The two fleets of Jiaran came from two completely hostile countries. However, the two fleets have similar similarities between the Li Gongli warships. The main force of the fleet headed for Naha Port was eight new warships called "non-direct-targeting sea firepower delivery platforms," and in the fleet that passed through the Panama Canal, the main force was newer warships called "advanced maritime tactical test platforms." Judging by the naming, there is definitely some kind of connection between the two.

There is indeed a connection between the two, and it is a relatively close connection.

As we all know, back in. In the Korean War many years ago, the Republic Navy used the electromagnetic guns on large warships to achieve results. Although at that time it was against the South Korean fleet, which had already collapsed. But in that battle, which was born in the waters south of Jeju Island, the ability of the electromagnetic cannon to strike at the sea was confirmed. In the subsequent wars between Japan and India, the electromagnetic guns of the Republic Navy not only performed well in ground strikes. It also performed very well in naval operations. Because by the time it was necessary to use electromagnetic guns against sea targets, the Japanese and Indian navies had already been defeated. Therefore, in these two wars, the electromagnetic guns of the Republic Navy were aimed at some civilian ships and paramilitary ships that had no combat effectiveness, or only hummed limited combat effectiveness, and the military significance of naval warfare was not very great. Until the Peninsular War in infancy. The chances of the electromagnetic cannon in the arena of naval warfare are still numbered. It can be said that the navy has not treated the electromagnetic cannon as the main weapon for sea control. It has a lot to do with its scarf combat record.

, Wang Fabi North

Of course, the Navy did not deny the combat effectiveness of electromagnetic guns in sea control.

According to unconfirmed information, before the end of the Hunan year, that is, shortly after the republican authorities made a strategic decision to prepare for a world war, the navy of the republic used the national computing center's class computers to be precisely rented at a cost, and the class computer group specially built for the military had not yet been completed. Using the data of previous naval battles, a comprehensive analysis of future naval battles was made. It is on the basis of this analysis that the conclusions are drawn. The Navy of the Republic established a one-year pre-war program, which was later extended to seven years. In this plan, there are warships codenamed "artillery fire-type sea-making ships" and with electromagnetic guns as their main weapons. After the year, the project was officially renamed "Non-Direct Aiming Sea Fire Delivery Ship", and the result of its development was the aforementioned warship.

From the point of view of time, this news has a relatively high degree of credibility.

According to the relevant information released by the Navy of the Republic after the war, around the time of the year, the project of "non-direct targeting of sea fire delivery platforms" was officially launched. Because of the tight schedule, the theoretical research work of the project only took half a year, and the design began at the end of the year. And the design work will be completed by the end of the year. In other words, mussels were used from project approval to completion of design. In accordance with the way in which the procurement of equipment for the Navy of the Republic is managed. Before the official purchase. The research code will definitely be replaced with the equipment code. Therefore, it should be at this time that the "non-direct targeting of the sea fire delivery platform" was officially named. Due to the fully modular design and the fact that the construction of some of the secondary functional modules began before the design was completed, the first batch of warships was built and commissioned in less than four years.

As mentioned earlier, the new generation cruisers of the Navy of the Republic have intensified their artillery fire and increased their displacement a lot.

It is clear that the displacement of the "non-direct-targeting sea fire delivery platform", with the electromagnetic cannon as the only weapon for sea domination, is certainly much larger than that of a cruiser armed with only 3 first-generation spiral electromagnetic guns. According to the design standards published by the Navy of the Republic, the standard displacement of this type of warship is too many tons. According to the calculation of the margin of paste, the full load displacement is about stupid tons, and the actual maximum displacement must be overbeaten. o tons.

The construction of such a warship of almost 10,000 tons will definitely not be able to be kept secret, let alone 8 ships at the same time.

Because the replacement of anti-ship missiles and carrier-based aviation with large-caliber electric transverse guns was originally the main direction of the naval exhibition, the Navy of the Republic attracted the attention of the US Navy when it launched the "artillery type sea control ships." And it has received great attention from US intelligence agencies. There is ample reason to believe that the US Navy had similar programs before the calendar year, and that the US intelligence agencies must have had a lot of information about the "gunfire type of sea control ships".

Among other things, the appearance of the US Navy's "Advanced Maritime Tactical Test Platform" is very similar to the Republic Navy's "non-direct aiming sea fire delivery platform", and it appears to be rougher. Therefore, it is entirely possible to believe that the US Navy "copycat." The results of the development of the Navy of the Republic. And it's not very well learned.

