My Italy

What is the navy that Carlo is talking about doing now?

Admiral Gorek, currently the head of the Navy, is inspecting the Taranto Naval Arsenal with a group of people.

The Tabuto Naval Arsenal was newly built after the unification of Italy. Although it is not as good as the Genoa Naval Arsenal, as an arsenal that mainly develops new naval artillery technology, the Tabuto Naval Arsenal is still very capable. Every year, the Navy allocates tens of millions of liras to invest in technology research and development. Tabuto can receive millions of funds every year, which also shows its status in the eyes of the Navy.

The Navy comes to inspect the factory every year, and this time Admiral Golek and his team also had a mission.

Led by Mr. Gregor, the director of the arsenal, and Mr. Iori, the chief technical expert, the group came to an artillery testing site.

Here, a brand new cannon appeared in front of everyone.

"Please take a look, this is our newly developed 240mm naval gun."

Factory director Gregor pointed at this new artillery and introduced it to the navy personnel.

"This naval gun adopts new barrel retreat technology, which not only increases the rate of fire, but also crushes old naval guns in terms of range and power."

The words of factory director Gregor made everyone in the navy shine.

Someone asked impatiently. "What are the data of this gun?"

Faced with this question, Iori, who is a technology developer, immediately answered. "The gun is 240/40L, weighs 25.6 tons, has a total length of 9.8 meters, a bore length of 8.91 meters, and a rate of 1.5 rounds per minute. It uses a new smokeless propellant. The gun has a maximum elevation angle of 30 degrees and a maximum range of 16,900 meters. The muzzle velocity is It’s 690 meters per second, the armor-piercing projectile weighs 140 kilograms, and the grenade weighs 148 kilograms.”

Hearing Iori's introduction, everyone in the navy was very surprised. Although this is the data from the test site, if it is actually put on a battleship, the data will be much lower and it is impossible to achieve this effect. However, it is still much stronger than the 256mm naval gun currently equipped by the Italian navy, and of course the weight is also higher. Out a lot.

"Why is the rate of fire so fast? Is this the control technique you just use?"

All the people in the Navy present were more or less knowledgeable about technology. As soon as they heard Iori's introduction, someone raised this point.

"Your Excellency is right. At present, all countries are moving closer to the technology of control and withdrawal. As the main naval gun supplier of the navy, of course we cannot give up the advanced technology of control and withdrawal."

In fact, Iori still has something to say. The research and development of this naval gun is actually not easy. The Tabuto Naval Arsenal project was established in early 1988, and it has not been until today that a prototype gun was produced. The hard work of these four years has finally come to fruition. Of course, the Tabuto factory also received technical support from Krupp and Skoda, and they did not suffer. Italy also exchanged its own expertise.

"Take a shot first, let's see."

Following Admiral Golek's words, the staff at the test site immediately distributed earplugs to everyone. After a lot of busy work, everyone took off their earplugs with the sound of a deafening cannon.

Admiral Gorek, who could still feel the roar in his ears, looked at the prototype cannon being cleaned and praised it with a satisfied expression. "You can tell by the sound that it is indeed much more powerful than previous naval guns."

Admiral Gorek's words were recognized by others. They had all been fighting naval guns for half their lives, and naturally they had developed the ability to distinguish naval guns by listening to their sounds.

The new naval gun is outstanding in every aspect, and one word of praise is not an exaggeration.

"Then our new armored cruiser should also use this gun as its main gun."

This sentence suddenly appeared, causing the scene to become silent.

Involving the construction plan of new armored cruisers, it is definitely a very important key issue for the Navy.

It has entered its ninth year since the appearance of the Venetian class (the improved class in late 1885, which should be counted as a class). Although the Venetian class is very excellent, as a cruiser designed nine years ago, it should also be It's time for a new generation.

Within the Admiralty, there are various debates about the new patrol equipment. Excluding other arguments that do not occupy the mainstream, there are currently two main opinions. One of the more radical views is to integrate various emerging naval technologies into the new cruise ship, using the best in terms of gun power and layout. Warships built in this way will inevitably allow Italian cruise ships to lead the world trend again. Of course, this expenditure may also lead the trend and achieve greater success.

As for the conservatives, they believe that the Venice-class cruise ship is already very good. Although it does not appear to be the most advanced batch at present, it can be proved through years of use that the ship is still very good. You can use this as a template to add some new technology upgrades to create the most optimized and most suitable patrol equipment for the Italian Navy.

Of course, the cost will be much lower this way.

The two views were debated endlessly in the navy, and neither one could convince the other. Fortunately, the navy is a technical branch, and both sides are civilized people who use words but not actions.

Among them, the radical faction is dominated by cutting-edge officers in the navy and designers from major shipyards. They believe that since the navy is a technical service, new technologies are very important.

Conservatives, mainly military officers, believe that the Navy also needs to consider costs and actual needs, and cannot blindly raise technical requirements.

So this is the reason why the scene is quiet, after all, this may trigger a new round of controversy.

"There is no urgency about the new armored patrol. I heard that Krupp is developing new armor steel. We can wait a little longer. In addition, we also need to implement communications and other aspects before starting construction. So there is no rush at the moment. Let those ships Designers should keep track of new technologies first.”

Fortunately, Admiral Golek was experienced and immediately dispelled everyone's thoughts.

"Now that a new 240mm naval gun has been developed, your factory should continue to work hard and continue to challenge larger calibers."

Although Gorek's words had no other intention, Gregor, as the director of the factory, could not help but think about it. Is it to prepare the main gun of the new battleship?

"Please rest assured that our factory will definitely step up research and development and will not let the new large-caliber main gun lag behind others." At this point, factory director Gregor suddenly asked. "Admiral, can I ask whether the next step in research and development will be based on 280 mm or 305 mm?"

Facing Factory Director Gregor's inquiry, Admiral Gorek replied casually. "Let's focus on 305 mm."

Okay, now many people feel confident.

And regardless of what anyone thought, Admiral Golek left them alone because he was ready to retire.

That's right, Admiral Golek, who has worked for the Navy all his life, wants to retire. Of course, he didn't want to retreat now. He would not leave until Admiral Yagir became familiar with the Admiralty.

Yes, Admiral Yagir was his chosen successor. In the competition to succeed the position of Minister of the Navy, Yagir, who was promoted to admiral, won.

Of course, this also shows that compared with General Golek, the army chiefs are really hateful.