Chen Zhi listened to Du Xuehang's gushing speech and raised his hand and asked, "Then what should you do if your ship is surrounded by local ships?" ”

Du Xuehang pointed to the bow of the ship and said: "I have a ramming angle, and I only need to run over at full speed if the ships dare to block in front of those places, and I will not give the enemy a chance to surround me." ”

Chen asked again: "You have so few cannons, how can you destroy the enemy?" How much does a shell cost for such a large cannon? ”

Du Xuehang still said calmly: "Last year, the navy's shipbuilding plan was to build 300 gunboats within three years to replace the current East China Sea class of the Ryukyus, and at present, this plan has just been carried out less than halfway, everyone knows that a gunboat can be used for at least 30 years, so after the new Ryukyu is built, the old gunboats will not be outdated." ”

Everyone really felt polite when they heard this, and every gunboat used now is very valuable, and it is impossible to scrap it and replace it with a new ship after two or three years of use, so there will be a large number of gunboats in the Ryukyus for a long time.

There are not many guns on the New Ryukyus, but there are many guns on the gunboats, so it is not more economical to combine the high and low to complement each other, and the number of people who support the ship type of the New Ryukyu is gradually increasing.

Chen Zhi was a little anxious and said, "Since you can destroy the enemy with a gunboat, why do you need your ship?" Used to ram enemy ships? Is it used to escape? Gunboats can do it, what is the point of your ship except for wasting resources? ”

Du Xuehang frowned a little but quickly stretched out again, and said: "The so-called new generation, naturally there is a breakthrough, everyone knows that now after the Great Song Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom and other countries were defeated by us, they all began to develop new ships, if we have been stuck in the old idea of gunboats, then we will be caught up one day." ”

Du Xuehang looked at Chen and said: "Just as you said that my design is useless, your multi-gun gunboat can do the work, and the gunboat is still capable, so what's the point of your design?" IMHO, too many guns not only increase the load of the ship but also require more gunners, which ultimately leads to a serious decrease in the speed of your ship. ”

Du Xuehang looked at everyone and said: "Please think about it, is it to carry more guns to reduce the speed of the ship, and then be besieged by the enemy, or to pursue a faster speed and open up the gap with the enemy, this choice has already been decided by our Ryukyu Navy, and your design idea is contrary to the strategy and tactics of the Ryukyu Navy." ”

After all, Chen Zhi listened to the other party's words when he was young, his mind was blank, at the beginning of the design, he only thought about loading more guns, the more cannons, the more powerful they were, even if part of the speed was sacrificed, the impact was not great, but he ignored the tradition of the Ryukyu Navy that had always pursued the pursuit of speed to dominate the enemy.

Du Xuehang continued: "Since we want to build a new ship, we must surpass the previous generation, and Chen Xuedi's design may not even be able to beat the gunboat, so why design a new generation?" ”

Everyone looked at Zhang San, Zhang San had been listening carefully, in fact, his heart had begun to lean towards Du Xuehang's plan, not to mention anything else, the Praetorian Guard fleet that could defeat Zhang San, the ship of the current gunboat, must be equipped.

But there is often more than one road to success, and Zhang San also hopes that there will be more people in Ryukyu to grow up quickly, so Zhang San weighed it and said: "What you two said makes sense, and each has its own starting point and foothold." ”

Zhang San looked at Chen and said: "Based on the needs of the battlefield, this idea is very good, in the end a good weapon must be used in the war, only the weapon that meets the needs of the battlefield is really a good weapon, but the premise is that you have to know what the battlefield needs?" ”

Zhang San looked at Du Xuehang again and said: "As an old designer, you are indeed experienced, and you did not disappoint me, the new Ryukyu you designed is very powerful, but it does have his shortcomings, the gunboat will not be outdated for the time being, but you have been relying on the gunboat to fight, then your ship can only be regarded as a kind of capital ship." ”

Zhang San looked at everyone and said, "In what direction will the naval war develop in the future?" I think it's good to think that not only are we learning and improving, but our enemies are also learning and improving, and I believe that it won't be long before the enemy catches up with us, so it's good to think that we are imaginary enemies. ”

Zhang San continued: "I think that after the enemy is defeated by us and suffers losses, there will also be gunboats and a main fleet, and the new Ryukyu designed by Master Du Xuehang comes in handy, that is, it is used to destroy the local main fleet!" ”

Zhang Sanchong nodded to Du Xuehang and continued: "So when there is no main fleet to fight in peacetime, do we need a ship that can protect the waterway port and eliminate pirates and small national sailors with sampans?" ”

Zhang San looked at Chen and said: "Designer Chen's concept gives us a reference, so in the future, our ships should be diverse, and different warships should be produced in order to meet the needs of different wars." ”

Zhang San continued: "For example, to patrol the shipping lanes and protect passing ships, we need a warship with fast speed, long cruising range, and firepower as long as it can deal with pirates and a small number of incoming enemies.

When dealing with small countries and regional forces, our ships are often at the enemy's doorstep, or directly to the enemy's country, and we need a warship with strong firepower and strong deterrence that can destroy the local sampan boat fleet.

In the face of an enemy with gunboats like us, we need a warship that can gain superiority in the decisive battle of the main fleet, has strong firepower, and has a thick defense, which can deal a fatal blow to the enemy's main fleet. ”

Zhang San said a lot and then concluded: "Therefore, we in Ryukyu have bid farewell to an era in which sea ships are all over the world, and we must design new warships and build new warships around the needs of war, and only continuous progress can make us Ryukyu remain invincible." ”

Everyone is like Daigo empowerment, because of the reason of inertial thinking, Ryukyu has always been a kind of ship package to fight the world, now Zhang San has opened a new window for everyone, everyone is looking at these two and the design plan, only to know why the new battleship has not been selected for a long time, it turns out that both ships are needed, but they are not what they want.

Zhang San continued: "Only after the test of practice to know whether it is right or wrong, the design drawings and models are of course part of the practice, but whether the ship is good or not to be built to know, you according to the needs of the future war to re-issue the design requirements of the warship, after the design is completed and selected, you may wish to build a few to pull the warship to see." ”

Anyway, Zhang San is not in a hurry to ask for new ships now, so it is better to let them try more, see more, accumulate experience and technology, and wait until the technology is mature or the enemy has a more advanced warship before manufacturing, so as not to spend useless money.