Iron Dynasty

"Emperor, this is the first battleship in the empire equipped with a steam turbine. According to the battleships launched by the empire soon, this battleship should be included in the ranks of battleships."

At the foot of Beisha City, Zhang Liang is introducing to Xiao Ming a behemoth parked in the military port. Unlike the ordinary iron-clad ships built in the empire a few years ago, this warship has a displacement of 35,000 tons and is equipped with three triplets. 406 mm main gun.

According to the empire-designated battleship’s main gun caliber greater than 203 and no more than 406 mm, this battleship can be described as a giant among the battleships.

Looking at the 216-meter-long Shocking Wave, Xiao Ming showed a satisfied expression.

Time flies. After the war in Europe came to an end, two years passed quickly after the Vienna Convention was perfectly established.

In the past two years, Xiao Ming focused his main energy on the construction of the empire's ocean combat capability.

And as Tang Wenjie said, half a year after the establishment of the Vienna Entente, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, France, Britain, and Tsarist Russia announced the establishment of the St. Petersburg Entente in St. Petersburg, and they were fighting against the empire strategically.

In the face of the six powers of Europe and the St. Petersburg Agreement with a population of over 100 million, Xiao Ming had nothing to do for a while. After all, the last European war had already challenged the empire's ocean transportation capabilities.

Therefore, if a world war really breaks out, even if the empire takes advantage of its weapons, it may not be able to make up for its disadvantage in numbers.

It is precisely in consideration of this factor that he asked the members of the Allied Powers to converge in the past two years, mainly to strengthen commerce and trade, and promote economic development.

The empire used peacetime to step up its reform of weapons. According to his request, if the empire wants to cross the sea and conduct full-scale operations in Europe, the military level of the empire must be at least close to the beginning of World War II.

This battleship Jing Tao is the proof that Di Gong is advancing towards this goal.

"Only in this way can you smell like a giant cannon. Go up and take a look."

Xiao Ming said to Zhang Liang that there were many admirals behind him, and they were all waiting for such battleships to be installed in the fleet as soon as possible.

After boarding the battleship, Xiao Ming visited the internal structure of the battleship under Zhang Liang’s introduction. In addition to using steam turbines, the artillery of this battleship also adopted automatic filling technology. A dedicated conveyor from the ammunition room to the position of the breech block.

The reason for adopting this transmission method is because the main guns of battleships have a large caliber, which means that the weight of the shells will also be large, and the efficiency of manual loading will be very low.

So there is this transmission structure in the design drawing he gave, so that the main gun of the battleship can fire twice in a relatively short time.

"This battleship is really big." Liu Chen's saliva was almost left, and he said: "The emperor, as long as the Pacific Fleet has such a battleship, it is enough to destroy a European fleet."

Other generals heard that they agreed. Compared with the iron armored ship with a length of about ninety meters, this monster that has doubled its length, armor thickness or firepower is enough to be called a maritime overlord.

Xiao Ming smiled, and he said: "You guys are not promising enough. This battleship "Torrent" is nothing. The Imperial Navy has even more grand plans."

Liu Chen was surprised when he heard the words: "I hope the emperor will make it clear."

By now, Xiao Ming is no longer selling off. He said: "It is impossible to defeat the St. Petersburg Entente by fighting on land. Therefore, I have been planning the Imperial Air Force over the years. Now the major aircraft manufacturing centers of the Empire have Many excellent bombers have been produced, but they lack a platform for sending bombers to Europe. This platform is more important than battleships, aircraft carriers.

"Aircraft carrier?" Liu Chen showed a look of yearning. He could already imagine a huge battleship carrying a bomber sailing on the ocean.

Xiao Ming nodded. He turned to look at the admirals of the Empire. Except for some old faces, most of these admirals were young admirals.

These young admirals have graduated from regular naval academies and are very proficient in modern naval construction. They will be the future of the Imperial Navy.

"Yes, it is an aircraft carrier. This is a large surface ship. The main method of warfare is to use aviation to destroy enemy warships. Of course, this method of warfare is somewhat overkill for the European navy. At present, these warships are mainly used The role of transport fighters." Xiao Ming explained to everyone.

Liu Chen nodded. In the past two years, the empire suddenly put away his fists, allowing the Allied organization to behave in a low-key manner. The purpose is to punch out the put away fists, so that they can have enough power to destroy the St. Petersburg Allied State.

After all, the confrontation between the two major Allies will sooner or later lead to conflicts, and according to the characteristics of the common defense of the Allies, no matter who fires the first shot, other countries will be involved in war.

Therefore, in his opinion, a full-scale war in Europe is almost inevitable. St. Petersburg will not sit back and watch the empire take control of Europe step by step. The empire will not tolerate the strength of the St. Petersburg Entente and compete with the empire for colonies all over the world.

In the blueprint described by Xiao Ming, endless expectations rose in the hearts of the generals. This Beisha City was just a point for the Empire to build warships.

The current empire controls the large shipyards across the country. In their view, the Stormtrooper has been launched, which shows that other shipyards will also launch battleships similar to the Stormtrooper.

As the generals thought, through these years of construction, the empire has 36 shipyards capable of building large surface ships.

This Beisha City Shipyard is only one of them. It is responsible for the construction of only one battleship, but this does not mean that Beisha City Shipyard has so little ability~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In fact, in addition to the battleships, the Beisha City Shipyard Ocean-going transport ships, large-scale supply ships, and marine maintenance ships are still being built, including commercial and civilian ones.

The situation in the remaining shipyards is similar. According to Zhang Liang, after the launch of the Storm, the Empire will successively launch 47 warships.

These forty-seven battleships include nine battleships and 38 cruisers. As for the aircraft carrier plan he calls, Zhang Liang is planning.

The aircraft carrier carrying the monoplane is relatively technically not much higher than that of the battleship, and the main industrial capability can be tried to build.

During World War II, the United States produced 26 large aircraft carriers, 9 light aircraft carriers, 115 **** aircraft carriers, 10 battleships, 48 ​​cruisers, 349 destroyers, 498 frigates, 203 submarines, and tens of thousands of landings during the war. Ships, and tens of millions of tons of civilian ships

The empire’s current industrial capacity is inferior, but there is still a level of 20% to 30%, and this is more than enough for the current world.

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