Chapter Seventy-Two: New Battleship Standards

"Who are the captains of Haixun No. 1 and Haixun No. 2 now?" Lu Han suddenly asked after thinking for a while.

At the beginning, in order to make better use of the only few warships in their hands to train more naval soldiers! Therefore, the two Dutch wooden-hulled cruisers that were captured at the beginning, after a wide range of modifications, all became training ships of the Naval Academy, and the crews on the top would be rotated almost every half month, and different captains would take their warships to inspect the entire territory of the Huo Jiajun in the South Seas and the Pacific Ocean! On the one hand, they will exercise their sailing experience, and on the other hand, it will be convenient to fight the pirates here and protect more and more Huo Jiajun immigration ships!

"The captain of the Haixun No. 1 ship is Xu Shoushan's turn this month, and the captain of the Haixun No. 2 ship is Li He!" Lin Zhang replied quickly after recalling the rotation training plan in his mind.

Whenever he thought of those classmates who were still waiting for the opportunity to get on the ship, he felt deeply glad that he was now serving on the 'Famous General'-class destroyer 'Wang Qian'! As long as he behaved well, he would definitely be able to become the captain of this new type of warship in the future, and Lin Zhang had such self-confidence!

In the navy of the Huo Jiajun, Huo Shan did not distinguish his warships according to the titles of protective cruisers, armored cruisers, and ironclad ships of this era, but adopted a more definite method of distinguishing warships in later generations! Among them, warships with main guns with a caliber of no more than 152 mm are uniformly called destroyers; those with guns between 152 mm and 203 mm are collectively called light cruisers; and those with guns with a caliber of more than 203 mm but below 305 mm are uniformly called heavy cruisers! Battleships with a caliber of more than 305 mm with their main guns are collectively called battleships! Of course, there are no super battleships yet! Therefore, Huo Shan has not been further divided into battleships! Of course, different war missions will also be arranged according to different classes of warships! For example, a full-time frigate that patrols the waterways, protects its own ships, conducts reconnaissance at sea, and provides landing support!

The current Haixun No. 1 and Haixun No. 2 are responsible for frigates!

"Is the 'Sea Lion' special forces responsible for supporting us here? If you want to capture the battleship, you can't do it without them!" Lu Han asked with a smile, at the beginning of the Borneo War, the capture of two warships made the role of the special forces vivid! Therefore, the 'Sea Lion' special forces of the full-time navy immediately became a sweet tooth, and almost every captain hoped that there would be a few more such guys on his battleship, so that he could capture the enemy's warship and take it for his own use! It's a small chance, but it's still a solution, isn't it?

"They will come with two frigates, this time the minister is very generous, and directly sent us a 'sea lion' brigade! Only five warships, they are enough!" Lin Zhang has full confidence in the combat effectiveness of his comrades-in-arms, and there is no pressure at all to deal with those old soldiers in Portugal who are not even comparable to the Netherlands!

"Alright, let's go! Tomorrow our task is to occupy Timor Island and fill in a new territory for the young master!"

"Boom......!"

Waves more than two meters high crashed against the steel hull with a piercing roar!

The Haixun No. 1, which is more than 4,000 tons, can no longer see what it was at the beginning, and after installing a piece of 125mm nickel-chromium steel armor that runs through the entire ship at the waterline, not only has its displacement increased by several hundred tons! Moreover, the old and outdated front-loading main guns on the original battleship have all been replaced with Huo Jiajun's new twin-mounted 152mmL40 rear-loading rifled guns, and the 15,000-kilometer shè range makes its combat effectiveness more powerful, with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons, plus four twin-mounted main guns, driven by the newly installed three-rise steam engine of nearly 7,500 horsepower, it can soar to a maximum speed of 18 knots, although compared with the cutting-edge ' Of course, the Haixun No. 2 not far from it has also been modernized, and its artillery, armor, and speed have been greatly optimized and improved; of course, due to the limitation of the size of the ship itself, the main guns on the Haiyang No. 2 have become four single-mounted 130mm main guns, and after the steel armor is installed, its tonnage has exceeded 2,000 tons! However, with the use of new power equipment, its speed is one section faster than that of Ocean One, reaching 19 knots!

However, the main responsibility of the current two steel corvettes is to train the navy and conduct maritime patrols and wars, and their role in combat is only to assist them!

However, Xu Shoushan, the captain of the Haixun No. 1, and Li He, the captain of the Haixun No. 2, did not expect that they would be so lucky this month and would actually be able to participate in a real war, even if the Portuguese army and navy could not pose a threat to their own troops at all! However, war is war, and even if it is only to fire cannons on the battleship to support the land landing operation, it will make these young men in the navy who feel the tense atmosphere of the battlefield increase their experience exponentially! Therefore, this kind of rare opportunity for actual combat is really a rare opportunity for the Huo Jiajun Navy, which is still mainly engaged in training! Of course, for the two captains, this kind of opportunity is even more hard-won! I don't know how many teachers and classmates of the Naval Academy are drooling with envy!

"Hasn't that thing been done yet?" Xu Shoushan smelled the smell of burning in the air, and couldn't help frowning and asking!

"Not yet, the engineer sent by the Academy of Sciences just now said that the radio has been used continuously for too long, and the electron tube has burned! If you want to replace it, I'm afraid it will take a while!" After listening to the staff officer's words, Xu Shoushan nodded helplessly, but the joy in his eyes could still be clearly seen!

The young master explained that this thing called radio made by the Academy of Sciences is really good, and he can contact his own warships and carry out tactical maneuvers and command the main guns without the need for flags that he can not see clearly from time to time! This new command method will undoubtedly change the command mode of naval warfare in the future! Xu Shoushan, who has all the qualities of an excellent naval general, completely understands the role of this!

"It's just that this thing is too easy to break, and it only took less than two hours, and this tube will strike immediately!" Xu Shoushan said secretly in his heart.

The current electron tube is still too primitive, the mature electron diode is still in the laboratory, and the current radio does not yet have the value of land use, but the receiving distance of 50 kilometers at sea can already provide great convenience for the command of warships! Moreover, the sea is not land, there is no barrier from mountains and valleys, and the flat sea level is more conducive to the transmission of radio waves!

"Where are we now?"

"Captain, we are now fifty nautical miles southeast of Obi Island, and in four hours we will be able to reach Ambon Naval Base!" the young lieutenant reported meticulously.

The naval soldiers trained according to Huoshan's new naval training method have far surpassed the original four fleets of the Qing Dynasty, so that he, a top student of the Mawei Naval Academy, can't help but abide by the strict new naval rules and regulations, and the strict military regulations and military discipline also ensure the combat effectiveness of the navy! As long as he is equipped with advanced warships and fights a few naval battles to gain experience, Xu Shoushan is confident that even if he encounters the powerful British Royal Navy, he will not be much inferior!

"Notify me when the radio is ready!

"Yes, General!"

Seeing the tall back of the major disappear at the door of the bridge, Xu Shoushan secretly thought in his heart: "The navy is finally getting stronger and stronger!"