[[[CP|W:450|H:143|A:L|U:http://file1.biquge.info/chapters/20102/5/1075634009390860712203182551.jpg]]]] January 15, 1915, Imperial Reichstag Building, Guanjie, Jingshi.

Chen Cihu, the new speaker of the House of Representatives and the Joint Council of the Senate and the House of Representatives, knocked on the small hammer on the table: "The voting result was 528 votes in favor, 35 votes against, and 15 abstentions. The Speaker declares that the Imperial Navy Supplementary Act of 1915 has been passed in accordance with the law and shall come into force with immediate effect. ”

There was a burst of cheers and thunder in the auditorium:

"Long live the Empire!"

"Long live the Imperial Navy!"

"The Empire will win—"

Prime Minister Yang Zhengjin, who was present at the meeting, smiled and turned to Senior Admiral Lin Tae-zeng, Minister of Defense and Navy: "Minister Lin, the people's expectations for your navy are very high. ”

Lin Taizeng nodded humbly and said: "The broad support of the people is the fundamental foundation for our army to win greater victories, and I look forward to the establishment and improvement of a unified wartime system for the whole country as soon as possible." ”

Despite saying this, Lin Taizeng could not help but indulge in the joy and pride brought by the smooth passage of the bill.

The 1915 Supplementary Naval Shipbuilding Act, which had just been passed, was formulated on the basis of the Navy's 1915 Supplementary Memorandum of Understanding which had been drawn up under the auspices of Lin Tai, and the bill determined that the capital ship construction plan stipulated in the 1910 Navy Act would be completed three years earlier, that is, from 1925 to 1922.

Its main contents include:

1. Continue to complete the four sea-character modified battleships that started construction in 1913-14

2. In 1915, the construction of 2 Tianzi battleships and 2 Yuanzi battlecruisers was started

3. In 1916, the construction of 2 Tianzi battleships and 2 Yuanzi battlecruisers was started

Fourth, it is expected that the construction of four Tianzi modified battleships will be started in 1917-18, and the construction of four foreign-shaped battleships will be started in 1919-20

5. Continue to complete the construction of 3 Leopard light cruisers and 2 Kunlun heavy cruisers started in 1914, and plan to start construction in 1915-16 of 6 Leopard light cruisers and 2 Kunlun heavy cruisers

7. Continue to complete the construction of 6 Yangzi destroyers started in 1914, and plan to start construction of 40 Yangzi destroyers and 16 new destroyers (large fleet destroyers) in 1915-16.

8. Continue to complete the completion of 8 Shark 3 submarines and 6 Whale 3 submarines that have been started in 14 years, and plan to start construction of 36 Shark 3 submarines and 36 Whale 3 submarines in 1915-16

9. Continue to complete the construction of two Dapeng-class fleet aircraft carriers in 14 years, plan to start construction of four Feifeng-class fleet aircraft carriers in 1915, start construction of four Ruiyun-class aircraft carriers in 1916, and transform two to three high-speed ocean cruise ships into fleet aircraft carriers in 1915-16.

……

Lin Tai still clearly remembers that since the launch of the epoch-making new battleship "Beiyue" class, the Imperial Navy has undergone a period of leapfrog development, especially in the development of capital ships, which is even more proud in retrospect.

After the Beiyue level, there is the development of the so-called Yuezi transformation.

In view of the success of the design of the Beiyue class, the European and American powers also began to follow up and develop their own cutting-edge warships, and gradually formed an overwhelming advantage over the Beiyue class. In order to continue to maintain its leading position in naval construction, the empire decided to build an improved version of the "Dongyue" class of the "Beiyue" class, with the main goal of increasing protection and appropriately increasing firepower.

Originally, the Naval Committee of the National Assembly proposed that the new warships should be equipped with five 305 mm twin turrets, but due to the strong opposition of the Naval Ship Administration Headquarters, it believed that the addition of this turret would occupy the Navy's small budget, and the proposal of four twin 305/50 times the power of the guns was enough to suppress the new warships of the great powers, and finally reluctantly persuaded the Congress. As a result, the "Dongyue" class was equipped with a new 305/50 caliber gun, which had a 17% higher muzzle velocity, a longer range and heavier shells than the previous 305/45 guns. In terms of protection, although the thickness of the main armor belt has not changed, the protection of the turret, ammunition depot and power system has been thickened, and the armor in these areas has been thickened by 30 mm. This seems to echo the "key protection theory" put forward by the Americans in 1912, but at this time, the defense design of the imperial warships was not completely out of the category of comprehensive protection, and the bow and tail of the ship still occupied part of the armor weight.

