Chapter 204 The Dumpling Ship of the British Empire, the Dumpling Country of the Ming Empire (please subscribe, please vote)

June 1828, 10 Downing Street.

A key cabinet meeting is being held in the small conference room of the British Prime Minister's official residence.

The Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, and his cabinet ministers each had a large stack of "ship PPT" placed in front of them. When the Ming Empire was engaged in "heroic sales" all over the world, the major shipyards and warship designs of the British Empire

Teachers are also working overtime on "PPT".

Today's Great Britain is not the old imperialist country that will decline gracefully in the future, but a dynamic empire on which the sun never sets. Although her industrial scale and technological level are far behind those of the Ming Dynasty, this does not mean that Britain

The gap in scale and level of people's lack of effort is caused by factors such as population and golden fingers!

And knowing that they are not as good as Ming Dynasty's Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, of course they can only work harder on 996 - there is no eight-hour work system and weekends now. In England, people work hard 12 hours a day, even child labor is no exception!

If you don’t believe in God and have to set aside one day for worship, then it will be 997.

In contrast, the Ming Dynasty has an 8-hour work system plus four holidays per month (the first, second, fifteenth, and sixteenth day of the Lunar New Year), and there are many other miscellaneous holidays.

With the efforts of a large group of 996 engineers and designers, and with reference to the design drawings and technical parameters of Ming Dynasty's "Heroes", in early June, the Duke of Wellington finally received the latest "dumplings" from the British Empire.

"ship" plan.

By the way, the new battleship project that invited a large group of "friendly countries" to jointly develop it is actually a cover to paralyze its opponents. What the British Empire needs is "dumplings" that can be made immediately, not "future dumplings" that cannot be made in five years.

”, because time is running out for the British Empire.

Three years of preparation, five years of preparation. Don’t waste a day!

"15,600 tons of standard displacement, 6 twin 9.2-inch turrets, 24 3-inch rapid-fire guns, 2 1.85-inch rapid-fire guns, 36 anti-aircraft machine guns or carrying guns, 5 18-inch torpedo tubes, maximum speed of 18 knots,

Equipped with 15 coal-fired boilers and a vertical triple-expansion steam engine, the main engine has a maximum power of 16,000 horsepower. Is this a monarch-level modification plan?"

The Duke of Wellington put down the pile of documents in his hand and looked at Lord Palmerston, the Lord Admiralty, to ask.

"Yes," said Viscount Palmerston, "all the Sovereign-class ships already in service and under construction will be renovated according to this plan, and we will also build a new batch of battleships of this class. The Navy Ministry hopes that all 20,000-ton class battleships can be built.

The battleship's dock and slipway can complete the construction of a Sovereign-class hull or a major hull modification before starting large-scale construction of our imitation Hero-class. Although this class of battleships are not as good as the Hero-class in all aspects, they are stronger.

Yu Daming's Hongwu Emperor class is enough to defeat the Haohan class in a naval battle. If it fights the Hero class, it should be possible to defeat one Hero class with two Sovereign ships, so the Navy believes that it is very cost-effective to build a large number of Sovereign ships. Maybe in the future

You can reorganize the imitation hero and the monarch into a high-low combination."

"Very good, that's good!" Duke Wellington nodded and continued to look through the information, "Hey, why is there no information on the imitation of the Hero-class armored cruiser? Is this a heavy artillery cruiser?"

First Sea Lord Lord Nelson frowned and said: "Duke, according to our original plan, the main task of the armored cruiser is to break diplomatic relations. We expect that war will break out in India, North America and Australia. The Ming Dynasty will take the initiative to attack

On one side, their huge army will come across the ocean on warships and merchant ships to compete for new living space for their growing population. And we will lure the enemy deep, and then attack their sea lines of communication, while the main fleet hides

And wait for the opportunity to fight to defeat them.

This requires the equipment of battleships with strong firepower and protection, as well as high-speed interception cruisers. Since we are at least one generation behind the Ming Dynasty in terms of battleship hosts, we cannot design battleships with strong speed, protection, and firepower. We can only have

The choice is made. The speed of the engagement-breaking cruiser is obviously more important than firepower and armor. Therefore, shipbuilding experts from the Navy Department recommend building a standard displacement of 10,000 tons, equipped with at least four 9.2-inch main guns, capable of using 18,000-horsepower fuel.

