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    Both the engineers of the design institute and the officials of the Navy Ministry were shocked by Wang Yuze's request.  10 305mm naval guns, what a powerful firepower this is!  With a speed of up to 21 knots and 300 mm thick armor, this is undoubtedly a battleship ahead of all battleships in the world.  However, their first reaction was that this request was too unrealistic and there was no way to fulfill it.

    "No, Your Majesty, although your idea is very good, it is simply impossible to achieve. If the 10 305mm naval guns are fired in salvo, the powerful recoil will break the keel of the battleship. You certainly don't  Do you hope that the keel of your warship will break after a few salvos?" Barclays?  Smit said.

    ¡°Then reinforce the keel and use a stronger keel to support the hull!¡± Wang Yuze insisted.

    "Okay, we can reinforce the keel. However, with the thick 300 mm armor you require and the main gun, there is no way the speed can reach 21 knots!" Barclays?  Smit said.

    "How can you know if you don't try it? If the power is not enough, install more boilers. You can use the drum boiler and the latest steam turbine designed by the Academy of Sciences, and use four-axis propulsion. I think this is definitely  It can solve the speed problem!" Wang Yuze said.

    "However, in this case, the displacement of the battleship will increase a lot. The full-load displacement will probably be more than 20,000 tons. In addition, the construction cost will also be extremely high." Barclays?  Smit said with a frown.

    "It doesn't matter! We have enough funds to build this kind of battleship. Believe me, Lord Smit, this battleship will become an epoch-making battleship. Your name will be known to the world as the best battleship designer of this century.  Yes!" Wang Yuze said confusingly.

    Barclays?  Smit was silent, seeming to be thinking about the feasibility of what Wang Yuze said.  However, Wang Yuze's words about becoming the most outstanding warship designer of this century deeply moved him.  Didn't he come to China all the way because he couldn't prove his worth in Germany?  There is no doubt that this time is an excellent opportunity for him.  If it succeeds, his dream will come true.

    "Okay, Marshal, you have convinced me! I will immediately lead people to design this battleship! In half a year, I will give you the battleship you want!" Barclays?  Smit said firmly.

    "Half a year is too long, and we don't have so much time anymore. Three months, three months later we need to start building this warship that will shock the world!" Wang Yuze said.

    "Okay! I will work hard to design this battleship within three months!" Barclays?  Smit said.  There is no doubt that he likes Wang Yuze's words about battleships that shocked the world very much.  As the designer of this battleship, he will definitely become famous for it.

    After that, Barclays?  Smit immediately took people to study it, and even the subsequent introduction of the battleship was conducted by others.  But Barclays?  Smit did it.  After he led the engineers at the design institute to work hard all night for three months, the design drawings of a battleship called the "China Class" appeared in front of Wang Yuze.

    The "China Class" battleship has a standard displacement of 18,500 tons, a full load displacement of 21,500 tons, a total length of 161 meters, a width of 25 meters, a draft of 9 meters, and is powered by 16 drum boilers and two latest steam turbines with a power of two  Fifteen thousand horsepower, a maximum speed of more than 21 knots (the maximum speed reached 22 knots in the test run after successful construction), a cruising range of 10 knots/7000 nautical miles, and armament of 4 twin 305 mm 50 times caliber naval guns  (This kind of naval gun is more powerful and has a longer range than the 305 mm 45-caliber naval gun of the British battleship. At the same time, four twin-mounted cannons are enough to form a strong firepower, so the planned 5 guns are not used), and the backpack is used  Type turret allows eight main guns to fire to the same side, and four main guns can fire forward and backward, 10 105mm rapid-fire cannons and 10 37mm rapid-fire cannons.  The torpedo tubes were eliminated.  Because in the real world, lightning strikes are carried out by cruisers or destroyers.  The armor adopts the new armor researched by Krupp, adding nickel-chromium alloy to the steel, and using an improved armor surface carburizing process to make the armor stronger. The defense power of this 152 mm Krupp armor is equivalent to 317.5  mm composite armor or 406 mm wrought iron armor.  The armor of the main gun and bridge was 305 mm, the deck was 65 mm, and the side belt was 203 mm.  There is no doubt that this is an epoch-making battleship. Its appearance immediately made all the battleships under construction or even design in various countries obsolete.  However, the Chinese Navy has adopted a high degree of confidentiality during the construction process, and will the previous Barclays?  The parameters of the battleship designed by Smit were revealed as fake news.  Only after the Chinese Navy's "Zhonghua-class" battleships were put into service did various countries realize that they had been fooled.  This battleship was reviewed by Wang Yuze.Finally, it was decided on the spot to start construction, and in order to maintain the advantage over the Japanese Navy, it was agreed to build four ships at one time, namely the "Zhonghua", "Yanhuang", "Huaxia" and "Shenzhou".  However, this warship is extremely expensive for the Zhao family, with each ship costing 8 million yuan, which is equivalent to two million pounds.  Had it not been for the 200 million pounds in compensation received from Japan, China would not have had so much military spending.

