Author: Xiaoyaohu

At noon on September 11, the fifteenth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao, Kong Ming, Xuande, Xinping, Christine Silian, and Sylvia Ocean all gathered at the Fukumura Shipyard on the outlying island. The director of the Fukumura Shipyard

, the person in charge of the ironclad ship research and development project and others accompanied him.

The theme of that meeting was the production and deployment of ironclad ships. Qu Mao accompanied the core members of the ironclad ship research and development project team to carry out weight reduction and improvement design, which ended around September of the fifteenth year of Tianxuan. Those two days had already begun in full swing.

Modifications have been implemented.

Qu Mao glanced at Xuande and asked: "Xuande, please call me back from the battlefield in the branch territory of Taiji Village. Please tell me if you can. The ironclad ship has already appeared as a sample product. After four trials, they judged that it has basically met the needs of combat.

, so it was decided to continue optimizing the design of the ironclad ship while conducting the battle.

A few years ago, he actually told me that ironclad ships would have a breakthrough, so he asked me to arrange in advance to build a production base for the production of ironclad ships and steel chariots. How are you preparing now?"

Xuande said: "Sir, after Zhu Dong came back from the battlefield in the branch territory of Taiji Village, the first thing he did was to see the finished sample of the armored ship. Isn't it really spectacular? The weight of such an armored ship would probably exceed 10,000 tons, right?"

The person in charge of the ironclad ship research and development project said: "Master Xuande, in fact, the ironclad ship is not that heavy. The sample product they made is a very small ironclad ship, only weighing 2,000 tons.

A few months ago, your Excellency personally guided their ironclad ship research and development project team to tackle the weight reduction design of the ironclad ship. Now they are undergoing modifications to add four conventional guns and reduce the overall weight by 20 tons.

Therefore, it can be judged with a high probability that after half a month of modification, their armored ship sample will definitely be faster when it undergoes its fifth trial..."

Xuande nodded and said, "That's it, that's really great.

Sir, since you ordered Dong to build a production base for the production of steel chariots and armored ships, Dong has personally surveyed various parts of the Eastern Continent and selected 5 ports on the coast of the main continent where shipyards can be built.

Of course, the construction is still being gradually improved.

Now the shipyard located in the southeast of the eastern peninsula of the East Mainland Bay has been completely completed and can directly produce ironclads. The shipyard has a total of 8 docks and can produce 8 ironclads at the same time.

The shipyard located at the southwest corner of the eastern peninsula of the East Mainland Bay can be completely completed in two weeks. The shipyard has 10 docks and can produce 10 ironclads at the same time.

The other three shipyards are located near Wucheng Port in the East Continent, near the West Port of Pengda Principality, and near Golden Port in the northwest corner of the East Continent. It is expected that all of them will be completed by the end of the fifteenth year of Tianxuan. The other three shipyards have a total of 16

There are 34 shipyards in Donglaifou, which can meet the production needs of 34 ironclad ships at the same time.

The construction of the shipyards in Dongcuo is not all invested at once. There are three more sites being selected and two have already started construction. After receiving your mission, Dongcuo has planned a total of 10 shipyards along the coast of the Eastern Continent.

Shipyard for the production of ironclad ships.

In addition, the progress of the steel chariot production base is almost the same as that of the shipyards that produce ironclad warships. Currently, one steel chariot production base has been completely completed, and the other four production bases are under construction, and there are five production bases planned for the future.

The base is under construction or preparing to start construction..."

Qu Mao nodded and asked Christine Silian: "Christine, he told me at the Fucun Shipyard last time that I have to find Xuande.

Look now, the shipyard prepared by Xuande for the production of ironclads will be able to simultaneously produce 34 ironclads starting from the beginning of next year. If everything is ready for the eastward journey, by the end of the 17th year of Tianxuan at the latest, our navy will be able to at least have

Can 34 ironclad ships meet my needs?"

Christine Silian said excitedly: "Sir, of course we can meet the short-term needs of the East. As the Pi Nao armored ship is such a good warship, naturally the more the better, no matter how much I give to the navy, I won't be dissatisfied with the need of the East.

Many."

Sylvia Ocean swept her brows and said: "Lord Xuande, the completed shipyard located at the southeast corner of the eastern peninsula of the East Continent Bay should prioritize production and start production immediately after the meeting tomorrow.

In the early stage, the naval heroes have already greeted the steel mills, artillery factories, and power research institutes. You can follow their production progress simultaneously. If the logistics department lacks resources or gold coins, raise them directly. The navy can raise donations from all soldiers and heroes.

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Qu Mao waved his leg to interrupt Sylvia Ocean and asked: "Xuande, are they sure now whether external armor, engines, artillery, etc. can be outsourced? The shipyard owner is responsible for the structure, assembly and transmission device.

Waiting for the production, I will see if there is a more efficient supplier.

In addition, there are many parts and components that can be produced by specialized organizations. Even if they don’t have them now, they can build them immediately. I can discuss this matter with Kong Ming."

Kong Ming shook his goose feather fan and said: "Sir, Zhudong has discussed it with Lord Xuande many times. Please rest assured, sir, that time it will not only deploy the production of the shipyards that produce ironclads, but also the deployment of the Dongyou industry that produces ironclads.

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Xuande thought for a while and said: "Sir, do you think there are factories on Ji Island and Lian Island specifically for the production of naval warships, and are they very mature enough to be able to pick up the goods directly?"

The engine is currently in the R&D and trial production stage at the Islands Power Research Institute, and supplying 34 units at one go is probably more difficult than that of Juju. Therefore, the engine factory is the factory that needs to be built the most.

For now, Shacheng Steelworks is supplying castings, but only to the level of steel ingots, so Zhudong is thinking that we should also build a factory for steel components, or build at least one armor factory first. Future Steel

Chariots can also be used in..."

Listening to Xuande's continuous introduction, Qu Mao knew whether Xuande must have thought about it in advance, or even investigated it in person, so he nodded and said: "Since I have thought about it so fully, let's lay out the plan and build it together, right?"

Regarding the supply of spare parts, unified deployment and unified construction, resources can be provided at the Yi Di territory level, and entrepreneurs need to be encouraged to help with this matter.

He hopes that the ironclad shipyard located at the southeast corner of the eastern peninsula of the East Continental Bay will be officially put into operation by November January of the fifteenth year of the Chosen Year at the latest."

Xuande thought for a while and said: "No, sir! Shudong promises to complete the task."

For a whole day in September and November of the fifteenth year of Tianxuan, the participants were fully discussing the industrial layout of the entire ironclad ship in the eastward journey, so as to arrange the production of the ironclad ship as soon as possible.
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