"Based on our interrogation of the Japanese soldiers of the captives and inquiring historical information, we can basically confirm that there are twenty-one warships of the Eight-Nation Alliance berthed in Dagukou, namely six Russian ships; four British ships; three German ships, two French and American ships; one Austro-Hungarian ship each. Although the Japanese fleet has been eliminated by us, there are now town centers and town centers, and two gunboats in the east of the town are both ships of the Beiyang Navy captured in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. The types of warships are: one battleship, three armored cruisers, five protective cruisers, twelve shallow water gunboats, and there are also ships from various countries, with a total of twenty-six subsidies."

After Li Wenhui, a clerk on the Kunming ship, a "buzzing" discussion immediately sounded in the conference room. Wang Hailong said: "Twenty warships, the number of just four times that of the Japanese fleet, and there is also one battleship and three armored cruisers. This is much stronger than that of the Japanese fleet."

Xie Fuzhan also said: "Yes, if you only use naval guns, the Xiangyang ship and Huaihua ship may not have any effect. I wonder how the naval guns of the Kunming ship are like?"

It turned out that the news that the Eight-Nation Alliance stationed in Dagukou sent troops to attack Hejiawan Village reached the Kunming ship. Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun immediately recruited the captains of each ship to the Kunming ship to discuss the battle to attack Dagu. They also specially invited the State Council official Wang Yunpeng, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Xu Jichao, the Ministry of Security official Shang Qisong, and the Embassy Counselor Li Sanjie to attend the military meeting together.

After the discussion in the conference room calmed down a little, Li Wenhui continued:

"The number of all the ships in the whole body is that the Russian and the Sissoi battleship have unknown size, displacement of 10,400 tons, speed of 15.7 knots, 406 mm composite armor on the side waterline, equipped with a double-equipped 05 mm gun and 6 15 mm gallery guns. They entered service in 1896. In the history of old time and space, they were sunk by Japan during the Battle of Tsushima on May 8, 1905.

The Russian armored cruiser has an unknown size, a standard displacement of 110 tons, a speed of 0 knots, and is equipped with 4 0 mm single-mounted guns, 16 15 mm single-mounted guns, and has been put into service in 1897. These two warships are also the two largest warships currently anchored in Dagukou, and will be the biggest threat to our fleet.

The other four Geely, the North Korean, the Beaver, and the Kiriak were uniformly shallow-water gunboats, with a displacement of about 1,000 tons."

"British, the Armored Cruiser of Orlando and the Armored Cruiser of Arora, both of which are the same type, belong to the Orlando-class armored cruisers. They were in service in 1888 and 1889 respectively. The displacement is 5,600 tons, 91.5 long, 17 meters wide, 6.8 meters draft, 17 knots, and the waterline armor belt is 54mm thick composite armor. It is equipped with a double-mounted 4mm/0 times gun, 10 single-mounted 15mm/6 times gun, 6 pound rapid-fire guns, and 10 pound rapid-fire guns. The other two Ferme and Algerin are uniformly shallow-water gunboats, with a displacement of about 1,000 tons."

"Germany, the Lufthansa and the Hertha are all protective cruisers. Although these two ships belong to the Victoria Louise class, their size and tonnage are not the same. The Lufthansa is 110.6 meters long, 17.4 meters wide, with a draft of 7. meters and a displacement of 6,700 tons; The Hertha is 110.6 meters long, 17.4 meters wide, with a draft of 6.6 meters and a displacement of 5,800 tons. However, the weapons equipped with the same equipment are all 10mm single-load guns, 8 150mm single-load guns, 10 88 mm single-load guns, and 10 7 mm rapid-fire guns. There is also the Iltis, which is a shallow-water gunboat with a displacement of about 1,000 tons."

"France, the Pascal protective cruiser, belongs to the Descartes class, with a length of 96.meters, a draft of 6.5 meters, a speed of 19.5 knots, a displacement of 960 tons. It was put into service in 1895. It is equipped with 160mm 45 caliber guns, 10 seats for single-mounted 10 seats for single-mounted 10 seats for single-mounted 10 seats for single-mounted 47mm 4 caliber guns, 14 seats for single-mounted 7mm 4 caliber guns, and 8 seats for single-mounted 7mm 10 seats for single-mounted 500 tons."

"The USS Newark protective cruiser has an unknown size and a standard displacement of 7,000 tons; the equipped weapons are 0mm single-load guns, 6 158mm single-load guns, and 10 47mm rapid-fire guns. Challenge, paddle-wheel gunboats, with a displacement of about 1,000 tons."

"The Italian protective cruiser Aiba, Austro-Hungarian shallow gunboat Zanta, the data is unknown."

Zhang Wei, the captain of Sanya ship, said: "The displacement of the Sissoi is 10,400 tons, while the displacement of the Russian is 110 tons. Why is the displacement of the cruiser even larger than that of the battleship?"

The captain of Huaihua ship Zhang Guangzhi also said: "Yes, there are protective cruisers like the Lufthansa and Newark that have a displacement of 6,700 tons, while the Orlando-class armored cruiser is only more than 5,000 tons. Are protective cruisers larger than armored cruisers?"

