"Before the start of the war, it is our most vulnerable stage, the 7 battleships of the main fleet and the corresponding auxiliary warships are not fully engaged in the decisive battle at sea, we need to cover the army and marines to attack Kalimantan, and establish a strong stronghold and landing ground on Kalimantan so that the follow-up supplies and troops can continue to arrive. Since the Dutch garrison in Kalimantan was very limited, we did not have much pressure on our sea transportation, and it was expected that within 2 months, we would be able to complete the transportation tasks required for the entire land battle. Subsequently, the main fleet will be freed up to launch an attack on the combined Russian-Dutch fleet. "In a conference room in Kaohsiung Harbor, the largest operational meeting of the Chinese Navy since the Sino-Russian War was held here, and almost all the senior generals of the Chinese Navy participated in the meeting, and this meeting will determine the outcome of the Southern Naval War!

"In the first two months, although our main fleet could not be fully engaged in the war, it did not mean that the navy could stay in the port without doing anything, and we still needed to take the initiative to weaken the strength of the Russian fleet! Especially the strength of the fast fleet. So now I will introduce the information on the fast warships that the Russian Navy can put into the front line. I hope that everyone can make a correct judgment on the enemy situation. Yang Yonglin took the microphone, and then the service staff put the enlarged pictures on the whiteboard.

"The Russian-Dutch combined fleet has a total of 4 fast battleships, namely the Peter the Great-class fast battleships Peter the Great and Catherine of the Russian Navy, these two battleships are actually the fast versions of the Borodino-class battleships, with an elongated hull. And 2 main guns were reduced, weakening part of the protection, in exchange for a high speed of more than 22 knots. The other two fast battleships were the seventh-level fast battleships of the Dutch Navy. They are the Seven Provinces and the Amsterdam. ARMED WITH THE 274MM45L MAIN GUN DEVELOPED BY THE FRENCH NAVY, AND AT THE SAME TIME USING THE STEAM TURBINES AND HEAVY OIL BOILERS OF THE BRITISH, THEY WOULD BE GOOD IN EVERY RESPECT, AND IN TERMS OF COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS THEY WERE ON PAR WITH THE BATTLECRUISERS WE ORDERED IN THE BRITISH. In terms of speed, the battle cruiser had a certain advantage, but in terms of protection, our battle cruisers had a certain disadvantage. ”

"In addition to these 4 dreadnought-type fast battleships, the Russians and the Dutch updated their armored cruiser formations. The Russians have 4 ships. One of the more powerful levels is the Rurik class. As soon as Yang Yonglin said this, there were bursts of laughter below, the Huaxia Navy really has a relationship with Rurik. The first generation of Rurik-class armored cruisers took part in two conflicts between the two countries and ended up being sunk in the sea, how? Now that Lao Tzu is finished, his son will continue to go? The Russians have come up with another Rurik II?

"Be quiet." Yang Yonglin also couldn't help but smile and said: "This generation of Rurik is much stronger than the original Rurik, and there are two warships of this class, namely Rurik and Valyan. It is equipped with 8 10-inch 50L guns. MOREOVER, THERE ARE AS MANY AS 16 120MM GUNS, THE MAIN ARMOR BELT IS 6 INCHES THICK, AND THERE IS DOME ARMOR BEHIND IT, AND THE SPEED IS MORE THAN 22 KNOTS. It is two large ships with a displacement of up to 17,000 tons. As soon as Yang Yonglin finished speaking, before he could continue, he saw that Xu Jie, who was on the side of the presidium, also covered his face and snickered, which made Yang Yonglin completely uneasy. Ordinary officers smile and forget it, you said that you, a prime minister and defense minister, are also covering your mouth here, what is the matter?

In fact, this is not clear to Yang Yonglin. In Xu Jie's plane, the name Varyag is so sad that a 6,000-ton protective cruiser called Varyag was sunk by the Japanese Navy during an engagement in Korean waters during the Russo-Japanese War. But then it was salvaged by the Japanese and named the Soya as a seafarer training ship. In 1916, the Russian Navy ransomed the old cruiser and decided to sail to Europe, but soon after arriving in Europe, the October Revolution broke out in Russia, and the cruiser became a nascent Red Navy warship, but it was not long before it was captured by the British intervention forces and pulled to Britain as a miscellaneous ship. The last battleship did not die well, and sank in 1920 due to an accident. This warship, which once served in the four governments of the navies of the three countries, finally put an end to itself!

Of course, this battleship called Varyag is not the most famous, the most famous is the No. 2 ship of the large aircraft carrier Kuznetsov built in the former Soviet era, this unfinished aircraft carrier was finally bought back by the Chinese government at the price of scrap iron and then pulled to Dalian Port to continue construction, and became the first regular aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy! I wonder what would happen if one day the aircraft carrier Kuznetsov ran into a Chinese ship of the same class at sea, and would the Russians on it lament the impermanence of the world? Buy the hull of a large aircraft carrier for $20 million, where can you find such a good thing?

For Xu Jie's plane, is there a warship named Varyag in the Russian Navy? The answer is yes! The third ship of the Glorious-class missile cruiser built by the former Soviet Union was originally called the Red Ukraine, and after the Russians lost the Varyag aircraft carrier, the Russian Navy renamed the missile cruiser the Varyag! This name is really enduring for a long time, I don't know if this missile cruiser will be able to die well after changing its name!

