The Rise of the Empire

　　 It is the purpose of the Russians to further contact between the two countries. And selling the warship to Russia is the purpose of the traversers! The Russians now need to expand their military, but the capacity of the local shipyard is limited. And Ruprecht wanted to take this opportunity to get another customer for himself.

"Your Excellency, what do you think of today's test? It is said that this matter is related to whether the Russian navy will import new German armored cruisers?" Major General Makanov accompanied Admiral Popov standing on both sides of the ship's side, watching Said the armored cruiser Mainz, which was sailing in the distance.

"Whether the result of this firepower display is good or bad, we will buy Mainz-class armored cruisers. The only difference is to buy one or two." Admiral Popov looked at Makanov next to him. Said: "This is arms procurement. Any arms procurement is the result of political operations. Russia buys a first-class cruiser, and Germany is willing to sell its best warship. This is a political statement, indicating that Russia and Germany started between Close, there is a lot of information revealed!"

　　 "Too complicated, but I am still happy that the Imperial Navy can have such a warship." When it comes to politics, Makanov is a bit big. "But the only fly in the ointment is that the tonnage of this warship is a bit too small, giving people a feeling of being inadequate."

At this moment, the armored cruiser Mainz in the distance suddenly raised its battle flag, and in the distance, under the towing of the tugboat, a target ship was also in place. This is an old-fashioned iron-wood hybrid that is ready to be scrapped. The structure of the old cruiser, in terms of size, is about 2500 tons, which is considered a third-class cruiser. The weapons and power on it have been dismantled, and it was finally towed to a distance of about 2500 meters from the Mainz!

"You can start!" On the Royal Yacht Hohenzollern, Prince William gave the order to start. When the signal flag on the Hohenzollern was raised, Mainz, the steel giant who had just served The beast uttered its first battle cry in its magnificent sound!

　　 "88MM secondary artillery group shooting!" Following the command of the gunner, the 7 88MM guns on the sidestring of the Mainz began to pour a rain of bullets towards the distant target. The orange photoelectric flew to the distant target with the shaking of the barrel. In just ten seconds, the target was surrounded by dense shells, and an elliptical impact area enveloped the target. ferry!

　　Earl Spey, the artillery chief, began to adjust the distance and shooting situation according to the situation of the impact area. When the 88MM artillery on the upper deck of the battleship stopped firing, the 150MM gun group, which was the backbone of the battleship’s projection volume, issued a loud roar. The 7 artillery fired almost at the same time. A firestorm burst out from the sidestring of the battleship. After the correction, this wave of attacks was accurate and ruthless, and the high-rate 150mm artillery poured tons of ammunition on the target in a very short time.

　　The sound of explosions one after another came from the target ship. Within a few minutes, the meeting facilities of this battleship were swallowed by intensive bullet rain and fire. After 5 minutes of firing, Mainz’s secondary artillery stopped roaring.

The two huge main gun turrets quickly turned to the target. A shell weighing 240kg was removed from the ammunition rack at the rear of the turret, and then pushed into the barrel with the help of a servo. After the machine was slightly adjusted, with the vibration of the turret, a huge fireball flew towards the target!

　　 "A shot in 35 seconds! This rate of fire is almost twice that of our 12-inch gun!" Makanov put away his pocket watch, his words full of surprise. Although there are only 2 main guns, depending on the higher rate of fire, the Russian battleships with 4 main guns have no advantage in the rate of fire per unit time.

At this moment, a 280MM shell hit the bow of the target ship. The violent explosion directly exploded the hull of the ship. The huge plume of smoke engulfed the debris and flew into the air. When the smoke dissipated, the target ship was like a ship. As if an ancient giant beast gnawed a piece, a huge gap appeared in the front half of the hull, a large amount of sea water poured into the hull, and the entire target ship showed a serious bow! At this moment, the damage effect of the large-caliber artillery is vividly demonstrated at this moment.

The rest went into garbage time. The target ship did not even last for more than half an hour during the intermittent attack in Mainz. With the last shot of the cannon, the target ship sank in with flames and smoke. To the bottom of the sea. Afterwards, applause and cheers broke out on the Royal Cruiser Hohenzollern, and Mainz proved the toughness of the new generation of German armored cruisers with her actions. And the history of the German navy has opened a new page!

After the firepower test was over, the onlookers of the German and Russian high-level officials came to an end. The next step was the navigation experiment. Under the high temperature and high pressure provided by the water tube boiler, two three-expansion vertical steam engines driven two propellers to fly on the water. In this test, the timing output power of the battleship exceeded the design power by 15%, and the peak output power reached 14,000 horsepower! In the next 8 hours of voyage, this warship completely shocked the casual German and Russian officers with an average speed of 21 knots!

"I have never seen a warship of this tonnage run so fast! Not to mention the Nakimonov~www.readwn.com~ Even the Rurik which is under construction can hardly do this!" Essen The major wrote in the report.

"This is really a perfect battleship, with powerful fire, super high speed and new armor. Although the tonnage is only 7,500 tons, it is enough to suppress all cruisers in the world at present, even if it is against battleships, it is possible. If you can If you do, I suggest buying two." Popov said to Makanov next to him.

　　 "Why don't we buy one, then buy the drawings and build it ourselves?" Makanov said with some confusion.

"There are two reasons. First, the German side may not be willing to provide drawings. At present, if we count us, at least three countries have ordered the Munich-class armored cruisers. This is their cash cow, and the Bavarian prince has implicitly expressed its reluctance. The idea of ​​selling drawings."

"Secondly, according to reliable sources, the Bavarian Ship Design Bureau has a more powerful planned warship, but it has been stranded due to the budget and demand of the German Navy. Baron Vittorio Cuniberti, the chief designer of the Design Bureau Privately stated that if they can, they are willing to sell this class of armored cruiser to Russia. We have a better choice!" A smile appeared on the corner of Admiral Popov's mouth!

　　 "Bigger and powerful warship? How powerful is it?" Makanov said with a curl of his lips. After seeing the outstanding performance of Mainz, he didn't think the new warship could be improved much.

　　 "You can see it this afternoon! I'm looking forward to it now." Popov said intently.

　　 There are some special circumstances today, the update is a bit late, I hope you can forgive me~~~, the second one will be available later~~~.