1825 My New Daming

1828 Downing Street, June 6.

In the small conference room of the British Prime Minister's official residence, a crucial cabinet meeting is being held.

The Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, and his cabinet members each had a large stack of "ship PPT" in front of them. When the Ming Empire was engaged in "hero takeaway" all over the world, the major shipyards and warship designs of the British Empire Teachers are also working overtime to make "PPT".

Today's Great Britain is not the old imperialist country that will decline gracefully in the future, but a vigorous empire on which the sun never sets.Although her industrial scale and technical level are far behind Daming, it doesn't mean that the British don't work hard. The gap in scale and level is due to the factors of population and Goldfinger!
And knowing that they are not as good as Ming Dynasty's Empire on which the sun never sets, of course they can only work harder on 996-there is no eight-hour working day and weekends, England works hard for 12 hours a day, even child labor is no exception!If you don't believe in God, you have to save a day for church, then you should 997.

In contrast, Daming has an 8-hour working system plus four holidays per month (the first day, the second day, the fifteenth day, and the sixteenth day), and there are many other miscellaneous holidays.

With the efforts of a large group of 996 engineers and designers, and referring to the design drawings and technical parameters of the "Heroes" of Ming Dynasty, at the beginning of June, the Duke of Wellington finally received the latest "dumpling dumpling" from the British Empire. ship" plan.

By the way, the new battleship plan that invited a large group of "friends" to jointly develop it is actually a cover to paralyze the opponent. What the British Empire needs is "dumplings" that can be served immediately, not "future dumplings" that cannot be made in five years. ", because time is running out for the British Empire.

Three years of preparation, five years of peace and prosperity. Every day can't be wasted!

"1.56 tons of standard displacement, 6 double 9.2-inch turrets, 24 3-inch rapid-fire guns, 2 1.85-inch rapid-fire guns, 36 anti-aircraft machine guns or guns, 5 18-inch torpedo tubes, and a maximum speed of 18 knots. Equipped with 15 coal-fired boilers and a vertical three-expansion steam engine, the maximum power of the main engine is 1.6 horsepower. Is this a modification plan of the monarchy?"

The Duke of Wellington put down the stack of documents at hand, and looked at the Lord of the Navy, Viscount Palmerston, asking questions.

"Yes," said Viscount Palmerston, "all Sovereign-class battleships already in service and under construction will be rebuilt according to this plan, and we will also build a new batch of battleships of this class. The Admiralty hopes that all 2-ton class battleships can be built The docks and berths of battleships can complete the construction of a monarchy modified hull or a major hull modification before our imitation hero class begins a large number of construction. Although this class of battleships is not as good as the hero class in all aspects, they are stronger Yu Daming’s Hongwu Emperor class is also enough to defeat the hero class in naval battles. If you fight the hero class, you should be able to use 2 monarchs to defeat one hero class, so the Ministry of the Navy believes that it is very cost-effective to build a large number of monarchs. Maybe in the future The imitation hero and the monarchy can be reorganized into a high-low match."

"Very good, this is very good!" The Duke of Wellington nodded, and continued to look through the information, "Hey, why is there no information about the imitation hero-class armored cruiser? This is a heavy artillery cruiser?"

First Sea Lord Earl Nelson frowned and said: "Duke, according to our original plan, the main task of the armored cruiser is to break diplomatic relations. We expect wars to break out in India, North America and Australia. Ming Dynasty will take the initiative to attack On the one hand, their huge armies will come across the oceans in warships and merchant ships, vying for new living space for their growing population. And we will adopt the method of luring the enemy deep, and then attacking its sea lines of communication, while the main fleet is hidden And wait for the decisive battle to defeat them.

This requires capital ships with powerful firepower and protection, as well as high-speed cross-country cruisers. Since we are at least one generation behind Ming Dynasty in terms of battleship mainframes, we cannot design battleships with strong speed, protection, and firepower. We can only have trade-offs.The speed of the cruiser is obviously more important than firepower and armor.Therefore, the shipbuilding experts of the Ministry of the Navy suggested building a heavy artillery cruiser with a standard displacement of 4 tons, equipped with at least four 9.2-inch main guns, and capable of running at a speed of up to 1.8 knots with 23 horsepower of coal-fired steam power.

