It turned out that Li Hongzhang's fleet was greeted by the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship, these two warships belong to the Type 045A missile frigate, the length of the ship is 135 meters, and the width of the ship is 16 meters, but looking at this size, it is definitely a giant warship in this era. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The current main Majesty-class battleship of the British Navy, with a standard displacement of 14,900 tons, a full load displacement of 16,000 tons, and a size of 128 meters long and 22.8 meters wide. The standard displacement of the Yueyang and Sanya ships is actually 3,600 tons, and the full load displacement is only 4,200 tons.

What Martinez couldn't understand was the essence of these two warships, the lid on the square platform behind the main gun was a vertically launched Haihongqi-16 anti-aircraft missile, the spherical thing in the upper part of the ship was a radome, the two rotating squares on the top of the mast were the 384 Type 3D air-to-sea search roof radar, the two rectangular boxes in the middle of the hull were two 4-pack YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, and the platform at the stern was a helicopter take-off and landing platform, which was common to warships in the old time and space.

At this time, the Yueyang and Sanya warships had already staggered past Li Hongzhang's fleet, and Li Hongzhang was also slightly stunned, if they really came to meet their own warships, then they should have turned their heads and led the way in front of the fleet a long time ago.

Just when Li Hongzhang was puzzled, he saw that the two warships had already begun to turn, quickly crossed a large arc on the sea, and turned around. By this time, however, the flotilla had already sailed by, so the two warships had turned around and fallen behind the flotilla.

At this time, on the Tai'an, Martinez grabbed the side of the ship tightly, probed his body as far as he could, stared at the water traces that were still on the sea, and then ran to the other side, although Brown beside him was not as excited as Martinez, but his expression was also very solemn. Because when the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship turned just now, the maneuverability and seaworthiness displayed made the two of them feel a lot of shock.

The steering ability of a ship is one of the most important capabilities of a ship, and it has important combat value on the battlefield. The smaller the radius of the turn, the faster the speed and the better the stability, the more beneficial it is naturally for the operation of the ship. In general, under the same conditions, the larger the length-to-width ratio of the ship, the faster the straight-way speed, but the larger the radius of steering and the worse the stability. Therefore, when the warships of this era turned, they would first reduce their speed and only maintain a speed of about 10 knots, otherwise there would even be a danger of capsizing.

Martinez is the deputy captain of the battleship Centurion, the displacement of the Centurion is 10,500 tons, 109 meters long, 21 meters wide, in peacetime training, of course, often do this kind of big steering maneuver, and now it seems that the turning radius of these two warships is about the same as that of the Centurion, but the speed is much faster, it is estimated that it should be 14 or 5 knots. And from the point of view of the two of them, although the two warships were obviously inclined when turning, they were still within the allowable range, so it can be said that the seaworthiness is excellent.

The length-to-width ratio of battleships in this era is generally about 1:6, while the length-to-width ratio of Yueyang and Sanya is close to 1:8.5.

At this moment, the Yueyang and Sanya ships that turned around began to accelerate, quickly overtook the fleet, and also made a cross-navigation action in front of the fleet, and then lowered their speed, one left and one right, driving in front of the fleet.

Martinez said: "What was the speed of these two warships just now?"

Brown shook his head and said, "I don't have any speed measuring furniture, but in my experience, it should be around 24 or 5 knots." ”

Martinez nodded and said, "This kind of speed is terrifying. ”

Although the speed of 24 or 5 knots can indeed be regarded as a high speed in this era, it has not yet reached a terrible level, like the Haiqi escorted this time, the maximum speed can also reach 24 knots. However, just now, the two warships were within a few hundred meters from the front and back, and the speed of 14 and 5 knots suddenly increased to 24 or 5 knots, and this acceleration ability made them feel terrible.

It turns out that the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship can have more maneuverability and seaworthiness than the warships of this era, mainly because the ship type is more reasonable, because in the old time and space, the theory of aerodynamics and water dynamics is very developed, and it can be simulated by computers, coupled with the design of the keel and the bow snoring, so the stability, seaworthiness and resistance of the ship type are far more than the ships of this era. The design of ships in this era is mainly based on experience, and has not formed a mature theory.

The acceleration is strong, because of the use of different power, the ships of this era are all using steam engines, if you want to accelerate, you must first add fire to the boiler, and wait for the water in the boiler to boil, in order to get enough power, so it is naturally slower. In fact, warships of this era had to fire an hour in advance before they could be launched. However, the Yueyang and Sanya ships use diesel engines, and the speed is naturally much faster.

