An Yi stayed in the Navy for two days, boarded the ships of the Navy's First Fleet (adapted from the former French Navy's Mediterranean Fleet) and submarine formations, and ate and lived with the sailors, including the battlecruiser "Honour" and the "HMS Honor".
The majestic appearance of the large cruise submarine "Yangzigator" left a deep impression on him, and he understood how much the French ships acquired could help the South China Navy.
The "Honor" battlecruiser is the new name of the former "Dunkirk" battlecruiser. It is now the flagship of the First Fleet of the South China Navy. The ship has a displacement of 26,500 tons and adopts the main gun layout of the British "Nelson" class.
, two quadruple-mounted 330mm main guns, all mounted on the centerline of the bow, and the barrel length of the main gun is 50.
44 times diameter, maximum elevation angle of 35 degrees, maximum muzzle velocity of 850 meters/second, maximum range of 41,700 meters, an armor-piercing projectile containing 19.3 kilograms of explosives can penetrate 300 mm of armor at a distance of 28,000 meters. The main turret can move up to 6 degrees left and right per second
, 5 degrees high and low, and the whole ship carries a total of 800 rounds of 330 mm artillery shells.
In terms of protection, the "Honour"'s waterline armor belt is tilted inward at 21 degrees, which can withstand attacks from 11.1-inch armor-piercing projectiles at a distance of 18,000 yards. The "Honor" is incredibly fast, with a speed of up to 32 knots. In terms of air defense, the "Honour"
The turret of the high-level dual-purpose gun is equipped with a rangefinder, which can deal with multiple targets at the same time. The rotating ammunition feeding device of the turret has prepared 33 rounds of anti-aircraft shells and 16 rounds of armor-piercing shells, which can ensure rapid shooting for a long time.
Like the battlecruiser that served as the flagship of the Second Fleet and was renamed "Glorious" from "Strasbourg", "Glorious" carries three L1-type seaplanes modified from French seaplanes, which can provide
The fleet provides reconnaissance and simple air combat missions.
The "Yangzigator" large cruise submarine, the former "Sukuv" large cruise submarine, is now the flagship of the submarine fleet. The submarine has a surface displacement of 3,304 tons and is equipped with a twin 203mm main gun and two
A seaplane, except the bow four
In addition to the torpedo tubes, there are two triple torpedo tubes under the bow deck. The ship has strong ocean combat capabilities. After the Anjiajun Navy carried out electronic, radar and sonar modifications, its combat effectiveness has been significantly enhanced.
It is fully capable of ocean blockade missions.
On the morning of the 20th, the First Fleet was conducting training in the Beibu Gulf. On the bridge of the command module of the battlecruiser "Honour", Navy Commander Lu Guang pointed to the ships changing formations around him and told them about the various formations.
An Yi listens.
Currently, in the training of the South China Navy, since the aircraft carrier only exists on the design drawings, it can only practice some simple tactics and formations, as well as artillery training. The navy's formations are divided into columns, horizontal formations and echelons, and fleets and formations are in most cases.
The situation is divided into squads, which are the basic combat units. The formation or fleet adopted depends on the formation adopted by the squad.
Column means each squadron and the entire fleet, following the lead ship's course and speed in sequence, with a straight distance of 400 yards between each ship. Multi-row column means that each squadron forms a single column, and the entire fleet is located where the flagship or base ship is.
Based on the squadron, they should line up side by side and move forward at a unified course and speed. If three ships are formed into a squadron, the horizontal distance between each squadron should be maintained at 1,200 yards;
If the ships of the squadron are not parallel in sequence, but staggered in sequence on one side of the middle of the two ships in front and behind the adjacent fleet, the whole fleet is a sandwich column. For example, six ships are divided into two squadrons composed of three ships each.
In the sandwich formation, the diagonal distance between each squadron is maintained at 400 yards, and the straight distance between each ship in the squadron is maintained at 530 yards. If each squadron adopts the horn formation and follows up in order, the entire squadron will be a horn column.
A horizontal formation means that each squadron and the whole team are deployed in a single horizontal formation. The whole team is based on the base ship or flagship, and moves forward at a unified course and speed. The horizontal distance between each ship is maintained at 400 yards. A multi-stack horizontal formation means that each squadron forms a single line.
In a horizontal formation, the base squadron is in the front, and the other squadrons overlap in sequence, advancing at a unified course and speed. If three ships are formed into a squadron, the direct distance between the squadrons should be maintained at 1,200 yards.
If the ships of each squadron do not overlap with the ships of each squadron in the front row, but are staggered in sequence between the two adjacent ships of the front row team and then follow up, the whole team is a sandwiched row. For example, six ships are divided into three ships each.
Ship number
The two squadrons formed are arranged as a sandwiched formation. The diagonal distance between each squadron is maintained at 400 yards, and the horizontal distance between each ship in the squadron is maintained at 530 yards. If the squadrons advance side by side at each other's horns, the entire squadron will be
Horns Squadron.
The situation of echelon formation is relatively complicated. There are more than ten related formations, among which the main ones are left-wing echelon, right-wing echelon, double echelon, herringbone echelon, reverse herringbone echelon, front triangle echelon and rhombus echelon, etc., all of which are found in naval battles.
Apply individually.
Although An Yi doesn't know much about naval battles, he still knows a little about naval formations. The true capabilities of a fleet are obviously not enough to just look at the formations. Naval battles are determined by factors such as weather conditions, commander's on-the-spot performance, speed, hit rate, and even luck.
Victory or defeat, An Yi ordered live ammunition firing.
Tesla's radio remote control technology has been used in shipbuilding. Three thousand-ton merchant ships have been transformed into remotely controlled targets to facilitate the navy's live-fire simulated target shooting!
