The Hawaiian Islands in the central Pacific are still beautiful, and all activities are underway throughout the summer season.

Pearl Harbor is as its name suggests, and it is like a bright pearl in the Pacific Ocean, radiating its light. Putting aside the lively commercial port outside Pearl Harbor, just talk about Xinghua Island (formerly known as Ford Island, Zhang Yunfei regarded this place as his territory, and naturally changed it to a Chinese name) in the Pearl Harbor Shipyard at the northwest corner of the Pearl Harbor Shipyard, more than 20,000 shipyard workers, technicians, and experts are busy at this moment. When many experts are commanding, they will occasionally come up with two languages ​​from different countries, just like the Dow Jones stock market in later generations.

The huge docks of No. 1 to No. 4 in the shipyard were filled with battleships and heavy cruisers under construction, and docks No. 5 and No. 6, and the floating docks were also filled with warships waiting to be modified. The warships preparing to be modified were all kinds of Russian warships, the most conspicuous of which were three Russian-made Poltava-class battleships, one Liurik heavy cruiser, etc. As the key objects of care, these warships were arranged to enter the dock for comprehensive transformation.

The people responsible for transforming these warships were all Chinese designers and technicians. Of course, they all returned from studying in the British shipyard. After being arranged to go to the Pearl Harbor shipyard, they followed Mr. Anderson, chief engineer. However, in Anderson's eyes, they will always be apprentices. If these Chinese young men were not diligent and willing to study, he would not have bothered to take them!

"Mr. Anderson, the General Staff sent someone to ask you about the advantages and disadvantages of Russian warships?"

"Tell them I'm not available!" Anderson said frowned. But then he thought that the General Staff asked about the issue of Russian warships, which might be to formulate a targeted combat plan in a relevant place, so he said: "Tell them that the armor thickness of Russian warships is generally lower than that of our warships of the same level, but the strength is not bad. It is probably used to adopt new forging technology. In addition, Russian warship designs are generally too high. In this way, once the deep sea or class wind and waves are in a very unstable situation, if the artillery fires volley, it will probably capsize. Okay, that's all, you can solve the rest yourself. By the way, let them urge the Ordnance Office to build the artillery we request quickly, and don't drag us back!"

After beating the researcher of the General Staff, Anderson started his work again. However, with the participation of these young Chinese students who had just returned from their studies and were full of ambitions, Mr. Anderson had a lot of helpers, at least for the "simple and light" work of transforming the second-class battleship site in Russia. Anderson could let go after a few words. Because he had more important things to do, that is, to preside over the construction of Pangu battleships and Wangshu heavy cruisers.

As the finale of Zhang Yunfei's 99th Fleet's Plan, Pangu-class battleships and Wangshu-class heavy cruisers represent the most advanced technologies of European and American countries in battleships and armored cruisers at the end of the 19th century. As Honolulu, a land where advanced technologies are absorbed by countries around the world, these two-level battleships touch the nerves of everyone in Zhang Yunfei's group.

For Pearl Harbor Shipyard, new factories, new equipment, new people, new technologies, everything starts from a new beginning, starting from scratch. Moreover, when you start a horse, you will be a giant ship or cannon of more than 10,000 tons, which can be said to be unprecedented. Zhang Yunfei has been worried more than once that if he asks his shipyard to build warships, can he complete the 99 Fleet plan before going to war with Russia? What should he do if he encounters a bottleneck in construction or technology? Zhang Yunfei is betting that he is his own destiny, and the destiny of the country and nation.

Honolulu's special steel combines these two improved processes, and the effect is even more amazing. According to Zhang Yunfei's guidance, one or several alloy elements are added appropriately to carbon steel to change the structure of the steel, so that the steel has various special properties, such as strength and hardness,

Good toughness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and many other excellent properties. Different from the l route, Honolulu's special steel is also divided into many types. There are high hardness, making metal processing tools, artillery tracks and axles and other tungsten steel and steel. It has particularly strong toughness, making spring sheets, spring coils and other ~ silicon steel. It also uses steel to resist high temperatures to manufacture aircraft crankshafts, especially hard battleship spindles, etc. There are also strong corrosion resistance and are not easy to oxidize.

The steel required for different parts of the warship is different. The most important thing is the spindle of the warship propeller. Since the warships during this period look very fast, in fact, like the 18th knot of the battleship and the 19th knot of the battleship, the spindle is overheated after high rotation, and even the mechanics cannot solve this problem. Therefore, the battleship's degree is maintained between 1 and 15th knots for most of the time.

