Two eight seven hundred four million test ships?

The clanging sound of rivets went straight to the head like a pinprick in the head, and a wire passed under his feet and connected to the big electric fan in the corner, and the blades of the fan whirred rapidly, bringing some coolness to the bottom of the stuffy battleship. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

This season's Ryukyu is a hot season, especially in the huge duke-level bilge, Young Master Li is already sweating profusely, and sweat beads mixed with oil stains rubbed his cheeks.

"Tang Xiao, when did you last say that Tesla got an air conditioner?" The sweltering weather finally reminded Master Li of the air conditioner that Tesla was researching before participating in the U.S. World Expo, and hurriedly asked Tang Xiao, who had just arrived from Honolulu.

Tang Xiao was dressed in a short shirt and shorts, and when he heard the young master's words, his face turned into a bag, and he hurriedly said bitterly: "Young master, didn't you say last time that making an air conditioner is not a serious business?" ”

"Who said that" Young Master Li jumped up violently as if he had been stepped on by his tail: "Waste, it's all waste, I took so much money from the young master, and I don't know how to share the worries, tell him, hurry up and get the air conditioner." ”

Young Master Li fanned his shirt and complained: "It's too hot this day." ”

Tang Xiao's head is big, and the emotional young master is for his own enjoyment, didn't he let him get an electric fan? Isn't that enough? Hurriedly spread his hands and said, "Young Master, have you forgotten?" The Ministry of Science and Technology is not under my control, and Chang Lin is busy transferring the affairs of the Ministry of Science and Technology, so I am afraid that I don't have time to ask. ”

"And I heard him say that Mr. Tesla's electrical laboratory is working on the wind turbine you proposed in full force, and it is at a critical juncture, and he has already said that no one is allowed to disturb him."

Sure enough, it was self-inflicted, and after giving Tesla a lot of autonomy, even the young master couldn't be disturbed

Choked and speechless, Young Master Li could only sigh, after all, compared to the air conditioner, the wind turbine project is too critical, which is related to the future development of so many islands under his rule that are not suitable for building large power plants.

The important thing is that because the control areas are too far away and the sea area is too vast, there are big problems in both communication and communication, and it is urgent to build a complete radio network that can cover the entire territory, but radio requires electricity, and it is too luxurious and fuel-consuming to build a large radio station and build a few oil-fired generators.

In addition to large islands such as Nauru where small hydropower stations can be built, many islands are not suitable for power plants, so Li Mo thought of an economical wind turbine, and threw it to Tesla and marked 100,000 urgent, but he didn't expect that now it is blocking the road to developing air conditioners, so he can only give up and continue to blow fans.

Seeing the young master's face full of disappointment, Tang Xiao hurriedly patted his ass: "Young master, don't worry, the air conditioner last time has been almost studied, I will find Chang Lin to transport it to the equipment department first, and our equipment department will send someone to take over, and then let Chang Lin find a few students who understand technology to continue to make it, no matter what, I will get one for you first." ”

"Get out" Young Master Li said righteously: "Do you think I want to blow the air conditioner?" I'm here for everyone, so many shipwrights are working hard all day in and out of this stuffy cabin. ”

"Yes, yes, I'll find someone to boil mung bean soup in a while, and I'll supply it to everyone every day in the future."

"That's pretty much it." Young Master Li clapped his hands and continued to walk deeper into the bilge, and soon found McKinson, who was carefully observing the setting and construction details of the watertight cabins around him.

Li Mo sat down and did not disturb their work, and McKinson and the designers did not notice Li Mo's arrival, still with their eyes shining in and out of the narrow bilge, for the ship design department with little design experience, it is undoubtedly a good opportunity to see the design style and construction technology of this battleship built by the British and the world's best in the world.

In fact, this has become a tradition in the ship design department, and soon after McKinson's arrival, he took people to carefully study the construction of the Polar Star battleship and the Determination class heavy cruiser, and even the old ships of the Dragon Howling were not spared, and also drew sketches. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

What satisfies Li Mo is that the design department may not have enough experience, and may not be as good as Britain and France in terms of displacement utilization and structural rationality, but in terms of concept and forward-looking, it is far beyond this era because of his existence.

