"God, the design of the battery of this battleship is simply amazing. We in the British Empire never thought that the main guns could be set on the central axis of the battleship, so that we would not waste firepower. In this way, the benefits are enormous. It's okay to use one gun as two guns, it's too powerful. Not only does this save a lot of space, but it also saves weight and carries more ammo, which is really good, amazing! With such an advanced design idea, why didn't we come up with it from the British Empire, but with a Chinese navy? Have you, God, forsaken your people? ”

The members of the British observation group expressed their feelings on the Japanese warship, and they were all shocked by the design of the battleship Taiwan, because the design idea of this battleship was already ahead of the world, and even the battleship designers of the British Empire could not even think of such a design method, which was simply terrible. Placing the guns on the central axis of the ship avoids wasting firepower when the ship is fighting on the battle line. After all, battleships also used the side to shoot, not the head gun. The battleship's main mode of combat is also to launch through both sides of the battleship, and there is almost no time to fire directly at the front. And this kind of main gun can be designed on the central axis of the battleship, so that the angle of the main gun can be adjusted according to the needs of the battle, and it can attack the enemy on the left or right at any time.

If it is the way of thinking that the main guns are designed on both sides in the past, then half of the main guns will always be unable to give full play to the firepower advantage in battle, which is equivalent to waste. The design idea of the sword-class battleship directly designs the main gun on the central axis, so that the number of guns can be less than half of the traditional design method to give full play to the combat effectiveness of the original battleship. With the weight saved, it is completely possible to install a few more guns again, so that the firepower will increase the intensity.

What's more, Taiwan, a sword-class battleship, has given up the idea of firing secondary guns in the past. His main targets were also all aimed specifically at enemy battleships, not against enemy cruisers. In this way, their firepower is five times more than that of the Japanese Kayama-class battleships, which is simply too bad.

"Call me! Hit hard, I don't believe it, we will lose to them with five times the firepower! Chen Fa shouted.

"Bang ......"

Fifty shells were fired again by five sword-class battleships, but they still exploded into a lot of waves. And did not hit the enemy. And Chen Fa was also a little disappointed, because a total of 100 shells were fired in these two rounds, but none of them hit the enemy, so there must be a problem with the hit rate. This hit rate is too low, especially from a long distance. Chen Fa also led a sword-class battleship to fight a British cruiser before, but at that time their distance was less than a thousand meters, and Taiwan had the advantage of a sneak attack, so they hit.

This time it was at the same level, and the distance was expanded to a distance of several kilometers. This way the hit rate is seriously reduced.

"Bang ......"

The Japanese Kazan-class battleships also began to fire, and then ten shells were fired. However, they are also relatively poor, and there are no warships that can hit Taiwan. Both sides also began to prepare for the third round of shooting, and this third round of shooting Chen Fa reported great hope. Because as long as you budget the probability, you can know that even if Taiwan's firepower hit rate is low, it should be able to hit the bullet. If he can't hit the enemy in the third round this time, then Chen Fa will really jump into the sea directly, because what kind of stuff he is training!

"Launch!"

"Bang ......"

After the third round of shooting went out. Fifty shells again fell on the fleet of the Japanese. But this time, Chen Fa was not disappointed. Finally a shell hit.

"Bang ......"

There was a series of explosions, and many shells hit the Japanese battleships.

"Captain, our Mikasa has been shot, and we have been hit by three shells!" Immediately, a staff officer spoke to the captain of the Japanese Mikasa.

However, the Japanese captain seemed calmer, and then asked, "Did you hurt us?" ”

"No, it's all bounced back from our armor. No real harm was done to us! The Japanese staff officer said.

However, the other Japanese warships were similar, and although they were hit by shells, they did not receive substantial damage. In the battleship naval battles of this era, in fact, the armor was still very good. In this era when the hit rate is very bad. Not only is the hit rate surprisingly low, but even if it hits, it may not be able to shoot through the enemy's armor. The armor of these warships is very thick, and many of them are made of ultra-high-strength special alloy steel, and the hardness and toughness of the yield resistance are not comparable to ordinary steel, so it generally takes a certain amount of luck for the shells to penetrate these armors. In naval battles, it is often half luck and half strength, and only strength is not enough, because if the overall strength is basically equal, it depends on the luck of the two navies.

