Liu Buyun said that the current situation of Beiyang training still made Lu Hong secretly shocked, usually hit a moving target or a low-speed moving target, in order to ensure the effect of the exercise, but also get such a close distance, at this distance, all the so-called artillery skills are floating clouds, and more importantly, it is obviously the experience of the tube cannon, a cup of tea is ten minutes of effort, to hit the target, reloading speed is king...... I don't know if this hit counts as a small cannon!

However, considering the astonishing number of shells in the bullet depot in the north and south of Lushun Military Port, presumably there is no shortage of ammunition training in this naval division. However, the results of this inventory of Lushun's ammunition depot made Lu Hong somewhat confused......

In the history that he is familiar with, among the few things that have been criticized by future generations, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan went to sea to fight almost to the embarrassing point of running out of bullets, but this situation is completely contrary to the situation he saw in the Lushun bullet depot, and the Beiyang Naval Division's regular funds and ammunition supply can be said to be absolutely sufficient, and the mountains of various types of shells and tens of thousands of boxes of copper-shelled bullets in the warehouse made him secretly surprised.

And on the books, Lu Hong even saw a variety of cannonball names, such as the Shenma Grusen fast cannon, the mountain steel cannon, and the flowering copper cannon...... What else is the seven-born steel cannon and the eight-born steel cannon...... Even the officer in charge of the warehouse couldn't figure out what it was.

However, what also shocked Lu Hong was that there were indeed some problems with the quality of the shells in the ammunition depot, and he specially sent Ouyang Hao and Chen Huan to customize 305mm, 260mm, 150mm, and 120mm calipers to measure the diameter of the shells.

Now when Liu Buyun was talking about the Beiyang Ceremony, Lu Hong did not express his contempt very bluntly, but began to play in a calm tone: "Liu Junmen, in my opinion, in terms of artillery alone, I am afraid that the heavy artillery of our naval division will be difficult to defeat the fast artillery of the Japanese people!" ”

As soon as Lu Hong's words came out, there was no doubt that there was an effect of pouring water in hot oil, which immediately attracted a voice of doubt, and even Ding Ruchang and Yang Shixiang, who were talking to Wang Renkan at the main table, couldn't help but turn their heads to pay attention to this side, and Liu Buyun showed unexpected calmness, but there was already a trace of dissatisfaction in his expression, "Lu Dushi, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to assert it like this...... What basis do you have? ”

Basis...... Lu Hong pouted and smiled, looked sideways at these sailor generals, and suddenly asked, "Liu Junmen, I don't know the details of the Yoshino cruiser purchased by the Japanese State, do you know?" ”

Yoshino ...... Liu Buyun was obviously stunned when he heard this name, he naturally knew about this battleship, in fact, as a battleship that had just been commissioned by the Navy at the end of last year, these Beiyang generals were naturally very concerned, however, the information of this era was far less developed than that of later generations, and moreover, he could also conceal these news, and he only learned some about it through the British military attache in China!

"It is said that this ship has fast firepower and good speed, but the caliber of the main gun is only 6 inches!" Liu Buyun was not to be outdone, and immediately said the news he knew.

"Displacement of 4,200 tons, 12 vertical boilers, 2 4-cylinder three-expansion steam engines, power of more than 15,000 horsepower, speed of more than 23 knots, front main gun twin 6-inch, 40 times diameter Armstrong rapid-fire gun, rear main gun for two single-link 6-inch rapid-fire guns in the ear battery, 4 4.7-inch rapid-fire guns in the side chord gun windows, 4.5-inch main armor belt, 1.7-inch ...... in the dome armor"

Lu Hong almost said all the parameters of the Yoshino ship one by one in a comfortable tone, which immediately surprised the expressions of the Beiyang pipe belts present, obviously, such detailed battleship data, they have never heard of it at all, although I have heard the news of ordering the Yoshino ship for a long time, but the specific information has never been announced.

Deng Shichang, who was sitting on Yan Fu's right side at this moment, also slapped the table unexpectedly, stood up and asked with a serious expression, "Lu Dushi, can such detailed information be true...... If so, this ship is really my great enemy in the North Ocean! ”

Lu Hong looked at this national hero of later generations, however, at this moment, Deng Shichang was not only full of emotion, but also a worried expression, for the Beiyang pipe belt, rapid-fire guns have long been not a matter of conceptual surname, in fact, there are two 120mm rapid-fire guns made by the Jiangnan Bureau on the Guangjia destroyer that is now serving in the naval division, considering Yoshino's rather weak protective ability and lateral firepower that has been terrifying to a certain extent, no naval officer will despise this.

However, Lu Hong was also ready to pour oil, "Deng Guandao, this Yoshino's firepower is very strong, but the MK-I naval rangefinder that the British equipped them with for the first time on the battleship affects the vital things of gunnery...... It is said that this same rangefinder is also used on the latest Sovereign-class battleships of the British Royal Navy, and the error in determining the distance of 4,000 meters is no more than 1%! ”

In fact, Lu Hong's choice of surname here exaggerated a little bit of the auxiliary surname of the Yoshino, especially this MK-I naval rangefinder, the famous British warship designer Watts was naturally full of strength when he peddled the Yoshino to the book, and the application of this rangefinder on the Royal Navy Monarchy was not ideal, although it met the requirements of the rangefinder surname, but due to the technical connection between the rangefinder and naval gunnery, this is completely a subject that subverts the surname, even the Royal Navy does not have a full set of plans, so, In fact, the Yoshino's rangefinder is more of an auxiliary role, and it can't directly improve the Yoshino's shelling ability!

But Lu Hong's vague expression immediately made Liu Buyun's expression change greatly, and the wine table that was quite lively just now was silent for a moment...... Lu Hong's eloquent talk obviously suppressed these pipe bands, even Qiu Baoren, who didn't sell his account just now, also touched his mustache and pondered at this moment, but he didn't glance at Lu Hong, obviously surprised by his profound knowledge.

"Lu Dushi, so to speak...... Wouldn't it be extremely dangerous for the sailors to go into battle! At this time, no one questioned Lu Hong's knowledge in the navy, and just as everyone was thinking about how to continue to ask questions, Yang Shixiang suddenly asked with a strange expression.

"That may not be ......" Lu Hong immediately pouted, cooling down these pipe belts and high-ranking officials, saving their self-confidence from being hit too much, "Although the Yoshino ship is fast, this fleet fights, and the speed of this formation is far from reaching the highest speed, and the Yoshino side chord main armor belt is only 4.5 inches, and the guns above 120mm can completely hit the opponent seriously, and the most important thing is that the high-explosive shells of large-caliber main guns can cause a fatal blow to a battleship with many weak guns!" The warships of the Japanese Kingdom are mostly of this type, and they should be equipped with more flowering shells and use armor-piercing shells with caution! ”

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