According to the new classification of ships, battleships are used to carry out fleet decisive battles, and no one can do without the core ships of the navy!

First-class battleships require more than 10,000 tons, and second-class battleships are less than 10,000 tons.

Therefore, the Pingbo and Unity-class battleships were all classified as second-class battleships, and the first-class battleships were only in the Yonglin class under construction.

Originally, there was an Endless Sea ironclad ship that could be divided into second-class battleships, but this broken ship has been officially decommissioned, and now most of them have been dismantled in the shipbreaking yard, so naturally the name of a second-class battleship is not needed.

Cruiser: An ocean-going ship that provides forward reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, anti-lightning strike, escort, and patrol for the main fleet.

cruisers of the first rank had a displacement of more than seven thousand tons; second-class cruisers of less than 7,000 tons and less than 2,500 tons; The cruiser of the third rank was less than two and a half thousand tons.

According to this division, preparations are underway, and the construction of armored cruisers that will begin construction in a few months will be classified as cruisers of the first rank.

The third-class dome cruisers, such as the Luohai-class, Ansu-class, and Zhenbei-class, are classified as second-class cruisers.

The original Nanguang-class unprotected cruisers and the newly built Nantai-class steel-hulled unprotected cruisers were classified as third-class cruisers.

At the same time, the chaotic names of armored boxes, dome armor, flat armor, unprotected, steel hulls, wooden hulls, etc., were all abolished, and they were uniformly called first, second, and third class cruisers, at most in terms of internal names, which can be subdivided into reconnaissance cruisers for use by ocean-going fleets, armored cruisers that actually serve as capital ships, and escort cruisers that carry out escort patrols.

Notification Ship: Before the advent of wireless telegraphy, this thing was a necessary type of ship for the navy, usually attached to the main fleet or overseas colonies, mainly used to transmit combat news.

This thing is not very particular, the general speed is off the table, but in addition to the speed of the ship to protect no protection, to firepower without firepower, usually the tonnage is not large, hundreds of tons, one or two thousand tons.

Because this kind of warship is widely deployed in various fleets by the navies of various countries, and at the same time widely deployed overseas, the navies of many countries like to use this weak chicken to play artillery diplomacy in weak countries.

Lightning Strike Ship: This thing is used to launch torpedoes, but the Daheng Navy is preparing to expand the lightning strike ship and increase the gun's firepower to use it against the enemy's lightning strike ship......

Thus there are also first and second classes, with those exceeding 1,000 tons being the first class, those below 1,000 tons, those less than 500 tons being the second class, and those less than 500 tons being the third class

At present, however, the navies of various countries are equipped with mine-striking ships that are only a few dozen tons small and only two or three hundred tons large, and only a very small number of them are three or four hundred tons to accompany the ocean-going fleets in their operations.

And the Imperial Navy felt that it could appropriately enlarge the tonnage, first get a second-class mine-strike ship of five or six hundred tons to see the effect, if the effect is over, they also plan to get a thousand-ton mine-strike ship, and then they can directly replace those third-class cruisers.

The core purpose of expanding the mine-striking ship is twofold, one is to install several more torpedo tubes, and the other is to increase the firepower of the ship's guns.

The current torpedo performance of the Daheng Empire is too rubbish, and they plan to increase the speed and maneuverability of the torpedo ship on the one hand, in order to launch torpedoes at a closer range to increase the hit rate, and on the other hand, they are also thinking about getting more torpedo tubes.

If the torpedo ships of other countries can only launch one torpedo at a time, their torpedo ships of the Daheng Empire will send two, three or even more, and directly double it!

After several times the number, I still don't believe it!

The expanded tonnage of torpedo ships can also be equipped with larger-caliber naval guns and more machine guns to carry out anti-lightning operations.

The torpedoes of the Daheng Empire are garbage, but the torpedoes of other countries are not garbage, and the torpedo performance of the Olisa Empire in the south is at the first-class level in the contemporary era.

In addition to installing machine guns in each house, expanding the torpedo ship itself so that it has a certain anti-lightning capability is also a way.

Offshore patrol ship: mainly used for long-term cruising in coastal waters, performing low-intensity tasks, such as anti-smuggling, expelling illegal fishing boats from enemy countries and other messy tasks......