The capture of different styles of ships, coupled with the experience gained through the study of their own equipment, undoubtedly makes the gap between them and the powerful countries smaller and smaller, especially after a large number of actual combat experience, the navy feedback from all kinds of shortcomings, and the actual needs in naval warfare, so that the designers have benefited a lot.

If it was reluctant to forcibly go to the Ma Jinghai class before, then after they have absorbed the technology of the advanced captured battleship built by the British in front of them, and digested the gains and losses of this naval battle, the design department will undoubtedly go to the next level.

Looking at the mapping and sketching drawings of McKinson and the designers, the corners of Li Mo's mouth hooked a curved arc, like this phenomenon almost all the units he led, in addition to the simple and hard-working style of the people of this era, but also because of the advanced ideas brought by his later generations made them deeply fascinated.

Several shipwrights led the lunch box into the bilge, and found that the young master was also there, and at the same time they saluted, they also alarmed McKinson and others, and they surrounded them one after another.

The shipwrights are not very curious about Li Mo's appearance in the shipyard, many people have seen the young master in and out of the shipyard these days, sometimes staying all day, and walking into the middle of the workers to accompany them in and out of the dock, with this kind of help, during this time, everyone is also very energetic, almost all of them eat and live in the factory, hoping to complete the refit of these four battleships as soon as possible and deliver them to the navy, and then accept the task again.

The Chinese rice is steamed buns, braised pork and fish soup unified by the whole factory, although it is simple, but in the eyes of many people who have just emigrated from the Qing Dynasty, this is already an unthinkable good day.

The food problem used to be a headache for Li Mo, although the three provinces later started, but the land was vast and the population was very small, until he remembered the scene of the development of the Great Northern Wilderness in later generations, and after starting the construction corps, he recruited a large number of landless farmers from Shandong, Henan and other places, and set up more than ten large government farms throughout the three provinces, full-time reclamation and planting of grain, and also engaged in animal husbandry, coupled with Luzon's start, so that there is no need to worry about the open supply of grain.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to eat, Li Mo said his intentions, hoping that the design department could come up with a design plan for the destroyer, but what everyone didn't expect was that McKinson was so excited that he didn't even eat, and dragged Young Master Li into the ship design branch building in the Ryukyus in a surprised gaze.

After rushing into the office, McKinson didn't say a word, but rushed into a large pile of drawings, and pulled out a few design drawings from the cabinet like a scavenger.

When he saw the drawings, Young Master Li couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Mike, these are all designed by you?" ”

"Oh how is it possible, boss, please believe in my ability, how can I design such a small warship, my dream is to design this powerful battleship in this world, just like the kind of scheme you gave me last time, it surprised me so much"

", it's been more than half a year since I gave you the data and information of the dreadnought, and I haven't seen you get it out" After glancing at the big designer, Master Li turned his head: "Then how do you know that I want to build a destroyer?" ”

"This is the last time your navy made a request, boss, saying that the troops need a small speed warship." McKinson triumphant: "Although there is no formal order, didn't you say it, boss?" Do you want to do more forward-looking design and research? So I organized a competition for the young students, and these are their works. ”

"Okay, I know how to use a small warship for everyone to practice." Li Mo praised and looked at the design drawings, but he didn't show much joy, because most of them haven't gotten rid of the current design styles of various countries, and the main thing is that they are all too small

Destroyers are currently called torpedo ships or mine strike ships by various countries, which were mainly used to deal with torpedo boats, but with the increasing application of torpedoes, they have gradually become a kind of small warships that countries like, and with their speed and agility, they have become the main types of ships to protect the outer barrier of the fleet and reconnoiter and patrol.

Britain was the first country to propose to enlarge the destroyers, and European countries followed suit, and most of the current sharp destroyers in various countries have a displacement of about 1,000 tons, but it is still a bit small for Li Mo, not because he is greedy for perfection, but because of the actual tactical needs of the current navy.

