My Italian: Chapter 537 Cavour-class super dreadnought

The roar of steam, the cutting of metal, and the knocking of air hammers are the main sounds that make up a shipyard. Every busy shipyard is basically a mix of various sounds every day, making it unique.

Of course, for the employees of the Venice Naval Shipyard, they have long been accustomed to the sounds inside the shipyard every day. If there were no such noisy sounds, they would not be quite used to it.

However, for the Venice Naval Shipyard, the various knocking sounds every day are a sign of the busyness of the shipyard. Without so many orders for military and civilian ships, how can it feed thousands of shipyard workers.

However, the difference between the docks of the Venice Naval Shipyard and ordinary shipyards is that many of the ships under construction in the Venice Naval Shipyard are military ships, while ordinary shipyards only have civilian ships.

And even for civilian ships, the technical content of the Venice shipyard is higher than that of ordinary shipyards.

Dock No. 5 is the most mysterious and the most strictly governed dock in the Venice shipyard. The dock is directly guarded by soldiers, and all personnel entering and exiting need to punch in and register. It is also one of the few large docks covered by built-up buildings in the Venice Naval Shipyard. The dock is 230 meters long and 35 meters wide, capable of building large ships with a displacement of over 40,000 tons.

And in the dock, a group of the most skilled workers in the Venice shipyard are busy working on a tall battleship.

This warship is taller and more different than the warships built by the Venice Shipyard in the past. That's right, this is the latest warship of the Italian Navy. According to the convention that the first ship is named the Count of Cavour, this class is called the Cavour-class battleship.

Among them, the Venice Naval Shipyard built its first ship, the Cavour. The ship has a total length of 191 meters, a width of 28.9 meters, and an estimated maximum draft of 9.3 meters. The design standard displacement is 24,000 tons, and the full-load displacement is 27,500 tons.

Equipped with 16 oil-fired boilers and two steam turbines, the maximum output power of the main engine is 42,000 horsepower and 4 shafts; the maximum speed: 23.5 knots, and the maximum cruising range is 5,100 nautical miles and 14 knots.

In addition, the biggest feature of the Cavour class is that it is equipped with eight new main guns of 350mm and 45 times the caliber. This main gun is also the result of the joint research of the three countries. Although the development time is a bit long, it is worth the money. The loading time of the main gun is about 30s (2 rounds/minute), the recoil force is equivalent to a mass of 75300kg, and the range is 28000 meters when the elevation angle is 25°.

The pitch angle of the gun is -4°~25°

Horizontal field of fire -140°/+140° (bow) -135°/+135° (stern) turret speed 6°/s.

The capped armor-piercing projectile weighs 647kg, and the high-explosive projectile weighs 635kg.

The experimental penetration data of the gun is 598 mm at a distance of 5000 meters,

8000 meters 510 mm,

10000 meters 456 mm,

13000 meters 391 mm,

15000 meters 351 mm,

The main gun data is already very good in this era, not bad for the main gun of the new battleship selected for the Three Kingdoms.

The eight main guns are mounted in twin turrets. The interior of the turret is compartmentalized. The front battle room is divided into three separate parts by two anti-fragmentation and fire-resistant armor longitudinal partitions. The command room in the tail compartment is separated from the battle room by a transverse partition to improve the The vitality of the turret as a whole

In addition to the main gun, the designer also added 10 150mm/50 times caliber secondary guns and 22 76mm caliber guns to the Cavour class.

In addition to the powerful power and good firepower of the Cavour class, its protection is also good.

Its main armor belt is as high as 4.3 meters, the midship reaches 330 mm, and extends to 152 mm at the bow and stern.

In addition to the main armor belt, the front of the turret is 330 mm, and the top is 200 mm. The front of the conning tower is 330 mm, and the horizontal armor is 152-102 mm. The total armor weight is 8,545 tons.

It can be said that the Cavour class currently under construction is one of the most outstanding warships under construction in various countries. Of course, excellent warships naturally have an excellent cost. According to the documents of the Ministry of the Navy, the cost of each of the two Cavour-class battleships currently under construction is as high as 49.7 million lire.

With such a high cost, the Italian Navy only dared to build three ships.

Since it is the new big treasure of the navy, people from the navy will naturally come to check it out from time to time.

And today, the Venetian shipyard welcomes a new group of visitors.

"Your Excellency, Admiral, at present, our shipyard has completed 70% of the work on the hull, and it is estimated that it will take another 5-7 months before the ship can be launched for selenium installation."

As the head of the shipyard, Matthias Horn, the director, personally introduced the progress to the visiting Admiral Yagier.

Listening to the introduction by Director Renhorn, Admiral Yagier looked at the workers busy around the ship and said. "Very good. I am very satisfied with the construction progress of your factory. I hope you can complete the construction of this ship with quality and quantity. I think you also know the importance of this ship to our navy. The first ship, Cavour, I will Invite the king to come and watch his launching ceremony in person."

