288 ship name, China!

Under the betel nut tree, green tea is fragrant, and the only new face is the current finance minister Liang Dunyan, who has been stationed in Honolulu and happened to return to Arthur on a business trip to the Ryukyus. (Vertex Hand Hit)

But at this moment, even Long Guozhang, who is the most giggling on weekdays, has a grim face, all because of the three-year plan of the Navy that Li Mo put on the coffee table.

According to this plan, the Navy will take advantage of this rare period of recuperation to focus on improving the quality of personnel, strengthening the capability of long-range artillery strikes, training and exploring new tactics, improving the efficiency of the use of various ships, and ensuring maritime security in the next three years.

However, these are not the reasons for everyone's ugly face, what really makes everyone embarrassed is the plan to build as many as 24 destroyers, four large oil and water supply ships, and the new test ship that no one knows about until now, but the cost will reach 14 million

Li Mo's dedication to the navy and madman are commendable and staggering, perhaps only Tsar Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II can compete with him in this world, and he did not hesitate to invest such a huge amount of money to build the navy, even the latter two did not always use their own money to subsidize the navy and build new equipment like him.

Twenty-four destroyers, not a big problem, if according to Li Mo's plan, all small gunboats and patrol ships will be decommissioned, and four mackerel-class submarines will be decommissioned, so as to reduce naval expenditures, and the method of decommissioning old ships while building will be adopted, and the 6 plus 4 model will be adopted, that is, the overall classification is inconvenient, all of them are called defense-class destroyers, but only six will be built in each batch, and the second batch must wait for the first batch of six ships to complete the test and meet the design requirements before the next batch can be built, and each batch must be improved. The time span is as long as three years, so it will not cause much financial burden.

As the Navy and the Army are entering the era of fueling, there is no way to solve the problem of rapid replenishment by tankers, so everyone has no opinion on building a special naval oil-water supply ship, and even in order to increase the speed and make the supply ship keep up with the cruising speed of the fleet, McKinson also promised to use a combination of expensive oil-fired boilers and steam turbines to improve the accompanying capacity of the oil-water supply ship.

What really made everyone rush to the difficulty, even puzzled, was the last project, a test ship worth S$14 million

S$14 million, or about two million pounds, is not a small amount, but the price of two Duojinghai ships and a semi-duke-class battleship, even if it is used to purchase new destroyers, it is enough to buy as many as 20 destroyers, and now it is necessary to invest in a test ship that no one knows what it is, and it may not even come in handy after it is built, everyone is a little hesitant

Everyone knows the effect of the previous Honolulu, which has driven the level of shipbuilding on its own side, and provided a good platform, and also laid the foundation for the final emergence of the Jinghai class.

But the Honolulu only cost 300,000 pounds at the time, and while the Honolulu can continue to function, now it needs to build a new test ship that has doubled in value seven times, and everyone is a little worried.

"Young master, otherwise it's okay to use an old warship to refit it, it's a big deal I'll take out a duke-class, and I will toss it with the design department" Long Guozhang gritted his teeth and suggested.

This suggestion immediately attracted the echo of Li Enfu and Liang Dunyan, who also felt that it was too expensive to build a test ship of more than 10 million, and if they were afraid that the Honolulu would be too small to test large equipment, the 16,000-ton Duke should be enough to toss.

Only Chen Ping did not make a sound, he knew very well that Li Mo was not the kind of person who had no purpose, and every step he took was actually carefully considered, starting from the time Chile ordered warships, it was by his vision that the navy has always been at the world's leading level, and later it was his dictatorship that allowed the Jinghai-class to be born, which established the current position of the fleet in the Pacific Ocean

So he believed that Li Mo would put forward such an expensive test ship construction plan so solemnly, then this test ship must be extraordinary, the only thing that made him feel strange was that he even asked McKinson and Tang Xiao, but he didn't get any accurate information about the type of test ship, that is to say, this test ship is probably still in the imagination of the young master himself.

What exactly is it?

With questions, Chen Ping said: "Young Master, I want to know what kind of warship this is, if it is really valuable, then even if the finances do not allow it, I can agree to retire and sell two battleships, even if it is a duke-class."

Chen Ping's resoluteness made the scalp tingle, and Long Guozhang's eyes were even more wide-eyed, the duke-level is currently the strongest combat power in his palm, if it is sold, then who will deal with the huge Russian fleet in a few years?