It is also easy to understand that the "non-direct aiming sea firepower delivery platform" is a completely new concept of sea-dominating ships, which not only has a peculiar appearance, but also has a completely different tactical use from previous warships.

In fact, even many officers and men of the Navy of the Republic could not understand this new type of warship, as well as the new tactics represented.

Judging only from the appearance, it was officially named "Qin" class by the navy, and was named after the country in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Under normal circumstances, naval officers and sailors call it a gunboat or capital ship, while Western countries call it a battleship or a capital ship, so the later commonly known as the capital ship has little in common with any kind of warship in history, but is a bit similar to the hook fighter of the naval aviation, that is, the whole battleship is a regular polygon, and the outer surface is very smooth, with almost no protrusions.

In terms of basic ship type, the "Qin" class abandoned the two-body and three-body structures commonly used by tall ships. Rather, it returned to the original design, for the monohull. Of course, it's definitely not a bullet ship in the sense of play. Judging from the appearance alone, the hull of the "Qin" class is similar to that designed by the US Navy at the beginning of the first century...... Heart-mouth, i.e. "Zumtilt." Class destroyers are very similar, that is, the part of the hull above the waterline is inclined inward and is very smooth. The difference is. "Qin. This inclined structure was extended below the waterline of the hull until about 7 meters, and then adducted into the form of a blunt bottom. Affected by this, many people believe that the bottom structure of the "Qin" class is mainly to defend against torpedoes and improve survival after being hit by torpedoes

Dry. In fact, the design of the bottom of the "Qin" class has nothing to do with resisting torpedo attacks and improving survivability. The purpose of this design is only one, that is, on the basis of the use of a monohull type, so that the sailing degree can reach the tactical index of the navy, that is, the maximum sailing blade joint. It is precisely for this reason that the "Qin" class adopts a draft structure of "shallow in the front and deep in the back". That is, the keel of the battleship was not horizontal, but inclined backwards from the part, reaching its apex at about a quarter of the length of the ship from the stern, and then retracted towards the stern. Combined with a special bottom structure. The underwater part of the "Qin" class is actually a huge surf body, when sailing at high speeds. The bottom of the ship has the effect of an airplane wing, that is, it produces buoyancy equivalent to 60% of the displacement of the warship, reduces the draft, reduces the wet area, and also reduces the navigation resistance. To make an image analogy, the "Qin" class is a speedboat that has been magnified hundreds of times!

If there is some truth in the use of special underwater structures in order to improve the degree, then the water structure of the "Qin" class is difficult to understand.

First of all, it is because it is not necessary to use a monohull type. It does not use catamarans and trimarans, which are more conducive to improving the degree. Follow the answer given by the Navy. "Qin. The class does not undertake the task of supporting aviation operations, and the requirements for the area of armor are not high, so there is no need to use a multihull ship type. Apparently. This doesn't make sense at all, because the main advantage of a multihull is not the provision of a wide deck. Instead, the previous aircraft carriers of the "Chongqing" class were all monohull types, and they still had very large flight decks. From the actual situation. The main purpose of the monohull type of the "Qin" class should be to reduce the area of bombing. You know, as a kind of battleship that fights with electromagnetic guns. It is definitely necessary to consider the question of survival in the event of enemy shelling. Because the electromagnetic cannon is high ballistic firepower. The shells fell almost vertically. Therefore, the width of the hull has become the main indicator to measure the hit rate, and it is also the main factor restricting survivability. There is no doubt that a battleship with a wide deck area will definitely be more vulnerable to being hit by smashing shells.

Affected by this, the water structure of the "Qin" class is almost a copy of the underwater structure, only more exaggerated. From the front, the battleship is a triangle with side walls extending straight upwards from the waterline at an angle of inclination and meeting above the centerline of the hull. Since the ship is an acute triangle, when viewed from the side, it is a slope that extends to the rear from the waterline. It reaches its apex about a third of the length of the ship from the stern and then extends downwards at an angle of depression. Eventually, it was folded horizontally about a literal distance from the stern, leaving a flight deck with an area of less than one square meter. Although in terms of basic appearance, the "Qin" class did not fundamentally differ from the warships of the early 2nd century, that is, it had a pronounced superstructure, a flight deck for helicopters to take off and land vertically at the tail, and various weapons and equipment were arranged along the center line of the battleship. It is only nuclear-powered, so there is no smoke white, and the antenna of the electronic equipment and the projection window of weapons and ammunition with a protective design are used, so there are no obvious protrusions. But a careful analysis will reveal it, "Qin." Class is a kind of warship that cannot be controlled by manpower to sail stably, because the center of gravity of the ship is in front of the center of buoyancy energy, that is, when the battleship is definitely in an unstable state when it is sailing, the ship will sink under the sea surface, so it can only rely on computer control, and it must constantly adjust the sailing attitude to stabilize the navigation.

