Rise of Australia

Chapter 283 Obtain blueprints and visit the Ruhr area
On July 1910, 7, under the welcome of many British people, Arthur left the port of London on the battleship HMS Australasia.

From the expressions of the British people saying goodbye to Arthur, it can be seen that many British people are very reluctant to part with Arthur. After all, Arthur is also a member of the Victorian era.

Boarding the battleship, Arthur was actually in a very good mood from an angle that the British people couldn't see.

After several days of Arthur's struggle, and after paying hundreds of thousands of pounds, he finally obtained the consent of the British cabinet government. The British government took the St. to Australasia.

Of course, the conditions provided are the information on the Sovereign-class battleship in Australasia, and the purchase price below the market price in the grain and meat trade.

But this is not too bad for Arthur. After all, these can be exchanged for all the information of a more powerful battleship. This is a completely profitable business.

Moreover, under Arthur's various requests and struggles, George V agreed to provide Australasia with the technology to build the St. Vincent-class battleship, including the 50-caliber 305mm main gun that Arthur was thinking about.

Although both are 305mm main guns, the gap between 45 times the diameter and 50 times the diameter is a world of difference.

Although these specific technologies have to wait until the arrival of the British aid, they will be slowly taught to Australasia by those British experts.

But not surprisingly, within a few years, these technologies will be mastered by Australasia.

In other words, Arthur is confident that within a year, with the help of British experts, he will build a St. Vincent-class battleship by himself.

In two to three years, Australasia will be able to master the ability to independently build St. Vincent-class battleships, once again raising Australasia's shipbuilding capabilities by one level.

It has to be said that the close relationship between Arthur and the British royal family, coupled with Arthur's good reputation and status in the hearts of the British people, and Queen Victoria's extreme love for Arthur, allowed Arthur to obtain the St. Vincent class battleship In this way, the British Empire is currently vigorously building powerful battleships.

Each lack of these conditions greatly reduces the chances of Australasia acquiring the St. Vincent class battleships.

This also has to feel the truth of being backed by a big tree to enjoy the shade. The battleship Arthur obtained from the United Kingdom may be an advanced warship that other countries cannot build with all the efforts of the whole country.

The St. Vincent class battleship has a length of 163.4 meters, a width of 25.6 meters, and an average draft of 8.5 meters.

Using two sets of four-shaft Parsons direct-drive steam turbines and 18 mixed-fired water boilers, the power reached an unprecedented 24500 horsepower.

Of course, these are not the most important.The front one and the rear two, each of the two strings has a total of five 305mm 50x mirror dual-mounted guns, and 16 102mm 50x mirror single-mounted guns, and three 450mm underwater torpedo tubes. The real reason why the Senst-class battleship is so scary.

In terms of firepower, the St. Vincent-class battleship was the most powerful of all battleships built in 1910, surpassing the Delaware-class battleships under construction in the United States, the Sovereign-class battleships and Helgeland-class battleships under construction in Germany.

Whether it is the Delaware-class battleship, the Sovereign-class battleship, or the Helgeland-class battleship, they are currently the strongest battleships being built by other powers except the British Empire.

The St. Vincent class battleship can surpass these three battleships, so it goes without saying that it has powerful performance and the scientific research capabilities of the British Empire.

Of course, why only compare with the three dreadnoughts of the United States, Germany, and Australasia is entirely because the progress of dreadnoughts of other powers is extremely slow, and there is no need for comparison at all.

Even apart from the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and Australasia, the only major country with dreadnoughts is Russia, which is enough to show how backward other countries are in the development of dreadnoughts.

After leaving the British Empire, Arthur did not choose to return directly to Australasia, but turned around and went to Germany.

After all, the relationship between Germany, Russia and Australasia is not bad. Now that I have come to Europe this time, it is necessary to move around more.

Of course, Arthur would not choose to share the drawing technology of the St. Vincent-class battleship with Germany.

After all, it was obtained from England, and the way of obtaining it more or less relied on the relationship with the British.

If the British knew that Arthur shared the drawings and technology of the St. Vincent-class battleship with Germany, the British would definitely be dissatisfied.

Arthur still can't do this kind of thing that hurts himself and others, but it's okay to mention the importance of large-caliber artillery to William II.

As early as attending Edward VII's funeral in London, William II invited Arthur to visit Germany.

Arthur agreed at that time, but the time must be after the visit to England.

On July 7, Arthur successfully arrived in Germany and had a five-day friendly exchange with William II.

