Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 400 The Age of the Navy
What Guan Xuqing hates the most is that his subordinates have no opinions. He likes to hear discussions and different voices. Seeing the two top masterminds of the imperial navy arguing with red faces, he smiled noncommittally.

Lin Jianzhang added: "Battleships cannot launch air-to-air combat, so bombers are overwhelmingly victorious against battleships! Therefore, battleships will be replaced by naval aviation as the dominant position in naval warfare, and will be pushed out of the stage of history." His tone of speech was firm and unquestionable. .

"But." Liu Buchan retorted: "If the battleships are equipped with enough anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns, the bombers will not be able to get close. At that time, the battleships will still dominate."

Lin Jianzhang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the other party to come up with these things.Judging from the current development of the navy, even if the aircraft carrier appears, the navies of all countries in the world will not pay attention to this novelty weapon, but in the long run, in order to prevent the aircraft on the aircraft carrier from being harassed, all countries must pay attention to it on the warship. Anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft heavy machine guns will be installed.Moreover, judging from the current situation, due to the limitation of the technical level, the current ground bombers fly at a very low altitude due to the load problem. If they are placed on the sea, it will be very difficult to bombard moving targets.However, the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft heavy machine guns of warships can bring mass destruction to bombers, so this is very unfavorable for current aircraft carrier operations.

However, Lin Jianzhang is a stubborn person. As the principal of the Imperial Naval Academy, he thinks he has profound military theories. Of course, he cannot be refuted by Liu Buchan, so he said: "If you add anti-aircraft weapons, then I will use bombers to bomb you. You have more anti-aircraft guns, but my bomber is better."

Liu Buchan said: "In the vast sea, the combat radius of bombers taking off from land is too far. It is extremely impractical to dispatch bombers to ocean-going operations on a large scale for today's maritime operations."

"Then I'll use an aircraft carrier!" Lin Jianzhang didn't give the other party any time to think, and spoke aggressively: "Your battleship is at sea, and my aircraft carrier is also at sea. It depends on where you are going!" Lin Jianzhang What he said at this time was persistent and cute, if not for the presence of the emperor, many ministers would have laughed out loud.

"However, even if there is an aircraft carrier, a large number of aircraft groups bombing my battleship will pay a heavy price!" Liu Buchan also said aggressively.

Lin Jianzhang said with a smile: "The cost of a bomber is less than one-twentieth of that of a battleship. I dispatched a hundred of them in one go. Even if you can shoot down [-] of them, the bombs of the remaining [-] bombers are enough to destroy your battleship." Sunk. And don't forget that during the war, the planes I lost could be replenished in a month, and your battleship can be built in a month? In comparison, battleships are so, other small battleships It is even more vulnerable. Therefore, I will gain command of the air and sea, and ultimately win the whole war."

Liu Buchan's face was pale, he sighed, and cupped his hands to Lin Jianzhang: "Zeng Rong, I have nothing to say."

Guan Xuqing looked up and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay! Zixiang, Zengrong, what you two said is very reasonable. You can't listen to the opinions of the family in everything. Only when there are disputes can there be achievements."

Liu Buchan said with a smile: "Although the two of us are obsessed with being the leader of the Admiralty, we have always argued more than we agree, Zeng Rong, don't you think so?"

Lin Jianzhang also smiled: "Zixiang, it's not like you don't know my temper."

Guan Xuqing clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Don't say it's Zixiang, it's just that I know your Zengrong's temper well. The year before last, because you applied for a salary increase for the navy officers and soldiers, I didn't agree, so you Zengrong just knelt in this Qianqing Palace. After a night, knowing that the next morning will come, I will be afraid of you, Lin Zengrong."

Lin Jianzhang smiled embarrassedly, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the construction of an aircraft carrier is easy to say, but in fact it took a lot of trouble."

"Tell me, let all the ministers listen."

"Cha. Three years ago, the Imperial Admiralty embarked on the construction of aircraft carriers. But at that time, we were still in unknown territory for aircraft carriers, so we needed a lot of summarizing experience. Therefore, in order to save time, we thought that aircraft carriers must be based on refitting. We will The four Royal Power-class battleships purchased from the United Kingdom dismantled their weapon systems, extended their flight decks, and conducted reconnaissance aircraft takeoff and landing training. To summarize the flight and landing experience and data of carrier-based aircraft. Since the first takeoff and landing was on water Aircraft, although the risk is reduced, but the seaplane takes off on the deck, the friction is too large, and the data is not ideal, so it is changed to a land reconnaissance aircraft. However, during the training of the land reconnaissance aircraft, many times there will be no Flying into the sea, when landing, or directly hit the deck, or slipped into the sea, accidents occurred frequently."

"Then how did you solve it?" Guan Xuqing asked enthusiastically.

"In this regard, both Zixiang and I called experts from the Ministry of the Navy to do various researches. Later, Zixiang thought that we don't need to conduct experiments of flying and landing on warships. This experiment can also be carried out on land. , In this way, the risk and difficulty of the experiment will be greatly reduced."