This difference makes the "Qin" class fundamentally different from any previous type of warship.

You know, before that, no warship dared to adopt an unstable structure. Of course, the biggest benefit of this unstable structure is that the ship's maneuverability is greatly improved, especially the steering ability at high sailing, which no previous warship can match.

It can be seen from this that the "Qin" class is a warship with very high maneuverability requirements.

This is the key, is it necessary to pay so much attention to maneuverability for a large warship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons?

Before that, even destroyers did not pay so much attention to maneuverability.

The reason is very simple, in naval warfare, large warships equipped with large-caliber electric contact guns and long-range cruise missiles do not need to get close to the enemy at all, and they only need to consider the threat of the enemy's anti-ship missiles and long-range ammunition, and the ability of the interception system to deal with anti-ship missiles is definitely more reliable than the maneuverability of the battleship. It is also more worthy of attention. What's more. As a combat platform, whether it is an aircraft carrier, a cruiser or a destroyer, they all have high requirements for the stability of navigation, so they do not focus on improving maneuverability at the expense of stability.

From this design, it can be seen that the "Qin" class is a kind of warship used for artillery battles with the enemy.

You must know that only a dense rain of bullets cannot be dealt with by the interception system and the forced electromagnetic interference system, and only the large-caliber electromagnetic guns on the battleship can create a rain of bullets.

Since it was born for artillery battles, it was necessary to have enough naval guns.

On this battleship, which has a displacement of more than the largest tonnage in history, there were a total of 6 large-caliber electromagnetic guns. Although in absolute terms. Not as good as the battleships of the Second World War. But in terms of combat effectiveness, the "Qin" class is certainly the most powerful gunboat of all time.

In terms of the number of electromagnetic guns equipped alone. The "Qin" class surpassed all previous warships, referring only to combat ships built according to military standards. And not including fireships built to civilian standards. What's more, the "Qin" class is equipped with a "heavy electric blast gun" specially opened for it. ”

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According to the information released by the Navy of the Republic, the electromagnetic cannon of the "Qin" class has 7 types of shells, which are mainly equipped with Qing shells. That is, the semi-armor-piercing projectile of the kilogram level, the high-explosive bomb of the jumping kilogram level and the cluster submunition of the net kilogram level. Without exception, these three commonly used artillery shells are semi-guided munitions, that is, there is only a ballistic correction system, and there is no terminal guidance system. Because it's a spiral electromagnetic gun. Therefore, the firing range of the "Qin" class main gun has little to do with the type of ammunition, and the extended-range ammunition can also be used, but is determined by the firing energy, that is, by adjusting the output energy at the time of firing, the shell is given different muzzle kinetic energy, so that the shell can obtain different ballistic heights, thus determining the basic firing range. What's more, the spiral electromagnetic cannon is a non-contact electromagnetic gun, that is, the shell does not make contact with the plus rail, so "Qin." The main gun can use all small-caliber shells, such as stacking them in the Navy's ammunition depot

Let the good Khan branch shells that are enough to pay most of the ground reinforcement tasks, which are they tied to the force o kilogram shells of the coil.

Even more amazing than the huge caliber is its amazing shot. According to the data released by the Navy, the maximum shot of the main guns of the "Qin" class reached the blade per minute. Although it can only fire at this level of continuous fire for a second, that is, the core element kilogram shell is projected at the standard initial level, if 6 guns fire at the same time, it can also shoot young shells at the target at the same time, achieving an astonishing density of shells. Under normal circumstances, "Qin." The main gun fires at a force per minute, and can fire at such a rate for the old minutes, or at the number of minutes per minute. If all the kilogram-class shells are projected, it is equivalent to the "Qin" class can be projected in the pan bell, blink the cannonballs, or in an hour, four tons of shells can be projected, and 8 "Qin." level, the projection of shells in an hour has passed, and the projection of all electromagnetic guns on all escort warships in the 3 aircraft carrier battle group.