"Boom——"
Three thunderous roars sounded.
The first fleet was led by the flagship "Glorious", followed by the battleship "Nanhai" (formerly the dreadnought "Ocean") and the cruiser "Huo Qubing" (formerly the "La Galissonier" class "Glorious" light cruiser).
cruiser), followed by twelve destroyers, galloping northward in a column, while seven thousand meters away on the right, there were three target ships flying the blue naval flag, also sailing northward at high speed.
Following Lu Guang's order, the fleet began to attack the three blue target ships. The first one to fire was the battlecruiser "Honour". Unfortunately, apart from stirring up rows of water jets, there seemed to be no
Hit the target ship.
At this time, the fleet live-fire target exercise observation ship reported the results: the Honor was seven thousand meters away, the first-level main gun fired, the hit rate was zero, and it failed!
Lu Guang shook his head slightly and told the transmitter: "Start bombarding the next battleship!"
"yes!"
There is no warm-up shooting in the assessment standards of the Nanhua Navy. In other words, the warships participating in live ammunition firing in each round do not have any preparation, they directly load the shells and only have three shooting opportunities.
The main reason for this arrangement is that the training is not affected by the tense atmosphere of the battlefield. Soldiers do not have to worry about the enemy's artillery shells coming. The target shooting exercises do not have an actual combat atmosphere. If the soldiers are given sufficient warm-up time, they will hit the target.
As for the boat, it has no practical significance.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the battleship whose turn it is to bombard each cannon only have two minutes to fire. The cannonball must be fired within two minutes. If it exceeds the time limit, it will be scored as zero points. If it fails to fire, it will be scored as zero points. The training can be described as extremely strict.
For a battleship touring ship, the chance of the main gun hitting an enemy ship in the first round of shelling at a distance of seven thousand meters is less than one in 5,000. Failure to hit it is a normal phenomenon and there is nothing to be criticized for.
Therefore, An Yi, who had already been informed of the situation, expected this result. However, the navy still marked the officers and soldiers as failing, in order to urge the navy officers and soldiers to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and to increase pressure on them.
Next came the target shooting with other warships. After all the warships had finished shooting, one of the target ships was hit by the destroyer "Hengjiang" in the fleet. Unfortunately, due to the smaller caliber of the shells, it was not sunk on the spot. But even so, the result had been judged.
For being excellent, the officers and soldiers of the ship were jubilant.
Subsequently, the fleet entered the second round of bombardment, and of course the distance between it and the target ship was much closer.
"Honour: Prepare the secondary main gun!"
"The target shooting time begins!"
As the timekeeper put down the sand clock, the observation and sighting staff quickly began to observe the position of the Blue Army warship.
"Boom——"
Honor's secondary main gun opened fire, and the shells roared towards the target ship four thousand meters away.
A few seconds later, a roar was heard in the distance, the observer observed the hit result through the telescope, and the recorder recorded whether it hit or not.
Two more bombardments followed. This time, a target ship was directly hit and slowly sank into the sea.
After that, the battleship "Nanhai" performed amazingly. Three rounds of shells sank the remaining two target ships directly at 4,000 meters. The remaining navy had no target to hit. Today's moving target training came to an end.
An Yi was very satisfied with the navy's unique training today. He said to Cheng Guang:
"Now we are still in the exploratory stage of naval warfare, so we can only practice like this, but in the future it is best to practice the cooperation between ships and reconnaissance aircraft. The reconnaissance aircraft will determine the position of the enemy ship and guide the ship's bombardment. Of course,
This puts higher requirements on future naval battles, which means that we must master the air superiority over the sea. I am just mentioning an idea here. You are professionals and may think more thoughtfully than me, so I won’t do the trick!"
Cheng Chengguang explained: "During naval battles, you will encounter various situations. For example, when there are strong winds and waves and bad weather, the aircraft cannot take off, so you can only rely on the ship itself to fight. We usually have sea and air coordination training subjects, etc.
You can see it next time you come."
An Yi grinned and was about to speak when he saw Shen Fengdao's hurried look. His hands were shaking slightly when he handed over the telegram. He couldn't help but froze for a moment and immediately watched attentively.
Something big happened!
In Sverdlovsk, Marshal Blyukher, People's Commissar of Military Affairs of the Far Eastern Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force, Bukharin, Secretary of the Central Secretariat and People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and Propaganda, and Rykov, Chairman of the People's Committee of the Far East, inspected the people transferred from the Far East
While serving on the frontline in Eastern Europe, he was randomly shot to death by troops who suddenly rebelled.
Taking advantage of the unresponsiveness of the troops stationed in Sverdlovsk, this rebel army broke into the government building of the Far Eastern Republic, killed more than a hundred staff, occupied the radio station, and announced that Moscow had launched an attack on Blyukher and Bukha.
Lin and Rykov, three of the ringleaders who split the Soviet Union, carried out the execution and called on the people of Siberia to rise up and overthrow the "tyranny" of the Far Eastern Republic. Although the rebels were quickly suppressed by the superior force of the Far Eastern Army, the negative impact had already been
It cannot be undone.
An hour later, a dramatic scene occurred in Eastern Siberia. In Irkutsk, Admiral Khahanyan, the commander of the Littoral Cluster of the Far Eastern Army who was entrusted with the important task by Blyukher, announced his separation from the leadership of the Far Eastern Republic and led 20 of his subordinates.
Anyway, 80,000 Red Army troops. Later, the Japanese army passed through the Buleya River without any blood and marched towards Hailanpao.
In the following hours, more than 100,000 troops, large and small, rebelled in Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Kossnoyarsk and other places, and the entire Eastern Front of the Far Eastern Republic lost control.
Stalin's iron fist began to show its powerful power!