Gunboats: Mainly used for coastal water, inland rivers and lake operations, mainly coastal defensive operations and inland rivers and lakes land support operations, but also divided into first-class, second-class and third-class gunboats according to the tonnage size, more than 800 tons are first-class gunboats, less than 800 are second-class gunboats.

In addition to combat vessels, there are also a bunch of other auxiliary ships, and a series of specialized auxiliary vessels have been developed, such as coal supply ships, integrated supply ships, troop carriers, minelaying ships, minelaying ships, and so on.

The classification of ships in the Great Heng Imperial Navy is actually nothing new, and it is basically a reference to the classification of ships in the Navy of the Krull Kingdom.

This is not only the case with the navy of the Great Heng Empire, in fact, the navies of many countries imitate the navy of the Krull Kingdom in terms of ship classification and warship development, who makes the family the largest navy in the world, and it is very common for latecomers to learn from the strong, and the navy of the Great Heng Empire is no exception.

Of course, the generals of the Great Heng Empire Navy are all embarrassed, so they will never admit that many aspects of the Great Heng Empire Navy are a great reference to the Krull Kingdom Navy.

The classification of ship types is only to better manage each ship, and it is also to better match the ranks of the officers and soldiers on each ship, especially the officers.

In the past, most of the ships in the navy of the Daheng Empire were called cruisers, and many captains were lords.

However, there are even some small boats of several hundred tons, which cannot be used for ocean voyages at all, and such a ship is naturally unreliable if it has a captain of the doctor.

In the past year or so, the Daheng Imperial Navy has undergone many adjustments, and there is no such situation, but after all, there is no clear relevant regulations, and now according to the new ship classification, then it can be fundamentally new ship classification, and the captains of each ship and the officers and officers of other positions can be clarified.

Such as battleships of the first and second ranks; The captains of cruisers of the first and second ranks were clearly the sergeants of the Upper Doctor; The captain of a third-class cruiser and a first-class lightning strike ship is clearly a mid-term military officer, and the second-class lightning captain is a junior military officer, and each of the above-mentioned captains is the first choice of military titles, and special circumstances also allow the appearance of a higher or first-class auxiliary military officer, so it is possible for a brigadier to serve as the captain of a battleship, or a sergeant to serve as the captain of a second-class lightning strike ship.

In this way, after having a clear rank of military lord, it is also more convenient to promote and transfer.

However, the classification of ship types and the clarification of military titles did not affect the overall naval development strategy and shipbuilding plan of the Daheng Imperial Navy.

According to the revision plan of the second phase of the naval development plan, the design of existing and future ships was revised, small elevation angles were expanded, and major gun mounts were changed.

In the second half of the year, funds have been prepared to start construction of the Chongke armored cruiser/first-class cruiser, an additional Ansu-class dome-armored cruiser/second-class cruiser, three additional Nantai-class third-class cruisers (unprotected steel-hulled sailboats), and two new second-class lightning strike ships.

At the same time, it is planned to upgrade and improve the main warships in service, mainly to increase the elevation angle of the artillery, and secretly equip it with a combined rangefinder.

In addition to these new plans, the existing warships under construction will also continue to work, and the technical upgrades will be carried out directly in the construction process, still increasing the elevation angle and reserving the space for the gun mount with longer barrel guns.

Among them were the two second-class battleships of the Unification and the Luohe; Yonglin and Yong'an were two first-class battleships

At the same time, it was made clear that the construction of second-class battleships would not continue in the future, and the design and construction of first-class battleships would be fully shifted.

The construction of three perfect dome cruisers will continue, namely the 2,800-ton Ansu and Nanfeng; The 4,000-ton Zhenbei No.

The construction of three Nantai-class 1,000-ton unprotected third-class cruisers and one second-class mine-strike ship will continue.

In addition to the capital ships mentioned above, there are also quite a few auxiliary ships.

The entire shipbuilding plan is relatively large, because it is expected that by the peak of the second half of the year, there will be five battleships/armored ships, four second-class cruisers, four third-class cruisers, and three mine-strike ships working on the slipway at the same time, and this is not counting some offshore patrol ships and river gunboats.

At the peak of this year, there were at least twenty combat ships alone working on the slipway at the same time!

Such a large-scale shipbuilding plan also seriously challenged the relevant defense industry of the Daheng Empire.

