The end of the military era

Thanks to Larion, the Minister of the Navy of the Bull Empire, he proposed to build the Navy of the Bull Empire into an offshore defensive navy with destroyers and torpedo boats as the main combat ships.

Not only did the large shipyards of the Barbarian Empire become useless, but some factories specializing in the production of supporting equipment for large warships also had to start laying off workers and selling off production equipment.

For example, the steam turbine factory that can manufacture large-scale steam turbines and supporting boilers, and the heavy artillery factory that can produce large-caliber naval guns were all purchased by Zhou Rui at almost twice the high price.

Without large steam turbines and large-caliber naval guns, Ganyang Shipyard would not have been able to directly build eight large armored cruisers with a full load displacement of 8 tons.

Zhou Rui asked with some puzzlement: "Both the Steam Turbine Factory and the Heavy Artillery Factory were bought as a whole. It turns out that these two factories are already capable of manufacturing large steam turbines and naval guns with a caliber exceeding 300 mm.

Why is it not sure to manufacture it now?Haven't we already recruited human technicians and human workers from these two factories? "

Kang Huai explained: "Marshal, when the production equipment of these two factories arrived in the new industrial zone, they were all torn apart.

In this way, even after the production equipment is reassembled, a debugging process is required.

Thanks to the fact that we recruited the human technicians and human workers from these two factories, otherwise it would be difficult to reassemble the production equipment of these two factories, and those cattle people only sell equipment, regardless of installation and debugging. "

Zhou Rui sighed, "It is not easy to buy these production equipment.

According to the price of the new equipment, I doubled the price and bought the two factories completely. "

In fact, even if Zhou Rui paid twice the price, the Barbarian Empire was unwilling to sell it at the beginning. It was the fox businesswoman Joanna who spent a lot of money to clear up the relationship, and finally settled the naval department of the Barbarian Empire. , approved the transaction.

Kang Huai hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Commander, the steam turbine factory and the heavy artillery branch of the arsenal should not face any major problems.

It's just that if Ganyang Shipyard wants to build a battleship with all main guns, it has to give some time to the steam turbine factory and the heavy artillery branch of the arsenal. "

Zhou Rui asked again: "Is there any problem with the armor plates of warships and the gun steel needed for naval guns?"

"The special steel branch at the steel factory has been put into production. The various types of warship armor plates and various types of gun steel produced are of very good quality. It can be said that they exceed the standard and meet the design requirements."

The steel factory Zhou Rui got from the lottery system includes production equipment capable of producing various special steels, which can fully meet the needs of the arsenal for various military steels and the shipyard for various shipbuilding steels.

Now many production lines from the lottery system at the arsenal have been put into production, and the weapons and ammunition produced are no worse than those produced by the lottery system.

Zhou Rui then said: "Brother Huai, you have worked so hard on the side of the New Industrial Zone and the Ganyang Shipyard.

In particular, the heavy artillery branch must be able to produce different types of large-caliber naval guns as soon as possible. The naval guns of some warships in the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet have reached the end of their service life, and it is time to replace the barrels.

But my support to you can only be unlimited funding. "

Kang Huai said with a smile: "This is already the biggest support. If there is no investment from the commander regardless of the cost, those factories in the new industrial zone would not be able to be established so quickly."

"By the way, I heard that Xuejiao is engaged to Xie Dong?"

After Kang Huai's younger sister, Kang Xuejiao, and Liu Yiqiu met, the two quickly became best friends who talked about everything, so Zhou Rui also knew Kang Xuejiao, and was very familiar with her.

"Xuejiao and Xie Dong met once, and they had a good impression of each other, so the two families made a marriage agreement."

"Xie Dong is very good at leading troops, and he is unambiguous in fighting. There is a lot of room for improvement in the future. It is very good for Xuejiao to marry Xie Dong.

And I still know Xie Dong, Xuejiao will not be wronged if she marries her. "

"With the young lady supporting Xuejiao, that kid Xie Dong must not dare to bully Xuejiao."

