Chapter 378

With Wesley's efforts, the new destroyer spent three days drawing all the drawings. If only there were a computer, Wesley complained about it. Although he can invent a computer now, it can't work in the whole industry, so Wesley can only wait.

The new destroyer was improved by Wesley according to the American Keeling class destroyers in the late World War II. This time, he directly built four ocean going destroyers. At the beginning, Benson didn't say, so he built ocean going destroyers.

Full load displacement of Keeling class destroyer: 3480 tons; Main dimensions: 119.02m long, 12.50m wide and 3.81m draft; Speed: 32 knots; Crew: 367; Main gun: 3 mk.32 double 5-inch high and flat dual-purpose guns; Torpedoes: five sets of 21 inch torpedo launching tubes, 1-2 (all removed later); Air defense weapons: 2 quadruple 40mm bofoss mechanism guns, 2 double 40mm bofoss mechanism guns and 11 single barrel 20mm erlicon mechanism guns.

This is the original data, but Wesley has directly changed some. The tonnage has reached 4000 tons with full load, and the main scale is basically unchanged. The combination of gas turbine and diesel engine has increased the carrying capacity of fuel, and the maximum speed can reach 38 knots. The main gun only has the front main gun double mounted 155mm naval gun, and the rest is equipped with 8 Gibson 40mm double mounted mechanism guns and 12 Gibson 20mm four mounted mechanism guns. There are two fish launching tubes in shuanglianzhuang, and two deep-water bomb launchers are placed in the back, equipped with 20 deep-water bombs.

This is an epoch-making destroyer. Although the armament looks very weak, in fact, this is just right. The battle between destroyers is not fierce, and the key is the speed. Wesley's design has only one chimney, and the superstructure is more concentrated to the central position, so that the design of spherical nose bow and flying shear bow is used. The main destroyer not only has a beautiful appearance, At the same time, it is simple and practical.

This destroyer can be used for decades and will never be out of date. In particular, the dual power configuration is suitable for low-speed and high-speed navigation modes, and only Wesley power company can produce diesel engines and gas turbines.

Although Wesley can also produce gasoline engines, he took a stake in Ford and became a major shareholder, which was directly transferred to Ford. Wesley produces trucks and SUVs, both of which are military.

When the warship started, Wesley directly went back to the barracks and continued training, but he didn't pay any attention to the warship production this time, because the result had been set.

Under such circumstances, the time came quietly in 1914. Wesley's trained troops had made good achievements, which was relative to the current army, and Wesley also had the confidence to introduce and test, although the equipment was very scarce, especially the problem of landing ships.

The destroyer has been built and has been delivered to the Navy for sea trials. The results are satisfactory. However, there are some differences in armament, especially in the application of deep-water bombs, which the Navy believes is completely unnecessary.

But Wesley just smiled and then asked, "shall I make a submarine to attack you?"

This sentence made the Navy shut up. This is a great inventor, and the speed of invention is simply super fast. Patent applications are applied for in dozens. Moreover, under Wesley's detailed description again, the Navy recognized the role of this kind of warship.

It has many functions, but it will not be used as the main battle ship, but it needs a lot of quantity, especially the coastline and fleet. At the same time, Wesley directly told the Navy that this kind of warship can take decades. According to Apple's data, Keeling class destroyers have been used in the 1980s, of course, after many modifications.

The Navy got new toys. They were excited to have been testing with four destroyers. William Benson came directly to Wesley's barracks. He came with a large order this time. Those shipyards began to wait for construction. He was not Wesley and could fight willfully with his peers.

"Wesley, please allow me to call you that. Your design is great, especially the speed. How about the subsequent warships?"

"General, the Navy hasn't placed an order. How can I design?" Wesley said directly.

"It doesn't matter. There are four of the three kinds of warships under us. As our experimental ships, but other shipyards need to start construction. However, in order to accumulate their experience, they all start construction from destroyers. Anyway, we need a lot of them."

The number is really large, not to mention the two main fleets of the East and the West. The long coastline, naval bases and colonies all need it. It is necessary to order a large number of destroyers. Moreover, such ships are not expensive, and none is about 800000 US dollars. Wesley's production cost is very low, mainly for technical reasons. At the same time, the money in this era is very valuable, with a total price of 200000 pounds.

The Navy plans to build the first batch of 32 such destroyers and distribute them to two fleets. At the same time, the navy is ready to sell all the existing ships. They like those backward warships. Anyway, it is the time to update the ships. If they can sell them, they can't sell them. Moreover, the situation should be kept absolutely confidential.

"Yes, general, but I have conditions."

"Of course, you can say that we can discuss it!"

"The first is that I need the first batch of orders for four destroyers. After all, my slipway can't be idle. I don't need to rush work now. For the remaining three models, I need to slow down. First, the construction of cruisers, and battleships, etc. after all, the slipway hasn't been completed!"

"OK, that's it."

It was still not used for Wesley to take out the drawings. William Benson had absolute confidence in Wesley's technology. He had a glimpse and saw the whole picture, so he was full of confidence. Anyway, he didn't pay the deposit, which was tacit.

Many shipyards divided the remaining orders, got the design drawings and began to place orders with Wesley's power company and Arsenal. The U.S. Navy issued a warning to each shipyard, that is, confidentiality.

Now the smell of gunpowder in Europe is getting stronger and stronger. Americans are rubbing their hands. Many people agree with Wesley's judgment. Once the war starts, it will be a few years. It is certain to get rich at that time. The Americans don't want their actions to stimulate Europe. It's wrong to calm them down. This war must be fought, otherwise we won't accompany them.