Because there were no satellites, the power of the individual radio stations carried by the landing force was limited, and they could only rely on the Yueyang and Xiangyang warships cruising in the coastal waters to make communication with the headquarters. ”

However, this time the Yueyang ship did not send back the news of the landing force, but reported to the headquarters that it turned out that in the waters near the fleet, a signal of other ships was found, and the Yueyang ship immediately dispatched drones to conduct reconnaissance, and found that a total of five warships were cruising in an area about 20 miles away from the Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship, and the flag on the warship was the Japanese Navy's Rising Sun Flag. Therefore, the captain of the ship, Wang Hailong, sent the picture back to the Kunming ship and asked the headquarters for instructions on whether to avoid the Japanese fleet or take the initiative to attack.

After the photos taken by the drone were shown, these five Japanese battleships, three large and two small, and at this time, Qin Zheng had done a lot of homework, and immediately recognized them, and said: "These three big ships are the Akitsuzu, the Suma, and the Akashi, the small ships are not very clear, but they should be gunboats or torpedo ships." ”

Xia Bohai touched his chin and said, "Qiujinzhou, it seems to be a warship that participated in the First Sino-Japanese War, is it the captain of Heihachiro Togo?"

Qin Zheng clicked on his tablet and said, "The Akitsu Prefecture did participate in the First Sino-Japanese War, but the captain at that time was called Uemura Hikonojo, and Togo Heihachiro was the captain of another warship, the Naniwa. In the Battle of Dadonggou, the Akitsushu and Yoshino, Naniwa, and Takachiho formed the first guerrilla force of the Japanese fleet, and at the beginning of the battle, they stormed the right flank of the Beiyang Naval Division, sank the Chaoyong and Yangwei ships, and disrupted the formation of the Beiyang Naval Division, and was one of the main heroic battleships of the Japanese fleet in the victory of the Dadonggou Naval Battle. ”

After a pause, Qin Zheng said again: "According to the current division of warships, the Akitsuzu is a protective cruiser, originally designed by the British, built at the Yokosuka Naval Shipyard in Japan, and completed in March 1894 into active service with the Japanese Navy. The standard displacement is 3,100 tons, the length of the ship is 91.7 meters, the width is 13.14 meters, the draft is 5.32 meters, the deck armor is 50-75 mm thick, the gun shield armor is 115 mm thick, the speed is 19 knots, the main armament is 4 152mm Armstrong rapid-fire guns, 6 120mm Armstrong rapid-fire guns, 8 47mm Habekes rapid-fire guns, and 4 360mm torpedo tubes. However, after the First Sino-Japanese War, the Akitsuzu was classified as a second-class cruiser and was no longer the main warship of the Japanese Navy. The Suma and Akashi are ships of the same class, and they are a type of cruiser designed and built by Japan after the First Sino-Japanese War, based on the Akitsuzu, which can be regarded as a miniature version of the Akitsuzu class. The standard displacement is 2,700 tons, the total length is 93.5 meters, the width is 12.24 meters, the draft is 4.63 meters, the deck armor is 25-50mm thick, the gun shield armor is 115mm thick, the speed is 20 knots, and the main weapons are 2 Armstrong 152mm rapid-fire guns, 6 120mm Armstrong rapid-fire guns, and 12 47mm Habekes rapid-fire guns. ”

Chu Yaping said: "It's only been five years since the First Sino-Japanese War, and the main warships at that time have already passed by?"

Qin Zheng nodded and said: "At the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, it was the period of the fastest progress in naval tactics and shipbuilding, the capital ship evolved from ironclad ships to battleships, pre-dreadnoughts, dreadnoughts, super dreadnoughts, and cruisers evolved from protective cruisers and dome-armored cruisers to armored cruisers and battlecruisers, almost reaching a small change in five years and a big change in ten years. During the First Sino-Japanese War, strictly speaking, all the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division at that time, including the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships, were already outdated ships, and in the Japanese fleet, only the Yoshino was regarded as the mainstream protective cruiser type at that time. Therefore, five years later, it was normal for the main ships of the Japanese fleet at that time to be downgraded to second-class ships. At this time, ironclad ships have basically been replaced by all-steel battleships in various countries, and have become the main ships in naval warfare, with a general tonnage of 10,000 to 15,000 tons, a gun caliber of 250-300 mm, and armor of 200-300 mm, while the cruisers that assist battleships in combat have also been replaced by armored cruisers with protective cruisers, with a tonnage of 7,000 to 10,000 tons, a gun caliber of about 200 mm, and armor of 150-200 mm. Broken diplomatic relations, and not responsible for the war at sea. ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "In other words, these warships are basically unranked warships in this era?"

Qin Zheng smiled: "So to speak. ”

Xiao Jianjun turned to Xia Bohai and said, "Commander, I suggest that the Yueyang and Xiangyang ships should be ordered to attack this Japanese fleet and ask them to completely annihilate this Japanese fleet." ”

Xia Bohai pondered for a while and said, "Tell me your reasons." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "I won't compare the combat effectiveness of the two sides, if we can't even deal with these five warships that are not in the stream, we don't have to mix in this era, what changes in history and fate are floating clouds, just find a desert island to hide." From the perspective of the overall situation, although these five warships are all second- and third-class warships, they belong to the enemy after all, so if we can sink these five warships, of course, it will weaken the enemy's strength, and it will naturally be beneficial for us to attack Dagukou in the next step. ”

Xia Bohai said: "But our biggest advantage now is that we are in the shadows, and the enemy is in the light, and once we take the initiative to attack, will it expose our existence and make the enemy more vigilant?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "Absolutely not, because the communication in this era is still wired telegraph, once the ship goes to sea, it basically loses contact with the shore, so as long as we can sink these five warships, in a short period of time, it will not be discovered by the enemy, and naturally our existence will not be exposed." In addition, our warships and soldiers lack actual combat experience, and they lack an intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the navy in this era, so we can just use these five warships that are not strong to practice.

