Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 320 320 New Battleships
In one of Cyric's shipbuilding workshops, thousands of people are surrounding a temporarily refitted large ship, undergoing final inspections.

This ship is a new style of warship built by Cyric's genius designer through improvement. It subverts the design of the previous sailing warship and adopts a layout that has never been seen before.

Yes, this is a ship that uses steam engines as its main power. It no longer relies on sails to move forward, but travels with continuous power provided by machines.

"Gentlemen! We have proved that the smart people in this world don't just belong to that bullshit Datang Group! We also have technicians worth boasting about! They can also create the most advanced weapons and equipment in the world!" Slipway On the board, the fat-headed Director Cyric proudly waved his arms, boasting to all the dignitaries who came to participate in the launching ceremony.

Behind him, the warship with a strange shape was pushed by the workers like this, and slowly approached the sea.

This dock is actually very old, its scale is not large, and it is actually not a good choice for building large-tonnage warships.

However, the size of this battleship is not too big. Compared with the ironclad battleships of the Datang Group, its length can even be said to be a bit pitiful.

There is no way, the real Datang Group's Bunas-class battleship is actually around 60 meters long, but the battleship in front of me is only less than [-] meters long.

But this is already the largest ironclad battleship that the Cyric Consortium can build, because if it is longer, the keel splicing technology they have mastered is not enough to support the heavy hull.

Despite this, it is actually still very heavy-the hull of the steel plate is laid, so that the draft of this warship is much higher than other sailing warships.

Because the draft is too deep, this ship cannot enter relatively shallow rivers, and even some small harbors cannot approach it.

The fat director of the Cyric consortium didn't take these flaws seriously, because the battleship in front of him could be regarded as the first steam-powered warship that Cyric could produce in the real sense.

Therefore, he opened his mouth with great excitement, without hesitation in praise, and announced loudly to all the audience looking up to him: "Next! We are about to witness the launch of this new type of boat! It will become our new type of weapon !"

There was a burst of warm applause from the audience, because everyone felt that Cyric had finally embarked on the right path of development in certain fields after a long period of silence.

The decadent Cyric was finally awakened, it no longer stood still, and finally settled down, and began to continue to innovate and develop as it did a hundred years ago.

For those who hold shares in Cyric, there is no more exciting news than this.The stocks in their hands will become more valuable, and their worth will also become higher!The future will also become more exciting.

So they applauded excitedly to express their excitement.Although he lost the battle of the 11 nations, Cyric will gain more in the end!
Fatty is very proud, because he has brought endless possibilities for the group to develop.So he has recently become the most respected representative of the directors, and he has regained part of his own power.

The two kingdoms of Tarun and Hillen are no longer viable, but he has found a new profit point, he has regained his recognition, and he will be more competitive and richer than before!

"An epoch-making battleship! It was built by us day and night! This is our new... hope!" So, his face was full of pride, and he was full of confidence in himself.

A modified production line based on Datang Group's steam engine and electric motor has entered the final debugging stage.

This production line can produce more advanced Cyric automatic pistols-this brand new weapon can provide soldiers with continuous fire support at medium and short distances.

It's so advanced that Cyric's top brass consider it a secret weapon, its performance is unparalleled, and it's a great work of art.

In fact, this weapon is the Mauser "Shield Gun" that Tang Mo deliberately leaked to Cyric. Its technology is actually not advanced.

This kind of weapon has a lot of recoil, and it is too fake compared to a submachine gun, so its performance can only be described as average.

It's just because there are not so many submachine guns in the Huaxia theater, so it will shine and become a popular weapon.

As for Tang Mo, he can make a submachine gun himself, so he doesn't like this kind of weapon that is bigger than a pistol and has no submachine gun barrel... However, this kind of weapon is really a "certificate of honor" for Cyric. That's enough.

"To be honest, your genius design has left a deep impression on me! Compared with you, our opponent is simply an idiot!" Cyric's fat director finished his speech and walked to the audience amidst applause .Soon, he stood beside a young man, took the wine glass from his attendant, and praised the young man.