In the construction of the shipyard, Jiangnan Manufacturing in Shanghai and Beiyang Heavy Industry in Dalian were still selected. Although the empire had already begun to move the naval strategic base to the south and expanded the Guangzhou Shipyard and the Mawei Shipyard, because they did not yet have experience in building 10,000-ton warships, they had to specially transfer a part of the naval technical officials and the technical personnel of the Shanghai and Dalian shipbuilding to help the construction of the new shipyard.

The budget for this class of ships was successfully approved in 1907, and two ships were built, namely the "Xiyue" and the "Dongyue".

Next is the "Longwei" class in the transition stage.

It was also in 1907 that the great powers put forward plans for the construction of capital ships equipped with larger caliber guns in their respective annual naval expansions. For example, the British's 13-point 5-inch (343 mm) gun has already entered the test state. And the German 350-mm gun also entered the state of research. In the demonstration of the firepower and protection of the new battleship, the Imperial Navy proposed a scheme based on 350 mm guns. Because the power of the 350 guns was too great, they could no longer be compared with the 305 guns in front of them, and in terms of protection, it was only required to make "the spear of the other and the shield of the other, the two are equal", but this remark was greatly ridiculed in the army, and even the press once made a joke - this is not to be mentioned.

The service of the "Longwei" class has once again given the powers a shock, and both firepower and protection have jumped to a new level, which can be regarded as creating a new standard. Since the empire already had a pre-development plan for the 350 gun in the previous technical reserves, the research of the 350 gun is progressing quite rapidly. Unlike Germany, which was unskilled and clamoured everywhere: at this time, Germany had just begun to build the "Helgoland" class equipped with 305 mm guns, and their first dreadnought, the "Nassau" class, was only equipped with 280 mm guns.

The level of protection of the "Longwei" class battleships dwarfs that of British contemporaries - whether it is the Orion on the slipway or the "George V" class, which has already been approved by Parliament. In order to overwhelm this cutting-edge battleship, the British quickly put forward a plan for the construction of the "Iron Duke" class battleship.

The budget for this class of ships was approved in 1909, with a total of two, namely "Longwei" and "Fengxiang".

This was followed by the "Bo" battleship, which was called the "East Asian Alliance General Purpose Battleship".

Although the "Longwei" class built in the 1909 budget was powerful and well-protected, it was not enough to resist the large number of warships built by the great powers at this moment, and because coal was still used as the main fuel, the speed advantage was not obvious. Britain had already begun construction of Class 3 warships equipped with 343 mm guns, and the United States had also improved its technical skills by purchasing British guns and began to build new warships equipped with 356 mm guns. The program of the "two-ocean fleet" of the United States at this time has already begun to enter the implementation stage. They will build 2 new warships per year, and deploy 1 of them in the Pacific Ocean. If the Americans' plan was successfully realized, by 1915 the number of warships armed with 356-mm guns would have reached 10, and the quality and quantity would have far surpassed that of the Imperial Navy. For the Reich, Britain was only a threat in the distant Atlantic, and the pace of construction of the U.S. Navy's dreadnoughts would lead to a sharp imbalance in naval power in the Pacific – the United States had become the most immediate and serious threat to the Reich.

In view of this, the Navy decided to build an improved version of the "Bo" class, the "Longwei" class, which changed the original construction method of the empire with two first-class warships, and built four in one fell swoop, and planned to form the second battleship detachment of the Zhenyang Fleet. The wave has focused on increasing the speed and using a new type of fuel unit. On the premise of a breakthrough in power system technology, in order to ensure its advanced battleship technology, the empire had the courage to adopt new technology, making it the first battleship in the world to use fuel engine units. The speed was increased from 22 knots to 25 knots in the "Longwei" class, which was the world's largest fast battleship at that time. However, the 350/50 caliber artillery originally scheduled to be equipped with the wave number could not be equipped on the wave number in time due to the lag in the progress, and the navy was ready to equip it with the "sea" brand of the next level in the proposal of the navy. The last 350/45 x diameter gun has been extended to 300 rounds instead of the 200 rounds on the "Longwei" class due to the new manufacturing technology. Other weapon systems remain largely unchanged. In terms of protection, we only learned from the experience of the "Dongyue" class, and focused on strengthening the turret, command platform, engine room, and fuel tank, so that the maximum armor thickness of these sections reached 350 mm.

