Red Alert 1895

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Chinese warships have given up the idea of ​​seizing the prefix 't', and they are coming obliquely as a whole, preparing to fight us one-on-one. ◇↓◇↓," said the Japanese observer.

Ito Yuheng smiled. He obviously knew that the combat quality of these Taiwanese sailors was relatively poor. Originally, Taiwan's battleships were very advantageous, but now they are facing this kind of result and cannot exert enough speed advantage. In this way, they Although the speed of the warship is faster than that of the Japanese, it cannot exert enough effect, which naturally drags down the overall formation. Once the battleship formation is severely dispersed, it will be impossible to exert the power of the entire fleet.

"Since they want to fight us one-on-one, we will take the initiative to meet them and see how much they weigh!" Ito Youheng said.

Soon, both sides also began to drive towards each other along a diagonal line, and the two fleets began to close together like an arrow. However, when the distance between them was about 5,000 meters, the two sides maintained a parallel distance again and restored the distance between the two lines. And Yuheng Ito looked at the sword-class battleship in the distance with a telescope, and then began to observe what was different about this sword-class battleship. He obviously knew that this sword-class battleship should be a new type of battleship from Taiwan, but he didn't know how they were different from traditional battleships. This was what Yuheng Ito was concerned about.

"Strange, they seem to have only five turrets, but each turret has two cannons placed together. Even, their battleships actually installed the main guns on the central axis, which is not like the situation of ordinary people. On both sides of the battleship deck?" Ito Yuheng asked suspiciously.

"Everyone is in position, each finds his own current situation, and then concentrates his firepower to fight me!" Chen Fa said.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Five Sword-class battleships fired fifty shells at the same time. Then unified and launched towards the opposite Japanese battleship. Each of the five battleships has its own goals, so there is no confusion among them. Every sword-class battleship fought towards a target, and each enemy battleship received ten shells on average.

"Puff puff-"…

The artillery shells of the Taiwanese battleships began to hit the Japanese battleships, but it is regrettable that none of the fifty shells were hit. They all reached the sea water, causing waves of waves. There is also a large group of dead fish and rotten shrimps that were killed by shells, which can be regarded as the fire at the city gate and the fish in the pond.

"Fight me back!"

The gunnery chiefs of the Japanese fleet also began to give orders, and then let the main guns of their battleships start firing. However, the number of Japanese warships facing Taiwan was only five, and their warships were designed using common design methods. The main guns were installed on both sides of the battleship, and there were only two main guns on each side. And this Japanese Xiangshan-class battleship was designed to imitate the British Sovereign-class battleship, with a total of four 343mm main guns. However, their design still puts the main guns on both sides, so every time they face the enemy at the same time, only two main guns can fire in combat, and the other two main guns are almost idle. Firepower that has been idled on the battlefield. Naturally, it also represents waste.

"Puff puff puff..."

Ten shells also exploded next to the warship of the Taiwan Navy, setting off waves of spray.

"Damn it, who designed the Chinese battleship? This is really a genius design!" Ito Yuheng said in shock.

Yuheng Ito is also a naval expert. He knows the navy very well. He saw the design plan of the sword-class battleship in Taiwan. This is simply amazing. Taiwan's battleship design is simply a stroke of genius. It made Yuheng Ito feel compelled to obey.

"This time we are in trouble, the firepower of the Chinese is five times that of ours! This design is simply a genius. And their two artillery pieces are placed together, which not only increases the firepower density, but also saves a lot of space for the turret. The weight of the warship. And he adopted all the main guns as a means of combat. This kind of thinking is simply ahead of the world. Oh, why did he think of him first. Isn’t it the excellent naval personnel of our Great Japanese Empire? ?” Ito Yuheng said angrily.

"Your Excellency, Commander, what is this Chinese battleship like? You actually admire this Chinese battleship so much?" asked a staff officer next to him.

"Of course, their battleship is an epoch-making design. I'm sure this battleship can definitely end the previous battleship design. Our battleship is outdated. We may not win this battle!" Ito Yoo Hyung said.