Behind the amazing projection ability, there is an even more amazing range.

Although according to the data published by the Navy of the Republic, "Qin. The maximum firing range of the main gun is a kilometer, but according to many actual combat examples, it is very likely that this is "Qin." The maximum effective range of the class when fighting alone, that is, the maximum measurement distance of the sighting system on the battleship. With support and assistance, "Qin. The main guns of the class are fully capable of firing kilogram-level shells to, and even thousands of kilometers away. If a kilogram-class artillery shell is used, the maximum range may even exceed 4,000 meters. Of course, in actual combat, the farthest engagement record set by the "Qin" class was to return to a thousand meters, and it was set when using Jun-kilogram shells. Analysis from the actual combat situation. It is no longer the output energy of the electromagnetic cannon that affects the range, but the accuracy of the unguided projectile at long range. To be precise. If you can't hit the target. No matter how long the range is, it has no practical significance.

In any case, even the effective range of the golden kilometer is enough to make the "Qin" class a capital ship for sea domination.

You know, if you can get air maintenance. That is, to block the enemy's fighters from a distance of thousands of kilometers so that the enemy planes cannot use anti-ship missiles to attack, the "Qin" class is fully capable of defeating Jun with electromagnetic cannons. Enemy ships at a distance of kilometers and even destroy enemy aircraft carrier battle groups.

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In fact. The most mysterious thing on the "Qin" class is certainly not its heavy naval guns.

In any case, this kind of heavy electromagnetic cannon specially opened for the "Qin" class is the patent of the Navy. And it is a patent for large ships of the Navy. Not only the army cannot use it, but even the navy's small and medium-sized ships cannot use it.

Not to mention for the time being, whether this set of electromagnetic guns can be dismantled and installed on dozens of vehicles, the four-kilogram shells can also become a nightmare for the army's logistics supply, coupled with the amazing shot, the army can stay away from it. To know. Not only did the army have no love for kilogram-class artillery shells, but they did not even use kilogram-class shells on a large scale. In the case of ships. For example, kilogram-sized artillery shells can cope with all ground battles, and there is no need to equip more powerful electromagnetic gun systems.

For a battleship, survivability is a tactical indicator as important as strike capability.

It has already been mentioned. Many people believe that many of the special designs of the "Qin" class are for survivability. This is not false, after all, any kind of large warship will be designed with survivability in mind. The question is, "Qin." The class is definitely not the kind of "battleship equipped with electromagnetic guns" that many people guess, that is, there is no heavy armor. It can also be seen from the displacement that according to the standards of battleships, that is, the thickness of the armor of the critical parts must be able to resist the blow of armor-piercing shells fired by its own main guns at normal engagement distances. Then the displacement of the "Qin" class is not concave. Tun up. Even with the latest high-strength alloy armor, its standard displacement will be too many tons!

You can't rely on armor, you can only rely on active defense systems.

The problem is, as already mentioned, any active defense system is powerless in the face of a rain of bullets dropped by electric bombs. This has also been proven by real combat, as long as the projection density of ammunition is sufficient, no tactical defense performance can intercept all shells. What's more, the electromagnetic cannon can also project submunitions, and can allow the mother bombs to drop cluster submunitions at high altitudes, and in the face of dense submunitions, the interception system is even more powerless.

As for the defense capability of the "Qin" class, the Republic Navy has always regarded it as a secret at all times.

After the end of the war, the Republic Navy also only released part of the information, such as the "Qin" class has the ability to defend against shaped ammunition, and can effectively defend against some kinetic ammunition, and also has advanced system defense capabilities. All in all, the Navy of the Republic has remained silent on the question of what defense technologies have been used.

Affected by this, we can only guess the defense capability and survivability of this epoch-making warship by way of further analysis.

