Chapter 197: The tide is rising! The roar of steel! (IV)

The Xinhua Palace in the capital, the Chengxian Hall, and the third temporary real-time demonstration hall of the base camp.

On the huge demonstration plate about ten meters long and six or seven meters wide, covered by a square made of longitude and latitude lines marked with degrees, the outline of the Indian subcontinent is clear and specific, with plains, mountains, rivers, cities, and seas all marked with corresponding colors and illustrations, which are clearly visible at a glance.

Around the demonstration plate, five or six female signers with short hair with ears, black navy hats, light blue uniforms and white flat shoes were pushing small models representing each Navy and Army units to the designated position according to the command of the commander on the verge of the head on the top of his head.

As the name suggests, the real-time demonstration hall works 24 hours a day. The staff are divided into three shifts. Once the latest information is received, the content in the information must be immediately converted into the position changes of the corresponding model on the demonstration disk, so that decision makers can grasp the battlefield situation from an intuitive perspective at any time.

At one end of the corridor, on the podium surrounded by glass curtain walls, Empress Chengxian Liu Qianhua, dressed in a special marshal's skirt, black stockings and high heels, was sitting on her knees, listening to the analysis of the Indian Ocean war situation from the perspective of the future, Major General Pan Guochen, the second combat staff member of the Navy Staff, standing beside her.

"... Although our army's carrier-based aviation troops were established earlier, personnel selection and training methods borrowed advanced experience beyond the times, and the average quality and training degree should be stronger than the other party, and the newly replaced carrier-based aircraft are far better than the other party in terms of technical level and combat capabilities, due to the limitations of overall technical level, it is difficult for the current aviation troops - whether land-based or ship-based - to play a decisive role in large-scale battles involving a large number of battleships."

"Compared with the carrier-based aviation force in World War II in that time, our current carrier-based aircraft can only attack targets 100 nautical miles away, while the maximum attack radius of aircraft carrier maneuver units in that era was more than 200 nautical miles. 100 nautical miles is just a 4-hour range for front-line cruisers in this era, which can be at this distance. A wave of aviation attacks takes more than 3 hours. It can be imagined how dangerous the mothership will face when launching an attack..."

"The carrier-based aviation forces of that era were equipped with dive bombers and torpedoes at the same time. When fighting against ships, dive bombers would use dive bombers to close the flight deck of the opponent's aircraft carrier, weaken or attract the opponent's anti-aircraft fire, and torpedoes would give fatal blows. Now we only have torpedoes, without the cooperation of dive bombers, and simple torpedoes would inevitably be intercepted by enemy fighters and anti-aircraft artillery fire. The combat effectiveness cannot be compared with that of that era.

Moreover, compared with the all-metal torpedo machines with a maximum speed of 300 to 400 kilometers per hour in that era, our new "Golden Eagle" attack aircraft with aluminum bone sail and wooden vase had a maximum speed of less than 180 kilometers when it was no longer available, and it was even more dumb and slow after being installed with torpedo. Although the anti-aircraft guns of this era were still very low, they were enough to use this toy-like thing as a target when prepared - of course, let alone enemy carrier-based aircraft that were behind our technology. "

"so--"

Pan Guochen spread his hands, and a ray of excitement and intoxication flashed in his eyes. He was just kowtowed by ecstasy. "This battleground protagonist will still be giant ships and cannons, and more specifically, those great crystals of the most representative technology and thoughts that condensed the most representative of this era of industrialization—"

Qian Hua narrowed his eyes helplessly, raised his hand and shook his fingers: "Stop it, what kind of crystallization. Go back and find a mirror to discuss it slowly. I don't have time to listen to you sing poems, and tell it truthfully."

Pan Guochen smiled and scratched the back of his head - obviously he had not yet heard the profound meaning of "crystallization".

"Sorry. I haven't come into contact with this for a long time. When I mention it, I get excited again. Please forgive me. "

Qian Hua squinted his eyes and smiled wickedly, snapping his fingers with a "pop": "Continue."

