Chapter 149 Japanese Fleet Repair 4
It should be said that the design of this drawing is more similar to the heavy cruiser of the "Wichita".
Fatty Liu was really attentive, and Yang Hao discovered that what he took out this time was actually an all-in-one platform model with Transformers color.
The hull size is almost the same as the "Brooklyn-class" hull, the main hull, and the main engine structure are exactly the same. Even the bridge main mast chimney of the two ships are similar. However, in terms of weapon settings, the light patrol is the front three, the rear two, the back two and the three-mounted 152mm cannon. The heavy patrol is the front two, the rear one and the back one.
If it is simply convenient to shoot movies, replace the main gun unit and you may not be able to tell it from a distance.
Yang Hao is generally satisfied with this big guy with a 10,000 tons platoon.
Although the MK15 gun has a firing rate of only 3-4 rounds per minute, it can fire heavy armor-piercing shells, reaching a level of 203mm armor over a distance of 14,080 meters. It has a fatal threat to all warships in the late 19th century.
In addition, the firing rate of eight single-mounted mk12 127mm cannons is appropriate for the distance and distance, so they can basically sweep away all enemy ships that dare to block them. If you dare not say one, you will not dare to say it, and protecting your own existence is worry-free.
The only thing that is not satisfactory is the thickness of the armor.
The main armor belt is 114-165mm, the front of the main gun is 203mm, and the command tower is 152mm, whether it is high or low. The key is that the coverage area is too small, and it is also difficult to block the close-range shooting of the cannons with a caliber of more than 305mm.
If armored steel made using modern advanced metallurgical technology, its defense capability will reach 2-3 times that of Krupp nickel-chromium alloy steel in 1895, it will be fine. However, this cost will probably increase.
When Yang Hao suggested that the thickness of the armor was appropriately strengthened, Fatty Liu widened his eyes in surprise: "You really want to be a serious warship to build! Do you know how much it costs? If you throw it in hundreds of millions of dollars, you can't hear it even if you can't hear it!"
He hugged Yang Hao's neck and said earnestly: "Brother, we can't be so useless if we have money. It's okay if you get a steam gunboat, you can use it no matter how hard you do it. This tens of thousands of tons of things are not available for filming in China. If you raise funds to build the money, you have to pay 80% of them yourself. Just make a decoration and charge the visit fee and even the service staff can't support it. It's not cost-effective!"
This is to be a friend sincerely. If you are a rich man, no matter how much money you have to spend on a rich man. Don’t you want to waste it? I will put you on the Titanic and keep it safe once.
Although Fatty Liu loves this industry, he is not so unlucky. He is really worried that Yang Hao will have sex with his head when he gets hot. If he regrets it again, his friends will have no choice but to do it.
Yang Hao couldn't tell him that he wanted to use it in different time and space for war! This money must be spent, the construction must be fast, and the hull must be strong and resistant to construction. All kinds of conditions must not be missing at all!
He also patted Fatty Liu's thick shoulder and smiled, "You can just calm down. My money is not blown by the strong wind. I felt that we have some external wealth in our hands. After patronizing food, drink and enjoyment, it is no different from pigs. We have a little ideal life. Our country's economy is now strong. The navy has also risen, and we will definitely become a maritime power in the future. But the cannon and giant ships have always been a fault. It is very meaningful to be able to concentrate the efforts of everyone and make up for this."
Fatty Liu said yes and said repeatedly, this reason makes sense.
Not only him, but many ship enthusiasts who have a lot of fun online also have such a wish. However, they basically don’t have the ability to realize it. Those who are truly rich don’t leave this at all, so it can only be a dream.
Yang Hao sighed again: "In addition, you also know that my dad retired from the navy. He has been thinking of commanding a real warship to travel to the sea for half his life. I have to help him realize this wish, right?"
Fatty Liu has nothing to say. It’s hard to buy filial piety with money! Although Yang Hao’s method is a bit weird and exaggerated, who dares to say that it’s unreasonable?
Just promise you to spend millions of dollars to buy a sports car and fuck a mistress, but you are not happy to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on warships to comfort your dad?
I think it's OK!
He slapped the corner of his mouth, twisted two lines of his cheeks, and gritted his teeth and shouted: "Okay! Since you said that, brother, let's show some real skills! Isn't it just that I want to be thicker in skin and flesh? No problem! Let's just make him a serious armored warship!"
He is really not worried that Yang Hao will make a request.
If before World War II, high-strength ship steel was a secret high-tech that countries have not announced, then in the 21st century, China, the world's largest steel producer, was also the largest producer of marine steel plates at all levels. Not to mention how many warships you built, even if you clone World War II, the US Navy would be enough to supply it.
The "Bismar Battleship" known for its sturdy structure, non-armored cabin, uses st42 steel with hardness of 140-160hb, tensile strength of 420-510mpa, yield strength of 340-360mpa, and elastic deformation range of 21%. Common A36 steels can be similar.