First of all, it is certain that the "Qin" class must have a passive defense capability far superior to that of previous warships, but it is certainly not achieved by increasing the thickness of the armor. Judging from the space occupancy rate of the power system of the Gundam Gill, that is, the proportion of the power system in the space of the whole ship, it is very likely that the "Qin" class has adopted "energy armor". To put it bluntly, it is to destroy and destroy the armor-piercing protective armor of ammunition through electrical energy, fluid kinetic energy, high-temperature internal energy, etc. The most primitive is the piezoelectric armor developed by the British at the beginning of the introduction, that is, through the high-voltage current generated when the armor-piercing projectile or high-temperature jet passes through two layers of armor plates with a voltage difference of up to tens of thousands of volts, to destroy the dynamic structure of the armor-piercing projectile and the fluid structure of the high-temperature jet, thereby greatly reducing the armor-piercing ability of the armor-piercing projectile and the high-temperature jet. In addition, Israeli scientists have come up with the idea of "fluid armor." The concept of taking advantage of the characteristics of liquids that are not easily compressed and produce tangential forces when subjected to external forces. to destroy the stability of the armor-piercing projectile and the continuity of the high-temperature jet, thereby reducing the armor-piercing ability. Of course, these new concepts have been tested for a long time, and they have all proven to be relatively effective. The problem is that none of these armors are of light mass. It is very unrealistic to use it on large warships. It can be seen from this. The Republic Navy must have developed a more advanced type of energy armor, such as armor protected by strong magnetic fields. Of course, this kind of mountain privacy protection was mentioned as early as a year ago, and the original lesson only has a threshold. That is, the huge energy needs to know that the "Hao" class is a battleship with electromagnetic guns as the main combat weapon, and the requirements for the power system must be very high. It also has the ability to provide enough energy for the energy armor.

And then there's. The "Qin" class definitely has more advanced interception systems. In any case, no passive means of defense can ensure that the battleship is foolproof. In fact. No warship can avoid sinking in a way that enhances passive defenses. In order to improve the survivability of warships, it is necessary to strengthen active defense, that is, to improve the combat efficiency of interception systems. That is, the interception system must have the ability to intercept shells. It also has to have the ability to intercept more targets at the same time, and even automatically adjust the output energy according to the nature of the target to maximize the interception efficiency. It's a pity. Until the end of the Third World War, the Navy of the Republic did not disclose the main characteristics of the interception systems equipped with the capital ships of the "Qin" class. Through the combat situation during the war, it can only be determined that the interception system of the "Qin" class capital ships is different from the previous interception system, and not only has the combat efficiency been improved several times, but also the combat mode is also very different. Of course, this sentence should be said in reverse, that is, because of the adoption of new combat methods, the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.

From the point of view of measuring the combat effectiveness of the battleship. A warship with excellent offensive means and strong defensive capabilities is a powerful warship.

Of course, there are no perfect battleships in the world, just as there are no perfect people.

If there are any shortcomings of the "Qin" class. At least one thing is recognized by all, and that is the very limited ability to sustain operations.

This can also be seen in the configuration of its weapon system.

According to data published by the Navy of the Republic. The proportion of the weapon system of the "Qin" class is only the courtyard, that is, the quality of the weapon system is only the standard displacement. There is no doubt that this is a low indicator. You must know that before the "Qin" class, this indicator of cruisers was often in the gills, because there were no warships similar to the "Qin" class in the past, so only the closest cruiser could be compared. According to this ratio, the "Qin"-class weapon system does not include the fire control system, which is counted in the electronic equipment, and there is only about Jun stew in total. Even if the "Qin" class is not equipped with other long-range weapons, and the interception system is counted in the defense system, and the mass of the electromagnetic cannon itself is still the standard for cruisers according to the calculation of the "Qin" class, the ammunition depot of the "Qin" class only has auxiliary artillery shells, that is, about fierce. This is the maximum estimate of kilogram-level shells, since the mass of the ammunition depot itself, as well as the mass of the lifting system, is not calculated. With the firepower level of the "Qin" class, even if the fire is fired at a normal level, this point of shells will be exhausted in O minutes. It's just enough to fight for the old minutes, and it's really frighteningly low.

Of course, this is not the case.

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In a sea supremacy operation, the "Qin" class will certainly not fire continuously, but will fire in a short and rapid manner. After a salvo, the impact is assessed and the aiming point is adjusted. Fire again. And so it goes. Even if the maximum sustained fire time is only a few minutes, the actual combat time can be several hours. If performing a ground support mission. That's even less of a problem, because the main guns of the "Qin" class can use yo-kilogram and kilogram-level shells. And most of the time it is against fixed targets on the ground, so the ammunition consumption is certainly not as alarming as sea supremacy.

All in all, this defect of the "Qin" class became the main factor limiting its combat use.

