Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 320 320 New Battleships

In a shipbuilding workshop in Cyric, thousands of people gathered around a temporarily modified large ship and were undergoing final inspections.

This ship is a new style of warship built by Cyric's talented designer through improvements. It subverts the design of the previous sail warship and adopts an unprecedented layout.

　　Yes, this is a ship that uses a steam engine as its main power. It no longer relies on sails to move forward, but travels through the continuous power provided by the machine.

"Gentlemen! We have proven that the smart people in this world do not just belong to that **** Datang Group! We also have technicians worth bragging about! They can also create the most advanced weapons and equipment in the world!" Slipway On the top, the fat director Cyric waved his arms proudly and boasted to all the dignitaries who came to participate in the launching ceremony.

Behind him, the strange-looking battleship was pushed by the workers and slowly approached the sea.

This dock is actually very old, its scale is not large, and it is not actually a good choice for building large-tonnage warships.

However, the size of this battleship is not large. Compared with the armored battleships of the Datang Group, its length can even be said to be a bit pitiful.

There is no way. The real Bunas-class battleship of Datang Group is actually around a hundred meters long, but the battleship in front of me is only less than 60 meters long.

But this is already the largest iron-clad battleship that the Cyric Consortium can build, because if it is longer, the keel splicing technology they have mastered will not be enough to support the heavy hull.

Even so, it is actually still very heavy - the hull is paved with steel plates, giving this warship a much greater draft than other sail warships.

 Because the draft is too deep, this ship cannot enter relatively shallow rivers, and it cannot even approach some small harbors.

The fat director of the Cyric Consortium did not take these flaws seriously, because the battleship in front of him was truly the first steam-powered battleship that Cyric could produce.

Therefore, he spoke with great excitement and did not hesitate to praise him. He loudly announced to all the spectators who were looking up at him: "Down below! We are about to witness the launch of this new type of ship! It will become our new weapon. !”

 There was a round of warm applause from the audience, because everyone felt that Cyric, after being silent for a long time, had finally embarked on the right path of development in some areas.

The decadent Cyric was finally awakened. It no longer remained stagnant. It finally calmed down and began to continue innovating and developing as it did a hundred years ago.

For those who hold shares in Cyric, there is no more exciting news than this. The stocks in their hands will become more valuable, and their net worth will also become higher! The future will also become more exciting.

 So they clapped excitedly to express their excitement. Although he lost the battle of 11 countries, Cyric will eventually gain more!

 Fatty is very proud because he has brought endless development possibilities to this group. Therefore, he has recently become the most respected representative among the directors and has regained some of his power.

 The two kingdoms of Talen and Heelen are no longer viable, but he has found a new profit point, he has regained recognition, and he will be more competitive and richer than before!

"An epoch-making battleship! We have built it day and night! This is our new hope!" Therefore, his face was full of pride, and he was full of confidence in himself.

 A modified production line based on Datang Group's steam engines and motors has entered the final debugging stage.

 This production line can produce more advanced Cyric automatic pistols—a brand-new weapon that can provide soldiers with continuous fire support at medium and short ranges.

It is so advanced that Cyric's senior officials regard it as a secret weapon. Its performance is unparalleled and it can be called a great work of art.

 In fact, this weapon is the Mauser "shell gun" that Tang Mo deliberately leaked to Sirik. Its technology is not actually advanced.

 The recoil of this weapon is very large, and it is too imitation compared to a submachine gun, so its performance can only be described as average.

 It’s just that there are not so many submachine guns in the Chinese theater, so it shines and becomes a favored weapon.

As for Tang Mo, he can make submachine guns himself, so he doesn't look down on this kind of weapon that is larger than a pistol and does not have a submachine gun barrel... However, this kind of weapon has really become a "certificate of nomination" for surrendering to Cyric. That's enough.

"Seriously, your genius design left a very deep impression on me! Compared with you, our opponent is simply a fool!" Cyric's fat director ended his speech and walked to the audience amidst applause. . Soon, he stood next to a young man, and while taking the wine glass from his attendant, he praised the young man.

