My Italy

"Gentlemen, this time I brought the warship plan I designed."

As Bran, the chief designer of the Venice Naval Shipyard, spoke, the venue immediately fell silent. Everyone, including Admiral Gorek, stared at this outstanding warship designer. Because Bran has the prestige and ability to showcase his work, he is definitely the navy's only choice.

Bran opened his design, hung it up and said. "This is a new warship I designed for the navy. The ship's design displacement is 14,650 tons. The full load is 15,720 tons. The ship is 121.3 meters long, 22.9 meters wide, and has a maximum draft of 9 meters."

Following Bran's words, the navy personnel looked in the direction of his finger.

"This ship is a high-freeboard warship with a compact chimney, and the two chimneys are located side by side behind the command platform. I have adopted a sloped armored deck for this type of warship, which can provide additional protection for the new warship.

As for the armor, I used nickel-chromium steel armor. The main armor belt on the side is about 79 meters long and 2.95 meters high, of which 1.55 meters extends below the waterline. The thickest part of the main armor belt in the middle of the side reaches 410 mm. , and then decrease forward and backward respectively at 381 mm and 346 mm. The inner part is a 102-203 mm thick teak support layer. The upper side armor is 127 mm thick (49 meters long and about 2 meters high), and the total height of the side armor is about 4.95 meters (1.6 meters below the waterline, 3.35 meters above the waterline). "

Hearing this, the navy, including Admiral Gorek, couldn't help but nodded. Of course, except for the people from the Andoshar Shipyard who had not yet introduced the plan, the faces of the other shipyards became ugly. Because as soon as the expert takes action, he will know whether it is there or not. Although designer Bran has not finished speaking, many people can feel that this is definitely a good battleship.

But for Bran, he hadn't finished speaking yet, and he continued to introduce.

"In addition, in terms of power, I use two 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines with a 4-axis dual-rudder design. Under normal ventilation conditions, the power can reach 14,000 indicated horsepower, and under forced ventilation, it can reach 16,000 indicated horsepower, which can make the battleship Reaching a speed of 18.1 knots.

The designed coal reserve capacity is 1,000 tons, the normal capacity is 1,200 tons, and the maximum loading capacity is 1,560 tons. The endurance is 2980 nautical miles/14 knots, 3386 nautical miles/13 knots, and 4920 nautical miles/10 knots. It was enough for the battleship to sail directly from the East African colony to the Fanglan colony. "

After talking about power and range, he introduced the most important force of the warship.

"The warship uses four 356mm main guns, two in front and two in back. The main gun weighs 72 tons in total and uses a front bevel turret. The turret is hydraulically rotated and can shoot at enemies at an angle of 280 degrees. In addition, for the secondary main gun, I used a 152 mm secondary main gun and arranged three twin turrets on both sides of the island, bringing the number of secondary main guns to 12. In addition, taking into account the role of the new torpedoes , I installed two triple 406mm torpedo launch tubes in the middle of the ship, which can launch 6 blackhead torpedoes at one time."

After Bran finished telling the various statistics of his warship, Admiral Gorak, as the Minister of the Navy, couldn't help but clapped his hands and applauded. Because this new battleship designed by Bran is much more powerful than the previous Italian battleships. Although it slightly exceeded the standard by more than 100 tons, it was nothing serious. Compared with the excellent performance of the battleship, this tonnage was nothing.

Except for the Lord of the Navy, everyone else applauded, because everyone must admit that this is a very excellent design.

Of course, as the representative of Andosaar Shipyard, his old rival Benedetto Breen can’t help but give a thumbs up, because this is indeed an amazing design. If you design it yourself, you may not be able to outperform it.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the young Vittorio next to him. He was young and had such great talent. He was simply a natural designer born for the navy.

Here, Admiral Golek, as the Minister of the Navy, sighed with emotion. "The plan proposed by designer Bran is very attractive. It is simply a perfect masterpiece. It is very remarkable."

The praise from the Minister of the Navy made the person in charge of the Venice Naval Shipyard smile. Because of the meaning of His Excellency the Admiral’s words, if the Andoshar Shipyard in the end cannot come up with a better plan, then the Admiral I will definitely choose Bran's plan.

As for the Andoshar Shipyard, the expression on the leader's face became very unnatural after the admiral finished speaking, because he also understood the meaning of the admiral's words, and now he can only I place my hope on Mr. Breen.

Facing the person in charge's look of help, Brin patted his shoulder to reassure him.

Then the Navy reported to the Andoshar Shipyard. This time Brin came on the scene in person, preparing to compete with the new warships of his old rival.

"Everyone, this is the new battleship plan I brought."

As Brin opened his own plan drawings, the venue immediately caused an uproar, because this battleship drawing was somewhat similar to Brin's previous designer. Of course, this is not that one stole the other's idea, both of them were It is impossible for a person with high moral standing in Italy to do something so tasteless. It's such a coincidence that it's surprising.

Facing the situation in the venue, Brin was mentally prepared. Because when Bran opened his design, he knew it would look like this. The two were indeed too similar. Of course, there are still differences, because he did not use two chimneys side by side, but arranged them compactly vertically.

However, people nowadays are still very qualified and soon calmed down. After the venue fell silent, Brin began to explain his plan.

"This is a new warship designed by our Andoshar Shipyard for the navy. The ship's design displacement is 14,900 tons. The full load is 16,150 tons. The ship is 124.3 meters long, 22.1 meters wide, and has a maximum draft of 8.9 meters. . This ship is a high-freeboard warship with a compact chimney, and the two chimneys are located behind the command platform in a vertical arrangement."

"In terms of armor, I also use nickel-chromium steel armor. The main armor belt on the side is about 81 meters long and 2.85 meters high, of which 1.5 meters extends below the waterline. The thickest part of the main armor belt in the middle of the side reaches 400 meters mm, and then decrease forward and aft respectively at 356 mm and 331 mm. The inner lining is a steel support layer 57-105 mm thick. The upper side armor is 127 mm thick (51 meters long x 2.1 meters high), and the side armor The total height is about 4.95 meters (1.5 meters below the waterline, 3.45 meters above the waterline).

In addition, in terms of power, I use two 4-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines with 3 shafts and 4 propellers. The maximum output horsepower is 17,500 horsepower and the maximum speed is 19.1 knots. The designed coal reserve capacity is 1,050 tons, the normal capacity is 1,300 tons, and the maximum loading capacity is 1,600 tons. The endurance is 2850 nautical miles/15 knots, 3470 nautical miles/13 knots, and 5250 nautical miles/10 knots. "

Next, designer Brin talked about the layout of the artillery. There is actually nothing controversial about this aspect. The layout of two in the front and two in the back started from the Venice level. However, Brin's plan reduces the new warship's set of 152mm secondary guns and adds eight 57mm secondary guns for attacking small warships.

After Brin finished speaking, the scene was quiet. This is not because they are dissatisfied with the Brin designer, but this design is so amazing. The battleship can outrun the speed of the cruiser. Why don't they be surprised!

Don't underestimate the speed that is only one knot higher, but how much effort it requires. Then many designers couldn't help but whisper that they really deserved to be the designers of armored cruisers.

The most entangled among them is Admiral Golek. He is stumped by these two plans. He wants both, but it is possible to think about it, but it is impossible in practice. The Navy does not have so much money.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but speak. "Except for the people from the Andoshar Shipyard and the Venice Shipyard, everyone else can go out first."

Following the words of His Excellency the Admiral, the others could only leave with disappointed expressions. They knew that this bidding had failed and they could only wait for the two major shipyards to decide the winner.

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