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The Yamen received a lot of loans to support the war, and then went north to their warships, gaining more benefits than the Americans.

USA

"The Spanish money helped Northern China renew all its warships. At this point, we have to say that Northern China is really too cunning. This overturned our original understanding of China and listed it as our partner rather than as a slaughter."

At Dalian Shipyard, Lushun Shipyard, and Weihai Shipyard, they are working overtime to build ships. The progress of two ships a year was originally expected to be inappropriate now. The Navy believes that all the main fleets do not have an advantage over the US fleet. They must build three 10,000-ton battleships, five heavy cruisers, and eight light cruisers every year, which means that the tonnage of ships launched each year reaches 70,000 tons.

This tonnage is the same as that of the Northern Chinese. Zhao Gang is ambitious to challenge the authority of the Northern Chinese. He also has the advantages of finding the Northern Chinese who do not have, assembled line operations.

In order to enable shipyards to use assembly line operations, highly standardized areas such as steel types and steel plates, ship equipment, machinery and weapons have been implemented. Almost all weapons production is concentrated on 120-meter rapid-fire guns and 280-meter large-caliber heavy guns.

As a result, the construction cycle of battleships and light cruisers has been greatly shortened, and several foreign ships have been completed and put into service in just 14 to 16 months.

The Brave Battlecruiser is a time-lapse battleship of the Northern Chinese Navy: it is the first battleship in modern naval history to adopt a unified main gun, and it is also the first landmark warship to use a steam turbine to drive landlords. This is an epoch-making warship that has made previous battleships old overnight.

In the 19th century, due to the range and rate of fire of ship-borne artillery, the navy was popular in the mixed installation of two caliber main guns in various naval ships. The smaller caliber (6-10 inch) main gun could make up for the insufficient firepower of the large caliber (12 inch) main gun.

With the advancement of artillery technology at the end of the 19th century, the firing rate and range of the carrier-based artillery increased. When using two caliber main guns to shoot, due to the ballistics and the different firing rate, the observation of the bullet point and fire control could not be unified, which affected the firing rate and hit rate of the main gun.

This disadvantage is very clear to Zhao Gang. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Zhao Gang asked Dalian Shipyard Director Yin Weijia to start designing a warship with a unified main gun model. Yin Weijia lived up to expectations and urgently designed a mini warship of 2000~:

Five-seat dual-mounted 127mm rapid-fire guns, with a displacement of 2,000 tons, and a main engine power of 4,000 power and a speed of 19.5. It can be said that it was a good cruiser at that time.

A year later, the displacement reached 3500 tons (actually..._), and the artillery still uses a 127mm rapid-fire gun, but uses the latest turbine, and the speed reaches an astonishing number.

In 1897, the latest 7500-class heavy cruiser successfully used a unified 260-meter main gun and a turbine unit, and finally brought the latest battlecruiser of 1898 - the Brave.

The Battlecruiser of the USS Brave adopts a long forecastle ship, abolishing the underwater collision angle of the bow. The biggest difference between the USSR and previous battleships is that it quotes the concept of "all-big-gun", adopts 10 unified models, with consistent ballistic performance of 280mm main gun. 5 dual main gun turret. One at the beginning and the tail of the ship, one at the back of the boiler cabin in the hull, and one at the center line of the hull; one at the two sides is arranged symmetrically between the two boiler cabins.

In terms of the six main guns, the firepower advantage is increased exponentially. The main gun with consistent ballistic performance makes it possible to adopt a unified firepower control system. The secondary gun only retains the 75mm caliber cannon to defend against small torpedo ships.

For the first time, the Brave used 2 steam turbine units on large warships. The speed is faster than any previous battlecruiser. At the same time, the maximum speed is increased to 21 knots, it can maintain high-speed navigation for a long time and maintain good reliability. Compared with the old reciprocating steam units, it has greater power and high reliability.

