October 15, 1909 AD, in the Western Pacific Ocean, off the Ogasawara Islands.
Several Japanese fishing boats are fishing here.
The Japanese fishing industry at this time was far from being comparable to that of later generations.
These fishing boats were very small, only one to two hundred tons.
A fishing boat pulled up the net.
When several fishermen saw the harvest in the net, they suddenly shouted excitedly: "Great, is it salmon or the best sockeye salmon?"
"Haha, there are at least 20" The owner of the boat quickly said: "Okay, close the net quickly.
We will lower a few more nets and rush to Tokyo immediately.
The fresh fish in this net can be sold for at least 100 yen.
Remember to keep the sockeye salmon in the tank at the bottom of the boat.
Nobles like fresh fish." , it’s worthless if it dies.”
The fishermen were busy collecting their nets when suddenly a young fisherman shouted: "A fleet is coming from the northeast.
There are many boats.
There are at least 30 boats."
The ship owner looked up and saw a huge fleet of ships approaching the northeastern skyline, with at least 40 gray smoke pillars.
"Oh, this is a warship."
The owner of the ship also worked in the sea.
Looking at the color and shape of the smoke column, he knew that this was a warship burning high-quality anthracite coal.
The smoke of high-quality anthracite is very light and gray, and the smoke column dissipates quickly, so it appears lower.
But only warships or high-end cruise ships are willing to burn such valuable coal.
Ordinary civilian ships burn ordinary coal, and the smoke plumes are dark and high.
It is impossible for so many high-end cruise ships to come at once.
The only possibility is a naval fleet.
"Oda-kun, come and see what kind of warship this is."
The shipowner quickly called a crew member and handed her the binoculars.
Xiaotian quickly climbed to the mast and raised his telescope to look.
He only retired from the Japanese Navy this year and is much more familiar with warships than the ship owner.
"Damn it, this is the fleet of American monsters," Oda shouted.
"Bah, the damn American devils actually came into our Japanese sea.
Why didn't those idiots in the Navy stop them?"
the ship owner yelled.
Oda quickly defended the navy: "Boss, you can't blame the navy.
This is still high seas.
They have the right to pass through here, and our imperial navy can't stop them."
The shipowner snorted a few times and said nothing, but looking at his expression, it was obvious that he was dissatisfied.
Suddenly, Oda's mouth opened wide, as if he had seen a ghost.
He stammered: "It's not just the American warships, there are other warships.
That flag with the red background and white gears looks so familiar, damn it's a Chinese warship."
At this time, on the bridge of the People's Navy battleship "Gonggong", Captain Gao Yujie also discovered those Japanese fishing boats.
"Gonggong" is one of the two old star ships bought from Chile.
It was originally the HMS Giant battleship of the British Royal Navy.
After the Chinese Navy bought it from Chile, it was renamed "Gonggong".
The reason why the Chinese fleet appears here at this time is because it will conduct the "China-U.S.
Naval Joint Military Exercise" with the United States this month.
This exercise was proposed by the U.S.
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Navy, which called it the "Rim of the Pacific Joint Military Exercise."
China and the United States have declared that the purpose of this exercise is "to ensure the security of the Pacific sea lanes and as a joint anti-piracy and prevention of maritime criminal activities between the two countries."
This is a high-sounding statement, but you would be a fool if you really believe it.
Countries that can mix themselves into great powers are not stupid, and they certainly will not believe the rhetoric of China and the United States.
This time, the Chinese and American navies dispatched a total of 16 battleships, 30 cruisers, 33 destroyers, and more than 20 auxiliary ships.
With such a huge lineup, you actually said that it was used to "anti-piracy".
Aren't you obviously treating everyone as fools?
Damn it, what kind of pirates need to be dealt with by battleships?
Both China and the United States ignored the reactions of the great powers.
Yes, our exercises are preparing for anti-piracy.
Believe it or not, I believe it anyway.
"Li Ang, come and organize a simulated shooting.
The target is the fishing boats over there."
Gao Yujie put down the telescope, frowned, and said to Li Ang next to her.
He had just seen from the high-powered telescope that the Japanese fishermen were making all kinds of obscene gestures towards their own fleet, and one guy took out his tiny penis and urinated on the Chinese fleet.
This made Captain Gao very unhappy.
These little devils were so arrogant that they even dared to provoke warships from several broken fishing boats.