"You are the most far-sighted decision-maker I have ever seen, Mr. Hansen!" The young man smiled and flattered people: "There are few people who are as courageous as you and are willing to spend so much money. Let’s build an experimental warship.” “It has almost no shortcomings compared to a sailboat, but it is too expensive,” the young man said, looking at the huge ship that had been launched in the distance.

"This is all your fault! I have been lobbying the council to let you join and become a new consortium director... To be honest, this is a difficult decision, but... it is obvious that you deserve this treatment!" The name is Hansen's fat man assured the young man sincerely: "As long as you continue to invent and create better weapons, everything is possible!"

"You will gain the most wealth in the world, have countless beauties, and be able to sneer at kings and even emperors!" Hansen described the bright future and encouraged the new weapon design master around him: "As long as you! Able to create more new weapons!”

"I can do it! I think I am very talented in this area...don't you think so?" The young man pointed at the exaggerated-looking battleship in the distance with the hand holding the wine glass and said proudly.

“Hahahaha! I believe you will! As you said, you are a very talented young man!” Hansen laughed loudly, and only agreed after he had laughed enough.

Frankly speaking, he really likes this young man. He is ambitious and young, full of passion and understands technology. He can design exquisite weapons and has a great vision in business.

Hansen has already regarded him as his confidant and feels that by supporting this young man on the council, he will have one more helper to support him.

After all, when this young man compromised and sold his workshop, what he wanted was not cash, but Cyric's shares—although it was only a small amount, it also cleared the biggest obstacle for him to enter the council.

 There is no way, his workshop is too important to Cyric - this workshop actually has a complete set of industrial technology equipment similar to that of Datang Group.

And it also has two new weapon designs that are preparing for mass production—one of which is a semi-automatic individual weapon, and the other is a very advanced metal fixed-loading bolt-action rifle.

This successful acquisition allowed Cyric to suddenly have two products that were comparable in performance to Datang Group's individual weapons. It can be said that the Cyric Consortium, which had an unfinished future, was saved at the juncture of crisis.

The young man in front of him also lived up to Hansen's expectations. After he joined Cyric, he immediately built a brand new battleship for Cyric!

 An armored, brand new, steam-powered new battleship! He solved the problem that troubled Cyric in the most direct way.

Hyric's technical staff had never seen the armored battleships of the Datang Group, and they couldn't figure out the working principle of the propellers even though they tried their best.

 Even if they guessed the design of the propeller, they had no experience in solving the sealing technology of the drive shaft—they lacked data and theoretical support, and knew nothing about this technology.

Therefore, Cyric's steamship has been unable to be launched, which makes Cyric seriously lag behind the Datang Group in terms of naval weapons.

The young man in front of me had just joined Cyric and found a new way to solve Cyric's problems.

 He ​​used the principle of waterwheels and installed two huge symmetrical waterwheels on both sides of the ship. The steam engine drove the waterwheels to rotate to push the ship forward.

Yes, Cyric's first generation of ironclad battleships used a paddle steamer design, a backward design idea.

 However, being backward has its advantages. At least this ship does not need to consider the watertight structure of the drive shaft, so the design difficulty is greatly reduced.

Although the speed of this kind of boat is slow, it is actually faster than a sailboat. Moreover, it does not need a sail to drive it and can go upwind. Its applicability is much higher.

Of course, paddle-wheel ships have all their flaws. The two biggest flaws are low propulsion efficiency, and paddle-wheel propulsion hinders the placement of artillery on battleships.

Compared to the numerous artillery guns on the sides of Datang Group's battleships, this new ironclad ship of Cyric only has two cannons installed on the bow and stern!

However, these two artillery pieces are copied from the breech-loading cannon developed by Datang Group by Cyric, and their performance is much better than the front-loading cannon on the previous sailing battleship.

Moreover, these two artillery pieces are also installed in a rotating turret and are protected by iron plates. Their survivability is naturally much improved compared to a front-loading cannon mounted directly behind the gun window.

 In short, this is a brand new warship, Cyric’s most advanced warship!

 (End of this chapter)