At the dock next to them are two fast battleships.

That's right, it is the "turbid sea"-class rapid battleships built simultaneously with the first batch of "provincial"-level "family".

Although battleships are no longer the number one main battleship, in terms of cost, the "turbid sea" class developed from the "Xuhai" class is almost twice that of the "provincial" class.

Because it was too expensive, the second batch of construction plans of the "Turbid Sea" level were cut off before the war broke out.

It is precisely because the fast battleships are too expensive that the Imperial Navy is looking for alternatives, and the later emerged ocean cruisers and large cruisers, as well as modernizing and improving the treaty heavy cruisers, and strengthening air defense combat effectiveness by increasing anti-aircraft guns.

As for combat power, there is nothing to say.

The "turbid sea" level itself is an improved type of the "xu sea" level.

After trying to build two "Xuhai" class ships, the Imperial Navy discovered that the speed indicator was set too low and there was no way to fight with the fleet aircraft carriers throughout the journey. Especially when bombing, the speed of the aircraft carrier often exceeds 30 knots, and the speed of the fast battleships requires at least 32 knots.

In order to achieve this speed, the four upgraded fast battleships increased the propulsion power by 15% during the first overhaul during the first overhaul.

The "Xuhai" class was still built on the ship platform at that time, and the main bodies had been built. In order to be delivered on time, no major changes were made.

As for other aspects, the Imperial Navy was quite satisfied.

It is precisely because the Imperial Navy canceled the orders for the two "Xuhai" class ships and started the design and construction of the "Turkey Sea" class in advance.

The most prominent change is that the speed must be at least 32 knots, preferably 33 knots.

This is also the most obvious improvement of the "turbid sea" level compared with the "Xuhai" level.

Although there are improvements in other aspects, such as increasing the inclination angle of the main armor belt on the side, improving the equivalent protection effect without increasing the armor thickness, and using a deep V ship type, the problem of severe waves on the bow during high-speed navigation is compensated. However, overall, the combat effectiveness of the "Turkey Sea" class has not been essentially improved, and the main performance indicators are similar to that of the "Xuhai" class.

In fact, it is because of the extensive reference and adoption of the basic design of the "Xuhai" level that the "turbid sea" level can start construction together with the "provincial" level.

If redesigned, the start time of the "turbid sea" level will be postponed at least one year, and it will be impossible to serve simultaneously with the "provincial" level.

According to the pre-war arrangement, if there is no "Turkey Sea" class, then 4 ships of the "Xuhai" class have to be built.

Because the prediction war broke out in the 100th year of the New Calendar, in the post-Treaty period, from 1997, the Imperial Navy did not consider too much cost issues when planning to build warships. The first thing to ensure is to complete the shipbuilding plan determined by the strategic plan.

Taking this opportunity, Zhao Yu briefly introduced the situation of the shipyard.

After entering the wartime state, the shipyard almost completely changed. Not only did it work day and night, but the construction process of the warship was adjusted.

In peacetime, in order to shorten the construction period and improve quality, it is actually mainly to reduce construction costs, and the construction work must be completed on the ship platform as much as possible.

The reason is also very simple: the boat platform is a stable platform, and the construction environment is much better than the dock.

To this end, the empire's shipyard also developed a "pre-installed" construction process.

However, this will greatly extend the construction cycle of the ship.

During peacetime, especially when building large warships, the problem is not very big. After all, there will not be too many large warships built in peacetime, and the ones used to build large warships are ships of more than 20,000 tons, and civilian ships generally require small ships of less than 10,000 tons.

Besides, almost all large shipyards are controlled by the Navy's shares, and all shipyards with the name "Navy" mainly build warships.

To put it simply, in peacetime, there are more monks and less porridge, and it is no problem to take up a boat platform for a long time.

During the war, it became a little monk and a lot of porridge, and this method would not work.

In order to shorten the construction cycle of the ship platform and improve the utilization efficiency of the ship platform, the construction process is reversed. If it can be installed during outfitting, it will not be done on the ship platform.

This move actually reduces manual efficiency.

Fortunately, during the war, manual efficiency was a secondary issue, and there were many ways to make up for the problems arising from it, such as 24-hour uninterrupted construction, recruiting more workers, and even increasing the production efficiency of spare parts by expanding the construction scale.

All in all, the number of ship platforms is limited, and there are much more outfitted docks.

The construction of the second batch of "provincial" and the first large cruiser was carried out in this way, that is, shorten the ship cycle as much as possible.

As for construction costs, it is even more not a problem during wartime.

It should be said that there is no "cost" in the construction of warships in wartime. The Navy gave the shipyard a wartime quota contract. All projects involving costs are distributed by the Navy, such as purchasing steel plates and equipment, and even personnel salaries are paid by the Navy according to the distribution.

After the war, the shipyards would pay the Navy's settlement equipment depreciation and other expenses at a fixed profit margin.

During the last war, the Imperial Navy's related expenses for purchasing warships were not settled until the end of the 1995th year of the New Calendar.

Because the large cruiser boarded the horse first, it occupied two ships.

As a result, only two of the second batch of four "provincial"-level ships undertaken by Puzhou Shipyard started construction in time, and the other two are still waiting for the ship platform.

In Zhao Yu's words, the two ships will not be vacated as early as mid-next year.

Because the core components were purchased in advance and even the steel plates were cut, the construction speed of the other two ships must be much faster.

As long as nothing unexpected happens, it can be completed at the same time as the first two ships.

The problem is here.

Until now, the Navy Command has not approved the third batch of "provincial"-level procurement contracts, saying that there are performance defects in the "provincial"-level.

Zhao Yu was speechless about this.

The third batch of "provincial" levels have been modified, and even the size has been appropriately adjusted. Many problems exposed during construction have been solved.

Of course, he is revising the third batch of "provincial" levels in accordance with the opinions put forward by the Navy Command.

Bai Zhizhan made a suggestion.

Don’t use the name “provincial” level, change the name, even if it is “provincial 2” level or “new province” level.

Anyway, it will be submitted in the name of a new redesigned aircraft carrier.

After hearing Bai Zhizhan's opinion, Zhao Yu didn't think that this move could be hidden from the truth.

According to Zhao Yu's meaning, since there is no construction plan for aircraft carriers after the second batch of "provincial" levels, the 50,000-ton ship will be used to build fast battleships or large cruisers.

The key is here.

He Yongxing refused to criticize the new large aircraft carrier, so he wanted to force Zhao Yu to compromise and submit the design book for the "South Zhuhai" class rapid battleship as soon as possible.

If it is not done well, the "Nan Zhuhai" level may start construction in front of the third batch of "provincial" level.

Because the construction cost of fast battleships is extremely expensive, it is possible to take on a batch of large cruisers.

Speaking of these things, Zhao Yu was in a very depressed mood.

Bai Zhizhan was very impressed, but he didn't know what to do. After all, he didn't have much say in designing and building warships.
Chapter completed!