Although there is no war now, it is difficult to sink it for this reason, but it can still be used as a simulated shooting target.
"Yes, Captain."
Li Ang immediately accepted the order, paused and asked: "Captain, do you want to give them some training rounds?"
Captain Gao smiled: "It's up to you, as long as there are no casualties.
Bullying fishing boats doesn't show our ability.
It's not interesting.
Just teach them a lesson."
"Guaranteed to complete the mission" Li Ang excitedly ran to the communication team and began to issue orders to various positions.
After the Chinese Navy delegation received the warship in the United States in August, he was transferred by his superiors to the "Gonggong" as the assistant captain and navigator.
Now all Chinese Navy ships are overstaffed.
For example, the "Gonggong" has three deputy captains and three deputy political commissars.
There are also three assistants to the captain.
The position of assistant captain is not available in other navies.
This position is unique to the Chinese navy.
It is mainly for those with junior qualifications and insufficient military rank to serve as deputy captains.
All other officer positions have double deputy positions, and even the positions of non-commissioned officers and sailors require one-third to one-half more personnel.
For example, the "Gonggong" with a capacity of 680 people has now been crammed with 1,080 people, making the space on the ship full of hammocks and bunks.
This configuration is obviously to prepare for future military expansion.
Once a new ship is put into service, an entire team can be adjusted directly without even a running-in period.
"Dingle bell" rang with the electric bell.
The "Gonggong" slowly drove out of the queue, and the officers and soldiers immediately ran to their respective posts and took their places.
The "Gonggong" turned slightly and aimed its starboard side at the three Japanese fishing boats.
The two twin 305 main gun turrets and the six 152-gun profile secondary guns on the right side, and the five 76-deck guns began to rotate slowly. .
"Target secret position 1365, distance 7640 meters, wind direction xxx, wind speed xxx, heading xxx, speed xxx" the artillery command room quickly reported the relevant parameters.
Each artillery position immediately calculated the shooting elements based on these data.
"boom" The No. 1 main gun turret on the bow of the ship fired first, but the sound of the gun was clear and crisp, not at all the muffled thunderous sound of the main gun.
Looking again, there was no flame coming out of the main gun muzzle at all, but the fire was coming from a small tube fixed on the main gun barrel.
This is a 35mm rapid fire gun.
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After it was removed from the chassis and gun mount, it was fixed on the main gun barrel at a certain angle.
The same goes for deck guns, except they have a rifle fixed to the barrel.
Well, this is the "guns instead of cannons" training method created by the later generations of the original time and space.
This method can greatly reduce training costs while training gunnery skills.
Because live-fire training requires very high space, and large-caliber artillery and artillery shells are expensive.
Like the main gun on a battleship, a barrel costs hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, and a barrel is usually scrapped after one or two hundred rounds.
If live ammunition training is used in normal times, even wealthy countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States will not be able to bear it.
Therefore, in order to train artillery skills in peacetime, it is necessary to have a bullet impact point to check whether the aiming point is accurate.
The Chinese army in this plane copied the methods of later generations.
After they first tested different artillery and rifle ballistic data, according to certain Angle is used to fix the cannon or rifle on the cannon, and use the impact points of the cannon and rifle to check the aiming point.
Moreover, this fixture can be adjusted in angle and can be used to test aiming points of various ranges and charges.
"Deviated from the secret position xxx, distance 250" the gunnery command room immediately reported the correction data.
The USS Kentucky battleship bb6 and the USS Ohio battleship bb12 nearby also noticed the Gonggong's movements.
After notifying the flagship, they also sailed out of the queue and ran to watch the crowd.
"These Chinese are so smart, they actually came up with this way to train," the captain of the Ohio couldn't help but say.
The first mate next to him said: "Yes, this saves expensive main guns and is equivalent to conducting live ammunition training.
This method is really good, we can also try it."
The captain touched his chin and said: "No, it's not that simple.
The ballistic characteristics of small-caliber guns and heavy guns are very different.
Simply fixing them will not achieve the simulation effect.
They must have some tricks, such as conversion formulas and simulated shooting tables.
These Chinese people are very strict.
I asked a few days ago, but nothing came out.
I guess we have to give them some benefits to get what we want.
I have already suggested the commander. " There was also a discussion on the battleship Kentucky, but the object of their discussion was the seaplanes deployed by the Chinese fleet.
