Qin Zheng said: "Very good, what about other types of warships?"

Huang Bo nodded and said: "The ironclad ships Saxony, Byrne, Vortenberg, and Baden all belong to the Saxony-class ironclad ships, which are a type of ironclad ships built by Germany between 1874 and 1876, and there are a total of 4 ships of the same class. The total length of the Saxony-class ironclad ship is 98 meters, the waterline length is 93 meters, the width of the ship is 18.3 meters, and the draft is 6.5 meters. The standard displacement is 7411 tons, the full load displacement is 7935 tons, the speed is 14 knots, the endurance is 1940 nautical miles, and the crew is 317 people. ”

"The armament is: 6 260mm caliber guns. The main guns are arranged as one twin front main gun, which is installed in a pear-shaped armored enclosure on the first floor. The other four main guns were located in the middle of the ship with an open turret but no gun covers, and were equipped with six 87mm guns, eight more 88mm guns and three 350mm torpedo tubes in 1886, followed by two 450mm torpedo tubes. ”

"The armor protection is: the outer layer of the armor belt is a layer of iron armor of 127mm-254mm, lined with a layer of teak wood of 200mm-288mm, the outer layer of armor of the waterproof compartment is 203mm, and the inner layer of armor is 152mm. Deck armor is 50mm-70mm. The turret armor is also double-layered. The outer layer is 254mm iron armor and the inner layer is lined with 228mm teak layer. The conning tower armor is 140mm. ”

Wang Hailong said: "I heard that the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships of the Beiyang Naval Division are based on the Saxony-class. ”

Huang Bodao: "It should be said that the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships of the Beiyang Navy Division are based on the design of the British Indomitable Ironclad and the Saxony-class Ironclad, which combines the strengths of the design of the two ships, to be precise, it is to use the hull of the Saxony-class ironclad and the turret design of the Indomitable Ironclad." Therefore, the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships can be regarded as improved versions of the Saxony-class ironclad ships. ”

said that Huang Bo opened another picture, on this picture there are a total of six types of ships, on the left side by side side of the three types of warships are drawn side by side, and on the right is the deck layout plan, from top to bottom, there are three types of warships, Dingyuan, Saxony, and Indomitable.

This contrast is very clear, from the side façade, the Dingyuan and Saxony are almost identical from below deck, but the deck layout plan is completely different. The main guns of the Dingyuan and the Indomitable were arranged in the same way, with the batteries designed as a diagonal layout or oblique battery with two batteries staggered at a certain angle and placed side by side in the front of the warship. With this layout, theoretically, it is possible to allow two batteries to fire at the bow and stern at the same time, without worrying that it will block the range of artillery. However, the difference is that the Indomitable uses a ship-surface turret, i.e., the gun rotates with the turret, while the Dingyuan uses an open turret style, but with the addition of a gun cover.

Everyone present were connoisseurs, and at a glance they knew that the design of the Dingyuan was indeed much more reasonable than that of the Saxony.

Huang Bo said: "The Saxony-class ironclad is the latest and most advanced main ironclad ship of the German Navy at the end of the 70s of the 19th century, but the design of the Saxony-class ironclad is guided by the strategic thinking of the German military at that time, 'the naval fleet should first provide support for army operations'. She mainly guarded and patrolled the coastal waters of the Baltic Sea off the coast of Germany, and served as a pillar of the German Navy to consolidate the country. Due to the arrangement of the massive twin parallel 4 chimneys of this class, it earned it the nickname "cement plant". In 1899, the Saxony was modernized and four chimneys were converted into one. And moved the position of the flybridge, in addition to the addition of some armament, armor protection has also been enhanced, but the modification is only the Saxony, the other three are not modified, it is estimated that the Germans think that the Saxony-class ironclad ship has become outdated, and it is not worth refitting. ”

After a pause, Huang Bo continued: "The remaining four warships are the protective cruisers Empress Louise, the Fairya, the coastal defense cruisers Siegfred, and Heimdall, the full name of the Empress Louise should be called Queen Victoria Louis, which is a type of protective cruiser built by Germany between 1895 and 1899, and there are a total of five ships of the same class. The basic performance parameters of the Ferya are roughly equivalent to those of the Lufthansa, with a length of 110.6 meters, a width of 17.4 meters, a draft of 7.3 meters, a displacement of 6,700 tons, a speed of 19.5 knots, and a cruising range of 3,400 nautical miles. The Hertha was the last warship of this type, with a reduced draft, so it had a displacement of only 5,800 tons. ”

