The two battleships and four cruisers that stopped at the new Tianfu wharf allowed the managers, officers, soldiers, workers, and ordinary people of Huangzhuang to visit the palace intermittently for eight days.

After the maintenance of the battleship was completed, Zhu Jingyuan brought Charles and Charlotte, as well as representatives of Britain and France, to visit.

Charles and Charlotte are mainly natural novelties and expectations.

Grenville, Monroe, Talleyrand, these diplomats and political personnel, are directly in a state of hard work.

As the car approached the dock, they were already craning their necks from time to time and poking their heads out of the window.

When the car entered the dock area and arrived at the dock area, they were more engrossed and distracted.

As the distance quickly narrowed, the silhouette of the huge battleship that appeared above the pier also gave them a big shock.

"Oh my God, these two ships are too big......"

"The length of this hull ...... I estimated that it was probably seventy percent longer than the 16,000-ton Dreadsome class! ”

"Even if it is compared with the prestige level of the test ship with all large-caliber main guns, it is at least fifty percent longer!"

"With so much increase in length, how terrifying will that tonnage be?"

"At least 40,000 tons, or even 50,000 tons......"

"With such a huge warship, there are still two of them here, which means that they are already a mass-produced model......"

"Why is this happening? How could Da Ming build such a huge warship! ”

"This is completely unreasonable!"

"His Excellency Nelson was ready to overwhelm quantity with quality, so he planned a battleship with a displacement of 30,000 tons.

"Now it seems that even if this kind of super battleship is built, it can only be regarded as a second-class battleship......"

The British and French, especially the British, including the American officials, were startled by both ships.

Until the car came to a stop under the battleship, they were still immersed in astonishment and disbelief.

Their estimate of tonnage exceeded the actual tonnage of the battleship, as they were judged by the hull of a conventional battleship.

The ratio of length to width of the hull of a traditional battleship is smaller, and the battleship as a whole will be fatter.

The ratio of length and width of Zhu Jingyuan's cutting-edge battleship has been expanded, and the hull as a whole has become more slender.

If the two shapes of warships are the same length, then the traditional warship will definitely be wider and the tonnage will definitely be larger than the cutting-edge warship.

British and French diplomats simply looked at the length of the battleship from the side, and could not directly see the width.

The tonnage of the new battleship was estimated according to the line type of the traditional battleship, so the terrifying conclusion was drawn that there may be 50,000 tons.

Everyone's initial impression of these two ships is that they are extraordinarily huge.

It wasn't until they came to the bottom of the battleship, and when they were about to get on board, that they realized something else.

The shape of these two ships was also completely different from that of traditional battleships.

Charles followed Zhu Jingyuan, looked up at the main guns on the huge hull, and said in surprise:

"It's all ...... Triple mounted main gun ......"

Zhu Jingyuan said as a matter of course:

"Yes, in order to increase the density of fire, to reduce the length of the hull occupied by the main guns, a triple main gun was used.

"With three triple turrets, there are already nine large-caliber guns.

"If it's a twin turret, there are only eight guns in four turrets, but the turret can weigh more than three triplets."

Charles has a basic understanding of the Navy:

"That should be more difficult, can we do it in France?"

Zhu Jingyuan said quite directly:

"You can explore accordingly, but for your new ship design, it is recommended to continue with a twin turret."

Sheldon was a little disappointed, but he immediately took it for granted.

At the same time, Talleyrand, the foreign minister, was able to see even more.

"This kind of battleship with a displacement of at least 40,000 tons is equipped with only three turrets.

"The triple turret is specially designed to reduce the number of turrets and the volume they occupy.

"That more hull tonnage and space must be used for defense and speed.

"Then the level of armor defense and speed of this ship must be far superior to that of traditional capital ships."

Under the condition of a certain level of technology, the design of the capital ship should make a trade-off between attack, defense, and speed.

The 40,000-ton ship had nine 360-mm guns, which obviously could not be an option for maximizing firepower.

