Cangyunli Shipyard has already had the experience and process of two battleship transformations, so this time Bai Shujie only made a request and never asked about this matter again. The question of further tracking the quality and progress is the matter of Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lu Ming.

Because Bai Shujie needs to calm down and carefully consider what kind of combat missions the future naval formation should undertake, that is, to position his own navy.

Locking himself in his office and instructing no one to disturb, Bai Shujie began to carefully recall the real World War II.

According to post-war analysis, the torpedoes of this period belonged to the most unreliable weapon system. Whenever a torpedo attack is used, it is a battle with bayonets. Bai Shujie's own capital is too small, and he is absolutely unwilling to fight to the death with the enemy one-to-one.

If that kind of suicidal attack is adopted, with so many warships in his hands, the whole army will be wiped out in a sea battle, and the road of defeat of the Baiyang Naval Division will be repeated.

Since the hit rate is less than 18%, it is necessary to launch a large number of cluster launches to launch torpedoes to attack enemy ships. However, a threatening torpedo weighs more than a ton to more than three tons.

A destroyer carries 24 torpedoes, which is a weight of 500-700 tons. Together with the launcher, it is already a load capacity of a thousand tons.

For destroyers, it's simply putting the cart before the horse. At least in the current era, the use of destroyers in face-to-face battles should not be considered at all.

According to World War II analysis, 48% of the total number of submarines sunk was from depth charges.

So Bai Shujie decided that this time for the transformation, all the destroyers' torpedo launchers were removed. Increased the number of depth charges from 16 to 36. Save 600 tons of load on the battleship, which is used to ensure speed and range.

Just like the Muyue-class destroyer, it turned out to be a little devil "Type 93 610 torpedo", where is this carrying a weapon to strike at the enemy? It's simply a suicide tool to carry!

That's right, the little devil "Type 93 610 torpedo" is definitely the most powerful torpedo during World War II, but this kind of torpedo is really "do not recognize the owner, and I do not distinguish between friend and foe!" ”

The Type 93 Type 610 torpedo of the little devil is an oxygen torpedo with a diameter of 610 mm, a total length of 9 meters, and a weight of 2,700 kg (2.7 tons). The engine has an output of 600 horsepower, a speed of 50 knots and a range of more than 40 km.

Because of the use of oxygen propulsion, the Type 93 torpedo has a fast speed, long range, and almost undetectable wake, which is regarded as a "sharp weapon for 9-stage combat" by the little devils.

However, the performance of the Type 93 torpedo was very unstable and even had the risk of self-detonation, even if it was hit by an aircraft's 12.7mm machine gun, it would damage the main ship.

The little devil's Furuka-class heavy cruisers and Akizuki-class destroyers were all hit by torpedoes, but they were hopeless at all, and finally died in the sea.

Since the Type 93 torpedo is still a direct-sail torpedo and its ultra-long range, it has proved that it is a great threat to both sides in the melee in actual combat.

Of course, Bai Shujie is not saying that he doesn't want torpedoes, especially the Type 93 torpedoes of the little devils, which must be vigorously developed in the future.

However, Bai Shujie's point of view is that none of the current warships will work.

Even the newcomer Atlanta cruiser, although the displacement of 11500 tons was sufficient, but the speed of 32.5 knots was not enough. The speed of the Somers-class destroyers is good, but the displacement tonnage of 1550 tons is too small.

He is now waiting, waiting for a kind of guy that can be comparable to the little devil "Shimakaze-class" destroyer, with a standard displacement of more than 4,000 tons and a speed of more than 39 knots.

Only 12 launchers were installed on such a big guy, carrying 48 torpedoes. One salvo is 12 3-ton 610mm oxygen torpedoes, which hit the enemy ship with an overwhelming force and send the opponent directly to the bottom of the sea! Then use your speed advantage to escape, looking for a fighter to strike another blow to the enemy.

The new Atlanta cruiser, Bai Shujie's guiding ideology, is to save the load as much as possible, and increase its speed to 38.5 knots, which can be comparable to the latest battleship of the little devil. Otherwise, even if you bring a torpedo, the enemy runs faster than you, and that's waste.

You can't have it both ways.

When the speed of his own warship can't catch up with the new warship of the little devil, and he can't research and produce high-speed steam turbines, he can only use the load saving to achieve speed, and then use the advantage of advanced artillery to compete with the little devil.

Bai Shujie previously ordered the battleship to fire 45 kilometers away, just because he was worried about encountering a Type 63 Type 610 torpedo attack. With a speed of 50 knots, once the battleship is bitten, it is a disaster.

But depth charges are inexpensive, easy to use, and have a high charge filling factor. In addition to anti-submarine warfare, deep bombs also have the purpose of breaking through thunderstorms, opening up shipping lanes, and clearing landing beaches.

The key thing is that a 600 kg (0.6 ton) depth charge, as long as it is thrown near the submarine, even if it does not sink it, must force it out of the water. By that time, either captured or sunk.

To attack submarines, Bai Shujie did not want destroyers and cruisers to attack submarines specifically, but asked warships to use towed sonar to discover submarines, and then dispatch antisubmarine warplanes to drop dozens of depth charges at once.

Therefore, the depth charges that Bai Shujie is now studying are divided into two sizes: one is convenient for covering bombing, and the bomb weighs 400 kilograms, winning by quantity. One is a depth charge for fixed-point bombing, weighing 1,000 kilograms.

The structure of a depth charge is simple, but it is a fuse, a water pressure gauge (depth gauge). Then it is set to detonation at fixed depth, which has no scientific and technological content, which is convenient for mass production. Of course, in order to increase the power, the research on high-explosive gunpowder cannot be relaxed.