"Yes, I will continue to analyze from the perspective of the main battleships - in terms of the latest intelligence, the Indian Ocean Alliance Fleet currently has at least twenty-one fearless battleships and five battlecruisers - I first assume that the design principles and technical 'performance' of most of them are not much different from the information in our computers. In contrast, our East Asian Fleet has 18 fearless battleships and six battlecruisers participating in the war, and is slightly disadvantageous in terms of number."

"The latest information is. The total number of enemy main warships is twenty-three." After Pan Guochen finished speaking, Qian Hua added slowly, "The two newly added ships were said to have detained the land-ordered ships in Brazil and Chile, and after they were completed in a hurry, they sent them to make up the numbers."

When Pan Guochen heard this, he clenched his fists and became excited: "Well, then, the holy objects of the seven turrets are also here! Ajinkut! The final holy objects of the multi-turret gods are shining. Just take them over and play..."

"Pan-Guo-Minist!" A horizontal line with a non-good meaning could be vaguely seen on the empress's forehead.

Pan Guochen hurriedly lowered his head and patted his chest: "Yes. I have lost my composure... The emperor forgives me... Then, I will continue--"

"In terms of firepower, the total number of main guns of our battleships and battle cruisers is 192, including 32 with a caliber of 380 mm, 128 with a 350 mm, and 32 with a 305 mm ground. All are installed in the form of two loaded double turrets in front and back of each ship. The main guns can all be pointed to one side. All ships are equipped with a full set of main gun "fire" control equipment that is more than 10 years older than the same era, and the flagships and reserve flagships of each team are equipped with instantaneous gun control data transmission equipment, which can quickly dispatch the firepower of the team."

"The total number of landlord guns on the other side... plus the 356 main guns of Ajinkut and Chile... 274, including 40 with 381 mm caliber, 122 with 343 mm and 156 mm, and 112 with 305 mm, although all use double turrets, there are many installation methods. The total number of main guns available on one side is... 232, 40 more than us, of which 162 with 343 mm caliber are available on one side, 2 more than us, and 305 mm caliber can only use 70 doors on one side, 38 more than us. If my previous assumption is true, then the opponent's fire control technology should be 10 years behind us. Let me give you an example to illustrate-"

"In that time and space, in the famous Jutland Naval Battle that broke out in 1916, the fleets of both sides launched artillery battles at a distance of 17,000 meters. The German Navy used a Zeiss three-dimensional rangefinder with a baseline of 3 meters and was ahead of Britain. The rangefinder equipped on our battleships was not only not inferior to that of the Zeiss style at that time, but also increased the baseline length to more than 5 meters. Our army's Pinghai-class warships were even equipped with the world's largest rangefinder with a baseline of 8 meters. The longer the baseline of the rangefinder, the greater the controllable combat distance of the main gun. In the Battle of the Gulf of Alaska a few months ago, the Thunder-class battlecruiser commanded by Yuan Xu had proved that it used a domestic 5-meter rangefinder.

It can provide reliable gun control data at a distance of 20,000 meters for its 350mm main gun. That is to say, our main warship can use its technical advantages to fire before the enemy if the weather conditions allow. Of course, I hope the other party has not yet recognized this gap."

"... In terms of defense, our front-line warships generally sacrifice the length of the armor belt - that is, the non-critical parts of the warship's head and tail armor protection - and the number of main turrets to ensure that key parts such as engine compartment, ammunition and drug storage, gun turrets are more fully protected. The maximum thickness of the main armor belts of all battleships and even battle cruisers of our army is above 300 mm, among which the thickest thickness of the main armor belts of Pinghai-class warships is 350 mm. The average thickness of horizontal armor also reaches 120 mm, and the armored steel and ground performance should not be below the other side."

"As for the joint fleet of agreements," Pan Guochen breathed a sigh of relief and began to wander at the entrance of the other end of the corridor, "As far as I know, there are only the latest five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, the main armor belt is 330 mm thick, and the horizontal armor is 76 mm thick. In other places, four Orion-class and four George V-class main armor belts are 305 mm thick. The Giant-class two ships are 280 mm, and the Sea God-class one is 254 mm. I don't know the Dandong-class two ships in France that were flapped by butterfly wings. The two Kolbe-class two ships that can be verified should be 270 mm. By the way, the Helgolan-class bought by the Netherlands from Germany is also 305 mm. As for Akincoute, which came from Brazil, there is also the Chilean custom-made ship equipped with American main guns. The main armor belt is 228 mm thick, and the life of the eggshell.

