Chapter 1802: Dreadnought-class Battleship

At Britain's largest port.

This was originally a free port, but because of the Dreadnought-class Battleship, this port is now filled with soldiers.

No ships will be able to enter this port today.

Everything is because of the big guy docked at this port.

It is so large that ordinary military ports cannot accommodate it at all.

Of course, for some other reasons, George III and the Military Department both decided to display it for the first time at the largest free port in Britain.

From the early morning until now, eight o'clock in the morning, as the bell tolls.

It is announced that the time to reveal it has arrived.

At this moment, the port is also crowded with people.

Without exception, they are all looking at the behemoth in the port, letting out exclamations.

"Oh, Lord, what is this? It is too big."

"Is it a ship? Why is it made of iron? How can such a steel ship not sink on the sea surface?"

"Look at what is on the ship?"

"Is that a cannon? An adult could fit inside such a cannon!"

The civilians, Nobles, officers, and British Soldiers gathered at the port, without exception, all let out exclamations at such a behemoth.

It is truly too big.

Too bizarrely big.

And among the crowd, Mo Cheng and Hu Xi'er were actually also invited to visit this behemoth.

This latest type of Battleship researched by Britain.

But, Mo Cheng only took one look and lost interest in this latest type of Battleship researched by Britain.

To him, this Battleship was simply too familiar, as if it were a replica of Longyan's.

Just at this moment, British Soldiers lined up to disperse the crowd, carving out a path amidst the mountain-like and sea-like crowd.

George III walked over slowly with a majestic gait.

Under everyone's gaze, he boarded the deck of this behemoth.

The scientist responsible for researching this ship followed closely behind, introducing the facilities on this ship to George III.

"Respected Your Majesty, this Dreadnought-class Battleship possesses 10 Main Cannons with unified models and consistent ballistic performance."

"The 12-inch, 305-millimeter caliber Main Cannons will deal a devastating blow to any ship in the world today."

"We used four sets of Longyan Giant Steam Engines as its power source; according to our tests, the maximum speed can be increased to 21 knots, and it also possesses very reliable performance."

"In terms of speed, we believe it can rival the Longyan Supply Ship."

"At the same time, we adopted a new type of defensive armor; respected Your Majesty, as you can see, this ship is almost entirely made of steel."

"This is thanks to the new material we researched; this material has a lighter weight but possesses stronger defensive power."

"In some important defensive areas, we even increased the armor thickness to 11 inches; this is unprecedented defensive armor."

George III nodded; he did not understand these data, but he was quite satisfied.

Everything sounded like it could rival the Longyan Supply Ship.

Arriving on the deck, George III's eyes lit up.

He saw many mighty Cannons; the caliber of these Cannons was enough to fit an adult inside.

A broadside from such Cannons would likely destroy anything.

Seeing George III reveal a shocked expression, Will, as the main researcher of this warship, revealed a smile.

He pointed with his hand, pointing to the battery group in front.

"Your Majesty, next please allow me to grandly introduce to you the most important component of this warship, the weapon system!"

"We used a total of ten Main Cannons, with one arranged symmetrically on each broadside; there are eight Main Cannons with maximum broadside firepower, and the firepower advantage is increased exponentially; no matter from what position the enemy launches an attack, we can use at least nine Main Cannons."

"This is nearly three times the number of Main Cannons on our current warships."

"It also uses twenty-seven 3-inch secondary cannons to guard against the enemy's close-range attacks."

"Such a behemoth, possessing such strong firepower, is absolutely worthy of being called 'Dreadnought'!"

Clap! Clap! Clap!

George III gave an affirmative response; he looked at Will and praised: "You will be the hero of our Britain!"

"You have brought us a very powerful Battleship; I will make everyone remember your contribution."

Will bowed deeply, and with tears in his eyes, said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I feel honored beyond words!"

George III patted his shoulder; he walked to the bow of the ship, looking at the British people below the ship.

They were looking at His Majesty standing on this behemoth, only to see the person beside him roar: "Everyone, quiet down."

The originally lively crowd suddenly quieted down.

Everyone was looking at George III.

George III stood on the ship, swept a glance, and shouted loudly: "Today is a special day!"

"We Britain have used the most powerful Battleship in the world, an unrivaled Battleship."

"It will bring peace to our Britain!"

"We will build the most powerful navy to defend our peaceful life; no one will be able to threaten us!"

"This Battleship will have epoch-making significance!"

"We Britain will be invincible!"

"Let us offer the highest respect to the designer of this Battleship, Will; it is he who has won us peace!"

George III stepped to the side and bowed slightly.

A thunderous sound erupted from the crowd in Britain; they were all cheering and jumping for joy.

They were all inexplicably excited because of this Dreadnought-class Battleship.

Meanwhile, in the crowd, Mo Cheng and Hu Xi'er turned and left.

As Mo Cheng walked away, he sighed and said, "The seas will soon be in chaos."

Hu Xi'er nodded in agreement, and the two walked away hand in hand.

As for Newton, who had participated in this research, he was slightly stunned to see Will receive so much applause and praise.

According to his understanding, the core power component of this ship came from Longyan.

The fact that this ship could reach a top speed of twenty-one knots was entirely due to Stephenson's tuning of the Longyan Steam Engine.

And the new type of material used to build the steel ship was invented by another scientist after studying the wreckage of a Longyan Supply Ship.

The ship's design in terms of dynamics was his own work.

Aside from the installation and development of those cannons, which was done by Will.

How could he have the face to claim that he designed this ship?

The most core parts of this ship came from Longyan's research results; they had merely utilized Longyan's research results and added their own research improvements.

Newton stood right behind Will, and he pulled on Will quite inappropriately, asking, "Will, the power for this ship comes from the Longyan Giant Steam Engine, and the materials were derived from studying the materials on the Supply Ship."

"What does any of this have to do with you?"

Will's expression stiffened, and he did not know how to refute this.