If you want to know what a bayonet is at sea, you have to study the emergence and development of the secondary weapon system in the era of ironclads. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Battleships fight in the vast sea, there is no village in front of the village, there is no store behind the store, and the land cannot be seen when you look around, at this time, human beings naturally hope that the battleship is an all-rounder, or human beings directly define the battleship as an island.

In the long-standing rules of the human navy, the warship is not a tool made of wood and steel, it is the protective shell of mankind to defeat the sea, and it is the floating land on which humans can survive.

Whether in terms of emotions or practical needs, ocean-going warships are like an unsinkable island, providing all-round protection for mankind.

Therefore, the navy has a tradition since ancient times, and warships are the floating territory of a country, which has been adhered to by human beings in modern society.

Think about it, trains, cars, tanks, planes...... Why don't you say that you are the floating territory of a country? No matter what means of transportation, you have to obey the laws of that country when you stop in that country.

The only exception is the warship, even if there are no diplomats living on it, the warship visiting other countries naturally has diplomatic immunity, and any country recognizes the warship as the territory of the country to which it belongs.

This is the habit that history has left to mankind, and in the end the habit becomes culture, and culture becomes the convention of international law.

If the Zhiyuan docked at the mouth of the Thames River, it would have been British territory, but on the deck of the Zhiyuan, the British also had to follow the laws of the Chinese, and they had to recognize that this deck was the territory of the Chinese and its sovereignty was inviolable.

The battleship has been transformed by the human spirit, he is not only a warship, but also endowed with the emotions of many native people, and even a spiritual totem.

Because of the habit of equating warships with islands and territories, and because early warships had to take on many expeditionary duties, the design of warships was close to the design of generalists.

Artillery could fire from a distance, muskets and crossbows could be used at close range, daggers, swords and hammers and axes could be used for hand-to-hand combat, and even sailors on battleships could conduct amphibious operations on the coast alone.

The idea of designing warships in the early days of sail warships was to be able to cope with a variety of melee battles, so they were very rich in weaponry.

At the beginning of the birth of ironclad battleships, the designers' ideas were also deeply influenced by this idea, and at that time, the ironclad battleships of various countries had not yet formed a scale, that is, the idea of battleline operations had not yet appeared.

In the pre-dreadnought era, the navy required ironclad warships to be generalists, with long-range main guns, short-range secondary guns, and a large number of marines in the sailor compartment for amphibious operations if necessary.

In the mind of the designer, it would be a crime to spend so much money to create a steel behemoth that did not drain all of his potential.

The same is true of the Zhiyuan, the three 210 caliber main guns are the most commonly used weapons in naval warfare, with the highest accuracy and the greatest power of the entire human navy within eight kilometers, and the vast majority of battles are completed by the main guns, after all, the casualties of the Zhiyuan in this battle are the smallest.

But don't forget that the Zhiyuan also has an extremely powerful secondary weapon system.

The 6-inch Armstrong breech secondary gun had 3 gangways on each side. The 57 mm caliber Habeg Kaisi rapid-fire gun has 2 bow and stern towers and 4 decks. The 37 mm caliber Haqi Kaisi machine gun mast, the engine compartment, and the bow and stern sides have 2 seats each. 2 0.45-inch 6-tube wheel-rotulated Gatling heavy machine gun masts, 2 on each side of the bow and stern.

There were even four 18-inch torpedo tubes in the stern and sides of the Zhiyuan, but due to the tight time on the Prussian side, the four torpedo tubes had been installed, but the rationed ammunition was not produced.

When the Zhiyuan returned to China, the torpedoes were not sent with the ship, but had to be transported separately after the processing was completed at the Prussian soldiers' factory.

It doesn't matter if there are no torpedoes, such a powerful secondary weapon system is enough for the Aleut to drink a pot. In the past, Xiang Yingna was reluctant to let the Zhiyuan be traumatized, so he never ordered to shoot at close range, and these secondary weapon systems were useless.

And today, the naval battle has reached the level of desperate death, and at this time do not think about casualties.

The strong wind pressurized inlet next to the tall chimney suddenly puffed up, and the cold sea breeze rich in oxygen was drawn in and forcefully poured into the burning boiler, and the burning coal suddenly erupted into an excited whimper.

The flames suddenly turned from fiery red to dark blue, the temperature increased dramatically, and the boiler pressure gauge began to rise rapidly. The propeller under the potential sea suddenly increased its speed, and the entire hull of the Zhiyuan shook slightly, and it rushed towards the Aleut.

The Zhiyuan drew a small arc on the sea, and soon approached the 100-meter range of the Aleut, where both sides could shoot at each other with their rifles, not to mention the powerful secondary weapons.

“...... The whole ship opened fire...... Blowing up and sinking the enemy ship......" Xiao Letian felt his throat hoarse, and at that time he felt that the deck under his feet suddenly shook, and a dazzling fire in front of him soared into the air.

Boom Boom Boom ...... It was 210 guns firing high-explosive ordnance at close range.

Wow...... Wow...... There was a torrential rainstorm of sounds, the sound of Gatling heavy machine guns and Hatch Chase rapid-fire guns firing en masse, and at this moment you could no longer hear the sound of a single explosion, all the explosions merged into the human ear like the biggest thunderstorm of summer.

The starboard side of the entire Zhiyuan was suddenly covered by a thick smoke of gunpowder, and all the sailors were shooting blindly, and they couldn't see what the enemy ships on the other side of the smoke had been beaten into at all.

"Fire...... Fire...... Keep shooting!" the fire controllers on the deck kept roaring, they knew that in such a violent explosion, the shooters couldn't hear their roars at all, but they still had to roar, they were venting their hearts.

Various types of ammunition were poured down without any restrictions, and the face, shoulder, chest, and belly of the Gatling shooter were ...... The muscles all trembled, as if all the bones had been turned apart.

The arms and ten fingers of the loader were numb, and it is estimated that the chopsticks could not be held steadily during the meal today. They watched as the barrel of the gun turned dark red in an instant, and the heat wave hit their faces, and everyone couldn't suppress their emotions, and they didn't know what they were howling when they opened their mouths.

The Aleut's counterattack was too weak, and only four shells were fired from the opposite side of the smoke from the beginning of the firefight, one of which killed two Zhiyuan soldiers next to the main gun, while the remaining three shells were concentrated on the side deck of the Zhiyuan.

The heavy steel plates were simply impenetrable, and there were no casualties except for one unlucky guy who had his scalp cut through the fragments of the explosion.

I don't know how much time passed, but the shooters felt that someone was whipping them behind them, and it was only then that they heard the latest command.

"Stop shooting! Damn, are you deaf? Stop shooting......"