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Lin Yuan was excited when he heard the "new ship launching ceremony", and thought: "Finally, I can see the new British warship, and this type of warship must be very important, because if it is an ordinary warship, they will not be so mobilizing. Envoys from various countries were also invited to visit.”

Lin Yuan turned his head to look at the envoys of various countries, and saw that they all looked indifferent, Lin Yuan smiled inwardly: "These envoys don't understand naval technology at all, and it's really a waste of money to let them watch such an important launching ceremony! Lin Yuan asked Cecil: "I don't know what is the warship launched this time? Has your country already named it?" <! "<?" Lin Yuan couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this word, Cecil nodded with a smile, and Shen Wanqing gently pulled Lin Yuan aside, and asked: "? What does this word mean?" Why are you so surprised?"

Shen Wanqing smiled "puchi" and said, "Isn't it just a warship? What's so unusual, so that it surprises you so much?"

Lin Yuan smiled helplessly: "You don't know the history of the development of the navy. Let's put it this way, the appearance of the dreadnoughts has shocked the navies of all countries in the world, no less than the appearance of the atomic bomb in our era!"

Shen Wanqing couldn't believe it, and asked, "Is it really so magical?"

Lin Yuan said: "Of course, in the navy before the dreadnought, warships used a few large-caliber main guns, a dozen secondary large-caliber secondary guns, and more small-caliber artillery as firepower. The Sovereign-class (n) battleship that was defeated by us using advanced night combat technology and long-range self-propelled fish mines."

"The Sovereign-class battleship is equipped with four 340 150mm main guns, ten 150 [-]mm secondary guns, and more than a dozen rapid-fire guns, as well as the majestic (hms majestic) battleship we saw in Shanghai Port, equipped with four One [-]mm main gun and twelve [-]mm secondary guns."

"The biggest breakthrough and change of the dreadnought has two directions, one is the direction of firepower; With large-caliber main guns, this artillery arrangement is usually called 'full heavy artillery', taking the dreadnought as an example, it is equipped with ten [-]mm main guns, and there are no secondary guns below [-] mm."

"This change is ground-breaking. Before the dreadnought, it was difficult for warships to accurately strike targets [-] meters away. After the dreadnought appeared, the concentrated firepower of the entire ship can project more shells on the target. Come on, there will always be a few shells that can accurately hit the target, coupled with the advancement of the fire control system, it will become a reality for warships to accurately strike enemy targets at a distance of [-] meters!"

Shen Wanqing half understood, but she couldn't bear to interrupt Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan continued: "The other direction is power. The warships before the dreadnought all used piston steam engines, and on the dreadnought , using a steam turbine, which can work continuously and is much stronger than a piston-type steam engine, so although the full-load displacement of the first dreadnought was as high as more than 1000 tons, the maximum speed still reached 21 knots."

"In the future dreadnought ships, oil is also used as fuel. In terms of fuel selection for warships, fuel oil has a huge advantage over coal. The calorific value of fuel oil is higher than that of coal. Moreover, fuel oil is liquid, so it is easier to burn fully and can It effectively saves fuel, so the dreadnought’s endurance is also very strong, at a speed of ten knots, under the condition of a full load of fuel, the endurance mileage is as high as 620 nautical miles!"

"The appearance of the dreadnought is a milestone event in the development of warships. Since the appearance of the dreadnought, the navies of various countries have adopted unified large-caliber main guns, canceled sub-caliber main guns, used steam turbines as power, and abandoned piston steam engines. This kind of warship with a unified large-caliber main gun is called a dreadnought ship. Since then, the ocean has become a sea of ​​dreadnought ships until the rise of aircraft and aircraft carriers. The warships before the dreadnought ship are called pre-dreadnought ships. Later, the British further increased the caliber of the main guns to 13 inches to 5 inches, and later called warships equipped with main guns of this caliber 'super dreadnoughts'."

Shen Wanqing thought for a while and said, "The British created dreadnoughts. They followed the route of large ships and cannons. They didn't follow the path of developing aircraft, so your plan succeeded, right? "

Lin Yuan nodded excitedly, and said: "But I'm not sure yet, because I haven't seen the appearance of the British warships, but I think that after my naval technology demonstration in Ryukyu, they must be on the big ship. The road of guns should be similar to the dreadnoughts of our era."

At this moment, Cecil said: "It's almost time now, let's go to the shipyard."

Everyone followed Cecil into the shipyard, Xu Jingcheng said beside Lin Yuan: "Master Lin, I will go to discuss with Cecil later, if possible, should we also buy some warships?"

Lin Yuan sighed helplessly, and said: "Their warships are too backward, I really don't want them, if you really want to buy them, you can go and talk to them." After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he ignored Xu Jingcheng, everyone step forward.

Lin Yuan followed the crowd and walked up a section of high steps before entering the shipyard. Only then did they realize that they were walking on a high platform. Below the high platform was a long passage, and a mighty warship stopped impressively. In the middle of the passage, the deck of the battleship was covered with a huge tarpaulin, and the bridge above the deck, artillery and other hull equipment were completely unclear.

Shen Wanqing followed Lin Yuan into the shipyard, couldn't help exclaiming inside, and said to Lin Yuan, "It's so big inside!"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "If you think this place is big, it's because you haven't seen the floating dock where the Beijing warship was built."

Shen Wanqing asked: "Isn't this a floating dock?"

Lin Yuan replied: "This is not a floating dock. Floating docks are generally lower than the water surface, so that after the ship is built, no complicated drainage devices are needed, and the water can enter the dock by its own gravity, let the ship float, and then enter the waters. , Generally, large ocean-going ships are manufactured with floating docks, but floating docks are not used here, probably because the technology is not mature enough.”

Shen Wanqing asked again: "This is not a floating dock, what is that?"

At this time, everyone had already walked to the side of the warship, and saw many people busy around the warship. Lin Yuan said to Shen Wanqing: "This is the berth, and the construction, outfitting and painting of the warship are completed here. The passage below is the slideway, and the end of the slideway is the sea, and the launching of the warship slides into the sea through this slideway.”

(The full name of hms is: her majesty's ship, which means: Her Majesty's ship. Since the Chinese translation of the name of the warship is not the same, the original English name is marked after the name of the warship)