My Italian

Since the reunification, Taranto has been the most important military port in Italy, so the navy has invested a lot in Taranto these years. In addition to normal military facilities, these investments are also invested in technology research and development, so Taranto now has many research institutions and equipment factories.

And these scientific research institutions have promoted the research and development of new equipment and new technologies for the Italian Navy, so Taranto is not only a simple military port, but also a general existence of a naval base.

Therefore, Viscount Cuniberti, the chief designer of the Navy of the Kingdom of Italy, will also come here from time to time, because this is the main research and development base for various new technologies of the Navy. Cuniberti, the chief designer of the Navy, also has his own office in Taranto. Because the Naval Ship Design Institute is also in Taranto.

"Damn, it's so unreliable, it's actually delayed again."

Kuniberti, who pushed away the Naval Battleship Design Institute, complained all the way.

And his words made the others in the battleship design institute widen their eyes, looking at the chief designer, who was the best warship designer in Italy at present.

"Teacher, what's wrong?"

Unlike others, Pugliese, a student of Cuniberti, only entered the door and asked with concern after he returned to the office.

For his teacher, Presse has great respect, because it is because of the teacher's value that he can make him a battleship designer.

You know, not too many people want to be a student of the genius Cuniberti. As long as he shouts loudly that he wants to accept students, there will definitely be a long queue in front of the design institute, and designers from all over the world want to ask him for advice. Especially after the completion of the dreadnought ship and the installation of the patrol, it has established the teacher's lofty position in the world warship design field.

And so far, there is only one student who can become a teacher, and that is his Pugliese. In some respects, he is proud enough to presse, so he can be completely different from others in some things.

And his guess was good. Kunibatti was more patient with his students' inquiries. "Pedros broke his promise again, and his design of the 350mm naval gun has been delayed again."

When Presse heard the teacher's words, he immediately understood the teacher's mood, and immediately added a sentence. "Mr. Pedros from the Naval Artillery Research Institute, this is the second time that he has broken his promise. Did the top navy officials say nothing?"

"Why didn't he say that the navy has informed him that if it continues to be postponed next time, then the navy needs to consider the necessity of the existence of the Naval Gun Research Institute."

Cuniberti's words shocked Presse, but he didn't expect the Navy to say such a serious thing.

"Teacher, why is the Navy acting so eager?"

In the face of his student's question, Kunibati responded immediately. "There are two reasons. The external reason is that various countries are currently building a large number of new dreadnoughts, and the navy wants to ensure that the performance of its own warships continues to lead. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a warship that can suppress the dreadnoughts of various countries. This That's why we have received such high demands from the Navy for new battleships."

As the person who designed a variety of epoch-making warships for the Italian Navy, Cuniberti accurately judged the needs of the Navy. At present, all countries in the world are building dreadnoughts, and the Italian Navy is far less numerous than other countries.

Take the British Empire as an example. In the two fiscal years of 1905 and 1906, it started the construction of eight dreadnoughts of the Bellerophon-class and the St. Vincent-class. It is said that next year, the British Empire will also allocate funds to build three more ships, and the momentum of the world's first navy is simply unmatched.

In addition to this, the British Empire decided in 1906 that construction of four Invincible-class battlecruisers would need to start within two years. And this cruiser is also very different from history. First of all, in terms of speed, the new invincible class can run at a speed of 26 knots, and the firepower is also eight 305mm naval guns. Its goal is very clear, that is, against the threat from the war patrols of Italy, Germany and the United States.

After all, this kind of warship, the British Empire can see at a glance that it is a huge threat to sea routes, so the British Empire must have enough warships with the same performance.

In addition to the British Empire, France, which is facing enormous pressure on land, Russia, which was defeated in the Far East, Austria-Hungary, which lacks maritime interests, and Japan, which has just become a great power, also have a huge desire for dreadnoughts. They are either preparing designs or working on construction plans. Anyway, in this naval shipbuilding competition, no one is willing to give up the trident of Poseidon, the sea god, and all countries have participated in more or less.

As for his teacher's words, Presse, as a member of the designer, is of course aware of the recent situation, so after facing the launch of dreadnoughts by the navies of various countries, as the initiator of dreadnoughts, how can the Italian navy shrink back?

At present, the Italian Navy has two plans. One is to launch an improved version of the Dante-class. For the improved model of the Dante-class dreadnought, there are many plans for the design of naval battleships, from the standard 8 305mm guns to the most exaggerated 12 guns. The hard work of colleagues.

As for the second option, that is to build a dreadnought that can suppress the existence of dreadnoughts under construction in various countries. Since we want to suppress the dreadnoughts of various countries, we must use more powerful artillery on the vital firepower.

Among them, the first choice is the 350 mm 45 times main gun jointly developed by Germany, Italy and Austria. This artillery was launched as early as the 305mm 45 times main gun was successfully developed. Although after years of research, the Three Kingdoms underestimated the research difficulty of the 350mm 45 times naval gun.

was supposed to be 1906

The research work completed in ^0^ has been delayed until the current year of 1907~www.NovelMTL.com~ and the ticket has been delayed again.

Of course, the Navy is not short of 350mm guns, because in addition to the option of increasing the caliber, the Navy can also choose to increase the multiple. At present, the 305mm 50 times main gun jointly researched by the three countries has completed the research work, and the shooting results of the sample gun are not bad. If there is no second choice, then the Italian Navy is not unable to use this long barrel. The 305mm gun is the main gun of the new generation of dreadnoughts.

In fact, the research and development of this long-barreled 305mm main gun mainly depends on Germany and Austria. The technology of the two arsenals of Krupp and Skoda is still very powerful, and its research and development work is progressing smoothly.

For this reason, the Italian Navy also complained that the main research on naval guns of the two countries was on the long-barreled 305mm naval gun, rather than focusing on the larger caliber 350mm.

However, this situation is not unacceptable to Cuniberti, because as an excellent battleship designer, designing an excellent battleship will come up with different plans according to different situations. And the battleship with the long-barreled 305mm main gun is far less deterrent than the 350mm, but it is not so unacceptable when there is no other way.

Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^