First of all, torpedoes, compared with torpedoes with a small caliber and a firing range of only 1,500 meters, the spear torpedo not only has a much larger caliber, but also has a lot of weight surge, and it will certainly increase in volume and weight after later improvements.

And in these several maritime military operations, the navy's submarines, and the powerful destructive power of the Uraga waterway mine array that once gave him a headache is also profound, especially the near-airship technology has also begun to be sold, once it spreads, it also has a certain potential threat to its own side, so the navy must have certain countermeasures against the above weapons, although most of the submarines of various countries are still on the drawings, even the mackerel class can not be compared, with the passage of time, this gap will also become bigger and bigger, but submarines are born extremely difficult to deal with, Unless the sky is defiant and the sonar is created now, even if the mackerel-class appears in front of the fleet, it will be very dangerous with the current means.

What's more, Li Mo still clearly knows what kind of damage will be caused by submarines in more than ten years, and at the same time, he himself feels that when developing an offensive weapon, the army must have countermeasures against it, otherwise it would rather rot in its hands than use it to make money.

Although it is still time to build away from the airship and the submarine to run around, it is impossible to temporarily enlarge the destroyer when the time comes, and if that is the case, there is no need for Master Li to cross over, so this design must also take into account the use of anti-submarine, the deployment of waterproof mines and a certain degree of air defense capabilities

McKinson saw that Li Mo kept flipping back, knowing that he was definitely not very satisfied with these designs, and also knew that he often had unique ideas in the design of warships, so he immediately took out a pen and paper and asked him about the destroyer he envisioned.

First of all, tactically speaking, destroyers are not capital ships, even if the cost is low, it is impossible to build them too wastefully, so it is necessary to have a certain forward-looking, and reduce the cost as much as possible to meet the requirements of large-scale production.

For a small warship of more than 1,000 tons, any armor is redundant, so we must think of more ways in the watertight cabin and anti-sinking type, in the direction of power, the Honolulu Gas Turbine Plant and the rebuilt Liaodong Gas Turbine Plant have the possibility of providing a large number of steam turbines, and the unit price has been reduced a lot with the production up, so the power combination of oil-fired boilers and steam turbines has the possibility of large-scale equipment.

After the Atlantic-type bow is used on the Jinghai class, the wave resistance of the ship has been significantly improved, so the destroyer will also adopt this type of ship, but abandon the current mainstream flat deck design and adopt a long bow ship type, with a full load of at least between 1,500 and 1,600 tons.

The maximum speed must reach 30 knots, and the endurance must also be able to achieve more than 15 knots/3,000 nautical miles, which can truly reflect the combat concept of fast maneuverability.

In terms of naval guns, Li Mo pursued tall and complete, because the main weapon of the destroyer was torpedoes, and the naval guns were only auxiliary, so he changed his habit of loving multi-assembly, and chose three single-mounted 130 mm main guns that had been incorporated into the naval system, using a lightweight semi-enclosed anti-fragmentation turret.

Although it seems that the firepower of the three main guns is weak, it is actually not much worse, because the L47/130 mm naval gun has been tested in actual combat, and the manual reloading can reach more than ten rounds per minute, which is enough to deal with general conflicts, as for the rapid-fire firepower, it will be improved and has a high angle of attack for the first time The 37mm twin rapid-fire cannon will be used.

At the same time, the destroyer must also be able to carry two sets of triple spear launchers, six spare mines, and the ability to self-load at sea, and at the same time carry 20 mines or 20 depth charges.

With the detailed requirements, McKinson immediately set to work, and even for a whole week, the radio communications from Ryukyu to Ogasawara Islands to Honolulu were occupied by the ship design department, and the navy ship design department, which had conducted a lot of forward-looking experiments and designs, finally came up with a rough plan and sketch like lightning ten days later.

