The first shipbuilding factory in Dalian Bay has been renamed the Empire's No. 1 shipyard, and the dock has been expanded to create larger and larger ironclad ships, and the more ship workers the shipyard employed.

There are two dry docks in the north and south that are building ironclad ships at the same time. Among them, the ironclad ships in the northern dock are built faster and have begun to take shape, while the ironclad ships in the southern dock have just begun to be built.

Navy Secretary Nelson personally came to inspect the construction progress of the two sister ships.

These two ironclad ships are the largest order ever made by the Navy - two 9,000-ton steam ironclad ships, both of which are the first generation of main ironclad ships "Da Qin Class".

Although not yet built, the commanders and captains of each fleet have applied to take one of the main ironclad ships.

This is the real main ironclad ship, and it is not on the same level as the experimental General Fubo ironclad ship.

"Be careful, this is a nine-ton naval gun, don't fall down!"

Dozens of people on the dock carefully hung heavy naval guns from the cargo ship with winches and iron chains.

The 203mm caliber front-mounted naval gun developed by the Imperial Arsenal located in Tianjin Wei is the largest artillery developed by the Jiuzhou Army. It is difficult to transport nine-ton artillery from the ship.

"This kind of artillery also needs to be tested by our shipyard for its recoil before being installed on the ship, and then check whether the deck can withstand recoil. It is not easy to design a special ammunition depot and ammunition supply system for artillery. It is also necessary to prevent the artillery from being threatened with the explosion of the chamber. There is a considerable gap between the actual level that can be achieved and the imagined level."

The person in charge of the construction of a ship engineer at the Imperial First Shipyard was led by a team of ship designers with rich experience. They successively built several famous steam ships, the Yongchang, the Oriental, and the General Fubo. Later, they built several small steam armored ships for the Admiralty.

This time they built two 9,000-ton steam iron armored ships for the Admiralty, but the pressure was very high.

In this era, the steel used for building a 9,000-ton steam iron armor was astronomical. Moreover, this iron armor must withstand the huge recoil brought by the 7-ton 178-mm caliber artillery and the 9-ton 203-mm caliber artillery. There are 20 guns weighing just 7-ton!

"What stage has the progress of the first Daqin-class main ironclad ship reached?" Nelson saw that the ironclad ship in the northern dock had its prototype, and both keels were laid. According to the estimates of the Empire's First Shipyard, the total length of the Daqin-class main ironclad ship was about 128 meters after completion.

128 meters, what a terrible ship! It is twice the length of a large sail battleship, and it is invincible!
Chapter completed!