"I looked through the information of the navy and found that there are two types of old minesweepers and minelayers, and it is almost time to retire them." Zhou Changfeng opened a book next to him, pointed to one of the pages and said, "Change it, just enough to let them exert their residual heat." ”

The two types of fire support ships he conceived were equipped with naval guns and rocket artillery, with the former being used for direct aiming support and the latter for indirect targeting support.

"You're thoughtful, and you're very good at saving money and effort." Yan Chenwu's tone was very flat.

"This is not called 'saving', this should be called 'not waste'."

"I think your idea is good enough to build a new specialized support ship."

Zhou Changfeng smiled, and turned to a straight tone: "The overall war is about how to maximize and more efficiently coordinate the use of resources, we can't compare to the United States, and they have many more dockyards than us, instead of starting to build new things, it is better to build more frigates to escort transport ships." ”

The displacement of a frigate or escort destroyer is not large, usually about 1,000 tons, and a landing fire support ship is similar, but the latter is essentially a "ship carrying ship for naval guns and rocket artillery", and it is a waste of production capacity to build a new one.

The "frigate" in Zhou Changfeng's mouth aroused Yan Chenwu's interest, and he asked with great interest: "What is your so-called frigate?" A ship whose main task is purely convoy? ”

Aha?

His question made Zhou Changfeng stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, there was no such thing as a frigate in these years.

"Yes, thousand-ton warships dedicated to escort, anti-submarine operations."

During the European War, under the threat of "unrestricted submarine warfare", the Americans noticed the need for a professional fleet escort ships, so they designed an American anti-submarine gunboat; Then, on the eve of the Great War, a lieutenant commander submitted a report proposing the construction of an intermediate ship "between a submarine hunter and a large destroyer", which attracted great attention from the navy.

Although the Daming Navy is not lacking in concern about the threat of submarines, and the number of submarine hunters is not small, it is in a state of endless debate on the issue of "whether to build a thousand-ton auxiliary ship".

The side in favor believes that it is indeed necessary to build a specialized anti-submarine auxiliary ship, which can greatly improve the safety of its own transport fleet; The opposing side believes that this thing is not high or low, and that it cannot be compared with submarine hunting in terms of cheapness, and it cannot be compared with destroyers in terms of efficiency, and it cannot be rowed.

"There is definitely a need for 'escort destroyers', the tonnage of submarine hunting is small, and hundreds of tons of things are not suitable for ocean voyages, and destroyers, which are nearly 2,000 tons, are a bit wasteful to do escort tasks, so 1,000-ton ships are specialized in this, otherwise they will definitely be overwhelmed by enemy submarines." Zhou Changfeng said.

He and Yan Chenwu discussed this for a while, and it was only after about two teas that the work was over.

Speaking from the heart, Zhou Changfeng felt that although Yan Chenwu had good military qualities, he didn't like to be close to people in his bones. Although it does not appear to be high on the surface, the arrogance of that time can be felt in the words and demeanors of the moment.

It would be uncomfortable to work with such a person, but fortunately he is not in the same unit as himself.

After Yan Chenwu left, Zhou Changfeng continued to refine and refine his draft.

It can be said that the essence of the landing fire support ship lies in the large number of rocket artillery it carries - it can pour a large amount of firepower on the beachhead target in a short period of time to achieve complete suppression, and rocket artillery is one of the few weapons that can achieve this effect.

In terms of the use of multiple rocket launchers, I am afraid that in fact, there is no army that prefers and uses them more than the Ming army.

A swarm of bees, a hundred tigers running together, etc., can be regarded as the ancient prototype of modern multiple rocket launchers, Qi Jiguang spoke highly of rockets - "Fu rockets are also water and land weapons, and their merits are not under the birds."

During the Longqing period, in view of the lack of power of the traditional paper tube rocket, the Fujian and Guangdong sailors suggested that they should switch to iron tube rockets in the future, but they did not generalize.

Later Ming Shizu went further in this regard, and his soldiers and horses not only used iron cylinder rockets on a large scale, but also mass-produced the more powerful nitrate sugar gunpowder, which was called "gray powder" because of its appearance.

This is the so-called "one sulfur, two nitrate, three charcoal, plus a spoonful of sugar Big Ivan" is also.

However, because it needs to consume expensive sugar, it is usually only used when fighting with the Manchu and Han Eight Banners, and ordinary Green Camp cannon fodder is not qualified to be bombed by this thing.

As early as 20 years ago, the Ordnance Bureau issued the task of developing modern rocket artillery, and was committed to making the ancient "swarm of bees" and "a hundred tigers running together" return to the battlefield in a new way.

Today's results are naturally fruitful, and the Ordnance Bureau has dozens or hundreds of samples and plans of rocket artillery of different sizes, and the army is also equipped with a lot.

However, Zhou Changfeng also noticed that the current Ming army seems to prefer heavy MLRS? For example, the 35-type 144mm seven-mounted rocket launcher and the 32-type 192mm triple-mounted rocket launcher, the former weighs 31kg, and the latter weighs 78kg.

In terms of power, it is indeed powerful enough, just a six-gun 35 rocket artillery team can shoot a salvo, and in a few seconds can rain 42 rockets equivalent to six-inch shells at the target, which is extremely ferocious, but it is obviously relatively heavy.

Zhou Changfeng plans to propose in a book in the future, he needs a light rocket artillery similar to the "107 Fire" - the weight of the rocket is about 18kg, and if it is too heavy, it is inconvenient to deploy and use flexibly.

In particular, the terrain conditions of the Ming army's envisaged combat area are relatively complex, and light and easy to use is the king.

When night falls, the starry sky is bright, and now the lights of thousands of homes are not as bright as decades later, and they cannot make the starry sky look dim.

Yan Chenwu, who returned to his residence, had just changed his shoes, and his wife was about to pour him tea, but the phone had already rang.

He quickly stepped forward to answer, and a vigorous voice came out of it, "The day before yesterday, I asked why the chief officer of the regiment finally decided on that offspring, and how do you feel about seeing it today?" Is it qualified? ”

This is Yan Zhong, the chief officer of the First Battle Fleet of the Oriental Fleet, and Yan Chenwu is his nephew.

Even for his elders, Yan Chenwu still behaved arrogantly, "Uncle, the little nephew thinks it's okay." ”

"It's not often that you get that kind of comment out of your mouth." From the voice, you can feel that the person on the other end of the phone is laughing and teasing at the moment.

"Uncle, today is just the first time I have met, and I will not be able to see the real chapter until a while."

"He has more experience than you, so you can't keep face and don't communicate."

Yan Chenwu said reluctantly: "The little nephew knows. ”

"Then I won't go into details, you know it yourself."

For his nephew, who has a very high heart and has hardly encountered setbacks since he was a child, Yan Zhong is also a little helpless - how can a person who is proud of himself be in charge of the army?

It just so happened that this time he made a halfway trip to bite the gold, so he took advantage of the situation, hoping that Zhou Changfeng could live up to his name, press his nephew, and sharpen his arrogance, so that he could become a qualified general.

(End of chapter)