On May 1, 1894, Pearl Harbor Shipyard.

Qin Ge picked up the champagne hanging on the bow and smashed it to the bow. As the champagne exploded, a cruiser with a length of 150 meters, a width of 19 meters and a draft of 6.5 meters began to leave the land and enter the ocean amid the cheers of everyone in the dock.

The Oahu-class protective cruiser, with a displacement of 7,100 tons, three dual-mounted 210 mm 52-diameter main gun, a bow-loaded turret, and a tall bridge, are definitely one of the most beautiful warships in the world at present. Because the appearance of several other cruisers is basically the same.

Pearl Harbor has been blocked for a long time, but you can still see the situation in the port with a telescope.

The British, French, German, and American ministers gathered together, and no one held a telescope in their hands.

"It's out!" Rossi shouted.

The rest of them picked up the telescopes one after another.

When they saw the warship completely entered the water, the four of them exclaimed: "It's so beautiful, this is definitely the most beautiful warship I've ever seen!"

"The arrangement and design of the four main guns at the bow of the ship is really perfect!!"

"That tall command tower, oh, I don't know what words can be used to describe it."

After a few people praised, Kered said: "The barrels are so long, and the length of the barrel should be 50 times the caliber! Oh, are they crazy?! Even the main gun with a caliber of 203mm, the recoil of the 50 times the body is not something that the cruiser can bear. Is this a small battleship? No? He said it was a cruiser at the beginning, could it be that they solved the recoil problem? Well... this is impossible, it should be a battleship, but wouldn't it be a 203mm main gun be very unprofitable! But 50 times the body, Bright, is it the technology provided by you Germany?"

"No, this was completely made by them themselves, and Germany could not make 210mm main guns with a diameter of 50 times." Bright denied.

"210mm? Not 203mm? Cade, aren't anyone in France who are instructors in their navy? Do you know the information about these warships?"

Cade shook his head and said, "They are guarding against our people. Our people have left two days ago, but we can confirm that the caliber of the main gun is 210 mm."

"The power of the 210 mm 50-diameter main gun is no worse than that of the 305 mm 35-diameter main gun. It can fully penetrate the Pacific Fleet California-class battleship at a normal combat distance (within 5,000 meters).

The armor, and the 50-diameter 210 mm main gun is better than the 35-diameter 305 mm main gun." After Bright finished speaking, he looked at Rossi. In his opinion, the arms race between Qin Ge and the United States had begun.

Rossi's face was not very good-looking. The 210mm 50-diameter main gun is better than the 305mm 35-diameter California-class battleship at long distances. Moreover, Qin Ge's warship has 6 main guns, two more than the California-class battleship. Moreover, the 210mm gun has a fire rate much faster than the 305mm gun. The 210mm gun can fire two shots in a minute, and the 305 gun will take at most one and a half minutes. Oh, what does he want to do to build such a warship! Do you want to compete with the United States of America? Damn Chinese!

Kered ignored Rosie's face and said, "Okay, everyone, their 'secret' battleship has been seen by us. I think the biggest secret is the design of the two turrets on the bow of the ship. Now we already know this secret. I think we should send a report back to our country as soon as possible to explain the situation."

"Well, I think so, let these things be handled in China!" said Cade.

Several people thought they knew the secret of the Hawaiian warship, and then left to the telegram room to send a newspaper.

500 meters away from several ministers' observation points, a voice came from a grass: "Send a newspaper saying that they have left."

"Yes." Although the sound of the telegraph "Didi, Didi" sounded.

shipyard.

"Master, telegram!"

Qin Ge took the telegram and looked at it, sneering in his heart: "Without a fire control system, no matter how many turrets there are, they are meaningless."

"Let's go ahead, all 6 cruisers will be launched today!"

The other five cruisers were launched one after another. When the last 5,200-ton cute-class cruiser was launched, the cheers were much less. Within an hour, 6 warships were launched, everyone was numb.

Because of the fire control system, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Oahu-class protective cruiser is the strongest warship in the world today. The main parameters are as follows:

Displacement: 7200 tons (standard) / 9000 tons (full load)

Size: 126.5 meters long, 17 meters wide, 6.5 meters draft

Power: Two Qin's I-type turbine engines, 12-seater curved tube high-pressure boiler

Power: Maximum 34,000 horsepower

Maximum speed: 27 knots,

Endurance: 7000 nautical miles/15 knots

Military equipment: 3 double-mounted 210mm 52-diameter guns, 8 77mm single-load guns, 3 406mm underwater torpedo launch tubes

Armor: 127 mm ammunition depot, 30 to 50 mm in the rest

Personnel: 420

The two Oahu-class protective cruisers Qin Ge are named Honolulu and Pearl City respectively. The artillery elevation angle of the Oahu-class protective cruisers is +30~-5. Like the dreadnought under construction, the initial muzzle velocity per second of 870 meters and the range is about 30,000 meters.

In addition, the cute-class cruiser is not weak, its main parameters are:

Displacement: 5200 tons (standard) / 6800 tons (full load)

Size: 118.5 meters long, 15 meters wide, 5.8 meters draft

Power: Two Qinshi Type I steam turbine engines, 12-seater curved tube high-pressure boiler

Power: Maximum 34,000 horsepower

Maximum speed: 30 knots

Endurance: 7500 nautical miles/15 knots

Military equipment: 3 double-mounted 155mm 52-diameter guns, 8 57mm single-load guns, 3 406mm underwater torpedo launch tubes

Personnel: 360

When Qin Ge designed the main gun with a 155mm caliber, many people couldn't figure it out, because the 155mm cannon was not popular. Many countries use two calibers: 152.4 (152) mm or 150 mm, and 155mm is rarely used.

However, Qin Ge knew that the 155 mm caliber chamber pressure was much larger than 152 mm or 150 mm. With the same 52-caliber barrel body, the 155 gun can have a range of nearly 21,000 meters at an elevation angle of 30 degrees, while the 152 gun or 150 gun has a range of about 18,000 meters.

It is unlikely to use 155mm guns or 210mm guns to attack battleships. The above mentioned California-class battleships that can deal with the US Pacific Fleet are because the armor they use is not very strong. The 155mm guns and 210mm guns are only used to deal with light armored ships such as enemy cruisers, as well as ground attacks and support landings, because their firing rate is faster.

The maximum firing rate of the 155mm gun on the Qinge cruiser can reach 8 rounds, and the maximum firing rate of the 210mm gun can reach 5 rounds. This rate of firing is basically the same as uninterrupted when attacking ground. In order to increase the range, Qinge increased the elevation angle of the cute-class cruiser's artillery to 40 degrees, and the maximum firing range of the 155mm main gun reached 24,000 meters.

As these warships form combat effectiveness, the right to speak in the Pacific region will be transferred from the United States to Qin Ge.

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