Qin Zheng said: "This is also normal in this era. It is caused by the construction time of ships. Because both the armored cruisers and the protective cruisers are developing towards large-scale development. Therefore, the battleships launched first are more than the armored cruisers launched later, and the protection cruisers are larger than the armored cruisers. This is the same reason."

Wang Hailong said: "It's fine if the armored cruiser is built in a freshman year. After all, armored cruisers can also be considered as main ships and can participate in the sea decisive battle. However, it is really not necessary to build a protective cruiser to six or seven thousand tons, because the survival ability of the protective cruiser is too poor and cannot be used to compete for sea control and conduct a decisive battle at sea. Making a large cruiser is completely useless, and more than 5,000 tons is enough."

Shang Jinfeng, the captain of Kunming ship, shook his head and said, "That may not be possible. The uses of warships of various countries are different, and they cannot be generalized. For example, there are many overseas colonies in Britain, and a large number of protective cruisers are needed to protect overseas colonies. It also requires protective cruisers to cruise for a long time, so the protective cruisers are built larger, with higher airworthiness and endurance, which meets the needs of the UK."

Because most of the people attending the meeting were naval captains, when they arrived at warships, even the ancient warships from more than a hundred years ago were all topics of interest to them, so there was no end to the discussion.

Fortunately, Xia Bohai was still able to hold on, so he knocked on the conference table and said, "Comrades, what kind of warships to build is not the issue we are considering now. What we should consider now is that this warship is our enemy, and we must find a way to eliminate them." He turned his head and looked at Li Wenhui again, and said, "Comrade Wenhui, you continue."

Li Wenhui bowed his head and then said: "In addition, through computers' artillery technology and gunpowder power, excluding the factor of firing rate, the artillery of our fleet can be multiplied by a corresponding number and converted into the artillery caliber of this era. The 76mm naval gun coefficient of the Yueyang ship and the Sanya ship is 1.5-1.6, which is generally equivalent to the artillery caliber of this era; the 100mm naval gun of the Huaihua ship and the Xiangyang ship is 1., which is equivalent to the artillery caliber of the 175-185mm caliber gun; the 10mm naval gun coefficient of the Kunming ship is .0-., which is equivalent to the artillery caliber of the 60-85mm caliber gun."

After a pause, Li Wenhui added: "The coefficient can only be used as a reference for a certain range and cannot be absolute. Calibers like 110, 175, 85 do not exist. Moreover, the power of the artillery not only depends on the caliber and gunpowder, but also affected by the diameter times. The caliber we converted is calculated based on 45 diameter times."

Diameter times refer to the relationship between the length of the artillery barrel and the caliber. Theoretically, when the caliber of the artillery is the same, the larger the diameter times, the greater the power of the shells fired. However, in reality, due to the limitations of materials and manufacturing processes, the diameter times of the artillery are impossible to expand infinitely. In this era, the diameter times of the artillery are roughly between 5 and 45, and modern technology is relatively high, and the caliber of the artillery is generally relatively relatively large, so the diameter times of the artillery is much larger. The diameter times of the 76mm naval gun of the Yueyang and Sanya ships are 56 times, the diameter times of the 100mm naval gun of the Huaihua and Xiangyang ships are 6 times, and the diameter times of the 10mm naval gun of the Kunming ships reach an astonishing 70 times. Even in modern society, such a large diameter times are very rare. Even in modern society, this is almost the limit of the diameter times of the artillery.

Before crossing, the naval gun equipped by the Kunming ship was the latest H/pj8 single-barrel 10mm naval gun developed by the Chinese Navy, with a caliber of 70 times, a total gun weighing 50 tons, a high of 5 meters to meter; it is fully automatic loading, and the range reaches 0 kilometers. If rocket extended-range guided shells are used, the range will reach an astonishing 100 kilometers, with a rate of about 40 rounds/minute, and can use types of bullets: grenades, blasting shells, gun-fired missiles, etc. Therefore, the power of the Kunming ship's 10mm naval gun is exponentially larger than that of the Xiangyang ship and the Huaihua ship's 100mm naval gun, and the calculated number this time is also the highest.

There was another voice of discussion in the conference room. Xie Fuzhan said: "Even if the coefficient is added, the naval guns of the Yueyang and Sanya ships can only be used to fire a shallow water gunboat; while the naval guns of the Xiangyang and Huaihua ships can be used to strike protective cruisers, but it is very difficult to fight armored cruisers, let alone battleships. After all, only the naval guns of the Kunming ships can fight head-on with the enemy fleet, but the entire fleet only has this naval gun. If missiles are still not available, then it will be difficult to fight this battle."

Wang Hailong also said: "Yes, it is actually not difficult to deal with these old antiques. With a missile, any warship can be solved, but if we fight for artillery, it will be difficult for us to deal with this antique, unless we go back and bring 051 or Hyundai." (Note)

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The 051 class destroyer is China's first generation destroyer with a displacement of only more than 3,000 tons, but it is equipped with a dual-mounted 10mm naval gun.
Chapter completed!