Arthur also visited the famous Krupp factory in Germany, as well as the German shipyard and army, and gave a very high evaluation.

After various incidents, the Germans finally began to pay attention to the caliber of naval guns and focused on research and development.

After visiting the Kluber factory, Arthur knew that the Germans had already started research on the 50-times-diameter 305mm main gun, and had achieved certain results.

If nothing else, the Germans should be equipped with a 50-caliber 305mm main gun on the next level of dreadnoughts. Although the progress is a little behind the British, they are still ahead of other powers.

Of course, during these few days, Arthur also visited the Ruhr Industrial Zone in Germany.The Ruhr Industrial Area is by far one of the largest industrial areas in the world and the core area of ​​German industry.

So far, the Ruhr Industrial Zone has an annual output of 100 million tons of coal, 1000 million tons of coke, [-] million tons of steel, and [-] million kWh of power generation. It is the heart of German industry.

From the perspective of industrial layout, the design of the Ruhr Industrial Zone is more reasonable.Most industrial products and mineral products in the industrial zone can basically be processed and consumed locally, avoiding unnecessary outbound transportation.

Although the two world wars had a huge impact on this area, even in the 20s, the coal output in the Ruhr area was still as high as 70 million tons, accounting for 1.2% of Germany's total output at that time, and the annual steel output was 2000 million tons. It accounted for 100% of Germany's total output at that time.It also has nearly 100 billion cubic meters of coke oven gas and nearly [-] million tons of tar.

The development of the Ruhr Industrial Zone not only relies on abundant coal resources, but also relies on excellent water transport conditions.

Coupled with a large number of railways and highways, as well as canals extending in all directions, the transportation of the Ruhr Industrial Zone is very convenient and complete, laying a prerequisite for the development of the industrial zone.

The construction of the Leonora industrial base in Australasia partly borrowed from the Ruhr industrial area.Arthur's idea was also to build the Leonora industrial base into the Ruhr area of ​​Australasia.

Arthur was very envious of the Ruhr area in Germany, and even made up his mind to build the Leonora industrial base.

For this reason, Arthur did not hesitate to personally ask William II to hire relevant German experts to help Australasia with the construction of the Leonora industrial base.

Arthur's requirements are not high. If the Leonora industrial base can achieve one-tenth of the current production in the Ruhr area within ten years, it will be considered to have satisfied Arthur's inner expectations and goals.

For Arthur's request, William II nodded with a smile, and agreed without thinking too much.

This kind of request is very common for national development, not to mention the relationship between Australasia and Germany is very good, William II naturally has no idea of ​​​​refusing.

It is worth mentioning that William II also very proudly invited Arthur to visit the airship factory in Germany, to be precise, the Zeppelin airship factory.

After the airships of Australasia became famous all over the world, the attention of the United Kingdom and Germany to airships increased significantly.

The rigid airships of Australasia were originally learned from Germany, and it is very simple for Germany to surpass Australasia.

The current Zeppelin airship has been developed for several generations, and it is no longer the lz-1 airship that Arthur built the aviation laboratory before.

After a brief introduction by William II, Arthur knew that Zeppelin's airship had been developed to the fifth generation.

Because of the government's attention this time, the development progress of the Zeppelin airship is much faster than in history, and the performance of the current lz-5 airship is also much more advanced than the AU-2 airship in Australasia.

The LZ-5 airship is larger than the Australasian airship, and its load has reached a terrifying 17 tons.

You know, even if the aviation laboratory has conducted a lot of research on airships, the load of the AU-2 airship only stays at 11 tons.

The Germans were able to lift the airship's load to 17 tons, which is no small boost.

The flight speed of the lz-5 airship is also relatively fast, with an average speed of 42 kilometers per hour and a maximum speed of 45 kilometers per hour.

Arthur inquired about the stability of the airship, and the result was that it was very stable.The Germans organized hundreds of experiments for this airship, and no accidents have occurred so far, which is enough to prove the stability of this airship.

From the current point of view, the lz-5 airship with increased load, speed, and stability is indeed quite practical and useful. Even if it is only used as a means of transportation, it can definitely play some vital roles.

William II believed in what Australasia said at the time that airships carried bombs and bombed from the air. He even organized an airship team to train the accuracy of aerial bombing. Ten airships and hundreds of people.

Arthur could only smile awkwardly at this. He couldn't say bluntly that airships were not as practical as airplanes. Airplanes could kill airships indiscriminately in the air!
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