At this time, in the command room of the Yueyang ship, the captain Wang Hailong said proudly: "These grandchildren, I have never seen such a boat before, but this time let them open their eyes." After a pause, Wang Hailong said: "It just so happens that we can also take this opportunity to try how well the performance of the Yueyang ship is maintained, since the return of Jingdao, there has been no major movement for almost a month." ”

Deputy Captain Chen Xiaojiang said: "There is no big problem with other departments, but the maximum speed just now has only reached 24.7 knots, it seems that the bottom of the ship needs to be cleaned, it should not be cleared for half a year, and it is estimated that the bottom of the ship should be full of various seaweed shellfish parasites now." ”

It turns out that the bottom of a sea ship is prone to various marine parasites, and if there are too many epiphytics, it will affect the speed of the ship, so it is necessary to enter the dock regularly to clean up. The maximum speed of the Yueyang and Sanya ships is 27 knots, and they only ran 24.7 knots just now, indicating that the appendages on the bottom of the ship have a considerable impact on the speed and need to be cleaned up.

Political Commissar Cai Ning said: "It's a pity that we don't have a dock now, although the dock of Qingdao Shipyard is almost completed, but the dock is only 130 meters long, and our Yueyang ship can't get in." When the new dock is built, I don't know how to wait until the Year of the Monkey. ”

Chen Xiaojiang said: "Then I can only send someone to dive down to clean up, I don't think I can wait any longer, after I go back this time, I have to clean it up immediately, otherwise in a few days, it is estimated that I won't even be able to run out of 23 knots, and there will be no task anyway." ”

Wang Hailong said: "That's not necessarily, if the negotiation is good this time, we will go to Shanghai to negotiate with foreigners, and we will send troops to escort it." ”

In fact, this time the Yueyang and Sanya ships were sent to meet Li Hongzhang's fleet, and the main purpose was to show the strength of the traverser's navy in front of Li Hongzhang and the observation group, so as to gain the initiative in negotiating with foreigners in the future. The Yueyang and Sanya warships are second only to the Kunming in the crossing fleet, so this task is naturally completed by them.

However, the main weapons of modern warships are missiles and radars, not artillery, which the people of this era obviously cannot understand, and of course, the traverser does not intend to explain to the people of this era, so they can only show Li Hongzhang and others the maneuverability and power of the warship. Originally, some people also suggested that a few fake guns should be installed on the Yueyang and Sanya warships to scare people, but the Central Military Commission vetoed them, because first, the type of warship that crossed the warship was not suitable for adding more artillery; second, there was no need to make any more fake guns to bluff people, so let the observation group guess, and the effect would be better.

Sure enough, the seafaring performance displayed by these two warships did bring great shock to several officers in the observation mission, namely Martinez and Brown, who were originally active officers of the Navy and had rich sailing experience, and Britain was a country based on the sea, and they were much more sensitive to warships than the military personnel of other countries. Although these two warships do not appear to be very well armed, they show amazing seafaring performance, and in the impression of the two, they are much stronger than all the warships of Britain today. Seaworthiness is also an important part of a warship's combat effectiveness, so the fact that overseas Chinese can build such a seaworthy warship is enough to prove that overseas Chinese have strong ship design and construction capabilities. And this is enough to cause alarm in the UK.

Under the leadership of the Yueyang and Sanya ships, the fleet traveled for more than an hour, and finally approached the port of Dagukou.

And at this moment, Brown suddenly said to Martinez: "Colonel, look over there, there are several more warships like this. ”

Martinez listened, and sure enough, he saw three silver-painted ships moored on the side of the harbor, so Martinez immediately took out a monocular, looked in the direction of the ship, and saw that the three warships were one large and two small, but the shape and style were indeed similar to the two warships that greeted his fleet, both of which were slender hulls, sharpened bows, square sterns, and smooth and clean surfaces, and only one gun was installed in the bow. It seems that this group of overseas Chinese warships is indeed like this, and there are no other warships.

At this moment, two more small ships came from the direction of the port, but the style was still the same as other warships of overseas Chinese, and the two warships that greeted their fleet said goodbye and wished themselves a smooth trip, and then left the fleet and sailed towards the dock where the three warships were moored. The two small ships were branded with the banner of "Come with me."

This is the custom of ships entering the port, and it is all smaller ships to guide visiting ships into the port to anchor.