My Italy

In view of the fact that there are too many warships to be tendered this time, the tender meeting will take a long time, about a week.

The highlight of the day was the bidding for the three-ship patrol. According to years of practice, the tender will start from the weak.

"Representative of Bologna Shipyard."

As the navy's roll call came, the person in charge of the Bologna shipyard, who was sweating, glanced at the designer next to him, who was bowing his head and saying nothing, with a complicated expression. "Our Bologna shipyard has given up on the cruise plan."

As soon as he finished speaking, the person in charge quickly sat down without caring about other people's eyes.

With the Bologna shipyard taking the lead, several other shipyards were also named and abstained.

The successive abstentions made some senior officials of the Navy look unhappy, but considering what Admiral Yagir just said, they could only hold back.

As for the person involved, Admiral Yagir, faced with the continuous abstentions, his expression did not change at all, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Some people may or may not have guessed what the admiral was thinking, but no matter what, this does not affect the continuation of the bidding.

With the continuous abstentions, there are fewer and fewer shipyards that have not yet been called.

At this time, some people couldn't help but think, will there only be two major shipyards left to compete?

But their worries soon disappeared, and when they were called to the Fincantieri shipyard, the person in charge who stood up finally said something different.

"Our Fincantieri shipyard has produced design drawings that are in line with the navy. Let Mr. Budel, the chief designer of our factory, explain them to you."

So, in the eyes of everyone gathered, Alessandro Budel stood up.

In addition, at the Admiralty, the roll call officer crossed out the name of Fincantieri shipyard, which included all the names of shipyards that had previously abstained.

Budel faced the gazes of the crowd and opened the carefully designed drawings.

"Everyone, this is the design drawing of the patrol equipment prepared by our factory. According to the requirements of the Ministry of the Navy for the new patrol equipment, we have finally met the requirements of the Ministry of the Navy after unremitting efforts."

After a brief opening remarks, Boudel talked about his masterpiece. "In my new patrol plan, the ship has a total length of 151 meters and a width of 23.1 meters. The bow adopts a vertical bow, and I use a long forecastle ship type for this model. There are three two-mounted first-level main guns, 2 in the front and 1 in the rear. Arrangement. In addition, as for the secondary main guns, I think the 152mm guns currently commonly used by our navy can no longer adapt to the current form, so I think eight 203mm twin-mounted 45 times secondary main guns can greatly enhance the firepower of warships. ”

As Budel explained, his ideas and overall picture were presented to everyone. The entire warship looks very slender, with two main gun turrets occupying the front deck and one occupying the rear deck. As for the eight twin 203mm secondary main guns, they are staggered on both sides of the ship. In addition, Budel also used every opportunity to arrange 10 127mm single-mounted guns, 6 76mm single-mounted guns, and 4 47mm single-mounted guns. Firepower cannot be overpowered, and it is basically a model of firepower supremacy.

In addition to firepower, Budel continued to explain other aspects. In terms of protection, Budel met the shipside armor requirements of 115 mm to 190 mm and an armor height of 3.7 meters required by the Navy. In addition, the armor thickness of the fort also reaches 140-190 mm. Of course, this is a treatment only available to two-stage main guns. In addition, the deck armor thickness also reaches 51 mm, and the command tower armor is 60-190 mm.

In terms of power, two vertical four-cylinder three-expansion reciprocating steam engines were selected as the main engine, and 24 Belleville boilers were selected as the boilers, with a power of 22,000 horsepower, which can propel the warship to a maximum speed of 22 knots.

In addition, in terms of tonnage, Budel does not exceed the standard. The standard displacement is 10,900 tons, and the full-load displacement reaches 12,700 tons. It can carry 1,600 tons of coal and sail 8,000 nautical miles at a speed of 10 knots.

"I've just introduced the battleship here. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me. Thank you for listening to my explanation. Thank you all."

After introducing the various functions of the battleship one by one, Budel bowed slightly to those present.

The scene immediately burst into applause.

Admiral Yagir, the Minister of the Navy, was the first to applaud. He seemed to be very satisfied with Budder's explanation.

Admiral Yagier's performance also made the person in charge of Fincantieri Shipyard feel proud. In any case, their Fincantieri shipyard is finally impressive. If he remembered correctly, there were not many shipyards in the future.

Sure enough, after Fincantieri, the Navy continued to name names. The remaining shipyards are really on pins and needles right now. It would be understandable if no one can come up with it. After all, it’s all due to insufficient technology, which is understandable. And now that they have the Fincantieri shipyard in front of them, it's really uncomfortable behind them. Because everyone knows that they are named according to their strength.

But no matter what they thought, it was their turn, and they were forced to respond by abstaining. Especially the designers from these companies were so ashamed that they wished they could crawl into a hole in the ground.

But soon no one paid attention to them because they had read to the end.

"Representative of Andoshar Shipyard."

As they thought of the two major shipyards, many eyes looked directly at them.

This time it was Brin who stood up directly. As expected of the shadow man of the tree, as soon as he stood up, everyone looked at him expectantly.

"Andoshar Shipyard has already made a plan. Let me explain it to you next."

As soon as Brin finished speaking, he immediately hung up his drawings without waiting for anyone else's reaction.

"This is my plan. The new patrol is 161 meters long and 22.7 meters wide."

As soon as Brin opened his mouth, everyone looked at a warship that was slender than that of Fincantieri Shipyard.

Brin immediately began to explain. "My plan adopts a long forecastle ship type, with 4 boiler rooms installed in the hull, equipped with 28 Belleville boilers, and 2 2-axis vertical three-stage expansion engines. The output power is 25,000 horsepower. It can propel the warship to run at 23.5 knots. Maximum speed."

Brin's words shocked everyone in the venue. The speed alone made his plan worth looking forward to.

Sure enough, I saw him continue talking. "In the new plan, there are six twin-mounted 254mm 45x main guns. I adopted a layout of two in front and one in the back. In addition, as for the secondary guns, I think the 152mm secondary main gun is enough, so I arranged 16 Two twin-mounted 152mm rapid-fire cannons can ensure sufficient firepower output. In addition, the ship is also equipped with 14 76mm single-barreled rapid-fire cannons and 12 47mm single-barreled rapid-fire cannons.

Well, although Breen's firepower arrangement is not as fierce as Budel's, it is still not weak, and the amount of ammunition released is enough to drown those opponents.

Of course, in addition to firepower and speed, protection is also a must. The armor given by Brin is similar, 115-190 mm main armor belt, 47 mm armor for Class A, 40-180 mm armor for the command tower, and 140-180 mm armor for the turret. mm.

In addition, in terms of tonnage, the standard displacement is 10,500 tons. The full load displacement is 13,000 tons. It can carry 2,100 tons of coal and run 8,500 nautical miles at a speed of 10 knots.

Brin's plan also attracted a burst of applause, and it has its own advantages and disadvantages with Budel.

"Venice Shipyard."

With the Navy's roll call, it's time to see what new and eye-catching plan Cuniberti comes up with.