Forty-eight North Star Stars
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"Should I ask Beard and Monte to help him order that kind of battleship?"
Young Master Li was lying on the table, holding a pen with a sad face.
Now that the battle situation is now, there is nothing to worry about him, even if the political axe army will use the two destroyers that have just returned to China to give Monte a few times in the near future, it will not affect the mood of Young Master Li who seems to be happy and worried at the moment.
Because he was now thinking about asking the Chileans to help him order that kind of battleship from the British, and at the same time he was worried that the British would not agree to such a big purchase plan!
According to Master Li's calculations, if you want to blow up that chrysanthemum flag and curb the intervention of foreign forces, you need at least two battleships and four large cruisers!
In fact, with the identity of the BB Party of Young Master Li, who relied on Baidu Niang in his previous life and read all the battleships in the world, everyone would think that he should be able to choose battleships, but in fact this is impossible. Because it is now 1891, the new cutting-edge of the British Empire, which created the pre-dreadnought era, has just been launched, and it is impossible for the British to build a dreadnought now, even if Master Li does it himself, it is impossible!
Don't think that the dreadnought is as simple as unifying the caliber of artillery, from the ship type to the new armor, from the watertight compartment distribution to the compartment design, from the open turret, to the fully enclosed rotating turret, especially in terms of power, the emergence of new boilers and epoch-making steam turbines, the reason why the dreadnought can become the benchmark of the times is because of the maturity and use of these technologies.
What Young Master Li has to do now is to combine the existing technology to build a battleship that suits him and is slightly better than the Sovereign class.
Polar Star!
Two ships!
Thinking of this, Li Mo quickly wrote the name of the ship on the drawing paper, and the name was inspired by the north of the ocean where the young master made his fortune.
Since there was not much to choose from, he readily chose the British next-generation battleship Majestic class, which is in the same vein as the Sovereign class, as the model, but used the Sovereign-class hull, which can not only cross the Sovereign class, but also will not have a huge technical generation gap, causing a delay in the construction period or simply unable to build.
As a model, Britain's most famous designer William. The Majesty-class battleship designed by White is undoubtedly the best choice now, and at the same time, according to the observation of Young Master Li in his previous life, the Majesty-class can become the most equipped first-class dreadnought-class battleship in British history, and its stable and reliable surname must be beyond doubt, otherwise, the British, who are not bad for money, will not build so much in one go.
Of course, it is impossible to completely copy the majesty level, after all, the real majesty class will not start to be built until three years later, and in this era of rapid technological change, the three-year gap is very large.
Therefore, Young Master Li made some changes, the displacement was slightly smaller than that of the Sovereign class, some technical indicators were reduced, and some changes were made according to his own requirements, such as making the low bridge a little higher, increasing the protection of the command tower, and reducing some superstructures.
The main gun adopts a fully protected rotating turret, which can be completely realized with the current technology of the United Kingdom, but the secondary gun turret must wait until after the majestic level, so Master Li still chose the ugly side gun profile design, which will cause the protection to weaken and cannot shoot in high sea conditions.
After these were all formed in his mind, Young Master Li sketched out the first stroke.
The Polar Star battleship, with a standard displacement of 12,500 tons and a full load displacement of 13,500 tons, is propelled by two shafts, using the latest three-expansion reciprocating steam engine, with a maximum speed of 17 knots and a maximum range of 7,000 nautical miles when cruising at 10 knots.
The main gun adopts the 40 times caliber and 305 mm caliber twin main gun just developed by the British, one each in the front and rear, and adopts a fully protected turret, instead of the sovereign class, although the caliber is as large as 343 mm, it can only be used for front hemisphere protection.
In terms of secondary guns, Master Li gave up the use of the majestic class of twelve 152 mm and sixteen 76 mm balanced multi-layer firepower configuration, but more perverted the use of twenty 52 mm secondary guns of the same 40 times the caliber, the gun silhouette gun design, ten on each side, and the 76 mm secondary guns with chicken ribs were canceled.
At the same time, in order to deal with small targets, six gun emplacements were also reserved on the deck, which were ready to be used to install 37-mm twin-mounted rapid-fire guns.
As for the torpedo tubes that countries like to install on battleships today, they have been abandoned by Master Li, and in his opinion, it is better to get a few torpedo destroyers to let the slow battleships do torpedo attacks.
In terms of the final armor, Li Mo has not changed, the side belt is 228mm, the deck is 63mm, and the turret is 152mm, which is completely copied from the standard of the majesty class.
After dealing with the battleship, Young Master Li turned his head and began to think about the much-needed cruiser, but there were many more options for armored cruisers.
Determination-class, armored cruisers, four.
Modeled after the protective cruiser Esmeralda, the hull is enlarged, with a standard displacement of 6,000 tons and a full load displacement of 6,700 tons. The secondary guns were eight single-barreled 40-caliber 152 mm guns and six deck-mounted single-barreled 76 mm rapid-fire guns, plus four twin 37 mm anti-torpedo rapid-fire guns, and two torpedo tubes in the front and rear.
The power of the armored cruiser is not in the cannon, but in the high speed and large endurance, even if the three-expansion steam engine is not satisfactory in speed, but Li Mo's requirements are still very strict, requiring that the minimum speed should not be lower than 21 knots, and at a cruising speed of 10 knots, the endurance should reach the same 7,000 nautical miles as the battleship.
When Young Master Li raised his head again and looked at the battleships and cruisers that he had drawn sketches and designed in the air, his face suddenly collapsed without waiting for complacency, would Monte agree to purchase warships for him? Will the British build these warships for Chile?
Looking at the line map, Li Mo suddenly had a feeling of exhaustion that all his strength had been drained away, there are countless things in history about crossing the river and demolishing bridges, and there are still South America with the habit of turning faces, even if Monte agrees to himself, will Britain look at Chile with so many huge warships that are enough to change the situation in South America!
Take your own life into your own hands!
This sentence was an oath made by Li Mo on Rudolph's small boat, but even though he now has thousands of dollars in his pockets and thousands of fierce soldiers trained by the new military training method, in fact, he still can't control his own destiny!
Looking at the line drawing he drew blankly, Young Master Li was a little distracted, what should he do next?
At this time, a rush of footsteps came from behind, and before he could turn his head, Chen Ping's hurried voice was already heard in his ears: "Young Master, it seems that we have to go to Antofagaste once." ”
"Where are you going?" Li Mo turned his head, his heart sank, could it be that Zhao Long had gone wrong? Do you want Young Master Ben to go to the town in person?!
Chen Ping glanced at the line drawing spread out on the desk, his eyes seemed to be pricked by something, and after being stunned for a moment, he retracted his gaze with difficulty: "Young Master, President Balmaceda's family is now in our hands." ”
"What!"
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BB Party! Multi-turret cultists! The battleships of the first rank appeared! What are you waiting for? Smash the ticket! Collect it!!
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