"21 knots, a standard displacement of more than 30,000 tons, 8 18-inch cannons...... "Kaiser Wilhelm understood the navy, not only naval warfare, but also shipbuilding. Hear George. The indicators proposed by Yilu are really a pity, "We should have given up competing with Daming for speed a long time ago, their industrial technology was already leading."

Moreover, the basis of the steam turbine is power generation equipment, and the power plants that Daming has built and are building are more than ten times more than ours, and it is impossible for us to surpass Daming in terms of steam turbines! ”

This is the scale advantage of industrialization!

For the same product, the larger the production volume, the lower the production cost will inevitably be, because fixed inputs such as R&D costs will not increase because they sell more.

In the case of fixed R&D investment, the more it is sold, the lower the R&D cost of each stall. The higher the benefits of R&D investment!

Moreover, the greater the market demand for a certain type of product, it is easier to feed many manufacturers after all. There are many manufacturers, it is easy to "roll", roll manufacturing, roll process, roll research and development, roll cost, roll to the end must be to make more, faster, better, and save!

And the Ming Empire, together with her vassal states, and Japan, which is recently integrating into the Ming economic circle, is undoubtedly the largest single market in the world!

Therefore, all the industrial projects in which Daming occupies a leading position, others only follow the ass and eat ashes, and it is almost impossible to catch up...... Unless Da Ming himself doesn't want to play.

And the steam turbine is now the project led by the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a very energetic project. There are more than a dozen steam turbine companies across the country, and each of them has a new product on the market. Among them, there are four or five companies specializing in marine steam turbines, and every family has a unique job!

How does the British Empire compare to others?

There are only more than 20 million people in the British mainland, plus the white skin of the Indian Empire, Canada, Australia and other places, the number of people is 30 million, and the market is less than one-tenth of the people...... Therefore, it is simply impossible to catch up with the Ming in steam turbine technology.

The power of the steam turbine can't catch up with others, that is, the battleship has a "heart attack", how to compare the speed with people?

So Nelson and George. Yilu's idea is completely correct, but it can't be compared at all, and you can still have a little chance of winning directly on a slow, heavy-armored, and heavy-firepower large-tonnage battleship!

At this time, the Marquis of Nelson said to Kaiser Wilhelm in an unusually positive tone: "Your Majesty, the battleships with a standard row of 25,000 tons and 30,000 tons will be the key to our reversal of the decline...... Among them, the 30,000-ton heavy battleship is the top priority! ”

Emperor Wilhelm nodded, thought about it and ordered: "The 25,000-ton battleship should start construction immediately, and the 30,000-ton battleship should also complete the design as soon as possible, and then start construction as soon as possible!" ”

"Your Majesty," George. Yilu reminded, "At present, our main engine factory cannot guarantee that it can complete a 45,000 horsepower steam turbine within 18 months, and the 30,000-ton battleship will only have no main engine available at that time." ”

Kaiser Wilhelm looked at the Marquis of Nelson.

"If you can't do 45,000 horsepower, you can make 40,000 horsepower," said the Marquis of Nelson, "and if you can't use a steam engine, we now have a steam engine of 30,000 horsepower...... It can also be used when you install it, but at most it is slower. Moreover, the speed of the ship is not entirely determined by the power of the main engine, and it can also be optimized by optimizing the hull to push the large-tonnage ship to run a decent speed with the main engine with less horsepower. ”

Not to mention, there is really such a design on another timeline, the Americans' Colorado class uses a 28,900 horsepower main engine to make a 32,500-ton standard row ship run out of 21 knots of "high speed"!

Marquis Nelson waved his fist, "In short, we must take out a 30,000-ton heavy battleship before the Ming Dynasty!" And this kind of heavy battleship will be our last chance to win!

I estimate that in 24 months, the Ming Empire will definitely have 25,000-ton fast battleships, and they will definitely have a large advantage in the number of cutting-edge battleships. If we want to win, we must build bigger and stronger battleships! ”

When Emperor Wilhelm heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "24 months...... What are we going to do to defend the British Empire and the Indian Empire until we have a 30,000-ton warship? ”

That's a tough question!

Because according to the British government's previous information, the window of time for the relatively "weak" Ming Navy will be closed around the end of 1831. After that, the Ming Navy will have a large number of cutting-edge battleships!

And it was already the beginning of 1831...... Moreover, the "weak" period of the navy of the Ming Empire is also very strong, and once their "weak" period passes, isn't it the end of Great Britain?

Just at Nelson and George. When the righteous law fell silent, Charlie. Yilu wasted no time in speaking: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I just received a telegram from the fortress of Tangmaxi. Viscount Bellsford said that the 100,000 Imperial Indian Army would fight to the last man under his leadership!

The Viscount also said that they would buy at least 12 months of precious time for our glorious British Empire! ”

"Oh, really?" Kaiser Wilhelm was skeptical, reached out and took the telegram, and read it himself.

After looking at it for a while, I finally showed a relieved expression. He looked up and said to the Marquis of Nelson with a smile, "Marquis, it looks like we have won 12 months...... Because Viscount Bellsford is already in the groove, he is in the process of completely reorganizing the army. A team of white overseers was also organized, which would shoot every Indian who escaped from the Johor line. ”

"That's good news!" The Marquis of Nelson laughed, "That's how you should treat those Indians who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" ”

"But we're still 12 months away." George. Yilu reminded in a whisper.

"Marquis, do you have anything you can do?" Kaiser Wilhelm asked Nelson.

"There's a way." Marquis Nelson thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, we must open up a second battlefield to distract the Ming army from their mighty forces!" ”

"The second battlefield is ......"

"Australia and New Zealand!" The Marquis of Nelson said, "As far as I know, the rich and open continent that the Ming Empire has always coveted!

As early as the time of King Zhuge Wuzhong, they had sent expeditions to Australia...... But this huge expedition was lost forever for unknown reasons.

Because of this loss, the Ming Empire gave up its attempt to occupy Australia, and this abandonment was more than 100 years! ”

Exploring the sea always comes with risks and losses, sometimes not small.

In the expedition presided over by King Zhuge Wuzhong that year, the expedition team was not the only one that was lost......

The Marquis of Nelson said in a heavy tone again: "But today, they have battleships that are not afraid of wind and waves!"

So they're going to pounce on that continent...... And we should also send a fleet to Australia, send a broken fleet! ”

"Send a broken fleet?" Kaiser Wilhelm asked, "Do we now have warships that can take on that kind of responsibility?" ”

"Soon it will be there!" George. Yilu took over the question, "Your Majesty the Emperor, we will soon have six 12,000-ton Cressie-class armored cruisers...... According to the original design, they will have a rated top speed of 21 knots. With high-pressure ventilation turned on, the speed is expected to exceed 23 knots.

Since the hulls of this class of armored cruisers are still under construction, we can modify the design to equip them with more powerful power systems.

In this way, in the next 12 months, we will have a sufficiently powerful armored cruiser. ”

"Okay, that's good." Kaiser Wilhelm let out a long breath, and within 12 months, there was a third of Ma Xi. In 12 months, new armored cruisers will go to Australia to fight guerrillas, and it seems that the British Empire will not be finished for the time being.