So it definitely strengthens the other two.

Talleyrand is testing Zhu Jingyuan, hoping to get more key news.

Grenville, Monroe, Jefferson, and other British deputies, hearing Talleyrand's words, also cheered up and looked at Zhu Jingyuan.

Of course, Zhu Jingyuan would not answer directly, but said with a noncommittal smile:

"We tried to find the most reasonable balance between firepower, armor and speed."

If you say this, you don't say it.

The so-called "balance" is very subjective, and different people have different understandings of balance.

The balance understood by Zhu Jingyuan, a person with experience in later generations, is actually very extreme in the eyes of people in this era.

People in this era could not have imagined that Zhu Jingyuan would directly pull the speed to thirty knots.

Zhu Jingyuan felt that the speed of thirty knots was already the result of balance.

If the speed is extremely enhanced, it should be pulled to more than thirty-two knots, so that the capital ship can run after the cruiser.

The representative works are the "super cruiser" Iowa, and the "large cruiser" Alaska.

At the same time, even in the armor itself, Zhu Jingyuan's balance is different from others.

Zhu Jingyuan wanted to divide the armor into two parts: the vertical main armor on the side and the horizontal armor on the deck.

In Zhu Jingyuan's eyes, in fact, the latter is more important.

The horizontal armor of the Fearless and Fearless is heavier than the vertical armor.

Now that Talleyrand, Grenville, and Monroe heard these words, their inner analysis and judgment were far from Zhu Jingyuan's.

They could not imagine what a thirty-knot ship would look like, and they had no idea of horizontal armor of more than a hundred millimeters.

"The speed may exceed twenty-three knots, and may even reach twenty-five knots, and the speed of His Excellency Nelson's ideal warship is about twenty-five knots......"

"The thickness of the main armor should be stacked to 360 mm, and even if our capital ships use 360 mm main guns, they may still not be able to penetrate at a distance of 10 kilometers......"

"According to the technical level of our country, it is definitely not possible to obtain the same level of indicators at an approximate tonnage, and we can only continue to give up one or two."

"Even if it is an extremely enhanced speed, it is difficult to exceed twenty-five knots, and it is even more impossible to form a speed advantage over twenty-five knots.

"Fortified armor and firepower are the best choice......

Differences in cognition and judgment will directly lead to differences in operational thinking.

The strategy and tactics they do in the face of their own brain-made "balanced" warships, and when they are faced with the actual balanced warships, they may not have any effect, and may even have the opposite effect.

Under the guidance of the naval ceremonial officer on board, Zhu Jingyuan boarded the battleship with representatives of Britain and France.

After coming to the deck, the representatives of the British and French courts subconsciously observed and estimated the width of the deck.

They quickly made a judgment that the width of the ship was narrower than expected.

The aspect ratio is definitely more than seven!

The aspect ratio of traditional battleships is usually in the range of six points, and may even be less than six.

Usually only cruisers that pursue high speed will have such a large aspect ratio.

Therefore, they were all certain that the speed of the ship should be twenty-five knots.

At the same time, the tonnage of the battleship was also corrected, and it was placed at a position of more than 40,000 tons, which is very close to the real tonnage.

After estimating the width, aspect ratio, and tonnage, they began to observe the facilities on the deck.

Once again, they found a difference from traditional warships.

Secondary artillery.

The ship's secondary guns were also turretized.

Only forty mm caliber guns remained open structures.

With the exception of the 160 mm secondary gun, it can be seen that there is a very large range of elevation angles.

In order to deal with possible air threats, the high-speed capital ship designed by Zhu Jingyuan had a large number of anti-aircraft guns from the beginning.

With the exception of the 160-mm secondary gun, the other small and medium-caliber guns were actually anti-aircraft guns.

The number of anti-aircraft guns far exceeded that of normal warships in the early days of dreadnoughts.

It even surpasses most of the warships designed and built during the interwar period.