In terms of construction style, in addition to using the "flying scissors" type underwater bow on the "Yue" brand, the "wave" brand also adopts the oblique armor arrangement. The armor of the main armor belt and the command platform were all tilted outward by 15 degrees. In close artillery battles, the main armor belt with a maximum thickness of 300 mm in practice has a protective force equivalent to 320 mm of vertical steel plates.

After that, there was the famous battleship "Hai".

The commissioning of the battleship "Bo" greatly stimulated the British Empire. The British "Iron Duke" class in the same period has been surpassed before it enters service, and after the "Longwei" class, the 350 guns on the Imperial battleships have once again left the British who pursue firepower behind. Although the British Navy also tried to produce a 356-caliber main gun, it was not equipped itself, but only for export. In 1912, the British Navy decided to build the "Queen Elizabeth" class battleship, in order to make the firepower of the new ship fully suppress the "wave" brand, this battleship used the 381 mm main gun developed in the name of "trial 356" for the first time, and the firepower far exceeded the new battleship designed by the empire with 350/50 times the main gun (that is, the original design of the "sea" brand).

The United States did not show weakness, and immediately followed the "Pennsylvania" class, which was equipped with four three-pack 356/50 main guns, which occupied an absolute advantage over the four twin 350/50 main guns equipped in the original "Sea" design.

After learning of the above situation, the Imperial Admiralty quickly launched a study of the 380-mm naval gun, combining the artillery skills of the great powers with their own 350/50 caliber artillery skills. In 1913, the empire finally developed the 380/45 caliber main gun for battleships, so that the firepower of the "Hai" brand, which was finally equipped with four twin 380/45 main guns, was finally not inferior to that of the "Queen" class. In terms of protection, the main armor belt of the "Hai" is up to 350 mm thick, but the armor at key locations such as the command platform, turret, fuel depot and ammunition depot is up to 380 mm at its thickest point. Due to the further increase in the angle of the inclined armor (from 15 degrees to 17 degrees), the protection force of the thickest part of the main armor belt is equivalent to 375 mm of vertical steel plates.

Even so, the displacement of the "Hai" battleship was still controlled at the level of 32,000 tons / standard and 36,000 tons / full load. The corresponding increase in displacement did not lead to a decrease in speed. Due to the fact that the empire has also invested heavily in the technology of manufacturing the power system of the battleship, the power supplied by the new crew is fully capable of supporting the ideal speed of the "Sea" class to reach the ideal speed of 25 knots. By the time the war broke out in 1914, the word "sea" could be called the first-class warship in the world at that time.

Due to the huge number of guns, in order to avoid waste, the empire decided to use this batch of guns for the new battle cruiser that was originally planned to be equipped with 305/50 times the main gun of the Yue number - the Lei Zi. Since the Empire had no experience in building battle cruisers, the last to build a cruiser was also in 1904, and after borrowing from the drawings of the German "Mackensen" class and the British "Lion" class, the first battle cruiser of the Empire, the Thunder, finally began construction in 1911.

This is followed by the improved version of the "sea" character.

After the start of construction of the "Sea" brand, the British Empire also began to build an improved version of the "Queen" class, the "Revenge" class. This is mainly to meet the multiple challenges of the "Hai" class under construction in China, the "Bavaria" class that was planned to be built before 1914 by Germany, the "Normandy" class planned by France, and the "New Mexico" class planned and built by the United States. The British originally planned to build four "Queen" classes, and later added one with the donation of the Malayan chieftain, but even so, only 5 "Queens" could not compete with so many challengers. Taking this situation into account, the British decided to start construction of the "Revenge" class by 1914. And the empire, which had already identified Britain and the United States as the main enemy, also acted quickly, and began to build the "Hai" modified warship through an emergency budget.