    In addition to the "Zhonghua Class" battleship, the design institute's newly designed heavy cruiser "Beijing Class" has also officially started construction. The "Beijing Class" heavy cruiser has a displacement of 10,500 tons, a total length of 110 meters, a width of 18.6 meters, and a draft of 7.5  rice.  The armaments include two twin 305mm 50-caliber naval guns, six 105mm single-mounted guns, six 88mm single-mounted guns, eight 37mm machine guns, and four 475mm water-borne torpedo tubes.  The power is 12 drum boilers, two steam turbines, the main engine power is 20,000 horsepower, two-shaft propulsion, and the maximum speed is 28 knots.  The armor is 200 mm at the waterline; 60 mm on the deck; 305 mm on the main gun turret; and 305 mm on the command tower.  Because of the use of new armor steel, the battleship's defense capabilities have increased a lot, but the armor has been reduced a lot.  This allows the "Beijing-class" heavy cruiser to be equipped with more powerful main guns and have a higher speed.  This heavy cruiser can almost compete with foreign battleships.  The construction cost of this heavy cruiser is not low. Each ship costs 4.5 million yuan, which is almost higher than the cost of Japanese battleships.  However, with abundant funds, Wang Yuze still placed an order for 8 ships in one go, namely the "Beijing", "Tianjin", "Shanghai", "Nanjing", "Guangzhou", and "Changsha"  No., "Kulun" and "Dihua".  Including the eight previous Chengdu-class heavy cruisers, the Chinese Navy will have 16 heavy cruisers with combat power comparable to that of capital ships.  The four "Chengdu" class heavy cruisers in the second batch are "Xi'an", "Lanzhou", "Xining" and "Wuhan".  As long as these warships can be put into service smoothly, the Chinese Navy will once again have an overwhelming advantage over the Japanese Navy.

    There is also the latest class of light cruiser "Tianshui class". The "Tianshui class" light cruiser has a displacement of 4,500 tons, a length of 90 meters, a width of 12 meters, a draft of 5.4 meters, and armament of two twin-mounted 155mm naval guns.  , respectively placed at the bow and stern of the ship.  There are also six 105mm rapid-fire cannons as secondary guns and eight 88mm rapid-fire cannons.  In addition, there are eight 37mm rapid-fire guns installed on both sides of the battleship.  The power will be six drum boilers and one steam turbine, with a main engine power of 12,000 horsepower, two-shaft propulsion, and a maximum speed of 30 knots.  This will become the fastest cruiser in the world, and Wang Yuze is very satisfied with this.  Because in the next three years, the Chinese Navy needs to seize food from the United States in the Pacific and needs a large number of fast warships to cruise the vast Pacific. Therefore, with Wang Yuze¡¯s consent, the Navy placed an order for 16 ships in one go.  They are "Tianshui", "Wuwei", "Longnan", "Qingyang", "Pingliang", "Zhangye", "Linxia", "Jinchang", "Baoji" and "Xianyang"  ", "Weinan", "Ankang", "Hanzhong", "Tongchuan", "Shangluo" and "Yulin".

    In addition, orders for the newly finalized destroyers have also been increased, from the initial 20 to 30.  Although this requires the Chinese Navy to spend nearly 100 million in shipbuilding funds, this money has to be spent. The Chinese Navy has to face more than just the Japanese navy.  If you want to snatch Hawaii from the hands of the U.S. Navy, how can you not work hard to improve the strength of the navy?  Fortunately, the strength of the U.S. Navy has just begun. The combat power of their new "Indiana-class" battleships may not even be able to keep up with the "Beijing-class" heavy cruisers of the Chinese Navy.  As long as four "Beijing-class" heavy cruisers and matching battleships are dispatched at that time, Hawaii can be defended.

    In addition, although huge military expenditures were consumed, it also stimulated economic growth and played a large role in improving the economy.

    The crazy investment in the navy by China and Japan has caused the Far East to enter a crazy arms race. Even the United Kingdom and the United States on the other side of the ocean have to speed up the pace of naval construction.  Although they strongly support Japan's confrontation with China, what if Japan loses?  So, they had to make complete preparations.

    In addition, the Russians also accelerated the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway.  Construction of this 9,332-kilometer railway started four years ago, but due to geographical conditions and funding, the construction speed was very slow.  However, as China and Japan compete for hegemony in the Far East, Russia knows that if it does not speed up the process, by the time they build the railway, the winner will have been decided between China and Japan in the Far East. By then, Russia will not be involved in the Far East at all.  opportunity.  For this reason, Tsar Nicholas II, who succeeded to the throne last year, borrowed heavily from France for the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, requiring that it be opened to traffic no matter what in five years, at least most of the sections.

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