Lin Weiye spread his hands: "This is the crux of the question: will your Royal Navy pile 32-pounder guns on sixth-tier ships?" ”

William and Charles were dumbfounded, and the 32-pounder gun alone weighed nearly 6,000 pounds, nearly 3 tons, which was too heavy for a 500-ton battleship. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"As far as I know, your Royal Navy generally divides warships into six classes according to tonnage and number of guns, and only ships of the third rank and above will be equipped with 32-pounder guns and 24-pounder guns." Lin continued, "This kind of sixth-class ship is equipped with a few 18-pounder guns at most, but I replaced it with a lighter and more powerful 32-pounder Caron, on this basis, is there a problem with using a 12-pounder gun as an auxiliary and supplement?" ”

Charles thought for a moment, glanced at William, and replied convincingly: "It sounds like what you said makes a lot of sense." ”

"As for the 32-pounder guns or heavier naval guns, they are not useless, and in the future we can build larger warships, which will come in handy."

When William heard this, he asked with a fluttering eyebrow: "You said bigger warships and heavier naval guns?" For God's sake, can you tell me how old it is? I'm curious to see how large a fleet I can command in the future. ”

Lin Weiye bought a pass: "The habit of us Chinese is to predict what will happen in the future and listen to the next decomposition." You'll know when the time comes. ”

This false shot made William stumble and almost fall, and he shook his head helplessly: "Okay, I think I can wait patiently." ”

When their argument came to an end, Xia Nan suddenly remembered something: "By the way, just now I heard you talk about the problem that the Caron cannon is shorter than the cannon and the reloading speed is fast, and I suddenly thought of the pistol." Since you said that the short version of the brown beth and the short, thick caron cannon are easier to load, it shouldn't be difficult to shorten the flintlock pistol and get a pistol out, right? ”

This trip to Dengzhou, the summer south suffered a loss of no weapons, the rifle is too long to carry, and the cold weapon will not, and the people who play with knives and guns will only be slaughtered by others, if there is a pistol in hand, the situation can be reversed, no matter how high your martial arts are, Lao Tzu will be put down with a shot.

Lin Weiye scratched his head: "Well, the problem is not too big, there are also well-known flintlock pistols in history that can be used for reference." Give me some time, I'll figure it out. ”

Xia Nan said with satisfaction: "It's good to be able to do it." One more thing to remind you is that you can also take advantage of the dozen or so Portuguese, who are artillery instructors, experts in the use of artillery, and may be able to give you good advice from a practical point of view. ”

Lin Weiye agreed, and his question was discussed.

Charles took out a roll of drawings tucked under his armpit and said bluntly: "Xia, three improved Galen ships of 500 tons have been built, and you need several in the end, you have to give me a plan." In addition, this is the design of the new warships that I discussed with Lin, there are 1,000-ton and 1,500-ton ships, and if you agree, I would like to start trying to build them after the completion of this batch of 500-ton warships. ”

Xia Nan looked at the design drawings of these two new warships and asked, "Dear Charles, you have to tell me the purpose and necessity of these two warships. ”

Charles pointed to the floor plan of one of the smaller warships—such a standard plan was naturally drawn under the guidance of Lin Weiye, and he liked this method very much—"This is a thousand tons, and the Royal Navy has many warships of this tonnage, which are the main force of operations, and in smaller fleets, they can even act as flagships." A 500-ton warship was enough to fight pirates, but it did not have much advantage against the Dutch Far East Fleet. If you have a naval battle with this group of Dutchites and want to win, you need such a ship as the main force and flagship, with a thicker deck and more gun emplacements, able to withstand enough cannonballs and give the opponent a powerful counterattack! ”

The reason is strong, Xia Nan nodded. He pointed to the plan of another larger ship and asked, "Then what about this ship, since it has a thousand-ton class, why should it build a thousand-thousand-ton one?" ”

"To fight the Dutch, you need a real flagship, Summer! If you want to go a little further and fight the Spaniards head-on with their old but very large improved Clark ships, then you need such a flagship even more - the Royal Navy defeated the Invincible Armada with light Galen ships during the long voyage, and they were defeated with agility and maneuver - if they were cowering in the port of Manila with the help of shore defense guns nearby, it would not be enough to rely on a thousand-ton and five-hundred-ton battleship, and a fifteen-hundred-ton mobile battery would be the ultimate weapon to defeat them. Of course, this idea was first proposed by Lin, and we jointly completed the design of this 1,500-ton warship. It should be noted that not a lot will be built in the fifteen-hundred-ton class, at most one or two, and this type of warship is not only expensive, but also has high material requirements and a long construction period. ”

The title of mobile fort made Xia Nan listen very enjoyable, and this was Lin Weiye's idea, so he was naturally convinced. So the plan for the construction of these two types of warships was finalized. "Then try to build a thousand-ton class first, and the 1,500-ton class can be put last. As for the 500-ton warships, the first batch of 5 will be enough. He said to Charles.

Lin Weiye interjected: "I'll make a suggestion. Now that the guns and guns are named, the battleship also needs to be named, whether it is the tonnage class or the gunwale. ”

He didn't say this, Xia Nan also knew that setting names for warships at all levels was conducive to distinguishing and identifying, which was also a common practice in the modern navy. In the old time and space, naval powers all named their warships separately, for example, the current nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the US military is called the Nimitz-class, the new-generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is called the Ford-class, the cruiser has the Ticonderoga class, and the destroyer has the Arleigh Burke class.

But how do you name it? He thought about it, the US military is named after presidents and celebrities, and he can learn from it, so he asked Sima De: "What kind of name does General Qi Jiguang Qi have in this dynasty, or other titles?" ”

Sima De didn't know why for a while, but fortunately, he was born in the military department, and he was interested in military affairs, so he still knew a little bit about it, so he tried to recall it and replied: "General Qi's highest military position is the chief military officer of Jizhou, and he is later named Shaobao, and he is nicknamed Wu Yi." ”

"Less insurance...... Wu Yi ......" Xia Nan thought about it for a while, and felt that Wu Yi was more agreeable, so he decided: "The five-hundred-ton battleship is called Wu Yi-class!" ”

(To be continued.) )