Tang Jian looked at the tears that were shed with joy on the face of each Beiyang Navy boarding a new ship, and smiled slightly in his heart. Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, their mood that had been suppressed for so long should have been relaxed.

Tang Jian did not blame everyone for delaying the sea trial of the new ship because of their happiness, but waited until they were excited before taking them back to the ocean.

Originally, Tang Jian had named these two 10,000-ton battleships "Cao Ri" and "Cao Ben", but Tian Aden said that the name was too high. Tang Jian thought later that the name sounded a bit indecent and did not seem to be worthy of the momentum of these two warships, so he would give it a more domineering name. Finally, Tang Jian, Tian Aden and others discussed and finally decided to name the two battleships "Long Wei" and "Long Xiao".

"Dragon Wildness" and "Dragon Soar" are 10,000 tons of battleships independently built by Tang Jian. The displacement standard is 13,000 tons and a full load of 14,000 tons. What satisfies Tang Jian the most is that after two years of debugging and improvement, the theoretical speed of the two battleships has reached a speed of 18.5 knots, which is one more knot than expected. These are Tian Arden's preliminary estimates, and they will have to wait until the actual sea test to know the actual speed. Tian Arden patted his chest and promised that it was definitely faster than this theory, which made Tang Jian ecstatic.

Although the "Dragon Hard" and "Dragon Hard" are not the largest displacement among the world's battleships, among the bulky and thick main battleships, the "Dragon Hard"-class battleships are definitely the fastest.

Another point is that Tang Jian used a triple main gun designed only in the next ten years. Compared with the main battleships of any major powers of today, its firepower is 15 times that of theirs. What is more considerable is that the triple main gun has improved by Tian Arden, and its effective range can reach 10,000 meters!

Ten thousand meters? What is the concept?

During the naval battle at that time, because the main gun was limited in the range of the main gun, although the range of the main gun could reach 8,000 to 9,000 yards, because the error was very large, the shooting hit rate at such a long distance was extremely low, which was a waste of shells. Therefore, according to the range of the naval gun, only two fleets were considered to have a limited shooting distance at a distance of 5,000 meters. At this time, the international community set 5,000 meters as the effective attack range of the fleet.

In addition, based on later experience, Tian Aden improved and strengthened the retardation technology. The triple-mounted main gun can fire three shots per minute, which is faster than the British "June Power"-class battleship's two shots per minute.

It has to be said that Tian Aden plagiarized countless experiences in later generations, saved time to argue, and directly applied it to the "Dragon Power" class battleship, making it a supreme weapon that surpassed the "monarch's power" class at the end of the 20th century.

Tang Jian general Ye Zugui and Cheng Biguang were appointed as "Longwei" respectively. The "pilot" of the "Longxiao" should now be called the Beiyang Admiral Captain. "Longwei" instead of "Hairong" has become the new flagship of the Beiyang Navy. Of course, the two warships are also equipped with the latest radio technology, and there is no need to worry about the destruction of communication flags and fall into a passive situation of chaos in the battle of Dadonggou.

After the Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers were excited, they were all ready at their respective posts. At the order of Tang Jian, the heavy gates on the dock that had been closed for nearly two years began to rise slowly under the action of gears. The first ray of sunshine in the morning shone in from outside.

At this time, all the docks were covered with martial law Qing troops, and the sea test was kept confidential. Before the construction of these two closed docks two years ago, these two docks became military forbidden areas, and no idle people could appear within a radius of five miles.

Tang Jian did this to keep it a secret. Although he knew that the great powers, including Japan, did not believe that the Qing Dynasty would build a main battleship of ten thousand tons, and would not send so-called "intelligence personnel" to steal the intelligence of his closed dock, being cautious has always been Tang Jian's style, and this time is no exception.

There will be no idle people within a radius of five miles of the dock. He also told the warships of other countries that the Qing Dynasty would experiment with mine experiments in this water area today, and warned warships of other countries not to break into this water area without authorization, so as to avoid mine accidents.

After everything was ready, the gate of the closed dock was finally completely opened, and dozens of cables were connected to more than a dozen tugs outside the dock. For such a large warship, only a dozen tugs could slowly and smoothly drag the warships mounted on the rolling wood into the sea.

The first thing to be dragged out was the "Longwei". The flag-speaking soldiers on the bow deck waved the flag-speaking, indicating that the tugboat "Longwei" in front had been prepared. After receiving the instructions, the tugboat emitted thick black smoke and slowly sailed towards the sea.