Well, by the way, there are those thin-skinned battle patrols that Fisher has tinkered with. The four lion-class ships are 228mm, and the one indefatigable class... pitifully 152mm. In front of the 350mm main guns that our army's battle patrol are equipped with, they are almost the same as eggshells."

"... Overall, the armor protection of our warships is above the other party. Of course, I also hope that the other party has not yet realized this correctly. Because the relevant numbers we have announced to the public before are very low, the two Yangbo-class sold to Turkey have also tampered with each other, reducing the thickness of the 300 mm main armor belt to 254 mm..."

Here comes that person!

The delicate and charming little face, moist and flexible skin, and the soft breasts are half-exposed in the dress - Pan Guochen widened his eyes, wishing he could swallow something in one bite. Of course, now he could only swallow his saliva.

"Staff Officer Pan, have you finished speaking?"

Qian Hua saw the man from afar, but pretended not to know, and was full of anticipation towards Pan Guochen in an official accent.

Pan Guochen "uh", smiled foolishly, and finally stopped the hot gaze that was about to burn through the thick glass curtain wall in front.

"No...I'll finish, I'll continue, continue... Finally, it's maneuverability. The maximum speed of our six battlecruisers is 28 knots, and the maximum speed of the 18 battleships is 22 knots, but 12 of them can drive up to 25 knots at the fastest. If necessary, they should be able to separate from the six slower ones, but this will take the risk of losing 6 weak ships - it depends on the commander's performance on the spot.

Looking at the other side, the maximum speed of the five battlecruisers formations is 26 knots, and the maximum speed of the 23 battlecruisers formations is 20 knots, which is not as good as ours. But I personally think that Jelico will probably incorporate five Queen-class rapid battleships into the forefront according to the arrangements of the Battle of Jutland in the time and space. In this way, although the overall formation speed of the forefront will drop to 24 knots, when facing the six battlecruisers of our reconnaissance forces, you will have an advantage in force…”

I am closer... I am closer... The beauty of flowers and moon, the graceful figure is familiar and unfamiliar, expectant but nervous, not the first love, but better than the first love - Pan Guochen's breathing became rapid, and his palms were sweating without competing.

"Well, and, in addition, there are no ships in the known joint fleet combat sequences that are comparable to the Kunlun-class rapid patrol that our army is dedicated to aircraft carrier escort. I guess that the other party will likely organize the aircraft carrier into the forefront to obtain more reliable protection..."

Hearing this, Qian Hua narrowed his eyes at someone outside the glass door, then bounced Pan Guochen's arm, pretending to be surprised and said, "Oh, the mirror is here, I didn't even notice it, Pan Guochen, go open the door."

Pan Guochen coughed twice, pretending to be garlic: "Yes, I just saw it, this... I'll go now."

"Wait," Qianhua's expression suddenly became serious, "Pan Guochen, ask you something."

Pan Guochen was stunned and could only blink: "Yes, may I ask."

“It’s comfortable to ride a car or a boat.”

Pan Guochen tilted his head for a second, immediately recalled the taste and smiled brilliantly: "Of course it's comfortable to ride a car, but if you can't stand on the high battleship bridge and witness with your own eyes how the sea of ​​this era was ignited by millions of tons of steel, it would be a huge tragedy for me to stay here."

"Isn't human beings the biggest tragedy?"

Qianhua stood up with her skirt, her tone was very calm and detached.

Pan Guochen shrugged: "I'm sorry, it's not my business."

Qian Hua smiled and said, "Very good, you will have a chance, but this time... I'm not going there quickly, your mirror is going to be urgent."

Pan Guochen did not thank him, but made a ok gesture, and turned around and walked towards the glass door... Female Chief Ye Jingying behind the glass door.

Behind him, Qian Hua, who held his arms and looked peaceful, just muttering to himself: "If the fate of mankind is destined to be a tragedy... then... I will..."

"Your Majesty, dinner is ready. Do you want to invite Staff Pan to join us?"
Chapter completed!