A heavy artillery cruiser powered by coal and steam with a maximum speed of 23 knots.

At the same time, this high-speed heavy artillery cruiser must also carry more coal to ensure that it can persist in the waters behind enemy lines for long enough. Therefore, the limited tonnage of this warship must give priority to the artillery and its servo system, power cabin and coal cabin.

needs, the requirements for armor protection cannot be too high."

"But how much coal does this ship need to carry to ensure that it can operate behind enemy lines for a long time?" Duke Wellington asked next.

"2,000 tons," Earl Nelson said, "we hope it can run 15,000 nautical miles at an economic speed of 10 knots. At the same time, we will also modify a group of East India sailing ships to serve as armed supply ships behind enemy lines. In addition,

We will also design and modify a group of fast merchant ships to serve as supply ships and camouflaged assault ships behind enemy lines."

"Sounds good!" Duke Wellington nodded, "But the names of King Quan Kai and Imitation Hero are too informal. I think the first ship of King Quan Kai can be called the Indomitable (used in the Battle of Kii Waterway)

The name of the HMS Indomitable, which was later sunk), symbolizes the perseverance and rebirth of the Royal Navy! And the replica of the first ship of the Hero class can be named Victory. It will be the new generation of Royal Navy Victory! I hope that when the new generation of

When a large number of Royal Navy Victory classes are put into use, it will be the time when our British Empire wins victory against the powerful empires of the East!"

Beijing, Xishan Palace.

Today is a good day for Zhuge Weidao and Natalie, who had just returned from Rakshasa, to enter the palace to bid farewell to Queen Mother Zheng. Entering the Xishan Palace with them was their son Zhuge Yangbo. Drink.

Zhuge, who grew up with "imported milk", looks much older than an ordinary one-year-old baby. He walks with a swagger, is very imposing, and speaks clearly.

"Little Bobo, come here, come to Aijia and let Aijia hug you. Aijia really likes you."

Empress Dowager Zheng had a special affinity with Zhuge Weidao's second son. When she saw the little guy strutting in, she kept calling him forward.

And the little guy Zhuge Yangbo looked at the beautifully dressed aunt in front of him with indescribable kindness. However, he still looked back at his mother Natalie and shouted: "Mommy. Then

Little mommy is beautiful!”

"Little Mommy" is the name Zhuge Yangbo used to call Nalandili and Daheikong. Now it is actually used to call Queen Mother Zheng. What a childish thing!

Zhuge Weidao quickly said with a straight face, "Boy, don't talk nonsense, that's not my little mommy, that's"

"It's the godmother! I am little Bobo's godmother!" Empress Dowager Zheng glared at Zhuge Weidao, then called Zhuge Yangbo and said, "Little Bobo, come here quickly, the godmother will give you a big red envelope."

It was a big red envelope, but it was thin. There was only a check filled with 30,000 silver yuan!

When he saw the red envelope, Zhuge Yangbo immediately became happy. No matter what his father said, he just said "hehehe" with a smile and went straight to the red envelope. Oh, he went straight to his godmother. He was like a spirit.

The little devil!

Zhuge Weidao glanced at Natalie helplessly and said in his heart: "Look, this little Bobo is much smarter than the big boy you gave birth to. That boy is stupid, walking and talking slower than his brother."

"When I was a kid, I was slow to grab milk bags. I guess grabbing red envelopes is not as good as Xiao Bobo."

While Xiao Bobo was chewing the red envelope with his teeth, Zhuge Weidao, Natalie, Queen Mother Zheng, and Zheng Guoxian, who had just been elected as an "official" (a member of the official party of the Zheng family), were already seated separately.

.

I don’t know whether her younger brother joined the core group of the Zheng family or met her biological godson. Empress Dowager Zheng seemed to be in a particularly happy mood today. Her face seemed to be smiling when she spoke, "My disciple, I am sorry.

I heard that you once suggested opening more countries overseas to give more opportunities to the unsatisfied children of the eight aristocratic families, but is this possible?"

"It is true," Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Sister Yuhuan, what do you think of this route?"

"Okay!" Zheng Yuhuan smiled and glanced at his younger brother Zheng Guoxian.

"Brother Daozi," Zheng Guoxian said, "then what kind of system should these newly established countries implement? Is it a kingdom, a republic, or a federal state? If it is a kingdom, what is the surname of the king?"
Chapter completed!