The change of the "sea" brand name has not been strengthened in terms of firepower. However, the protection is more properly designed, the tilt angle of the main armor is increased to 19 degrees, the protection force is equivalent to 380 mm vertical steel plate, and other key parts are thickened to 400 mm, which further improves the survivability of the "sea" reform. The maximum speed is still 25 knots, but the design correction of the power system is more reliable and the failure rate is greatly reduced. In other aspects, the performance is not much different from the "sea", the first ship "Zhenhai" started construction in 1913, and it was planned to be commissioned around 1916.

The latest type of "Tian" battleship, which is scheduled to start construction in 15 years, is designed with the American "Colorado" class battleship equipped with 406 mm guns as the opponent, and is scheduled to be equipped with 4 twin 410 mm main guns, while maintaining a high speed of 25 knots, and the thickest part of the main armor belt inclined to 15 degrees is equivalent to a 400 mm vertical steel plate! In the construction, a large number of mature techniques used in the "Hai" brand will be used, hoping to reduce the cost and shorten the construction period, but no matter how fast it is grasped, the first batch of two Tianzi ships will not be completed until mid-1917 at the earliest.

Compared with the step-by-step and rule-based development of battleships, there are some interesting episodes in the development of Imperial battlecruisers.

The protagonist of this episode is the battlecruiser "Thunder".

Originally, the empire had already considered building a battle patrol when building an "invincible" class battle patrol in Britain, but in 1909, it was found that the battle patrol was not good in terms of protection, and it was no different from the "crispy watermelon". British Admiral Winston Churchill once lamented after watching the battle cruisers: "The battle between the battle cruisers should be two eggshells fighting each other with spears." In terms of speed, the Reich was arguing for the "Wave" class, and battleships with a speed of 25 knots proved to be viable. For the navy, which is bent on creating fast battleships, the battle cruiser belongs to the chicken ribs.

Due to the overthrow of the original 350/50 mm cannon plan of the sea class, and the Jinling Heavy Industry Group has built 3 demonstration gun barrels, 14 of which are ready to be equipped with 350/50 guns with the "Hai" brand. Originally, Chile came to China to discuss the purchase of warships, and it was very fond of the design of the 350/50 main gun proposed by the Italian Beiyang Heavy Industry, but due to the small production, the 350/50 gun became very expensive, and it was obviously inferior to the rival British 356 gun in terms of price. In this way, the two major military industrial groups of Beiyang and Jinling hope that the navy can help.

At this time, it is mainly because of the enthusiasm of the great powers to manufacture war cruises in recent years - the latest "Lion" class battle cruisers built by Britain have a high performance level, the "De Fleet" class built by Germany has also been able to compete with the original 305-gun dreadnoughts, and the United States has also proposed to build a war patrol at this time - stimulated by the above, the Navy is ready to build a battle patrol to compete with the British "Lion" class and the German "Mackensen" class battle cruiser. The Navy decided to start the construction of this "Thunder" class battle cruiser in combination with the skills of its own battleships and the experience of the great powers, and the British battle patrol with weak protection, the new battle patrol of the empire is more inclined to pay attention to the German style of protection, with a maximum speed of 28 knots no less than that of the Lion-class battle cruiser, the thickest part of the main armor belt is 300 mm, which is not inferior to most British battleships at that time.

On the other hand, due to Japan's position in the north, the southward advance strategy of the coalition forces required the Japanese navy to follow quickly. After purchasing two "wave" numbers, the Japanese Navy also hopes to purchase additional copies of this cutting-edge combat cruiser. Of course, the Japanese Navy's interest in the "Thunder" is also largely due to the fact that they have taken a fancy to the new guns of this warship, and at the same time they have asked the empire to teach Japan all the skills of 350/50 times the main guns of ships, so that Japan has the ability to independently produce the main guns of large-caliber warships.

In this way, the total number of orders for the Lei number reached 6, which needed to be equipped with 48 350 mm/50 times the diameter of the main gun, and the same number of spare barrels had to be prepared, which was naturally great news for the Jinling Arsenal, and although Beiyang Heavy Industry solved the cost problem of the main gun, it still failed to win the Chilean order.

