Chapter 1176: The New Era of the Navy (Seventh Update, Please Subscribe)
compete!
Competition between countries has always been unfair. It is inherently full of unfairness for a developing country to challenge a powerful country.
How to break this injustice?
Of course, the goal is to weaken the opponent by continuous bleeding as much as possible.
Ming Empire VS British Empire.
If you want to win, bleeding is essential.
In Emperor Zhu's strategy, the Boer War was a way of "bloodletting".
But before the war, you can also shed some blood.
For example, the gold mine, the Whitewater Gold Mine, contains more gold than all the gold in the world. In history, just a few years later, it set off the second "gold rush" in southern Africa. It once again began to attract funds from the entire colony and overseas. There are hundreds of companies of all sizes listed in Whitewater, with a total market value of more than 100 million pounds.
However, like Barberton, due to geological and technical reasons, it soon turned into a "bubble".
How expensive is this "bubble"?
One hundred million pounds!
How much is 100 million pounds?
That’s almost 500 million taels of silver!
It is imaginable that in just a few years, the impact of the two "gold bubbles" on the British financial sector has been great.
The Boer War bled Britain.
But in fact, the successive bursting of the two "gold bubbles" has already dealt a heavy blow to the British economy.
From prosperity to decline...
This requires a process!
What Emperor Zhu needs is to speed up this process!
Gazing at the distance with contempt, Emperor Zhu smiled coldly.
"Okay, the knife is ready, it's time to bleed and kill the eagle!"
If you want to kill an eagle, you must bleed it first!
Only by bleeding can the eagle continue to weaken.
But simply weakening the enemy is not enough, bloodletting only serves to "weaken the enemy".
If you don’t have the “dragon-slaying skills”, how can you kill an eagle?
In fact, over the years, the empire has been "hardworking" in learning dragon-slaying skills. What are the so-called "dragon-slaying skills"?
There are different opinions on this point.
However, for Wang Zhensheng, an engineer at the Navy's Ship Administration Department, the "dragon-slaying skill" in his eyes is the warship.
As usual, after leaving the building of the Navy Department's Naval Administration Department, Wang Zhensheng went directly to the parking lot and drove his "Qingzhui" car out of the front door of the Imperial Navy Department.
The black Qingzhui car is very fast. With the development of the empire's automobile industry in recent years, it is no longer limited to Qianlima company. Dozens of automobile companies have launched dozens of brands. Among many automobile brands, Qingzhui is known for its speed.
The Naval Administration Office is located in the far suburbs, and its speed can be better displayed on the open road. After speeding all the way, the car drove into the city and Wang Zhensheng slowed down. While waiting for the traffic light at the intersection, he leaned back in the car and lit a cigarette. Then, while smoking the cigarette, he thought about the design plan that had been discussed in the office recently.
"Second-level main gun, second-level main gun..."
Among the design plans put forward by the department, there are three types with four large-caliber main guns and a large number of secondary main guns - secondary main guns, which is a new term, refers to guns with a caliber between the main guns and the secondary guns; after the Battle of the South Pacific, the Imperial Navy came up with a new idea - hoping to enhance the firepower of battleships by replacing part of the secondary guns with secondary main guns.
Because the 254mm naval gun has a fast rate of fire and strong firepower, its role in naval battles is no less than that of the 305mm naval gun. That is why the Navy proposed the concept of "secondary main gun", which is to add another level of 254mm main gun between the main gun and the secondary gun to give full play to its rate of fire advantage.
"Adding four 254mm naval guns on each side will increase the tonnage a lot, but the increase in firepower is very limited."
Having said this, Wang Zhensheng said again.
"What? The 254 naval gun has a fast firing rate and powerful firepower. Have they forgotten the basic rules of naval warfare?"
While complaining, Wang Zhensheng recalled the naval warfare theory proposed by Yu Dayou: "There is no other way to fight at sea. A big ship is better than a small ship, a big gun is better than a small gun, many ships are better than few ships, and many guns are better than few guns."
This naval warfare theory is simple and crude, but very effective.
Looking at naval battles throughout history, this is absolutely true, and the Imperial Navy is also a staunch supporter of giant ships and cannons, otherwise it would not have developed 356mm naval guns.
"For a 12-inch main gun, the secondary main gun is 10 inches. If it is 14 inches, then the secondary main gun must be 12 inches..."
Although the empire implemented the metric system, the navy was still accustomed to using the British system in many cases. After all, most ship designers had studied in the UK and were naturally deeply influenced by the UK.
"If that's the case, if we replace the first-level main gun with one that's equivalent to the second-level main gun..."
When the car drove to the intersection, a thought like thunder suddenly popped up in his mind, and he was so shocked that he even stopped abruptly without caring that the car was at the intersection.
Then he murmured in astonishment,
"Yes, that's right, that's it. All the cannons have the same caliber. This will not only simplify aiming and ranging, but also unify the supply of ammunition. There is no need for any second-level main guns. Even the most powerful second-level main guns will definitely not be as powerful as the first-level main guns..."
Like a sudden idea that could not break Tianjin, it flashed repeatedly in Wang Zhensheng's mind.
Suddenly at this moment, someone knocked on his car window.
A patrolman.
"Sir, how can you leave it there? It can only be in the middle of the road. Your driver's license..."
He was not given any preferential treatment at all because of the military uniform he was wearing. Perhaps the imperial police did not have the power to enforce the law against soldiers, but in some cases, the police also had the power to enforce the law, such as now.
Although he would have to face a ticket issued by the police, Wang Zhensheng still looked extremely excited.
"Officer, I was a little distracted just now, and suddenly I thought of something. I'm really sorry, this is my driver's license."
Wang Zhensheng grinned, as if getting a ticket was a happy thing for him!
Is there something wrong with this guy?
When the police officer was issuing the ticket, he was full of questions in his mind. Who would be so happy when receiving a ticket?
Even until he was leaving, before he left, he was still laughing.
"Haha, I know, I just knew it..."
A sudden flash of inspiration gave Wang Zhensheng a new possibility.
It is not a new possibility, but a brand new era, which is destined to create an unprecedented frenzy on the ocean.
(End of this chapter)
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