Qin Lang had been listening intently to Claude's conversation with his friend. www.biquge.info It wasn't that he was interested in the small, skinny American named Evan Winkler with a "Mediterranean" head common among middle-aged white men, but that his profession intrigued him.

Elvin. Winkler worked for the Admiralty's Shipbuilding Service and was a ...... engaged in warship design Assistant engineer.

In terms of his age, Qin Lang felt that Mr. Winkler and Lawrence. Fisborne doesn't make much of a difference, and is also a failure at work.

But that's just what he thinks. After the end of the Civil War, the US Navy hardly built a few warships, and in fact there was no need for the Navy's shipbuilding department to exist, and it seems not surprising that technicians have remained in a relatively low position for more than ten years......

Wait until Theodore. After Roosevelt became deputy secretary of the Admiralty, things would get better.

Then a question came to his mind. Although in Theodore. Thanks to Roosevelt's efforts, the U.S. Navy developed quite rapidly, and the "Great White Fleet" was formed, but compared with the powerful Royal Navy, it was equipped with battleships that were less technologically advanced.

As it would always be said later, the Royal Navy was armed with the world's first dreadnought battleship, the first super-dreadnought, the first battle cruiser, the first battle cruiser with a speed of more than thirty knots...... The U.S. Navy, on the other hand, has never enjoyed these honors.

Qin Lang didn't want to feel aggrieved by what happened to the U.S. Navy - it had nothing to do with him at all. He only saw one point: As an arms dealer who sells weapons everywhere under the name of the United States, it is natural that the strength of the US Navy has a close and inseparable relationship with the company's performance.

At the very least, when someone is ready to intercept his transport, the battleship flying the Star-Spangled Banner will make them seriously consider whether they really have what it takes to do so.

Especially, when the more powerful dreadnought battleships flying the Stars and Stripes Banner.

Qin Lang redirected his gaze to Claude and Winkler. They are talking about new warships of the US Navy: armored cruisers of the "Brooklyn" class and battleships of the "Iowa" class.

Although Claude had always disliked his work at the shipyard, he had worked there and served in the Marine Corps. He still has a very strong interest in warships. And his friends were happy to see an audience who was willing to listen to his complaints.

Winkler was rather dissatisfied with the battleships of the "Iowa" class. The Royal Navy's newer warships, the formidable Dignity-class battleships, had greater firepower, sailed faster at 0.5 knots, and had slightly thinner armor. But that's actually nothing.

At normal firing distances, both the Dignity and Iowa can effectively penetrate the opponent's main armor, except that the former has a much better chance of sinking the latter. To make matters worse, the British are building nine Dignity-class battleships, while the United States has only one Iowa.

Nine to one, if it was an accidental encounter, the slow "Iowa" did not even have a chance to escape.

"Since congressional fools are not willing to allocate funds to build more battleships, we should build ships that have an overwhelming advantage in naval warfare," Winkler said.

"But what is a warship with 'overwhelming superiority'?" "And, in addition to the technical issues, you also have to think about the cost of construction," Claude reminds. If the price is too high, Congress will not hesitate to cut it. ”

"That's why I've always thought that the members of Congress are all fools!"

"They're all fools, Aven, but at least the United States is still under their control now, isn't it? So throw them aside. What specific ideas do you have for a 'battleship with overwhelming superiority'? ”

"Nope." Winkler shook his head, "I don't actually have any specific ideas yet-"

"How is the design of the all-heavy artillery?" Finally, Qin Lang interjected and began to enthusiastically sell Winkler the kind of design that would be adopted by the British Royal Navy in a few years...... The scheme of a dreadnought battleship.

"What?" Elvin. Winkler turned around in confusion. When he saw clearly that Qin Lang was a Chinese, he was slightly surprised, but soon returned to normal. While traveling in California, he had already heard rumors about the Chinese boss in San Diego.

Obviously, if his judgment was not wrong, then it should be that person standing in front of him.

"Yes...... Mr. Qin Lang? ”

"Looks like you've heard my name, Mr. Winkler, and that's fine, and it will save you some unnecessary trouble." Qin Lang smiled, "Yes, I'm Qin Lang." ”

"You're much younger than I thought you were, and you're well-bred like any other bitter ...... I've seen Chinese. In the United States, "coolies" are almost synonymous with Chinese. However, it is quite inappropriate to call Qin Lang by this word, and Winkler doesn't want to make such a small mistake yet.

But that didn't mean he was willing to talk to Qin Lang. In addition to racial issues, Aven. Nor did Winkler think he knew much about warships—he had met many businessmen who saw no essential difference between warships and civilian ships. This is a ...... who works on the design of naval ships Something that an assistant engineer can't accept.

"I'm glad to see you here. However, I don't think we're talking about topics that you might be interested in. He said politely but refusingly.

"Actually, I'm interested, Mr. Winkler." Qin Lang said, "In my personal opinion, I still have some understanding of battleships. ”

"Oh, really?" A distinct, disbelieving tone.

"Why don't we sit down and talk carefully, Mr. Winkler? By the way, you can also wait for the waiter to appear, I really don't know where they have gone. He deliberately feigned anger.

Winkler thought for a moment. Of course, the purpose of his arrival at the dining car was to have lunch, and he was also very hungry, so he had to wait in the dining car anyway. That being the case, finding a few people to chat with is also a good way to pass the time.

Although Qin Lang may have made some strange or absurd remarks, compared to the idiot congressmen in Congress who only know how to advocate the abolition of the Navy, his remarks are unlikely to be outrageous, even if they are ridiculous.

So he nodded. "Okay, Mr. Qin Lang."

So they picked a clean table and sat down. Then Winkler began to say, "What did you say at the beginning, Mr. Qin Lang?" All-heavy artillery? ”

"Yes, full heavy artillery, Mr. Winkler. I think that the new generation should abandon the secondary guns and install only a sufficient number of main guns. Qin Lang explained, "As long as the number of main guns that can be fired on the single side of the battleship is increased to eight or more, it is enough to form an overwhelming firepower advantage over the enemy ship." ”

"I'm more skeptical of your opinion, Mr. Qin Lang." In fact, his real feeling was that Qin Lang's opinion was indeed very ridiculous - only install the main gun? The rate of fire from the main guns was too slow, and the interval between two rounds was enough for the enemy ships to drown their own ships with rapid-fire guns, "I think the new generation of battleships should be armed with a large number of rapid-fire guns of six inches or even larger. ”

"It's no different from the Royal Navy's 'Dignity' class design, and you can't get a ship that can completely overwhelm her in battle."

"But if only the main guns are installed on the battleship, as you suggested, there are three problems," Winkler tapped lightly on the table to emphasize, "first, large-caliber guns have a slow rate of fire and a low hit rate, and installing only the main guns will turn our battleship into targets, and secondly, how are you going to arrange the main guns to meet your requirements?" And finally, her displacement and cost? ”

"The rate of fire of the new large-caliber naval guns has been significantly increased." In fact, Qin Lang didn't know the firing speed of the new twelve-inch gun, so he used a vague statement. But then his answer became clear.

"In today's warships, the accuracy of artillery is completely dependent on the quality, experience and luck of the gunners, but in the future, warships should make more use of advanced observation and fire control systems to fight. To put it simply, in the new naval combat mode, the firing steps of the battleship should be the optical observation system to search for the target, the fire control system to calculate the design parameters according to the observation results, and finally the main guns of the whole ship should be uniformly commanded to fire a salvo according to the same parameters. ”

Claude blinked. "It seems more like the way the Army and Marines fight?" The steps for the Army and Marines to fire a salvo are similar to Qin Lang's description: the commander finds the target with a telescope, and the soldiers use the salvo sight to aim according to the direction called out by the commander, and then fire in unison according to the command.

The difference between the two is only that Qin Lang handed over the aiming to a machine called the "fire control system", and the soldier was responsible for just shooting.

"But what's the benefit?" Winkler didn't know anything about the Army and the Marine Corps, he was a pure technician.

Qin Lang smiled. "It is possible to increase the firing accuracy of the main guns, especially at long distances, Mr. Winkler. According to my calculations, as long as the firing parameters are calculated correctly, the hit rate of the shells can be increased to about three percent. ”

"Three percent?" Winkler said contemptuously, "I have to say, even if your calculations are completely correct, this is a very low number. In various exercises, the hit rate of rapid-fire guns - "

Qin Lang motioned for him to be quiet for a while, waiting for him to finish speaking. "Actual combat is not an exercise, and in the current exercises, the artillery is fired at a distance of within two thousand yards. And the hit rate I'm talking about is at a distance of 10,000 yards. ”

"Ten thousand yards?" Winkler had only one thought: it was just a mouthful.

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