May 31, 1917, AD 2758.
Guangzhou Shipping Company Outfitting Terminal.
Today, a handover ceremony for a new ship is being held here, because in recent years, China has exploded the sea of warships like dumplings, and there have been too many such handover ceremonies.
In the past few years, it was the most lively.
Even if it was a handover of a small gunboat, everyone celebrated with great enthusiasm.
Every time, a large number of people came to watch.
It has been different in the past few years.
With so many ship handovers every year, everyone has become numb to it.
Nowadays, except for large warships such as battleships, aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers, ordinary warships can no longer attract too much attention.
Compared with the solemn handover ceremony of the battleship Wuqi held here at the beginning of the month, which was crowded with people, today's handover ceremony seemed relatively deserted.
In addition to representatives of Guangzhou Shipyard, General Assembly, and the Navy, there were some employees of Guangzhou Shipyard and the Navy.
Officers, soldiers, etc., the number of outside onlookers may only be a thousand people, which is completely incomparable to the huge crowds at the handover ceremony of the Wu Qi.
No way, although this warship is not small, with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, it is just an inconspicuous seaplane carrier.
Well, at least in the current classification, it is indeed a seaplane carrier.
The onlookers present were pointing at the new ship and talking about it.
Because its shape is completely different from the seaplane carrier that everyone has in mind.
The island bridge and the direct deck look like an aircraft carrier.
Well, it is a reduced version of the aircraft carrier.
Of course, this scaled-down version is only compared to the large aircraft carriers of the major powers.
If placed in the world, it is not too small.
For example, the displacement of China's Yuchao and Japan's Fengxiang is not as large.
Colonel Li Ang was also standing in the crowd watching, but he did not come specifically to participate in this ceremony.
As one of the user representatives, he came to participate in a ship design seminar a few days ago.
I heard that there was a handover ceremony here today, so I stopped by to take a look.
Classmate Li Ang looked at the warship for a long time, and then asked the person next to him very uncertainly: "Gong Xu, this is our latest seaplane carrier.
Why does it look different?"
"Oh, compared with the previous Xu Guo-class and Yu Guo-class, this Zheng Guo-class is indeed different.
It can be said to be two kinds of warships."
Xu Wei pushed up his glasses, nodded and said: "I think it is one It’s a brand new warship, but it’s not easy to classify yet, so it has to be classified as a seaplane carrier for the time being.”
They also met at this design seminar.
As a user representative, Li Ang gave many suggestions and opinions to several ship design institutes and shipyards.
As we all know, the users, builders and designers have completely different positions.
The atmosphere among the three parties at the meeting was naturally very "warm".
Everyone had cordial and candid exchanges, which deepened understanding and enhanced friendship.
Li Ang and Xu Wei are now friends, even though they only picked each other up at the meeting.
"Look, it looks similar to an aircraft carrier.
It also has a direct access to the deck, an island bridge, and elevators on the side."
Li Ang pinched his chin, his head full of questions.
"Well, they are just similar in appearance, but in fact there is a big difference.
There is no blocking rope on the direct deck of the Zheng Guo class, at least not yet, so it cannot land conventional carrier-based aircraft, and can only use the side crane to recover small seaplanes."
Xu Wei pointed at the tail of the warship and said: "The biggest difference is at the back.
There is a gate behind the Zheng Guo-class, and inside is the hangar for a large seaplane.
This hangar is so large that it almost runs through the entire hull.
Not only can it accommodate large seaplanes, but it can also accommodate small boats.”
Li Ang said disapprovingly: "Oh, so that's it.
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However, the performance of seaplanes is limited and far inferior to conventional carrier-based aircraft.
This kind of warship is really a waste of resources.
It is better to build an aircraft carrier."
"It is positioned as an auxiliary ship.
Its mission is to guard, patrol and search and rescue at sea.
Of course, its main function is to carry landing craft and carry out landing missions."
Xu Wei explained a few words.
In fact, he was not very optimistic about this kind of ship. .
The aircraft carrier technology in this plane has developed much faster than in the original time and space, and the warships used to carry aircraft have also developed much faster.
Up to now, aircraft carriers have been recognized by most countries.
Although most powers do not think that they can replace battleships, they also think that they are a very useful assistant to battleships, which can serve as the eyes and ears of the fleet.
Throw bombs and torpedoes to assist.
Compared with the rapid development of aircraft carriers, seaplane carriers and airship carriers, which are transitional products, are very embarrassing.
They have only been out for a few years and already seem outdated.
Nowadays, except for some small countries in the world, the powerful gangsters of the major powers no longer build new seaplane carriers and airship carriers.
Among the big gangsters, Niu Niu and Rooster have built the most.
Niu Niu has modified or built more than a dozen ships, and Rooster has also built ten ships.
Now it seems that they have basically lost their money.
These two companies are regretting it. .
As China, which has the most powerful aviation power and the most advanced aviation technology in this plane, although it has also built some seaplane carriers and airship carriers, they are mainly for testing and transitional use, and the number is not large.
A total of only two Chen Guo-class airship carriers Chen Guo and Teng Guo, two Xu Guo class Xu Guo and Wei Guo, and two Yu Guo class seaplane carriers Yu Guo and Yong Guo were built.
