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(4) A bloody battle triggered by a shipload of munitions

At 10:50 a.m. on December 15, B58, the Qingjiang fleet and its receiving fleet arrived off the coast of Yulan Port, about 50 nautical miles from the port, and the port could be completed before dusk in the afternoon. The crew of the Qingjiang are very relaxed, it seems that they will soon have a big meal in the hotel in the port, and there will be a sumptuous dinner soon, they have even thought about what to drink, this is a thrilling life experience, at least a good drink to suppress the shock. The captain thought the same way, and even mentioned in a telegram to the port about the dishes to be prepared for the dinner and the hotel arrangements.

Arriving at the port at 5 p.m. at the latest, the dangerous journey of the Qingjiang mixed cargo ship seemed to be coming to an end, and the goddess of victory beckoned not far away; But the Grim Reaper came sooner, and it unexpectedly came to the door before the dawn of victory.

At 11:20 a.m. on the 15th, the fleet of the United Empire of San Romain appeared on the northern horizon. The battleship Buran and four Penguin-class battleships have been waiting for them here for a long time. It was a desperate operation for the Blizzard fleet stationed on Olive Island. Lieutenant General Kolchak was a man of great courage and waited for work in the place where the enemy army would inevitably pass. This is also an extremely dangerous position, which can be flanked by two enemy fleets. To this end, Kolchak deployed two Penguin-class battleships closer to the port, and two more Penguin-class battleships were detouring the enemy fleet to prevent the Qingjiang from escaping. This means that all the capital ships of Kolchak's fleet have poured out.

Yesterday, Admiral Norman Rhodes, commander of the expeditionary fleet, had given a death order that Vice Admiral Kolchak, who was specifically in charge of the strangulation operation, could only take the risk of blood and cost, "even if he wanted to storm the enemy's harbor and encounter multiple firepower, he would sink the Qingjiang munitions carrier." ”

At 11:23, the battle outside the harbor began, it was a contest between the capital ships of both sides, and the transports, part-time warships, and even armored cruisers had to stand aside. In fact, it was also the case, the battleships of the Imperial Army of Marnerocco went out to meet the enemy, approached the enemy at full speed, two armored cruisers covered the two flanks of the battleship, and the other two covered the escape of the Qingjiang munitions.

the United Imperial Army of San Roman, five battleships, the Odessa-class battleship Buran and four Penguin-class battleships; Available firepower (oversized guns): 6 320mm fleet guns, two Buran, four Penguin-class. (The Penguin-class is designed to resemble the Sankei ship of the Japanese Combined Fleet.)

The Imperial Navy of Marnerocco, one battleship and four armored cruisers, the only capital ship is only one Naru-class capital ship (Naru 06), available firepower (Naru-class main guns): 12 280mm/45x diameter Krupp SKL/45 main guns, 6 twin turrets.

This Naru-class battleship is not commanded by a reckless man, and its captain is definitely a man of wisdom and bravery.

The battleship Naru 06 had more guns, and the shells used picric acid, which was much more powerful than the 320 yellow powder shells of the United Imperial Army; In terms of range, some experts believe that the 280mm guns of the Naru class may not be as good as the 320mm guns, but the range of the latter two is extremely close. What's more worth mentioning is that the Naru is equipped with a fire control system and has a special ballistic calculation personnel; Its 280mm gun uses automatic mechanized reloading, which is twice as fast as the semi-automatic 320mm gun in terms of rate of fire in a single barrel. At the time, it was definitely a technologically advanced battleship. According to this, when the two armies fight, Naru 06 may not suffer.

At 11:40, both sides entered the effective range of fire, and the Naru 06 was fully rudder on the left and crossed in front of the United Imperial Fleet, so that 8 of the 12 280mm guns of the whole ship could exert firepower. At the same time, the ship began its first round of artillery attacks, targeting the nearest enemy ship, the Penguin-class battleship BB016. In the face of the five enemy ships rushing towards it, the Naru attacked only this one enemy ship to give full play to the role of the fire control system. With the movement of the fleet, the position of each ship changed, and the principle was still to attack the nearest enemy ship.

