Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 679 Naval Arms Race
A new round of arms race began from the moment Mirage and Tang signed a peace treaty. After purchasing Tang's battleship technology, many countries began to build their own battleships.

The Ice Empire built the Eternal Winter-class battleship. They increased the displacement on the basis of the dreadnought, and increased the displacement to 3 tons in one go, which was larger than the dreadnought of the Tang Army.

This newly designed battleship adopts an updated power system with higher output power to ensure the speed of the battleship.

At the same time, the armor of the battleship itself is also thicker, the defense of the battleship is also higher, and the artillery of the battleship is also more powerful.

The 305mm caliber main gun is obviously not enough to excite customers, so the 350mm caliber immediately became the first choice for the Eternal Winter-class battleship.

The new technologies are all purchased from the Datang Group, including the barrel technology of the artillery, as well as the chamber pressure data, etc...

However, the brand-new battleship did completely crush Tang's Dongwan-class battleship in terms of performance, even with a slightly higher speed.

A total of 5 turrets are arranged on the front and rear of the entire battleship, adopting the most advanced central axis arrangement method, which is more advanced than the turret arrangement of the Dongwan-class battleship used by the Tang Army.

As soon as the construction of this level of battleship started, the whole world took action. Those countries with coastlines and ports began to build their own battleships one after another.

Because once the battleship came out, it became the ultimate weapon for the navy to win. The cruisers and destroyers that were born before were just some minions who couldn't play in high-end games.

So the Lions Empire immediately started construction of the Burners-class battleship, with a displacement of 30,000 taels, which also used the Datang Group's 350 mm caliber naval gun with higher pressure, longer range, and more precision.

The firepower configuration of the new Burnas-class battleship is the same as that of the Eternal Winter-class battleship of the Ice Empire. It adopts the design of five turrets, and the caliber of the main gun is the same. The difference is that the Burnas-class battleship has a larger tonnage and more cabins. , the armor is thicker.

After all, there is a slight advantage of being a latecomer, so from the time of design, the Burnas-class battleship has tried to surpass the Eternal Winter-class battleship in all performance indicators.

In fact, the Burnas class has also achieved it. It has better anti-sinkability, higher defense, and similar speed. It can be said that the overall performance is slightly better than that of the Eternal Winter class battleship.

The Dorne Navy directly purchased two Dongwan-class battleships, and at the same time hired designers from the Datang Group to design Dorne's own battleships.

Because they were willing to spend their money, Dorne's battleships even had the meaning of a first-class leap-their battleships could already be classified as second-generation battleships.

Dorn's battleships adopted 380mm main guns, sacrificing the number of main guns in exchange for a substantial increase in the caliber of the main guns.

The entire battleship is equipped with 4 turrets, using the classic layout of the front two and the rear two. It is equipped with a total of 8 main guns. Simply looking at the caliber of the guns has already crushed all the previous battleships.

The design of the battleship is basically copied from the Bavarian class, and some of its performance is close to that of the battleships of the World War II era.

Its tonnage is close to 3 tons, its armor is super thick and its design is exquisite, it can definitely be regarded as a sea fortress.

Dorne started construction of two such battleships, named Neverwinter-class battleships—the three countries unanimously chose to name their new generation of battleships after port cities, and coincidentally, these three belonged to the Great War before. The port city of Don Group.

Chu State also started construction of a new type of battleship. This shipbuilding plan has more or less the shadow of the Great China Empire.

The state of Chu, which has always paid little attention to coastal defense, built three large battleships in one go, basically copying the design of the Tang Jun Dongwan class, and conservatively chose the 305mm main gun.

What's interesting is that Chu State is different from other countries, and chose another path of shallow-water gunboats: their new battleship has a tonnage of only [-] tons, which is a circle smaller than the Dongwan-class battleship of the Tang Army.

Because of the reduced tonnage, Chu's battleship redesigned the turret layout, also adopted a more efficient centerline layout, and reduced the turrets to 4.

Cyric was not idle either. They also built five battleships in one go, copied Datang Group's cannon-casting technology, and set the main guns of their battleships to a relatively mature 350mm caliber.

Compared with the aggressive Dornish Navy, which uses 380mm main guns, Cyric is relatively conservative in the selection of main guns, but they definitely invest a lot in other aspects.

Cyric's battleship has a displacement of an astonishing 3 tons, and it is also a huge monster. Countless steel piles up its super high defense. Cyric, who has obtained an excellent power system, is not stingy in the battleship's Sufficient thickness of armor is installed on the sides.

