Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Dongxiang Heihachiro immediately said to the technicians: "Anyway, our armor can't stop the missiles of Lin Yuan's troops, so let's reduce the thickness of the armor. The lighter the warship, the faster it will be."

So the technicians reduced the armor of the warship. In Lin Yuan's era, the thickness of the side armor of the Ise-class battleship was as high as 305 mm, but at this time it was only 105 mm.

In terms of firepower, Togo Heihachiro 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 reduced to ten.

At this time, Akiyama Shinyuki said: "General Dongxiang, how should we fight the next battle?"

Dongxiang Heihachiro thought for a while and said: "The first step in a naval battle is to find the opponent. We are at a disadvantage in this respect. Lin Yuan's warship is equipped with radar, and we can see our warship tens of kilometers away. It is also limited by the performance of the optical detection system, which makes it impossible to see more distant targets clearly."

Akiyama Shinji smiled and said: "General Dongxiang, we have already discussed this with Mr. Anderson, and our American allies will solve the problem of finding opponents for us."

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

Anderson smiled and said: "General Dongxiang, to be honest, our American Arms Company is indeed conducting related research, but our technology is still very immature. separated from the waves."

Dongxiang Heihachiro couldn't help feeling disappointed, and said, "If you don't have radar, how can you help us discover Lin Yuan's fleet in advance?"

Anderson said with a smile: "There is a Chinese poem called 'If you want to see a thousand miles, go to a higher level', we were inspired by this poem and moved our eyes to the sky!"

Dongxiang Heihachiro said anxiously: "Mr. Anderson, please tell us your solution quickly."

Anderson said: "Our method is very simple. We will send two large cruise ships, each with a large airship, and we will install a high-magnification telescope in the pod under the airship, and then we will monitor the sea surface. , Warships will leave wakes when sailing in the water, we can see these wakes, and then we will notify you of the position of the warship! How is it? Isn’t this a good way?”

Dongxiang Heihachiro frowned and said, "Mr. Anderson, with all due respect, your method is really not very good!"

Anderson asked with a smile, "Oh? Why do you say that?"

Dongxiang Heihachiro said: "First of all, when you look down from a high altitude, the images you see are very small, even if you use a telescope, can you guarantee to identify the warship of Lin Yuan's army?"

Anderson said: "We don't promise to identify the warships of Lin Yuan's troops. What we have to do is to find targets that look like the warships of Lin Yuan's troops, and then you send high-speed cruisers to search. Do you understand?"

Dongxiang Heihachiro thought for a while and asked, "How high can your airship fly in the sky?"

Anderson laughed: "It can reach up to 500 meters!"

Dongxiang Heihachiro frowned and said: "500 meters? Calculated according to the curvature of the earth, you can see a place nearly [-] kilometers away, but the distance is so far, can the naked eyes of your observers distinguish the ships on the ocean? ?”

Anderson said with a smile: "Of course not, but our resolution distance will reach more than 60 kilometers, which is much better than the optical detection equipment on your warship. General Dongxiang, you can rest assured."

Togo Heihachiro nodded and said: "Mr. Anderson, I trust you, but there is another more important issue I want to raise. If you don't pay attention to this issue, it may bring you extremely serious consequences."

Anderson smiled and said, "Please tell me."

Dongxiang Heihachiro said: "The airship is nothing new. We used it during the Northeast War. At that time, we used the airship to correct the shooting for our artillery. However, after Lin Yuan discovered our airship, he dispatched an aircraft to destroy it. ! If Lin Yuan knows that your airship is serving us, he will destroy it mercilessly."

Anderson said with a smile: "General Dongxiang is worrying too much, Lin Yuan will never dare!"

Togo Heihachiro looked at Anderson suspiciously, and Anderson smiled and said: "Our airship is a sightseeing airship, and those who can go up are our famous people from the United States of America, and we will send a note to the People's Republic of China through the United States of America Office in Beijing. The government, ask them to guarantee our safety! In this way, Lin Yuan will not dare to hit our airship at all."

Dongxiang Heihachiro frowned slightly, thinking: "Your wishful thinking is very sound, how can you be sure that Lin Yuan won't shoot down your airship? Don't you know who Lin Yuan is? Lin Yuan is a master who is not afraid of anything!" But Dongxiang Heihachiro didn't say anything, but nodded and said: "Okay, let's stop here when we find the enemy's problem, and the next step is to attack, Akiyama Jun, do you have any good ideas?"

Akiyama Shinyuki said: "I have already thought about it. We will divide the fleet into two batches. The first batch is composed of Fubuki-class destroyers. When they are fighting, they use high speed to approach the warships of Lin Yuan's troops and cast a No. [-] torpedo, it would be best if they could sink the warship of Lin Yuan's army. The Fuso-class battleship, Fuso-class battleship, and King Kong-class battlecruiser will take the opportunity to cover up and kill them, and by taking advantage of our heavy artillery, we will definitely be able to annihilate Lin Yuan's troops in one fell swoop!"

Dongxiang Heihachiro nodded again and again, and said, "Very well, we will follow this plan."

At this time, Anderson said: "Two generals, is there any insufficient consideration in your plan?"

Akiyama Shinyuki said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Anderson used to be a colonel in the U.S. Navy, and he joined the American Arms Company after retiring. Is there any deficiency in our plan?"

Anderson said: "As far as I know, the effective range of torpedoes is less than 1000 meters. Can your destroyers get so close to the warships of Lin Yuan's troops?"

Akiyama Shinyuki and Togo Heihachiro looked at each other with a smile, and said: "Mr. Anderson, our Great Japanese Empire is superior in torpedoes. The performance of our No. [-] torpedo is world-leading!"

When Anderson heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Then can you let me visit this type of torpedo? Or, sell one to our company?"

Akiyama Shinyuki said with a smile: "Mr. Anderson, we are only users of this type of torpedo. Your request needs to be approved by the Ministry of the Navy."