Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 346 Chapter 346
Dragon Island, Dragon City Port, the world's largest, most functional, and most modern super port.

On the side of this port stands a huge shipyard, which has also just surpassed the Bunas Shipyard in scale, the world's largest shipyard - Datang Group's second shipyard, Longgang Shipyard.

More than a dozen shipyards allow the construction of more than a dozen huge cargo ships at the same time, and with the experience in the construction of Liberty Ship and Wolf-class cruisers, Datang Group has also verified its ability to manufacture large steel ships.

In this advanced, huge dock, hundreds of workers are splicing together super huge keels one by one at the bottom of the dock, and then fixing the connection.

People look so small in front of these keels, and beside these keels, there are huge thick and heavy steel plates.

These steel plates are more than 200 mm thick. For this era, they already represent the most advanced metallurgy and steel manufacturing technology in the world.

"This thing is simply a monster!" An old worker said without raising his head while using rivets to install the huge keel and the connected steel structure.

He knew that what he built was not a wolf-class battleship, because the keel of this thing was much larger than that of a wolf-class battleship.

Similarly, this thing is not a free wheel, because he has also made a free wheel. Although the size seems to be similar, it is not the same thing at all.

Judging from the design drawings of this thing, the shell thickness in most cases exceeds 100 mm. What is this concept?
Before this thing was born, there was no place in the world that needed to use steel plates over 100mm!

What's more frightening is that this is not all of it. In many places, the thickness of the steel on the surface of this monster will be close to or exceed 200 mm, and the thickest part is already close to 300 mm!
I heard that the total weight of these thick steel plates alone exceeds 5000 tons!What is this concept?The displacement of the wolf-class cruiser may not be as much as the total weight of steel used by this giant guy!

According to the size analysis of the keel, the old worker knew that the maximum length of this thing should exceed 150 meters!It is even possible to exceed 160 meters!
The total length of Liberty Ship is about 135 meters and the width is about 17 meters. It is the longest and largest ship in the world so far, and it is also the largest steel ship in history.

However, this giant ship obviously broke the world record as soon as it appeared on the stage, because according to the analysis of the width of the keel, this thing is almost 150 meters long and 25 meters wide!

To put it bluntly, it is by far the largest ship in the world, and it is also the strongest ship.

According to the experience of the workers, the shell of the wolf-class battleship can basically withstand the cannons of all active navies in the world.

Therefore, if you don't fight the Wolf-class itself, or the Burnas-class ironclad ship, the defensive power of the Wolf-class or Burnas-class will be overflowing.

The solid ammunition loaded by the front-loading guns used by other navies simply cannot penetrate the outer armor of the Burnas-class and Wolf-class warships.

Therefore, the old workers really couldn't figure out why they should build a "solid" big ship with a hull thickness close to 200mm.

Could it be said that this is the safest super ship in the history of the world that can smash an iceberg?The old worker guessed in his heart.

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The military train room of the No. 1 Iron and Steel Plant of Longcheng Datang Group, which is already comparable in scale to the No. 2 Iron and Steel Plant of the Datang Group in Bunas.

Here is the most professional and largest artillery production workshop in the world that has just been built!The cannons that can be produced here are larger and more advanced than those produced by the artillery production plant in Bunas.

In this workshop, some top-skilled workers are constantly busy around a deep underground facility for making gun barrels.

In this huge facility, a huge gun barrel of more than 13 meters has been completed and is being prepared to be hoisted out.

In the corner of this workshop, ten such gun barrels have already been manufactured, and they are neatly stacked there, under the care of special personnel day and night.

"I really can't figure out the meaning of the existence of this kind of giant gun... A naval gun with a caliber of 150 mm is enough to destroy any warship. Why do you want to build a caliber of 305 mm?" A staff member looked anxiously Looking at these huge barrels, he asked his colleagues standing beside him.

"I don't know either... Maybe it's preparing for future wars..." The engineer in charge of the production of these gun barrels shook his head, and he didn't know the meaning of the existence of these artillery.

As far as he knows, there is no world-famous super fortress in this world that is worth bombarding with artillery of this caliber.

To put it bluntly, it's too wasteful.

