Chapter 1096: The Outdated Battle Line
After Cheng Biguang explained in detail the method of the second round of experiments, Scheer was also stunned by Cheng Biguang's bold idea, 9 capital ships, with the help of the radio system, carried out unified command, and even during the test, the battleship could not guarantee the use of the battle line, which was beyond the previous sighting system, or a subversive effect.
The birth of the battle line has been a long time, from the sail battleship to the all-steel battleship, the battle line has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in order to accommodate the battle line, in the attack of the battle line, the battleship must maintain a certain speed, not too fast, not too slow, and once the battle line is seized, even if it is sunk, it cannot be casually separated from the battle line. All kinds of drawbacks can not hinder the navy's pursuit of the battle line, the reason is very simple, only the battle line can ensure the strength of the attack firepower, even if therefore, pay the price of the same movement, it does not matter, in the battle, if one side preempts the battle line, the other side is either a hard-headed battle, or can only leave first.
Because of this, the battleline in the fleet training, almost must be trained, and it is a long-term training thing, how to seize, how to counterattack, how to escape, based on a complete set of combat system, almost represents the whole of battleship battles, is the mainstream of the whole world. But now, the new aiming experiment is 9 battleships together, and there is no need for a battle line, which is also too incredible.
There are some things that cannot be explained, according to the regular naval training of officers, they are as familiar with the battle line as a farmer is familiar with a hoe, and a blacksmith is familiar with a hammer. The design is to the core of the northwest, and fortunately. Anything on the battleship can be expressed, Cheng Biguang told Scheer directly. will conquer them with practical effects.
The performance of the previous V2 battleship has already somewhat conquered Scheer, and Scheer is even more interested in the next experiment. The appearance of the northwest is to refresh some impossible, Schell has never been to China, as a senior admiral of the navy, when Germany forcibly occupied Qingdao, it was the navy that did it. He also knows a little about the situation in China, just a small fleet, plus a little army, to occupy a port, a huge China, millions of troops, it seems to be all decorations, the Qing Dynasty at that time, step by step brush the lower limit. After the golden body was broken in 1840, it was first British and French, and later, Japanese and Russian. The United States and Germany, even if they did not do it, followed behind to make soy sauce and reaped countless benefits.
Starting with the rise of the Northwest. China has completely changed, and at first it was just competing with the great powers for the market. The struggles of the great powers were all in the military field and in the field of heavy industry, without paying attention to the Northwest. However, the northwest is out of control, and it really shows the power of China, relying on a huge population, step by step to compete for various fields, and by now, the great powers have basically withdrawn from the Chinese market.
Germany is the first to cooperate with the Northwest, but also because of the relationship between the Northwest to join the Allies, the relationship between each other is relatively close, Qingdao is a good place, once the war starts, it is destined to not be able to keep, with Qingdao for the current fleet, for Germany, is completely acceptable, these days, Scheer in the constant familiarity, fell in love with this battleship, even if it is the Orion change, it is powerful, far more powerful than Germany and any warship produced by the United Kingdom, Not to mention the fantasy class, which has concentrated its strength, has such 9 capital ships, and he even dares to fight with about 15 capital ships of the other side, which is equivalent to saying that one Qingdao will allow Germany to smooth out the gap between the capital ships and the United Kingdom.
Now, the bigger surprise is still to come, this aiming command system, which can command not only one ship, but also multiple ships, is true or false. The surprise of the first round of experiments is also full of hope for the second round, Cheng Biguang's requirements are all met, all 9 warships are mobilized, and the other auxiliary ships are transferred as much as they need, and the personnel are even more so, if there is a need, he himself can also come up to help.
Cheng Biguang's requirements were met one by one, and the requirements for the experiment also rose a notch, 9 ships could not deal with only one ship, a huge fleet needed to be simulated, and it was the kind on the battle line, when Scheer made this request, he thought that he would see an embarrassed expression on Cheng Biguang's face, but Cheng Biguang didn't, and calmly agreed, which made Scheer's expectations higher in his heart, and no one dared to make a decision easily without a little certainty.
Two people, one on behalf of the northwest, one on behalf of Germany, can be regarded as reaching a consensus, but today, I'm afraid it won't work, the previous dozens of rounds of experiments, it took too much time, and now it's almost noon, 9 battleships, except for the one currently here, each has its own tasks, and they have all gone in different directions, even if they are called back now, it will take two or three hours, and it is no problem to concentrate, but it will be concentrated until after three o'clock in the afternoon, it seems that Cheng Biguang still needs to adjust, Coordinate the radio and command system, adjust it for another hour or two, and it will be dusk, at that time, the visibility is reduced, with the current sighting system, it is difficult to make aiming, and it is not a test night battle, so why rush.
Scheer's words are very reasonable, and Cheng Biguang also agreed, but he just asked that tonight, when the anchorage was in place, something needed to be coordinated, and then it would pass early tomorrow morning, and the drill could be carried out without much delay.
Under Scheer's order, today's training subject is over, this experiment, to everyone impressed, in the case of ordinary maneuvering, out of a round of 5 high hit rate, this is a naval battle, right is a high-speed, more than 20 knots of ship, even if one side has no obvious evasion, the hit rate is too high, the most important thing is in the range, 12 nautical miles, that is, about 21 kilometers, this is a distance, almost can be used to hit the distance can not be hit, But the battleship with special equipment was hit.
Later, when the serpentine maneuver began, everyone knew that it was unlikely to hit, a distance of more than ten kilometers, even if the shell was fast, it would take more than ten seconds to fly in the air, and these ten seconds were enough for the ship to run too far. The computer system can calculate this amount of advance, which is not necessarily particularly accurate, but it can be controlled within a certain range, just a little bit is enough to increase the hit rate.
Northwest understands the aiming system and computer principles at this point, and knows that there is a reason why the hit rate is so amazing during the serpentine maneuver in the later stage. Because of the previous attack, the aiming system has mastered part of the data of the heavy patrol, and there is no need to load these variables, and the hit rate has been significantly improved, even in the case of a serpentine maneuver, at least one hit per round can be averaged.
What concept does this represent, from the beginning, after the first few rounds of firepower tests, the rest, can be relatively accurate to attack the other party, although it is said that the aiming system, for the battleship's firepower improvement for the time being, there is no more accurate number, but the elite level of gunners, it can be seen that the advantages of this aiming system, no special training, as long as the gunner can train to fire shells, the rest, all completed by the command system, so that the difficulty of training gunners has been greatly reduced, The most important thing is to play accurately,
Scheer suppressed the ** in his heart, so he put the training on tomorrow, but for the ordinary navy, this became the only topic of this night, seeing the sighting system powerful, and even those lookouts, personally involved in the measurement, which became their boasting to others, and did not participate in this exercise, they were a little unconvinced, especially those gunners, the German Navy began to exert force from the beginning of the 20th century, and gradually changed from the original continental army to a real navy, It is only through continuous training and improvement that these gunners have reached their current status, and a simple sighting system is so powerful.
In fact, for all the participants, they also know that such a result is quite unbelievable, not they saw it with their own eyes, they will not believe it, and there is such a magical thing in the world, they told their personal experience on the side, looking at the robes and the introduction at a glance, those who did not believe it also became skeptical, especially the sailors of the capital ship, they knew that tomorrow morning, there would be an exercise in which 9 capital ships participated together, and they began to be full of hope for this exercise. What kind of exercise is it, it needs 9 capital ships together, and what kind of magic will that kind of exercise perform?
The officer's cafeteria, Varian sat there a little depressed, he was the captain in charge of the heavy patrol as a target ship, today's exercise made the Northwest sight powerful, but it was his disaster, some colleagues who knew even jokingly said that he was not cooperating with the Northwest sight, which is equivalent to saying that the glory of the Northwest sight was based on his suffering, and some people were even questioning whether he had the qualifications to become the captain of the ship.
These words are a bit excessive, but he can't refute it, fortunately, he will not participate in tomorrow's exercise, he only needs to watch from the side, tomorrow's test is 9 capital ships, even with 12 heavy cruisers and some other ships, a total of more than 20, looking at a few selected captains are elated, saying that in tomorrow's exercise, give the Northwest people a little color, no matter what, the German Royal Navy is second only to the British Navy's powerful fleet, the Northwest, perhaps in the shipbuilding industry, has a unique feature, The super battleships that can be made, such as the Fantasy class and the Orion Change, but in terms of maneuvering the battleship, he is a little far behind.
Varian didn't say much, he thought that everything had been done to everything he could, as the captain of the heavy cruiser of the Scheer fleet, he had this self-confidence, he couldn't say that he was the best of everyone, but he wouldn't be worse than others, he couldn't help it, not to mention that these people, when the time came, would also make them disgraced. (To be continued.) )