The end of the military era

Before Zhou Rui was reborn, although the light cruiser Shuguang was only an old ship, it was the most powerful warship in the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City.

The construction of 12 4-ton docks and 12 35-ton docks in the first phase of Jingsheng Shipyard has been completed.

According to Zhou Rui's plan, Jingsheng Shipyard will be mainly used to build full-armor battleships and battlecruisers in the future.

Of the 20 all-main-gun battleships this time, 16 were built at Jingsheng Shipyard.

Zhou Xiaozheng said at this time: "The second type of battleship with full main guns was named the Shuzi class. It was my decision, and it was also to commemorate the earliest coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City."

Zhou Rui nodded and said: "Then the second full main gun battleship built by our Zhou family will be named Shuzi class, and the first ship will use the name Shuguang.

However, if 20 Shuzi-class ships are built at the same time, there is no problem with the two shipyards, right? "

The "Shu" class full main gun battleship designed by Ganyang Shipyard is based on the American New Mexico class full main gun battleship. It has a full load displacement of 33200 tons and is equipped with four triple 4-caliber 356mm main guns.

If the "Shu" class battleship with full main guns can be built, the level of battleships built by Ganyang Shipyard and Jingsheng Shipyard will not be much worse than those large shipyards in orc countries.

Song Limin said: "Don't worry, Commander. Now the keels of 20 Shuzi-class ships have been laid. Ganyang Shipyard and Jingsheng Shipyard are very confident in building 20 Shuzi-class ships at the same time."

Chapter 200 Cuts

After Zhou Rui's body recovered completely, Zhou Rui came to Ganyang Shipyard in person to visit the four "Shu" class battleships with full main guns built in Ganyang Shipyard.

Kang Huai, the chief industrial officer of the various feudal towns of the Zhou family, accompanied Zhou Rui to the Ganyang Shipyard, and reported to Zhou Rui in detail on the construction of the four "Shu" class battleships with full main guns .

"Brother Huai, I heard that the design bureau of Ganyang Shipyard has designed a new battlecruiser." Zhou Rui asked.

Kang Huai nodded, "A new battlecruiser has indeed been designed, but according to the design drawings, this new battlecruiser will have a full-load displacement of 38400 tons and a maximum speed of 27 knots.

装备4座双联装45倍口径380毫米主炮，20门45倍口径120毫米副炮，24门30毫米高射炮，36挺13毫米高射机枪，4具550毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 110 mm to 230 mm, the main deck armor is 70 mm, the main turret armor is 300 mm, and the crew is full of 1280 people.

The heavy artillery branch of the arsenal has not yet developed a qualified dual-mounted 45-caliber 380mm main gun, so there is currently no specific construction plan for this battlecruiser. "

The reason why the Design Bureau of Ganyang Shipyard equipped the first battlecruiser to be built with dual-mounted 45-caliber 380mm main guns is because several other orc countries have put the new battlecruiser The caliber of the main gun has been increased to 380mm.

For example, after the Golden Lion Empire completed the construction of 50 Unicorn-class battleships with full main guns and 60 vanguard-class battlecruisers, quality problems occurred due to the developed 45mm naval guns with a caliber of 380 times.

Therefore, in order not to fall behind in the shipbuilding competition, the Golden Lion Empire designed and built 60 Chiyanshi-class full-main gun battleships and 60 Conquer-class battlecruisers on the basis of the above two capital ships.

The Chiyanshi-class battleship with full main guns and the Conqueror-class battlecruiser still use dual-mounted main guns with 45 times the caliber of 360mm. The former is equipped with 5 guns, and the latter is equipped with 4 guns. All main battery battleships have the same configuration as vanguard battlecruisers.

Not long ago, the Golden Lion Empire finally solved the defects of the 45-caliber 380mm naval gun, and at the same time began to build 40 Longshi-class all-main-gun battleships and 40 light cavalry-class battlecruisers.

The Longshi-class battleship with full main guns will have a full-load displacement of 38500 tons and is equipped with five dual-mounted 5mm main guns with 45 times the caliber.

The Hussar-class battlecruiser will have a full-load displacement of 39300 tons and is equipped with four twin-mounted 4-caliber 45mm main guns.

Due to the shipbuilding competition between the major orc nations, when the Golden Lion Empire increased the caliber of the main gun of the new battleship to 380mm, the Red Tiger Empire, Black Bear Empire, Silver Wolf Empire, and Flying Leopard Empire all announced that Next, the caliber of the main guns of the newly built battleships will also be increased to 380mm.

Zhou Rui frowned and said, "How is the progress of the heavy artillery branch's development of the 380mm main gun?"