After the successful start of construction of the "Thunder" ships, in order to deal with the new type of battle cruiser in the United States, the "Prestige" class in preparation by the United Kingdom and the "York" class in the German plan, the empire planned to build a first-class battle cruiser equipped with 380 mm/45 times the diameter gun, which is the "Yuan" battle cruiser that was stipulated in the bill just passed to start construction in 15. The maximum design speed of this new Battlecruiser has been increased from 28 knots to 33 knots! Of course, it will take at least two and a half years for the standard displacement of 38,000 tons of "Yuan" to really drive at such an astonishing speed.

One century later, two naval enthusiasts with the online names "Pig Idiot" and "Sea of Miracles" studied this process, collected information from various sources and used ship design software called "SPS" to verify it, and compiled the technical performance of the new ships involved in the 1915 Navy Act into a table and posted it on the Internet.

1. Battleships:

1. "Pinghai" class battleship (Case No. 18 of the battleship of the Ship Administration Headquarters)

1910 Budget: Pinghai, Ninghai

1911 Budget: Jinghai

1912 Budget: Weihai

Ship Name: Pinghai (BB23), Ninghai (BB24), Jinghai (BB25), Weihai (BB26)

Shipyard: Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port | Beiyang Heavy Industry Dalian Captain / Dalian Port | Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Captain | Beiyang Heavy Industry Dalian Captain

Commencement date: 1910/3/22|1910/3/10|1911/5/10|1912/4/22

Date of launch: 1911/7/15|1911/7/05|1912/9/10|1913/8/27

Date of service: 1913/3/12|1913/4/20|1914/1/20|1914/10/09

Displacement: standard / full load 32000/35300 tons

Size (m): 208.5 (waterline 200)/30.5/9.25

Power: 24 Jianben-4 heavy oil boilers, 4 sets of "Shenwei" steam turbines; 4 axles, 4 propellers, twin rudder parallel.

Power: Normal 71000 hp

Speed: normal 25 knots, cruising capacity 10,000 nautical miles / 12 knots, fuel load 3,200 tons

Main guns: 8 380mm/45 times the diameter (successfully developed by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Artillery Bureau in 1911), 4 twin turrets, bow and stern center line arrangement, electric lifting device to increase the speed of the shell to 5 rounds / min, the rate of fire 2.2 rounds per minute, the projectile weight (armor-piercing projectile) 850kg, the barrel life of 250 rounds.

Secondary guns: 10 x 150mm/45x guns, single gun mount on the side of the gun.

Anti-torpedo boats/anti-aircraft guns: 12 x 90mm/45x radial rapid-fire guns with 11 kg blasting shells, range 13,100 m, rate of fire 15 rounds per minute (rear partially dismantled). 4 90mm/50x anti-aircraft guns (later increased to 12). Several 37-mm and 20-mm guns.

Crew: 1,202 (peacetime, 56 officers), 1,563 (wartime)

Protection——

Main armor belt: 350 mm

Thickness of watertight compartment partition: 300 mm

Maximum thickness of horizontal armor plates: 120 mm

Turret (face/side/roof/turret): 380/200/120/300 mm

Maximum thickness of the conning tower: 380 mm

Sinking resistance: SPS software test can resist 29.5 380mm shells or 9.1 torpedoes

Opponents: British "Queen Elizabeth" class (5), "Revenge" class (5)

German class "Bavaria" (4)

2. "Zhenhai" class battleship (Case No. 21 of the Battleship of the Ship Administration Headquarters)

1913 Budget: Zhenhai, Dinghai

1914 Budget: Qinghai Sea, Suhai Sea

Ship Name: Zhenhai (BB27), Dinghai (BB28), Qinghai (BB29), Suhai (BB30)

Shipyard: Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port | Beiyang Heavy Industry Dalian Shipyard / Dalian Port | Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port |

Commencement date: 1913/10/22|1913/10/10|1914/10/25|1914/10/17

Displacement: standard / full load 33450/37100 tons

Size (m): 212.2 (waterline 205)/30.5/9.5

Power: 24 Jianben-4 heavy oil boilers, 4 sets of "Shenwei" steam turbines; 4 axles, 4 propellers, twin rudder parallel.

Power: Normal 72000 hp

Speed: 25 knots normal, endurance 10,000 nautical miles / 12 knots, fuel load 3,800 tons.

