Iron Dynasty

Yue Yun on the Ironclad King is using a telescope to observe the city of Relanzha in front of him.

The matter of the Dutch soldiers attacking the local garrison has now been widely reported in the newspapers in the country. It is against this background that he was ordered to attack all Dutch warships in the South China Sea, and at the same time cooperate with the Southeast Military Region to occupy Manila and Jakarta, which belong to the Netherlands. .

Liu Chen was also looking at the situation on the island, put down the binoculars and said, Except for some buildings destroyed by shells and explosions, it seems that there is no difference on the island.

Hmph, the Dutch and the Japanese are unreliable. It's not bad to show a fox's tail now. At least it can reduce the losses suffered by the empire. If the Dutch are deceived by more technology empires, it will lose even more. Yue Yun said lightly, he has been He is deeply wary of foreigners, after all, the empire has suffered too much humiliation over the years.

Liu Chen glanced back at the twenty-three ironclad ships that were bubbling with black smoke and looked proud. The ironclad ships performed very well in the Battle of Dengzhou. At that time, they were almost galloping in the navy under the artillery fire of the Combined Fleet, fighting the battleships of the Combined Fleet. There is no fighting back.

Such an excellent performance naturally allowed the shipyard to see the blueprint for the development of future warships, so in the past year and a half, the imperial shipyard was at full capacity, and on the basis of the first ironclad ship, all the shipyards in the country built at the same time. Twenty-four, ironclad ships of three tonnage classes.

For example, the ironclad they are currently riding is the top battleship among the ironclads. The total armor weight is 1461 tons, the length of the ironclad fort is 45.5 meters, the armor thickness of the ironclad fort is 355 mm above the waterline, and the thickness of the armor below the waterline is 304 mm. The armor is 304mm thick, the gun cover is 15mm thick, and the conning tower armor is 203mm thick. The total length is 95 meters, the width is 19.4 meters, and the draft is 6.53 meters. It adopts a horizontal three-expansion steam engine with a power of 6000 horsepower and a speed of 14.5 knots. It can carry 700 tons of coal at a time. , It can last 3500 nautical miles at a speed of 10 knots, has 8 boilers, a displacement of 7411 tons, and a full-load displacement of 7935 tons.

In addition, they are fortunate that the power of the Empire has also developed by leaps and bounds during the construction of the ironclad, so this technology has also been applied to the ironclad.

Because of the electricity, the ironclad Sovereign was equipped with searchlights produced by the Imperial Lighting Factory, which were bright enough to compare with the light of eight thousand candles.

In terms of weapons, the King has also adopted the most advanced breech rifled artillery technology. It has four 305mm breech guns as the main guns of the Guards. These four guns are divided into two left and right double mounted on the open-air fort, with 150mm breech. There are 8 secondary guns, which are also exposed cannons, four at each end, and 16 75mm sampan guns, which can be said to have sufficient firepower.

The most important thing is that the design of the ironclad turret has completely subverted the previous sail battleships. This open-air turret has a turret base that can be rotated, which can shoot without dead ends when sailing.

Liu Chen's face flushed with excitement when he thought of the data on the Ironclad King, but the King was a giant among the ironclads after all.

At present, the Imperial Navy is mainly composed of iron-clad cruisers with a displacement of about 3,000 tons and 1,500 tons. Although these battleships cannot be compared with the Sovereign in terms of firepower, they are enough to hoist European sailing battleships.

However, these battleships are powerful and expensive at the same time. It is said that the construction of the King ironclad cost two million gold dragons. These battleships total more than 30 million gold dragons, which is a huge cost.

Relan Zhacheng Wharf, Liu Xinhong and Fang Hongming looked at the battleship group slowly entering the harbor with a demented expression.

Although the name of the ironclad ships has already spread to every corner of the empire, seeing such a huge group of ironclad ships with their own eyes still shocked them as never before.

Especially the iron armored ship with the word King on the leading ship, just take a look at this steel monster to imagine how powerful it is.

Lao Fang, these ironclad ships are too good, I want to be a navy. Liu Xinhong's saliva is about to flow down.

Fang Hongming nodded numbly, the appearance of the Changping machine gun made him feel that there was no more powerful weapon in the world, and now he saw a miracle again.

The two waited at the dock for a while, and when the battleship was docked securely, the admirals such as Yue Yun and Liu Chen walked off the battleship.

General Yue Yun. Liu Xinhong and Fang Hongming gave a military salute at the same time, and they received the fleet's sailing plan before the battleship arrived.

As before, as an important supply station on the road to the south, Relanzha is almost a place where warships heading south must stop.

After giving a military salute, Yue Yun said, You two have to work hard again. This time, coal is not needed. Fresh water, vegetables, and fruits are the same as before.

No problem, General. Liu Xinhong said, and he immediately called the soldiers to the warehouse to bring the supplies over.

Yue Yun nodded with satisfaction, and then he looked at the devastated battlefield with interest and said, It seems that the battle that day was not easy.

Fang Hongming said: It's true that the Dutch have long planned, and although the conquest rifles they are equipped with are not as easy to load as the Han-style rifles, the difference in power is not very big, and the threat to the soldiers is still great.

Indeed, the airtightness of the front-loaded gun still has an advantage. Liu Chen, this attack on Manila and Yageda should not be taken lightly. Yue Yun reminded.

Fang Hongming was deeply touched, he said: The soldiers used to be used to fighting with barbarians, merchant councils, and Japanese countries. When they were fighting, they didn't think enough about the threats they faced, so the casualties were not small at the beginning, but they got used to it later. Don't dare to charge recklessly.

Liu Chen's expression became serious. While the empire was developing in recent years, the European countries were not idle. Moreover, unlike the barbarians, these Western countries did not lose the importance of science to the empire, and they were quick to accept new things.

According to the information they got from the Prussians, after Europe mastered the secret of conical bullets, the old-fashioned lead bullets were being phased out in large numbers, and new-style bullets were gradually used.

Don't worry, when I was in Singapore, I have experienced the level of the British. They are not on the same level as the soldiers of the Japanese and Korean countries. I will be cautious.

Yue Yun showed a satisfied look, and he said, That's good. When this Nanyang incident is over, we will go to clean up the Japanese country.

Clean up the Japanese country? Liu Xinhong asked strangely, Didn't the Japanese country have signed the surrender document?

As the emperor said, the surrender letter is just a piece of paper. The most important thing is the degree of execution. The current chaos in the Japanese country has made the emperor very unhappy. During this period of time, he has been playing hard to catch to see what kind of moth they can make.

Having said this, Yue Yun suddenly stopped the topic and said, Don't mention this, rest here tonight and sail tomorrow.