The Wangshu heavy cruiser uses high-strength steel spindles that are specially tailored, so that the host can maintain high navigation for a long time. At the same time, the high-strength and lightweight special steel is used on the battleship, so that the originally bloated warship armor can become thinner and lighter under the same protection ability. The space and tonnage saved in this way can just allocate space and tonnage to the bloated new reciprocating steam turbine unit, so that the output power of the warship host reaches the design standard 22 sections.

It can be said that any technological innovation can be reflected on a giant ship. Therefore, the strength of a country's industry depends on its naval shipbuilding industry capabilities!

Several general offices of the Navy Department were not idle when it came to building the Wangshu heavy cruiser. The Ordnance Department and the Construction Department each performed their duties and provided various services to warships.

According to Zhang Yunfei's understanding of battleships, once the Wangshu-class heavy cruiser is built, it will have to surpass the large armored cruiser at that time in terms of degree, firepower and protection. Therefore, Zhang Yunfei called it a pocket version of the battleship, which has an overwhelming advantage in fighting armored cruisers.

In contrast, Pangu-class battleships do not have the same advantages as the Wangshu heavy cruiser. Because the Wangshu heavy cruiser can be installed on the heavy cruiser with a slight improvement based on the Italian small-caliber 203mm triple gun. However, with the current industrial processing and cutting capabilities of Honolulu, it is still impossible to manufacture the cannons used by triple battleships above 305mm.

Originally, Anderson also wanted to try to unify the caliber of the main gun on the battleship, but after design and calculation, there were four dual main guns, plus thick armor and steam engine boilers, so the ship could not float. Even if it could barely float, it was like a ox cart.

Anderson sighed because the current technical conditions were not enough. Zhang Yunfei also sighed because he still couldn't make a dreadnought ship first than the British. In Zhang Yunfei's opinion, the dreadnought is not something that ordinary people can do, so let the British do it themselves! At that time, Zhang Yunfei will pick up the ready-made ones.

Finally, Pangu-class battleships still follow the traditional design idea, with two dual-equipped 305mm fire turrets, plus dual-equipped 203mm fired second-level main guns, 1152mm single-mounted cannons, 8 76mm single-mounted cannons, and designed displacement of 17,000~. Although the artillery design does not take the path of unified main guns, the first-level main gun and 18 second-level main guns still allow Pangu-class battleships to have a proud firepower output that is enough to deter the enemy.

As one of the 99 Fleet's shipbuilding plans, Pangu-class battleships are the main battleships built by Honolulu on their own, representing the highest industrial level of Honolulu. They were designed for the Trevizan built by the United States for Russia and the Prince built by France for Russia, as well as the Pogjin-class and Borodino-class battleships built by Russia to imitate the technology of the two countries.

Due to the use of new special steel, as armor protection and rotating spindle, a lot of space and tonnage is saved under the same protective strength, which makes the new German-built reciprocating steam turbine display its "talent", and the theoretical design of the 211 section is possible.

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Gao Hang in the 211th century, the period before the Fearless Class battleships came out was a luxury for the naval circles of all countries. Zhang Yunfei originally thought that in order to truly build warships independently, he would spend a lot of money to support his own industry, but he still underestimated the naval industry, a gold bar machine. Even if the four main battleships started construction at the same time, they could not reduce the cost of a single ship. Instead, due to various problems, the cost became higher and higher, reaching an astonishing 3 million British each, which made Zhang Yunfei, who had always been generous, feel a little painful.

The construction of these two-class battleships has attracted the attention of all departments in Honolulu, of course, the most direct one is the combat laboratory. For example, the Ordnance Department’s gun and cannon mechanical engineering expert, Mr. Geppiebi Pellino from Italy, specializes in the development of various types of triple-mounted ship-borne artillery for the Navy. The most critical core research technology is the improvement and miniaturization of the British steam turbine unit introduced and the German three-entry reciprocating steam unit. These were originally chaired by Rudolph Diesel, but during this period, the guidance of the perverted Trass was inevitable. Once, under the instigation of Trass, Rudolph planned to install diesel engines on the battleship to replace the steam engine, but the research fund of up to 10 million pounds still made Zhang Yunfei say "courageous" and reject it.

By the way, this scientist, Tres, who is a semi-travel state, has now become the technical boss of the combat laboratory. Everyone, even Holland, Adel and other great people, are admired by Tresma and worshipped like gods. This cannot be blamed on Tresma. Who made this pervert an all-round scientific madman?

In Zhang Yunfei's opinion, not everything will be blindly experimented and studied. We must consider whether the current environment is suitable and economic costs. Just like Zhang Yunfei once wanted to remind Tlas to develop an atomic bomb, but in the end he still held it back. It would be very good to create an atomic bomb. If anyone disliked him, he would throw it over. But in that case, Zhang Yunfei would probably be poor and only had a pair of shorts left. Could it be that he would wear shorts and carry the atomic bomb to act like a hooligan all over the world? It is obviously unrealistic.

Western countries have also been paying attention to the warships in the Pearl Harbor Shipyard dock. As a household name in the world, it is impossible for Zhang Yunfei to be low-key. European and American countries may have stared at holes in eggs without gaps. When Zhang Yunfei's exaggerated shipbuilding plan was launched, the naval experts of European and American countries were stunned. It was not because of how powerful Pangu-class battleships and Wangshu-class heavy cruisers were, but because they believed that such warships built with top technologies from various countries could not be integrated together. Many experts even made wild statements, saying that even if these two-class battleships were built, they would be different.

However, Zhang Yunfei believed that everything was impossible, only unexpected, and he firmly believed that it could be made. Just like the assembly machine made by computer enthusiasts in later generations, it may not lose to the brand machine in terms of cost-effectiveness. The warships built by Honolulu themselves will definitely not be useless, and at that time, they will definitely shut up all the powerful countries.

In addition to building surface ships, Pearl Harbor Shipyard is also starting to build underwater warships, that is, submarines. Since submarine construction in countries around the world is currently exploring, the level of submarines and industrial technology are very backward compared with the mature technology and industrial level of surface ships. Although Honolulu has entered the world in this regard.

At the same time, but still subject to the limitations of industrial technology, Zhang Yunfei wanted to plant a large submarine at least not yet able to achieve it.

The submarines that were not as long as the size of gunboats were still the turn of occupancy of tens of thousands of tons of docks, so they had to start construction after simple installation in the old Pearl Harbor shipyard.

Two submarines can be built at the same time in a dock. These are export-type submarines that are planned to be sold to the British and Germans. The cost is cheap, but the submarine construction technology in Honolulu is constantly maturing.

Doesn’t Zhang Yunfei pay attention to his submarine force? Of course not, the submarines here are just a cover-up. Just look at where the father of the submarine Holland is, and you will know where the real submarine is!

Wake Island, with an area of ​​about 8 square kilometers, consists of three small islands, Wake, Wilkes and Peel. It is located in a volcanic island group in the Pacific Ocean, 3,200 kilometers from Hawaii in the east and 2,060 kilometers from Guam in the west. It has an important strategic position and is known as the "stepping stone of the Pacific."

There were no residents on Wake Island. In 1568, a Spanish expedition team appeared on the island. In 1796, British captain William Wick officially marked the island and named it after him. The island was once unknown until 2018 when the US Navy passed by, a temporary shelter was built on the original island. After Zhang Yunfei took over the power of Honolulu in 1895, he officially took back the island and took it for himself.

Of course, submarines are underwater all year round. After Zhang Yunfei combined the analysis of the submarine base in later generations, he believed that his submarine force should be a strategic response force and should be placed in a place that is both secret and strategically valuable.

Wake Island became the best ideal location, so the Sea Wolf Force established by Zhang Yunfei took root here. In fact, if Zhang Yunfei had not been able to build a submarine base here in 1902, which made Zhang Yunfei right.

First, the three islands were connected by causeways, spreading in a crescent shape, forming a huge deep-water lake in the middle. The terrain by the lake was low and flat, and an airplane runway was built to transport personnel and supplies.

In this way, the coast guards blocked the sea, changed the route and passed by ships could not pass here. In addition to air transportation materials, this place became an isolated place.

Wake Island is a land formed after several extinct volcanoes erupt, forming an inverted tree branch that extends out of the sea surface. In the middle, the undersea tunnel is built in a deep water lake to reach the depths of the ocean. Without realizing it, the Sea Wolf Commander of the Submarine Force Wang Desheng is here, and there is also a submarine manufacturing base built in the mountains. Mr. Holland changed his roles back and forth in Honolulu and Wake Island.

