The "Dujuturuin" class was originally designed by the French, and after the French saw it, they would naturally like it, but at this time, the drawings of this class of warships appeared in front of the French designers in advance, which brought Portion a completely different feeling.

Hearing Portion's admiration, Lone also came to his side and looked at the drawings.

"I'm afraid this kind of warship isn't specially designed for column tactics, right?" Guba only glanced at it, and then said the key to it.

"Your Excellency General is right," Lin Yiqing nodded approvingly, "If you fight in a horizontal formation or a small formation, the bow of the ship will face the enemy, and the forward firepower is designed for this." ”

"Her designer must have been inspired by the Battle of Lissa." Lone looked at Lin Yiqing, who was wearing his mask again, and said with a smile.

In the cabin just now, he had already seen Lin Yiqing's true face.

Because he misses his deceased best friend too much, only when Lin Yiqing wears a mask, can he not regard Lin Yiqing as Lin Yizhe.

"Not only the Battle of Lisa, but also the Battle of Langqiao, the Japanese army also used this tactic." Deng Zhengqing said, "The Japanese army saw that our army was strong, so they wanted to use an ironclad ship to disrupt our team, the Japanese army commander's tactics are beyond reproach, if it succeeds, our team will be chaotic, and our ship is not as protective as the Japanese ships, so it should be taken advantage of." It's just that the speed of the Japanese ships was too slow, and they failed to do the battle of Lisa, and the Austrian ships rushed to disrupt the Italian ship group. When the bow of our ship is facing the enemy, the firepower is insufficient, and the design of this ship can make up for its shortcomings. ”

Hearing Deng Zhengqing's answer, Lin Yiqing was both shocked and admired.

As the pillars of the emerging navy of this ancient country, he is now able to have such an insight!

The Battle of Lissa was a naval battle fought between the Italian and Austrian fleets in the waters off the island of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea during the Italian War of Independence. For the first time, the battle between steam-powered ironclad ships was eye-catching. After the war, the navies of various countries around the world studied the battle in depth and detail in terms of tactics, armament, and ship structure. This naval battle marked the transition of naval warfare from the age of sails to the age of steam ironclads.

At that time, the Italian fleet, led by Admiral Persano, sailed from Ancona and launched an attack on the island of Lisa. For two days in a row, the Italian fleet shelled the island of Lisa, and the Austrian troops defending the island were very stubborn and damaged the Italian ironclad ship "Mighty" with artillery. While the Italian fleet was preparing to organize another attack, the Austrian fleet arrived at dawn the next day. Austria's Tegethof led his fleet as far away as the port of Bora 165 nautical miles. When he learned that Lisa had been attacked, he at first thought it was just a feint. While the Italians were attacking with all their might, Tegerthoff sailed towards Lissa, reaching the waters near Lisa, where he ordered the fleet to be ready for battle. Realizing that his firepower was inferior, he chose an easy formation - three "V" shapes arranged longitudinally, the first of which consisted of seven ironclads led by him, led by the flagship "Ferdinand Maximilan". The second "V" was a wooden-hulled fast ship and a coastal defense ship, led by the "Caesar", who placed the rest of the small ships in the third "V" line. On the morning of the third day, Persano went on the attack again. While he was bombarding Lisa's batteries and preparing to send troops to land, the lookout post suddenly reported that the Austrian fleet was approaching from the northwest.

Persano hastily formed his ironclad ships into columns and rushed from the front of the Austrian formation. In this critical moment, Persano moved his flag from the "Italia" to the "Plumb", which was outside the battle formation, without any reason. As a result, a large gap appeared between the 3 Italian warships in front and the ones behind. Tegethoff immediately led his vanguard formation of ironclads through this gap, and his wooden ships rushed towards Persano's wooden ships and the rest of the ironclads.

The battle quickly turned into a scuffle, and the movement of the ships was partially obscured by smoke. "Plumb" twice tried unsuccessfully to ram the wooden "Caesar". One of the shells fired by the "Caesar" grazed the "Di Potogaro", but it itself caught fire under the fire of the opponent and was eventually driven out of the battle by the "Plumb". At the same time, the artillery fire of the Austrians set an Italian ironclad ship on fire.

The ramming of the "Italy" by the flagship of Tegerthoff was the most spectacular in this battle. When the "Ferdinand Maximiran" was searching in the smoke of the battle, it crashed into the side of the "Italia", the Italian warship lost directional control, and its front was blocked by another Austrian warship, and when it retreated, the "Maximi" rammed its side at full speed and tilted it badly to starboard, as the "Maximilan" slowly retreated, the "Italia" returned to normal, and then under the force of several tons of seawater pouring into the breach, it tilted to the port side, and finally capsized and sank. The sinking of the "Italy" ended the battle, and the Italian fleet retreated to the west. Since the Austrian fleet had several warships damaged and remained at a disadvantage, Tegethof did not pursue. The Battle of Lissa was a great victory for the Austrian navy, which completely relieved the siege of Lissa. In the naval battle, the Italian fleet suffered heavy losses, losing 3 ironclad ships and more than 1,000 officers and men.

The Battle of Lisa was the first encounter between the ironclad fleets at sea, proving that artillery was no longer effective against armoured warships (the cannonballs of this era were not powerful enough), and steam-powered ships were highly maneuverable, and they could quickly transform into various battle formations. In the Battle of Langqiao, eight years after the battle, the Japanese fleet used a "V" formation similar to the Austrian fleet to attack the Chinese shipbuilding fleet that used columns, but the outcome of the naval battle was very different. In addition, the ramming tactics of the Austrian fleet at the Battle of Lissa were repeatedly successful, and this ancient tactic was resurrected, and after that, ramming horns were installed on the warships of most countries.

And Deng Zhengqing, like Gu Ba, was able to guess the tactics that might be applicable to this new type of warship after seeing the sketch diagram of the new type of cruiser drawn by Lin Yiqing, which can be said to be commendable.

"The guns of this warship are still more on the sides than the head and tail, but the head and tail firepower is more powerful than all the existing warships of your navy, which shows that the designers have considered a lot of changes in the formation." Gu Ba's words were full of approval, "Whether it is a horizontal team or a column, this kind of warship can adapt." ”

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