It turned out that the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship were welcomed by Li Hongzhang's fleet. These two warships belonged to the O45a missile frigate, with a length of 135 meters and a width of 16 meters. But judging from this size, it was definitely a giant warship in this era. Now the main force of the British Navy's Majestic Class battleship has a standard displacement of 14,900 tons, a full load displacement of 16,000 tons, and a length of 128 meters and a width of 22.8 meters. The standard displacement of the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship is actually 36oo tons, while the full load displacement is only 42oo tons.

What Martinez couldn't understand was the essence of these two warships. The cover on the square platform behind the main gun was a vertically fired Haihongqi 16 air defense missile. The spherical objects on the upper part of the ship were radar covers. The two rotating blocks on the top of the mast were 384-type 3D air-to-sea search roof radars. The two oblique rectangular boxes in the middle of the ship were two 4-unit Eagle Strike 83 anti-ship missiles, and the platform at the stern was a helicopter take-off and landing platform. These equipment were commonplace on warships in old time and space.

At this time, the Yueyang ship, Sanya ship, and Li Hongzhang's fleet were intersecting by, and Li Hongzhang was slightly shocked. If it was really here to welcome his warship, it would have turned around and led the fleet long ago. Why did it intersect with his own fleet? Wasn't it here to welcome him? But they had clearly put up the banner of welcoming them.

Just when Li Hongzhang was confused, the two warships had begun to turn, quickly drew a large arc on the sea surface, and turned around. However, the fleet had already sailed by, so after the two warships turned around, they had fallen behind the fleet.

At this time, on the Tai'an, Martinez grabbed the side of the ship tightly, strode out as much as possible, staring at the remaining water traces on the sea, and then ran to the other side. Although Brown beside him was not as excited as Martinez, his expression was also very serious. Because the maneuverability and flexibility and airworthiness shown by the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship just turned, the two of them were quite shocked.

The steering ability of a ship is one of the important properties of a ship, and it has important practical value on the battlefield. The smaller the radius of the steering, the faster the degree and the better the stability, it is naturally more beneficial to the combat of the ship. Generally speaking, under the same conditions, the larger the length-width ratio of the ship, the faster the straight-way sailing, but the larger the radius of the steering, the worse the stability. Therefore, when warships in this era turn, they will first lower the sailing down and only maintain a sail of about 10 knots, otherwise there will be any danger of overturning.

Martinez is the deputy captain of the Centurion battleship. The Centurion's displacement is 105oo tons, 109 meters long and 21 meters wide. During normal training, of course, he often does this large-steering maneuver. Now it seems that the steering radius of these two warships is almost the same as that of the Centurion, but the degree is much faster, and it should be 14 or 5 knots. Moreover, from the perspective of the two, although these two warships showed obvious inclinations when turning, they were still within the allowable range, so it can be said that the airworthiness is excellent.

In this era, the aspect ratio of battleships was generally around 1:6, while the aspect ratio of Yueyang and Sanya ships was close to 1:8.5. Such a large aspect ratio has such good maneuverability and airworthiness. It seems that although these two warships have not many military equipment, the design of the ship type is indeed unique.

At this moment, the Yueyang ship turned around, the Sanya ship began to add, and soon passed the fleet, and made a cross-navideo action in front of the fleet, and then lowered the level, one left and one right, and drove in front of the fleet.

Martinez said: "What are the degrees of these two warships just now?"

Brown shook his head and said, "I don't have a sailing equipment, but according to my experience, it should be around 24 and 5 kilograms."

Martinez nodded and said, "This is a terrible degree."

Although the 24 and 5th knots of flight can indeed be considered high-speed voyage in this era, it has not yet reached a terrible level. For example, the Haiqi escorted this time can reach 24 knots. However, these two warships just now were within a few hundred meters of front and back, and the 14 and 5 knots suddenly increased to 24 and 5 knots. This ability is what makes them feel terrible.

It turns out that the Yueyang and Sanya ships were able to have the maneuverability and seaworthiness of warships in this era, mainly because the ship type was more reasonable, because in the old time and space, the theories of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics were very well understood, and they could be simulated by computers. In addition, the design of keels and ship snoring, the stability, wave resistance and resistance of the ship type were far higher than that of the ships in this era. The ship type design of this era mainly relies on experience and did not form mature theories.

