Zhu Jingyuan did not expect that at the lecture on the design of future warships, he would once again yearn for the throne.

At first, he also longed for the throne of the Ming Dynasty, but at that time, he was just a simple desire for the status and power of the emperor, and he was as pure as all ordinary people.

Then, under his father's explanation, after learning that he didn't have a chance, he basically dispelled the idea of the throne and turned to consider practical ideals.

But at this moment, Zhu Jingyuan once again had some thoughts about the throne, but his mentality at this time had completely changed.

It's no longer about wanting the throne for power and status.

Imperial power itself has become a tool, not an object.

To realize their various ideas and accelerate the development of science and technology, military, society and culture of the Ming Dynasty, the best tool is the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming court, the royal consortium, and the Zhu Ming clan, as long as they master one, they can do almost whatever they want.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty held these three forces at the same time, and the three forces restricted and drove each other, making the power of the Ming Emperor almost unlimited.

Just now, the old emperor just mentioned the royal consortium, and directly achieved the goal that the traditional imperial emperor needs to make trouble for a long time, and the modern head of state may need to toss for a few years.

When the court actively or passively perfunctory the emperor due to various inertia, the emperor can use the energy of the consortium to promote the efficiency of the court in turn.

But for the most part, the court officials themselves had a tendency to limit and control the power of the consortium from the bottom of their hearts.

The current officials of the Ming Dynasty basically have no officials who will resign as angrily as the Renwu Dynasty before, because the emperor can pull several clans over to replace the position at any time.

The entire imperial court has resigned, and millions of clans have all come up, and they can barely keep the empire running.

However, under normal circumstances, if the clan wants to be an official in the court separately, it must be assessed by the court officials, be an executive in the consortium, and be supervised by the court department.

The wealth and status of the consortium can support and control the clan, but the clan is also a tool for the emperor to completely control the power of the consortium.

This triangular structure seems to be very stable at the moment, and at least a slight push can burst out with great energy.

Zhu Jingyuan thought about these things in his heart, so he subconsciously glanced at the old emperor again.

The old emperor still had a subtle smile on his face, and there was a little inexplicable pride in his heart, this kid looked at his eyes, this is finally an idea of the throne?

Because you are restricted when you do things, you find that you need imperial power? Don't aspire to the status of emperor for the supreme throne?

This situation is really unprecedented, maybe Emperor Shizu is also such a person?

That's why he decisively abdicated early, and began to stipulate the abdication age for future generations?

The old emperor sighed for a while in his heart, waved his hand to Zhu Jingyuan on the stage and said:

"Don't be in a daze, go on, you shouldn't be done yet, right?"

Zhu Jingyuan reacted immediately:

"Yes, then now go ahead, now that the size and speed targets of the second ship have been determined, the next step is to talk about the requirements for the specific design, first of all, the hull itself.

"There are too many contents involved in the framework of hull design, and it is impossible to explain all of them on the spot today, and I only mention the requirements in three directions now."

Zhu Jingyuan paused a little when he said this, picked up a glass plate and put it on the writing projector, or slide projector, and projected a few schematic diagrams:

"One is the bulbous bow, a structure that looks like it is in front of the bottom of the hull, with a whale-like bulge that breaks the waves.

"This protruding structure, when the size and shape are right, can produce echoes and waves in the hull can cancel each other out, thereby reducing navigation resistance.

"The second is the square stern and the cruiser's stern, both of which are used to increase the theoretical waterline length of the hull, because the longer the waterline length of the hull, the less navigation resistance.

"The third is the new hull linear, the front end corresponds to the bulbous nose head extending forward, the middle side is as flat as possible, and the rear is rounded with a cruiser stern, or cut flat with a square stern.

"Abandon the original spindle form and try to use this bottle-like structure to improve the space utilization rate in the middle of the hull and reduce the difficulty of manufacturing.

"Masters of the Ship Division and the shipyard, when you go back, please do a pool experiment according to these forms to confirm whether they are effective and how efficient they are.

"According to my estimates, if all these designs were to work properly, it would only take 120,000 horsepower to make a 40,000-ton ship run 30 knots.

"This will reduce the total weight and size of the power system as much as possible, and allow for the installation of more armor or weapon systems.

"For more specific details, after today's presentation, I will talk to the Naval Department of the Ministry of Industry and the designers of the Royal Shipyard alone.

"Next, the design requirements for the weapon system.

"The main armament, of course, is large-caliber artillery, which requires the use of the latest 360 mm caliber, 50 times the diameter of the new naval gun.

"According to the information of the Ordnance Division, the artillery itself should have been basically developed, and the next task is to design a triple turret.

"This 40,000-ton battleship will be equipped with at least three triple turrets, and four should be unlikely.

"Then with the existing 160 mm caliber, 50 times the diameter of the cruiser barrel, twin and triple turrets were designed.

"High-speed battleships were equipped with four triple turrets as secondary guns, and subsequent new cruisers used twin and triple turrets as main guns according to actual needs.

"In addition, the design of armor-piercing shells under hoods and hoods, as well as new types of high-speed small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns for protection against air threats, began.

"Twin 120-mm high-level dual-purpose guns, twin 80-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 40-mm and 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, these can be left uninstalled to leave space.

"Next is the defense requirement,

"The side side should be 255 mm thick and 5 meters high surface hardened carburized armor, which should be installed at an 18-degree inclination to the inner side of the ship.

"On the main deck, there should be 125 mm thick homogeneous horizontal armor for protection against long-range shells and aerial bombs.

"The main armor and horizontal armor, connected on the sides to form the core capsule armor box, the length required to be able to cover the furnace compartment and the turret and ammunition depot.

"In addition to the armor box of the core cabin, the bow and stern part of the hull are designed with a thickness of 100 mm, a length of 50 meters each, and a secondary armor box with a height of 5 meters.

"The frontal armor of the turret is 360 mm, the turret is 320 mm, the other angles of the turret are 200 mm, and the top is 150 mm of homogeneous armor steel.

"The armor of the anti-mine protrusion is 100 mm, the anti-mine structure and the specific design details of the armor box, which I will talk about separately when I go back, and I will not talk about it publicly.

"Finally, the voyage, after replacing the small water-tube oil-fired boiler, it should theoretically be 15 knots 12,000 nautical miles, at least not less than 10,000 nautical miles.

"The no-load displacement is about 32,000 tons, and the maximum displacement is about 40,000 tons (at this time, there was no talk of a standard displacement).

"The length of the hull waterline is controlled at about 210 meters, the width is controlled at about 30 meters, and the average draft is about 10 meters.

"The general overview of the No. 2 ship is like this, and everyone should have a good idea of the state of this ship."

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the planned data and sighed softly with a little emotion.

The overall parameter level of this ship is not comparable to the last generation of cutting-edge battleships such as South Dakota, Richelieu, and Veneto in the World War II era.

It was probably a little stronger than several sub-battleships of the time, such as the Dunkirk and Scharnhorst classes.

At that time, it should only be possible to lead the cruiser fleet to hunt down the enemy's cruisers, or to deal with the old ships of the First World War.

But now is the era of similar dreadnoughts, and the main guns of other countries are still stuck at around 300 mm.

So she didn't have to compare with the last battleships of World War II, or even with the strongest battleships of the First World War era.

255 mm of case-hardened inclined main armor, 125 mm of homogeneous horizontal armor, capable of withstanding all naval guns of the current era.

The 360-mm armor-piercing shell with a hood is capable of destroying all the current capital ships at a distance of ten to twenty kilometers.

As long as it can be built normally within five years, it will be the undoubted strongest warship in the world at present.

Zhu Jingyuan adjusted his mood a little and looked up at the audience, but only saw a stunned and dazed look.

Obviously, I said that everyone should have counted, but everyone didn't count it in their hearts.

No one has ever designed a ship of this scale and type, and many of the designs mentioned in Zhu Jingyuan's mouth are unheard of.

What anti-aircraft guns, what armor boxes, what tilted installations, what anti-mine salients, what primary and secondary armor boxes......

It's all unfamiliar words, and it's as if I suddenly don't understand battleship design.

In contrast, the so-called triple turret, the requirement of 40,000 tons and 30 knots seems much easier to understand.

But no one at the scene stood up to ask questions, because Zhu Jingyuan mentioned it several times, and the details will be discussed separately when we come back.

However, although there was no idea about the details of the ship's shape, everyone understood one thing at the same time.

That is, if this ship is built, it will definitely be the world's first super battleship, and it is the only weapon on earth.

The vast majority of craftsmen and military personnel did not doubt Zhu Jingyuan's previous statement.

This ship faced the traditional 20,000-ton warship, and it was no problem for one to deal with two or three of them......

Just look at the basic parameters, the terrifying 10-knot speed crushing, plus the 60 mm artillery caliber crushing, and a total of 9 large-caliber main guns.

Whether it is a capital ship or a cruiser, a traditional battleship in front of her, there is no chance of winning at all, there is no chance of escaping.

If all the capital ships of the Ming Dynasty were replaced in this form, then the previous battle against the combined fleet of the Anti-Ming Alliance would definitely be a one-sided crushing situation, and it would not be so anxious at all.

So while being at a loss and having no idea, everyone also began to instinctively look forward to when she could really be built.

When will we see her true form, and when will we see her on the battlefield.

Then I sighed, how long is Zhu Jingyuan's brain, and how can he explain so many things in the industry.

The key is that the things he planned, although they are all very bold and very creative, but at the same time they are not completely nonsense.

After careful analysis, it seems to be reasonable, even very reasonable, but it is different from ordinary people's thinking.

In the past 15 years of life, what has he learned and what has he experienced?

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Author's blind comparison:

Although this chapter is full of 1,000 words of battleship design details, this should be something that most readers dare not be interested in.

However, the total word count of this chapter has reached three thousand two, so after removing the details of the battleship design, the other plot capacity has also reached the level of regular chapters.

So please spray gently......