Because the Daheng Empire not only builds warships for itself, but also builds a large number of warships for the Orr Kingdom Navy at the same time, the Orr Kingdom Navy is on the side of the Daheng Empire, but it has successively ordered more than 20 warships of all sizes, among which the coast-class shore defense ironclad specially designed for the Orr people, they have already ordered as many as four, in addition to the one delivered, there are two more under construction, and the fourth is expected to be built for them next month.

The Orrs have a very good impression of the coast-class coastal defense ironclads, especially the four 200 mm 25 times caliber naval guns on them and the very large area, which reaches more than 300 mm at the thickest point.

At the same time, the two second-class battleships of 7,500 tons ordered by the Ords, the two sides have also signed a contract, and are currently carrying out final adjustments and preparations, and the Orns preliminarily named these two battleships Princess Caitlin and Princess Elizabeth, because this class of ships has also become a Princess-class battleship, and the ship is equipped with four 300-millimeter 25-caliber naval guns, and the two twin turrets are two-string crossbody layout, trying to take into account the bow and side firepower.

This point was requested by the Ords, because they had few ships, and in the case of not being sure of the future, they preferred to be conservative rather than too aggressive, and follow the example of the Great Hengren, who directly engaged in the layout of the central axis front and rear twin turrets.

At the same time, it also has strong protection performance, and the speed is 14.5 knots.

On the whole, the Orns are quite satisfied with the ship, thinking that it meets their own needs!

At the same time, the Orns also ordered two Dome cruisers.

The Luohai-class dome cruiser performed very well in the Daheng Civil War, not only the Daheng Imperial Navy was very satisfied, but also attracted the close attention of foreign navies, and now the navies of many countries have started to build dome cruisers one after another.

Since last year, after the Luo Hai was hit by an additional bullet, due to the water ingress caused by the top of the dome armor below the waterline, and the lack of dome armor protection in the first place, the Daheng Imperial Navy Ship Administration Department proposed a perfect dome armor protection design plan, simply put, the top of the dome armor is above the waterline, and at the same time gradually reduce the thickness, but it has been extended to the end to expand the protection area.

The Ansu-class cruiser, the cruiser Zhenbei, is an improved and perfect dome cruiser.

When the Orns purchased cruisers, they naturally asked for dome cruisers, and after learning about the perfect dome armor design, they also asked for the construction of such perfect dome cruisers.

It's just that the tonnage of the dome cruisers purchased by the Orns is even smaller, only more than 2,300 tons.

As for other small and medium-tonnage vessels, there are even more.

The Orr people sent money to Daheng, and in the past two years, the external pressure of the Orr Kingdom has been relatively large, and at the same time it is facing the threat of the southern and northern countries, which is not only the threat of these countries, but also the threat from the Krull Kingdom.

The two countries to the south of the Orr Kingdom are both colonial puppet states of the Krull Kingdom, and the East Coast Four-Power Alliance to the north is also standing behind the Krull Kingdom.

The entire Blue Star knew that the Krull Kingdom coveted the gold of the Orr Kingdom, and had been trying to occupy this place and control the gold production of the place all these years.

However, the Orr kingdom is not easy to mess with, although the country is small, although the people are outnumbered, but they have not been wiped out for so long, in addition to their money and gold, it also has a great relationship with their military system of all soldiers.

They have a population of only five or six million, but they have a standing army of more than 300,000 in total, a standing navy that ranks more than 10 in the world, and they have a large number of weapons and equipment.

In such a country, even if the Krull Kingdom wants to talk about it, it is very troublesome, but the temptation of gold is too great, so the Krull Kingdom has been trying to find a way to make trouble in the past few years.

In order to protect itself, in recent years, the Orr Kingdom has spent gold on the world to purchase weapons and equipment and strive for diplomatic support.

It's a pity that apart from the people of Daheng, there are not many people who take care of them.

After all, there are very few countries that can resist the pressure of the Krull Kingdom, and in addition to the Daheng people who are bold and don't care about offending the Krull Kingdom, there are really few countries that dare to carry out large-scale arms sales to the Orr Kingdom, at most, they are secretly buying a little money on a small scale.

They can't have a big Hengren like this, and several orders before and after have sold weapons worth more than 50 million Hengyuan to the Orr.

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