Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 346 Chapter 346 Simply showing off skills

 Longdao, Longcheng Port, is the largest, most comprehensive, and most modern super port in the world.

There is a huge shipyard standing on the side of this port. Here is the world's largest shipyard, the second shipyard of Datang Group, Longgang Shipyard, which has just surpassed Bunas Shipyard in scale.

 A dozen shipyards can allow the construction of more than a dozen huge cargo ships at the same time, and relying on the construction experience of the Liberty Ship and Wolf-class cruisers, Datang Group has also verified its ability to manufacture large steel ships.

In this advanced and huge shipyard, hundreds of workers are splicing together super huge keels one by one at the bottom of the shipyard, and then fixing them together.

People look so small in front of these keels, and next to these keels, there are also huge thick steel plates.

 These steel plates are more than 200 mm thick. For this era, they already represent the most advanced metallurgy and steel manufacturing technology in the world.

“This thing is simply a monster!” An old worker said without raising his head while using rivets to install the huge keel and the connected steel structure together.

He knew that what he was building was not a Wolf-class battleship, because the keel of this thing was much larger than that of a Wolf-class battleship.

Similarly, this thing is not a free wheel, because he has also made a free wheel. Although the size seems to be similar, the things are completely different.

According to the design drawings of this thing, the thickness of the shell is more than 100 mm in most cases. What is the concept?

 Before the birth of this thing, there was no place in the world that needed to use steel plates of more than 100 mm!

What’s even more frightening is that this is not all of it. In many places, the thickness of the steel on the surface of this monster will be close to or exceed 200 mm, and the thickest place is already close to 300 mm!

I heard that the total weight of these thick steel plates alone exceeds 5,000 tons! What is this concept? The displacement of the Wolf-class cruiser may not be as much as the total weight of the steel used in this giant guy!

According to the analysis of the size of the keel, the old worker knew that the maximum length of this thing should be more than 150 meters! It may even exceed 160 meters!

The total length of the Liberty Ship is about 135 meters and the width is about 17 meters. It is the longest and largest ship in the world so far, and it is also the largest steel ship in history.

However, this giant ship obviously broke the world record as soon as it appeared, because according to the width of the keel, this thing is almost 150 meters long and 25 meters wide!

To put it bluntly, it is the largest ship in the world so far, and it is also the strongest ship.

According to workers' experience, the outer shell of the Wolf-class battleship can basically withstand the cannons of all active navies in the world.

 So, if you don’t fight the Wolf itself or the Bunas-class ironclad, the defense power of the Wolf or Bunas will be overflowing.

The solid ammunition loaded with muzzleloader guns used by other navies simply cannot penetrate the outer armor of the Bunas-class and Wolf-class battleships.

 Therefore, the old workers really couldn’t figure out why they should build a “solid” ship with a hull thickness of nearly 200 mm.

  Could it be said that this is the safest super ship in the history of the world that can break icebergs? The old worker guessed in his mind.

 …

 The military train workshop of Longcheng Datang Group 2 Steel Plant is already comparable in scale to the Datang Group 1 Steel Plant in Bunas.

 The world's most professional and largest artillery production workshop has just been built here! The cannons that can be produced here are larger and more advanced than those produced by the artillery production plant in Bunas.

In this workshop, some top-skilled workers are busy around a deep underground manufacturing facility for gun barrels.

 In this huge facility, a huge gun barrel measuring more than 13 meters has been completed and is being prepared to be lifted out.

In the corner of this workshop, ten such gun barrels have been manufactured, neatly stacked there, and looked after by dedicated personnel day and night.

"I really can't figure out the significance of the existence of such a huge gun... A 150 mm caliber naval gun is enough to destroy any warship. Why... build a 305 mm caliber one?" A staff member looked at these uneasily. The huge barrel asked the colleague standing next to him.

"I don't know...maybe they are preparing for future wars..." The engineer in charge of the production of these gun barrels shook his head. He did not know what the significance of the existence of these artillery pieces was.

As far as he knew, there was no world-famous super fortress worth bombarding with artillery of this caliber.

 To put it bluntly, it’s such a waste.

