Valley Emperor

Off the coast of Malacca Port, the huge Datang Navy Indian Ocean Fleet is densely packed with almost the entire sea because of the large number of battleships. Among the many battleships, many battleships are particularly conspicuous because they are huge and still gathered together.

There are nine battleships in the Indian Ocean Fleet, which are divided into three battleship teams. One of the nine battleships is not the largest battleship Guangdong, but it hangs the flag of the commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, that is, the entire fleet. flagship.

The Guangdong battleship, this battleship is not the largest tonnage among the nearly twenty battleships of the Datang Navy, but the standard tonnage is the Liaoxi. Ton.

The standard displacement of the Guangdong battleship is only 1,400 tons, and the reason why the ship can become the flagship of the Indian Ocean fleet is not because of its tonnage, but because it is a flagship from the very beginning. Designed.

Inside the hull, there are complete various combat conference rooms, cabins for relevant personnel of the headquarters, etc. In addition, the hull of the ship is also different from other battleships, that is, the overall design of the hull of the ship does not adopt and The other battleships are as generous as they are, but they are more inclined to the hull design of cruisers.

This also makes the hull of the ship more slender, faster and more flexible!

In the Datang Navy, battleships and cruisers, frigates, patrol ships and other types of warships are not distinguished by tonnage or firepower, but by combat use.

For different combat purposes, the design of the warships used is naturally completely different, so this also leads to the different levels of warships of the Datang Navy, whether in appearance or interior, the difference is relatively large.

Battleships are used for decisive battles in the fleet, and they attach great importance to their protection capabilities and firepower, especially firepower. Therefore, when designing, they often use a relatively wide hull to strengthen the thickness of the sideboard armor and enhance the protection ability. At the same time, it is generally used. Multi-layer decks to deploy more large-caliber artillery, but some of the speed, flexibility, and even the number of supplies carried are abandoned.

In the case of cruisers, their positioning in the Tang Empire navy is to conduct ocean cruises, flagships of squadrons, and fleets in decisive battles. They are the main battleships of the vanguard fleet, providing reconnaissance and fire support for the main battleship fleet. Task. Therefore, the cruiser design of the Datang Navy often focuses on ocean seaworthiness, which can carry more supplies, and can independently maintain long-term ocean voyages without relying on supply ships or ports. At the same time, it requires high speed and flexibility In contrast, protection and firepower are partially weakened.

As for frigates, the positioning in the Datang Navy is to do everything. This positioning does not mean that frigates are not important. On the contrary, it is very important, because frigates are used by the Datang Navy for daily ocean cruises, The main force of **** and ordinary naval battles, and at the same time in the decisive battle of the fleet, these frigates will also be pulled into the battlefield to form a huge **** fleet to participate in the battle.

Such mission requirements make the number of frigates necessary to be sufficient, and the construction costs, maintenance and use costs are relatively low, and at the same time, seaworthiness, speed, firepower, and protection must be taken into account.

Maybe the performance in all aspects is not too good, but there are basically no obvious shortcomings, and the most important thing is cheap.

Therefore, the Tang Empire Navy was able to build dozens of frigates!

Offshore patrol ships, as the name suggests, are only used for offshore patrols, so their ocean-going navigation capabilities are average, their protection and ability to carry supplies are also relatively poor, but their firepower is relatively strong relative to their tonnage.

The number of such offshore patrol ships is also very large. Basically, such offshore patrol ships can be seen in the coastal waters of the mainland and overseas territories of the Datang Empire, and their tonnage is mostly 150 to 200 tons. However, there are also very few offshore patrol ships with relatively large tonnage, even reaching more than 300 tons. Another feature of such large-tonnage offshore patrol ships is that they generally have strong firepower, and others are not good. Most of them are deployed in important places. The port, which acts as the main defense force of the port.

Each ship type has a different mission and a different design.

The Guangdong battleship is obviously an exception, because this battleship is a new idea tried by the Datang Imperial Navy, that is to make a main battleship possess the firepower of a battleship, and at the same time have the speed and seaworthiness of a cruiser. Sex and endurance, and the protection ability can be appropriately reduced.