The st52 shipbuilding steel used in its armored cabins and light armored cabins, and the common A40 steel plates are comparable.
As for the higher data ww and wh steel, they also have corresponding models, and they have been mass-produced, and the price is not so expensive that it is unbearable.
As armored surface carburizing hardened steel is simpler, and it can be made by ordinary small steel mills. For more abnormal modern alloy steel, many of the data are amazing.
Fatty Liu didn't even have to work too much, and most of the designs were basically not necessary to move. Slightly modifying some key data can ensure that the ship is heading towards the armored cruiser.
The specific construction is not something that can be done by doing. The key here is the manufacturing of naval guns and turrets. After he obtained the drawings provided by the arms dealer, the factory still needed to arrange trial production. Because he failed to get the 203 monster gun, known as the strongest "Des Moines" in history, he could only use mk15 in the second best. In terms of fire rate, he naturally couldn't get it.
**To study an advanced artillery is not something that military enthusiasts can do. However, a great man Liu contacted proposed an idea, imitating Des Moines, adding an automatic loader to the naval gun, and driving all pitch and rotation with electric power, so that the mk15 should be increased to 6-8 rounds per minute.
However, in this way, the weight of the turret is not something that ordinary small-body can bear. There is a reason why Des Moines finally got a 20,000 tons of physique.
In Yang Hao's opinion, it doesn't make much sense to build such advanced things at the end of the 19th century--as far as his opponents are concerned, no one can withstand the density of 30 shells pouring out of nine 203mm cannons per minute! Especially, it's still a precise strike 10 kilometers away!
The production of artillery is still carried out under the supervision of the omnipotent military representative. The whole process is done at will, but at the end, the test artillery must be operated by the navy. After the trial, it is directly sealed and stored in the warehouse. On your warship, play with a pile of seamless steel pipes. And a steel beam is still placed inside, and molded shells are absolutely not allowed to be fired.
Yang Hao didn't care how they controlled it. Anyway, as long as it was built, he could project it on plane B for use. The key is that he took pictures of the entire production process from beginning to end, wrote the production manual, took plane B and studied it slowly, and understood it little by little. Anyway, the same production system was used on both sides.
In the next few days, Yang Hao and his family were busy until the Chinese New Year. On the other side of the plane B, they just took a look from time to time. They confirmed that there was no big problem, so they came back quickly.
However, in these few days, they participated in the historical process, and the consequences of change began to appear quietly!
Japan, which had only let the army go on the Koryo Peninsula, did not give up on the tossing because it lost several main battleships. While working hard to repair several damaged main battleships, they secretly contacted the Chilean Navy, which had been dealing with before, and bought all seven warships, including the "Brade" ironclad ship!
The Chileans are very good at making money in war, and they are very demanding for temporary prices. The Japanese mad dogs entered the poor alley and agreed immediately. Of course, they prepared very well before, not only did they have enough money, but they also used war bonds in the international market. The British all took a lot of them.
The reason why the deal was quickly achieved this time was because the British tried their best.
The reason why Britain is so openly favoring Japan has a great relationship with the Yang family's intervention.
One is the military expenditure lent to Li Hongzhang by Yang Hao, which caused the British to slaughter a heavy blow when preparing a large loan, which cost millions millions. Second, it is the strange performance of Yang Hao's "East Name" that made the British wary.
In the Far East, there was no force they could control, which was absolutely not allowed. Therefore, strengthening the Japanese Navy and re-creating a weak balance between the two sides was their specialty.
As a result, during the period when Yang Hao was spending the holiday at home, seven new warships bought by the Japanese were quietly crossing the Pacific Ocean!
Because the entire decision was made quietly by the cabinet under the permission of the Japanese Emperor Muren, and it was not announced to the public, so that after retrieving each other's envoys, the Qing court was completely unaware of it!
Yang Hao's historical prophetic ability also lost its effect.
Throughout the beginning of August, both China and Japan were working hard to increase their troops to Goryeo. Li Hongzhang, who always believed that Japan would suffer a loss, was very slow to dispatch troops, but he sent a total of 15,000 people to gather in Pyongyang. In this, two-thirds of the troops of Zuo Baogui and Fengsheng Adao were temporarily recruited. Apart from the mere flaws, no one could guarantee how many of their combat effectiveness they had.
On the other hand, the Japanese army sent the Fifth Division, equipped with the new-style 228-round rifle garages, as well as the Shuoning Detachment, the Yuanshan Detachment, etc., the total force was nearly 14,000.
If we just look at the number of people and equipment, it seems that the Qing army has an advantage. But by comparing the quality of the soldiers, we can clearly know that the Qing army will definitely lose from the beginning!
Plane B, on August 14, 1894, Yang Hao led a mixed army of new and old soldiers of a whole battalion to take the "East Name". Under the escort of multiple gunboats, he quietly crossed the Yellow Sea and headed to Pyongyang. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianyi, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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