The shells fired by this thing are absolutely devastating. In front of this kind of cannon, there is no target worthy of firing!

Even he felt that those stone fortresses or sailing warships on the sea were not worth the price of a shell from such a huge cannon! "Perhaps, it is the cannon that Mr. Tang is going to install on his castle..." An engineer tried to explain the significance of the existence of this kind of artillery: "It can ensure the absolute safety of the castle at all times."

“Are you kidding? Which country in the world can sink so many Wolf-class cruisers, then occupy Dragon City, and then besiege Mr. Tang’s castle?” Another engineer dismissed this statement.

"..." The engineer who spoke was left speechless by the rebuttal, and in the end he could only say angrily and frankly: "Okay, what you said is right...it is true that no one can do this. But, what are these cannons...used for? Where is it?"

"Listen, I heard... it's an order from the security force and navy..." An engineer said weakly at this time: "The workshop next door... the workshop... is, is, making the turret of this thing..."

 …

“Finally successful! This brand-new power! It will replace the steam engine in the future! It will become the new driving force for the development of the world!” Parker exclaimed with a sigh as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

What was placed in front of him was a brand-new power machine for testing. Unlike previous steam engines, its working principle was completely new.

 Applause broke out, and many workers even began to cry excitedly. This is the fruit of their labor, the latest technology that changes the entire world.

In order to manufacture this thing, Parker personally led the team and assembled almost all the elites from the steam engine improvement design team within the entire Datang Group.

So many engineers and technicians worked day and night for so long, and finally, with Tang Mo providing a complete set of drawings, they came up with something like this.

 It is working smoothly now, and Parker looks at it the same way he looked at the steam engine a few years ago.

 This is a kind of worship that spreads from the bones, a kind of primitive worship of human beings for mechanical power.

"The pressure is normal! The output power... expected value... has been reached!" A staff member handed the transcribed form to Parker and introduced: "According to the design standards, it can almost provide power... surpassing that of a steam engine."

"Gentlemen! This is just the beginning for us!" Parker restrained his joy, signed his name on the record, and then said to all the staff in front of him: "The master means that next month , and submitted the entire power plant to the Navy.”

“We want to produce 18 coal-fired steam boilers! There are also four steam turbine units! The design requirement of the entire equipment is 24,000 horsepower! Gentlemen...the time has come to prove ourselves!”

"This is the most cutting-edge power technology of our Datang Group! We want the world to know! Who! is the best!"

“Datang! Datang!” All the staff shouted with all their strength, and their voices seemed to be drowned out by the working sound of the steam turbine unit.

The entire device is still working amidst the roaring noise. It drives the shaft to rotate continuously and tirelessly outputs more powerful power.

  This is the world's first true steam turbine unit and a more powerful steam power system.

 With this thing, the ship will be faster and it seems that it can sail farther.

 …

"It's just to show off your skills, nothing special." As Matthews spoke, he covered the blueprint of the super battleship named "Tamagi-class" with another blueprint.

That was the blueprint of a battleship named Dreadnought given to him by Tang Mo. Before the appearance of this battleship, everyone thought that the battleship in their hands was the best battleship in the world. After its appearance, the history of the world's battleships was divided into the pre-dreadnought era and the post-dreadnought era...

 The Yucheng-class battleship of Datang Group is the Dreadnought from another world!

"The owner hopes to build an invincible battleship to showcase Datang Group's shipbuilding capabilities and other arms design capabilities. Therefore, we integrated all advanced technologies and simply used new technologies to build a transcendent All weapons and battleships come out," Matthews said, walking up to his students.

"This battleship will become the master's flagship, and it will also be the most powerful battleship in the world in the next three years! There is no one!" He talked eloquently, and said with excitement: "We just want everyone to see clearly , How big is the gap between us and others! If we are eagles, they are just insects! If we are whales, they are just krills! If we are lions, they are just hares... Or, saying that is a bit flattering! They are just corpses that are destined to fail, rotting skeletons that no one cares about!"

Standing in front of him, these future industrial elites were even more excited and almost cheered.

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 (End of this chapter)