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Chapter 0279 Commander-in-Chief and Deputy Commander

After this type of battleship was returned to service, it once formed four maritime assault groups with the battleship as the core, which independently carried out tasks such as maritime operations, supporting landings and attacking shore targets, or coordinated operations with aircraft carrier formations. Two of them participated in the war in 4. They played an important role by attacking targets with "Tomahawk" cruise missiles and bombarding positions with 2 mm artillery.

However, by 1992, the last four "Iowa" class battleships were all retired, marking the complete end of the battleship class.

The last scene where humans saw battleships appear in film history was "Super Fleet".

So the question is, why did Zhou Wenwen think of building a battleship?

To answer this point, we have to look at the characteristics of the battleship.

The first point is drainage.

As the main battleship at the core of the entire fleet, the battleship's hull was the largest tonnage among battleships of the same period. It relied on its huge hull to have good seaworthiness and excellent anti-sinking capabilities.

And to tell a joke, after World War II, except for aircraft carriers, the displacement of all ships did not exceed that of battleships.

The second point is the caliber of the main gun.

The main weapon of a battleship is various types of artillery, which it uses to attack enemy targets.

Battleships in the age of sail had multiple artillery decks, with a large number of forward-loading cannons arranged on the sides to focus on attacking enemies on the side.

In order to lower the ship's center of gravity to avoid capsizing, sail battleships with multi-layer gun decks generally place heavy artillery on the bottom and light artillery on top.

With the development of artillery technology, breech-loading cannons were installed on ironclad battleships.

Therefore, relying on the ship's strong load-carrying capacity, the battleship can carry large-caliber heavy artillery.

Relying on strong ships and powerful guns, battleships can destroy any enemy they encounter.

As ship design matured, battleship weapons began to become diversified and specialized.

In order to destroy the enemy's capital ships, battleships are equipped with several large-caliber main guns, some of which are mounted on the sides or in turrets. Its caliber is usually more than 200 millimeters, and it fires kinetic energy armor-piercing projectiles, high-explosive projectiles and other artillery shells. It can effectively damage targets such as enemy ships or ground facilities.

Taking the Iowa-class battleship as an example, the shells fired by each triple-mounted 406mm main gun can destroy a football field the size of a Division I football league.

This is difficult for missiles to do, especially when compared to the high price of missiles, the cheapness and power of artillery shells will be even more advantageous.

However, after missiles developed in the direction of precision guidance, the low hit rate of artillery shells became a fatal problem for artillery.

This problem has also indirectly affected battleships, forcing them to undergo modern modifications and have radars that can accurately locate and improve hit rates.

After the emergence of guided artillery shells and extended-range technology and the maturity of the technology, there seems to be a glimmer of hope for the battleship to return to action.

In addition to the main guns, in order to deal with incoming small ships, battleships are generally equipped with secondary batteries of various calibers. These secondary guns will be more numerous than the main guns, have a faster rate of fire, and are more flexible. It can effectively counter attacks by small ships such as torpedo boats.

After the emergence of torpedoes, some battleships were equipped with torpedo launch tubes. However, as the combat distance of battleships increased, from 1 kilometer to 10 kilometers away, the torpedo launch tubes of battleships became useless and were gradually abandoned.

After aircraft appeared on the battlefield, in order to deal with increasingly powerful air threats, battleships also began to be equipped with air defense weapons, including anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-aircraft rockets.

Some battleships are even equipped with heavy high-level dual-purpose guns with a caliber of hundreds of millimeters.

The third point is armor protection.

In order to protect the vital points from being easily destroyed by enemy attacks, battleships are generally equipped with heavy armor protection.

With the development of naval guns, the armor used to resist enemy naval guns has become thicker. Some modern battleships are even equipped with tens of thousands of tons of armor, with the thickest point exceeding half a meter.

Generally, the most heavily defended locations on a battleship are the command tower, ammunition depot, turret, and power plant. The defensive armor at these locations is thicker.

Because the ammunition depot and turret will cause explosions if hit, causing huge damage to the battleship, and there is no need to say more about the devices of the command tower and power plant.

The armor defense of secondary parts, such as the bow, stern, or superstructure, is much weaker.

In order to defend against torpedoes, modern battleships will also install mine-proof bulges and compartments above and below the waterline, relying on the extra space to weaken the damage to the hull caused by torpedoes.

So now the answer is, why did Zhou Wenwen think of building a battleship?

Answer, Zhou Wenwen values ​​​​the characteristics of the battleship, such as displacement, main gun caliber, and armor protection, rather than the battleship itself.

If he valued the battleship itself, he would not choose to build a battleship.

Not to mention that these two conventional battleship fleet combat groups and two conventional aircraft carrier fleet support groups include fleets such as aircraft carriers, guided missile destroyers, Aegis air defense ships, armored defense ships, and amphibious reconnaissance ships.

So the question arises, why does Zhou Wenwen do this.

The answer is actually very simple. In the battle in the previous world, Zhou Wenwen discovered that whether it was some missiles he carried or missiles carried by Transformers.

Or maybe he installed the missiles on the vehicle and modified the launch vehicle, but the missiles launched were a bit flat.

On the contrary, the artillery in the hands of the Transformers showed great power in the battle and saved Zhou Wenwen the trouble of taking action.

However, Transformers are limited by their body weight. In battle, ammunition for live ammunition weapons such as artillery, rockets, and machine guns is limited.

So when the Transformers proposed building a launch station, Zhou Wenwen immediately thought of battleships (battleships had not yet been thought of at the time) and asked the Transformers about the feasibility of the plan.

However, the Transformers gave two answers.

The first answer is that it is not necessary. There are too many repetitive functions. It is better to build a missile launch vehicle to launch supersonic missiles.

The second answer is that it can be built, and if the Transformers can't come, the battleship can still top it.

Based on this situation, Zhou Wenwen chose the second answer. He began to acquire and build shipyards and steel plants everywhere, and designed many battleships with Transformers and human battleship designers, and the execution was finally supervised by Transformers.

As a viewing spot, Palm Beach may be the best place. As a battle venue, Palm Beach is undoubtedly the worst place. There is not even a sniper position that allows Transformers to use the commanding heights.

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