Guan Xuqing nodded, and looked at Liu Buchan appreciatively, and Liu Buchan bowed his hands very respectfully.

Lin Jianzhang continued: "So we built a deck on land to simulate the flight of a warship. This not only saves the risk of flying at sea, but also obtains accurate data. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. Within a month, the flight and The problem of landing has been overcome. The next step is the transformation of the battleship itself and the aircraft itself. In order to complete the construction and experimental engineering of the aircraft carrier as soon as possible, we cannot wait for the design drawings of the aircraft carrier to be completed, because it is not known what will be involved When? Therefore, the Admiralty has searched for several large coal carriers and container carriers in several major shipyards in Germany and the United Kingdom, and is preparing to refit them. Most of the coal carriers are more than 7 tons, and the length of the hull is sufficient. The take-off runway for land reconnaissance planes is no longer required. Therefore, the Navy installed a horizontal flight deck on the collier, which is the same as the design of the land runway.

Among them, the most successful modification is the Aswan coal carrier. The top of the hull is a full-through flight deck with a length of 172 meters and a width of 205 meters. The bridge is located below the starboard front of the flight deck. A retractable hinged chimney.The flight deck is supported by 18 unit racks, an aircraft elevator is installed in the middle, and 6 of the original 4 coal bunkers are converted into open hangars below.Among the six cabins of the coal carrier, the first cabin was converted into an aviation gasoline cabin, the two cabins next to the first cabin were converted into No. 1 hangar, and the fourth cabin was converted into ammunition cabins and storage warehouses, above which is an elevator shaft , the two cabins at the stern were changed to Hangar No. 4.Below the flight deck, there are two mobile cranes on the track running through the head and tail, which lift the aircraft from the hangar to the elevator.Then the lift lifts the flight deck, and the space between the flight deck and the roof of the hangar is used for aircraft maintenance operations.Because this kind of weird warship looks like our country's old pontoon, and it was the first time it appeared in the Imperial Navy's training fleet, it was called by the Imperial Navy: Sea Vacation Ship.Because on the scorching sun sea, the people on the ship can hide under the flight deck to enjoy the cool air. "

"What a holiday boat at sea!" Guan Xuqing said happily, and the awe-inspiring imperial meeting just now became more relaxed, and the ministers all smiled.

Lin Jianzhang didn't take it seriously, and continued: "The current aircraft carrier is used as a training ground for training carrier-based aircraft pilots. Its standard displacement is 12250 tons, and its full-load displacement is 14500 tons. Its maximum speed is 16.5 knots, and its six doors are 6 mm. Rapid-fire guns, equipped with 127 Falcon-class reconnaissance aircraft, and the number of members reached 34."

"Well. In short, all the officers of the Navy Department have done a lot of hard work, Zixiang. Later, you will draw up a list of meritorious personnel. I will reward you well." Guan Xuqing waved his hand and said.

"Cha. Your Majesty still has something to say."

"Go ahead."

"Nowadays, the development of the Imperial Navy can be described as extremely fast, but referring to the appearance of the navies of other countries in the world, the military uniforms of the Imperial Navy have not yet been unified. I was in Germany two years ago, and I was given an order to study military affairs. At the same time, I also pay attention to the German military uniforms. The minister thought that at this great opportunity for the development of the navy, the imperial navy should show a new style. With a new look, it will drive new ships and make new achievements. The style of the navy's military uniforms refers to the British Emperor's Garden, and the German navy style is also inspired by the former navy. With the great help of Chief Instructor Willie, today I brought some samples of uniforms, please look at them, Your Majesty! Come!"

Liu Buchan clapped his hands, and a few military officers who had returned from studying in Germany came out from behind him, wearing neat new navy uniforms. Of course, these military uniforms were custom-made in Europe, and there are only a few sets at present.

A gold thread was embroidered with yellow rust thread on a dark blue cap with a white badge.It shows the identity of the owner of the cap as an officer, and the central cap badge is a frontal dragon head with its bloody mouth open, looking in all directions. A few white curly waves under the dragon head show that this is the sea, and how many The stomping rose logo of the Great Wall constitutes the pattern of the Navy's military emblem, and there are also waves on both sides of the visor.This is an officer's cap, while a soldier's cap is much simpler. There is no visor, and the words "Chinese Imperial Navy" are embroidered on the white badge, but there are two more straps, and the ends of the straps are written The ship I served on.

Looking at this new navy military uniform, it consists of a jacket and military trousers, all of which are designed in dark blue, with several white horizontal stripes embroidered on the cuffs, and a military emblem on the neckline. Everyone also wears a pair of white gloves. The straight military posture trained in Germany is much more energetic than the official uniforms of the past.

The naval officers standing under the steps showed obvious expressions of joy. The clothes are spirited and mighty!pretty!Even the ministers of other departments applauded frequently.

Guan Xuqing took over the style of the military uniform and couldn't help saying: "I have to say that the era of the imperial navy has come!"

(End of this chapter)