Just when Cixi and Guangxu were discussing how to deal with the expansion of the Beiyang army, Xu Jie began to do his "old job" again in the residence of the Tianjin Naval Academy, designing warships. This time, it wasn't Vittorio and others looking for him, but he was a little "no-brainer" and revealed some of the data and drawings of the X-level outfit to Yan Boxun. As a result, who would have thought that after Yan Boxun took some of the drawings back, he would come back within two days, and he would come back when he came back, and he also brought his own suggestions for improvement.

"Boss, this 10-inch twin turret can be used to fire 2 rounds a minute as designed?" Yan Boxun asked.

"At least that's what the Italians are messing with, and it shouldn't be wrong." Xu Jie replied.

"Did the boss think about adding a few more 10-inch guns and appropriately reducing the number of secondary guns?" Yan Boxun continued.

"How many more? Let's talk about it. Xu Jie's eyelids couldn't help jumping.

"You see, the main guns of the main warships of these European countries are generally two main gun emplacements in the front and rear, or four main gun emplacements in a cross arrangement in the front, rear, left and right...... When the Germans designed the Brandenburg ironclad, an 11-inch 35L main gun emplacement was placed in the middle of the hull. Yan Boxun explained.

"Then you mean to add a turret to the middle of the hull like the Brandenburg?" Xu Jie couldn't help but give a thumbs up in his heart, this kid is still a little forward-looking. Brandenburg forcibly stuffed an 11-inch turret in the middle of the hull, so it seriously encroached on the hull space, so that the battleship did not have enough space to install secondary guns, but this idea is still very advanced, and considering the weight of the 10-inch turret, and the appropriate expansion of the tonnage of the X-class patrol, this design of 3 turrets in the central axis is still desirable ..........

"No, no, I mean, can we install 2 turrets in the front of the hull, the first one is installed normally, and the second one can be raised a little higher. In this way, the forward firepower is 4 guns, and the overall firepower is 6 guns. Yan Boxun explained.

"Holy. Piggyback? "Xu Jie is completely convinced this time, this kid is very promising. To say that the central axis arranges the main firepower, this is not a particularly advanced idea, Xu Jie's partner Vittorio proposed it in 1893, but the piggyback type is a step further. But what, the idea is good, the reality is cruel. There were many difficulties in achieving this by 1895.

"The idea is great, but there are a lot of problems with implementation." Xu Jie snorted and said.

"Boss, you also passed this problem first?" Yan Boxun asked.

"First of all, we emphasize that there are already a lot of X-level patrol equipment, and the stability is not very good, you know this, right?" Xu Jie asked.

"Looks like there are a lot of weapons." Yan Boxun nodded.

"With your design, you first have to add the weight of one more gun mount, and because the second turret is too high, the center of gravity of the entire ship will be shifted. This stability is a problem. Xu Jie replied.

"Besides, I don't know if you have considered the spacing between the two guns. And will the fire of the second turret have some effect on the top of the No. 1 turret? You should know that whether it is a battleship with a fixed town style or a battleship with a cross layout, the artillery cannot fire in the direction of the front and the back, because the muzzle storm is too strong. So there is a certain risk in such a design, the 10-inch 40L naval gun is the first time to be equipped, and there is not enough data to support it, so I dare not adopt your opinion. Too dangerous. Xu Jie explained carefully. (This problem does exist, even in World War 2, ordinary battleships cannot fire directly in front, and battleships with a knapsack design cannot shoot within a range of 15 tons directly in front of them.) It's just that I'm afraid of affecting the turret in front. ）。 …。

"Third, there is no precedent for this design. Space on the ship will be tight. This poses a big challenge to the design. It will take a long time to get it right. In short, the idea is good, but there are many difficulties. Xu Jie came to a conclusion. …。

"What does the boss mean? Studying design in Brandenburg? Reduce the number of secondary guns, install a twin 10-inch gun in the middle of the hull? Yan Boxun asked.

"There's this idea." Xu Jie replied.

"In that case, the method of placing the secondary guns in the turret will be a bit troublesome. See if you can do this, and also turn the secondary guns into turrets, referring to the new French ship Pratt, directly installing 4 twin 6-inch secondary guns at the four corners of the hull. Then a number of 12-pounder, 9-pounder guns were installed on the hull for anti-lightning strikes. What do you think? Yan Boxun thought for a while and said.

"Very good idea, I'm optimistic about you." Xu Jie nodded with satisfaction and said. Now Xu Jie can finally rest assured that someone can finally take over the design of warships in the future.

"Okay, I'll do it, how much can I give if I succeed?" Yan Boxun said with a hippie smile.

"It depends on whether anyone buys the boat you designed." Xu Jie pretended to be angry and said..........

"Personally, I feel ...... Sales pitches are as important as design. Yan Boxun pretended to be serious and said.

"By the way, you're interested in this turret design?" Xu Jie asked.

"Hmm. This turret is bound to have a profound impact on the design of the battleship. Yan Boxun said.

"If you have time, see if you can design a 10-inch turret with three units." Xu Jie said with a smile. Considering the similar weight and volume of the 3-company turret and the double-linked 12-inch turret, Xu Jie is preparing for the future 10,000 warships of 14 tons ago, since there is a person here who has a solid technical foundation and is interested in the turret, then Xu Jie will not mind grabbing a "strong man" to get the 3-mounted turret out.

"Uh, let me do it?" Yan Boxun was stunned.

"I remind you here to pay attention to the muzzle spacing of the 3-pack guns, otherwise because of interference during salvo fire. It will seriously affect the accuracy. Xu Jie ignored Yan Boxun's surprise and continued.

"Boss, you're the chief designer." Yan Boxun whispered.

"I'm training a new chief designer right now, I have too many things to do, if you want to make more money, you have to do more." Xu Jie said with a smile..........

"OK, the boss has everything on me." Yan Boxun laughed. Then he left, preparing his money-making plan.

"2 original X-class cruisers, 1 improved X-class cruisers, plus 3 **-class light cruisers, this capital ship of the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle should be about the same. In addition, the cannon fodder ship designed by Yan Boxun is used for blockade and vigilance, and if necessary, it can also go to the battlefield to fight those warships that are injured and dying. If there is still money, then engage in mines, a few more specialized minelayers and minesweepers, and a few more supply ships with civilian ships. After heavy damage to the Japanese Combined Fleet, it should be possible to effectively blockade the Korean Strait. Xu Jie said while thinking. According to Xu Jie's estimate, Beiyang has purchased more warships, and Japan will definitely buy new ships, even if Japan does not know about Beiyang's order for X-class cruisers, but in order to deal with three 5,000-ton cruisers, it will definitely think of canceling the advantages of Beiyang, so that the scale of naval warfare will definitely expand. Except for Dingzhen, all the old warships in Beiyang will be very dangerous, and if they continue to fight on the battle line, it will be difficult to hold out for half an hour. (Zhiyuan is scrapped in half an hour) even if it is a new **-level light patrol, in the face of 10-inch or even 320 giant guns, the protection is definitely not enough. Although the rate of fire of the 320 guns is extremely low, and the 10-inch guns are not fast, but the enemy is expected to be lenient, and Xu Jie also left a battle damage quota for the **-class cruisers, so that it will be difficult for the remaining generals to ensure that the connection between Korea and Japan is completely cut off. Minelayers are indispensable. The minesweepers, on the other hand, were designed to deal with mines that Japan might have to lay out.........

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