"Based on our interrogation of the captured Japanese soldiers and our inquiry into historical materials, we can basically determine that there are a total of 21 warships of the Eight-Nation Coalition currently anchored at Dagukou, including six Russian warships, four British warships, three German warships, two French and American warships, and one Italian and Austria-Hungary warship. Although the Japanese fleet has been wiped out by us, there are still two gunboats anchored at the mouth of Dagu, Zhenzhong and Zhendong, both of which were ships of the Beiyang Naval Division captured in the First Sino-Japanese War. The types of warships were: one battleship, three armored cruisers, five protective cruisers, 12 shallow gunboats, and 26 transport ships and supply ships from various countries. ”

After Li Wenhui, the clerk on the Kunming ship, finished speaking, a "buzzing" discussion immediately sounded in the conference room. Wang Hailong said: "Twenty warships, the number alone is four times that of the Japanese fleet, and there is one battleship and three armored cruisers, which is much stronger than the Japanese fleet." ”

Xie Fuzhan also said: "Yes, if you only fight the naval guns, the Xiangyang ship and the Huaihua ship may not play a role, I don't know how the naval guns of the Kunming ship are?"

When the news of the Eight-Nation Alliance's troops stationed at Dagukou to attack Hejiawan Village reached the Kunming warship, Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, and Xiao Jianjun immediately summoned the captains of each ship to the Kunming warship for a meeting to discuss the campaign to attack Dagu, and they also specially invited Wang Yunpeng, an official of the State Council, Xu Jichao, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shang Qisong, an official of the Ministry of State Security, and Li Sanjie, counselor of the embassy, to attend the military meeting.

When the discussion in the conference room calmed down a little, Li Wenhui continued:

"The number of warships of the various countries in the body is as follows: the Russian, Sisoy battleship, the size is unknown, the displacement is 10,400 tons, the speed is 15.7 knots, the broadside waterline has 406 mm composite armor, equipped with two twin 305 mm guns, six 152 mm gun gallery guns, commissioned in 1896, in the history of the old time and space, was sunk by Japan in the Battle of Tsushima on May 28, 1905.

The armored cruiser USS Russian, of unknown size, with a standard displacement of 12,130 tons, a speed of 20.3 knots, armed with 4 203-mm single-mounted guns and 16 single-mounted 152-mm guns, entered service in 1897. These two warships are also the two largest warships currently anchored at Dagukou, and they will be the greatest threat to our fleet.

The remaining four ships, the Gili, the Korean, the Beaver, and the Kiliak, are all shallow-water gunboats with a displacement of about 1,000 tons. ”

"Britain, the armored cruiser Orlando and the armored cruiser Alola, these two ships are of the same type, both belong to the Orlando-class armored cruisers, commissioned in 1888 and 1889 respectively, with a displacement of 5,600 tons, a length of 91.5 meters, a width of 17 meters, a draft of 6.8 meters, a speed of 17 knots, a waterline armor with a thickness of 254mm composite armor, equipped with 1 twin 234mm/30 times gun, 10 single 152mm/26 times guns, 6 6-pounder rapid-fire guns× 10 3-pounder rapid-fire guns. The other two ships, the Ferm and the Algerin, are shallow-water gunboats with a displacement of about 1,000 tons. ”

"Germany, Lufthansa, The Hertha is a protective cruiser, although the two ships belong to the same Victoria Louise class, but the size and tonnage are not the same, the Lufthansa is 110.6 meters long, 17.4 meters wide, 7.3 meters draft, and 6,700 tons of displacement; the Hertha is 110.6 meters long, 17.4 meters wide, 6.6 meters draft, and has a displacement of 5,800 tons, but the weapons are the same, they are all 2 210 mm single guns, 8 150 mm single guns, 10 88 mm single guns, and 10 37 mm rapid-fire guns. In addition, there is the Irtis, a shallow water gunboat with a displacement of about 1,000 tons. ”

"France, Pascal protective cruiser, Cartesian-class, 96.3 meters long, 13 meters wide, 6.5 meters draft, speed 19.5 knots, displacement 3960 tons, commissioned in 1895, equipped with 160 mm 45 times the diameter guns single 4 mounts, 100 mm 45 times the diameter guns single mounted, 14 Hazikice 47 mm 43 times the diameter rapid-fire guns, Hazikis 37 mm single-barreled rapid-fire guns 8. Shallow-water gunboat Lyon, with a displacement of about 500 tons. ”

"American, USS Newark protective cruiser, unknown dimensions, standard displacement of 7,000 tons, armed with 2 203 mm single guns, 6 158 mm single guns, 10 47 mm rapid-fire guns. Challenge, paddle gunboat with a displacement of about 1000 tons. ”

"The Italian protective cruiser Ebba and the Austro-Hungarian shallow gunboat Zanta, data unknown. ”

Zhang Wei, captain of the Sanya ship, said: "The displacement of the Sisoy is 10,400 tons, while the displacement of the Russian is 12,130 tons, so the displacement of the cruiser is larger than that of the battleship." ”

Zhang Guangzhi, the captain of the Huaihua ship, also said: "Yes, there are protective cruisers like the Lufthansa and the Newark with a displacement of six or seven thousand tons, while the Orlando-class armored cruisers are only more than five thousand tons, are the protective cruisers larger than the armored cruisers?"

