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Chapter 1176 The New Era of the Navy (Seventh Update, please subscribe)
compete!

The competition between countries has always been unfair. If a backward country wants to challenge a powerful country, it is full of various injustices.

How to break this injustice?

Of course, it is necessary to weaken the opponent through continuous bloodletting as much as possible.

Ming Empire VS British Empire.

To win, bloodletting is essential.

Among Emperor Zhu's strategies, the Boer War was a way of "bloodletting".

But before the war, it is also possible to put blood a few times.

For example, the gold mine, that is, the Baishuiling gold mine-there is more gold than all the gold in the world.In history, it set off the second "gold rush" in southern Africa just a few years later.Once again began to attract funds throughout the colonies and overseas.There are a total of hundreds of companies, large and small, listed in Baishuiling, with a total market value of more than 1 million pounds.

However, like Barberton, limited by geological and technical reasons, it soon turned into a "bubble".

How expensive is this "bubble"?
One hundred million pounds!
How much is [-] million pounds?
Almost five hundred million taels of silver!
It is conceivable that the two "gold bubbles" have hit the British financial sector in just a few years.

The Boer War shed British blood.

But in fact, the successive bursts of the two "gold bubbles" have already hit the British economy hard.

From prosperity to decline...

This is a process!

And what Emperor Zhu needs is to speed up this process!
Staring contemptuously into the distance, Emperor Zhu smiled coldly.

"Okay, the knife is ready, it's time to bleed the blood and kill the eagle!"

If you want to kill an eagle, you must first bleed it!

Only by bleeding can the eagle continue to weaken.

But just being weak is not enough, bloodletting is just "weakening the enemy".

If there is no "dragon slaying skill", how can it be possible to kill an eagle?

In fact, these years, the empire has been "hardly practicing" dragon-slaying skills. What is the so-called "dragon-slaying skill"?

Opinions vary on this point.

However, for Wang Zhensheng, an engineer of the Naval Ship Administration Department, the "dragon slaying skill" in his eyes is the warship.

As usual, after leaving the building of the Admiralty Office of the Admiralty, Wang Zhensheng went directly to the parking lot and drove his "Qing Xiao" car away from the front door of the Imperial Admiralty.

The speed of the black Qingzi automobile is very fast. With the development of the imperial automobile industry in recent years, it has long been not limited to the Maxima company. Dozens of automobile companies have launched dozens of brands. Speed ​​is good.

The ship administration office is located in the outskirts, and it can display its speed better on the open road. After galloping all the way, the car drove into the city, and Wang Zhensheng slowed down. While waiting for the red, green and red at the intersection, he sat in the car Leaning back, he lit a cigarette, and while he was smoking the cigarette, he thought about the design plan discussed recently.

"Second-level main gun, second-level main gun..."

Among the design proposals proposed by the office, there are three types with four large-caliber main guns and a large number of secondary main guns——secondary main guns, this is a new term, that is, the caliber is between the main gun and the secondary gun After the Great Battle in the South Pacific, the Imperial Navy had a new idea—hoping to replace some secondary guns with secondary main guns to increase the firepower of battleships.

Because the 254mm naval gun has a fast rate of fire and fierce firepower, its role in naval battles is not inferior to that of the 305mm naval gun, so the navy proposed the concept of "secondary main gun", which is between the main gun and the secondary gun. Add another stage of 254mm main gun to take advantage of its rate of fire.

"Four 254mm naval guns have been added to the left and right sides respectively. The tonnage has increased a lot, but the increase in firepower is very limited."

After saying this, Wang Zhensheng said again.

"What 254 naval gun fires fast and has fierce firepower. Have they forgotten the basic rules of naval warfare?..."

Complaining in his mouth, Yu Dayou's theory of naval warfare emerged from the bottom of Wang Zhensheng's heart-"There is no other way to fight at sea. A big ship wins a small boat, a big gun wins a small gun, many ships win a few ships, and a few guns beat a few guns."

This theory of naval warfare is simple and crude, yet very effective.

Looking at naval battles throughout the ages, this is absolutely true, and the Imperial Navy is also a staunch supporter of giant ship cannons, otherwise, it would not have developed 356mm naval guns.

"For a 12-inch main gun, the secondary main gun is 10 inches. If it is 14 inches, then the secondary main gun must be 12 inches..."

Although the empire implemented metric units, the navy was still accustomed to adopting the imperial system in many cases. After all, most ship designers had studied in the UK and were naturally deeply influenced by the UK.

"In that case, if the first-level main gun is replaced with a second-level main gun..."

When the car drove to the intersection, a thought like a thunderbolt suddenly appeared in his mind, so that his whole body was in extreme shock, even regardless of the car being at the intersection, he suddenly stopped.

Then he murmured in astonishment,

"Yes, that's right, that's it, that's it. All the cannons have the same caliber. This not only simplifies the aiming and ranging, but also the supply of ammunition is unified. There is no need for any second-level main guns at all. It is the most powerful level 2 main gun, and it is definitely not as good as the level 2 main gun..."

A sudden whim like not breaking Tianjin, repeated and flashed infinitely in Wang Zhensheng's mind.

Suddenly at this moment, someone knocked on his car window.

Is a patrolman.

"Sir, how can you leave it casually? It can only be in the middle of the road. Your driver's license..."

People didn't give him any preferential treatment because of his military uniform at all. Perhaps the imperial police did not have the power to enforce the law on soldiers, but in some cases, the police also had the power to enforce the law, such as now.

Although he needs to face the ticket issued by the police next.But Wang Zhensheng still looked extremely excited.

"Officer, I was a little distracted just now, and suddenly thought of something, I'm really sorry, this is my driver's license."

Wang Zhensheng grinned, it seemed that for him, receiving a fine was a gratifying event!

There's nothing wrong with this guy!

When the police officer issued the ticket, his heart was full of doubts. Who would be so happy when he received the ticket?
Even when he was leaving, not when he was leaving, he was still laughing.

"Haha, I know, I just know..."

A sudden flash of inspiration made Wang Zhensheng see a new possibility.

It is not a new possibility, but a brand new era, which is destined to set off an unprecedented frenzy on the sea.

(End of this chapter)