First, Li Ningyu was stationed in the North Korean navy. There were two British-made Huanghe-class battleships with a standard displacement of 8,600 tons, which was 1,500 tons higher than the Dingyuan armored ship. There were four German-made Yangtze-class heavy cruisers with a displacement of 8,600 tons.
5,000 tons, the propulsion device is also a four-propeller, and the remaining cruiser is a Nanhai-class light cruiser purchased in Germany, with a displacement of 3,500 tons.
In the past two years, the North Korean Navy, which Li Ningyu has worked hard to build, now has 30 large and small ships, with a total tonnage of about 60,000. It is still far behind the tonnage of the navies of several major powers at this time, but compared with
The Beiyang of the Qing Dynasty was not bad at all, but the North Korean Navy had a fatal weakness, that is, it started late and short, so the personnel and operations on the ships were not skilled enough.
"What kind of battleship should I ask Morini to help me build this time?" Lying on the table of the German Minister in Tianjin, Li Ningyu held up a pen and looked sad at this time, because Li Ningyu was not very concerned about some things about the navy.
I am familiar with it, but I still understand some of the main things, but it is precisely because of this half-understanding and half-understanding that it is most difficult to handle.
Because the two Huanghe-class battleships were customized in the UK last time, he could not customize them in the UK. After all, it would cause the British to be alert. And the issue Li Ningyu is considering now is to consolidate North Korea's standing military force while also
To prepare a team for development in Africa, according to Li Ningyu's preliminary calculations, if he wants to gain a foothold in Africa, he will inevitably have a fierce conflict with a foreign force, and he must ensure the intervention of other forces. Therefore, Li Ningyu needs to bring at least two people with him.
A battleship and three cruisers to Africa!
"Dreadnaught class? Sovereign class?!" These are two well-known battleship classes, but then Li Ningyu made some changes. The displacement is 9,500 tons. The main gun continues to use a fully protected rotating turret, dual-axis propulsion, and maximum speed requirements.
18 knots, maximum range of 7,000 nautical miles, 305 mm | 40 times caliber twin main guns, one at the front and one at the front.
But when I wrote this, the German Minister Morini on the side asked: "Li, why did you find a British-customized battleship last time that used four main guns and four-axis propulsion, but this time it uses two-axis propulsion?
Where are the two main guns?".
"Haha, this question is very simple, because you only need to read my requirements later and you will understand!" Then Li Ning raised his hand and wrote about the secondary guns, 18 205 mm | 40 times the caliber, 9 installed on each side, and at the same time
Twin 75mm rapid-fire guns are installed on the front and rear decks.
However, this time Li Ningyu canceled the torpedo launch tubes on the battleship. The last thing is the armor thickness of the battleship. Li Ningyu wrote it down completely according to the standards of the Majesty class, with 228mm on the side, 63mm on the deck, and 152mm on the turret.
And just after Li Ningyu finished writing, Morini finally understood, because with Li Ningyu's firepower configuration and deck thickness configuration, this battleship is like a moving sea monster, because it is surrounded by weapons.
The ability of a battleship armed to the teeth to attack can be imagined.
After solving the basic standard configuration of the new battleship, Li Ningyu began to consider the configuration of the cruiser. However, Li Ningyu already had four heavy armored cruisers, so he no longer needed them. Instead, he chose a light cruiser with a standard displacement of 6,000 tons, which was reduced.
In order to reduce the thickness of the armor, the front and rear main guns adopt a twin-mounted 203 mm | 45 times caliber main gun, which continues to fully protect the rotating turret.
The secondary guns are 18 152mm single-barreled | 40 times caliber and 6 rapid-fire guns installed on the deck, with three torpedo tubes at the front and rear, because Li Ningyu knows that the power of the light cruiser is not in the guns, but in the need for high speed.
and large endurance, so the Germans were required to have a minimum speed of not less than 20, and an endurance of 8,000 nautical miles, the same as a battleship.
But just after Li Ningyu wrote down all the requirements, he couldn't help but think of one thing, that is, will they help him build warships? Because once Li Ningyu's purchase is completed, his naval tonnage will be close to the world's largest.
The British navy, and then Morini still sent a telegram to Germany in accordance with Li Ningyu's request.
Due to the time difference, it was daytime in Germany at this time, and Li Ningyu made another large purchase, which surprised the German Navy Minister and William I because they found that their new friend was too rich.
, according to their intelligence and news, the total value of arms purchased by Li Ningyu from various countries in the past three years is no less than 40 million silver.
This time, 5 battleships and 6 light cruisers were customized. This was an arms purchase worth about 35 million silver. Looking at such a huge arms purchase, William I and the Minister of the Navy were discussing in secret, and at this time Maury finished sending the telegram.
Ni was in his reception room, tasting Wuyi Mountain's Dahongpao with Li Ningyu.
Li Ningyu was extremely worried, because the Germans would definitely not agree to such a military purchase, because once such a fleet is in Li Ningyu's hands, he will establish the world's largest naval tonnage fleet, which can operate in all oceans of the world.
Galloping, but after receiving Morini's telegram at this time, neither William I nor the Minister of the Navy was willing to let a piece of fat slip away, so after Li Ningyu and Morini waited quietly for 3 hours, Germany's reply telegram was sent
Come on, the above ordering details only mentioned that Germany currently only has 6 major shipyards, and it is impossible to help Li Ningyu build 11 warships at the same time.
However, 6 ships, 2 battleships and 4 light cruisers can be built for him, but the delivery time must be 4 years and the price is 25 million silver. Seeing such a reply, Li Ningyu laughed in his heart and saw that he had thrown
The meat was really tempting, and the fish really bit the hook.
Although the construction price was 30% higher than the market price, Li Ningyu agreed. However, Li Ningyu also put forward his own requirements. The first was that Germany needed to provide five 175mm caliber artillery manufacturing technology, and at the same time sell a
Approval of intermediate steel refining technology, because Li Ningyu needs to refine steel himself to build railways.
Secondly, Li Ningyu will once again send 5,000 naval cadets to study at the German Naval School and supervise the construction of warships. Then Morini sent back a telegram again, and this time in less than an hour, Germany responded and agreed.
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Because William I had already made no less than 10 million taels of silver based on Li Ningyu's military purchase of warships, so that they could build 2 battleships and 2 cruisers themselves. They could not let such a large amount of money be made by the British.
, so Germany responded quickly to these additional conditions proposed by Li Ningyu.
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