Chương 361: 357 new technology stack

Retaliation was certainly immediate, but it took time for operatives to travel to the targeted area, so nothing could be rushed; patience was the only option.

Tang Mo was patient, so in the following days, he focused his primary attention on the development of aircraft and the manufacturing of the Jade City-class battleships.

Setting aircraft aside for a moment, the Jade City-class battleship was the first of its kind in this era, symbolizing the very concept of a battleship, and indeed, an invincible leviathan.

A near-perfect copy of the Dreadnought battleship, the Jade City-class battleship boasted a colossal displacement of nearly 17,000 tons.

It was bigger than a paddle steamer, and during its construction, it struck awe and fear into the hearts of the workers—its thickest steel plates on the hull measured over 270 millimeters!

It's no exaggeration to say that it was a true steel fortress at sea, and in its presence, any warship was nothing more than a toy.