"The Navy wants to order two Daqin-class ironclad ships from our shipyard?! I heard it correctly, did I?" The manager of Dalian Shipbuilding Factory No. 1 was extremely surprised when he heard the order given to them by the Navy.

"Our Admiralty had this idea last winter, but the budget has not been approved yet."

A naval major took the order from the Navy Department to find Dalian Shipbuilding Factory, which has the most mature steamship technology, and gave them a large order, which alarmed the entire shipyard.

The positioning of the Daqin-class ironclad ship is the first generation of the main steam ironclad ship!

Since it is named the main force, its tonnage is far greater than that of the secret level, and its cost is several times that of the Fubo General, which makes it necessary to hesitate when arranging production.

The Navy will launch two Daqin-class steam iron armored ships in one breath!

"The Navy really wants to build two Daqin-class steam iron armored ships? Isn't it a joke about our shipyard? The Daqin-class is a super iron armored ship with nearly 10,000 tons, an unprecedented maritime fortress. If we really want to produce, our shipbuilding factory will have to invest almost all of our manpower and material resources into this project... If we joke with us and our shipbuilding project will come to an abrupt end in half, our shipyard may go bankrupt."

The manager of the shipyard lobbied Navy Secretary Nelson to purchase the main ironclad ship of Daqin class last winter, but he did not expect that Nelson would have a way to get the budget for the ironclad ship so soon.

"It's true, this is one of the instructions for naval armament in the next ten years signed by the Army Lord." The Navy Major handed over a directive to the shipyard.

The manager took the order and, as expected, he no longer doubted it with Chu Yun's handwriting.

With Chu Yun as the guarantor of the Navy Department, the ironclad project will definitely not be owed wages.

"Ten years of naval military preparations, how many ships are the Navy going to produce?"

The manager smacked his lips and was immediately excited when he heard the Navy's major mentioning the Ten-year Arms Plan of the Navy.

The Navy Department wants to rectify its military equipment, and the first thing that makes profits is the shipyard!

"The only thing that can be disclosed is that we will replace existing wooden sailboats with steamboats one by one," said the Navy Major.

"Oh my god, replace it one by one!" The manager was completely shocked this time.

Ten years of military equipment will replace the existing sail battleships and frigates one by one. How courage and financial resources will it take!

So how much benefit can their shipyard get from this naval military preparation? The shipyard manager is a bit unimaginable.

Only a few people from the military and the Navy know the details of the Navy. Building two steam iron armored ships and replacing wooden sailboats with steam ships one by one is only part of the content, including training, training, promotion, naval base construction, global waterway control and layout of naval officers, sailors, and mailboxes involving all aspects.

In the next three hundred years, whoever can control the ocean will be like the world overlord!

"Our Navy Department's opinion is that you can start building the first Daqin-class ironclad ship to accumulate technical experience. If your shipyard believes that it can be completed on time, you can separate personnel to build the second sister ship at the same time." said the Navy Major.

"There is no problem with this. But if we are really preparing to start building two sister ships, we will change the design plan overnight. We need to conduct detailed negotiations to ensure that the warships created are the ironclad ships needed by your Navy." The manager said impatiently.

Suddenly winning two large orders of 9,000 tons is enough for their shipyard to not worry about not being able to start construction for a while!

"There is something particularly important in our needs. The new main ironclad ship does not use the 40-pound cannon and 68-pound cannons on the General Fubo as a military preparation." said the Navy Major.

"Not using 40-pound cannons and 68-pound cannons? Did the arsenal produce more advanced cannons?"

"Yes, the two 68-pound front-mounted smoothbore guns on the General Fubo weigh 4.8 tons per one, but the newly developed naval guns from the arsenal far exceed the heaviest 68-pound guns at that time. After our Navy Department has seen your design drawings, we plan to replace the two sister ships with artillery to give them more powerful firepower."

"I hope to hear it carefully!"

"The arsenal has two more powerful guns, and their weight is even more amazing. One is the 178mm caliber front-loaded naval gun with a weight of about 7 tons, and the other is the 203mm caliber front-loaded naval gun with a weight of about 9 tons." said the Navy Major.

"The weight of such a cannon seems a bit scary. The recoil may be very large, which will affect our original design. What is the weight of the shell?" the manager confirmed.

"It's 52 kg and 79 kg, respectively."

"So the number of artillery guns in the ironclad ship?"

"According to our vision, each ironclad ship should have four front-mounted naval guns of 203 mm caliber, and about 20 to 30 front-mounted naval guns of 178 mm caliber, plus four 24-pound cannons used as salutes."

"The weight of these artillery alone is about 200 tons. Such firepower is too terrifying. Only giant ironclad ships can control so many large artillery on one deck. Our ship designers need to re-evaluate the impact of these artillery on the hull, navigation, and combat, and make drastic improvements to the original plan." The manager wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The main ironclad ship of Daqin class seems to be required to be more reliable because of the introduction of new artillery. However, the terrifying "monster" of this level is already conceivable.

In an era when naval guns were generally around 2 or 3 tons, the Daqin-class ironclad ships were expected to be equipped with guns weighing 7 or 9 tons, which fully implemented the concept that gun caliber is the king!

"It's probably that's it. Our Navy is still very satisfied with the first generation of main ironclad ships you designed, and there are no need for too many changes. I will stay in Dalian Port for the next period of time to assist you in making modifications. After the improved plan is submitted to the Navy for approval, we can start producing sister ships at the same time." said the Navy Major.

"Our shipyard will definitely come up with a new design plan as soon as possible." The manager patted his chest and promised.

"And also the coaching ships, small cruisers, and mosquito ships that our Admiralty had ordered before were delivered?" asked the Navy Major about the order placed by the Admiralty.

In addition to the ironclad ship General Fubo, the Admiral also purchased a coaching ship, two small ironclad patrol ships of about 1,000 tons and four mosquito ships.

"The coaching ship has been provided to the Navy Military Academy to train officers and soldiers as required. The mosquito ship has been fully produced, and the two patrol ships are still in the dock. It is expected that all ships on the previous batch of orders will be delivered on time when we complete the design of the Daqin-class ironclad ship."
Chapter completed!