Mirage was not idle either. Although they were completely bankrupt, in order to keep their coastline and the lifeline they depended on for survival, they still gritted their teeth and mobilized the whole country to build their new battleships.

In fact, they did not have a dock for building such a huge warship, so they had to order dock equipment from Cyric and Datang Group at the same time, and built two qualified docks in their Great South Bay port.

The construction of the dock seriously delayed the time for the Mirage Navy to build battleships, so they referred to battleships from other countries, and then modified some of the technical parameters of their own battleships.

Mirage, who suffered from poor equipment performance in the Battle of the North Sea, made up his mind not to fall twice in the same place this time.

They chose a wonderful 410mm caliber for their battleship, and they just gritted their teeth and enlarged the caliber of their battleship by another 30mm.

In order to increase the combat effectiveness of their battleships, they also installed 5 main gun turrets on their battleships, making the entire battleship terrifyingly long.

In the end, in order to install the power system and pile up enough armor, the tonnage of Mirage's battleships seriously exceeded the standard, directly reaching an astonishing 4 tons!

I heard that many designers participated in the design of the hull of this type of warship, and some of them even consulted the designers of Datang Group anonymously.Of course, consulting fees are not cheap.

The Nanla Empire also designed and built their own battleships with the help of the Datang Group. Almost all countries with coastlines in the world have joined the battleship construction team.

The Poplar Kingdom also started to build their own battleships, and the Pine Kingdom also built their own battleships.

However, due to their limited national power, the two countries have chosen similar design ideas to Chu: their battleships are smaller in tonnage, which is closer to the concept of shallow water gunships.

Compared with the destroyers and cruisers built by various countries before, so many brand new battleships are equipped with various types of anti-aircraft gun weapons.

In order to deal with threats from the air, almost all warships are undergoing crazy refitting, and the content of the refitting is "installation of new anti-aircraft weapons".

Tang Jun's aircraft left a deep impression on navies all over the world. Expensive battleships must have the ability to defend against air, which has become the basic consensus of navies all over the world.

Because there is no need to consider volume or handling, the overall performance of anti-aircraft guns installed on battleships is much more advanced.

Many countries have referred to the anti-aircraft guns launched by the Datang Group, and installed special sights for their mass-produced anti-aircraft guns, which also increased the rate of fire.

Installing these artillery on battleships, cruisers, and destroyers has also become a matter that navies of various countries have devoted themselves to recently.

Battleships are too expensive, each one is a heart, and it is really heartbreaking to sink easily. If you can improve some air defense capabilities, you must improve some. You can't let the soldiers go on the deck and shoot into the air with rifles. ?

Therefore, the battleships of these countries, or all the battleships, are equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft guns, which can be regarded as a kind of advanced technology popularization.

These anti-aircraft guns have different calibers and different technologies. Some come from Cyric and some come from their own research and development in various countries. The good and bad are very confusing.

Why are so many countries suddenly starting to build battleships?In fact, there are their calculations.

These countries feel that in the short term, they cannot compete with Tang, which has absolute technological advantages, in terms of air force.Since it is impossible to gain an advantage, it is necessary to think of other ways to defeat Tang Guo.

Then they remembered the embarrassment that during the Tang-Qi war, the Tang navy fleet was restrained and unable to go north to participate in the war.

As a result, these countries felt that they had found the weakness of Tang country: as long as the shipping between Longdao and Linshui was cut off, it seemed that Tang country's industry could be paralyzed.

The fragile sea transportation line between Linshui and Longgang seems to be the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty.As long as this transportation line is cut off, no matter how strong Tang's air force and army are, they will also face the dilemma of having no fuel available.

In the eyes of these countries, developing the navy, strangling Tang Mo's sea transportation lines, and avoiding Tang Mo's air force seemed to be the best solution to defeat Tang.

Although the investment is not small, the effect is also outstanding, so all countries have begun to build their own battleships, preparing to overwhelm Tang's fleet at sea.

At present, the number of battleships in service in various countries is five for Tang, and none for other countries.However, two years later, the Tang State had at most ten battleships, but at that time the total number of battleships in other countries on the Endless Sea was about 5...

According to the plan, the number of battleships in each country at that time was: 6 for the Mirage Kingdom, 5 for the Frozen Empire, 2 for the Poplar Kingdom, 2 for the Pine Kingdom, 4 for the Lions Empire, 7 for the Dorne Empire, and 5 for the Goblin Empire grams) 4 ships, Chu State [-] ships.

With the strength of the Tang State Navy alone, it seems that it has been unable to cope with the collective challenges of so many countries.

(End of this chapter)