At the same time, this high-speed heavy artillery cruiser must also carry more coal to ensure that it can last long enough in the sea behind enemy lines.Therefore, the limited tonnage of this battleship must give priority to the needs of the artillery and its servo system, power cabin and coal cabin, and the requirements for armor protection should not be too high. "

"But how much coal must this ship carry to ensure its long-term operation behind enemy lines?" the Duke of Wellington continued to inquire.

"2000 tons," Earl Nelson said, "we hope it can run 10 nautical miles at an economical speed of 1.5 knots. At the same time, we will also refit a group of East India galleons as armed supply ships behind enemy lines. In addition, We will also design and modify a fleet of fast merchant ships to serve as replenishment ships and camouflaged raiders behind enemy lines."

"Sounds good!" The Duke of Wellington nodded, "But the names of Monarch Kai and Imitation Hero are too informal. I think the first ship of Monarch Kai can be called Indomitable (used in the Battle of Jiyin Waterway) The name of the HMS Indomitable that was sunk later), symbolizes the indomitable and rebirth of the Royal Navy! And the first ship of the imitated Hero class can be named Victory. It will be a new generation of HMS Victory of the Royal Navy! I hope that when the new generation When the Victory Class of the Royal Navy is put into use in large numbers, it will be the time when our British Empire will win the victory against the powerful empires in the East!"

Beijing, Xishan Palace.

Today was a good day for Zhuge Weidao and Natalie, who had just returned from Rakshasa, to bid farewell to Empress Dowager Zheng. They also entered Xishan Palace with them, and their son Zhuge Yangbo.Zhuge, who grew up drinking "imported milk", looked much older than an ordinary one-year-old toddler. He walked swaggeringly, with great momentum, and spoke clearly.

"Little Bobo, come here, come to Ai's family, let Ai's family hug you, Ai's family really likes you"

Empress Dowager Zheng had a special relationship with Zhuge Weidao's second son, and when she saw the little guy strutting in, she kept beckoning him to come forward.

And the little guy Zhuge Yangbo looked at the beautifully dressed aunt in front of him, and he was also indescribably kind.But he still looked back at his mother, Natalie, and shouted: "Mommy, that little mommy is beautiful!"

"Little Mommy" is what Zhuge Yangbo used to call Nalandili and Daheikong, and now it is used to address Queen Mother Zheng, what a childish word!
Zhuge Weidao hurriedly put on a straight face, "Boy, don't talk nonsense, that's not Little Mommy, that's..."

"It's the godmother! I'm Xiao Bobo's godmother!" The Empress Dowager Zheng glared at Zhuge Weidao, then called Zhuge Yangbo and said, "Little Bobo, come here quickly, the godmother will give you a big red envelope."

A big red envelope. But it is thin, and there is only a check in it, filled with [-] silver dollars!

Seeing the red envelope, Zhuge Yangbo was immediately happy, and no matter what his father said, he just smiled and went straight to the red envelope, oh, he went straight to his godmother. My little devil!

Zhuge Weidao looked at Natalie helplessly, and said in his heart: "Look, this little Bobo is much smarter than your big son. That kid is stupid, walking and talking slower than his brother." , When I was a child, I was slow to grab the milk bag. I guess it is not as good as Xiaobobo to grab the red envelope."

While Xiao Bobo was holding the red envelope and gnawing his teeth, Zhuge Weidao, Natalie, Queen Mother Zheng, and Zheng Guoxian, who had just been elected as an "official person" (a member of the official party of the Zheng family), had already taken their seats .

I don't know if the younger brother joined the core group of the Zheng family, or if he saw the godson of his own relatives. Today, the Queen Mother Zheng is in a particularly happy mood. When she speaks, her face blooms like a smile, "My brother, I'm sorry!" I heard that you once suggested to open a few more countries overseas, so as to give more opportunities to the unsatisfactory children of the Eight Great Aristocratic Families, is there such a thing?"

"That's true," Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Sister Yuhuan, what do you think of this way?"

"Okay!" Zheng Yuhuan smiled and glanced at his younger brother Zheng Guoxian.

"Brother Daozi," Zheng Guoxian said, "Then what kind of system should these newly opened countries implement? Is it a kingdom, a republic, or a federal state? If it is a kingdom, what is the king's surname?"