Tsarist Empire: Please call me Tsarist Majesty

Chapter 117: The Tsar’s Blade!!

After the steel-cutting ceremony of the battleship Mikhail I, this epoch-making battleship will immediately enter an intense construction process.

The remaining five battleships will also start construction one after another.

It is almost 1800 AD, and there are still a few years to go to war with the Orientals.

Time is running out for the Russian Empire.

The Russian Empire needed to build these battleships as soon as possible, equip the troops, and then form combat effectiveness.

In this way, it will be useful in the next war with the Toyons.

Otherwise, it’s too late,

“How long will it take for these warships to be built?” Mikhail asked.

“Your Majesty, it is the first time we have built such a huge warship. Even though we have been preparing for a long time, we have already figured out the relevant subsystems. However, it is difficult to say whether there will be problems during the construction process. However, we can guarantee that in three years, that is, by the winter of 1802 AD, all these warships will be in service! Rear Admiral Nevishin, director of shipbuilding, replied.

“Very well, then I hope that these warships can be completed more on schedule!” Mihai you answered.

By the winter of 1802, all warships were completed and commissioned.

After more than a year of training, how can it form combat effectiveness.

At that time, these cutting-edge warships will be able to show their strong combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

This will inevitably be a big war that shocks the whole world, you know, the war between the East Ocean Imperial Navy and the Qing Imperial Navy can be called the first big war after the navies of various countries entered the steam age, which also attracted the world’s light.

One conclusion was drawn in this war, that is, small- and medium-caliber rapid-fire firepower is far more important than large-caliber naval guns with a slow rate of fire.

This is also the reason why countries have increased the construction of armored cruisers, as well as former dreadnoughts.

However, once the Mikhail I-class battleships of the Russian Empire appeared, and showed strong combat effectiveness in the war, they completely crushed the former dreadnoughts of the Orientals.

Then, it will lead the direction of the development of the world’s navies.

In another time and space, the sun never sets and people took the lead in building dreadnoughts, making the former dreadnoughts equipped by all countries in the world obsolete overnight.

Then, in this time and space, all this will be done by the Sand Money Empire.

Mikhail and others, who participated in the steel plate cutting ceremony of the battleship Mikhail I, did not leave Rostov at the first time, but held a meeting in the conference room.

“Gentlemen, construction has begun on our Mikhail I-class battleships. I believe that this will be the most powerful battleship in the world. However, our main energy will also change accordingly, and we can no longer stay on the battleships of the Mikhail I class. It’s time for us to prepare for the next class of battleships! Mikhail said.

This made the admirals of the Russian Imperial Navy very excited.

They wished that His Majesty the Tsar would invest more in the navy so that the Russian Imperial Navy could build more and more powerful warships.

It is best to have the ability to surpass the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire in a short period of time, and even defeat the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets, which is undoubtedly the ultimate goal of the admirals of various countries.

The Royal Navy of the Empire has dominated the world’s oceans for hundreds of years.

It’s like becoming a big boss that all countries have to face.

Mikhail is not prepared to invest too much in the navy though. However, the basic upgrading of naval equipment is still well maintained.

In this way, it was possible to ensure that the shipbuilding capacity of the Tsarist Empire was continuously improved.

In the future, when the Russian Empire has great strength and can compete for maritime supremacy with the Royal Navy of the Empire that never sets, the Tsarist Empire will invest more in this regard.

Otherwise, even if the Russian Empire wants to build more new warships in the future, it will need to upgrade its technology first.

In that case, it will be troublesome.

“Gentlemen, the next step is to realize the in-house production of large oil-fired boilers, and even develop boilers with better performance. At the same time, large steam engines, as well as more advanced steam engines, must also be developed. In this way, our warships can have more power and higher speed. ”

At the same time, the caliber of the main guns of the battleship should be further increased.

Currently, the caliber of the main gun of the Mikhail I class battleships is 305 mm.

Well, I hope that the caliber of the main gun of the next class of battleships will increase the power from 0 to 356 meters! Mikhail said to the crowd.

In another time and space, after countries entered the era of dreadnoughts, they only slightly overdid it, and then entered the era of superdreadnoughts.

Among them, the Sun Never Sets people are equipped with super dreadnoughts with a main gun caliber of 343 mm and 381 mm, and the Lighthouse Country is equipped with 356 mm super dreadnoughts. The Germanic Empire made a direct transition to 380 mm.

The Gauls were armed with 340 mm superdreadnoughts.

Even the Toyo ordered Kongo-class battle cruisers equipped with 356 mm caliber main guns from the Empire of the Sun Never Sets.

Therefore, Mikhail hopes that the caliber of the next class of capital ships can be raised to 356 meters.

Immediately, Mikhail came up with the design drawings of a new capital ship.

This capital ship, he named the Izmail class battlecruiser.

In another time and space, this class of battle cruisers was called the Tsar’s Blade, but unfortunately, it was not completed, and only part of the construction was stopped.

But in this time and space, this class of battle cruisers can definitely be built.

Mikhail improved the Izmail-class battlecruisers from another time and space, and the main turret was changed from four to three, with a front-two-in-one, piggyback design. At the same time, the defense is enhanced.

The main armor belt was raised from 237.5 mm to 305 mm, and the defense was greatly enhanced.

Of course, this also makes the full load displacement of the battleship as high as 38,000 tons.

The main reason is to ensure that the maximum speed of the battleship reaches more than 28.5 knots.

Therefore, there are many reasons why many boilers and large steam engines need to be installed.

But even so, once in service, the Izmail-class battle cruisers will become one of the most powerful battle cruisers in the world.

At least, the overall performance can surpass the bottom of the Kongo-class battle cruisers of the Toyo.

Of course, this is also Mikhail’s main purpose.

That is, even if the Russian Imperial Navy cannot be compared with the Royal Navy of the Empire where the sun never sets, it rarely has to suppress the talents of the East…