The Qing-Japanese War was definitely a maddening war that excited the naval officers and researchers of all countries in the world, since the appearance of the steam ironclad ship, after decades of development, each country has its own system, but how is this system on the ground? How effective is the actual combat but has not been tested by the actual combat, everyone is using this model on the chart over and over again to deduce the possible situation in the future war, using saliva and parameter tables to speculate the victory or defeat of the war, so some people joke that the deduction of the current naval war is not to see who is correct, but to see who can say better!! The so-called oral ballistics is yes!!

While everyone was sorting out various schools of thought, the Qing-Japanese War gave the navies of various countries a reference example. From the earliest Battle of Toshima, to the later Battle of the Izu Coast Cruiser, and the first collision of the main fleet at Gunsan Bay, to the recently concluded Battle of the Pinnacle at the mouth of the Datong River. The types of battleships covered almost all types of ships, from unprotected cruisers to second-class battleships. The history spans from before 1880 to the present in 1894 for more than ten years!! Let's ask, is there still a battle in this world that is so complete and so referential?

What's more, in the battle for the pinnacle off the Datong River, the British, Germans, and Italians collected a lot of data as bystanders. In addition, after the naval war, spies who were active in the Qing Kingdom and Japan, dressed as ambassadors or military attachés, spared no effort to collect intelligence. Soon, some of the details of this pinnacle battle were on the table of the Admiralty Ministers.

"This is an era of patrolling and dominating the seas. The Qing-Japanese War showed that the Royal Italian Navy was ahead of the times in this naval revolution! Whether it was the hot (Baidu) subclass light armored cruisers or the later Garibaldi-class armored cruisers, as well as the PISA-class armored cruisers, which were the pinnacle of armored cruisers, they all proved themselves powerful in naval battles with irrefutable facts! "The praise of the battleships designed by the Italian Navy was expressed in extremely sensational language in Italian newspapers!

And this time, whether it is Mr. Brin, the Secretary of the Admiralty, or Vittorio, who designed the Type 4 battleship with Xu Jie. Their prestige in the Kingdom of Italy has risen to the next level, and they have not only led the development of the navy, but also made a great contribution to the development of Italian industry and the employment of its citizens! It is said that if you throw a basin of water at an Italian and a seaport city and you spill 10 people, then at least 3 of them actually work in the shipyard, 3 of them work in the factories that supply the shipyard with related products, and the remaining 4 people are either old people who can't do it or children who don't have a job yet!

After this war, the all-Italian fast fleet led by Xu Jie cleanly wiped out 7 warships of the other side, with a total tonnage of more than 30,000 tons. ^//^ This is the result of the First World War. (Well, there is a mistake, Lin Yongsheng's fleet did not join Xu Jie's fleet) For the battleship of the next level, which is close to 15,000 tons, Vittorio and the Admiralty are full of confidence, and those countries that pray for the favor of the sea god will definitely purchase it, which is another income!

It was not only the Italians who were proud, but also the Russians and the French, who followed in the footsteps of the Italians and vigorously developed the cruisers, especially the Russians, who immediately began the construction of the Azov-class armored cruisers after the start of the Garibaldi class in Italy. Although, in terms of performance, the Azov class is far from the Garibaldi class, which is equipped with hardened armor, a new boiler and a full-rapid-fire gun, but it doesn't matter. The Russians built a Rurik-class armored cruiser known as the king of cruisers, which was privately called Rurik the Great by senior Russian naval officials.

"The Rurik-class armored cruiser is not an ordinary armored cruiser, we call it an armored cruiser collar. He could serve as the backbone and flagship of a fleet of armored cruisers, playing the role of a mainstay in battle. The Rurik is the best armored cruiser in the world, and he is the king of the cruiser! When the Tsar asked. When the Russian armored cruiser formation can deal with the armored cruiser fleet of the Qing State. The Russian Admiral replied proudly. …,

Although France has also built an armored cruiser, the French navy, which is deeply affected by the breaking of diplomatic relations in the ocean, has always regarded the cruiser as an attack ship, emphasizing high speed and high endurance. The naval battle showed that it was still possible for armored cruisers with new armor to withstand battleship-level artillery attacks with thinner armor, so the French Navy, which understood it, immediately changed its construction plan. A group of armored cruisers positioned close to the Garibaldi class was built in large numbers. And the top brass of the navy, who had originally advocated the Kuishui Navy, were cleared out.

And Germany and the United States, two second-rate naval powers, were cautious about armored cruisers. First of all, both countries need to fight at their doorstep, and there is no need to fight from a distance. Needless to say, Germany is staying in this bathtub in the North Sea. America? How so? The construction of the navy is still relatively slow, and there is no intention of competing for dominance in the ocean in the near future. Therefore, when they open, it is better to put a lot of tonnage on power and endurance than on weapons and defense, after all, for the coastal navy, it is the last word to be able to fight and resist!