After a day of repeated deliberations, Bai Shujie had a clear idea of the structure and combat missions of his navy and air force. Then he came up with his own adjustment opinions and prepared to ask the command for advice.

Air Force Command (Miaofeng Mountain): Commander-in-Chief Zhang Nianzu Air Command Aircraft: Assemble B-17 Heavy Bomb Modification 2 as Air Command Aircraft; Type 96 light bomb modification 2 aircraft.

Feilong Air Force School (Jiangnan Airport): Principal Bai Shujie, Vice Principal Zhang Changming, 627 students in the first phase: opened in July 1935, graduated in June 1938, and became 48 teachers;

The second batch of 319 students: the school started in July 1938 and lasted for one year.

Teaching equipment: 2 BF108/H fighters, 2 Kawasaki 95 fighters, 1 Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft.

Training objectives: pilots, radar officers, communicators, gunners, ground crews, mechanics, etc.

Base Commander-in-Chief: Deputy Commander Luo Dingkun, under the jurisdiction of:

Base Air Defense Command, Base Communications Command, Base Logistics Command.

Attack Commander-in-Chief: Deputy Commander Xu Shijie, under the jurisdiction of:

Air command aircraft: 1 FL37 command aircraft, 1 FL35 command aircraft.

Fighter Brigade: 50 people at Miaofengshan Airport: 24 Feilong short-range high-speed fighters; 50 people at Jiangnan Airport: 24 Flying Tiger medium-range attack aircraft.

Bomber Group: Miaofeng Mountain Light Bomber Squadron: 12 FL36Q aircraft, undertaking tactical bombing missions, including anti-submarine warfare; Jiufengshan Heavy Bomber Squadron: 10 FL38H aircraft, undertaking strategic bombing missions.

Naval Command (Cangyunli Naval Base): Commander Zhang Bingyang; Deputy Commander Ge Yougui;

Flying Dragon Ship School: Principal: Bai Shujie, Vice Principal: Ge Yougui, Director of Education: Colonel Zhuravlesky; Chief of Training: Lieutenant Colonel Belyakovich Training Officer: 51 soldiers of the former Soviet Navy, all promoted to captainTraining equipment: shallow water heavy gunboats No. 101, No. 102, No. 103 (Qinren class), counterpart training fleet: the first phase of the third escort formation, the estimated enrollment of 1,600 people, opened on September 18, 1938, the school period is nine months (three months in school, half a year of internship on the ship. Training objects: 1. Advanced class: chief navigator, chief of observation and communication, chief gunner, chief engineer, chief signal, chief radar; 2. Intermediate class: navigators, observers, engineers, signalmen, radar officers, gunners, first escort formation: mainly responsible for foreign combat missions, Wyvern No. 201 cruiser (Atlanta class): flagship Wyvern No. 301, No. 302 destroyers (Somers class) Second Escort Formation: Mainly responsible for foreign combat missions, Wyvern No. 202 cruiser (Atlanta class): flagship Wyvern No. 303, No. 304 destroyers (Somes class) Third Escort Formation: as a base defense, Training Trainee Mission: Cruiser Wyvern No. 203 (Tenryu class): Flagship Wyvern No. 305 and No. 306 destroyers (Somers class) First Destroyer Formation: Patrol mission in peacetime, Fleet Forward Wyvern No. 307 Destroyer (Chunfeng): Flagship Wyvern No. 307 and No. 308 Destroyers (Muyue class) "Why is there no Army Command?" Zhao Jinxi looked at the compilation table, and immediately became unhappy: "I should get an army headquarters, can't I be the commander?" ”

Gan Tong was reluctant: "Why must you be the commander, can't I be the commander of the army headquarters?" ”

"Okay, okay, you can do it!" Bai Shujie didn't want to be involved in the war between the two women: "I will be in charge of the air force and navy, and you two will deal with the army!" Deputy Chief of General Staff Lu Ming will work hard and take care of the logistics! ”

Xiao Lamei appeared just right every time, solving Bai Shujie's problem of calming down the two women: "Report: Wang Xinlan sent a telegram from Switzerland!" ”

Bai Shujie smiled and said, "Read it and listen to it!" ”

"60 million yuan of funds transferred from the United States have been received, and three accounts have been opened in Zurich, namely the fund reserve account, the international trust account, and the commercial trade account."

"Because there is no core technology such as electronic communications, the construction of three warships has been negotiated with the British side, including the order of one aircraft carrier, 16.75 million US dollars; two battlecruisers at $18.79 million each; A total of $54.33 million. ”

"In order to complete this deal as much as possible, the British side hopes that we will be able to accept the aircraft carriers, or battleships, that are currently under construction. After our on-site investigation, the aircraft carrier Guanghui-class under construction, with an original design displacement of 23,000 tons, can modify the design scheme according to our requirements and adjust it to 25,000 tons, with a maximum displacement of 36,500 tons. ”

"The battleships under construction started last year, and all the technical parameters are basically the same as our quotation, called the Prince of Wales class. At present, 2 aircraft carriers and 3 battleships have been launched, and if we have no opinion, they will be able to be delivered by the end of September this year. ”

Bai Shujie smiled slightly: "The Prince of Wales-class battleship is designed to have a speed of only 29 knots, which is far from meeting our needs. If they can adjust to 10 boilers, 6 steam turbines, and increase the speed to 37 knots, I will do it. Anti-torpedo armor had to be laid in its entirety, the battleship's main gun caliber 406mm, quadruple turrets. ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.