Togo Heihachiro immediately said to the technical personnel: "Anyway, our armor can't stop the missiles of Lin Yuan's troops, so let's reduce the thickness of the armor, the warship can be faster if it is lighter." ”

As a result, the technicians reduced the armor of the warship, and in Hayashi's time, the broadside armor of the Ise-class battleships was as thick as 305 mm, but at this time it was only 105 mm.

In terms of firepower, Heihachiro Togo advocated reducing the short-range secondary guns and retaining the long-range main guns, so the Ise-class battleships reduced the secondary guns to eight and the Fuso-class battleships to ten.

At this time, Akiyama Shinyuki said, "General Togo, how should we fight a battle?" ”

Heihachiro Togo thought for a while and said: "The first step in naval warfare is to discover the opponent, we are in a disadvantageous position in this regard, Lin Yuan's warship is equipped with radar, and we can see our warship dozens of kilometers away, and we are still limited by the performance of the optical detection system, so we can't see the target further away." ”

Akiyama Shinyuki smiled and said, "General Togo, we have already discussed this with Mr. Anderson, and our American allies will solve the problem of discovering opponents for us." ”

Heihachiro Togo thought to himself: "Could it be that the Americans already have a radar that can detect from a distance?" That's great, we have to buy it no matter how much it costs! So Heihachiro Togo said, "Mr. Anderson, do you also have a radar for long-range detection?" ”

Anderson said with a smile: "General Dongxiang, to be honest, our American Arms Company is indeed conducting relevant research, but our technology is still very immature, and several experiments have shown that our technology cannot separate the sea surface target from the clutter on the sea surface." ”

Heihachiro Togo couldn't help but feel disappointed for a while, and said, "If you don't have a radar, how can you help us discover Lin Yuan's fleet in advance?" ”

Anderson said with a smile: "The Chinese have a poem called 'Desire to be poor and go to the next level', and we were inspired by this poem and moved our eyes to the sky!" ”

Heihachiro Togo said anxiously, "Mr. Anderson, please hurry up and tell me what you can do." ”

"Our solution is very simple, we're going to send two big cruise ships, each with a big airship on it, and we're going to have a high-powered telescope in the pod under the airship, and then we're going to monitor the sea, and when the ship is in the water, it's going to leave a wake, and we're going to be able to see it, and then we'll let you know where the ship is," Anderson said. What do you think? Isn't that a good idea? ”

Togo Heihachiro frowned when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Anderson, with all due respect, this method of yours is indeed not very good! ”

Anderson smiled and asked, "Oh? Why do you say that? ”

Heihachiro Togo said: "First of all, when you look at the sky from a high altitude, the images you see are very small, even if you use a telescope, can you guarantee that you can identify the warship of Lin Yuan's troops?" ”

Anderson said: "We don't guarantee to identify the warships of Lin Yuan's forces, what we have to do is just find the targets of those warships like Lin Yuan's forces, and then you send high-speed cruisers to search, do you understand?" ”

Heihachiro Togo thought for a moment and asked, "How high can your airship fly in the sky?" ”

Anderson smiled: "It can reach up to 500 meters!" ”

Heihachiro Togo frowned and said, "Five hundred meters? Based on the curvature of the earth, you can see nearly a hundred kilometers away, but at such a distance, can your observer eye distinguish the ships in the ocean? ”

Anderson smiled: "Of course not, but our resolution distance will also reach more than sixty kilometers, which is much better than the optical detection equipment on your warship, General Dongxiang, you can rest assured." ”

Heihachiro Togo nodded and said, "Mr. Anderson, then I trust you, but there is a more important issue I want to raise, if you don't pay attention to this issue, it is likely to bring extremely serious consequences to you." ”

Anderson smiled, "Please speak." ”

Heihachiro Togo said: "Airships are not a new thing, we used them during the Northeast War, and at that time we used airships to correct and shoot our artillery, but after Lin Yuan found our airship, he dispatched an aircraft to destroy it!" If Lin Yuan knew that your airship was serving us, he would definitely kill it mercilessly. ”

Anderson smiled: "General Dongxiang is too worried, Lin Yuan will definitely not dare!" ”

Heihachiro Togo glanced at Anderson with suspicion on his face, and Anderson smiled: "Our airship is a sightseeing airship, and the people who can go up are all well-known people from our United States of America, and we will send a note to the government of the People's Republic of China through the office of the United States of America in Beijing, asking them to guarantee our safety!" In this way, Lin Yuan didn't dare to hit our airship at all. ”

Togo Heihachiro frowned slightly, and thought to himself: "Your wishful thinking is so loud, how can you be sure that Lin Yuan will not take down your airship?" Don't you know who Lin Yuan is? Lin Yuan is a master who is not afraid of heaven and earth! However, Heihachiro Togo didn't say anything, but nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about the problem of the enemy first, and the next step is to attack, Akiyama-kun, do you have any good solutions?" ”

Akiyama Mayuki said: "I've already thought about it, let's divide the fleet into two batches, the first batch is composed of Fuyuki-class destroyers, when they are fighting, they use the warships that reach the Lin Yuan troops at high speed and release the No. 1 torpedo, if they can sink the warships of the Lin Yuan troops, it doesn't matter if they don't sink it, Lin Yuan's troops must have been in chaos under the blow of our No. 1 torpedo, and the Ise-class battleships, Fuso-class battleships and Kongo-class battlecruisers behind us will take the opportunity to cover up the past, Giving full play to the advantages of our heavy artillery, we will definitely be able to annihilate Lin Yuan's troops in one fell swoop! ”

Togo Heihachiro nodded again and again, and said, "Very good, just do it according to this plan." ”

At this time, Anderson said: "Two generals, is there something that your plan is not fully considered? ”

Akiyama said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Anderson used to be a colonel in the U.S. Navy, and only joined the American Arms Corporation after retiring from the army, what is wrong with our plan?" ”

Anderson said: "As far as I know, the effective range of torpedoes is less than a thousand meters, can your destroyers kill so close to the warships of the Lin Yuan force?" ”

Akiyama Shinyuki and Heihachiro Togo looked at each other and smiled, and said: "Mr. Anderson, our Great Japanese Empire has a superior place in torpedoes, and the performance of our No. 1 torpedo is ahead of the world!" ”

Anderson's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Then can you let me see this type of torpedo?" Or, sell one to our company? ”

Akiyama Shinyuki smiled and said, "Mr. Anderson, we are only users of this type of torpedo, and your request needs to be approved by our Admiralty. ”