy was preparing to start work on.

"If the German Navy can be equipped with this type of battleship, it will definitely be able to beat the British." Major Marcos thought to himself.

"Your Excellency, Young Marshal. I have to admit. This is a great battleship. A lot of novel design concepts are adopted. However, if this battleship is to be built, I am afraid that it will face several problems. Major Marcos said.

"Oh? Your Excellency, what are the questions? Wu Haoxuan asked. Although, he was able to come up with such a blueprint. However, China did not have the strength to build such a battleship. If the Chinese Navy can be equipped with two 'Longteng-class' battleships, it is estimated that it can directly confront the Japanese Navy. After all, the number of battleships of the Japanese Navy was large. But they were just some former dreadnought battleships.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister. The displacement of the battleship was too large. It's very difficult to build. In addition, the 305-mm gun, which is fifty times the caliber, is very expensive. The use of five main guns along the central axis certainly made the battleship's firepower unprecedentedly powerful. However, if you shoot, I am afraid that it will cause the battleship to shake and affect the performance of the main gun. Thirdly, steam turbines and heavy oil boilers, although Germany began research in this area, there are no mature products yet, and I am afraid it will be difficult to equip this battleship. Fourthly, the battleship was not equipped with torpedo tubes, which is really abnormal. Marcos said.

Wu Haoxuan nodded: "Your Excellency, although the displacement of this battleship is close to 30,000 tons, with Germany's shipbuilding strength, it will definitely be able to be built easily, but it may take a little more time." Although the 305 mm gun is expensive, it has a stronger armor-piercing ability, as long as it can destroy the enemy's warship in a naval battle, what is more expensive? As for the stability of the battleship, the hull with a width of almost thirty meters is already able to resist this very well. Steam turbines and heavy oil boilers, which can bring more power to the battleship. If a coal-fired boiler and a three-expansion reciprocating steam engine were used, the speed of the battleship would probably drop to about 18 knots, which did not meet our requirements. As for the steam turbines, the Parsons steam turbines were already used on the battleship 'Dreadnought', and they seemed to work well. If Germany did not have such steam turbines, we would have to consider buying them from the British. As for the problem of torpedo tubes, in naval warfare, lightning strikes are often carried out by small warships, and there are very few cases in which battleships directly launch lightning strikes. In this case, there is no longer a need to install torpedo tubes on battleships. These torpedoes, after all, are also an unstable factor, and if they are martyred, they will bring a disaster to the battleship. ”

Major Marcos nodded, although he didn't quite agree with Wu Haoxuan's opinion. However, he had to admit that Wu Haoxuan's point of view seemed to be very reasonable. In addition, this kind of 'Dragon-class' battleship is indeed excellent.

"Your Excellency, one more point. According to the design indicators you proposed, the cost of the 'Dragon-class' battleship will probably be very high. I hope you will take this into account. Major Marcos reminded. He tentatively estimated that the cost of this class of battleships would be at least 45 million marks.

In fact, when the construction of the German Navy's 'King-class' battleships began two years later, the cost was as high as 50 million marks. This is nearly 20 million marks more expensive than the cost of the first dreadnought ship planned to be built by the German Navy, the 'Nassau-class' battleship, which cost 31.5 million marks!

"Of course, Your Excellency Major, I believe that the price is a little more expensive. But definitely great value for money! Wu Haoxuan nodded. If the Northern Navy can be equipped with two 'Dragon-class' battleships, it will have a huge advantage over the former dreadnoughts of the Japanese Navy. At that time, I am afraid that there will be a scene of the 'Longteng-class' battleship sling the battleships of the Japanese Navy.

Major Marcos nodded, since Wu Haoxuan didn't care about the cost, then he didn't have to worry about it.

Minister Hahausen and Claes breathed a little quickly, such a battleship means a high cost, but also means a huge profit! In particular, Krupp can provide more things for this kind of battleship, main guns, armor steel and other things, so that Krupp will be able to share a large part of the battleship order.

"Your Excellency Young Marshal, I wonder how many 'Dragon Teng-class' battleships you plan to order?" Klaus asked.

"Two! We plan to equip two battleships of this class, the first ship 'Longteng' and the second ship 'Longxiang'. Wu Haoxuan stretched out two fingers and said.

"Two?" Klaus's face flushed with excitement, two such battleships meant that the price was probably around 100 million marks.

"Your Excellency, in addition to these two battleships, what about the light cruisers and the large torpedo boats?" Marcos asked.

"We also need a high-speed, high-endurance light cruiser, and this is the design drawing." Wu Haoxuan took out a design drawing again.

This class of cruisers was named the 'Northern Seven Provincial' light cruisers, which Wu Haoxuan modified on the basis of the German Navy's 'Dresden-class' light cruisers. The ship is 128 meters long, 13 meters wide, 5.4 meters draft, 4,100 tons of standard displacement, and 4,880 tons of full load displacement. It adopts oil-fired boilers and steam turbines, and the main engine has an output of 18,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 26 knots, and a cruising range of 10,000 nautical miles and 12 knots. It was armed with twin 155-mm guns in the bow and stern, four 105-mm single-mounted guns on each side, four 88-mm rapid-fire guns and four 37-mm rapid-fire guns, and four 500-mm torpedo tubes in the bow. In terms of armor, the thickness of the side armor is from 80 to 100 mm, the deck armor is 20 mm, the turret armor is 120 mm, and the command tower armor is 120 mm. Such a defense, among light cruisers, is already considered good.

Compared to the original Dresden-class, the Northern Seven light cruisers had a larger displacement and were much faster with steam turbines and oil-fired boilers. In addition, the armament is also more powerful, and the endurance is also stronger. This was requested to meet Wu Haoxuan's blow to Japan's sea transportation lines. After all, the high speed could evade the pursuit of the Japanese Navy, and the high endurance could ensure that the battleship could fight at sea for a longer time. Powerful armament, which can suppress those light cruisers of the Japanese Navy. In the event of an armored cruiser, it can be evacuated at high speed. For those merchant ships, it can be easily sunk. It can be said that this is a light cruiser designed to break diplomatic relations. (To be continued......)

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