Chapter 946: The Lin Clan's "New School"

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"And as far as I know, the reasons of the elite of the new school of the French Imperial Navy are: firstly, if you want to withstand the blows of breech-loading heavy guns weighing more than 80 tons of ironclad ships at close range, then according to the current armor ballistic properties, the thickness of the armor must reach at least 600 mm or more. But due to www.biquge.info weight limitations, no ironclad ship has been able to cover such a thick layer of armor in all important areas. Therefore, in the event of a torpedo attack or an angle of attack, the protection of an ironclad ship protected by heavy armor in only some areas is inherently as weak as that of a light warship below the waterline. ”

"Secondly, from the point of view of use and efficacy, the funds for 1 ironclad ship can build 3 cruisers; Cruisers can use heavy artillery bombardment, torpedo attacks, and even angle-of-attack tactics against ironclads that have heavy protection only in some areas. In this way, the role and function of ironclads can be replaced by a large number of small, fast, protected deck cruisers, as well as powerful guns and torpedoes. Although the firepower of the two is generally comparable, the cruiser is faster, more maneuverable and flexible, and its numerical advantage determines that it is more complementary and replaceable. ”

"Thirdly, from the point of view of protection capabilities, the cruisers built now have only deck armor that covers key points, while the deck armor of a new cruiser should cover the entire length of the ship and be arranged as far as possible on the lower deck, preferably extending to the waterline. It is divided into many watertight compartments through horizontal and longitudinal partitions, forming a protection system composed of watertight compartments, deck armor and coal tanks under the waterline. Due to the elimination of the sail mast rigging and the increase in coal loading, the scope of coal bunker protection will also be expanded. As a result, coal tanks can largely replace armor protection. Such a lighter cruiser can also maintain high speed and endurance while having the protection capability close to that of an ironclad. ”

"These realizations had such a very important impact that in 9084 the British introduced the George ? The first protective cruiser designed by Rendall was the 2,977-ton cruiser 'Esmeralda', built for the Chilean Navy. With this, a series was called the 'Armstrong-type protective cruisers'. ”

Hear this, Aube and his buddy Gabriel? Charmey's face was solemn. Obviously, Lin Yiqing mentioned that the movements of the British Navy had touched them.

The reason why Obei's "new school" ideas can be widely disseminated is inseparable from this journalist.

Gabriel? Charme, a journalist and writer, was a close friend of Aube's, and he used his vivid writing to make the French people aware of the ideas of the "new school", so that the new school was widely supported by the people. Aube invited Chalmay to cruise with the French Mediterranean Fleet, which allowed Charmel to learn a lot about the navy, and these valuable experiences allowed Chalmay to form his own ideas on the basis of Aube's "New School" ideas, which were more radical than Aube.

Sharmey not only distorted and amplified the role of torpedo boats, but also developed the concept of "division of tasks"; ironclad ships should have three strike methods: angle of attack, artillery and torpedo attacks, and he believed that different ship types should be used to specialize in one of the attack functions, so he proposed that ships should be built separately for ramming, artillery and torpedo attacks. For example, special gunboats use 140 mm guns, which are similar in size to torpedo boats; In addition, there were two types of torpedo boats with different functions: "attack torpedo boats" equipped only with torpedoes, and "defense torpedo boats" equipped with rapid-fire guns and pole torpedoes to protect attack torpedo boats from enemy light harassment. These light ships form a "combat detachment" consisting of two gunboats, four attack torpedo boats, and four defensive torpedo boats. Theoretically, gunboats and defensive torpedo boats were used to tear through the defensive lines of the enemy fleet, fire rapid-fire artillery fire at them and release smoke in order to cover the breakthrough of the attacking torpedo boats and launch torpedo attacks on enemy ironclad ships. In addition, the combat detachment is equipped with a special logistical support carrier, the torpedo boat carrier, which can provide logistical support to 4 gunboats and 16 torpedo boats!

The image of torpedo boats in Charmey's mind is very popular with the French people, but in Lin Yiqing's view, it is a misunderstanding of the French Navy into development.

And Lin Yiqing knew that the main purpose of his speech today was to destroy the ideological foundation of Charmey, and not let him destroy the French Navy.

"Although this new type of cruiser has shown a lot of problems such as insufficient displacement, low endurance, no double bottom, and too low freeboard to affect navigation performance compared with the large-caliber guns it carries, because a series of new technologies closely related to the development of new ironclad ships, such as large-caliber rapid-fire guns, new armored steel, and steam turbines, are still in the infancy of technological development, the protective cruiser still attracts great attention from the navies of various countries, especially some medium and emerging countries that are eager for war."

"Under the deception of the British, the famous British ship designer William? A number of improved protective cruisers designed by Sir White and others: the 'Giovanni'? The Bausang, the Naniwa and Takachiho, built for the Japanese Navy, brought these new cruisers into a golden age of development. ”

"The biggest difference between the new British thinking is that in the eyes of the Royal Navy, which is 'different from inside and outside', the new cruiser was developed as an integral part of the fleet with capital ships as the core, rather than as a substitute tool. The British Admiralty had no intention of replacing the traditional status of ironclads with such new weapons and making them the core of the Royal Navy, and still less did it abandon the development of new ironclads and their key technologies because they were optimistic about the prospects of cruisers. ”

In fact, although the tactical requirements for speed, protection, and firepower in different periods have focused differently, and this has led to many criticisms of the existing ironclads, the basic point of ironclads as the core of the development of the British Royal Navy has never been shaken. I don't know if the French Navy also thinks like this: every day to the outside world and potential competitors to emphasize the various problems of ironclads, and even seriously tell others that ironclads are about to become obsolete, but they have never relaxed the development and construction of ironclads and continue to build and strengthen their own combat effectiveness with them as the core. ”

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