However, because the air defense command system is still being explored and upgraded, there is still a big gap in the air defense capability of British and American warships compared with the World War II era.

The number of anti-aircraft guns also remained not piled to the limit.

But the current state of small and medium-caliber artillery is enough for the current British and French representatives to find abnormalities.

Charlotte, the little girl, saw the difference, and said in surprise:

"A lot of small and medium-sized artillery ......"

When Zhu Jingyuan heard the exclamation, he deliberately laughed and misled:

"The tonnage of the hull is already large enough, and there is also enough space for a sufficient number of guns.

"The number of secondary guns on this ship is already more than the number of a 15,000-ton cruiser.

"The firepower is equivalent to a capital ship with a cruiser, and possibly two more destroyers."

Zhu Jingyuan felt that these people should not be able to imagine for the time being what the concept of aircraft swarm attack in the World War II era was.

It is impossible to imagine how much pressure will be on naval air defense operations in naval battles for some time to come.

Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously tried to mislead them, whether they could let them make the secondary artillery a pure secondary artillery in the first place.

Zhu Jingyuan said as he led them forward, coming to the bottom of the main gun on the foredeck of the battleship.

Grenville looked up at the gun on the turret and slightly estimated the proportion of the gun's barrel:

"The caliber of the gun should be three hundred and sixty millimeters, and the length of the barrel must be more than forty-five times the caliber.

"Fifty times the diameter ...... again"

Several others nodded their heads along with each other, all coming to similar conclusions.

After listening to this, Zhu Jingyuan also directly gave a definite response:

"It's a 360 mm, 50 times diameter main gun, and several of them have a lot of experience......

Several diplomats were given accurate data, but their expressions became a little ugly.

The body-to-barrel ratio of the artillery, which is commonly referred to as the double diameter, is a parameter that directly reflects the level of the artillery manufacturing process.

The larger the magnification, the longer the range, the more accurate the landing point, and the more difficult it is to manufacture.

The original traditional battleships, the 300 mm caliber guns used, at the beginning of the world war, the Ming Dynasty used 45 times the diameter, and the major naval countries of Taixi basically started to use 40 times the diameter.

By the end of the world war, they basically caught up with the Ming Dynasty on the parameter of double diameter.

In fact, the reason is that the Ming Dynasty did not continue to update the three-hundred-millimeter caliber artillery.

At that time, the focus of research had shifted to the caliber of three hundred and sixty millimeters.

Fifty times the diameter was achieved on a caliber of three hundred and sixty mm.

The subsequent 420-mm gun was also directly developed on the basis of 50 times the diameter.

At present, the major naval countries of Taixi are basically able to build 360 mm caliber artillery.

But the double diameter is not very good-looking, and forty-five times the diameter is a bit difficult, let alone fifty times the diameter.

The most important thing is that when he talked about it, Zhu Jingyuan showed the new shells of the Ming Dynasty.

A gun of 300 mm caliber and 45 times the diameter can penetrate the armor of an existing capital ship at a distance of 12 kilometers.

Now the caliber has been upgraded to three hundred and sixty millimeters, and the double diameter has been increased to fifty.

How many millimeters of armor can that penetrate at a distance of twelve kilometers?

If the defense of your new battleship is standard against this kind of artillery, how thick will the armor be piled......

Diplomatic and political figures such as Grenville, Monroe, and Talleyrand followed Zhu Jingyuan to see the new warship of the Ming Dynasty, originally in order to listen to and confirm the information.

Originally, there was a certain expectation in my heart that Daming's new warship should have a lot of advantages.

But I didn't imagine that the specifications of these new warships would be so exaggerated.

40,000 tons, 25 knots, 360 mm armor, 360 mm guns.

The capital ship of the Ming Dynasty can indeed be designed in this way, and this design scheme is obviously more "balanced".

However, Zhu Jingyuan shrank the thickness of the armor to 300 millimeters and increased the speed to 30 knots.