The young lady that Kang Huai mentioned was Liu Yiqiu.

Inside the Zhou family, everyone called Wen Yu his wife, so Kang Huai called Liu Yiqiu his young lady.

"By the way, what about the blueprint of the all-main-gun battleship?

Let me take a look at the first all-main-gun battleship of the Ganyang Shipyard. How is the design performance in all aspects? "

This full main gun battleship designed by several shipbuilders at Ganyang Shipyard has a full load displacement of 25500 tons and a maximum speed of 20 knots.

装备6座双联装45倍口径305毫米主炮，14门四十倍口径150毫米副炮，24门30毫米高射炮，30挺13毫米高射机枪，4具450毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 120 mm to 260 mm, the main deck armor is 60 mm, the main turret armor is 260 mm, and the crew is full of 1100 people.

Zhou Rui didn't expect that the design drawing of a battleship with full main guns would take up half a room, so in the end, he only looked at the comprehensive parameters of this battleship with full main guns.

"Brother Huai, can the dock of Ganyang Shipyard build such a large warship?"

"According to this design, the ten 10-ton shipyards of Ganyang Shipyard can build this full main gun battleship.

The four 4-ton floating docks on Crescent Island can also build this full main gun battleship.

However, in order to leave enough large docks to maintain the many capital ships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, if we do not build new large docks, we can only build up to 4 of these full main gun battleships at the same time. "

"Huh? So, we already have the ability to build a large dock by ourselves?"

Kang Huai nodded, "It should be possible to build, but there may be some technical difficulties during the construction process."

"Brother Huai, we must overcome difficulties. Ganyang Shipyard needs more large docks, and the Southwest Coast Defense Fleet also needs more large docks."

"Well, I will arrange Ganyang Shipyard to design and build several large docks as soon as possible."

"A few buildings are not enough. We should build as many as possible. The more the better, don't be afraid to spend money."

When Zhou Rui was inspecting the Ganyang Shipyard, Wan Ruyi, the owner of Wanhualou, said to Liu Menglu with a wry smile: "It has been found out that the Zhou family bought a steam turbine factory and a heavy artillery factory from the Manniu Empire at a high price, so Only then can eight large armored cruisers with a full load displacement of 8 tons be built at the same time."

While applying nail polish, Liu Menglu said casually: "I said that there is no need to pursue this further. If the secrets of the Zhou family's full-armor battleships and battlecruisers were so easy to be discovered, Ganyang City would not gather so much. Multi-power intelligence personnel."

"But where did the Zhou family get those battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns?

It seems as if it appeared out of nowhere. Could it be that the Zhou family holds a different time and space node leading to other worlds, as rumored by the outside world? "

"Sister Ruyi, in fact, where the Zhou family's full-armor battleships and battlecruisers come from, it has nothing to do with your old friend.

You spend so much energy to investigate this matter, it won't do your old friend any good. "

The old friend of Wan Ruyi that Liu Menglu refers to is Shen Zhi, the third son of the late Fengwu Jiedu envoy Shen Xiao.

Now Shen Zhi and his uncle Shen Mao are fighting for Xiushui City, and the armies of both sides have been fighting outside Xiushui City for more than half a month.

Wan Ruyi sighed and said: "Although our intelligence department has chosen Shen Zhi, I don't think much of him, maybe he just made a wedding dress for someone else in the end.

As for finding out the origins of the Zhou family's all-main-gun battleships and battlecruisers, this information is really valuable. "

Liu Menglu put the nail polish on the table, "The Zhou family is too powerful. If Zhou Rui insists on taking over the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, even if all the major families in Fengwu Town unite, they may not be able to stop him."

"Hehe, Meng Lu, do you regret it?

If you had agreed to let Zhou Rui redeem your body back then, you would be Mrs. Zhou's wife now. "

Liu Menglu smiled slightly, "Even if Zhou Rui becomes Marshal Zhou, I won't make him a concubine.

If it is Liu Yiqiu's position, I can still consider it. "