"Siegfried and Heimdall are coastal defense cruisers of the same type, because this type of warship was built earlier and is not relevant in the history of the German navy, so I don't have much data, only that this type of warship has a displacement of 3,500 tons, is equipped with three single-mounted 240 mm guns, the rate of fire can reach 2 rounds per minute, and the waterline armor is 240 mm thick. ”

After listening to Huang Bo's words, the captains also had a whispered discussion, the strength of the German fleet is obviously far above the allied fleet stationed at Dagukou, the armored cruiser Count Bismarck, the Brandenburg-class battleship are all 10,000-ton ships, and the sunken Russian battleship Sisoy, Compared with the armored cruiser of the Russians, the armor of the Count Bismarck armored cruiser, although it is only 200 mm, is made of carburized steel armor with a hardened case of Knoob, so it is more defensive, while the gun of the Count Bismarck is 240 mm caliber, while the gun of the Russian is 203 mm caliber, which is obviously much more powerful than the Count Bismarck.

The main armor belts of the Brandenburg-class battleships and the Sisoy were both 400 mm and wrought iron composite armor, and the defensive power was roughly the same, while the Brandenburg-class battleships were equipped with 6 280 mm guns and the Sisoy was equipped with 4 305 mm guns, and the main guns of the Brandenburg-class battleships were slightly smaller in caliber but had two more, so they were still slightly superior.

In the Battle of Dadonggou, the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships built on the basis of the Saxony-class were besieged by Japanese ships and hit hundreds of guns, but they were still not seriously damaged, so that the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Ito Yuhiro, sighed that "it can't be sunk." Therefore, although the Beiyang Naval Division lost the war, the warships made by Germany have since become famous and have been among the world's advanced in one fell swoop.

To deal with such a few warships, it is estimated that it will be difficult to penetrate their side armor by using YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, and they can only use Haihongqi-9 to carry out air penetration, but there are only 32 Haihongqi-9 rounds in the crossing fleet, and three rounds have already been used in the first battle of Dagukou, and only 29 rounds remain.

Just when everyone was thinking, Xia Bohai said: "Comrade Xiao Huang, the information you provided is very important to us, so we want to express our gratitude to you, and this also shows that what you wrote in your self-evaluation is indeed true, and your ability in this area is equally useful to us, and when we stabilize it, we will definitely build our own warships, and we will definitely consider your request at that time." ”

When Huang Zhe heard this, he couldn't help but look happy, and said continuously: "That's great, that's great." ”

Xia Bohai said: "But before we can build our own warships, I'm afraid there will be quite a while, and before that, we plan to hire you as a consultant to the navy, just like the temporary army recruited yesterday, it can be regarded as a temporary establishment in wartime, and when it stabilizes in the future, we will consider it to be converted to a formal establishment, or something else, are you willing to accept this position?"

Huang Zhe almost didn't believe his ears at all, and said, "Is this true? After becoming a consultant, can you go on the warship to have a look? Go to the Kunming ship?"

It turns out that although Huang Zhe likes the old warships the most, he is also interested in modern warships, and as a military enthusiast, Huang Zhe is naturally very concerned about the development of China's navy, which is the past ten years, the level of warships of the Chinese Navy has advanced by leaps and bounds, and has made great strides forward and developed, from the first aircraft carrier Liaoning into service, to 054A, 052C, 052D and other international advanced level of sea ships have been completed and put into service, and even the legendary 055 has also appeared ground test model, Huang Zhe is proud of the motherland, but also hopes to one day be able to see these warships with his own eyes, this evacuation, he can see 054A, 052D at close range, although he was not able to board these warships to see, but Huang Zhe has been very satisfied. But he did not expect to become an adviser to the Navy.

Xia Bohai smiled and said, "If you are a naval advisor, of course you have the opportunity to go on a warship, not only the Kunming ship, but also the Yueyang ship, the Sanya ship, the Xiangyang ship, the Huaihua ship, and even the Changbaishan ship." ”

Huang Zhe nodded hurriedly and said, "I'm willing, I'm willing, when can I start going to work." ”

Xia Bohai said with a smile: "Let's start tomorrow, you will report to the Changbai Mountain ship at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, work in the technical department first, explain the information you have to the comrades in the technical department, and see how to classify it, and they will tell you the requirements and conditions of the work." ”

Huang Zhe said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I will definitely go early tomorrow morning." ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said: "But as a naval consultant, you are also a soldier, and you will participate in morning exercises in the future, and I think you also have to train your body well, the future work is very arduous, and you can't do without a good body." ”

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