As the year draws to a close, Italy is getting busier and busier. Admiral Yagier, who was once half-infuriated by the new battleship project, finally got a satisfactory result. After a fierce battle, the chief designer of the Androsal Shipyard, Bei.
Lord Nedetto Breen's plan finally won the favor of the Admiralty.
In this plan, the new battleship is 128 meters long and 22.5 meters wide. The total tonnage is limited to a standard displacement of 13,400 tons, a full load displacement of 15,900 tons, and a draft of 8 meters.
In terms of firepower, the new battleship is equipped with two twin-mounted 356mm main guns, arranged one in front and one in the back. There are also 8 254mm secondary main guns in the previous layout of one in the back and one in the middle.
Although the layout is a bit weird, there is nothing we can do about it. The 254mm secondary main gun is much larger than the 152mm that has been used before, so the two twin guns are arranged in the middle of the ship in terms of layout.
The 254mm is installed in a staggered arrangement, which can ensure the output of firepower on both sides.
In addition, the formal battleship is also equipped with 12 76mm secondary guns and 6 47mm guns.
In terms of armor, its side armor belt is 3.4 meters wide and 160-320 mm thick, the deck armor is 72 mm, and the turret armor is 320 mm. Yes, you read that right. The armor thickness has been chopped, chopped
The reason is simple. After using Krupp armor steel, the current armor thickness is sufficient and there is no need for thicker armor.
On the contrary, the hull structure needs to be improved. Considering the threat of increasingly advanced torpedoes to warships, various small cabins that are divided outside the hull are under consideration.
Of course, the mine protection cabin alone is not enough. The use of armored boxes is also indispensable, so armor protection for key cabins is also essential.
In terms of power, 12 single-head cylindrical water tube boilers and two 4-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines with 2 shafts and 2 propellers can provide a strong power of 17,000 horsepower, pushing the warship to a maximum speed of 19.4 knots. The endurance is 10 knots.
6500 nautical miles.
The most praiseworthy thing in terms of power is this water tube boiler. As the latest masterpiece of the Naval Power Research Institute, this water tube boiler is very good. It can provide higher power and greater economy, and can improve endurance and efficiency. It is also currently
The world's first battleship equipped with a water tube boiler.
Generally speaking, this new battleship has limited performance improvement over the Turin class, and is more of a version with enhanced endurance and firepower. However, in terms of construction costs, it is not much lower than the Turin class. The 24.5 million lire shipbuilding cost is also
Not much different.
Of course, this cost is reasonable enough, and the price of this ship would have to be increased by at least 1 million lire.
The Navy gained a lot in 1895, and of course other departments of the family also gained, such as the Ministry of Education.
In the 1896 budget, the Ministry of Education received a budget of 348 million lire in one fell swoop, reaching a record high.
The Ministry of Education has received such a generous budget thanks to its proposal to pilot eight-year compulsory education. Yes, the Ministry of Education believes that the five-year primary education mechanism currently implemented across the country can no longer meet Italy's demand for talents.
, so the five-year system must be changed to an eight-year system to provide the country with higher quality talents.
For this reason, Minister of Education Lillian Dillon has been on many occasions to explain to the Prime Minister and the King the importance of eight-year compulsory education. According to him, if compulsory education is increased to eight years, at least 250,000 qualified Italians can be provided every year.
skilled workers, and at the same time, it can also increase the number of students in colleges and universities by 20,000, which will definitely greatly improve the level of Italian scientific research and help Italy catch up with the great powers in all aspects.
Mr. Dillon is not talking nonsense, there is sufficient evidence for this. Taking the current compulsory education in Italy, its enrollment rate is 96.4% of school-age children, and its graduation rate is 91.7%, which fully proves the support of Italian families for their children to go to school.
Strength.
However, adding three years of study time will not reduce the enrollment rate too much, allowing more school-age children to learn more knowledge, which will also have a huge demographic dividend for the development of Italy.
Yes, this is what the wise and mighty King said. Isn’t the term demographic dividend too good? On the contrary, there is also a population trap.
Of course, after receiving a fiscal budget of 348 million liras, does the Ministry of Education need to spend it to achieve results? All this has already been planned by the Ministry of Education.
At present, the Ministry of Education plans to carry out eight-year compulsory education on a pilot basis in several places. They are Lombardy Region (the capital is Milan), Lazio Region (the capital is Rome), Campania Region (the capital is Naples), and the Viceroyalty of Sicily (the capital is Naples).
Palermo), Borneo Colony (capital Pontianak).
You read that right. The Ministry of Education has an ambitious plan to provide eight-year compulsory education to one-third of the local population and 70% of the overseas population. Although this is not planned to start within one year, the two-year plan is still ambitious.
Of course, the Ministry of Education also has its own ideas. Among the first large regions and colonists to implement eight-year compulsory education, their local governments must share part of the financial burden.
The specifics vary from person to person. For example, in Campania and the Viceroyalty of Sicily, which are not very wealthy in the south, the Ministry of Education may allocate more money. In the northern region of Lombardy and the region of Lazio, where the capital is located, it depends more on local governments.
The government bears its financial pressure. As for the Borneo colony, it relies more on its own financing, and the Ministry of Education supports at most a group of teachers.
Yes, this is what a colony is like. Fortunately, the colonial government of Borneo had money and could afford it. Of course, according to the Ministry of Finance, if we want to say who is the richest local government in Italy, Lombardy is not as good as Borneo, which sells various resources.
Just money.
In addition, the reason why the Ministry of Education is so stingy is very simple. Building a middle school requires a lot of funds. Taking a medium-sized middle school that can accommodate 800 students as an example, it requires about 2.1 million lire in funds and more than 40 teachers.
Employees. Judging from the current goals set by the Ministry of Education, there is a need to add or expand 150-180 junior high schools in the local area (some are large and some are small, and in some places the student resources of junior high schools cannot meet the facility standards).
This requires only 300 to 400 million lire for construction or expansion. How can it be possible with the little money of the Ministry of Education? So at this time, we need to consider funds. Of course, it is not possible to rely on funds. For example, the two major regions in the south consider
Regarding the issue of north-south balance, Lazio takes the capital factor into consideration, while Borneo is completely a big player.
As for the northern regions such as Piedmont (the capital is Turin), Veniu (the capital is Venice), and Liguria (the capital is Genoa), which are also rich, why not choose them? The teaching staff is not enough, so we can only give priority to the elite.
Carefully select large areas, and other places will come later.
And considering that the addition of junior high schools will increase the number of students in high schools and universities in the future, this is not just a matter of establishing junior high schools. The expansion of high schools and universities also needs to be taken into consideration.
In a word, increasing the number of years of compulsory education is not just a matter of money or money. Issues that need to be taken into consideration cannot be ignored.
