But in Hu Weidong's eyes, the 240mm caliber is a great advantage, because the heavy artillery brigade of the 15th Army also has 240mm caliber cannons, and the corresponding artillery shell production line has naturally been laid long ago, and if necessary, let the workers work overtime. And if it is a 203mm caliber cannon, when the captured shells are fired, the Gongxian Arsenal has to pull a new production line, but the new production line is only for these eight cannons, the price is really a bit big, and the time required is not a day or two

And the shortcomings of the 240mm shell are not as powerful as the same in the hands of Hu Weidong, an ammunition expert, and the ordinary 240mm armor-piercing bullet cannot penetrate the armor of the battleship, so what about the armor-piercing shell with shelling? If it doesn't work, what about armor-piercing shells with depleted uranium? Isn't that as simple as chopping vegetables? You must know that even modern tank guns with a caliber of just over 100 mm can easily penetrate the armor of battleships by firing shell-piercing shells!

Of course, the average shelling distance of naval guns in actual combat is much farther than that of tank guns, which will definitely greatly reduce the penetration ability of shell-piercing shells, but the power of 240mm caliber shells is also not comparable to 120mm or 125mm tank shells, just tens of kilograms (because there has never been such a large-caliber shell-piercing shell in reality, so the core weight can only be estimated, and the core weight of 125mm tank shells is more than 6 kg, Multiply eight, it is more than 50 kilograms) The kinetic energy of the heavy core falling from a high altitude is enough for it to easily penetrate the armor of a battleship, which is usually only two or three hundred millimeters. Probably only at long distances. The strongest defensive gun shield (the Yamato's gun shield armor is 610mm thick, and it's all high-quality steel, but it doesn't have to penetrate here to sink the battleship) is likely to be able to block it, right?

In this case, the benefits of the 240mm caliber appeared again, because when Hu Weidong tried to produce shell-out armor-piercing shells, some samples were made of the caliber of each existing artillery of the 15th Army to collect data, so for the 240mm shell-out armor-piercing bullets, as long as Hu Weidong ordered, the Gongxian Arsenal could produce finished products within a few days, whether it was a depleted uranium core, a tungsten alloy bullet core, or a relatively cheap high-alloy steel bullet core. If it is a 203mm caliber, not to mention whether the power of a battleship is enough, if you want to produce a qualified product without relevant data, it is by no means possible in just a few days

As for the defect of the Type 90 240mm heavy cannon being expensive. In Hu Weidong's eyes, it is even less of a problem, because the more valuable the seized weapons are, the more enjoyable they are to use!

Although the Japanese Admiralty, which was increasingly controlled by the aircraft carrier faction, was perfunctory about the main guns of the battleships, it attached more importance to anti-aircraft guns and other anti-aircraft weapons, and the Tone-class heavy cruisers were also equipped with eight Type 98 120mm anti-aircraft guns, in addition to eight twin Type 98 75mm anti-aircraft guns, and 12 twin Type 96 25-mm anti-aircraft guns and 12 twin 13.2-mm machine guns, which were more than double the number in history. Due to the increase in load, the maximum speed of the Tone-class heavy cruisers was slightly lower than that of the historical prototype, but the endurance was increased due to the reduction of three water reconnaissance aircraft and supporting catapults, and the utilization of the cabin space was also improved. More than 9,500 nautical miles / 18 knots, compared with the data of the battleship "Haruna", it is almost like a complete match

In this way, the basic parameters of the heavy cruiser "Ligen" were determined by the historical

Displacement: 11,394/15,443 tons

Main size: 201.5 m (overall length) / 18.5 m (width) / 6.47 m (draft)

Power: 4 ship-based steam turbines, 8 ship-based heavy oil boilers, 152,000 horsepower

Speed: 35.5 knots

Endurance: 9270 nm / 18 knots

Protection: 145 mm on the side, 56 mm on deck, 25 mm on the main turret (after World War I, the Japanese heavy patrols almost all abandoned the vital main turret armor in order to reduce weight, and the 25 mm armor was only able to protect against bullets and flying shrapnel.) But the devil did this kind of "picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon." "It's not once or twice), the conning tower 130 mm ...,

Artillery: 4 twin-mounted three-year 203 mm L50 guns, 4 twin-mounted 127 mm L40 anti-aircraft guns, 4 twin-mounted Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft guns. 4-seat twin 13.2 mm machine guns.

Torpedoes: 4 triple Type 90 610mm torpedo tubes, with 24 Type 93 torpedoes.

Carrier-based aircraft: 6 Type 94 water reconnaissance aircraft, 2 catapults.

Establishment: 850 people

became

Displacement: 12,456/16,853 tons

Main size: 201.5 m (full length) / 18.5 m (width) / 6.65 m (draft)

Power: 4 ship-based steam turbines. 8 ship-based heavy oil boilers, 152,000 horsepower

Speed: 35 knots

Endurance: 9540 nm / 18 knots

Protection: broadside 145 mm, deck 56 mm, main turret 25 mm, command tower 130 mm

Artillery: 4 twin 240 mm guns (Type 90 240 mm L53.4 heavy cannon), 4 twin Type 98 120mm anti-aircraft guns, 8 twin Type 98 75mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 twin Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 twin 13.2 mm machine guns.

Torpedoes: 4 triple Type 90 610mm torpedo tubes, with 24 Type 93 torpedoes.

Carrier-based aircraft: 3 Type 94 water reconnaissance aircraft, 1 catapult.

Establishment: 875 people

Overall, the combat power should have increased a lot, although its main turret armor was almost the same as nothing, which really made Hu Weidong speechless

In addition to the two large warships, the Japanese also captured 8 destroyers, all of which are Japan's latest Hakuro-class destroyers (well, all of them are the same model, you can check some data less, anyway, the time can be matched ^_^), compared with the historical prototypes, there are also big changes, originally

Dimensions: 107.9 m in length, 9.91 m in width.

Displacement 2,011 tons

Main guns: 2 B twin 127mm guns, 2 single 127mm guns

Torpedo: 2 Type 92 24-inch quadruple launch tubes.

Air defense: 4 25mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 13.2mm anti-aircraft machine guns

Power: 2 ship-based steam turbines, 3 ship-based heavy oil boilers, 42,000 horsepower

The maximum speed is 34 knots

Endurance: 6000 nautical miles / 15 knots

The crew is 180 people

Now it becomes

Dimensions: 107.9 m in length, 9.91 m in width.

Displacement 2,250 tons

Main guns: 2 twin Type 98 120mm anti-aircraft guns and 2 single-mounted Type 98 120mm anti-aircraft guns, which can be used for air defense and sea.

Torpedoes: 2 triple Type 90 610mm torpedo tubes, with 12 Type 93 torpedoes.

Air defense: 4 twin Type 98 75mm anti-aircraft guns (if necessary, it can also be used for sea artillery strikes, and it is not a problem to penetrate ships below the light cruiser with thin skins.) ), 6 twin 25mm anti-aircraft guns, 6 twin 13.2mm anti-aircraft machine guns.

Power: 2 ship-based steam turbines, 3 ship-based heavy oil boilers, 42,000 horsepower.

The maximum speed is 33 knots

Endurance: 5400 nm / 15 knots

200 crew members (welcome to your support, is my biggest motivation.) )