At 11:46, the ships of the United Empire of San Romain opened fire.

At 12:15, the artillery battle between the two sides went on for half an hour.

The Naru was hit by two near-arrow shells, but the ship's armor belt protected the ship's structure well and did not leak. In view of the fact that the United Imperial Navy was not equipped with a fire control system, and there was no way to correct the design parameters according to the landing position, each shell of each gun could not refer to the previous one, and it was almost a pure blind shot, which was quite good.

The Penguin-class battleship BB016 was also hit by a short-range shot, and its armor withstood the test, but more because of the long distance at that time, the wind direction and wind accuracy parameters of the Naru class were not adjusted well. The ship is safe for the time being, and Naru 06 has turned its firing target to the battleship BB015. BB015 was hit by multiple close-range shells, and the armor was deformed, but there was no water leakage. The boat's good fortune is coming to an end.

At 12:17, Nalu 06 fired a continuous leap shot at the BB015 ship and hit the superstructure with one shot.

At 12:18, Naru 06 again hit the BB015 ship with its main gun, and another 280mm shell hit the foredeck of BB015. From a distance, a huge flame is seen on the foredeck of BB015. Subsequently, a fire broke out on the foredeck of BB015, and the ship signaled to withdraw from the battle.

At 12:20, the short-range shell hit BB015 in the fire, and the ship's armor was cracked and there were water leaks in many places.

At 12:23, the BB015 ship began to sink. About 60 minutes later, at 1:25 p.m. on December 15, the ship sank completely. The BB015 was the first battleship to be sunk by the United Imperial Navy in this war.

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At 12:25, the fleet's flagship Buran became the target of Naru 06. At this time, the Buran took the same firing stance as the Naru in order to exert firepower. The first duel between the two most powerful capital ships of the Imperial Navy began.

At 12:40, with the help of the advanced shooting control system, Naru 06 launched a straddle shot at the Buran, which means that the hit rate of the next round of shooting is absolutely super high.

At 12:41, the Buran was hit by two near-arrow shells. Another shell hit the supporting triangular mast under the signal mast, and the triangular mast and signal mast exploded in volley over the deck of the battleship. The rare sight brought about by this coincidence made the officers and men of the battleship Naru 06 cheer collectively.

Perhaps in order to verify the truth of happiness and sorrow, at 12:42, an explosive incendiary bomb fired from the main gun of the Buran or a Penguin-class battleship directly hit the side of Naru 06. The Naru was suddenly on fire, black smoke billowed out, the tall teak wooden floor on the deck of the warship was burning, and the black smoke obscured the school-firing observation scope, and the artillery could not be fired accurately. At this time, extinguishing the fire has become the first priority, and the damage management personnel immediately rushed to the deck, put buckets of fire-fighting soil and sand on the fire, and also launched 700mm rockets on the deck into the sea, and the rocket propellant was ignited by the fire after the fire spread.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Naru 06 could not shoot accurately, the Buran and the two Penguin-class battleships attacked with all their might. BB018 took the opportunity to rescue the crew of the sinking BB015. Faced with such a rare favorable battle situation, Vice Admiral Kolchak would not lead the fleet to retreat without annihilating the enemy ships; On the other hand, his attack is also covering the rescue operation of BB018.

At 12:50, the distance between the two sides was already the best theoretical exchange distance of 320mm naval guns, and all kinds of semi-armor-piercing and armor-piercing shells could be used.

At 12:57, a 320mm semi-armor-piercing incendiary bomb fired from the Buran hit the foredeck side of Naru 06, where there was no armor belt to protect it, and the shell penetrated the side and exploded at the location of the personnel quarters and food storage below deck. At that time, the battleships did not have fireproof compartments, and what was worse was that in order to pursue a luxurious atmosphere, the Naru-class battleships used a lot of wood decoration interiors, and the cabins of ordinary crew members were actually laid with wooden floors. These well-worked finishing materials are excellent fuels, and the fire in the cabin cannot be extinguished at all and spreads quickly. Naru 06 is like a luxury hotel with a fire burning inside, and the most firefighters can do to slow the spread of the fire. The exchange of fire continued, but the Naru's main guns were no longer accurate.

