The Hall of Diligence in the Three Seas. Before Xu Jie entered, all the warships in the Beiyang Naval Division and the Japanese Combined Fleet had already been arranged in the huge hall. Of course, some of these ships have not yet been put off the slipway, or even on the slipway--! (For example, the newly ordered battleships in Beiyang, such as Yoshino in the book) But this does not hinder Xu Jie's performance at all, because here, no one can surpass him in his grasp of the direction of history, and no one can surpass him in his understanding of the naval battles and the direction of the battleships at that time. And he must also seize this opportunity, this kind of display that can make the Qing government's top brass face the gap between the two sides will not be too much, and it is estimated that this is the only time!!

Taking the opportunity to raise his head after kowtowing, Xu Jie swept the people present. The old woman in an embroidered hundred butterfly robe facing him didn't need to ask, it was naturally the Empress Dowager Cixi. It gives people a cold feeling, and the young man next to her who is wearing a dragon robe and has a handsome face is naturally the nominal ruler of the Qing Empire, Emperor Guangxu. And the alcohol king sat on the embroidered dragon pier opposite Guangxu. Li Hongzhang sat down next to the alcohol king. And as for the others? Which generation of emperors stood aside like a small official. I'm afraid that someone has caused something recently, and even Cixi can't stand it, right?

"You're Xu Jie?" Young Guangxu looked at it curiously and asked.

"Back to the emperor, the minister's father moved to ...... America during the Longhair Rebellion." Xu Jie no longer knows how many times this is the first time he has stated his revolutionary history. It is already possible to do a "performance" with emotion.

"It's rare to be rich and not forget your homeland." When he heard that Xu Jie still abandoned Houlu, a high-ranking official in Italy, and returned to the Qing State to serve the country, Guangxu was also a little moved.

"Which Italian designer Vittorio is your friend? And the warships ordered by Beiyang this time were also designed by you? Then Guangxu suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked.

"Back to the emperor, this Vittorio is indeed a friend of the minister, and the design of this battleship Weichen is indeed involved." Xu Jie's heart tightened, what's the matter? Guangxu still wants to turn over old accounts?

"This man is really arrogant." Thinking of the incident in Beihai, Guangxu's face became a little ugly.

"This foreigner is used to flying with strong ships and cannons, if I also have the strength of the Italian national naval division in the Qing Dynasty, even Britain and France will not dare to despise it." Xu Jie said carefully. But he couldn't help scolding in his heart, if it wasn't for the Wen Ting-style who didn't know how to come out and cause trouble, how could there be such an accident?

"Do you know what I called you in?" Thinking that Dingzhen in Beiyang was worthless by others, he felt that the Qing Dynasty did not have the capital to argue with the powers, so he changed the topic.

"I know a thing or two." Xu Jie said.

"From here, this Beiyang Fleet can really be called majestic." Guangxu said excitedly. Xu Jie looked to the side, and the Beiyang Eight Great Distances and Super Yong Yang Wei were lined up in a two-ship formation. And the **-class light armored cruisers ordered this time were arranged in separate columns.

"How does this new ship compare with the warships that the Italian state has equipped itself?" Guangxu asked.

"The new ship ordered by Beiyang in the Qing Dynasty is redesigned by Wechen, and the warships of this type ordered by Spain or Italy are all dome armored warships, while Weichen redesigned armored warships for Beiyang. At the same time, a new type of fast gun was adopted. The combat power is no longer comparable to its predecessor. Xu Jie said loudly, when it comes to battleships, Xu Jie is quite confident.

"Tell me about the benefits of this ship." The alcohol king on the side said.

"I would like to ask Admiral Ding, what is the rate of fire of my Beiyang Zhiyuan's 21-liter gun?" Xu Jie did not answer King Alcohol's words positively, but asked Ding Ruchang.

"In wartime, it's two minutes at a time." Ding Ruchang said.

"And the rate of fire of the battleship ordered by me in Beiyang is two rounds in 1 minute." Xu Jie said proudly.

"In the future, don't talk nonsense. No matter how sharp the Italian artillery is, it is impossible to be 4 times faster than the German Krupp artillery, right? Master Weng scolded loudly.

"May I ask Lord Weng, do you know battleship artillery?" Xu Jie asked pretending to be curious.