Under the huge drag force in front of the "Longwei", the entire warship and the rolling wood connected to the place where the "Gelebrity" was made, and the steel plate was twisted and made a harsh metal friction sound.

At this moment, Tang Jian's heart was hanging high. Now this moment is the time to test this 10,000-ton giant ship. The weight of the 10,000-ton warship is concentrated on the contact surface of the hull and the roller wood. The pressure on the hull is hundreds or even thousands of times that of the sea. If the steel at the bottom of the ship is not strong enough, it is very likely that the crack will be squeezed out due to the friction of the roller wood before entering the water. As we all know, the protection of the "lower three routes" of the warship is the most fragile.

Moreover, the "Dragon Wire"-class battleship adopts a high-string design, with a higher center of gravity than before, and the risk of overturning also increases. Although Tian Arden has made countless arguments, Tang Jian looked at Tian Arden who was sweating next to him. Tang Jian knew that Tian Arden could not guarantee that there was no chance of being foolproof.

At this moment, as the harsh metal friction sound became louder, Tang Jian's heart was almost at his throat. If a crack appeared at the bottom of the "Longwei" or the hull was tilted, it would be a devastating blow to the "Longwei".

"Bang"! A dull sound came from the bottom of the ship, and the metal friction gradually became smaller and smaller. The entire "Dragon Hard" gradually stabilized. Tang Jian knew that the first step in the "Dragon Hard" sea trial was considered a success.

With a burst of cheers, the Longwei was gradually dragged into the deep water by more than a dozen tugboats. As the eight single-head cylinder boilers in the cabin of the Longwei were slowly released, the 10,000-ton "Longwei" slowly sailed towards the outer sea.

Soon, after successfully dragging the Dragon Wei out of the dock for the first time, the Dragon Xiao was also successfully towed from the dock by a towboat to the deep water area.

With the smoke pillars rising from the Dragon Soul, the Dragon Soul began to sail towards the outer sea along with the Dragon Weight.

After several hours of sea trial, the experiment was very successful. You can see the folds on Ye Zugui's face with a smile.

The "Longwei"-class battleship includes two three-cylinder vertical three-inflatable steam engines, three-axis and two-rudder rudders, and all the trial speeds exceed the designed speed.

Normal ventilation is the power of 11,000 indicating horsepower (speed 18 knots), the pressure ventilation is 13,000 indicating horsepower (speed reaches 18.6 knots), the maximum speed is 19 knots-19.3 knots, and the 8-seat single-head cylinder boiler is used, with a working air pressure of 180 psi/square inch, and a cruising capacity of 3,500 nautical miles/17 knots, and 5,000 nautical miles/15 knots.

Each 340mm main gun has 100 rounds of shells (30 armor-piercing shells, 15 "Palisse" armor-piercing shells, 50 conventional bullets, and 15 high-explosion shotguns), and each l40 type 152mm rapid-fire cannon has 250 rounds of shells (25 armor-piercing shells, 48 ​​"Palisse" armor-piercing shells, 150 conventional bullets, and 27 high-explosion shotguns).

The three-liang guns were indeed powerful in firepower. A 4,000-ton target ship could not even support the interweaving firepower of two "Dragon Hard"-class battleships at a distance of 8,000 meters.

The sea test was very successful, and the actual speed was far better than the designed speed. The high-stringed dry design drove very smoothly in the waves, and the fire rate of the artillery was expected. Finally, amid the triumphal sound of the Beiyang Navy, two "Dragon Hard"-class battleships returned to the port. However, the triple-mounted main gun was covered by a thick cannon suit after being cleaned. Tang Jian still didn't want this shocking triple-mounted main gun to be seen.

This time, Tang Jian made an exception to drink and celebrate the achievements of the Beiyang Navy. The entire dock was brightly lit, with cups pushing and placing wine and punching.

Captains Ye Zugui and Cheng Biguang were particularly happy. It was their lifelong dream to be able to hold such a 10,000-ton battleship captain. Now they have got what they want. They toast back and forth at the dinner table to vent their joy.

Tang Jian just took a glass of wine and tasted it casually. Looking at the excited Beiyang Navy in front of him, Tang Jian was also extremely happy.

Suddenly, a sentry came in and whispered a few words in Tang Jian's ear. The Tang family smiled slightly: "Haha, please feel free, the Russians have finally started to have sex with the little Japanese!" After that, he drank the wine in the glass.

ps: Today's second update, the updates that were owed in the previous two days will be slowly made up for later.
Chapter completed!