Among them, the Chen Guo-class and Xu Guo-class were modified from commercial ships, and there are only two Yu Guo-class seaplane carriers that were truly specially built.
As the chief designer of Guangzhou Shipbuilding Design Institute, Xu Wei is very clear about this information, so he does not support the construction of this outdated gadget.
But this task was assigned by the superiors, and it is said that it was Mr.
Wen who made the decision himself.
Xu Wei made several suggestions to the superiors at that time, and finally the superiors gave him a reasonable explanation: "This is mainly used to carry landing craft for landing.
Carrying seaplanes is just a convenience.”
It's not surprising that he and Li Ang would think so, because they didn't know that the prototype of the Zheng Guo class was an amphibious assault ship from later generations.
Just to fool other powers, the "seaplane carrier" sign was displayed.
Of course, China has not yet developed a practical helicopter, so it has temporarily replaced it with a seaplane.
The amphibious assault ship cannot be used for the time being, but it can also be used as a dock landing ship.
Besides, if there is an emergency, it only needs to be slightly modified and can be used as an aircraft carrier.
The Zheng Guo class thought it was branded as a seaplane carrier, so it was not named after lakes and islands like other amphibious ships.
It was still named after the ancient country of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, just like the seaplane carrier.
The Zheng Guo-class has a standard displacement of 18,000 tons, a full displacement of 22,500 tons, and a maximum speed of 27 knots.
The upper hangar can carry 1,220 pontoon-type small seaplanes, and the lower hangar can carry 46 hull-type large seaplanes.
All of them are foldable.
The model of the wing, if it does not carry large seaplanes, can be changed to carry 610 landing craft, as well as amphibious combat vehicles and traffic boats.
A total of four ships of this new type of ship were built.
The Zheng Guo and Song Guo were started in May 1914 and have now been completed.
The construction of Lu Guo and Ba Guo started in February 1915, and they are still undergoing final outfitting.
After the handover ceremony was completed, Li Ang took Xu Wei to the dock area.
The battleship controller wanted to see the Yue Fei super-dreadnought battleship that started construction at Guangzhou Shipyard last month.
Seeing the keel that was about to be laid in the dock, Li Ang visually measured the length and said excitedly: "Is this the Yue Fei?
It looks bigger than the Sun Wu class?"
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There are four Yuefei-class battleships that started construction this year.
The first ship Yue Fei was built by Guangzhou Shipyard, the second ship Li Jing was built by Jiangnan Shipbuilding, the third ship Qi Jiguang started construction in Dalian, and the fourth ship Liu Rengui was built by Mawei Shipbuilding.
Xu Wei replied: "That's for sure.
The standard platoon of the Sun Wu class is 44,280 tons and the waterline length is 220 meters.
The design standard platoon of the Yue Fei class is 51,000 tons and 255 meters long."
"The 420mm main gun is good, but there are only nine, which is not too outstanding compared with the latest battleships of other major powers in the world.
The British Royal Sovereign class has nine 17-inch, 432mm main guns, and the displacement seems to be 55,000 tons. .
The German Bismarck class is also 420 mm, but it has 12 doors and a displacement of about 60,000 tons."
Li Ang said with some regret: "There should be no technical problems in our country, why not build a larger one?"
Xu Wei spread his hands and said helplessly: "As for the larger battleship, there is no problem in the design and construction.
In fact, the original design of the Yue Fei class was 12 420mm main guns, but after calculation, the construction cost and construction period Still unable to satisfy the superiors, it was later changed to the current nine main guns.”
Li Ang sighed and said: "Hey, what a pity.
Now it seems that Germany's Bismarck class is the most powerful new battleship in the world, and the caliber of the main gun is the British Royal Crown class.
The South Dakota class that the United States started last year will be built this year.
The North Carolina class that is under construction has nine 406mm main guns.
Japan's Kaga class battleships have ten 410mm main guns.
In comparison, our Yue Fei class can only be regarded as mid-range."
"You are also a veteran of the navy.
When comparing the strength of ships, it is better not to just look at paper data."
Xu Wei smiled: "Germany's Bismarck-class paper data are indeed very powerful, but I estimate that when they are completed, this war will be difficult.
The fight is over.
The same goes for Britain.
Due to the impact of the war, their ability to survive has been greatly reduced, and the major shipyards may still be affected at any time.
Attack by the Luftwaffe.
Moreover, I also heard that their 17-inch main gun encountered many problems.
As for the Japanese Kaga class, there were too many turrets and the armor belt was too long.
In order to control the displacement, the armor had to be reduced, so the defense power was reduced.
Very bad.
The two American battleships are more defensive than the Japanese, but they are still not ideal, and their speed is slower. " "The defense of our Yue Fei-class battleship is very high, and it can withstand the blows of main guns of the same caliber.
And its speed is as high as 26 to 27 knots.
In addition, we also have a complete fire control system and loading system, both in terms of projection power and firing rate.
In terms of speed and hit rate, it exceeds them," Xu Wei said with a smile.
While the two were talking, suddenly a technician from Guangzhou Shipyard ran over.
"Gong Xu, Gong Xu, there's a fight," the visitor said excitedly: "There is special news on TV right now.
The United States and Germany are fighting in the North Sea
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