In fact, after the construction of 8 "Qin" class and 8 "Tang" class ships named after the dynasty in history, as a small modification of the "Qin" class, the main performance indicators are completely consistent with the "Qin" class, the third type of the Republic Navy, that is, the "Han" class named after the national name, in the case of the number of main guns has not increased, only the improved electromagnetic gun has been replaced, and the standard displacement has suddenly increased to field tons, that is, an increase of 4 O tons. It is equivalent to an increase in the induction. In the increased displacement, the weapon system accounted for the gills. The vast majority of this is used to increase the ammunition capacity and to introduce new structural ammunition depots with higher safety standards.

This change is enough to show that even the Navy of the Republic of China cannot endure the reserve amount of ammunition of the "Qin" class.

You know, the "Han" class built a must-have ship in one go. It is the capital ship built the most by the Republic Navy during the entire Great War, and it is also the absolute main force of the Republic Navy during the Great War.

Some people may ask, "On a battleship of Wangkou ton, there are only 6 electromagnetic guns?"

If you don't count the laser cannons, particle beam cannons, and small-caliber electromagnetic cannons in the interception system, the "Qin" class really only has electric shock cannons, and no other offensive weapons. Of course, when necessary, three vertical take-off and landing anti-submarine patrol aircraft can also carry missiles and bombs to carry out attack missions.

Arguably. This is also a place where the "Qin" level has been criticized.

To know. On a cruiser of more than 20 thousand tons. In addition to 3 electromagnetic guns, there are multiple missiles, as well as vertical take-off and landing aircraft with attack capabilities. Even if the "Qin" level electromagnetic cannon is 6 pieces, and the caliber is much larger, it is indeed too difficult to receive it without equipping it with other main battle weapons. Of course, this arrangement of firepower. It is enough to prove that the Navy of the Republic has sufficient confidence in the power of large-caliber electromagnetic guns. What's more. After the "Qin" class, the capital ships of several other classes were equipped only with large-caliber electromagnetic guns, and had no other offensive weapons. If judging from the appearance of large-caliber electromagnetic guns in actual combat, this configuration is relatively reasonable, then it is difficult to accept without a long-range air defense system. You must know that even heavily protected aircraft carriers, in addition to being equipped with interception systems, also have several sets of short-range anti-aircraft missiles with a range of more than 1,000 meters. Be that as it may, in the face of air threats. Especially when attacking in clusters of anti-ship missiles. The air defense systems of the fleet are all looking inadequate, not to mention the capital ships that do not have long-range air defense systems? Of course, this is also the main reason why it is necessary to equip the "Qin" class with escort warships.

Herein lies the problem, with the displacement of the "Qin" class, it should not be a problem to add some air defense systems.

Looking at it from another angle, if the "Qin" class does not have sufficient comprehensive combat capabilities, what is the difference between it and a firepower ship equipped with an interception system? As a battleship. Especially which. The main battleship with a volume of tens of thousands of tons. Possessing comprehensive combat capability is the most basic thing, and the basic "quality" of a warship is essential, even if it is not from a military point of view. From an economic point of view, equip the "Qin" class with a regional air defense system. It would also be much more cost-effective than providing it with a cruiser with regional air defense. Besides, the republic has the ability to build old 10,000-ton aircraft carriers, increasing the displacement of the "Qin" class. tons, and will not cause any problems for the construction work.

It can be said that in the circumstances at that time, the Navy of the Republic had no reason to be stingy with such a wide investment"

Interestingly, on the later "Tang" and "Han" classes, they were also not equipped with regional air defense systems. The "Tang" class is easy to say, after all, it adopts the same basic design as the "Qin" class, and the changes are not big. The displacement also did not increase much, so it is also normal not to be equipped with a regional air defense system. However, for the "Han" class, which has a standard displacement of too old 10,000 tons, it is not equipped with a regional air defense system. It's completely incomprehensible. You must know that it is only necessary to reduce the amount of ammunition for each main gun of the "Han" class to equip it with a set of regional air defense systems that can intercept targets in a single battle, so that its defense capability can be improved to the end. No matter how it is calculated, this is a very small deal, and the Navy of the Republic has no reason to refuse.