At 13:06, another 320mm semi-armor-piercing incendiary bomb hit the bridge of the battleship Nalu No. 06, which was simply a naval version of "burning Zhaojialou".

At 13:12, the fire on the Naru 06 tended to get out of control, and there was no time to continue the battle, so all the personnel threw out the fire, and the officers and men on the ship were frantically throwing all the shells and gunpowder from the former ammunition depot into the sea. The rear main guns were still firing, and the fire plummeted. Two armored cruisers bravely rushed forward, protecting the main battleship that could not fight.

At 13:41, one of the 4,000-ton armored cruisers was hit by a 320mm high-explosive bomb fired by the BB016 ship at the bridge of the superstructure, the captain and other officers died, and the sailors who lost command of the ship still insisted on firing their guns.

At 13:47, the 320mm main gun of the Penguin-class battleship BB017 hit the ship again, and a semi-armor-piercing high-explosive shell exploded deep in the middle of its hull, causing a fire, and the middle side guns were all dumb, and the ship also lost its ability to sail. At 13:50, another semi-armor-piercing high-explosive shell from BB017 hit the position of the main gun ammunition depot in the front of the ship, and the heroic armored cruiser exploded, and then the bow began to tilt downward, and within a few minutes the cruiser was cocked at 90 degrees and sank into the water little by little.

Only one of Naru 06's two bodyguards was left to hold on. And the only one left is already scarred. It was a 4,500-ton armored cruiser that was hit several times by enemy ships' high-explosive close-fire shells and secondary artillery shells. As long as the attack on the child continues, it is only a matter of time before the ship sinks. ……

At 13:48, at the critical moment, reinforcements came. The capital ship of the Imperial Navy of Marnerocco has been killed. The enemy fleet did not follow the route expected by Kolchak, they arrived from the sea area of routine firing exercises, and the pre-ambushed detachment did not play any role, but dispersed its forces. 1 capital battleship of the Naru type, 4 large cruisers, the enemy ships seemed to be absolutely superior in terms of quantity and quality. The Kolchak fleet retreated decisively. The naval battle is over, and the story of the Qingjiang and the munitions ship it carries continues, and another naval battle is being staged in another sea. This is an encirclement and annihilation battle against the Qingjiang Super Catfish.

(5) It is impossible to escape the catastrophe

At 12:40 p.m. on December 15, B58, the fleeing Cheonggang again encountered the enemy fleet, and four Zorro-class gunboats of the K25 Rapid Gunboat Squadron appeared on the west side of the fleet. In fact, these four little guys Qingjiang can deal with it by themselves, the two escort cruisers rushed out of kindness, this is almost a battle without suspense, as long as the officers and men of these two cruisers are not too scum, ordinary luck, it will not take too much effort to solve these four little guys. At 13:27, the wreckage and surviving officers and soldiers of the four little guys of the K25 squadron were floating on the water. At 13:05, two more big guys came to the east, not too big, it should be the size of an escort armored cruiser, and it seems that there is nothing to be afraid of. But as soon as these two guys opened fire, Qingjiang suddenly knew that the end was coming.

From 13:20, the two Penguin-class battleships (BB019, BB020) began a shooting competition. The target is naturally the big catfish Qingjiang. The rate of fire of both ships is not fast, and whoever hits this shell will understand it at a glance. Compared to other merchant ships that have been sunk since then, this Qingjiang is definitely the best transport ship to fight, it is too big and the speed is slow, so there is no need to worry about him escaping.

As for the two armored cruisers escorting the ship, which had just packed up the squadron of K25 fast gunboats, they had not yet returned in time, and even if they did, their guns would not be able to reach the Penguin-class battleships.

With the completion of the school shooting, huge water columns continued to rise in the air around the Qingjiang.