Now these parameters made up by their brains seem to them to be a monster.

All sides crush the monsters of the existing battleship.

What is even more painful is that even if they come up with enough funds to let go of the construction of the same 40,000-ton warship, due to the gap in technical level, they will not be able to make warships of this level.

Perhaps only with 50,000 tons, or even more, can such a 40,000-ton warship be suppressed.

The cost of building a 40,000-ton battleship is, in their opinion, unacceptably high.

If there are 50,000-ton or even larger warships, they can't build a few with the strength of the whole country.

The problem is that the Ming should be able to build bigger and more ships.

Now this kind of 40,000-ton all-round warship is now directly two on the spot.

This means mass production......

Talleyrand, Grenville, Monroe and others are not very good at confirming the news.

But Charr had few concerns.

When I was walking around with Zhu Jingyuan, I thought of this question and asked it directly:

"My best friend, how many super battleships of this level are Da Ming going to build?"

Grenville, Talleyrand, Monroe, Jefferson, and others immediately pricked up their ears and listened.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't hide it from them, and directly said the general construction plan:

"There are currently eight warships of this tonnage in the dock, and at least four will be started every year in the future.

"Gradually replace all capital ships and armored cruisers altogether.

"At least thirty-two ships will be built in one go, and then it will be decided to continue to increase according to the situation."

Zhu Jingyuan was talking about "a battleship of this tonnage", not "a battleship of this kind."

Zhu Jingyuan put together the number of 40,000-ton battleships and aircraft carriers.

Of course, this is not a lie, the actual role of a 40,000-ton aircraft carrier is actually stronger than a 40,000-ton battleship.

The reason why Zhu Jingyuan is saying this is because the shipbuilding plan is also a part of the deterrent force.

In the eyes of the junior officers, only the shells that can be fired directly are useful.

In the eyes of the admirals, only warships that are ready to strike are useful.

In the eyes of diplomats, the battleships in the dock are useful.

In the opinion of politicians, the planned battleships are also useful.

When Zhu Jingyuan's words came out, Xia Er directly opened his mouth wide.

Talleyrand, Grenville, Monroe, and the others froze.

Replace all the old capital ships and armored cruisers with warships of this class.

This kind of monster ship has more than 30 ships in one go, which directly and completely subverts their cognition again.

The most terrifying thing is that after roughly calculating in their hearts, they found that Da Ming is really capable of doing this.

Thirty-two ships is definitely not the limit of the current Ming Dynasty.

If Daming completely liberalizes its financial and industrial capacity, it will not be too much pressure to double this number again.

Da Ming can definitely afford to raise sixty-four capital ships.

At the same time, even if the entire Taixi Continent were united, it would not be able to raise more than sixty warships of the same class.

If calculated according to the national strength before the world war, countries like Britain, France, and Spain may be able to raise a dozen ships, Prussia and Lucia may be able to raise seven or eight ships, and other countries may raise three or four.

After the end of the World War, the colonies of Britain, France, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands shrank significantly, and it was impossible for fiscal revenues to recover.

Lucia and the Ottomans were also directly dismembered, and Austria, Italy, and Prussia also suffered losses.

Now two-thirds of the world's land has fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

All of Tessy accounted for the remaining third.

The Taixi countries had to work together and use their forces to make it possible to keep up with the Ming in terms of naval scale.

The point is, even if the scale is on par, there will still be a gap in quality.

In short, utter despair.

However, the two future kings, Charles and Charlotte, did not rush to this matter with little pressure or discomfort.

The two of them were already instinctively on Zhu Jingyuan's side.

Da Ming is powerful, they just feel shocked, and they don't feel threatened.

You may even feel honored.

Charles subconsciously grabbed Zhu Jingyuan's arm:

"Thirty-two ships are built directly! Does Daming need so many super battleships! ”

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and glanced at Talleyrand, Monroe, Jefferson, Grenville and others:

"Of course it is, I have a preliminary plan at the moment, which can be called the principle of reciprocity.

