ACT157: Non-existent battleship
After the battle, the Soviet mechs that had fled quickly returned to the battlefield where the smoke had not yet dissipated, and at the same time, Zhao Jian's Hydrangea arrived. They need to bring back all their own and enemy damaged mechs, because there are many parts on them that can be recycled, and the "joint parts" are the most important.
As early as the First World War, 70% of the 300 British armored planes that debuted were self-destructed due to "arthropathy". At the time, humanity's best bearings and lubricants could not keep these metal giants running for long, and the problem of wear and tear of joint parts was not solved until after the war, and it was not surprising that some ancient techniques were applied.
In 1923, the first man-made "superalloy" was born, a rare metal with so high hardness that it was cast using a "special method" that would hardly cause any damage to it by conventional means. Originally, it was intended for mass production to build the hull of a battleship, but the actual production capacity was very low, and it was finally applied to the joint parts of the armored machine, which greatly improved the reliability of the mecha.
A total of 23 mecha wreckage on both sides were dismantled by the mechanics when they were brought back to their hometown.
The Soviets' own mechas, which part of the application of superalloys, they themselves know very well, and they are quite handy to disassemble, while the Germans' mecha they have to be more careful. In addition to the regular parts that must be used with superalloys, they also have to carefully check the other parts so as not to fall off the good things.
"! These Germans are such a waste that the entire knee joint is made of superalloy. Fascist Bigman of Dog Day! ”
During the dismantling process, the engineers naturally couldn't help but compare the parts of the two sides, and the result was that the Soviets had to admit that their parts were not comparable to the Germans in terms of craftsmanship and materials. Zhao Jian, who was following the scene, picked up two large bearings from the table, and immediately realized the gap between the rich and handsome and the short and poor.
The bearings of the Germans are made entirely of superalloys, while the bearings of the Soviets are composite structures, with only a thin layer on one side of the friction surface, and ordinary steel for the middle interlayer. It's a lot of hard work. But the same mech. The Soviet goods only need to use one-third of the superalloy of the German goods, and in fact, the difference between the two effects is not very large, unless you encounter a fierce man like Chrisgar who is so rough that he can "desteel" the bearing.
"Hongling, look. The peculiarities of the two countries of the Soviet Union and Germany. It can be vividly reflected from this! ”
"Then young master, which one do you like?"
"It's hard to say. I like the delicacy of the Germans, but I also appreciate the practicality of the Soviets! ”
Throwing the two parts back on the table, Zhao Jian was not very interested in this little bits and pieces. At this time, when they heard a burst of enthusiastic cheers outside the workshop, the two of them walked quickly outside and followed the eyes of the crowd, only to see that a large number of spaceships were landing collectively in the air, and the whole scene looked spectacular, and several of the warships received the most cheers.
"That should be Haimei I, right? It really deserves to be the smallest dreadnought in the world, and if you don't look at those 12-inch guns, it's almost like a heavy cruiser. ”
Among these spaceships that landed, Zhao Jian recognized at a glance the Haimei I, which is currently the "acting flagship" of the Republican Navy. The other side was the third ship of the Spanish-class battleships. The hull was launched in 1913, but it was not completed until 1921 after the war due to the withdrawal of British technicians from the outbreak of World War I.
After the outbreak of the Civil War, she was the only main warship that remained on the side of the republican government.
However, although it is said to be a "capital ship", the performance parameters of the Spanish class are really the same as her tonnage, which is the bottom of the store. With Spain's current financial resources, they could no longer afford to support too many warships, so in Franco's large-scale construction plan, the heavy patrol would become the new main force.
"Xiaoling, our 'emergency measures' should be in place, right?"
"Just stand by in the shadow of Venus, ready to go at any time."
"That's good, my two eyelids have been jumping together lately, and I'm worried that something big will happen......"
While the Republican fleet landed in the colony to rest, on the other side, the main force of the rebel fleet led by Alfonteo was gathering on the periphery of Stargate's fourth projection area. In the face of such an unusual situation, several shipwives gathered on the turret of Alfonso XIII could not help but discuss.
"Sister Alfontso, don't even you know who we're greeting?"
"If I knew I'd shake my legs?"
Sitting on the barrel of her gun with her chest crossed, Alfontso felt very restless. She loves to play tarot cards and divination her future fortune every morning, but in recent days the cards have become more and more unlucky, with the three cards of Fool, Death and Demon appearing frequently. Thinking of this, Alfontso subconsciously glanced at a faint star in the sky.
"Look! Something is coming out of the drop-off area! ”
The first to discover the situation was Bariari, and the ship's mother immediately turned their attention to the projection area, the star field that was still empty just now, at this time there were two dimensional vortices forming, those who are familiar with interstellar navigation know that this is the situation when the spaceship is about to complete the jump, the larger the area of the twisted vortex, the larger the spaceship that jumps, so Alfontso knows only by visual inspection that the two guys who are coming are much larger than themselves.
"It's out! This...... Are these guys really our reinforcements? ”
"The one on the right should be a British Lion-class battlecruiser, and the one on the left...... It seems to be a Japanese Kongo-class. You see that the shape of her bridge is not the same as the one on the right, and there are only two chimneys. ”
Completed at the beginning of the First World War, Afonso quickly recognized the two ships by their appearance.
But what puzzled her was that the captain had clearly told her that they had come to welcome the "new ally", but the two warships that came out were one from Britain and the other from Japan. These two countries had already made it clear that they would not interfere in Spain's "internal affairs", but now they quietly and secretly sent warships over, which is really strange.
And Alphonso felt that if he remembered correctly, the three British Lion-class battlecruisers should be gone. The third ship, Queen Mary, was destroyed in the Battle of Jutland, while the Lion and the Royal Princess were decommissioned after the war, and the hull was dismantled and sold. Now that such a ship has come out of nowhere, Alfontso feels like she's seen a ghost! (To be continued......)
PS: The universe is the stage of the protagonist, and the four-way war is about to begin!