And this kind of warship, in the vision of the Datang Navy, this kind of warship will be used as the flagship of the squadron, leading the cruiser to conduct ocean cruises, and in the battle, it will lead the cruiser and frigate fleet to act as the vanguard fleet with powerful firepower. Provide reconnaissance to the fleet and defeat the vanguard of the enemy fleet.

And when necessary, accompany the battleship to participate in the fleet battle. After all, with a tonnage of 1,400 tons, 68 naval guns are placed there. If this kind of firepower does not participate in the fleet battle, it will be a waste.

Under the guidance of this new idea, Canton was built. Because it was originally designed as the flagship of the main squadron, it has a complete command cabin to accommodate the combat personnel of the command.

It is a pity that the high-level strategic vision of the Guangdong Navy has not been reflected!

On the one hand, because of its strong firepower and large hull, this ship is also relatively good for living and living. In addition, it has a complete command cabin, so it was used by the First Fleet as the flagship when it was first commissioned. During combat drills, the commander The officers often used the ship directly as the main battleship, not as the lead ship of the cruiser fleet as it was said and envisaged.

On the other hand, the cost of this ship is a bit high, even higher than that of a battleship of full tonnage!

Especially after the steam engine was installed, it was found that the overall cost of Guangdong, that is, the previous era of sail battleships plus the cost of refitting the steam engine, was higher than that of other battleships.

This is because in order to make this warship gain a higher speed, when refitting the steam engine, the designers of the Naval Ship Administration Department installed a steam unit with a total horsepower of 800 horsepower on the Guangdong ship!

In order to achieve these 800 horsepower, six coal-fired boilers and two specially-made large three-cylinder steam engines were used on the Guangdong ship, which were propelled by double propellers!

This steam power plan is 100 horsepower more powerful than the steam power system on the Jiangnan. In order to improve the strategy of the steam engine, the steam engine on the Guangdong is specially customized, and its steam pressure is higher than that of the ordinary steam engine. The steam pressure on the warship is higher. Of course, although the strategy has been improved, it has a greater impact on the life of the steam engine, requiring frequent maintenance and replacement of key components.

If there are no special needs, it is generally not done. After all, warships are often used, and when performing tasks, they often go out to sea for several months. During this period, there is basically no effective maintenance. The stability requirements of steam engines are extremely high.

Like the Guangdong number, it is easy to have problems.

However, even with this or that defect, the Canton was built, then refitted, and finally served in the First Fleet and served as the flagship of the First Fleet.

Now it is used as the flagship of the Indian Ocean fleet again!

At this time, on the Guangdong, Admiral Chen Pengming, commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, was standing on the observation deck on the main mast, observing the distant Malacca port with the watchman's high-power telescope.

In the port of Malacca, all kinds of ships are densely packed. Among them, there are at least 30 medium and large ships of more than 300 tons. Although most of them are armed merchant ships, it has to be said that , Armed merchant ships these days are actually warships.

The Datang Navy itself also brought a large number of armed merchant ships into the war. Although it is mainly responsible for transportation tasks, it is also a military task.

The same is true of the Portuguese, their large number of armed merchant ships are also warships to some extent!

However, the three most conspicuous battleships and six battleships ranging in tonnage from 500 tons to 1,000 tons!

These nine warships are different from those armed merchant ships. They are all professional warships, and several of them are of the same type as the Datang Navy.

The Portuguese are not stupid~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In the past ten years, they have gradually discovered the benefits of the new type of Datang ship, and building this kind of ship does not require any special technical ability. More A variation of the design concept, the Portuguese who were able to build Clark and Galen were also able to build Tang vessels.

The Portuguese East India Company, which has been active in East Asia for a long time, has built a large number of such Tang-style ships, and its new warships in recent years generally adopt this design.

On the contrary, those battleships with more than 1,000 tons are still the traditional Galen type.

What I have to say is that the strong rise of the Tang Empire has brought too many changes to the world, not only the changes in China, but also the surrounding area and even the whole world.

At least Portugal was deeply influenced by the Tang Empire, the rise of the Tang Empire and emphasis on maritime trade, which made Portugal's East Asia-Europe trade larger, so the profits were more abundant, which also made the Portuguese national strength. , more powerful than the Portuguese in post-time and space.

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