"How many capital ships are built on the Taixi side, Daming will also build as many capital ships.

"Let the number of capital ships of the Ming Dynasty be balanced with the total number of capital ships of the ten kingdoms of Taixi."

Chardon didn't know what to say:

"This ...... Is peer-to-peer right? ”

Talleyrand and the others were completely speechless.

There is nothing to be able to express an opinion.

Historically, the world's strongest navy before World War I, the British Royal Navy followed the "two-power principle".

As the world's largest navy, the size of the navy is more than the second and third combined.

Now the principle of reciprocity of the Ming Dynasty takes it a step further.

More than all the navies in the back combined.

The U.S. Navy after World War II was about that size.

This is not a difficult thing for the current Daming.

Zhu Jingyuan took the representatives of Britain and France around the deck, and then walked into the cabin.

After visiting the main cabin, we went to the officer's dining room inside the battleship.

Today everyone attended a simple luncheon directly on the ship.

Zhu Jingyuan sat on the main seat, and the two royal family members, Charles and Charlotte, sat on the left and right sides.

The atmosphere seemed to be quite pleasant, and the officers on board were very happy.

The representatives of Britain and France could only laugh with forced smiles.

Charles was really happy, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, he looked around with emotion:

"My dear friend, I remember you said that you would let this fleet escort me back to France.

"Those aristocrats and rich businessmen in China will definitely be very shocked.

"After seeing these warships, they should not have the idea of being enemies of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jingyuan took a sip of wine to himself:

"Yes, it should be good for your plans, you can take the nobles of France on board for a visit.

"Let the people you have to dispose of, stay away from their lair, away from their main escort force.

"On the way back after visiting the battleship, it's a good time to get started."

When Charles heard Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion, he immediately nodded very seriously:

"Thank you for the suggestion, I think it's a good plan, I will arrange it this way.

"Then, my dear friend, will you go back with me?"

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head directly:

"My answer is no, my grandfather will not allow me to leave the scope of Daming.

"You should be able to understand that I actually offended a lot of people, especially the Tessie.

"There should be a lot of people who can't wait to get rid of me.

"If I had the chance, I would have found a way to do it to myself, even at the risk of death or even war.

"Rather, if there is an opportunity to start a war, they will probably be happy to do it.

"On the other hand, Da Ming's side has no ill will towards you, so you are even safer here than Paris.

"You should also pay attention to the fact that after the implementation of this plan, many people's attitudes towards you will also change.

"Be sure to bring a guard with you when you go back and minimize direct contact with large crowds as much as possible.

"If you have time in the future, you can also come to my side for a vacation......"

Charles is a little regretful, but he also understands the fact that Zhu Jingyuan said:

"Thank you for the reminder from my best friend, I'll pay attention, I'll come back to see your ...... when I'm free"

Zhu Jingyuan and Charles were chatting here, and Charlotte next to her was a little anxious:

"Your Royal Highness, I also want to come to Xintianfu again, I will come here again next winter to spend the winter, and I will see you again......"

Zhu Jingyuan listened to it and asked with a smile:

"I may not be in New Tianfu tomorrow winter, do you still want to come to New Tianfu for the winter?"

Charlotte was taken aback:

"Ah...... Why...... Where are you going? ”

Zhu Jingyuan was noncommittal:

"You should all know that the governance training of the prince and grandson of the Ming Dynasty.

"I'm in governance training right now, but it's a little bit special.

"So in two years' time, I had to move places.

"I'll let you know when I go to a new place."

Charles and Charlotte immediately agreed:

"You must inform me."

"Don't forget."

Today is still a chapter of 6,000 words.,I asked in the author group.,Now it seems to be quite popular to have a big chapter every day.,Readers just wait for an update every day.,The author also has the opportunity to improve the average number.,I'll see if I can make a high-quality ......