Qin Zheng said: "This is also normal in this era, it is caused by the construction time of the ship, because whether it is a loading cruiser or a protection cruiser, they are developing towards large-scale, so the battleship that is launched first is smaller than the loading cruiser that is launched later, and the protection cruiser is larger than the loading cruiser, which is also the reason." ”

Wang Hailong said: "It is okay to build a bigger armored cruiser, after all, the armored cruiser can also be regarded as the capital ship and can participate in the decisive battle at sea, but the protective cruiser is built to six or seven thousand tons, and there is really no need, because the survivability of the protective cruiser is too poor to be used to compete for sea supremacy and conduct a decisive battle at sea. ”

Shang Jinfeng, the captain of the Kunming ship, shook his head and said: "That may not be, the use of warships in different countries cannot be generalized, for example, Britain has many overseas colonies, and it needs a large number of protective cruisers to protect overseas colonies, and it also requires protective cruisers to go to sea for a long time, so the protective cruisers will be larger, and the seaworthiness and endurance will be higher, which is in line with the needs of Britain." ”

Because most of the attendees were naval captains, when it came to warships, even if they were ancient warships more than a hundred years ago, they were all interested in the topic, so there was no edge to the discussion.

Fortunately, Xia Bohai was still stable, knocked on the conference table, and said: "Comrades, what kind of warship to build is not a question for us to consider now, what we should consider now is that this is a warship is our enemy, and we must find a way to destroy them." He turned his head and glanced at Li Wenhui again, and said, "Comrade Wenhui, you go on." ”

Li Wenhui nodded, and then said: "In addition, through the computer's division of the artillery technology and gunpowder power of this era, excluding the factor of rate of fire, the artillery of our fleet can be multiplied by a corresponding number, which can be roughly converted into the caliber of the artillery of this era. The coefficient of 76-mm naval guns of the Yueyang and Sanya ships is 1.5-1.6, which is roughly equivalent to the 110-120 mm caliber guns of this era; the 100-mm naval guns of the Huaihua and Xiangyang ships are 1.75-1.85, which is equivalent to the 175-185 mm caliber guns; and the coefficient of the 130-mm naval guns of the Kunming is 2.0-2.2, which is equivalent to the 260-285 mm caliber guns. ”

After a pause, Li Wenhui added: "The coefficient can only be used as a reference for a certain range, and cannot be absolute, calibers like 110, 175, and 285 do not exist, and the power of artillery not only depends on the caliber and gunpowder, but also affects the diameter multiple, and the caliber we convert is calculated according to 45 diameter times." ”

Theoretically, when the caliber of the gun and the shells used are the same, the larger the diameter multiple, the greater the power of the fired shells. However, in practice, due to the limitations of materials and manufacturing processes, it is impossible to expand the diameter of the gun indefinitely. In this era, the diameter times of artillery are roughly between 35-45, and the modern technology is higher, and the caliber of artillery is generally smaller, so the diameter times of artillery are much larger, the diameter times of the 76 mm naval guns of the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship are 56 times, and the diameter times of the Huaihua ship, The diameter of the 100-mm guns of the Xiangyang is 62 times, while the diameter of the 130-mm guns of the Kunming is an astonishing 70 times.

Before the crossing, the naval guns equipped with the Kunming ship are the latest H/PJ38 single-barreled 130mm naval guns developed by the Chinese Navy, 70 times the caliber, the weight of the whole gun is 50 tons, and the fire line is 2.5 to 3 meters high; fully automatic loading, the firing range reaches 30 kilometers, if the rocket extended range guided artillery shell is used, the range will reach an astonishing 100 kilometers, the rate of fire is about 40 rounds per minute, and the ammunition types can be used: grenades, blasting shells, artillery missiles, etc. Therefore, the power of the 130-mm naval guns of the Kunming ship is doubled compared with the 100-mm naval guns of the Xiangyang and Huaihua ships, and the number of guns calculated this time is also the highest.

There was another burst of discussion in the conference room, and Xie Fuzhan said: "Even if the coefficient is added, the naval guns of the Yueyang and Sanya ships can only fight a dozen shallow gunboats; while the naval guns of the Xiangyang and Huaihua ships can fight the protective cruisers, but it will be very difficult to fight the armored cruisers, let alone fight the battleships, and if you calculate it, only the naval guns of the Kunming ships can fight head-on with the enemy fleet, but the entire fleet only has this one naval gun available, if you still can't use missiles, then this battle will be very difficult." ”

Wang Hailong also said: "Yes, it's not difficult to deal with these old antiques, a missile can be solved, any warship can be solved, but if we fight artillery, it is difficult for us to deal with this antique, unless we go back and bring 051 or modern times." (Note)

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The 051-class destroyer is China's first-generation destroyer, with a displacement of just over 3,000 tons, but it is equipped with a twin 130mm naval gun.

The Hyundai-class destroyer is a large surface warship built by the former Soviet Union in the mid-80s of the 20th century, with a displacement of 8,500 tons, a double-barreled 130mm naval gun in the front and rear of the hull, and 48 anti-aircraft missiles and 8 anti-ship missiles. In 1998, China ordered two modern-class destroyers from Russia, the 136 Hangzhou and the 137 Fuzhou, and in 2002, two more were added, the 138 Taizhou and the 139 Ningbo.

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