Han Mingguang said: "We can send planes to sink the Japanese warship, and then have the Ryukyus claim to the outside world that it is the fleet's victory." ”

Lin Yuan said: "The ships of the Japanese fleet are all newly purchased from the British, so there must be a lot of technical personnel on board, and among these technical personnel, there must be many intelligence officers, if we send planes, we must not be able to hide their eyes, so we must find a way to win against them without planes." ”

Han Mingguang turned on the projector, projected several pictures on the screen, the laser pointer in his hand glowed red, pointed to the screen and said: "This is the Japanese fleet we photographed, four battleships and five cruisers, which attacked Chinese merchant ships at sea in retaliation." ”

Han Mingguang pressed it, and a slide changed on the screen, on which were seven warships, and he said: "This is the entire lineup of the Ryukyu fleet, whether it is compared in terms of firepower or defense, we do not have a little advantage, this is one of the difficulties we have to solve." ”

Lin Yuan said: "I think so, don't we have missiles? Just use missiles. ”

At this time, Gao Ninghai, a missile expert on the Beijing ship, spoke, and asked: "The missiles on our ship are all air-launched, the Thunderbolt series missiles for attacking aircraft, the Eagle Strike series missiles for attacking ships, and some of them are air-launched anti-armor weapons and for attacking fixed targets on the ground. ”

Lin Yuan said: "I want to hear Elder Gao's opinion. ”

Gao Ninghai said: "According to your meaning, the explosion effect of the missiles we choose should be as similar to artillery shells as possible, and at this point, we cannot use air-to-ship missiles, the warhead charges of these missiles are very large, the smallest is about 180 kilograms, and the maximum charge even reaches one ton, so that one is enough to sink the Japanese warship, which is inevitably a little too different." ”

Gao Ninghai continued: "The same is true for our missiles against ground targets, these missiles are aimed at attacking large buildings, and their power is only stronger than that of anti-ship missiles!" Then we are left with anti-aircraft missiles and anti-tank missiles, some of the anti-aircraft missiles have high-explosive fragmentation warheads, and some use continuous rod warheads, the charge of these warheads is usually around 30 kg, and the Japanese warships are equipped with 500 mm thick armor outside, and the fragments produced by the missiles can only penetrate the armor and are unable to penetrate them, which is not a disadvantage of the missile, because the fuselage of the aircraft has no armor. Lin Yuan said: "Then our choice is only anti-tank missiles?" ”

Gao Ninghai said: "Yes, our anti-tank missiles are the air-launched type of the Red Arrow series, everyone knows that modern tanks widely use composite armor and external reactive armor, the anti-strike effect of these armors, if converted into homogeneous steel armor, will be more than 1000 mm, our anti-tank missiles, using tandem warheads, is the nemesis of external reactive armor, piercing the armor of enemy warships is naturally not a problem, and the warhead charge of these missiles is generally low, and the explosion effect is very similar to the shells of this era. ”

Lin Yuan said: "Okay, let's choose this missile, and then let's discuss the issue of launch, can we use the ship's guns to launch the missile?" ”

Gao Ninghai smiled helplessly and said: "The caliber of the guns on these warships, the largest Sanjing ship is only 320 mm, and the wingspan of the missile wings is already 350 mm, so it is impossible to put it in, so it is impossible to launch missiles with artillery!" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Our missile can be detonated by radio command, in that case, can we place it on a warship?" ”

Gao Ninghai said: "In this way, when the enemy is reconnoitring, it is possible to find that our plan may not be successfully implemented, and there is another point, when the missile is launched, it will produce a high-temperature tail flame, and there are many wooden structures on these warships, and these high-temperature gases are very likely to ignite the warship." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Then how about we use the cold launch method?" "The so-called cold launch means that before the missile is ignited, the missile is pushed out of the air with high-pressure gas or other power sources, and the missile ignites itself in mid-air.

Gao Ninghai said: "If you want to talk about high-pressure gas sources, this is not difficult to find, there are high-pressure gas tanks on the Beijing ship, but before ejection, the gas needs to be sealed in the tail of the missile, which requires the construction of a launch canister for the missile, the space on the ship is very narrow, and it is impossible to put the gas tank and launch canister at all." ”

Lin Yuan asked again: "Then if you don't want a gas tank, what if the source of the high pressure is on the warship?" Isn't there a steam engine on a warship, and how about drawing gas out of it? ”

Gao Ninghai said: "In that case, the equipment required will be more complicated, and the structure of the entire hull will have to be changed, which is not a good idea." ”

Everyone fell silent for a while, and Lin Yuan said, "I have figured out a way." ”

Everyone looked at him together, and he said: "I'll say it, let's see if it's okay, we can set the launch platform underwater, so that we don't even need the launch gas source, because underwater, the huge water pressure is the perfect launch source, a missile body with a diameter of one meter, at a depth of 100 meters, the bottom thrust will be 78 tons!" ”

Gao Ninghai's eyes lit up and asked, "Are you talking about the form of submarine-launched missile launch?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "This is still very different from the submarine-launched missile, it is not as complex as the submarine-launched missile, and does not need to move in the water, its launcher is a long tube, the mouth of the tube is exposed to the water, the missile is located at the bottom of the tube, connected to the seawater, fixed with a mechanical device, when it needs to be launched, open the fixture, the missile body will accelerate under the action of water pressure, rush out of the water, rise into the air and then ignite." ”

Gao Ninghai thought for a while and said: "This method is indeed feasible, let me calculate how deep it needs to be launched under water, the missile will slow down after it is exposed to the water, fall under the action of gravity, and it needs to be a certain distance from the sea surface before ignition, if it is calculated, it is enough to be more than eighty meters deep from the water surface." ”

Lin Yuan looked at several mechanical experts and asked, "Can the equipment needed for the launch be built according to the existing equipment of the Ryukyu Iron and Steel Plant?" ”

Several experts discussed a few words, and they all nodded, and Lin Yuan said: "Okay, let's find a suitable place in the nearby sea area to place our missile launchers." ”

The navigator of the Beijing ship unfolded the electronic chart on the screen, and Lin Yuan pointed with his hand and said: "In the sea area northeast of the Liaodong Peninsula, there is a small island called Ocean Island. ”

Lin Yuan then said: "Our Ryukyu fleet will bring the Japanese warships over when the time comes, and we will control the distance at more than 4,000 meters, this distance, the angle of view of the telescope is pitifully small, it is impossible for the Japanese to detect our missile launchers, and when our missiles hit them, they will definitely think that they were injured by the warship's naval guns." ”

Lin Yuan continued: "After we defeat them, the public opinion of the world must be extremely shocked, and when the time comes, if we let the Ryukyu Fleet make a show again, we can make them completely believe in the doctrine of big ships and giant artillery!" ”

Han Mingguang said: "However, the fleet of the Ryukyus does not seem to be up to this task. ”