Chapter 631: Liberation
Spu was really serious and wanted to memorize every detail of the battleship.
It's just that, thinking of the current situation, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Even if such a flagship is built, what can it be?
The Nuland Navy has been defeated!
Long before the outbreak of the Great War, Spoon, who was still a naval lieutenant at the time, wrote a paper discussing the importance and necessity of building a dedicated flagship.
The central idea of the paper is actually that in the era of aviation as the mainstay, naval warfare has higher requirements for communication command.
Because of the flattening of the command system, the traditional command structure can no longer meet the needs of the new era. In order to reform the command structure, it is necessary to have corresponding basic conditions, such as more advanced communication equipment and the construction of full-time flagships to carry out command tasks.
It's a pity that the Sp people at that time were soft-spoken.
In addition, carrier-based aviation has not yet replaced giant artillery heavy shells.
After the outbreak of the Great War, the Nuland Navy did have a plan to build a full-time flagship, but it was plagued by practical problems and was always just a plan.
The first is that there is no urgent need, lack of necessity and importance.
Compared with warships of the same tonnage, especially aircraft carriers, full-time flagships are obviously not important, so the Nuland Navy has not started construction projects.
Secondly, it has to do with technology.
As far as Spu knows, in the design stage, there are many technical problems that cannot be solved temporarily, the most serious of which is that various electronic devices will interfere with each other and cannot work normally at the same time, so it is difficult to make these devices play their practical value in a limited space.
Obviously, expanding tonnage can solve some of the problems, but not all of them, and it will also make costs higher.
Actually, Spu was also very curious.
What method did Liang Xiajun use to solve the electromagnetic compatibility problem?
It's just that from a distance, I can't see anything famous.
The "Qinling" gave Sipu the most intuitive feeling, and it was just one word: big.
The length of the ship is more than 200 meters, the width is definitely more than 25 meters, and the deep V type with better stability is used, and the standard displacement is definitely about 20,000 tons.
This volume exceeds the fleet aircraft carriers built before the war!
There is no doubt that only the Liang Xia Navy can take the capital of building a fleet aircraft carrier, and build a comfortable and comfortable working environment mainly for the fleet commander, which is far less valuable than the aircraft carrier in actual combat, with an obvious hedonistic nature, like the flagship of the mobile palace at sea.
In fact, Spu overestimated the Liangxia Navy.
The solution of the "Qinling" to the problem of electromagnetic compatibility is to expand the tonnage.
When the place is bigger, the disturbance will naturally be smaller.
This is also the number one reason why the standard displacement of the "Qinling" class flagship reaches 20,000 tons.
After boarding the "Qinling", Spu was an eye-opener.
This battleship, with a full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons, only has some anti-aircraft guns for air defense, and it is mainly machine guns, and there are no 5-inch high-level dual-purpose guns.
To say, this level of armed forces is not even comparable to many armed merchant ships.
However, when viewed from the air, it is easy to misunderstand.
The dense antennas on the hull of the ship can easily be mistaken for the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun.
Spu counted carefully, and there were dozens of whip shortwave antennas alone, and there were more than a dozen long-wave antennas that needed to be supported by a derivative frame.
The point is, these antennas are very cleverly arranged.
Of course, Spark is not an expert in electronics, so he can't see the ingenuity of the antenna layout.
In addition, there was not much time for him to take a closer look.
When he saw the admiral, Spu was stunned for a moment, but then he reacted that that person was his sworn enemy, the legend of the Liang Xia Navy, Bai Zhizhan.
If I want to say, the last time the two met was about 10 years ago.
Time is like a carving knife in the hands of a master, and even the invincible naval god of war cannot resist.
It's just that it's not just the war that stops fighting in vain when it gets old.
Compared with Bai Zhizhan, who is only in his 40s, Spu, who is almost 57 years old, is actually older. What left traces on him was not only the pig-killing knife of the years.
When he walked over, Sp was actually embarrassed.
Bai Zhizhan wore a full set of formal clothes, and he wore regular clothes, and did not change into a clean military uniform because he was going to surrender here.
Then, an even more embarrassing scene happened.
When he approached, Bai Zhizhan took the initiative to stretch out his hand.
It was only at this time that Spu came back to his senses violently, and then saluted Bai Zhizhan.
It is not surprising that Bai Zhizhan is the admiral of the Liang Xia Navy, and Sipu is still a lieutenant general, so it is customary to salute Bai Zhizhan.
This move also caught Bai Zhizhan a little off guard.
However, it was half a second of embarrassment, and Bai Zhizhan raised his hand to return the salute to Sp.
The two then shook hands.
If anything, this is the first time that the two have officially shook hands.
Although the two had known each other more than 10 years ago, at that time, both were still unknown and did not have much friendship.
Even when they are involved in disarmament negotiations, they are mainly engaged in assisting work.
To say, both of them are very impressed.
However, it is only an exclamation.
After shaking hands, Spark handed over the saber that symbolized the command of the 5th Fleet, which was actually a military dagger that had been simply decorated.
He was also to blame, because he was not in the habit of carrying a saber or a pistol.
After that, Bai Zhizhan took Sp to the officer's cafeteria.
As early as yesterday, Nitz sent several officers over to negotiate with Bai Zhizhan about the surrender of the 5th Fleet, and these officers were all on the "Qinling".
As arranged, they waited for Sp in the officer's cafeteria.
As for the banquet, it is not luxurious, after all, it was not prepared at the time of the departure of the fleet.
Besides, it had been more than a month since the "Qinling" left the port, and it had not received supplies from the supply ships during this period.
As for the fresh ingredients that I brought with me when I left the port, I had already eaten them up.
The atmosphere of the banquet was obviously a little awkward, in fact, it was very awkward, but the Nuland soldiers, including Spu, behaved more relaxed.
From a purely military point of view, they can indeed relax a little.
Regardless of the ensuing negotiations, the war that belongs to them is over.
According to unwritten rules, the ships of the Nuland Guia Fleet, including the 5th Fleet, were to be disarmed on the spot, and then all military bases, including Jumbo Harbor, and other weapons and equipment would be handed over to the Liangxia Navy. As for the soldiers involved, most of them will be temporarily placed in a camp on an island after disarming, and their final destination will be determined after the end of the war.
More importantly, they are not responsible for defeat, or surrender.
It was Niz who gave the order to surrender, and Nize, who signed the surrender document at the end, had nothing to do with other soldiers.
To put it bluntly, they were simply carrying out orders from the President and the Commander-in-Chief of the fleet.
Even if there is a little guilt, there is no question of being judged after the war.
Spu had long known that Niz had promised to surrender to the Liangxia Navy on several preconditions, that is, the Liangxia Empire would guarantee that it would not encroach on the lands that originally belonged to the Newland Federation after the war, and that it would ensure the independence of the Newland Federation and release all the Nuland soldiers captured in the war.
It's just that the actual situation is obviously not as simple as Spu knows.
For Niz now, at least, the reality is a hundred times more complicated than when he decided to surrender, and he has no bargaining chips.