China's six battleships, six armored cruisers and two protected cruisers, the Jishan-class and the Reynaud-class, participating in the exercise are all equipped with seaplanes.
Moreover, they were equipped with hydraulic catapults during renovation, so they can be launched directly from the ship.
The "Gonggong" just released a seaplane, and now the plane is hovering over the Japanese fishing boat, constantly feeding various information back to the ship through the radio.
The captain of the Kentucky had been observing the flying plane with a telescope.
He watched it for a long time before he said with envy: "I have to admit that the Chinese aviation technology is indeed the best in the world.
This kind of seaplane is very advanced.
With these flying eyes, the field of view of the battleship can be increased several times."
"The development of aircraft in our country is too slow, and we still can't build a usable seaplane."
The deputy captain next to him said regretfully.
Although in June 1905, the famous French aircraft designers Vozan brothers built the first pontoon-type seaplane.
But the aircraft itself had no power and was just a box-shaped kite glider.
The glider was towed into the air by a motorboat on the Seine.
In October last year, China had already built a real seaplane that can take off and land on the water by itself.
Stimulated, the aviation industry in various countries has launched seaplanes one after another, but until now, there has not been one that can be put into practical use.
The United States is no exception.
The Wright Brothers' Wright Aircraft Company is also developing seaplanes, but their best one can only fly 6 kilometers and reach an altitude of less than 300 meters.
It is insignificant compared to similar models in China.
"It doesn't matter.
China is now our quasi-ally.
We can buy from the Chinese first and then introduce technology.
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As long as we have a reference object, I believe that with the industrial strength of the United States, we will be able to build our own seaplanes soon."
This seaplane equipped by the Chinese Navy is produced by Xiangyin Aircraft Manufacturing Factory Xiangfei.
It is a bi-wing, double pontoon-type water reconnaissance aircraft.
The appearance is similar to the Aichi ab3 water reconnaissance aircraft of the original time and space enlarged in a circle.
The army number is "Water Reconnaissance 1", nicknamed "Sea Duck".
"Water Scout 1" has a length of 7.5 meters, a wingspan of 11 meters, and a height of 3.35 meters.
The empty weight is 1000 kg and the loaded weight is 1680 kg.
The power system is a "hhq03 Type B" piston air-cooled engine with a single power of 250 kilowatts and 335 horsepower.
The propeller is a pair of hardwood three-blade propellers.
Its maximum flight speed is 175 kilometers per hour and its cruising speed is 130 kilometers per hour.
The range is 850 kilometers and the ceiling is 7,000 meters.
There is a 7mm caliber 1906 machine gun in the nose, and a machine gun of the same type in the back seat, operated by an observer.
After several months of test flights and improvements, the "Water Reconnaissance 1" was officially put into production in February this year.
More than 90 aircraft have been produced.
Except for 12 aircraft allocated to the Air Force and Army, the rest have been assigned to the Navy.
This joint military exercise also marked the first official appearance of "Water Reconnaissance 1".
As soon as this guy appeared, he attracted the attention of the US Navy.
Officers with a little bit of savvy were very enthusiastic about this new equipment.
After a brief inspection, they immediately expressed their intention to purchase.
The wealthy Americans directly placed a large order for 100 aircraft.
Now the general direction has been set, but some detailed conditions have not yet been negotiated.
"Haha, are those Chinese people setting off firecrackers for us?"
the Japanese fishing boat owner shouted proudly.
The retired sailor named Oda laughed and said: "Hahahaha, the timid Chinese people don't dare to do anything to us, otherwise our extremely powerful Imperial Navy will defeat them again, just like the Beiyang Navy 20 years ago.
At that time, these battleships will become the trophies of our Imperial Japanese Navy."
"Yes, yes, the Chinese navy are all cowards."
The fishermen all laughed.
"Hmph, the quality of China's navy is low.
Just look at where they shot just now.
Even if you let them hit, they won't be able to hit."
Oda laughed wildly.
After speaking, he took out his little penis and pointed it in the direction of the Chinese fleet.
Start peeing.
These guys were frightened when they started to see Chinese warships turning their guns towards them.
But later I saw that the Chinese army only fired a few times with some small artillery, and the impact point was still a few hundred meters away from them.
These guys became proud.
"These little devils really don't know how to live or die."
Li Ang, who was observing the shooting effect, put down the binoculars, his face looked ugly.