The shells fired by this thing are absolutely devastating. In front of this kind of cannon, there is no target worth firing at!

He even felt that those fortresses built with stones, or sailing warships on the sea, were not worth the cost of a shell of such a giant cannon!

"Perhaps, it is the cannon that Mr. Tang is planning to install on his castle..." An engineer tried to explain the significance of the existence of this cannon: "It can ensure the absolute safety of the castle at any time."

"Are you kidding? In this world, which country can sink so many wolf-class cruisers, then occupy Dragon City, and then besiege Mr. Tang's castle?" Another engineer dismissed this statement.

"..." The engineer who spoke was left speechless by the rebuttal, and finally he could only honestly say: "Well, what you said is correct...it is true that no one can do this. But, those cannons... Where exactly is it used?"

"Listen, I heard... yes, it's an order from the security forces and the navy..." An engineer said weakly at this time: "The workshop next door...the workshop...is, is, making the turret of this thing... ..."

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"Finally succeeded! This brand new power! It will replace the steam engine in the future! It will become a new power for the development of the world!" Parker sighed after wiping the sweat from his forehead.

What was placed in front of him was a brand new power machine for testing. Unlike previous steam engines, its working principle was brand new.

There was applause, and many workers even began to cry with excitement.This is the fruit of their labor, the latest technology that changes the entire world....

In order to manufacture this thing, Parker personally led the team and assembled almost all the elites of the steam engine improvement design team in the entire Datang Group.

So many engineers and technicians worked day and night for so long, and finally, under the premise that Tang Mo provided a complete set of drawings, they finally produced the thing in front of them.

It is working smoothly now, Parker looked at it, just like when he looked at the steam engine a few years ago.

This is a kind of worship diffused from the bones, a kind of primitive worship of human beings to mechanical power.

"The pressure is normal! The output power...the estimated value...has been achieved!" A staff member handed the transcribed form to Parker, and introduced: "According to the design standard, it can almost provide... power beyond that of a steam engine."

"Gentlemen! This is just the beginning for us!" Parker restrained his joy, signed his name on the record, and then said to all the staff in front of him: "The master means that next month , submit the entire power plant to the Navy."

"We want to produce 18 coal-fired steam boilers! There are also four steam turbines! The design requirement for the whole set of equipment is 24000 horsepower! Gentlemen...it's time to prove ourselves!"

"This is the most cutting-edge power technology of our Datang Group! We want to let the world know! Who is the best!"

"Datang! Datang!" All the staff shouted with all their strength, their voices seemed to overwhelm the working sound of the steam turbine unit.

The whole device is still working in the roaring noise, it drives the rotating shaft to rotate non-stop, tirelessly outputting more surging power.

This is the world's first real steam turbine unit, which is a more powerful steam power system.

With this thing, the speed of the ship will be faster, and it seems that it can sail farther.

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"It's just for show off, nothing special." When Matthews was speaking, he used another blueprint to cover the blueprint of the super battleship named "Yucheng class".

That was Tang Mo's blueprint for a battleship named Intrepid.Before this battleship appeared, everyone believed that the battleship in their hands was the best battleship in the world. After it appeared, the history of warships in the world was divided into the pre-dreadnought era and the post-dreadnought era...

And the Yucheng-class battleship of the Datang Group is the Dreadnought of another world!

"The owner hopes to build an invincible warship to demonstrate Datang Group's shipbuilding capabilities, as well as other aspects of arms design capabilities. Therefore, we integrated all advanced technologies and simply used new technologies to build a super All weapons and warships come out." Matthews said, walking in front of his students.

"This warship will become the flagship of the owner, and it will also be the most powerful warship in the world in the next three years! There is no one!" He talked eloquently, with joy in his eyes: "We just want everyone to see clearly , How big is the gap between us and others! If we are eagles, they are just insects! If we are whales, they are only krill! If we are lions, they are only hares... …or, to put it that way is flattering them! They are just doomed corpses, rotting, uncared for skeletons!"

And those who stood in front of him, these elites in the future industrial field, were so excited that they almost cheered.
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Today, there is something temporary at home, so I will send it in the first two shifts.

(End of this chapter)