At 13:31, the Qingjiang was finally shot, and the 320mm blasting shell blasted a large hole in the deck. Prior to this, the captain had ordered the crew to prepare to abandon ship, and the first lifeboats were being lowered at this time.

Subsequently, the second and third shots,......

At 13:47, the sixth hit shell was supposed to be a semi-armor-piercing blasting shell, which penetrated the hull shell and inner bulkhead of the Qingjiang, entered the cargo hold where the ammunition was stored, and then exploded, and within a thousandth of a second after the explosion, an even larger explosion. The whole boat shook, jumping up and then down. The crew of the lifeboat in the distance knew very well that the explosion just now had broken the keel of the ship. Then the whole ship cracked and split in half, and the ship sank too fast.

The Qingjiang mixed cargo ship, a giant catfish with a high IQ, finally sank, along with the shipload of munitions. Although the price is a bit big, it is worth it!!

Story two, the silence of the "Virgin".

(This story is from Diplomatic Secrets, not Selected War Cases.) The story of great power diplomacy at war. ）

(1) BIGBIG News

On January 1, B59, the New Year arrived. On the first day of the new year, a major event happened, an international event, BIG News, which is definitely an international BIG news, and the BIG News that you can't do if you want to. The next day, the main newspapers of the world's civilized countries carried the following headlines: "The Pirates of the United Empire Sink an Unarmed Cruise Ship of a Neutral Country", "The Terrible Massacre at Sea in the Era of Civilization in the B Century", and "The Navy of a Great Power Turns into a Pirate Gang to Rob and Kill Innocent Women and Children......

The newspaper of the United Empire of St. Roman's Santsunia published an article entitled "The luxury cruise ship Our Lady ventured into the zone of engagement between the two armies and was sunk without informing our navy".

This is all the same thing, on January 1, B59, the Chinese Navy's long-range fleet sank the "Our Lady", a small neutral country, the luxury cruise ship of the Republic of Irene Land, which was also the world's largest luxury cruise ship at that time. Compared with the sinking of the world's largest arms ship, the big catfish "Qingjiang" mixed cargo ship, this matter is indeed a big deal, not only sank the civilian ships of neutral countries, but even worse is that it is a cruise ship, and the passengers are almost all rich and handsome people from various countries, and even dignitaries and nobles.

"Our Lady" is a 16,000-ton luxury cruise ship, launched in B56 and put into commercial operation, the interior decoration of the ship is extremely luxurious, the facilities are also very advanced, worthy of being the world's largest cruise ship, in addition to the full-band radio, automatic transmitter, two sets of independent backup power generation system, waterline balance anti-sinking hull design, in the safety factor is still very high. This cruise ship was the newest and largest and most luxurious in the world at that time, but the results of commercial operation were not very popular. Due to the sluggish cruise market, the cruise ship was the highest-grade intercontinental transportation as an ultra-luxury high-class passenger liner between the Central Continent countries and their Far Eastern colonies. It is said that the price of the ship was expensive, and although the passengers were not necessarily high-ranking officials, at least they had to be from wealthy families, and many wealthy families from various countries in the Central Continent took this boat to the colonies for vacation.

According to investigation, there were 1,074 passengers of various classes and 414 crew members on board at that time. Among them, there are more than 50 dignitaries and nobles from various countries, as well as a central mainland visiting group composed of more than 100 magnates from the vassal states of a certain country's Far Eastern colonies. Due to the shark infestation in the affected area and the failure of most of the lifeboats to be lowered in time, only 106 people on the lifeboats survived the shipwreck, and 753 of the dead were women and children. It is said that "the sharks in this area are well fed".

Here's how it happened:

At about 0:30 a.m. on January 1, B59, the deputy captain of the Z119 belonging to the K30 fast gunboat squadron, Lieutenant Simpson Lohr (the officer on duty at the time), observed that a large ship was moving in the sea near the squadron's overnight point, the ship was big enough and fast, judging from the size and speed of the ship, this was likely to be a warship, and the most important thing was that the ship was not on the route of normal cargo merchant ships, and the lights were also controlled, and Lieutenant Lore immediately woke up the captain, and then all the captains, including the squadron leader, also called. After discussing the matter, the captains agreed that it was a warship. The squadron leader used his own radio channel to contact the ship to no avail, and when he asked his superiors to learn that there was no activity of any large Chinese ship nearby, the captains believed that it was a large warship of the Manrocco Empire, and the officer on duty at the headquarters repeatedly ordered that if the ship was an enemy ship, it must be sunk with all its might.