Facing Admiral Yagier's words, the Venice Shipyard and his party beamed with joy. It is a very honorable thing for the king to come to watch the launching ceremony.

"Thank you admiral for your support, but I want to ask, is the fourth ship really no longer built?"

What's going on here?

It turned out that there were four Cavour-class battleships in the Navy's plan. The first ship, the Count of Cavour, and the fourth ship, Andrea Doria, were built by the Venice Shipyard. The second ship, Giulio Caesar The USS was built by Ansa Shipyard, and the third ship, Cayo Duilio, was built by Orlando Shipyard.

But wasn't this an accident? The Messina earthquake caused huge losses, and Italy's finances needed to spend a lot of money for disaster relief, while the funds allocated to the navy were reduced. After careful consideration, the navy had no choice but to cancel the construction task of the fourth ship Andrea Doria.

Having said that, if you change the shipyard, you will not dare to ask directly in the face of the Navy's cancellation of the order. Who made the Venice Naval Shipyard the son of the Navy, or the closest kind (the shipyard with the best technology), so it has the confidence to say such a thing.

Facing the question from Director Horn, Admiral Yagier shook his head and replied. "Horn, there is nothing we can do about the fourth ship, the Doria. The reduction in shipbuilding costs has left our navy with nothing to do."

Facing Admiral Yagier's answer, everyone in the Venice Shipyard showed disappointed expressions.

At this time, an accompanying officer argued. "Actually, not only the construction of the No. 4 ship was cancelled, but also two Piedmont-class cruisers, seven destroyers, and some special ships, and even the Milan-class battle cruiser that we planned to start building next year. It can only be postponed.”

From these words, we can see how much effort the Navy has put into the reconstruction of the Messina earthquake. With so many warships being canceled and postponed, one can imagine how much the navy's funding has been cut.

One more thing here, after the construction of the three Taranto-class battlecruisers, in view of the fact that the battlecruisers are still not enough, the Italian Navy designed another Milan-class battlecruiser. This new battle cruiser has a total length of 200 meters, a width of 28.5 meters, and an estimated draft of 8.7 meters. The standard displacement is expected to be 24,100 tons, and the full-load displacement is 28,000 tons.

Power plant: 24 oil-fired boilers, 2 steam turbines, with a maximum power of 69,000 horsepower, 4 shafts, 4 propellers, twin rudders, and a maximum speed of 27 knots. Endurance is 4800 nautical miles and 14 knots.

In terms of firepower, the new Milan-class battlecruiser is stronger than the Taranto class. It is equipped with eight 350mm/45-caliber main guns (four double-linked turrets adopt the standard layout of the front two and the rear two), in addition It is also equipped with 10 150mm/50 times caliber secondary guns and 20 76mm caliber guns.

In addition to having faster speed and stronger firepower than the Taranto class, Milan also has certain improvements in equipment. Its armor belt is up to 260mm, compartment armor is 70mm; deck armor is up to 81mm thick, and turret frontal armor 285 mm, the maximum armor of the gun mount is 260 mm; the maximum armor of the conning tower is 280 mm.

In general, this Milan-class battlecruiser is better than Taranto.

The navy has made such great sacrifices for the people affected by the earthquake, and the army has no choice but to run away. For this reason, the army has reduced the formation of two divisions every year starting this year. In addition, the army's procurement of various military equipment such as artillery, machine guns, and rifles has been more or less reduced.

For this reason, Admiral Simeone also scratched his head for this.

In a sense, the Messina earthquake dragged down the pace of Italian armaments. But what can be done about this, you can't ignore the people of the kingdom, can you?

"Brother Shen!"

"Um!"

Shen Changqing was walking on the road, and whenever he met someone he knew well, he would say hello or nod to each other.

But no matter who.

There is no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they are indifferent to everything.

To this.

Shen Changqing is already used to it.

Because this is the Zhenmagic Division, an organization that maintains the stability of Daqin. Its main duty is to kill monsters and ghosts, and of course there are other side jobs.

It can be said.

In Zhenmensi, everyone's hands were stained with a lot of blood.

When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it as time went by.

Zhenmus is huge.

Those who can stay in Zhenmusi are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Zhenmagic Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy, and the other is the Exorcist.

Anyone who enters the Town of Demons starts from the lowest level of Demon Slayers,

Then he was promoted step by step, and eventually he was expected to become a guardian envoy.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the town of magic division, and he was also the lowest-ranked demon slayer.

With the memory of his predecessor~www.mtlnovel.com~ he is also very familiar with the environment of Zhenmensi.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Different from other places full of chills in Zhenmagus, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd. In the **** Zhenmagus, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.

Shen Changqing just hesitated for a moment, then stepped in.

Enter the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A scent of ink mixed with a faint smell of blood hit his face, making his brows furrowed instinctively, but then relaxed quickly.

There is almost no way to clean off the **** smell on everyone in Zhenmusi.

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