As a matter of fact, according to some unreliable sources, before the construction of the "Han" class began, the Jiangnan Shipyard Military Ship Design Institute, which was responsible for the design and construction, repeatedly proposed that a regional air defense system should be added to the "Han" class, even if it was only a condensed version of the area air defense system on the multi-purpose destroyer, which would greatly improve the overall combat efficiency of the "Han" class. As a result, several proposals were rejected by the Navy. It is precisely for this reason that many people believe that the recalcitrant naval commander and the chief of naval logistics should bear the greatest responsibility for the loss of the capital ships of the Republic Navy during the war.

Of course, this does show that the Navy is a very stubborn army.

The problem is that if you look at it from another angle, it also proves the Navy's trust in new tactics and its high awareness of the direction of naval warfare. Imagine if large-caliber electromagnetic guns would completely replace anti-ship missiles, like! More than four years ago, aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes completely replaced the armor-piercing shells of giant artillery, so what is the value of the regional air defense system that exists to deal with anti-ship missiles, just as the heavy armor against armor-piercing shells is meaningless in the face of aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes, and sooner or later the regional air defense system will be eliminated.

Although this does not mean that the air defense system is worthless. After all, on the ground battlefield, there is still a lot of room for aviation and cruise missiles, so the regional air defense system has the value of existence, and in the ocean battlefield, because it is necessary to cover the marines on the island with warships, the navy also needs a regional air defense system, but this does not mean that the regional air defense system needs to be installed on the capital ship, and in any case, the aircraft carrier is not equipped with a regional air defense system.

It can be seen from this that the "Qin" class is the capital ship. Instead of escort warships, aircraft carriers were replaced.

After clarifying this positioning, the Navy will naturally stick to its own opinion. That is, the "Qin" class is not equipped with any offensive weapons that have nothing to do with the main means of attack, and even if it is a defensive system, it is mainly self-defense. All the rest is handed over to the escort warship, so as to maximize the combat effectiveness of the capital ship.

From the point of view of fleet operations. This is definitely the most effective direction of development.

Even if you take a step back, when the capital ships are engaged, in order to avoid accidental damage, the escort "battleships will hide dozens of kilometers away, but the combat radius of the regional air defense system is as high as hundreds of kilometers, and even the simplified version on the destroyer is more than a kilometer, so the escort warships can still provide air defense cover for the capital ships. In this way, instead of leaving the capital ships to scramble to deal with various threats, it is better to hand over the responsibility of defense to the escort warships, so that the capital ships can concentrate their forces on the enemy's capital ships, and replace defense with offense.

It must be admitted that the Navy of the Republic of China must have had a very clear tactical thinking when it opened the capital ships of the "Qin" class.

Most importantly. The new tactical thinking of the Navy of the Republic has been systematized.

Arguably, this is where the US Navy lacks the most. Although there is reason to believe that the US Navy has also put forward new naval warfare tactics with new means of naval warfare while exploring new methods of naval warfare. However, judging from the performance indicators and weapons of the US Navy's "advanced maritime tactical test platform," that is, the "Long Beach" class capital ships, the US Navy's tactical thinking has certainly not formed a system, otherwise it would not have been equipped with many missiles on this kind of capital ship imitating the "Qin" class. and a set of energy-based regional air defense systems with a combat range of up to as many kilometers.

Although, outwardly, the "Long Beach" class is much more powerful. In fact, even after the war. There are also many people who believe that the "Long Beach" class was the most powerful capital ship in the early stage of the war, while the "Qin" class was only a single warship. But realistically speaking, if the weapons equipped are useless, that is, they do not play any role in attacking the enemy or protecting themselves, then no amount of weapons can be stacked together to become a powerful combat system, but just a bunch of ornaments that look powerful but useless.

Not to mention anything else, only 8 ships of the "Long Beach" class were built, and the US Navy's second-class capital ships. That is, the "Long Island" class has canceled all long-range attack weapons except for electromagnetic guns, and the regional air defense system has not been withdrawn, which is enough to say. Many weapons systems on the Long Beach class are in place.

Of course, in addition to rational and objective analysis, whether a warship is powerful or not, it mainly depends on its actual combat performance.

That's right, if you want to separate the male and female in the two types of warships, in addition to making a comparison of performance data. The most direct and effective way. It is to let these two kinds of warships go to the battlefield, fight with real swords, and decide by the victory or defeat of the battle, not theoretical analysis.

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Compared with the capital ships of the previous generation, that is, aircraft carriers. The luckiest and most unfortunate thing about the new generation of capital ships is that they are sent to the battlefield after they are born.

Of course, fortunately the winners and the unfortunate losers.