Those Japanese made more obscene gestures to provoke.
"Yu Pao" He immediately connected to the No. 1 turret.
"Give me some training ammunition, some training ammunition for the main gun, and give those little devils some color."
"No problem, Assistant Li, you can sink or sink it," Turret Commander Yu Pao replied readily.
Yu Pao was born as a fisherman in Jiangsu.
He was illiterate before joining the army.
He became illiterate only after joining the People's Liberation Army.
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Although he is not highly educated, he is indeed very talented in gunnery.
"Forget it if we sink it, the Americans don't care, but the British and French are still watching," Li Ang said quickly.
Yes, after receiving the news that China and the United States held joint military exercises in the Western Pacific, both Niu Niu and Rooster sent several cruisers to follow and watch.
"Wait here, little devil.
Grandpa will give you a big egg to try," Yu Pao said to himself while checking the target.
"Boom boom boom" The four main guns that had been calibrated fired a salvo.
This time it was not the small guns replacing the big guns just now, but the real main guns firing.
"Ba Ge, the Chinese are really hit."
Seeing the Chinese warship open fire, the shipowner was startled, but soon he laughed again: "Hahahaha, the Chinese are really missing."
Oda was also laughing, but soon he heard a roar like a roaring train.
"Not good."
His expression changed drastically, and he pulled the boat owner to lie on the deck, while holding tightly to the fishing net next to him.
"Boom" a shell fell next to the fishing boat, less than 20 meters away from the fishing boat.
Although this is just a training bomb without charge, the power of it falling into the water at such a high speed is very impressive.
I saw a raging shock wave that completely threw the fishing boat up.
"Ah!"
A few fishermen who were still laughing didn't react in time.
Their feet slipped and they were thrown into the sea.
"Boom boom boom" The shells kept falling, and the impact points were all within 30 meters of the fishing boats.
The three fishing boats were suddenly unlucky.
They were thrown around like a stormy sea, tossed around by the excitement of the main gun shells entering the water.
"That's enough, stop shooting."
After three rounds of volleys, Li Ang stopped.
Although it uses trainer ammunition, the cost is not cheap, and those fishing boats cost more than this.
At this time, the three Japanese fishing boats were in a state of distress.
A dozen fishermen on board and many things were thrown into the sea.
They were so proud just now, but now their faces turned green with fear, and they screamed for help.
"Hahahaha, little devil, grandpa's big eggs are delicious, aren't they?"
Yu Pao laughed.
"Hahahaha" the entire "Gonggong" officers and soldiers laughed.
Seeing the embarrassment of the Japanese, everyone felt disgusted.
Even the Americans who were watching were laughing, but the other two onlookers couldn't laugh.
"Hey, the Chinese gunnery is so accurate."
The British captain watched the whole process, and he couldn't help being surprised by the level of Chinese gunnery.
“It doesn’t feel like a newbie at all” Several officers on the French warship also lamented that China's gunnery level exceeded their expectations.
However, they soon followed the fine French tradition of turning the building upside down.
"These Chinese have no sense of aesthetics at all.
They are just bumpkins like the Yankees.
Look at the painting of their warships.
They look like nouveau riche," the French captain said disdainfully.
"Yes, the cowboys' paint is extremely stupid, second only to those unstyled British guys, and the Chinese pigtails actually copied it," another officer agreed.
The first mate looked at it carefully, shook his head and said: "There are still some differences.
The Yankee's superstructure is dark yellow, and the Chinaman's is golden yellow.
Of course, the other parts are the same color."
That's right, the warships of the two countries participating in the joint exercise are all painted in the same style.
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If you don't look carefully, you can't tell which warship a certain warship belongs to.
The Chinese navy copies the livery of the American Great White Fleet.
The only difference is the color of the superstructure.
The Chinese ships use the blinding "local gold".
According to the French people, there is a strong aura of nouveau riche.
The French captain smiled and said: "The Yankee fleet is called the Great White Fleet, so the Chinese fleet should be called the Little White Fleet."
Well, the nickname of China’s Little White Fleet was invented by the French.
For a long time to come, the nickname Little White Fleet will become the name of the Chinese Navy.
After Mr.
Wen learned about this nickname, he gritted his teeth for a long time and vowed to make the Frenchman look good.
Well, the Frenchman may not have thought that much when he chose this nickname, but for the Wen Desi from later generations, this name was too much: