"Before the start of the war, we are the weakest Tier T, the 7 battleships of the main fleet and the corresponding auxiliary warships are not fully engaged in the decisive battle at sea, we need to cover the army and marines to attack Kalimantan Island, and establish a strong stronghold and landing ground on Kalimantan Island so that the follow-up supplies and troops can continue to arrive. Since the Dutch garrison in Kalimantan was very limited, we did not have much pressure on our sea transportation, and it was expected that within 2 months, we would be able to complete the transportation tasks required for the entire land battle. Subsequently, the main fleet will be freed up to launch an attack on the combined Russian-Dutch fleet. "In a conference room in Kaohsiung Harbor, the largest operational meeting of the Chinese Navy since the Sino-Russian War was held here, and almost all the senior generals of the Chinese Navy participated in the meeting, and this meeting will determine the outcome of the Southern Naval War!

"In the first two months, although our main fleet could not be fully engaged in the war, it did not mean that the navy could stay in the port without doing anything, and we still needed to take the initiative to weaken the strength of the Russian fleet! Especially the strength of the fast fleet. So now I will introduce the information on the fast warships that the Russian Navy can put into the front line. I hope that everyone can make a correct judgment on the enemy situation......... Yang Yonglin took the microphone...... Then the service staff put the enlarged pictures on the whiteboard

"The Russian-Dutch combined fleet has a total of 4 fast battleships, namely the Peter the Great-class fast battleships Peter the Great and Catherine of the Russian Navy, these two battleships are actually the fast versions of the Borodino-class battleships, the hull is elongated, and the main guns are reduced, and part of the protection is weakened in exchange for 22 knots of high-altitude Nt-the other two kafast #bbarlan Navy's seven-provincial fast battleships, namely the Seven Provinces and Amsterdam. Armed with the Rh-main guns developed by the French Navy, and with the steam turbines and heavy oil boilers of the British, they would be good in every respect, and in terms of combat effectiveness they were on par with the battlecruisers we ordered in the British. In terms of speed, the battle patrol has a certain advantage, but in terms of protection. Our battlecruisers had certain disadvantages. ”

"In addition to these 4 dreadnought-type fast battleships, the Russians and the Dutch updated their armored cruiser formations. The Russians have 4 ships, of which the more powerful first class is the Rurik class. Yang Yonglin just said this, there were bursts of laughter below, the Huaxia Navy is really related to Rurik, the first generation of Rurik-class armored cruisers participated in the two conflicts between the two countries and was finally sunk in the sea, what? Now that Lao Tzu is finished, his son will continue to go? The Russians have come up with another Rurik II generation?. …。

"Be quiet." Yang Yonglin also couldn't help but smile and said: "This generation of Rurik is much stronger than the original Rurik, there are two warships of this class, namely Rurik and Valyan, equipped with 8 KO-inch 50L main guns, and as many as 16 120MM guns. The main armor belt is 6 inches thick, and there is dome armor behind it, and the speed is more than 22 knots. It is two large ships with a displacement of up to 17,000 tons. As soon as Yang Yonglin finished speaking, before he could continue, he saw that Xu Jie, who was on the side of the presidium, also covered his face and snickered, which made Yang Yonglin completely uneasy. Ordinary officers smile and forget it, you said that you, a prime minister and defense minister, are also covering your mouth here, what is the matter?

In fact, this is Yang Yonglin does not know how sad the name Varyag is on Xu Jie's plane, in the Russo-Japanese War @ a tonnage protection cruiser named Varyag was sunk by the Japanese Navy in the engagement in the Korean Sea, but then it was salvaged by the Japanese and named the Soya as a seafarer training ship. In 1916, the Russian Navy ransomed the old cruiser and decided to sail to Europe, but soon after arriving in Europe, the October Revolution broke out in Russia, and the cruiser became a nascent Red Navy warship, but it was not long before it was captured by the British intervention forces and pulled to Britain as a miscellaneous ship. In the end, the battleship did not die well, and sank in 1920 due to an accident. This warship, which once served in the four governments of the navies of the three countries, finally put an end to itself! …………。

Of course, this battleship called Varyag is not the most famous, the most famous is the large aircraft carrier Kuznetsov No. 2 built in the former Soviet era, this unfinished aircraft carrier was finally bought back by the Chinese government for scrap iron and pulled to the port of Dalian to continue construction, and became the first regular aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy! I wonder what would happen if one day the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier ran into a Chinese ship of the same class at sea, and the Russians on it would sigh at the impermanence of the world? Buy the hull of a large aircraft carrier for 10,000 dollars, where to find such a good thing?

For Xu Jie's plane, is there a warship named Varyag in the Russian Navy? The answer is yes! The third ship of the Glorious-class missile cruiser built by the former Soviet Union was originally called the Red Ukraine, and after the Russians lost the Varyag aircraft carrier, the Russian Navy renamed the missile cruiser the Varyag! It's a name that's really enduring, I don't know if this missile cruiser will end well after changing its name!

"Alright...... Everyone has laughed enough, let's continue, in addition to these two big guys, the Russians also got two shrunken versions of armored cruisers, both in terms of protection and tonnage, and the main guns are only 6 10-inch 50L guns. If we talk about combat effectiveness, we can see that the defeat is the Russian version of high-speed PISA-type armored foreign ships. Of course, the combat effectiveness of the new ships is still somewhat higher than that of the old ones. The two battleships were named Bayan and Crimea......... respectively. After Yang Yonglin finished speaking, he took out two new pictures and put them on the whiteboard.

"Two armored cruisers of the Dutch Navy that deserve our attention the most. They have the same firepower as the Rurik, but they are very good in terms of protection, with 9 inches of main armor and 4 inches of upper armor. The thickness of this armor is already quite good, and there is also dome armor. The protective area is also relatively large, and it is said that it is not inferior to the Russian fast battleships. We can totally treat it as a capital ship. Of course, the firepower is much worse. The two armored cruisers were Rotterdam and Sealand. Yang Yonglin finally introduced all 4 fast dreadnoughts and 6 cruisers of the Russian-Dutch fleet. (Note: The author was negligent in treating the Amsterdam as a mounted cruiser in chapter 582, which is hereby corrected, and the second ship of the Dutch Navy armored cruiser is called Sealand.) I'm sorry-

"And what about our fast fleet? The core strength is 5 new dreadnought battleships, including 2 dreadnought battlecruisers and 3 dreadnought fast battleships, in terms of the number of large-caliber guns, we have an overwhelming advantage, but if you count the projection, we are now at an absolute disadvantage, the new 10-inch 50L main gun has a rate of fire of up to 2 to 3 rounds per minute. And it is said that they bought new fire control equipment from the French, and the effective range may reach more than M, so we are at a disadvantage. Yang Yonglin said as he hung up a huge large-scale nautical chart, and at the same time put on the map a model of a warship that could be used by the @qb navy, representing the combined Russian-Dutch fleet. In order to understand the situation of both sides more intuitively..........

"The 5 battleships of the armored cruiser formation are seriously aging. Although we replaced some of the steam engines and boilers, as well as the piping, the constraints on the hull made it difficult for these ships to reach the preset battlefield at high speeds. At this time, Lin Tai once replaced Yang Yonglin on the podium, and when Liu Buyun was in charge of receiving the ship, Lin Tai took care of the old Chinese navy, which also made a reason and evaluation of the former treasure of the town, the armored cruiser formation.

"Even if we get a forward base in the Philippines, from Renault or Zamboanga, the crossing of the Siripas Sea and the Makassar Strait is just entering the battlefield, and this distance is already thousands of kilometers, plus the fuel needed to operate in the Java Sea, each armored cruiser needs at least 1 CCC ton of coal to be guaranteed. And it must also be at low speeds, and if it is at high speeds, fuel consumption will increase exponentially. Lin Taizeng said worriedly. …。

"And we need to add that a long engagement also requires carrying enough ammunition, fresh water and food, and whether it is a Garibaldi-class or PISA-class armored cruiser, the space is very limited・After the most basic coal is burned with food and ammunition, the battleship will definitely be overloaded, which will make the armored cruiser, which already has no advantage in speed, even slower, and the height of the main armor belt above the water will definitely not exceed 1 meter, in this case, The protection of our armored cruisers was directly reduced from the standard of heavy cruisers to the standards of light cruisers, and this is not counting the loss of stability and buoyancy. Lin Yingqi then added. The situation when the Chinese Navy laughed at the Russians for all kinds of overloading finally happened to them...... It's really uncomfortable! …。

"More importantly, the performance is a problem, the King-class should be more powerful than the Bayan-type armored cruiser on paper, and at the same time, it should be able to penetrate the 6-inch main armor and the rear armor of the Rurik Type 2 armored cruiser at a close distance, but the number of guns is too small, even if it is more fire control, I am afraid that in actual combat at a long distance against the Russian Rurik 2 armored cruiser, it will also have the upper hand. More importantly. We only have 1 King-class armored cruiser now, and the remaining PISA-type armored cruisers can't be replaced with larger main guns, plus the old problem・Fighting the Russian Bayan-class armored cruisers is at a disadvantage, as for the Garibaldi-class? I don't have much hope anymore. Cheng Biguang said helplessly.

All in all, in the eyes of the three Chinese naval officers, the armored cruiser formation of the Chinese Navy is outdated, and the overall strength is at a disadvantage, not to mention that it is inferior to the most advanced Rotterdam-class armored cruisers of the Dutch, even with the Russians. This is still on paper, and how to send these warships to the battlefield is a big problem in itself! Entering the battlefield of the principle base in the case of overload is not something that the Chinese Navy wants to see. Once the battle is damaged, I am afraid that these warships that have made great contributions to China will never be able to go back! Even if they are not sunk, the long voyage will eventually crush these wounded battleships, and don't forget, the Russians have enough firepower this time! …。

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