Qinzheng Hall among the Three Seas. {Fast text chapter reading} Before Xu Jie entered, all the warships in the Beiyang Navy and the Japanese Combined Fleet had been arranged in the huge hall. Of course, some of the warships were not yet

Getting off the slipway, not even getting on the slipway yet -! (For example, the newly ordered warships from Beiyang, such as Yoshino in this book) But this does not hinder Xu Jie's performance at all, because here, no one has a better grasp of the historical direction.

He, and no one could understand the direction of naval battles and warships at that time better than him. And he must seize this opportunity. There will not be many such displays that can allow the top officials of the Qing government to face the gap between the two sides. It is estimated that this is

Once!!

Taking the opportunity to raise his head after kowtowing, Xu Jie glanced at the people present. Needless to say, the old woman wearing an embroidered butterfly robe facing him was naturally the Empress Dowager Cixi. She gave people a cold feeling, and

The handsome young man wearing a dragon robe next to her is naturally the nominal ruler of the Qing Empire, Emperor Guangxu. King Chun is sitting on the embroidered dragon pier opposite Guangxu. Li Hongzhang is sitting next to King Chun.

Next. As for the others? Which generation of emperor's master stood aside like a petty official. Is it possible that someone caused something recently that even Cixi can't stand it?

"Are you Xu Jie?" Young Guangxu looked at it curiously and then asked.

"Replying to the emperor, my father immigrated to the United States during the Changmao Rebellion..." Xu Jie no longer knows how many times he has stated his revolutionary family history. He can already perform it with emotion and emotion.

"It's rare to be rich but not forget your homeland." When he heard that Xu Jie still gave up his high-ranking official position in Italy and returned to the Qing Dynasty to serve the country, Guangxu was also a little moved.

"Which Italian designer Vittorio is your friend? And you participated in the design of the battleship ordered by Beiyang this time?" Then Guangxu suddenly remembered something and asked hurriedly.

"Back to the emperor, this Vittorio is indeed my friend, and Wei Chen was indeed involved in the design of this battleship." Xu Jie's heart tightened, what's going on? Does Guangxu still want to settle old scores?

"This person is really arrogant." Thinking of the incident in Beihai, Guangxu's face became a little ugly.

"These foreigners are used to being domineering with their strong ships and cannons. If our Qing Dynasty had the strength of the Italian navy, even Britain and France would not dare to look down upon it." Xu Jie said carefully, but he couldn't help cursing in his heart, "It's not that"

Wen Tingshi didn't know how to cause trouble, so how could something like this happen?

"Do you know why I have called you here?" Thinking of the fact that the town of Ding in Beiyang was devalued as worthless, I felt that the Qing Dynasty really did not have the capital to challenge the great powers, so I changed the topic.

"I know a thing or two," Xu Jie said.

"Looking from here, this Beiyang fleet is really majestic." Guangxu said with some excitement. Xu Jie looked to the side and saw Beiyang Ba Dayuan and Chaoyong Yangwei forming five double-ship formations. And the ones ordered this time*

The *-class light armored cruisers are individually organized into columns.

"How does this new ship compare with the warships equipped by Italy?" Guangxu asked.

"The new ships ordered by the Qing Dynasty Beiyang this time were redesigned and improved by Weichen. The warships previously ordered by Spain and Italy were dome-armored warships, but Weichen redesigned the armored warships for Beiyang. At the same time, it adopted

The combat power of the new type of fast artillery is no longer comparable to that of its predecessor." Xu Jie said loudly. When it comes to battleships, Xu Jie is quite confident.

"Tell me about the benefits of this ship," King Chun said.

"I would like to ask Admiral Ding, what is the rate of fire of our Beiyang Zhiyuan 21-liter gun?" Xu Jie did not directly answer King Chun's words, but asked Ding Ruchang.

"One shot every two minutes in wartime." Ding Ruchang said.

"And the warship I ordered from Beiyang has a firing rate of two rounds per minute." Xu Jie said quite proudly.

"Young men, don't talk nonsense. No matter how sharp the Italian artillery is, it can't be four times faster than the German Krupp artillery?" Master Weng yelled loudly.

"Excuse me, Lord Weng, do you know anything about battleship artillery?" Xu Jie asked pretending to be curious.

"This..." Weng Tonghe was also depressed. Why do technical people like to ask this question?