"Okay, everyone has laughed enough, let's continue, in addition to these two big guys, the Russians also got two shrunken versions of armored cruisers, both in terms of protection and tonnage, and the main guns are only 6 10-inch 50L guns. In terms of combat effectiveness, we can consider it as the Russian version of a high-speed PISA-type armored cruiser. Of course, the combat effectiveness of the new ships is still somewhat higher than that of the old ones. The two battleships were named Bayan and Crimea, respectively. After Yang Yonglin finished speaking, he took out two new pictures and put them on the whiteboard.

"Two armored cruisers of the Dutch Navy that deserve our attention the most. They have the same firepower as the Rurik, but they are very good in terms of protection, with 9 inches of main armor and 4 inches of upper armor. The thickness of this armor is already quite good, and there is also dome armor. The protective area is also relatively large, and it is said that it is not inferior to the Russian fast battleships. We can completely treat it as a capital ship, of course, in terms of firepower, it is much worse. The two armored cruisers were Rotterdam and Sealand. Yang Yonglin finally introduced all 4 fast dreadnoughts and 6 cruisers of the Russian-Dutch fleet. (Note: The author was negligent in using the Amsterdam as a patrol in Chapter 582.) It is hereby corrected that the second ship of the armored cruiser of the Dutch Navy is called the Sealand Province. Sorry——! ）

"And what about our fast fleet? The core force is 5 new Dreadnought ships, including 2 Dreadnought battlecruisers. There are also 3 dreadnought fast battleships, and in terms of the number of large-caliber guns, we have an overwhelming advantage, but if you count the projection, we are now at an absolute disadvantage, and the rate of fire of the new 10-inch 50L main gun is as high as 2 to 3 shots per minute. AND IT IS SAID THAT THEY BOUGHT NEW FIRE CONTROL EQUIPMENT FROM THE FRENCH, AND THE EFFECTIVE FIRING RANGE MAY REACH MORE THAN 7KM. In this case, we are at a disadvantage. Yang Yonglin said and hung up a huge large-scale nautical chart, and at the same time put the model of the warship representing the Russian-Dutch combined fleet and the warship model that the Chinese Navy could use on the map. In order to understand the situation of both sides more intuitively.

"The 5 battleships of the armored cruiser formation were seriously aging, although we replaced part of the steam engines and boilers. and pipelines, but the constraints on the hull still make it difficult for these ships to reach the preset battlefield at high speeds. At this time, Lin Tai replaced Yang Yonglin on the podium, and when Liu Buyun was in charge of receiving the ship, Lin Tai took care of the old Chinese navy. One of the treasures of the former town. The armored cruiser formations also made a certain why and assessment.

"Even if we get a forward base in the Philippines, from Renault or Zamboanga, we are just entering the battlefield across the Siripas Sea and the Makassar Strait, and this distance is already thousands of kilometers, plus the fuel needed to operate in the Java Sea, each armored cruiser needs at least 1,000 tons of coal to be guaranteed. And it must also be at low speeds, and if it is at high speeds, fuel consumption will increase exponentially. Lin Taizeng said worriedly.

"And we need to add that. A long engagement also required carrying plenty of ammunition as well as fresh water and food, whether it was a Garibaldi-class or PISA-class armored cruiser. Space is very limited, the most basic coal plus food and ammunition, the battleship will definitely be overloaded, which will make the armored cruiser, which already has no advantage in speed, even slower, and the height of the main armor belt exposed to the water will definitely not exceed 1 meter, in this way, the protection of our armored cruiser will be directly reduced from the standard of heavy cruisers to the standard of light cruisers, which is not counting the loss of stability and buoyancy. Lin Yingqi then added. The situation when the Chinese Navy laughed at the Russians for all kinds of overloading finally happened to them, which is really uncomfortable!

"More critical is the performance problem, the King class should be more powerful than the Bayan armored cruiser on paper, and at the same time, it should be able to penetrate the 6-inch main armor and the rear dome armor of the Rurik Type 2 armored cruiser at a closer distance, but the number of guns is too small, even if it is more fire control, I am afraid that in the actual combat at a long distance and the Russian Rurik 2 armored cruiser will be at a disadvantage. What's more, we now only have 1 King-class armored cruiser, and the remaining PISA-type armored cruisers can't be replaced with larger main guns, plus the old problem, and the Russian Bayan-class armored cruisers are at a disadvantage, as for the Garibaldi-class? I don't have much hope anymore. Cheng Biguang said helplessly.

All in all, in the eyes of the three Chinese naval officers, the armored cruiser formation of the Chinese Navy is outdated, and the overall strength is at a disadvantage, not to mention that compared with the most advanced Rotterdam-class armored cruisers of the Dutch, even with the Russians, it is not as good as the armored cruisers, this is still on paper, how to send these warships to the battlefield is a big problem in itself! Entering the battlefield of the principle base in the case of overload is not something that the Chinese Navy wants to see. Once the battle is damaged, I am afraid that these warships that have made great contributions to China will never be able to go back! Even if they weren't sunk, the long voyage would have finally crushed these wounded ships, and don't forget, the Russians had plenty of firepower this time!

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