Just as the artillery on both sides was coming and going, Ito Yuheng also began to introduce the advantages of this Taiwanese warship to these Japanese military staff. The biggest advantage of the Taiwanese battleship is that it has unified the caliber of the main guns. The central idea of ​​the sword-class battleship is to unify the caliber of the main guns. It can use all the main guns to attack a target with concentrated firepower, which can effectively cause the enemy to lose. In this era of battleships, there is no radar, no very good observation and aiming equipment, no enough electronic aiming equipment, no computer to quickly calculate various parameters, all calculations are performed by manpower, and the speed and efficiency are very high. It's a cheat. An average hit rate of four to five percent is not bad, and an average hit rate of 10 percent is already God's favor for you.

So in this case, whichever side can pour firepower as soon as possible can improve the hit rate even higher. The more firepower output at the same time, the side that outputs more firepower at the same time must have a huge advantage when the hit rate is almost constant. Taiwan's battleships all use main guns, and at the same time, the density of firepower poured out is higher, and it is easier to reach that critical value.

As for the Japanese Xiangshan-class battleships, their design thinking still stays in the past. The design idea of ​​the battleship design method in the past is to use different artillery to face different targets. Use the main gun to attack the enemy's battleship, use the auxiliary gun to attack the enemy's cruiser, and use the small-caliber rapid-fire gun to attack the enemy's approaching destroyer or small boat.

However, this design idea has resulted in a battle between battleships and battleships. The range of the secondary guns and small-caliber rapid-fire guns is not enough to participate in the battle, so their rapid-fire guns and secondary guns are naturally a waste. .

The Japanese battleship has only four main guns, and they are still distributed on both sides. When facing Taiwan, only two can face the enemy. Therefore, the firepower density of their five battleships can only fire ten shells at a time, but Taiwan can fire fifty shells. Even if the quality of Taiwanese sailors is relatively poor, it is enough to make their firepower output several times higher than that of the Japanese.

"Their unified main gun caliber is to concentrate their firepower to fight against the enemy, and it also has a very huge benefit. Their observers and calculators can only calculate once, and they can also get the parameters of all the main guns. parameters, and then be able to adjust the parameters of the main gun at one time, so that they can ensure that the firepower is concentrated enough. Once the firepower is concentrated enough, the hit rate will naturally go up. If the past method is used, each element of the different artillery needs a calculation person. Calculations. However, different calculators have different abilities, and also have different calculation thinking. In this way, they are likely to calculate different results, and then this result is reflected to the gunner again, so that the angle and parameters of the gunner’s firing can be different. The yuan is also different."

"And this situation of different elements is very unfavorable for the next adjustment. Different calculation personnel have different calculation experience, and their experience cannot be shared. If multiple calculation personnel calculate together~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In that case, once they conflict, problems are prone to occur. So instead of having multiple calculators to calculate, it is better to let the same calculator do the calculations. Even if the same calculator fails to hit the first time, he will still You can adjust according to your own thinking, and you don’t have to adapt to the calculation methods of other calculation personnel. This is of great benefit to the calculation and adjustment of artillery parameters, and you can uniformly adjust artillery parameters at the fastest speed without conflicts the process of."

"And, according to their design ideas, they put two artillery pieces together and share the same turret. Although their turrets look a lot bigger, they are far lighter than two independent turrets. On this kind of warship, if you can save weight, you can save displacement! If you can save weight, you can store more supplies, living supplies, coal, shells, etc. You can also store more. And the other On the one hand, if you are unwilling to use more supplies, you can also install more military facilities, which may be good. This can really maximize the use of warship tonnage and maximize the overall combat effectiveness of warships. Therefore , this design is simply a stroke of genius.”

"Then, this battleship still has many advantages. The biggest advantage is the location where they put the turrets. This is also a very admirable design idea, and it is also one of the most important means of this battleship." ( To be continued.) u