"It's ......." Weng Tongyi was also depressed, why do you like to ask like this?

"Your Majesty, please take a look." As he spoke, Xu Jie took out two bottles from the attendant's hands. First of all, Xu Jie took out a bottle with maroon granules and said. "It's maroon powder. It is the propellant that we are using in Beiyang now, which is made of black powder after water vapor passivation, and there is black smoke after ignition. And the medicinal power is small. "And this bottle is the smokeless gunpowder used by Western countries, which is strong and smokeless after launch." If maroon powder is used as a propellant. Artillery fires and waits for the smoke to clear before firing, while smokeless powder can be used to prepare for fire again. Subsequently, at Xu Jie's signal, the attendant walked out of the Qinzheng Hall and lit a little gunpowder outside. I saw that the smokeless gunpowder burned violently but smokeless, and the black smoke did not disperse for a long time after the maroon gunpowder was ignited. …,

"It's just a matter of propellant, please look at this, Your Majesty." Xu Jie continued. And one of the guards brought up two models, one was a model of a cannon, and the other was a model of a cannon. "The former artillery is the old artillery that is currently used in a large number of our Beiyang, and the artillery and the gun mount retreat together with each shot." Xu Jie said as he pushed the cannon on the model to demonstrate. "And if you want to fire again, you have to wait for the artillery to return to position. But there is no need to retreat the gun, only the barrel retreats after firing, and the reentry machine on the gun can automatically return the barrel to its position. As he spoke, Xu Jie pulled the model of the tube again.

"As far as Wei Chen knows, this artillery is nothing unique, and the warships of England are already equipped with this kind of tube cannon ," Master Weng said disdainfully.

"Damn, this master Weng has done some homework." Xu Jie thought in his heart. "But if you really play the navy, you will give ten Weng Tongyi for nothing!!" Thinking of this, Xu Jie smiled disdainfully. However, Xu Jie's move did not hide from the people present.

"What do you mean by that? Could it be that the old man is not right? Weng Tongyi blushed and asked angrily.

"I just think Lord Weng is a little too impatient, and he didn't wait for Weichen to finish speaking and draw conclusions, didn't he say it earlier?" Xu Jie restrained his smile and said. Later, ignoring Weng Tonggong's stubble, he continued: "With smokeless gunpowder and tube-annealed artillery, it is only the basic conditions for rapid fire of artillery above medium caliber, and 12-liter guns and 15-liter guns can already pass through the two points of rapid fire above guò, but artillery above 20 liters is not. ”

"Why not? Aren't these guns all the same guns? Guangxu also asked curiously.

"May I ask Admiral Ding, what is the weight of the shells of this 20-liter cannon?" Xu Jie asked.

"ACCORDING TO THE METRIC SYSTEM, IT IS ABOUT 100KG. Heavier than a robust adult. Ding Ruchang said.

"This is the crux of the matter, the 12-liter cannon and the 15-liter cannon can be manpowered, but the 100KG shells must be mechanically assisted, and the current auxiliary reloading equipment of the artillery is fixed on the terrace and cannot be rotated with the terrace, so after each shot, the cannon must be re-rotated to its original position before it can be reloaded. That's a lot of wasted time. The loading equipment of the new ship is rotated with the turret as a whole, and after firing, it can be reloaded immediately, which undoubtedly saves a lot of time. Xu Jie said in as simple language as possible. However, seeing the expressions of Guangxu and the others who seemed to understand whether they understood or not, Xu Jie couldn't help but feel a little helpless. Then Xu Jie continued: "When my new Beiyang ship arrives, if the bow main gun cannot reach the rate of fire of 2 rounds in 1 minute, Weichen will be at his disposal. "Yes, it's always okay to make a military order, right? Xu Jie said secretly in his heart.

"In addition to the artillery, the ship uses a new type of boiler and 3 expansion steam engines, and the maximum speed can reach 22 knots. For the speed of my Beiyang battleship. And with the protection of new armor, it can be said that whether it is artillery power, speed or protection, it is the most advanced in the same class of warships. "Since the artillery problem is entangled, let alone power and protection, you and Guangxu said that the water tube boiler and hardened armor are not playing the piano to the cow? I have to talk about it in general. As for the speed, because Xu Jie can't determine how many tons of displacement there is after the modification, and he can't determine the final power, he can only be conservative first. Just in case.

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