My Italian: Chapter 41 , Venice-class armored cruiser below

For the self-introduction of the young designer, no one at the scene showed impatience. It was not because the designer was amazing, but the Andosal shipyard behind him was famous in Italy.

The yard is one of the largest shipyards in Italy. Compared with other shipyards, Andosal Shipyard has a lot of reputation among the people, because it is located in various Italian shipyards in terms of cost and delivery speed. As a result, its private shipbuilding orders are almost piled up, and even many foreign merchants have come to the shipyard to order ships.

Although you can eat a mouthful of oil by relying on private orders, it does not mean that the Andoshar Shipyard is inferior to military ships. It has successively built the battleship Afonda Torre, the battleship Rome, the cruiser Genoa, etc., more than ten warships of various types, which fully demonstrates its strength in military ships.

The Andoshar Shipyard dares to send a young man here, which is enough to show that he is capable. However, although most people recognize its strength because of the Andoshar Shipyard, there will always be people who are not used to it.

"Boy, you can also represent the Andoshar Shipyard and ask your lord to come out. Isn't this old Brin afraid of being embarrassed?"

An old designer in his fifties was shouting at Vittorio Cuniberti. This is incredible. He is the current Dolio-level designer Bernardto Bran. Although he is not very famous in later generations, he is now famous in Italy. He and Benedetto Brin are also known as the two most outstanding warship designers in Italy.

Since they are called together, they always have to compete with each other, so the relationship between the two is not harmonious at all, and they have done things against each other many times. Bernardette Blaine had an advantage in the design of naval battleships before, and now the Navy plans to build three more ships after improving the shortcomings found in the Dourio class, so it especially wants to see Benedetto. Brin had a shriveled expression, and this time Benedetto Brin dared not come, so Vittorio Cuniberti could only take it on his behalf, who made Bran the chief designer of Andosal Shipyard teacher.

Seeing that the young man Vittorio Cuniberti didn't speak, Bernardo Bran felt that it was boring to bully the young man. Maybe it would not be beautiful to hear the news of suppressing the newcomer.

But no one thought that this young man named Vittorio Cuniberti immediately taught everyone a lesson.

"Everyone, I have brought the design plan of the Andoshar Shipyard. First of all, we need to figure out the role of the armored cruiser. The armored cruiser, as the name suggests, is a cruiser with enhanced armor. It looks very simple but it is not so. Maybe someone wants to ask This is the bidding site for warships, and I am wasting everyone’s time here to teach you popular science. I want to explain it here, because if you don’t understand these concepts, the warships it launches will not meet the requirements…”

When it comes to the design of warships, this young man named Kunibati speaks his ideas in a straightforward manner. Although Carlo didn't know much about the design of warships, he found that no one at the bidding site refuted the young man's words, which showed that his level was very good. Even Naderto Bran, who mocked him just now, didn't open his mouth to mock him.

After a brief introduction, he finally revealed the design plan of the Andoshar Shipyard. "Our current design plan is as follows. The armored cruiser plan has a total length of 105.7 meters, a waterline length of 99.0 meters, a width of 18.0 meters, a displacement of 6850 tons (standard), and a displacement of 7460 tons (full load). Draft: 7 m (standard), 7.5 m (full load).

In terms of power, we use two upright three-stage expansion three-cylinder reciprocating steam engines, two-shaft propulsion, with a maximum output power of 13,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 18.6 knots. Endurance; about 10 knots/6000 nautical miles.

Equipped with 4 254mm 30 times caliber main guns, with 2X1 front and rear 2X1 layout, 6 152mm secondary guns, 6X1 layout, and also equipped with 8 75mm and 4 57mm guns.

The main protection belt is 5-inch armor, which extends from the waterline to the middle deck. The bow and stern waterline armor is 80 mm and the turret is 152 mm. In addition, we have optimized the anti-sinking performance, adopted the method of combining the waterline armor belt and the dome armor, and designed the middle as a coal bunker. Even if the main equipment is broken down, it will still not get much water. In addition, our plan adopts the design of fine compartments, the whole ship is divided into 32 watertight areas, a total of 228 watertight compartments. "

In the face of Kunibatti's plan, many people present were stunned. Can it be installed on such a tonnage, with so much firepower, and a very good speed and armor, for many people on the scene, they can't do it. Because everyone knows how much about warship design, they know how difficult it is to balance the three.

It is not without voices of opposition. As one of the two outstanding Italian designers, Natto Bran has his own pride. However, he failed to find a major flaw in it, and it is not convenient to attack young people, but others are not necessarily.

"Why this ship can run so fast with so many artillery pieces? It's unscientific."

"You use a triple-expansion steam engine, have you considered its reliability?"

"For..."

In the face of the on-site inquiries, Kunibatti tried his best to choose a well-founded answer. As for those who are picky, he has no time to answer them now.

This made the venue have to be interrupted for a while, and there were still many officers' inquiries. After everything subsided, the Navy's bidding meeting continued.

However, at this time, many shipyards lost confidence after comparing the plans from the Andoshar Shipyard. After a few speeches on stage, he came down. So the second half of the bidding meeting immediately became boring, and Carlo got bored watching it.

At this time, he saw Vittorio Cuniberti, who represented the Andosal Shipyard, and recruited him. Although he did not know that the designer of the Garibaldi class in the future, he was also the proposer of the Dreadnought class who proposed a unified caliber full-heavy main gun.

But Carlo felt that the young designer was not simple at all, so he asked him to talk about the solutions he offered.

"Mr. Kunibati, don't be nervous, let's be friends."

Seeing that this young man with the same name as his younger brother, but with a different surname, was a little nervous, Carlo spoke first to persuade him. For talented people, he likes to make friends with them.

"Okay, Your Majesty."

"I have a little doubt about your shipyard's plan, can I point it out?"

"No problem, Your Majesty, please speak."

Seeing that Carlo turned the topic to the design of the warship, Cuniberti was immediately relieved.

"Why not cancel the ram angle? I feel that with the advancement of technology, the speed and firepower of warships are changing rapidly. If you want to ram your opponent~www.mtlnovel.com~, it is completely out of reality, and the collision will also cause damage to itself. , Is this design a bit unreasonable?"

Facing the question given by Carlo, Kunibati glanced at the naval officer beside him and gave an explanation in a low voice. It turned out to be the Battle of Lissa. After the Italian was hit and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Maximilian, the Italian naval designers added a ramming angle, and the navy also acquiesced to this design.

After listening to Kunibatti's explanation, Carlo said without hesitation. "Then cancel it for me. This design also affects the speed."

He knew that the Battle of Lisa was the last naval battle where collision tactics were used. At other times, this ramming angle might injure other people, such as Yoshino, Yoshino, and Yoshino.

"In addition, why not put the three chimneys more compactly in this design?"

"Your Majesty, this will increase the area of ​​​​the shot, and the power chamber below cannot be made smaller."

"Although it will increase the area of ​​​​the bullet, it can save the upper floor area and help improve the living environment of officers and soldiers."

"Let me think about this."

During the communication between Carlo and Cuniberti, the bidding meeting was over. As a result, the Andoshar Shipyard won the order for two cruise ships.

The Navy named it the Venice-class armored cruiser, and its design plan, after Carlo's suggestion, cancelled the ramming angle, the three chimneys were more compact, and there was only one main pole behind the conning tower. And the lines are smoother and look like works of art.

However, the problem brought about by this is the high cost of construction. For the two Venice-class cruisers, the Andosal shipyard offered them a cost of 24 million lire (430,000 pounds per ship). But this is not a problem for Carlo, and someone will pay for the two warships.