At 0:50 a.m. that day, the K30 squadron launched a pursuit.

At 1:45 a.m., the K30 squadron caught up with the Virgin and immediately launched a sneak attack with torpedoes. At a distance of 900 meters and 600 meters respectively, the K30 squadron fired two salvos of torpedoes at the ship, firing a total of 8 torpedoes, and finally a total of three torpedoes hit, and one of the second salvo torpedoes hit the position of the first torpedo, to be exact, it exploded inside the ship. Successive torpedo strikes at the same position caused the entire deck of the ship to be blown open here, and the anti-sinking compartment was rendered useless. The backup power system and the automatic transmitter continued to function normally until the ship sank and was completely submerged, when the automatic transmitter continued to send out distress telegrams. The captain of the ship immediately ordered the SOS international distress signal to be issued, and organized the crew on board to escape in lifeboats.

The K30 squadron left after firing the torpedo, not knowing that it was a luxury cruise ship without any armament, and that it had caused a catastrophe. Our small warships are not equipped with civilian communication equipment, and the military-band distress signal sent by the Virgin makes the K30 believe that it has attacked a warship.

At 2:05 a.m. on January 1, the "Madonna" sank, the first neutral ship to be sunk in the intercontinental war of the colonies in the B century. From 10:40 a.m. on January 1, the victims were rescued one after another by the Imperial Navy of Marnerocco, which received a distress signal and rushed to save people. While searching for other survivors and salvaging the remains of the victims, the rescue fleet scooped up a torpedo that did not explode due to a faulty fuse, a 400-mm torpedo, a torpedo of the United Empire of San Roman......

An Imperial naval officer who participated in the rescue said, "The sea is littered with the remains of the victims after shark bites, and it is terrible to see." "The fishing boat that came with us to the rescue used a net to recover the bodies and relics of the victims, and after collecting the net, we found the torpedo. "At first we thought it was some kind of metal container on the ship, but it had the insignia of the Saint-Roman Empire's navy on it. Some officers recognized this as a torpedo. ”。

At that time, the torpedo had only been invented for a few years, and it was a brand-new naval warfare weapon, and many countries did not accept or agree with it, so they did not equip it. As one of the original inventors of torpedoes, the United Imperial Navy was equipped with a large number of torpedoes, and the other side, the Imperial Navy of Marnerocco acted conservatively and did not equip torpedoes, and the place of the incident was the sea infested by the torpedo attack ships of the United Imperial Navy.

The ship sank, the man died, and this is only the beginning of the story. Subsequently, a diplomatic mediation or diplomatic brawl was staged between the countries of the Central Continent involved in the matter.

(2) The principle of great powers

It stands to reason that the navy of a responsible major country in the international community and a traditional civilized country on the central continent is to punish the perpetrators and then negotiate with the victims to compensate for the damages, so as to win the broad understanding of the international community.

Caesar wasn't going to do that, and he never thought of it that way in the first place. The navy is its own navy, and the cruise ship is the cruise ship of other countries. If something fatal happens to your family, the most people in the international community will issue editorials to show support, but their own navy brothers will fight hard to save your family. The truth is there, international leaders must protect their calves, not to mention that the naval brethren are fighting and stabbing the basket. The cruise ship was torpedo and sank, and the cruise ship was also responsible; The United Empire of San Romain has been fighting for many years, and there are more civilians who have died innocently in combat operations, and it makes no sense to ask for money in this way. This precedent must not be set!! Besides, the soldiers of our Saint-Roman Empire who died in battle don't have so many pensions, give these battlefield stumbling blocks money, and if you give this money, it will hurt morale!!

Julius Caesar corrected his position before he finished reading the headline: first, never to host the perpetrators; Second, there will be no compensation for the victims. Based on this principle, Caesar made a move, "taking the initiative in all things."

On the afternoon of January 2, B59, the diplomatic service issued a diplomatic document on the instructions of Caesar, the Proclamation of the Incident of the Virgin.

This "Notice" that made the mainstream media in the Central Continent fry the pot reads:

"I, the United Empire of St. Romain and Santa Sonia, regret the unexpected sinking of the Virgin. The following response was made to the request of States involved in this incident:

The first point is on the handling of the officers and soldiers involved. The United Imperial Navy warship involved in this incident sank the cruise ship Our Lady in accordance with normal combat procedures, and sank the cruise ship Our Lady of Grace, which was suspected to be an enemy warship, during a combat duty operation in the combat area. According to Imperial military law, the Empire had no authority to dispose of naval officers and sailors involved in this battle. In view of the devotion of this naval force to the sinking of suspected enemy ships in battle, it was still rewarded in accordance with the relevant regulations promulgated by the Imperial Navy.

The second point is on the issue of compensation for the victims. In many previous wars, there have been unfortunate incidents in which civilians have strayed into combat areas and died in the fighting, and this incident is similar to the previous incident, and the essence of the incident is the same. As a result, the United Empire of St. Roman's Santa Sunia will resolve this incident in accordance with the previous pattern for dealing with similar unfortunate events. In principle, we do not compensate any of the victims or survivors. This unfortunate event was directly related to the ship's serious deviation from the normal commercial route at that time, and the families of the victims could claim compensation from the shipping company.

Appendix I

Popular Military Knowledge:

"Straddle shooting" is a proper noun in naval gun firing technology, and in fact, it is also a conventional saying on the Internet. According to the terminology of artillery, it should be called the clamping method, and some people in China have translated it as clamping. Artillery shells, unlike missiles, do not have automatic navigation and cannot be corrected once fired. Therefore, in the era of artillery warships, aiming technology has a crucial impact on the success or failure of naval warfare. To illustrate spanning, one should first understand the concepts of salvo and scattering.

In order to maximize firepower and improve the accuracy of shooting, combat ships generally fire at the same target with all their main guns, which is called salvo, in order to maximize their firepower and improve the shooting accuracy. For example, the battleship "Yamato" fired a salvo of nine 460-mm guns, which could fire 15 tons of ammunition at a time, which was powerful enough to flatten a small hill.

Compared with land battles, the distance between the two sides in naval battles is generally relatively long (in artillery battles, it is usually between 3 km and more than 30 km, too far beyond the range of artillery, and too close is better to use torpedoes); Coupled with the influence of wind and waves on the stability of the ship's hull, the difficulty of aiming naval guns is much higher than that of land guns. In the thirties and forties, Britain and Japan had the world's best naval guns and gunners of the highest standard, and it was not easy for their main guns to shoot within 300 meters. The battleship is equipped with 8~12 main guns, and the impact points of each shell will not overlap when firing a salvo, but are relatively evenly dispersed in a certain area, which is called scattering.

In addition, before World War II, naval cruisers and battleships of various navies were able to carry seaplanes to observe and correct the shooting of naval guns, and constantly correct the aiming direction of the main guns. When the scattering area can cover all or most of the target ship, the enemy ship is enveloped in its own firepower, forming a straddle fire. The significance of pursuing straddle shooting is that maintaining straddle shooting at the target can achieve the maximum probability of hitting. In layman's terms, if a straddle shot is formed, the ranging is correct, and then it turns into a potency shot. When straddle firing, the firepower of the artillery ship catches the target ship, and its firepower can be adjusted with the adjustment of the coordinates of the target ship, and each salvo of 8-12 shells of the main gun falls relatively evenly around the target ship, and these missed shells that miss but deviate from the target ship are called "close misses", and their shrapnel and explosive impact can also cause certain damage to the target ship. But when exactly it hits, it's a matter of probability, you can do an experiment, draw a spindle-shaped pattern on a blank piece of paper, close your eyes and take a pen to dot on this piece of paper, and finally open your eyes to see how many dots are dotted in this spindle pattern, generally speaking, the longer the dot, the more dots are in the pattern, and the same is true for naval surface warships fighting naval guns!

It is not easy for naval guns to form straddle fire, even if they do not count muzzle velocity, drug temperature, and altitude difference...... And so on, that is, the trim caused by the wind and waves at sea, and the roll also had a great impact on the accuracy of shooting, especially in the era when the rangefinder was basically relied on. However, once a cross-firing is formed, it is simple to correct the shooting elements, and then it is possible to correct the shooting elements with the displacement of the target coordinates, and the fire is concentrated, but the dispersion of the explosion point is still very large.

However, it is not easy to do this. Among the battleships of the great powers, the German "Bismarck" class had the best comprehensive performance of the main guns. In the naval battle between Britain and Germany in May 1941, the "Bismarck" fired dozens of consecutive salvos at the flagship of the British fleet, the "Hood", but failed to form a cross-fire and missed a single shot. When a cross-fire was formed, one of the six salvos hit and the opponent was wiped out: the "Hood," which was more than 40,000 tons, sank in three minutes, and only three of the 1,400 officers and men on board survived.

Appendix II:

The situation of the main ships of the two sides participating in the battle

United Empire of San Romain

Odessa-class large battleship: displacement 10,600 tons, length 132 meters, width 17.8 meters, average draft 6.2 meters, maximum draft 6.8 meters, design horsepower 12,200 horsepower, speed 16.5 knots, endurance 6,000 nautical miles / 10 knots, coal carrying capacity 1,800 tons. Caliber of the main gun: 320mm/L40 two, one front and one main gun. Secondary guns, 10 150mm, 6 57mm rapid-fire machine guns, arranged on both sides. The original plan was to build 16 ships of this class, but due to problems such as unreasonable design and weak allocation of main gun firepower, only 5 ships were started in total, only two were built, and the other three hulls were converted into heavy cruisers.

Penguin-class pocket battleship: The full name is the Penguin-class fleet decisive battleship. The displacement is 4,800 tons, the length of the ship is 102 meters, the width of the ship is 15.6 meters, the average draft is 6 meters, the maximum draft is 6.8 meters, the design horsepower is 6,200 horsepower, the speed is 16.5 knots, the endurance is 6,000 nautical miles / 10 knots, and the coal carrying capacity is 800 tons. The caliber of the main gun: 320mm/L38, the simplified position of the main gun is in the middle, causing the bridge to be seriously backward. Secondary guns, 8 120mm, 4 57mm rapid-fire machine guns, arranged on both sides of the hull, and two 120mm secondary guns on the rear deck are arranged on both sides as tail guns. A total of 36 ships of this class are planned to be built, and all of them are planned to be completed.

Marnerocco Imperial Navy

Main battleship of the Naru type: (similar in appearance to the German Nassau-class, the data has been greatly changed) Displacement: 14,800 tons (design) / 18,535 tons (maximum) Dimensions: length 166 m (overall length) / width 28.6 m / draft 7.76 m. Power: 12 Sulzer-Sannikrovt boilers, three three-cylinder reciprocating steam engines, main engine power 22,000 horsepower, 3 shafts, 2 rudder parallel configurations. The maximum speed is 20 knots, and the cruising range is 9400 nautical miles / 10 knots; 2800 nautical miles / 19 knots. Main guns: 12 x 280mm/45x diameter Krupp SKL/45 guns, 6 twin turrets; Secondary guns: 12 x 150mm/45x secondary guns, 12 x 120mm guns, anti-torpedo boats, all broadside single-mounted. Others: 16 700 mm rocket launchers, divided into two sides of the hull. Armor: main armor belt 100-200 mm; three armored decks of 25-30 mm each; turret 90-180 mm; Conning tower 300 mm. Crew: 1,050 in peacetime, 1,350 in wartime (51 officers).