"I looked through the navy's information and found that there are two types of old minesweepers and minelayers that are about to be retired." Zhou Changfeng opened a book next to him, pointed to one of the pages and said: "Change one Changing it will just allow them to use their remaining energy."
The firepower configurations of the two types of fire support ships he conceived were naval guns and rocket launchers, with the former used for direct aim support and the latter for indirect aim support.
"You are very thoughtful and know how to save money and effort." Yan Chenwu's tone was very calm.
"This is not called 'saving', this should be called 'not wasting'."
"I think your idea is good enough to build a new type of specialized support ship."
Zhou Changfeng smiled and then said seriously: "The total war is about how to maximize and more efficiently coordinate the use of resources. We are not as wealthy as the United States. They have many more shipyards than us. Instead of starting to build new things, it is better to build more Build some frigates to escort the transport ships."
The displacement of a frigate or escort destroyer is not large, usually about a thousand tons, and a landing fire support ship is about the same, but the latter is essentially a "gun and rocket launcher carrier", so building a new one seems to be a waste of production capacity. .
The "frigate" mentioned by Zhou Changfeng aroused Yan Chenwu's interest, and he asked with great interest: "What do you call a frigate? A ship whose main task is to escort?"
Aha?
His question made Zhou Changfeng stunned for a moment, and then he realized that there was no such thing as a frigate these days.
"Yes, a thousand-ton warship dedicated to escort and anti-submarine warfare."
During the European War, due to the threat of "unrestricted submarine warfare", the Americans realized the need for a professional fleet escort ship, so they designed an American anti-submarine gunboat; then on the eve of the war, a Navy lieutenant The colonel submitted a report recommending the construction of an intermediate ship "between a submarine hunter and a large destroyer", which attracted great attention from the Navy.
Although the Ming Navy pays close attention to the threat of submarines and has a large number of submarine hunters, it is still in a state of debate on whether to build kiloton-class auxiliary ships.
The party in favor believes that it is indeed necessary to build a specialized anti-submarine auxiliary ship, which can greatly improve the safety of one's own transport fleet; the party opposed to it believes that this thing is neither high nor low, and cannot be compared to hunting submarines in terms of cheapness and efficiency. Destroyer, can't row.
"There is definitely a need for an 'escort destroyer'. Submarine hunting boats are small in tonnage. A thing of several hundred tons is not suitable for ocean navigation. And a destroyer of nearly two thousand tons is a bit wasteful for escort missions, so a thousand-ton class one is not suitable for ocean navigation." The ship is specially designed to do this, otherwise it will definitely be messed up by enemy submarines." Zhou Changfeng said.
He and Yan Chenwu discussed this for a while, and it took about two cups of tea before it was over.
To be honest, Zhou Changfeng felt that although Yan Chenwu had good military qualities, he didn't like to get close to others. Although he doesn't appear to be condescending on the surface, you can feel the occasional arrogance in his speech and behavior with a little contact.
It would be very uncomfortable to work with such a person, but fortunately he was not in the same company as me.
After Yan Chenwu left, Zhou Changfeng continued to improve and refine his draft.
It can be said that the essence of the landing fire support ship lies in the large number of rocket launchers it carries - pouring a large amount of firepower on the beachhead target in a short period of time to achieve complete suppression, and rocket launchers are one of the few weapons that can achieve this effect.
When it comes to the use of multiple rocket launchers, I am afraid that there is no other army that prefers it and has a longer history of using it than the Ming Army.
A swarm of bees, a hundred tigers running together, etc. can be regarded as the ancient prototype of modern multiple rocket launchers. Qi Jiguang spoke highly of rockets - "Rockets are also powerful weapons on land and water, and their effectiveness is not inferior to that of cannons."
During the Longqing period, in view of the insufficient power of traditional paper-tube rockets, the Fujian and Guangdong naval forces proposed to use iron-tube rockets in the future, but this was not promoted.
The Emperor Shizu of the Later Ming Dynasty went further in this regard. His troops not only used iron-tube rockets on a large scale, but also mass-produced more powerful nitrate-sugar gunpowder. Due to its appearance, people called it "grey rocket". medicine".
This is the so-called "one sulfur, two nitrates, three charcoal, plus a spoonful of sugar".
However, because it requires expensive white sugar, it is usually only used when fighting the Manchu and Han Eight Banners. Ordinary green camp cannon fodder is not qualified to be exploded by this thing.
To this day, the Ming Army is still accustomed to using rocket launchers, and its research and development work has been at the forefront of the world. As early as more than 20 years ago, the Ordnance Bureau issued the task of developing modern rocket launchers, committed to making the ancient "swarm of bees" Return to the battlefield in a brand new way with "Hundred Tigers Running Together".
Today's results are naturally fruitful. The Ordnance Bureau has dozens or hundreds of different rocket launcher samples and plans, large and small, and many of them are also equipped in the army.
However, Zhou Changfeng also noticed that the current Ming army seems to prefer heavy multiple rocket launchers? For example, the Type 35 144mm seven-unit rocket launcher and the Type 32 192mm three-unit rocket launcher. The former has a bomb weight of 31kg, and the latter has a bullet weight of 78kg.
In terms of power, it is indeed powerful. A single salvo of a six-gun Type 35 rocket launcher can pour 42 rockets equivalent to six-inch shells onto the target in a few seconds. It is extremely ferocious, but it is obvious that It's that it's bulkier.
Zhou Changfeng plans to submit a letter in the future to propose a lightweight rocket launcher similar to the "107 Fire" - the weight of the rocket is about 18 kilograms. If it is too heavy, it will be inconvenient to deploy and use flexibly.
In particular, the terrain conditions in the Ming army's expected combat areas are relatively complex, so being light and easy to use is the way to go.
As night falls, the starry sky shines brightly, and the lights of thousands of houses are no longer as bright as they were a few decades ago, unable to make the starry sky look dim.
Yan Chenwu had just changed his shoes when he returned to his residence. His wife was about to pour him tea, but the phone was already ringing.
He quickly stepped forward to answer the call, and a vigorous voice came from it, "The day before yesterday, you asked me why the chief officer of the regiment chose that young man in the end. I can see you today. What do you think? Are you qualified?"
This is Yan Zhong, the rear admiral of the First Battle Fleet of the Eastern Fleet, and Yan Chenwu is his nephew.
Even to his elders, Yan Chenwu still behaved arrogantly, "Uncle, my nephew thinks it's okay."
"It's rare for comments like this to come out of your mouth." From the voice, you can feel that the person on the other end of the phone is laughing and teasing.
"Uncle, today is just our first meeting. It will take some time before we can meet the real chapter."
"He has more experience than you, so we can't not communicate with him just to save face."
Yan Chenwu said reluctantly: "My nephew knows."
"Then I won't go into details. You just know it yourself."
Yan Zhong was also a little helpless towards his nephew, who was very ambitious and had almost never encountered setbacks since he was a child - how could a proud and arrogant person command an army?
It just so happened that Cheng Yaojin showed up halfway this time, so he would just go with the flow and hope that Zhou Changfeng could live up to his reputation and overpower his nephew, tempering his arrogance, so that he could become a qualified general.
(End of chapter)