Later, however, the Kaiser's opinion relented. At the strong suggestion of the eternal Tirpitz, the German Admiralty agreed to plan the production of several armored cruisers, but only if the modified cruisers had sufficient firepower and proper protection, and could be less in terms of endurance, which was undoubtedly a battleship that was as fast as possible and slightly weaker in protection, but in the name of a cruiser. So much so that the British defined the future battleship of this class as a battleship of the second rank, the same as the definition of PISA, and not an armored cruiser in the traditional sense.

Which country is the most regretful and depressed after this war? There is no doubt that Britain is a veteran naval power that has been galloping across the ocean for hundreds of years, and the British Navy has always been at the forefront of the development of naval technology. And relying on this advantage, the British Royal Navy defeated one strong enemy after another, first the Spaniards, then the Dutch, and even the French emperor, who once ruled most of Europe, lamented in the face of this narrow English Channel!

But what about now? The British suddenly found themselves on a detour that had been going on for nearly 10 years! Since the Brute-class armored cruisers, the British have not built a single armored cruiser! Even after the appearance of Xu Jie's hardened armor and the American Harvey armor in 1890, after the strength of the spear and shield reversed, the British did not catch this sensitive information! The construction of first-class protective cruisers continued, and the famous Edgar class was mass-produced at this time.

And at this time, Italy and the Qing Kingdom had gradually designed and built class 3 armored cruisers! The Russians, the potential opponents of the British Empire, also started the construction of Rurik and Azov armored cruisers, and today, at the end of the naval battle off the Datong River, when the six armored cruisers of the three classes in the Beiyang showed their might in previous naval battles, the British found that they did not have a new 10,000-ton armored cruiser!

Moreover, there is also a significant deviation in the estimate of combat power of the British naval authorities, from the point of view of combat power, the Edgar class of more than 7,000 tons will be at a disadvantage in the face of the Beiyang 5,000-ton Guiyuan class, not to mention the Edgar class's displacement of 2,000 tons. But both in terms of the intensity of the fire projection and in terms of protection, the Edgar class, armed with terrace guns and steel-faced dome, is not at all an opponent of the Guiyuan, armed with turret guns and hardened armor! Not to mention the more powerful Garibaldi and PISA classes!

It is conceivable that if the armored cruiser formation of the Russians continues to expand, then in the face of these guys running around on the ocean and robbing houses, the British Navy will not have any effective countermeasures, and the battleships can fight, but they cannot catch up. The cruiser caught up but couldn't beat it! What a tragic thing! …,

"Those who advocate the production of protective cruisers should be sent to the gallows!" I don't know who shouted such a voice at the British Admiralty. Then the British Navy Armament Department carried out a top-down overhaul! The uniforms who advocated the production of new types of patrols and the officials who "watched" the battle of the Datong River were promoted in large numbers. Among them is Colonel Jericho, who experienced the entire naval battle with Xu Jie on a battleship.

For this reason, before he left the Far East and returned to England, he also specially washed an article called "Perfect Battleship". Unlike Fisher's version of the Perfect Cat, which emphasizes speed and firepower in Xu Jie's time and space, Jericho emphasizes the protection, vitality, and balance of speed of the battleship in his article. He believes that even in order to pursue an attacking ship drifting in the ocean, there is no need for the pursuing party to require excessive speed and endurance.

First of all, the British Empire had colonies all over the world, so the problem of endurance could be solved by replenishment, and hostile navies that lacked supply points were often only able to cruise at low speeds, and most of the boilers were in a state of inefficiency. Secondly, with regard to high speed, no matter how good the ship is, after a long time at sea, the speed will decrease, and it will not reach the design speed at all, so there is no need for the British warship with the supply advantage to have too high speed.

In his opinion, the most important part of dealing with an attack ship is the engagement, if your firepower cannot sink the opponent or slow the opponent, then the battleship is a loser, and if your battleship not only does not hurt the opponent but is also sunk by the opponent because of the fragile protection, then the person who designed the battleship should go to the gallows!

Because of this book, Jericho gained a lot of fans within the British Royal Navy. This faction is known as the Equilibrium or Jericho faction. This is undoubtedly a heresy for the traditional British navy, which advocates offense and large voyages, and has been suppressed and opposed by some people. But this faction is still slowly developing and gradually gaining a place in the navy, of course, this is a later story, and I will not talk about it now.

And at a time when the theory of conquering the world was being popularized in the world of costumes, Xu Jie, the designer of Guiyuan, Garibaldi, and PISA-level outfits, was on his way to Tianjin. After going through so much, the battle situation has finally changed fundamentally, and Lao Li also needs to discuss the next countermeasures with his proud disciple!

Thank you for the reward of the book friend who does not fall in the dark and zxhfhh. Tomorrow plans to update the big chapter of 5000+. Everyone can give some strength, and the author can give power~~. Xie Lu thanked ~~~~~. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )