As the largest naval battle that broke out since the appearance of the steam ironclad ship, the impact of the Battle of Gunsan Bay on the world's navy was definitely not limited to the Qing and Japanese navies, after the end of the naval war, as time went by, more and more details were sent to the tables of the naval bosses of various countries through various channels, not only Britain, France and Russia, these naval powers invested a lot of energy in this, and even Germany, as a newly rising naval power, also did its best to collect relevant intelligence. And the naval experts of various countries could not be idle, and all kinds of arguments filled the newspapers of various countries for a while.

Compared with the cutting-edge cruiser battles in the naval battles off the coast of Izu, the ships participating in the naval battles of Gunsan Bay appear uneven. In terms of the age of ships, there are warships in the 70s and new warships in the late 80s, spanning more than ten years. And judging from the classification of warships, there are not only gunboats, torpedo boats, but also various cruisers, as well as 5 ironclad ships of more than 7,000 tons. It covers all types of ships that a country can have, so it is more referential and can better reflect the characteristics of decisive battles at sea in this era.

Whether it is Britain, France, Russia and Italy. The evaluation of the formation of both sides is one word "chaos". The mixed combat method of the horizontal and column formations in the Beiyang is naturally very chaotic, but the column operations of the Japanese fleet are also chaotic in the eyes of the naval powers. Because the types of warships participating in naval battles were too complex, they could not be unified in terms of maneuverability and speed.

At the end of the column, the three ships of Fuso, Kongo, and Hiei were destined to be thrown off. And Izumi and Takachiho were dragged out of the Japanese army's plans. So the entire naval battle was divided into 4 battlefields, and the two sides fought extremely chaotically. And this chaotic battle situation. It is very unworthy for the European countries that advocate the flank fighting of columns.

Naval powers generally believe that it is better to divide the old and new warships into two or more teams rather than mixing old and new warships together regardless of type, so that the old ships drag down the new ships. If Fuso and other 3 ships and Japan's Haimen and other ships in formation. Its task is to procrastinate and sacrifice. to drag the first detachment of Beiyang and other slow-speed ships, and the remaining relatively high-speed ships are no longer dragged by the old ships, they can give full play to their own firepower and speed advantages, and do their best to destroy the second detachment led by Zhenhai.

And it is a pity that because they were dragged down by the old ships, the battleships from Hequan were entangled by the Beiyang slow fleet. The weakened Japanese fast battleship formation was unable to destroy Zhenhai and other ships in a short time, and eventually created a chaotic situation.

But Mahan, who came from across the ocean, put forward his own opinion on the way in which European countries advocated the fundamental speed and maneuverability of the grouping, in his opinion. It is not scientific to group according to the navigation of warships. Rather, the formation should be carried out according to the tonnage of the battleship, its protection and firepower, as well as the enemy it may encounter.

The second Beiyang detachment, which was organized according to the speed of the voyage, suffered in the naval battle. With the exception of the Zhenhai, all the other warships were small ships under 2,300 tons, compared to the Japanese Sankei ship. The combat power is obviously inferior. If it weren't for the strong strength of Zhenhai at the beginning, I am afraid that the second detachment would have collapsed long ago.

On the other hand, when Dingzhen joined the battle in the later stages of the naval battle, although it did not have an advantage in the number of ships. However, with the firepower of 3 ironclad ships, the Japanese fleet was still severely damaged, and the evacuation of the seriously damaged ships was successfully covered. If the beginning of the war, let Zhenhai. Dingyuan, Zhenyuan three ship formation. Jiyuan, Jingyuan. Cover the main ironclad ships from afar, and other high-speed cruisers as guerrilla forces. Probably, the Northern Fleet will get a bigger record.

In terms of firepower, the realization of rapid-fire large-caliber artillery has become the view of naval powers, and the huge damage shown by the 12-inch 35-fold aspect ratio artillery in Dingyuan and Zhenyuan in naval battles has made the naval leaders of various countries re-realize the significance of heavy artillery. …,

But it is an indisputable fact that heavy artillery, despite its great power, had a slow rate of fire, so in order to penetrate the armor of the opposing side, in order to increase the rate of hit, it was necessary to increase the rate of fire of artillery, and in this regard, the British and Italians clearly went to the front, and the French followed. The turretization of large-caliber artillery and rapid-fire artillery were put on the agenda of navies of various countries.

In terms of protection, expanding the range of protection was once again on the agenda, and the armor layout of a narrow belt of armor on the waterline was completely abandoned. In the Battle of Gunsan Bay, the two armored cruisers of Beiyang did not show their proper defensive capability because the height of the armor belt was too low.

And in the face of a large number of rapid-fire guns and high-explosive shells, in order to prevent the battleship from being burned down, the protective area needs to be as large as possible. The need for a large protective area, the need for sufficient thickness to resist heavy artillery, in the face of such a demand, the naval authorities of various countries found that the existing steel armor can no longer meet the needs of the war, in this case, countries have increased the production capacity of hardened armor, the United States Harvey hardened armor, Italy hardened armor, Germany Krupp hardened armor has since become a hot commodity.

In addition to hull protection, gun emplacements were also raised to unprecedented heights. In a long and fierce battle, whoever can keep more guns means that the battle can be won, so new warships of various countries have strengthened the protection of gun corridors or turrets. to improve the ability to retain firepower.

In addition to the ironclads and cruisers that participated in the war, the role of torpedo boats also attracted the attention of various countries. During this naval battle, two battleships in the Beiyang were sunk by torpedo boats. Although the torpedo still had all kinds of problems, the huge damage caused by the naval battle still shocked the top brass of the navies of various countries. “

Even if a torpedo attack cannot hit an opponent due to one or another problem in a naval battle, it can still provide cover for fleet adjustments or other tactical actions. Afterwards, the British Admiral Hood commented on the role of torpedo boats. In order to improve the lightning strike ability, torpedo boats have also begun to think about large-scale development.

Since the torpedo attack was so powerful, preventing the attack of the opposing torpedo boat was on the agenda. THIS METHOD IS VERY SIMPLE, ONE IS TO INSTALL A LARGE NUMBER OF 75MM CLASS ANTI-MINE GUNS ON THE BATTLESHIP. On the other hand, it is to design special warships to deal with lightning strike ships. And the latter directly led to the birth of the torpedo cruiser. (That's right, as the name suggests, this thing isn't for lightning strikes, it's for destroyers that play lightning strikes.) ）

The torpedo attack tactics have become one of the important magic weapons for the weak navy to challenge the strong navy, although the actual situation is not ideal, but at least it provides a possibility.

In short, the impact of the Battle of Gunsan Bay was enormous and far-reaching. It was praised by many military experts as the most instructive naval battle in the history of steam warships. In the two months immediately after the Battle of Gunsan Bay, this statement was indeed reasonable, and the elites of the Qing and Japanese navies had already fought and lost in many naval battles. Even if there is another big battle, the scale will not exceed the naval battle of Gunsan Bay. However, this assertion was overturned by a much larger naval battle a few months later!

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