Looking at Chen Ping, who had a resolute face, Li Mo took a deep breath.

Dreadnoughts

This is the test ship he is going to build, the reason why it is called a test ship, because he knows better than anyone that after the British built this kind of warship in later generations, they only used it as an experimental object, and even did not participate in the Battle of Jutland in which the previous dreadnoughts participated, so after this warship is built, I am afraid it will become the most expensive gift in history

The value of 14 million ceremonial flowers is indeed a bit expensive, but this is a process that must be taken

Li Mo is no longer an ordinary BB party member who played naval battles on the computer in his previous life, looking at old photos, and secretly looking at a bunch of boring data, he has returned to this era and mastered a real, pure multi-riveting fleet, and he understands better what the dreadnought era means.

The reason why he chose to build a dreadnought was actually deliberate.

From the point of view of shipbuilding technology, the shipyard he currently has the ability to concentrate on building a 20,000-ton warship, and because of his vision and foresight, there is no embarrassment that the dock that Britain and European countries have faced after entering the dreadnought cannot be accommodated, and after returning to this era, the understanding of battleships is more profound, and it also makes him understand why the dreadnought has been delayed until 1906.

The first is the idea.

The reason why the dreadnought is called epoch-making is that it has changed the concept of separate assembly of the first and second main guns adopted by all countries in the world, and for the first time, all the caliber and body barrels have been unified, and the ability to fire salvos has been truly achieved.

Originally, this concept was not proposed and built until John Fisher became the first naval secretary of the United Kingdom and became the real helmsman of the British navy, but now with the unified caliber of the Jinghai-class naval guns and the layout of the center line knapsack turret were made out by him in advance, the countries quickly saw the benefits of this layout, and a large number of imitations and experiments may have begun at this moment.

However, at this moment, he is not worried that the countries can come up with real dreadnought, at most he will return to the era of the Brandenburg class in Germany when three unified turrets were installed, because there are still several key technologies that restrict dreadnoughts that are still exclusively in his hands.

The first is the ship gun tube retreat technology, from the frame to the tube retreat is epoch-making for artillery, the history of the French in 1897 first made the 75 mm army tube retreat gun, but also was listed as a high secret, until 1905 by the British to get a successful copy, and used in naval guns. Now the French mechanic who developed the tube withdrawal technology has been recruited into the Academy of Sciences by himself, and several other European and American mechanics who also have this idea have all been wiped out, which is why he has been able to make such a rapid breakthrough in the tube retreat technology.

There is no tube retreat technology that can greatly reduce the recoil, if the ground is set back, according to the calculations and experiments of McKinson's ship design department, although it is also possible to install four twin 305-mm naval guns on the hull of about 20,000 tons, the length of the body barrel cannot exceed 40 times, and it cannot be fired at the same time, otherwise it will definitely shatter the deck, and in serious cases, it will tear the keel

If you can't fire a salvo, you certainly don't belong to the ranks of dreadnoughts.

And the second constraint that will soon plague countries as well is motivation

Young Master Li's destruction of the invention of the steam turbine was very thorough, the death of Parsons, the death of Costy, and many other people who researched or even just proposed the concept of the steam turbine were either caught or eliminated one after another, and to this day, Duan Fei still arranges a large number of personnel to monitor whether countries have made technological progress again.

In order to verify whether this technology will appear, Li Mo has even promised to send the Antarctic Star to the United Kingdom to participate in the coronation of the British king next year, because he is not at ease, according to historical data, the steam turbine is exposed to the eyes of the world for the first time, and the official parade, the destroyer Viper because it soared out of 37 knots that shocked the world.

Therefore, he sent the Astar Antarctica to participate in this grand event, in addition to expressing his blessings to the British king and communicating with the navies of various countries, he also hoped to take this opportunity to find out whether countries have made breakthroughs in the power of warships.

Some people may say that even without steam turbines, Germany would have produced the Nassau class, but Li Mo has always had a personal understanding of whether the Nassau class should be incorporated into dreadnoughts, because the accepted standard for dreadnoughts is 20,000 tons, a full heavy gun layout, steam turbines and at least 20 knots, and the latter two Nassau classes have all failed.

Germany has not failed the Nassau class as of now, but it is difficult for Master Li, you must know that the first British dreadnought is equipped with eighteen boilers, and the four steam turbines are only more than 20,000 horsepower, and the destroyer currently designed by Young Master Li only uses five oil-fired boilers, and two steam turbines can almost achieve such a strong power, not to mention the last four Jinghai ships under construction, according to the requirements, their speed will be increased to 26 knots, reaching the level of 50,000 horsepower.