Main guns: 8 380mm/45 x diameter, 4 twin turrets, bow and stern center line arrangement, electric lifting device to increase the speed of the shell to 5 rounds per minute, the rate of fire 2 rounds per minute, the projectile weight (armor-piercing) 850kg, the barrel life 200 rounds.

Secondary guns: 12 x 150mm/45x guns, 6 twin turrets.

Anti-torpedo boats/anti-aircraft guns: 10 x 90mm/45x radial rapid-fire guns (rear partially removed). 4 90mm/50x anti-aircraft guns (later increased to 12). Several 37-mm and 20-mm guns.

Crew: 1,248 (in peacetime, 56 officers), 1,623 (in wartime).

Protection——

Main armor belt: 350 mm

Thickness of the front and rear partitions of the watertight cabin: 300 mm

Maximum thickness of horizontal armor plates: 120 mm

Turret (face/side/top/turret): 400/200/120/300 mm

Maximum thickness of the conning tower: 400 mm

Sinking resistance: SPS software test can resist 31.5 381mm shells or 9.8 torpedoes

Opponents: British "Queen Elizabeth" class (5), "Revenge" class (5)

German class "Bavaria" (4)

3. "Tian"-class battleship (Case No. 23 of the battleship of the Ship Administration Headquarters)

Budget for 1915: Tianqian, Tiankun

1916 Budget: Tiansha, Tianji

Shipyard: Beiyang Heavy Industry Dalian Shipyard / Dalian Port | Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port |

Lian Shipyard / Dalian Port | Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port

Commencement date: 1915/02/22|1915/02/10|1916/03/25|1916/04/21

Displacement: standard / full load 38900/44400 tons

Size (m): 219 (waterline 215)/33.5/9.75

Power: 8 Taipei Ocean Type A boilers, 4 sets of "Shenwei B" steam turbines; 4 axles, 4 propellers, twin rudder parallel.

Power: Normal 88000 hp

Speed: 25 knots normal, cruising range 12,500 nautical miles / 13 knots

Oil: 5500 tons

Main guns: 8 410mm/45 times the diameter (successfully developed by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Artillery Bureau in 1916), 4 twin turrets, arranged in the center line of the bow and stern, firing 1080 kg armor-piercing shells, and the electric bomb lifting device increases the speed of the shells to 5 rounds per minute, and the rate of fire is 2 rounds per minute.

Secondary guns: 12 x 150mm/50x guns, 6 twin turrets.

Anti-torpedo boats/anti-aircraft guns: 12 90mm/45x radial rapid-fire guns (partially removed at the rear), 4 90mm anti-aircraft guns (later increased to 14), several 37mm and 20mm guns.

Torpedo: None

Crew: 1,388 (peacetime, 70 officers), 1,805 (wartime)

Protection——

Main armor belt: 380 mm

Thickness of the front and rear partitions of the watertight cabin: 300 mm

Maximum thickness of horizontal armor plates: 150 mm

Turret (face/side/top/turret): 430/250/150/350 mm

Commander tower thickness: 430 mm

Average cost: US$30.8 million, GBP 7.4 million

Sinking resistance: SPS software tests can withstand 31.3 400mm shells or 11.6 torpedoes

4. "Thunder" class battlecruiser (No. 20 case of battleship of the Ship Administration Headquarters)

Budget for 1911: Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt

Budget for 1912: Thunder, Thunder

Ship Name: Thunderbolt (BC1), Thunderbolt (BC2), Thunderbolt (BC3), Lightning Bolt (BC4)

Shipyard: Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port | Beiyang Heavy Industry Dalian Shipyard / Dalian Port | Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port |

Commencement date: 1911/10/22|1911/10/28|1912/10/25|1912/11/18

Date of launch: 1912/10/04|1912/10/30|1913/10/10|1913/12/01

Date of service: 1914/01/12|1914/01/20|1914/04/20|1914/06/22

Displacement: 30000 tons / 34450 tons

Size (m): 218.78 (waterline 210) x 30x9.25

Power: 24 shipboard 4A heavy oil boilers, 4 sets of "Shenwei Jia" steam turbines; 4 axles, 4 propellers, twin rudder parallel.