Kang Huai nodded and said: "A lot of progress has been made. In fact, the Ganyang Shipyard Design Bureau has already designed a battlecruiser equipped with four dual-mounted 4-caliber 45mm main guns.

However, considering the orc nations such as Golden Lion and Red Tiger, the caliber of the main guns of the new battleships has been increased to 380 mm.

In order to prevent the battlecruisers we built from lagging behind as soon as they entered service, the design bureau of Ganyang Shipyard redesigned a battlecruiser with a 380mm main gun.

If it weren't for the construction of all 20 "Aki"-class battleships with full main guns, we are even going to overthrow the design drawings of the "Shu"-class battleships with full main guns and equip them with 380mm main guns. "

The only shipyards that the Zhou family can build battleships are Ganyang Shipyard and Jingsheng Shipyard.

With these two shipyards, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is actually not capable of competing with those orc nations in shipbuilding. The Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet relies on the warships that Zhou Rui extracted from the lottery system.

Therefore, Zhou Rui did not intervene in Ganyang Shipyard and Jingsheng Shipyard's plans to build battlecruisers.

"When the 380mm main guns at the heavy artillery branch factory are manufactured, several more battlecruisers with 380mm main guns can be built at one time, without considering the issue of shipbuilding funds."

"Marshal, the construction of 12 4-ton shipyards in the second phase of Jingsheng Shipyard is about to be completed. By then, 20 battlecruisers with 380mm main guns can be built at Jingsheng Shipyard at the same time."

After visiting the four "Shu" class battleships with full main guns under construction, Zhou Rui found Zhang Tiefeng, the chief designer of the "Ghost" class submarines and "Ghost II" class submarines of Ganyang Shipyard.

"Master, this is the Ghost III class submarine I designed. It has a full-load displacement of 880 tons underwater and a full-load displacement of 1050 tons underwater. It is equipped with 8 diesel engines. The maximum speed on the water is 16 knots, and the maximum underwater speed is 10 knots. The maximum diving depth is 120 meters.

Equipped with five 4mm torpedo tubes, it can carry 500 torpedoes and has a crew of 14.

Compared with the Ghost II-class submarine, the Ghost III-class submarine has been improved in all aspects, especially the 500mm steam gas torpedo equipped, which will be more powerful. "

During the six years in another time and space, Zhou Rui also carefully studied submarines.

Considering the technological level of the time and space of the Han and Tang Empires, Zhou Rui focused his research on the German U-boats during World War II.

"Mr. Zhang, I have some immature ideas about the Ghost III-class submarine. I think that a snorkel device can be installed on the Ghost III-class submarine to extend the voyage."

Zhang Tiefeng couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, "Snorkel device?"

"The submarine snorkel device I designed has an intake pipe and an exhaust pipe.

When the submarine is at the depth of the periscope, the outside air is sucked into the interior of the submarine by the air intake pipe exposed to the water surface for use by the crew and the diesel engine on board.

The function of the exhaust pipe is to export the exhaust gas produced by the diesel engine out of the boat.

As for the working principle of the submarine snorkel device, it uses a hydraulic lift"

Zhou Rui and Zhang Tiefeng discussed from 10 am to 2 am, and Zhou Rui told Zhang Tiefeng everything he had learned about submarines from another time and space.

"Marshal, I will develop the submarine snorkel device and sound detection device as soon as possible, and equip them on the Ghost III class submarine.

In addition, I will also adjust the overall structure of the Ghost III submarine according to the suggestions given by the general. "

Zhou Rui solemnly said to Zhang Tiefeng: "Zhang Gong, the enemy that the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet faces is extremely powerful.

I have high hopes for the submarine formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. I hope that Zhang Gong can design a more advanced Ghost III submarine for the submarine formation. "

At present, the submarine formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet already has 7 "Ghost" class submarines and 40 "Ghost II" class submarines.

In addition, among the 28 1000-ton small docks in Ganyang Shipyard, 28 "Ghost II" class submarines are about to be completed.

"Don't worry, Commander. With these ideas given to me by the Commander, I will definitely be able to turn the Ghost III-class submarine into a real wolf of the sea!"

The news of Zhou Rui's awakening quickly spread throughout the world, including the six orc nations.

In the Governor's Mansion in Morningstar City, the second capital of the Golden Lion Empire, Governor Kosno asked Raf, the Vice Minister of the Navy: "You must also know that Zhou Rui of the Han and Tang Empire has awakened."

Raff nodded, "Many newspapers in the empire have published this news."

Governor Cosno sighed and said: "Zhou Rui and the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire that he formed have always been the confidant of our Golden Lion Empire.