Everyone nodded frequently after listening, in fact, they are absolutely assured of the combat effectiveness of the Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship, the Yueyang ship belongs to the Type 054A missile frigate, which is the main frigate type in China's active service, and was put into service for the first time in 2008, the biggest feature is that it has installed a four-seat eight-mounted vertical launch system, which can be equipped with 32 Hongqi Type 16 anti-aircraft missiles, and is the first frigate equipped by the Chinese Navy with regional air defense capabilities. The anti-submarine capability is also excellent, with two four-seat YJ-83 anti-ship missiles equipped with towed sonar at the stern. Its overall level has entered the ranks of international advanced frigates. Before the fleet crossed, the Chinese Navy had already built more than 20 Type 054A missile frigates, and the final number is expected to reach about 25.

The Xiangyang ship belongs to the 053H3 type missile frigate, which is the main missile frigate of the Chinese Navy before the 054A missile frigate enters service, and it is also the first type of frigate in mass production of the Chinese Navy after the 90s, a total of ten have been built, although the overall level of the 053H3 missile frigate is one level worse than the 054A missile frigate, but the anti-ship capability is roughly the same, and it is also equipped with two 4-mounted YJ-83 anti-ship missiles.

Therefore, using such two missile frigates with strong anti-ship capabilities to deal with just five warships that do not enter the stream is definitely killing chickens with a knife. No one was worried about the outcome of the battle at all.

At this time, Xiao Jianjun said: "However, I still have three requirements for the Yueyang ship and Xiangyang, one is to use the enemy guns to engage the enemy ships as much as possible without attacking the enemy ships with missiles, and not to use missiles unless absolutely necessary; second, the combat distance must be at least 7,000 meters away, and never engage the enemy ships within 7,000 meters; and the third is to try our best to capture as many Japanese ships and Japanese soldiers as possible. ”

Xiao Jianjun's remarks stunned everyone, because the main shipboard weapons of modern ships are missiles rather than naval guns, and for a certain period of time, there was even a "theory that naval guns are useless" For example, the overall level of the Yueyang ship has entered the international advanced ranks, but the main gun is only a 76 mm naval gun; while the Xiangyang ship is relatively backward in terms of overall technical level and does not have many weapons, it is equipped with a twin 100 mm naval gun as the main gun to supplement the lack of firepower of the whole ship. But compared with the current era of heavy ships and giant guns, such a caliber is obviously not enough. Of course, the power of artillery of the same caliber in this era cannot be used to measure the naval guns that pass through the fleet, after all, the technology, materials and the power of the gunpowder of the shells of the two eras are not the same, but if you only use naval guns to engage enemy ships, it is undoubtedly self-tied.

However, Xiao Jianjun went on to explain further: " Of course, I know that a few missiles can easily end these Japanese warships, but the number of our rebound missiles is limited, one less shot, and although the shells are also one less round, but after all, the number is large, and the reserve of each ship is more than 1,000 rounds, and there is a supplement on the Taihu ship, at least it is more than enough missiles, so it is really not cost-effective to hit these small ships of two or three thousand tons with missiles, I suggest that missiles can only be used against battleships of more than 10,000 tons, or large armored cruisers, and against these small ships, I think it is enough to use naval guns, although the caliber of our naval guns is not large, but considering the difference in technology and gunpowder, against a small ship of two or three thousand tons, it is completely sufficient, and I am not saying that missiles must not be used, if our naval guns are really not used, it is not too late to use missiles. ”

Xia Bohai said: "Then the battle distance is seven thousand meters away, why is that?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "According to the information I have, the combat distance of warships in this era is about five thousand meters, not that the range of artillery is not enough, but due to the backwardness of aiming technology, more than five thousand meters, basically can not ensure the accuracy of artillery, so to keep the combat distance outside seven thousand meters, in fact, let our warships in an invincible position, you must know that our fire control system, is not comparable to this era, at a distance of seven thousand meters, our naval guns can basically ensure seven to eighty percent of the hit rate, completely sufficient." In addition, when it comes to using missiles as a matter of necessity, the distance of 7,000 meters is basically the shortest launch distance for anti-ship missiles. ”

When the others listened, they also nodded frequently, modern warships are basically thin skin and big stuffing, the armor of the general part is 50-70 mm, and the key parts will not exceed 100 mm, unlike in the era of heavy ships and giant guns, which are often hundreds of millimeters thick armor. This is because modern warfare uses missiles as the main weapon, and no matter how thick the armor is, it cannot withstand the attack of a heavy anti-ship missile, so the design idea of warships simply does not develop armor, but on the contrary, more missiles can be placed in the reduced armor weight. Of course, this does not mean that modern warships do not attach importance to defense capabilities, but that the main idea of defense is "not to be beaten," not to be "caught and hit," and the role of air defense missiles is to intercept missiles sent by enemy ships.

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "Okay, immediately give orders to the Yueyang ship and the Xiangyang ship and let them attack the Japanese fleet." ”

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