Power: normal 104.000 hp

Speed: normal 28 knots, cruising capacity 10,000 nautical miles/15 knots, fuel 4,400 tons

Main guns: 8 350mm/45 times the diameter (successfully developed by the Jinling Manufacturing Artillery Bureau in 1909), 4 twin turrets, arranged in the center line, firing 635 kg armor-piercing shells, the electric lifting device increases the speed of the shells to 5 rounds / min, the rate of fire is 2.3 rounds per minute, and the barrel life is 350 rounds.

Secondary guns: 10 x 150mm/45x guns, gun profile mounted.

Anti-torpedo boats/anti-aircraft guns: 16 x 75mm/50x radial rapid-fire guns, 4 x 90mm anti-aircraft guns.

Carrier aircraft: 2 pontoon seaplanes

Crew: 1,187 (peacetime, 52 officers), 1,544 (wartime)

Protection——

Main armor belt: 300 mm

Thickness of the front and rear partitions of the watertight compartment: 200 mm

Maximum thickness of horizontal armor plates: 100 mm

Turret (face/side/top/turret): 300/200/100/250 mm

Commander tower thickness: 300 mm

Sinking resistance: SPS software test can resist 33.1 350mm shells or 7.2 torpedoes

Opponents: British "Lion", "Tiger".

German "De Flinger" class, "Mackensen" class

5. "Zhiyuan" class battlecruiser (Case No. 22 of the battleship of the Ship Administration Headquarters)

Budget of 1915: Zhiyuan, Jingyuan

Budget for 1916: Pingyuan, Jingyuan

Ship Name: Zhiyuan (BC5), Jingyuan (BC6), Pingyuan (BC7), Jingyuan (BC8)

Shipyard: Beiyang Heavy Industry Dalian Shipyard / Dalian Port | Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port | Beiyang Heavy Industry Dalian Shipyard / Dalian Port | Jiangnan Manufacturing Shanghai Shipyard / Shanghai Port

Scheduled start date: 1915/01/22|1915/01/10|1916/01/25|1916/02/27

Displacement: 38,300 tons / 42,950 tons

Dimensions (m): 258.6 (waterline 250) x 32.5 x 9.5

Power: 24 ship-based Type 4B boilers, 4 sets of "Shenwei B" steam turbines; 4 axles, 4 propellers, twin rudder parallel.

Power: Normal 145000 hp.

Speed: up to 30 knots, cruising range 10,000 nautical miles / 15 knots.

Oil: 4500 tons

Main guns: 8 380mm/45 times the diameter (successfully developed by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Artillery Bureau in 1915), 4 twin turrets, centerline arrangement, 2 rounds / min, 850 kg armor-piercing shells, electric lifting device to increase the speed of the shell to 5 rounds / min, body tube life 200 rounds.

Secondary guns: 10 x 150mm/45x guns, single gun mount on the side of the gun.

Anti-torpedo boats/anti-aircraft guns: 12 x 90mm/45x rapid-fire guns, 4 x 90mm/50x anti-aircraft guns.

Torpedo: None

Carrier aircraft: 2 pontoon seaplanes

Crew: 1,379 (peacetime, 60 officers), 1,793 (wartime)

Protection——

Main armor belt: 300 mm

Thickness of the front and rear partitions of the watertight compartment: 200 mm

Maximum thickness of horizontal armor plates: 120 mm

Turret (face/side/top/turret): 330/200/150/300 mm

Commander tower thickness: 330 mm

Sinking resistance: SPS software test can resist 33.3 381mm shells or 9.5 torpedoes

Opponents: British class "Hood", German class "York".

2. Aircraft carriers

1. Feifeng-class fleet aircraft carrier

There are 4 flying phoenixes, flying phoenixes, flying luans and flying cranes

Construction began in 1915

Expected time of service: 1917

Displacement: standard 26600 tons / full load 34400 tons

Speed: up to 33 knots

Endurance: 6600 nautical miles / 18 knots

Design Carrier Aircraft:

Decisive battle establishment: 60 common ship battles, 72 ship attack aircraft for a total of 132 aircraft, 44 spare aircraft (20 ship battles, 24 ship attack aircraft) - a total of 176 aircraft.

Cruising establishment: 36 common ship battles, 54 ship attack aircraft for a total of 90 aircraft, and 44 spare aircraft unchanged - a total of 134 aircraft.