"You are the most visionary decision maker I have ever seen, Mr. Hansen!" The young man smiled and flattered him comfortably: "There are very few people as courageous as you who are willing to spend so much money, to build an experimental warship."

"Compared to the sailboat, it has almost no disadvantages, but it is too expensive." The young man looked at the behemoth that had launched into the water in the distance, and said.

"It's all thanks to you! I'm already lobbying the council to let you join in and become a new consortium director... To be honest, this is a difficult decision, but... obviously, you deserve this treatment!" The fat man named Hansen assured the young man with sincerity: "As long as you keep inventing and creating better weapons, everything is possible!"

"You will get the most wealth in this world, you will have countless beauties, and you can sneer at the king or even the emperor!" Hansen described the bright future and encouraged the new weapon designer beside him: "As long as you can Create more, new weapons!"

"I will! I think I'm very talented in this area...don't you?" The young man pointed at the exaggerated battleship with his hand holding the wine glass, and said proudly.

"Hahahahaha! I believe you will! As you said, you are a very talented young man!" Hansen laughed loudly, and he agreed after laughing enough.

Frankly speaking, he really likes this young man, he is ambitious and young, full of passion and technology-savvy, able to design exquisite weapons, and has a good eye for business.

Hansen has already treated him as his confidant, and felt that by supporting this young man into the council, he would have one more helper to support him.

After all, when the young man compromised and sold his workshop, what he wanted was not cash, but Cyric's shares—although it was only a little bit, it also cleared the biggest obstacle for him to enter the council.

No way, his workshop is too important to Cyric - this workshop actually has a complete set of industrial technology equipment similar to Datang Group.

And it also has two new weapon designs that are being prepared for mass production-one of which is a semi-automatic individual weapon, and the other is a very advanced metal fixed-load bolt-action rifle.

This successful acquisition allowed Cyric to possess two products that were comparable in performance to the individual weapons of the Datang Group. It can be said that the Cyric consortium was saved at a critical juncture.

The young man in front of him also lived up to Hansen's expectations. After he joined Cyric, he immediately built a brand new battleship for Cyric!

A new, steam-powered warship in iron armor!He solved the problem that troubled Cyric in the most direct way.

Cyric's technicians have never seen Datang Group's iron-clad warships, and they tried their best to figure out how the propellers work.

Even if they guessed the design of the propeller, they have no experience in solving the sealing technology of the drive shaft - they lack the support of data and theory, and they know nothing about this technology.

Therefore, Cyric's steamship was unable to launch for a long time, which made Cyric seriously lag behind Datang Group in terms of naval weapons.

The young man in front of him just joined Cyric, and he solved Cyric's problem in a different way.

Using the principle of waterwheels, he installed two huge symmetrical waterwheels on both sides of the ship, and used the steam engine to drive the waterwheels to propel the ship forward.

Yes, Cyric's first-generation ironclad battleship used a paddle ship design, a backward design idea.

However, backwardness has its advantages. At least this ship does not need to consider the watertight structure of the drive shaft, so the design difficulty is greatly reduced.

Although the speed of this kind of ship is slow, it is actually faster than a sailboat, and it does not need sails to drive, so it can go upwind, and its applicability is much higher.

Of course, the paddle steamer has its flaws. The two biggest flaws are that the propulsion efficiency is not high, and the paddle wheel propulsion hinders the placement of artillery on the battleship.

Compared with the many cannons on the sides of the battleships of the Datang Group, this new Cyric ironclad ship only has two cannons installed on the bow and stern!

But these two cannons are breech-loading guns that Cyric copied from the Datang Group, and their performance is much better than the breech-loading guns on the previous sailing warship.

Moreover, these two cannons are also installed in the rotating turret, protected by iron plates, and their survivability is naturally much higher than that of a front-loading cannon directly behind the gun window.

In short, this is a brand new warship, Cyric's most advanced warship!
(End of this chapter)