The strengthening is due to the use of different powers. Ships in this era use steam engines. If you want to add, you must first add a fire to the boiler. Only after the water in the boiler is boiled can you obtain enough power, so it will naturally be slower. In fact, the warships in this era must start a fire one hour in advance before starting. However, the Yueyang ship and Sanya ship use diesel engines, which naturally add up much faster.

At this time, in the command room of the Yueyang ship, Captain Wang Hailong said proudly: "These Sun Ji have never seen anyone drive like this before, this time they open their eyes." After a pause, Wang Hailong said: "We can take this opportunity to try how the performance of the Yueyang ship is maintained. Since returning from Jingdao, there has been no big move for almost a month."

Deputy Captain Chen Xiaojiang said: "There are no major problems for other departments, but the maximum voyage just now only reached 24.7. It seems that the bottom of the ship needs to be cleaned. It should have been half a year since it was cleared. It is estimated that the bottom of the ship should be covered with various seaweed and shellfish parasites now."

It turns out that the bottom of the sea ship is prone to various marine parasites. If the bottom of the ship is too many, it will affect the degree of the ship. Therefore, it must be regularly entered into the dock for cleaning. The maximum voyage of the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship is 27 knots, and only 24.7 knots ran just now, indicating that the bottom of the ship has a considerable impact on the navigation and needs to be cleaned up.

Political Commissar Cai Ning said: "It's a pity that we don't have a dock now. Although the dock at Qingdao Shipyard is about to be completed, the dock is only 130 meters long, so our Yueyang ship cannot enter. When the new dock is built, we still don't know if we will go until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month."

Chen Xiaojiang said: "Then I can only send someone to dive down to clean it up. I don't think I can't wait anymore. After I go back this time, I have to clean it up immediately. Otherwise, in a few days, I guess I won't even be able to run out of the 23rd quarter, and there will be no more tasks anyway."

Wang Hailong said: "That's not sure. If the negotiations are made this time, we will go to Shanghai to negotiate with foreigners, and we will also send troops to escort it."

In fact, this time, the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship were sent to welcome Li Hongzhang's fleet, and they also wanted to show the strength of the Crossing Navy in front of the observation team to gain the initiative for negotiations with foreigners. Any negotiations in Bijing are backed by strength, and the Crossing Team is also very clear about what the Observation Team is here to do. Yueyang ship and Sanya ship are the warships second only to the Kunming ship in the crossing fleet, so this task is naturally completed by them.

However, the main weapons of modern warships are missiles and radar bodies, not artillery, which obviously cannot be understood by people in this era. Of course, the time traveler did not intend to explain to the people in this era, so he could only show the maneuverability and power of the warship to Li Hongzhang and others. It turned out that some people suggested that on the Yueyang ship, the Sanya ship was equipped with a few fake cannons to scare people, but they were rejected by the Military Commission. First, the type of the warship of the time travel was not suitable for adding more cannons; second, there was no need to use any fake cannons to scare people, so that the observation team could guess, and the effect was better.

Sure enough, the nautical performance shown by these two warships did bring great shock to the officers in the observation group. They were Martines and Brown. They were active-duty officers of the navy and had rich nautical experience. Britain is a country based on the ocean. They are much more sensitive to warships than soldiers from other countries. Although the two warships seem to be equipped with military equipment, they show amazing navigation performance. In their impressions, they are much stronger than all British warships. Nautical performance is also an important part of the combat effectiveness of a warship. Therefore, the ability of overseas Chinese to build such a superior nautical warship is enough to prove that overseas Chinese have extremely strong ship design and construction capabilities. This is enough to arouse Britain's alertness.

The fleet, led by the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship, sailed for more than an hour and finally approached the port of Dagukou. From a distance, you can see the outline of the building and the ships anchored at the wharf.

And then, Brown suddenly said to Martinnes: "Col. Look, there are several such warships over there."

After hearing this, Martinez saw three silver-painted ships moored on one side of the port, so Martinez immediately took out a monocular lens and looked in the direction of the ship. He saw that the three warships were one big and two small, but their shapes were indeed similar to the two warships that greeted his fleet. They were all slender, sharp, flat, and smooth and clean on the stern, and only had one cannon on the ship. It seemed that this group of overseas Chinese warships were indeed like this, and there were no other warships.

At this moment, two small ships drove towards the port, but their shapes were still the same as other warships of overseas Chinese. The two warships that greeted their fleet said goodbye and wished their own group a smooth banner. Then they left the fleet and sailed towards the dock where three warships were moored. The two small ships had the banner of "Follow me."
Chapter completed!