Establishment of the late decisive battle: 36 commonly used ship battles, 27 special ship attack planes, 27 ship attack planes, a total of 90 planes, and 30 spare aircraft (ship battle 12, special ship attack 12, ship attack 6) - a total of 120 aircraft.

Armament (original): 14 single-mounted 120-mm flat-mounted anti-aircraft guns, 8 quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns/cannons, 14 twin anti-aircraft machine guns.

2. Ruiyun-class fleet aircraft carrier

Ruiyun, Xiangyun, Jiyun and Caiyun have a total of 4 ships

Construction began in 1916

Time of service: 1918 year

Displacement: standard 28,500 tons, full load about 36,000 tons

Speed: up to 33 knots

Endurance: 7500 nautical miles / 18 knots

Design Carrier Aircraft:

Decisive battle establishment: 60 common ship battles, 81 ship attack aircraft for a total of 141 aircraft, 47 spare aircraft (20 ship battles, 27 ship attack aircraft) - a total of 188 aircraft.

Cruising establishment: 48 commonly used ships for battle, 54 for attack, a total of 102 ships. The 47 spare aircraft remained unchanged - a total of 149 aircraft.

Establishment of the late decisive battle: 48 common ship battles, 27 special ship attacks, 27 ship attack aircraft for a total of 102 aircraft, 34 spare aircraft (16 ship battles, 12 special ship attacks, and 6 ship attack aircraft) - a total of 136 aircraft.

Armament (original) 14 single-mounted 120-mm flat-aircraft guns, 8 quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns/cannons, and 14 twin anti-aircraft machine guns).

3. Modified aircraft carrier: Yue Fei class

Yue Fei, Tianxiang and Chenggong have a total of 3 ships

In 1915, it was converted from a Shangri-La luxury cruise ship with a transformation period of 18 to 20 months, and was put into service in 1917.

Double-decker hangar with a standard displacement of 27,000 tons, a full load displacement of 35,000 tons, and a maximum speed of 27 knots.

Endurance: 10,000 nautical miles / 18 knots

Design Carrier Aircraft:

Decisive battle establishment: 48 commonly used ships in battle, 54 ships in attack, a total of 102 ships. 34 spare aircraft (16 ship battles, 18 ship attacks), a total of 136 aircraft.

Cruising establishment: 36 commonly used ships for battle, 36 for ship attack, a total of 72 aircraft. The 34 spare aircraft remained unchanged, totaling 106.

In the later decisive battle, there were 36 common ship battles, 18 special ship attacks, and 18 ship attack planes, a total of 72 planes. 24 spare aircraft (12 Ship Battles, 6 Special Ship Attacks, 6 Ship Attacks), a total of 96 aircraft.

Armament: 12 single-mounted 120-mm flat anti-aircraft guns, 8 quadruple anti-aircraft guns/cannons, and 12 twin anti-aircraft machine guns/cannons.

3. Cruisers

Kunlun-class modified fast armored cruiser -

Standard row: 12,750 tons

Speed: 30 knots

Main gun: 4 twin 210 mm

Secondary guns: 4 twin 120 mm, 4 75 mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 machine guns.

Protection: main armor belt 200 mm

Endurance: 10,000 nautical miles / 12 knots

Water machine: 1 machine

Fourth, submarines

1. Whale III large ocean-going submarine.

Displacement: 930 tons above water / 1205 tons under water

Speed: 17 knots above water / 10 knots underwater

Range: 10,000 nautical miles/8 knots overwater, 4 knots/70 nautical miles underwater

Torpedoes: 550 mm torpedoes, 14 pieces

Torpedo tubes: 8 550 mm torpedo tubes (6 in front and 2 in rear)

Artillery: 2 120 mm/45 times single guns

Safe working depth: 50 meters

Crew: 52

2. Shark-3 inshore submarine.

Displacement: 420 tons above water / 497 tons under water

Speed: 16 knots above water / 10 knots underwater

Range: 3,000 nautical miles/8 knots overwater, 4 knots/70 nautical miles underwater

Torpedoes: 550 mm torpedoes, 8 pcs

Torpedo tubes: 5 550 mm torpedo tubes (4 in front and 1 in rear)

Artillery: 2 120 mm/45 times single guns

Safe working depth: 50 meters

Crew: 40 people

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