"Your Majesty, please take a look." Xu Jie took out two bottles from the attendant. First, Xu Jie took out a bottle containing maroon particles and said. "This is maroon gunpowder. It is the propellant I am currently using in Beiyang. It is made of black gunpowder after being passivated by water vapor. It produces black smoke when ignited and has low potency." "This bottle is the smokeless gunpowder used in Western countries. It has strong potency and is smokeless after being fired." If maroon gunpowder is used as propellant, the artillery needs to wait for the smoke to dissipate before firing again, but if smokeless gunpowder is used, it can be directly prepared to fire again. Then, at Xu Jie's signal, the attendant walked out of the Qinzheng Hall and lit it outside. A little gunpowder was added. The smokeless gunpowder burned violently but without smoke, while the black smoke lingered for a long time after the maroon gunpowder was ignited.

"This is just a matter of propellant. Your Majesty, please take a look at this." Xu Jie continued. A guard brought up two models, one was a model for setting up the cannon and the other was a model for managing the cannon. "The former type of artillery is exactly The old artillery currently used in large numbers in Beiyang, the artillery and the gun mount retreat together every time a gun is fired." Xu Jie said while pushing the artillery on the model to demonstrate. "And if you want to fire again, you have to wait for the artillery to return to its position. But there is no need to mount the retracting gun. After firing, only the barrel retreats, and the retraction machine on the artillery can automatically return the barrel to its original position." With that, Xu Jie pulled the model of the barrel retracting gun again.

"As far as Wei Chen knows, there is nothing unique about this cannon. All British warships are already equipped with this kind of cannon," Master Weng said disdainfully.

"Damn, this Master Weng has done some homework." Xu Jie thought to himself. "But if you really want to play with the navy, your ten Weng Tonghe will be for nothing!!" Thinking of this, Xu Jie smiled disdainfully. However, Xu Jie's move was not hidden from the people present.

"What do you mean by this? Could it be that what I said is wrong?" Weng Tonghe asked angrily, his face reddening.

"I just think Mr. Weng is a little too impatient. He jumped to the conclusion before Wei Chen finished speaking. Couldn't it be earlier?" Xu Jie stopped his smile and said seriously. Then he ignored Weng Tonghe and continued: "With Wu Yanhuo The powder and tube annealing cannon only achieves the basic conditions for rapid fire for artillery of medium caliber and above. The 12-liter cannon and the 15-liter cannon can already pass the above two points for rapid fire, but the artillery of 20 liters and above cannot."

"What's wrong? Aren't these cannons the same?" Guangxu also asked curiously.

"Excuse me, Admiral Ding, what is the weight of the shells of this 20-liter gun?" Xu Jie asked.

"According to the metric system, it is about 100kg. It is heavier than a strong adult." Ding Ruchang said.

"This is the crux of the problem. The 12-liter gun and the 15-liter gun can be manned, but the 100kg shells must be mechanically assisted. The auxiliary loading equipment of the current artillery is fixed on the terrace and cannot rotate with the terrace.

, so after each gun is fired, the gun must be rotated back to its original position before it can be loaded again. This wastes a lot of time. The loading equipment of the new ship rotates with the turret as a whole. After firing, it can be reloaded immediately.

, This undoubtedly saves a lot of time." Xu Jie said in the simplest language possible. However, seeing the expressions of Guangxu and others who seemed to understand, Xu Jie couldn't help but feel helpless. Then Xu Jie continued: "When my new Beiyang ship

After arriving, if the main gun on the bow cannot reach the rate of fire of 2 rounds per minute, I will leave it to my discretion." Well, it is enough to issue a military order? Xu Jie said secretly in his heart.

"In addition to the artillery, the ship uses a new boiler and a 3-expansion steam engine. The maximum speed can reach 22 knots. It is the fastest among our Beiyang warships. It also has new armor protection. It can be said that whether it is gun power, speed or protection, it is at the same level.

"They are the most advanced warships in the world." Since artillery issues are entangled, let alone power and protection, aren't you and Guangxu talking about water tube boilers and hardened armor in vain? We can only talk about it in general. As for speed, because

Xu Jie couldn't determine how many tons of displacement it would have after the modification, nor could he determine the final power. He could only say it conservatively, just in case.
Chapter completed!