"There are two Dahan-class ironclad ships now!"

Chu Yun stroked the thick naval cannon with his hands, and the coldness of the steel made his back chill.

The strongest spear and shield are combined into one, which is simply terrible.

No ship can be compared with the Dahan-class ironclad ship.

However, the two major Han-class battleships, "Emperor Wen of Han", "Emperor Jing of Han", have no place to use their power.

The wooden battleships of this era are a joke in front of ironclad ships, not to mention that the Dahan-class ironclad ships that use turret structures are already the best among ironclad ships. Even the "Huo Qubing" and "Wei Qing" join forces to defeat a Dahan-class ironclad ship.

Chu Yun couldn't help but think of an allusion from "Zhuangzi" - Zhu Liman learned to kill dragons in Zhiliyi, a family of single daughters, and had three years of skills but no use of their tricks.

This Han-level iron-clad ship is the art of slaying dragons. Unfortunately, there is no dragon in the world, so the art of slaying dragons has no place to use.

Chu Yun didn't know whether the existence of the Han-class ironclad ship was meaningful. Maybe its appearance was just to accumulate experience for future dreadnoughts.

The two main battleships, "Emperor Wen of Han" and "Emperor Jing of Han", are likely to have no chance of fighting from launching to retirement, because their younger brothers can easily defeat the European wooden ships.

Other naval officers were amazed at the giant cannons that were much bigger than one person, among which Zheng Zhilong, who is the current Minister of the Navy, was also a person who had experienced the sail era. The Flang cannons he bought from colonists and the Red-Black cannons he already thought were powerful, but the Flang cannons and Red-Black cannons were all piles of scrap iron in front of the 30-ton cannons.

No wooden ship can withstand the destruction of such a giant cannon. It may be scrapped if a shell hits the wooden ship.

"No ship can threaten us except our own steamships, and we are invincible."

"I'm afraid even our own ships can't resist the same artillery."

Navy officers saw the super-large caliber main gun, and the increasingly large main guns were refreshing the common sense of officers again and again.

They even doubted whether there would be a bigger main gun in the future.

However, Chu Yun knew that there might be a larger main gun, or it might directly transition to more advanced technology.

"One of these two steam ships is equipped with the Zhili fleet and the other is equipped with the Nanyang fleet. It is enough to use small and medium-sized ironclad ships in the West. It is easy to maintain large ships when they are left locally. The coaching role of building such two ships is more important than other functions."

Chu Yun decided to turn the two ships into in-service coaching ships to train several crew members who operate the main ironclad ships.

I'm afraid not many people have such a big deal when using these two ironclad ships as "training ships".

If this was in the 19th century, maybe the two Han-class ironclad ships in front of us could fight against the ocean and other ironclad ships. Unfortunately, in a sense of this era, they are really fearless on the sea.

Zheng Zhilong of the Zhili Fleet was naturally comfortable. One of the two latest ironclad ships was given to the Zhili Fleet. As the treatment of the Zhili Fleet, which guarded the capital, was not mentioned.

Unlike the first generation of main ironclad ships that took the lead in placing the fourth fleet, Chu Yun believes that the lagging ironclad ships can already deter Europe, and there is no need to send two second-generation ironclad ships to travel thousands of miles.

If the Dahan-class ironclad ships arrived in Europe, they would probably be desperate.

"They will only exist in our naval bases and nearby waters, as well as on paper. They will not appear before the public until we develop the third-generation ironclad ships. If there is no change in shipbuilding technology in other places then we will leave it until the fourth-generation ironclad ship appears and then make it public." Chu Yun decided to use it as a secret and no longer display it as before.

The technology he showed was known to the public was enough for them to study for a long time, so we should continue to hide a batch of technology.

When it is snowy, he must ensure that these technologies that are snowy can be used on a large scale when needed.

"Can shipyards mass produce Dahan-class ironclad ships during the war? I need the ability to produce 10 Dahan-class ironclad ships within a year." Chu Yun asked.

"As long as steel, artillery and other supplies are complete, there is no problem at all." said the shipyard's director.

Chu Yun nodded. The Empire Shipyard has done well enough, and the most important thing is productivity. There is no need now, which does not mean there is no need in the future. When there is really demand, it can be continuously produced by ironclad ships with its strong production capacity.

"There is another thing. Last time I asked your shipyard to study ships carrying new weapons and new weapons?" Chu Yun remembered something.

In addition to ironclad ships, the Imperial Shipyard also built other ships, such as ironclad cruisers, cable ships, passenger ships, and freighters that are smaller than the main battleships.

In addition to the second-generation main ironclad ship, there is another type of small military ship that belongs to the confidential production plan.

"I wish my subordinates bluntly said that the actual combat of the small ships secretly studied is not very ideal. It is better to focus on the research of the main ships." The director of the Imperial Shipyard immediately became frowning when he heard Chu Yun mention the new ships and new weapons.

He didn't understand that Chu Yun was already far ahead of his ironclad ship and had no rivals at all, and he was still thinking about developing new ships and weapons.

"Be prepared for danger in times of peace, we must go further. Take us to see your research on new weapons." Chu Yun said.

"Please come with me. We are studying a new type of ship, whose displacement may be only a few dozen tons." The director of the Imperial Shipyard saw that Chu Yun was very interested in new ships and weapons, so he had to take Chu Yun and his group to visit their unformed research.

"What can a ship worth dozens of tons do? The mosquito gunship we use now has hundreds of tons. The ship that we consider to be the main force must have a displacement of at least 2,000 tons."

"Does small boats also have ways to defeat large ships? Just like the fire ships that were often used before, but fire attacks have long been ineffective against iron ships. Could it be an explosive ship loaded with gunpowder? The explosive ship may indeed cause casualties to the ironclad ships, but who would be willing to drive the explosive ships to attack the enemy's warships with the determination to die?"

After the class officers of the Navy Department had ships with increasing tonnage, they heard that they were only a few dozen tons of small ships, and they were even a little numb, or they were used to being rich, and it was difficult for them to accept small ships as warships.

The idea that tonnage and caliber are king has influenced these naval officers.
Chapter completed!