In addition to the fact that most of the above constraints have been broken, the reason why Li Mo wants to launch the dreadnought at this time is also to use the effect brought by the appearance of the dreadnought to make the whole world cry, especially Nicholas II, who is desperately building ships, and has only reached twenty capital ships under construction and to be built, and when the dreadnought appears, he will know how much resources he has wasted

Playing Consumption? Exploding the sea of battleships?

That's a child's thing, and the young master is playing with technology

However, with a new type of barrel and retreat gun, coupled with strong power, and a new fire control and command system, although Li Mo has the ability to build dreadnoughts, it does not mean that it can be built and built well

The biggest concern is still the structure and weight, these two major factors, the implementation of this plan is a great challenge to the McKinson led Naval Design Department, as well as the level of shipbuilding, so he is not sure whether it will be successful, so he came up with a unique way, that is, not to install the main armor weighing more than 3,000 tons, so that the first mate can reduce the weight pressure brought by the armor layer, and wait until the construction is launched to start the test, and then add weight a little bit to test whether the ship type and structure can meet the requirements.

And he didn't plan to start with a piggyback, and still chose the traditional five-turret dreadnought layout, not only to confuse his opponents, but also to take this opportunity to accumulate more experience in ship construction and prepare for the future.

That's why he listed this warship as a test ship, a test ship that was not equipped with main armor at the beginning, and could not even be dragged into combat after the experiment, just to test whether the industrial level had reached the level of building dreadnoughts, and to prepare for future reserve research.

As Li Mo explained a little bit, the first thing his eyes lit up was Chen Ping and Long Guozhang, they knew better than anyone what a battleship with five turrets and all 305 mm caliber heavy guns represented, once it succeeded, it would be a ** for the navy, and it would become a veritable scrap ship iron machine

Neither Lee En-fu nor Liang Dunyan knew anything about warships, but the feeling of a warship that could make the world's battleships obsolete, and the fact that they could see with their own eyes that countless great powers had spent a lot of money on built them were all obsolete, made people's blood boil just thinking about it.

However, this is not what the two value the most, what they value is that this test ship will enhance the capacity of heavy industry again, just like the original Jinghai plan, if this warship can really be built, then it will not be as simple as successfully squeezing into an industrial power, but will be truly in a leading position

Once Li Enfu made up his mind, he was also very decisive, and immediately agreed to build this test ship, and Liang Dunyan also promised that he would make every effort to guarantee the financial needs of this test ship.

However, Master Li also knew that there was a lot of financial pressure, especially when the economic development was still in pure investment, so he agreed to lift the restrictions on the sale of airships to the British, because according to the news sent by the European Intelligence Department not long ago, when the first of the five active airships purchased by Germany was shipped back to China and made a public display, and the British were already anxious to cry when they directly filled a hill with five tons of bombs, especially when Wilhelm II vowed to build a huge force with 200 airships, It almost made Salisbury look at the sky first when he went out.

"The skies of the British Empire cannot be without airships"

In the rhetoric of Prime Minister Salisbury, Britain launched airship research at full speed, but the shortcomings in deconstruction and engine technology made it difficult for them, and they had to send Kimberley, who had not yet returned, to Lushun to ask for the purchase of airship technology, but because Li Mo did not speak for a long time, the Government Council and the General Staff failed to approve it.

In a hurry to raise funds this time, Li Mo also decided to make an exception and sell airship technology to Britain and the United States at the same time, but the threshold must be a little higher than that of Germany, and 30 sets of parts must be ordered in order to obtain complete technology.

With Li Mo's nod, Li Enfu could at least squeeze out 500,000 pounds from these two companies, so that the sale of airships alone could support the test ship plan, so he finally not only agreed to the order of destroyers and oil and water supply ships, but also promised to build test ships immediately.

With the assurance of these two, Master Li finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the ultimate era of the giant ship cannon was finally about to be opened by himself, a guest from later generations

In the future, many people will remember this epoch-making battleship, and they will also remember such a nation because of this battleship, because this ship will no longer be named Dreadnought, but.

"China"

PS: Burst the fearless, ask for a monthly pass, burst the monthly pass, and make all opponents cry