Although the Holland shark submarine achieved brilliant achievements and also passed the actual combat test of the first Yellow Sea Battle in China and Russia. However, at the end of the 19th and early 20th century, France also had a leading position in the field of submarines. On November 5, 1897, the "Navir" submarine designed by French scientist Laubev was launched in France.

The difference between the "Navier" and other submarines is that the boat has a shell outside its inner shell. This makes the "Navier" have a shell that looks like a torpedo boat and an inner shell designed according to the requirements of the submarine. The crew and all equipment are installed in the pressure-resistant inner shell. The space between the inner shell is filled with a ballast water cabinet, and the submarine is used to control the submarine's diving and floating. When the boat removes the water from the ballast water cabinet, it can be as good as a torpedo boat, making its water navigation level 11 nautical miles per hour and a cruising capacity of 500 nautical miles. When the ballast water cabinet is filled with water, the "Navier" will be like the French submarine, with a short underwater range of 8 nautical miles per hour, and even if it sails underwater for several hours, it can sail at a temperature of 5 miles per hour.

In the last 19th century, submarines had become at least a potential deterrent weapon. However, because Britain and the United States and other naval powers were still in the same position as submarines, they always believed that submarines were just weapons used by weak countries for sneak attacks, which hindered the development of submarines. However, when the French submarine Gustav-Zider sank the French battleship Machenta in a naval battle exercise in 1897, the old-fashioned French senior management was persuaded by the young French young military officer group to formally approve the large-scale construction of submarine troops.

The British and Germans who received this information immediately woke up and asked the military to pay attention to France's submarine expansion operations. Therefore, the politicians of the two countries' naval departments once again deceived Zhang Yunfei's submarine technology, forcing Zhang Yunfei to pay more attention to the development of his submarine force.

Fortunately, Zhang Yunfei started quickly in submarines, and the designs taken away by Britain and Germany were all old drawings from the past. The real essence was, how could Zhang Yunfei show it to others easily?

Inside the Wake Island submarine base, Holland is satisfied with his latest masterpiece, Shark||| submarine. This submarine looks better than the first two models, and the linear design further reduces the resistance in the water. The new submarine of course draws on France's new double-hulled submarine technology, but the biggest improvement is not tonnage and degree, but the upper command console of the submarine.

This is due to Holan's new proud assistant, Lake.

This summer, Lake designed the "Yagul" submarine, which was designed by Lake, sailed from Norfolk to New York only with its own power, and became the first civilian submarine to sail on the high seas. Whether it is on water or underwater, the boat is driven forward by a 22-kilowatt (30 horsepower) gasoline engine. Because the gasoline engine requires air when working, Lake installed a suction pipe and smoke exhaust pipe that can extend out of the water surface on the boat, and at the same time, it canceled solid ballast and used a ballast tank to

Drive the ups and downs of the submarine. In order to improve the seaworthiness of the submarine, Lake also outsourced a shell on the suction pipe and smoke exhaust pipe, making the shape of the "Yagul" similar to the second hull of the superstructure of a modern submarine (i.e. the submarine's command platform). The floating and downs of the modified "Yagul" submarine are relatively stable, and can extend the snorkel used for the internal combustion engine to work underwater at an appropriate depth, thus extending the submarine's underwater retention time.

Lake's second submarine, "Protection", was also launched in the water in the summer. He wanted to dedicate the submarine to his motherland to fight against the enemy. The biggest feature of Lake's submarine is that crews can enter and exit the submarine freely underwater, so they can send people to conduct underwater combat, minesweeping and mine-braking. However, the U.S. Navy rejected Lake's kindness. Lake had to go abroad to seek his own position. Of course, such a huge good thing had to take advantage of Zhang Yunfei. The recruitment advertisements on the streets of New York have never stopped. Lake resolutely found a company organized by the American Wolf** organization. After passing the assessment, he came to Honolulu to work for Zhang Yunfei.

With the joining of the Yagur submarine and the Protective submarine designed by Lake, Holland finally completed the prototype of the modern submarine. The reason why it is called the prototype is that both the appearance, the internal building structure, and various equipment have met the basic equipment requirements necessary for a modern submarine.

The only pity is that the current submarine manufacturing process is very lagging, and it can only develop as Zhang Yunfei's industrial strength continues to grow. In layman's terms, the main design of the submarines in future can refer to the design of the Shark||| type submarine. All they need to do is amplify operations and improve internal equipment.
Chapter completed!