With the current shipbuilding capabilities of the Russian Empire, it was enough to build large warships with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons.
However, in terms of specific details and some key technologies, there was still a certain gap between the empire and the Germanic Empire. Therefore, Michael hoped that the shipyard could use various methods to obtain more advanced technology from the Sun Never Sets Empire and the Germanic Empire.
After the meeting ended, Michael asked Alexander to stay.
"Minister, I have read the relevant technical information of several major shipyards in the Empire. In the eyes of the entire world, it was not bad. However, there was still a certain gap between them and the world's advanced standards. The Navy Department had to think of a way to obtain more advanced technology from the Sun Never Sets Empire and the German Empire. Especially the technology of large-caliber naval guns and large-scale steam engines.”Mihail's expression was serious.
"Yes, Your Majesty. However, these technologies are top-secret technologies of the Sun Never Sets Empire and the German Empire. It's very difficult for us to obtain them.”Alexander frowned.
"I know." However, these technologies were extremely important to the Empire. Therefore, no matter what method he used, he had to obtain these technologies.”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Alexander could only bite the bullet and answer.
"As for the armor technology, there's no need to worry. I got someone to get the relevant technology of the Krupp armor. The Rostov-class light cruiser that the Black Sea Fleet was building would use this armor.”Mihail continued.
Alexander was delighted. He didn't care how Michael got his hands on the Krupp armor technology. But this meant that the Russian Empire already had the most advanced armor in the world.
In this era, the Krupp armor was undoubtedly the most advanced armor in the world. Compared to other armor on the market, its defense was even stronger. The battleships of the Russian Empire were equipped with such armor, so their defense would undoubtedly be stronger.
One had to know that 6 inches of Krupp armor steel was equivalent to 190 mm Harvey armor steel, 240 mm nickel-alloy armor steel, 318 mm steel-wrought iron hybrid armor, and 406 mm wrought iron armor.
At present, the ironclads and battleships of the navies of various countries were equipped with wrought iron armor or mixed armor.
Once the new warships of the Russian Empire were equipped with new armor on a large scale, the defensive power of the warships would be greatly improved.
In another time and space, the reason why the Germanic Empire's navy was able to defeat the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire in naval battles was largely because the warships of the Germanic Empire's navy were tougher. On the other hand, the warships of the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire were thin skinned but had a big stuffing. Comparing the two, one could naturally foresee what the result would be.
"Minister, this is a small warship I designed. I plan to build a large number of them and equip them for the Imperial Navy!”Mihail took out a warship blueprint.
In his previous life, Michael had loved warships, especially the various types of warships before and after World War I and World War II. He was very familiar with them.
This time, he took out the design of a destroyer.
General Alexander immediately walked to the blueprint.
This destroyer had a displacement of 1,200 tons and was equipped with three triple-mounted 50-caliber 105mm main guns, four 75mm rapid-fire guns, four 40mm rapid-fire guns, and two triple-mounted 533mm heavy torpedoes. Its maximum speed was 28 knots.
"Your Majesty, this is a very advanced small warship!”General Alexander came to this conclusion after some research.
Nonsense, how could a warship designed by His Majesty the Tsar not be advanced?
"Very good. If the navy has no objections, then let's start mass construction. I will name this model of warship as A-class destroyer, and I plan to build 36 of them. At that time, the Northern Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet would each have 18 ships.”Mihail said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" General Alexander nodded.
In addition to the destroyer, Michael also took out the blueprint of a heavy cruiser.
Compared to the mainstream armored cruisers of this era, Michael was more used to calling them heavy cruisers. In fact, there was no essential difference between the two.
If there was a difference, perhaps in Michael's eyes, a heavy cruiser was an upgraded version of a light cruiser, with more powerful firepower and defense. At the same time, it was also very fast.
This heavy cruiser was named the 'Mosk-class' heavy cruiser by Michael. It had a full displacement of 11,000 tons and was equipped with three triple-mounted 210mm main cannons, eight 155mm secondary cannons, eight 75mm rapid-fire cannons, and six 40mm rapid-fire cannons. The maximum speed was 25 knots, the thickness of the waterline armor was 180mm, and the thickness of the front armor of the turret and the armor of the command tower was 210mm.
For this heavy cruiser model, Michael planned to build 12, six each for the Northern Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet. Whether it was in terms of numbers or combat power, they were far superior to the Japanese armored cruisers.
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