The Brave defensive armor is not inferior to any warship in the past. The armor adopts surface hardening treatment, and the armor thickness of important parts reaches 8 inches. It provides comprehensive protection capabilities. The watertight compartment under the waterline of the hull cabin cancels the horizontal contact door, strengthens the watertight structure, and improves the warship's anti-sinking ability.

The Brave has made innovations in military equipment, power, protection, etc., especially firepower and power equipment have become revolutionary designs, as a battleship

The watershed of the art, before the Brave, the battle cruiser was called "fore

Displacement: 12110 (standard) 14850 (full load)

Appearance scale: 140.6 meters long and 228 meters wide.

Power: 12 boilers, 2 steam turbine units, main engine output power

Speed: 19 knots, endurance of 4620 miles/

Martial arts: 10 doors 280 meters/45 times caliber..7 doors 75mm rapid-fire gun, 18-inch torpedo tube

Armor: The ship's side waterline armor belt is 102-203 meters, the front of the turret is 203 meters, the gun seat is 203 meters, the front command tower is 203 meters, the total armor weight is about

Ship crew

Before the Sino-US naval battle in 1900, these unfathomable speeds were seen as their brothers galloping on the sea.

Theodore Roosevelt, the White House, walked out of the presidential study with a spring breeze. He had already got what he wanted. Theodore Roosevelt had long believed that a war with Spain was inevitable. A year ago, when he accepted the appointment of the deputy director of the admiral, he began to prepare for this future war.

As a fanatical imperialist, he is a concrete and vivid embodiment of Mahan's theory, and firmly believes that a strong navy is crucial to the future of the country. This powerful naval figure who is physically, energetic, passionate about boxing and wrestling never stays in the office for a while, but often goes to various naval factories to inspect work like a whirlwind. Whenever he has the opportunity, he will take a new warship to inspect the sea, chasing the wind - piao Astronomy - and it will be more addictive.

Roosevelt's bold and almost reckless style also made him often pass through Navy Secretary John Long and do his own thing. Shortly after the explosion of the "Maine", he couldn't wait to send a telegram to George Dewey, commander of the Asian squadron in Hong Kong, "not picked up by any boss": "Prepare enough fuel. Once war is declared on Spain, you are responsible for preventing the Spanish fleet from leaving the Asian coast and then launching an offensive in the Philippine Islands."

At this critical moment, he successfully persuaded the indecisive president to continue the war because:

"If we agree to the demands of European countries, the United States will inevitably divide. It is better to create a reality that will be successful first and force European countries to accept it."

On the morning of July 5, the US President issued a statement deciding not to accept European columns

"If European countries insist on invading, then the free people will exercise the responsibility God has given them, resist the invaders tenaciously, and never let the darkness cover the United States."

Darkness does not cover the United States, but the darkness of the United States is covering the Philippines.

Somewhere in the Philippines, a blonde beauty interviewed local Filipino natives.

"Why did Americans come to your country?"

This topic may be more appropriate for the US president to answer, but surprisingly, the native man spitted out presidential remarks in his mouth

"The great American people came to us from the evil Spanish rule, and our whole family was grateful to us for coming from thousands of miles."

The blonde beauty exaggeratedly and then signaled the photographer to take photos. A tall and handsome American man was distributing candies not far away. The photographer hurriedly took these precious shots.

Finally, several Americans and native Filipinos took intimate photos, and the entire interview ended successfully.

The next scene will surprise most people!

The blonde beauty wiped her hands with paper in disgust: "That yellow ghost made my hands dirty, and...my skirt!"

The beauty screamed and stuck a little bit of dirt on her beautiful skirt.

"You ghost guys, it's better that you all die!"

In the dark cell, the tall and handsome man was torturing a guerrilla, but the question was somewhat biased:

"Where did you hide all the gold?"

The poor peasant woman was moaning and fainted. The young man was a little angry and began to question other people. Only by obtaining enough evidence (such as gold and silver) can they prove that these have nothing to do with them.

Although the Northern Chinese fleet had been rented to Spain at this time, the Spanish discovered that they had actually overlooked a huge problem. This question is actually very simple, "Who will drive the ship?"
Chapter completed!