"Commander Chen, we hit ten shells this time, but none of them achieved very good results. We did not have armor capable of penetrating the enemy. ”

Chen Fa nodded and said: "It's not surprising, the Japanese warships are designed to imitate the Sovereign-class battleships, and if nothing else, the thickness of their armor is four hundred and fifty-seven millimeters at the thickest point, and it is not surprising that our shells can't penetrate their armor for a while." But after all, it's a hit, and the hit rate is about 6.6 percent, which is barely okay. ”

Chen Fa saw these Japanese warships, and then began to think: "Although the Japanese warships have fewer artillery, their artillery is more powerful. The caliber of their guns is three hundred and forty-three mm caliber, and the armor is about two hundred mm thicker than ours. In this way, although we have a lot of artillery, it is all 305 mm guns, and although it is easier to hit them, it is not easy to penetrate their armor. And although their artillery is relatively small, our armor is also very thin, and once we are hit by an enemy shell, the probability of our armor being penetrated is much greater than the probability of us penetrating their armor. The situation seems to be more favorable now, but it may not be as good as it seems. ”

Chen Fa's idea is actually a different idea similar to the power flow and speed flow of online games in later generations. This Japanese Xiangshan-class battleship is an imitation of the Junquan-class battleship, the pinnacle of former dreadnoughts, and its armor is more than 400 millimeters thick at its thickest, which is thicker than Taiwan's Sword-class battleships, and more than 200 millimeters thicker than Taiwan's Sword-class battleships. Relatively speaking, this Xiangshan-class battleship is completely a blood cow, not only has a high defense, but also has a very thick amount of blood, which is not so easy to penetrate.

And this Xiangshan-class battleship seems to have a small number of guns, but the caliber of each of their guns is 343 mm caliber, which is much more powerful than Taiwan's 305 mm caliber, and the penetration and power are also much greater. In this kind of situation where the guns of the Sword-class battleships on the Taiwan side are small and the armor thickness is not thick enough, the advantage of the Sword-class is that the firepower output at the same time is much more powerful than that of the Xiangshan-class battleships. But this thing is useless, and the armor is thick enough that even if the hit can't penetrate the enemy's armor, it will be useless.

However, the Japanese side is different, although the number of artillery pieces on the Japanese side is small, but the caliber is very large. Such a huge caliber is facing the relatively weaker Taiwanese sword-level armor, although they may not be able to penetrate Taiwan's armor, but the probability of them shooting through Taiwan's armor is much greater than the probability of Taiwan's armor penetrating their armor. The battle of battleships in this era is a very probabilistic combat method, so the two sides are completely supported by probability.

Qiu Baoren could clearly see that this sword-class battleship and the Xiangshan-class battleship imitating the monarch-class were actually trying a battle of power flow and speed flow, Japan's Xiangshan-class battleship was the power flow, and Taiwan's sword-class battleship was the speed flow. Such a method of warfare is completely in a situation of attrition. Both sides consume each other to see who can consume whom in the end.

In fact, after the original historical Dreadnought-class battleships came out, he brought more of a new idea and a new design idea. And the historical dreadnought-class battleships have not really participated in actual combat, and the combat effectiveness of many former dreadnoughts is still very impressive. Therefore, a sword-class battleship modeled after a dreadnought-class battleship may not be an absolute opponent to a sword-class battleship modeled after a monarch-class battleship. In a real fight, it is not certain that the deer will die!

"These sword-class battleships must not be lost, this sword-class battleship is the mainstream of future battleships, and we must stay. If we lose the Sword-class battleship, then we will definitely pay a lot of money for the rest of us. Our sword-class battleships can't fight with them here, and if we rush to fight with them, our losses in the end will not be small. Rather than lose these battleships, it is better to execute according to the original plan. Anyway, since we are all going to lose, then we should also lose those worthless things. Chen Fa thought.

Chen Fa immediately called the chief navigator who was in charge of calculating the speed and began to inquire about the current navigation situation. (To be continued.) )