With a standard displacement of 1,350 tons and a full load of 1,550 tons, the long-bow tower type proposed by Li Mo is adopted, and the forward tilt angle of the bow has also been increased from 10 degrees to 15 degrees in the Jinghai class for the first time, making it look like it is floating outwards and further improving its wave resistance.

Three single-mount L47/130 mm naval guns, each with 300 ammunition, adopts a layout of two in the front and one in the back, the front two adopt a knapsack layout, and four twin 37 mm rapid-fire guns are arranged diagonally on the rear side of the bridge.

Although the Tingfeng-class reconnaissance ship also ran out of 30 knots before, but the Tingfeng class was only 1,000 tons, and the tonnage increased by one-third, but the internal space did not increase much to ensure the speed of 30 knots, McKinson and others chose a slender hull, 96 meters long, 9 meters wide, 28 meters draft, and adopted a double large chimney layout, which increased the deck use area, especially the stern, in order to be able to load mines and depth charges under development, and also moved the No. 3 gun position in the stern to the middle a lot, leaving a wide position of nearly 20 metersAt the same time, the underwater part has been greatly modified to make it plump and smooth, reducing drag.

Two-shaft propulsion and high-efficiency large rudders have improved the destroyer's maneuverability, while five enhanced oil-fired boilers, two steam turbines with a single engine that are stronger than the five megawatts currently used in the Jinghai class, have 25,000 horsepower and a theoretical speed of 32 knots.

In order to meet Boss Li's requirement to minimize the unit price, McKinson got rid of expensive equipment such as automatic loaders and rangefinders, and still adopted the old simple aiming design, and finally reduced the unit price to 700,000 yuan, or about 100,000 pounds, after some efforts.

But this price still made Master Li frown, you must know that the seven destroyers currently equipped by the navy and the five additional ones built in the later period did not exceed 50,000 pounds, and now it has doubled, and according to the calculation, at least twenty-four ships are needed, which made him hesitate a little, and immediately sent a telegram to Li Enfu in Lushun, hoping to seek the opinion of the Government Council first.

After receiving the telegram, Li Enfu almost swallowed his tongue, but he was not frightened by the huge purchase volume and unit price, but was taken aback by Li Mo, who has always been a big spender in the navy, this time to ask for his opinion first, according to the principle of special funds formulated before, the navy got two million pounds after selling four old ships, and the airship business also made a lot of money, which was enough to pay for this fee, but why did the young master ask for his opinion?

Moreover, Li Mo did not only seek his opinion, in order to raise the funds for this construction, he planned to completely eliminate all kinds of small gunboats and armed patrol ships of the current navy, retain only the necessary torpedo boats, and change the 12 destroyers currently in service to patrol use, and at the same time, after the first batch of destroyers were launched, he would also eliminate the current four small cruisers of the Sky Cruiser class, and even demanded that in the next three years, under the guarantee of not reducing the amount of training, the navy should save as much as possible.

This strange telegram can make Li Enfu frightened, since the young master began to gradually announce the status of his property, he knows very well how much money Li Mo has, if it was placed in the previous time when the financial pressure of the government council was too great, the young master would definitely use his own money to subsidize the navy, but this time it not only did not subsidize, but also decided to reduce the navy expenses of the first mate, it was really strange.

What the hell is the young master going to do?

With surprise and doubts, Li Enfu dragged on the Long Guozhang, occupied the Honolulu test ship that had just come to Lushun for training, and hurried to Ryukyu to ask for clarification, but when the two of them arrived, they were completely stupid

Because before the two of them had a cup of tea, Li Mo officially proposed that a budget of 14 million yuan was needed, and he also said that if the Government Council could not guarantee the funds, then he would consider reducing the size of the Navy's capital ships, decommissioning and selling two Arctic-star battleships, and if necessary, even temporarily mothballing the four heavy cruisers to reduce training expenses

Fourteen million dollars drastically reduced the number of naval auxiliary ships, reduced naval expenditures, and even built a test ship at the cost of decommissioning four capital battleships

God, what the hell is that, worth paying such a big price?

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