As one of the most technologically advanced shipyards in Italy, the Venice Naval Shipyard covers an area of 46 hectares, has nine docks and more than 4,000 skilled workers. Although Venice has few dockyards, it is very technological, and most of the equipment is up to date.

At present, the Venetian shipyard is very busy, and the dockyard is densely packed, and two of the warships have been almost built, just waiting to be launched and outfitted.

These two battleships look very distinctive, the simplicity of the Gundam battleship, and the obsessive-compulsive central axis layout, all tell you that this is an Italian battleship. Of course, the mighty front two and rear two main guns will tell the power of its firepower, the most obvious sign of which is the conning tower and the wide chimney behind the rail pole, this kind of layout that concentrates several flues and merges them, only Italy in the world is doing this.

"Admiral Shelveira, please see, this is the Columbus's conning tower, and its circular design is very observant of the surrounding situation. In addition, the armor of the conning tower is up to 200 mm thick, which is also able to withstand enemy fire. ”

On an unfinished battleship, the chief designer of the Venetian Naval Shipyard, Cuniberti, was introducing the battleship to a group of naval officers.

Wait, the Columbus that Kuniberti just called?

Yes, this ship is indeed called the Columbus, and the Francisco in dock No. 2 next door forms the new core of the Spanish Navy.

That's right, these are the exact words of Admiral Snowveira, the Minister of the Spanish Navy, at the simple welcoming ceremony just now.

This time, Admiral Shellvilla came, mainly for the launching ceremony of the Columbus, which has been built for 16 months, and is about to be launched. For these two brand-new and powerful warships, the Spanish Navy can't pay too much attention to the garbage that they are still serving.

In addition, these two warships are also the first time that Spain has a warship of more than 10,000 tons, and the historical and commemorative significance is very strong.

"Look, everyone, this is the ship's firing command room."

Above the Command Tower, in a half-developed pendant-style building, Cuniberti was introducing the Spanish officers with puzzled faces.

"Shooting command room?"

"Yes, this is a command room set up to coordinate artillery fire. Since these two ships have 8 main guns, the firing frequency must be coordinated, so I don't think I need to remind you of the power of the salvo, right? ”

Cuniberti's last sentence made the Spanish officer who asked the question blush. Admiral Shelvera saw it all in his eyes, and a thought in his heart had been determined.

And Kuniberti continued. "Because of our previous experience in naval warfare, in addition to designing the shooting command room as semi-open, the 40 times large low-light telescope on the lookout post at the top of the rail pole can accurately observe objects 25 nautical miles away, such as whether the opponent is a warship or a merchant ship."

"Look, this is ............"

In the ensuing time, Kuniberti and Admiral Snowvela and his party continued to visit the power room, sailor's rest room, dining room, captain's room and other facilities. On the Spanish side, listening to Cuniberti's introduction, he kept taking notes in a daze, and even Admiral Snowvilla took notes from time to time to take notes on important information.

The visit lasted from morning to evening, and even lunch was served with bread on board.

After disembarking, Admiral Helvela and his party took a short rest, which was indeed quite tiring to walk around the boat.

"Colonel Martin Vargas, Colonel Sirio Valente, you two stay, and the others disperse."

After a short rest, Admiral Helvela called out the names of two of the officers.

In the envious eyes of the others, the two colonels stood in front of Admiral Helveira.

Without waiting for the two to speak, Admiral Shelvera was the first to speak. "How are you feeling today?"

"Very good, this is a powerful battleship." "That's right, it's very powerful, at least at the moment there is no match in the world."

The two did not get an echo from Admiral Shelveira, but he spoke. "Since these two warships are currently the best in the world, then you should also know why we are spending a lot of money on them."

"Yes, Cuba and the Philippines are not peaceful, and there are people peeking on the Spanish colonies."

Admiral Shelvella was relieved by the answers of the two. "You're right, that's why the kingdom bought these two warships with a lot of money. And you are carefully selected by me from the kingdom's navy, so you need to take on the heavy responsibility and command two warships, are you ready? ”

"Ready!"

The heartfelt and unanimous answer made Admiral Shelveira nod in satisfaction.

"Very good, next you will be familiar with these two warships with your subordinate officers and soldiers, you can go down."

Sending off the two excited new captains, Admiral Shelvera looked out the window at the brightly lit night scene.

"Hopefully it's still too late."

Two days later, the Venetian shipyards were lit up and a large number of people gathered in front of the Columbus. No, today is the day the world's most powerful ship will be launched.

In the presence of hundreds of officers and sailors of the two navies, as well as guests, Admiral Shelvela slammed a bottle of champagne into the bow of the ship.

Under the crisp sound, the champagne was smashed.

Then, driven by a roaring turnaround, the Columbus slid into the sea, and after a wave, it came to a steady stop.

Then there was a burst of cheers, and the people cheered for the launch of the giant ship.

Admiral Shelvera looked at the battleship with relief.

"Admiral Shelveira, congratulations on the launch of your battleship."

As the Italian representative who attended the ceremony, Admiral Yagill, Minister of the Navy, personally came to congratulate him, and he was full of sincerity.

"Thank you."

In the face of Admiral Yagill's congratulations, Admiral Snowwela certainly would not be rude, let alone that he happened to have something to ask for.

"Admiral Yagill, thank you very much for coming."

"It's nothing, you and I have a close relationship, and the navies of our two countries should move around more."

"As it should be, as it should be." Speaking of which, Admiral Shelveira had an idea. "Admiral Yagill, I have an idea, I don't know if I can talk about it."

"Please."

"That's right, the officers and men of our navy have not had any experience of fighting at sea for many years, and your country has experienced a lot of wars in recent years, so I would like to ask your navy if you can exchange experience with your navy, and if our two new warships can practice with your warships, it will be the best."

Well, this Admiral Snowvela wants to make the two ships combat effective as soon as possible, and he is going to ask the Italian Navy to help.

However, this favor is not easy to help at all, you must know that the battleship goes to sea is money, and the supplies, fuel and ammunition of the officers and men of the whole ship need to be consumed, which is not a small amount of money, especially if it can cooperate with the two new warships, there are only the Turin class and the Venice class. 5 Durio and the improved class, there is no way to cooperate at all, just the difference in speed between the two is 8 knots, it is a big problem.

"Well, it's no problem to exchange experiences, as for the joint training of battleships, ......"

"Rest assured, we're willing to cover half of the cost."

Sure enough, people are poor and short-sighted, this can only be half of it, and in the face of Admiral Shelvera's somewhat slamming moves, Admiral Yagill moved in his heart. "No problem, our Italian Navy will not embarrass your country, and the three Turin-class ships can be transferred to cooperate with you."

The conversation between the two admirals, and even the launching of the Columbus, was a major event for the Venetian shipyards, and of course a major event could not stop the other work at hand.

This is not in dock 3, the first warship of the same type of the Italian Navy has also been built for the most part, and several shipyard workers have just painted the ship's name on the side of the ship.

Garibaldi！

The name of the national hero Garibaldi was printed on it.