As long as it continues to develop, Yang Song believes that the giant ships and cannons he yearn for will eventually be realized.

After skipping this, Yang Song continued to ask: "What is the difference between the new warship?"

"Report to Your Majesty, there will be more differences." Shen Kuo bowed and replied: "First of all, with the steam engine as auxiliary power, the maximum speed of the ship can be increased exponentially."

"Secondly, new ships are much larger than existing ships of the same class, but new ships do not have so many types of ships, only three types of warships, destroyers, cruisers, battleships, and one kind of transportation and supply ship for ocean-going transportation."

"Finally, the most obvious difference is of course the new artillery carried on the new warships. Although the number of existing warships is not as large as that of existing warships, the overall combat effectiveness has been improved by several levels."

After listening to Shen Kuo's explanation, Yang Song asked in confusion: "I remember that the current Navy warships include frigates, destroyers, cruisers, fast battleships, battleships and super battleships. Why are there fewer new types of warships?"

"Your Majesty, let me answer this question." When Li Bao heard Yang Song's question, he stepped forward and clasped his fists and replied: "Your Majesty, the navy's previous warships have a wide variety of warships, each with its own uses, but it is inevitable that there are conflicting and complex issues."

"So after discussing with General Qi and Shen Geshou, I decided to simplify the complex and divide the warships into small, medium and large, so as to apply to various different situations."

When Li Bao said this, he thought about it and added: "These are some of my experiences in commanding the navy over the years. I hope Your Majesty will clearly observe it."

"Well, I still believe in your experience." Li Bao is professional after all, and Yang Song can only listen to him in this regard. He doesn't want to point fingers randomly.

"Your Majesty is wise." Li Bao clasped his fists and saluted, and then said: "The destroyer is a small warship, a warship that integrates the functions of destroyers and frigates. It is mainly responsible for fleet reconnaissance, escort and daily patrols."

"A cruiser is a medium-sized warship, serving as the pilot ship of the squadron in the fleet, or as the sub-main battleship during the fleet, and is also responsible for ocean-going cruises. It is a multi-functional warship and plays an important role in the naval fleet."

"Like the previous battleships of all levels, the large battleships are the absolute main force of the fleet. They also serve as the flagship and command ship of the fleet. They have huge bodies, strong armor and fierce firepower."

Finally, Li Bao also introduced the new type of only non-warship: "There is also a large transport supply ship, which is a newly developed ship based on previous experiences in supporting the Ice and Snow Kingdom, and is specially used for military transport and ocean supply."

When Yang Song heard Li Bao's story about the transportation supply ship, he couldn't help but recall when the Xia Kingdom supported the Ice and Snow Kingdom, in order to transport a marine brigade with 15,000 people, he mobilized transport ships from all over the country. He also believed that it was necessary to have a large capacity transport ship.

Previously, the navy had a supply ship that could transport soldiers, but it was more used for supply? Transport soldiers was only accompanied by? Now the newly designed transportation supply ship is mainly transport and supplies are supplemented.

Regarding this? Yang Song had a question and asked Li Bao: "If the transportation supply ship is mainly transported and supplies are supplemented? How should the fleet's supply be guaranteed?"

War, whether it is a battle at sea or a battle on land, is always inseparable from an eternal topic? That is the issue of logistics supply. It is no wonder that Yang Song noticed this problem as soon as he came.

"Report to Your Majesty." At this time, Qi Jiguang stepped forward and replied: "How many discussions have I had with General Li Bao and the head of Shen Ge? Finally, I decided to increase the self-sustainment of the warship itself."

Qi Jiguang explained in detail: "The new warship is large enough to have more space? And it requires not as many manpower as before, so the new warship itself has enough ability to load more supplies."

"So that's it!" Yang Song finally understood this new warship almost exactly? But there was another thing he wanted to know.

Yang Song asked again: "What is the configuration of the new warship and the new artillery they carry?"

In fact, if the new warship was built, Yang Song would not ask questions in this way, but who made these things still exist on the drawings now?

Li Bao stepped forward again and replied: "Your Majesty? The destroyer is equipped with a new 80mm rear-mounted rifled cannon on the deck, one for each bow and one for the stern. It adopts a new turret technology, which can perform rotating shooting, and the shooting range is extremely large, and the four cannons located on both sides of the ship also have a wide shooting range."

"The cruiser is equipped with eighteen rear-mounted rifled guns, ten eighty-mm breech guns are located on the upper deck, and eight one hundred and twenty-mm breech guns are located on the lower deck. The larger-weight guns are placed under the warship to help reduce the center of gravity of the warship."

"The battleship is equipped with fifty-six guns. Because the battleship is very large, there are three layers in the artillery layer, the lower layer is equipped with eighteen 180 mm breech guns, the middle deck is equipped with eighteen 120 breech guns, and the upper deck is equipped with twenty eighty-mm breech guns."

After Li Bao explained the main data of the warship, Qi Jiguang added: "The two cannons equipped with turrets on the bow and stern of the destroyer are experimental technology. Although they have very excellent performance in theory, they have no empirical evidence after all, and the reliability cannot be guaranteed."

"In addition, the new warships, whether cruisers or battleships are equipped with artillery, are no different from previous warships. They all say that artillery is equipped in the artillery layer and rely on the dense firepower of both sides for long-distance combat."

After Qi Jiguang added, Shen Kuo stood up and smiled: "Your Majesty, General Qi has made great contributions to the development of a new warship so quickly. Many technical problems were solved by General Qi."

"Good job!" Yang Song nodded to Qi Jiguang and praised: "I still know the hard work of Yuan Jing over the past year. Yuan Jing is loyal to the country, and I and Daxia will never forget it."

"I dare not take credit for me." Qi Jiguang immediately clasped his fists and said, "It is my honor to do my best to you for your Majesty, and to do my best to Daxia."

Yang Song nodded and turned to Zhuang Wei, who was in charge of military weapons and equipment, and asked: "Is there any problem with the construction of this new type of warship?"

Zhuang Wei replied: "Your Majesty, there is no problem."

This is not what Zhuang Wei is trying to make people fat. After all, when developing new warships and artillery, the participation of various arsenals under the equipment department is indispensable. He must know the details of the manufacturing.

"That's good." Yang Song nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "As soon as possible, one of several new warships will be built. After the actual test is no problem, a large batch will be carried out immediately."

"By the way, Li Bao." As he said that, Yang Song seemed to remember something, and turned to Li Bao and asked: "How is the organization of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet?"

Li Bao knew the intention of Yang Song asking this question at this time, so he clasped his fists and replied: "The components of the two fleets are all made of new warships are almost completed."

"Very good." Yang Song was quite satisfied with Li Bao's answer, so he continued to instruct Zhuang Wei: "After the Navy has completed the organization of two fleets, we will immediately step up the construction of new ships to meet the needs of the two fleets."
Chapter completed!