blenderwars #313 - Persuasion and the New Ship Development Program
#313 - Persuasion and the New Ship Development Program
After the tour, Ren Zhong didn't leave. Instead, he called Li Changxing and Liu Deming to the captain's cabin.
"Old Brother Li, here's what I'm thinking. The fleet naturally needs training to form combat effectiveness, so training work cannot be stopped or abandoned. In addition, the scientific research work, as Old Brother Li knows, should be our top priority. We can't buy a powerful navy!" Ren Zhong said.
"Don't think that Rogue Eagle sold us two destroyers with decent performance. But you should all be clear that these two destroyers are not even considered secondary main force for Rogue Eagle. In their navy, not to mention aircraft carriers, battleships, light and heavy cruisers, there are still more than a hundred Fletcher-class destroyers. That's why they happily sold us two at a high price.
Because with these two ships, we can't threaten their maritime hegemony at all. They are happy to recover a new batch of funds to build their new warships!"
"After so many years of construction, our army is already a world power, capable of sweeping the elite Kwantung Army of the little devils. There is no doubt that this is the strongest of our three services. Secondly, in terms of the air force, we now have P51D Mustang fighters, which are also first-class fighters at the moment, and can also sweep the Zero fighters of the little devils. Even against the German fighters in Europe, they are not weak. Of course, technology is advancing very fast, and maybe in two years, this fighter will be outdated. We are not lying down and not evolving."
"Only in terms of the navy, we are indeed currently blank. Although the Fletcher-class destroyer is considered a first-class destroyer now, it cannot form a fleet with just two ships alone, let alone compete for maritime dominance. Therefore, in this regard, Old Brother Li, don't worry, and don't stare at these two destroyers as if they are treasures."
"In my opinion, these are just two training ships. Old Brother Li, use them to train personnel. A century of navy is not a joke. Hundreds of skilled workers are needed for different positions on the ship. Now we must be far behind in this regard. It just so happens that we have these two ships. You don't have to be stingy. Conduct training according to the configuration of one position and three people. I hope that within two years, Old Brother Li will train at least 4 teams of operators for powerful new ships."
The standard displacement of a battleship is at least greater than 10,000 tons, and the larger ones, like the little devil's Yamato, have a displacement of 65,000 tons! The size is even bigger than an aircraft carrier!
And the caliber of the naval guns is at least 203 mm. The same is true for the Yamato battleship. This prodigal thing is equipped with three triple-mounted 94-type 45-caliber 460 mm naval guns, a total of 9 giant guns!
If a shell hits a warship like the Fletcher destroyer, it will almost certainly die.
Ren Zhong said that he wanted to use destroyers to fight battleships. How to fight? Li Changxing couldn't imagine it at all, but Ren Zhong is now like a god, and what he said is absolutely impossible to be nonsense, so Li Changxing didn't dare to refute it at all.
"Mr. Ren, are you saying that our anti-ship missile system will be so powerful that it can sink battleships?" Professor Liu Deming next to him had seen the system design of the Jianghai-class and knew that in terms of weapon systems, the Jianghai-class had completely abandoned the current concept of giant guns.
"That's right, our future naval warfare will begin in a completely new way, and anti-ship missiles are our most important combat weapon in the future." Ren Zhong nodded and popularized it to Li Changxing, who looked confused.
"Our first anti-ship missile, if nothing else, will have a range of 40 kilometers. It is equipped with an autonomous guidance system, including a radar or infrared seeker (GSN), an autopilot, and a barometric altimeter or radio altimeter, which can control the flight altitude between 100-200 meters above the water surface.
The warhead will be loaded with more than 400 kilograms of high explosives. For warships of this level with a displacement of about 3,000 tons, one hit will destroy it. Even a battleship can't withstand a few hits before it explodes."
400 kilograms of high explosives?!
When Li Changxing heard this data, he couldn't help but open his mouth and couldn't say a word. This was the first time he had heard that a "shell" could be so big!
You must know that the MK8 406mm naval gun's heavy armor-piercing projectile used on the Rogue Eagle Colorado-class battleship, because it needs to be equipped with an armor-piercing cap and a solid armor-piercing warhead, although the total weight reaches 1225kg, the amount of explosive inside is only 18.55 kg, accounting for only 1.5% of the total weight. Compared with the "shell" that Ren Zhong said, it is completely two concepts.
Even a 406mm high-explosive shell only has about 70 kilograms of explosives.
After a long daze, Li Changxing came back to his senses and said with some emotion:
"This amount of explosives is comparable to a torpedo."
"That's right, anti-ship missiles are essentially flying torpedoes, the only difference being that the range of current torpedoes cannot exceed 10 kilometers, while our anti-ship missiles can hit targets 40 kilometers away."
Ren Zhong nodded.
The 40-kilometer range target for the anti-ship missile was not arbitrarily decided, but rather proposed after calculating the range of the strongest naval guns of the time. The maximum range of the MK8 406mm naval guns used on the Colorado-class battleships was 42 kilometers, but at that distance, the probability of hitting was even lower than a roulette game.
"Our new Jianghai-class destroyer will have 2 anti-ship missile launchers (with 40 missiles in reserve), 2 anti-submarine torpedo launchers, 2 127mm dual-purpose naval guns, one quadruple-mounted 28mm anti-aircraft gun, and 4 20mm anti-aircraft machine guns."
"Good heavens, Ren, your work is truly beyond our reach, something we wouldn't even dare to imagine. Enough said, whatever you say, Ren, we'll do it!" Li Changxing quickly understood. In this regard, he chose to trust Ren Zhong. For everything else, it all boils down to one word: do it!
Ren Zhong smiled. Since he was dealing with a sensible person, cooperation would be much easier.
He was most afraid of encountering someone who couldn't understand the situation. If that were the case, Ren Zhong wouldn't indulge them. Replacing someone wouldn't be a big deal for him.
Everyone happily achieved their goals and went their separate ways.
In Ren Zhong's development plan, although the Jianghai-class destroyer was based on the Adams-class destroyer, air defense missiles couldn't be relied on at the moment. Its main role was still anti-ship, and anti-submarine capabilities were still very weak.
However, the next-generation Luhai-class destroyer would be an all-rounder with anti-ship missiles, air defense missiles, and anti-submarine missiles all in place.
Therefore, 30 Jianghai-class destroyers would be produced for emergency use, while the Luhai-class destroyer would be the mainstay for the next two decades, with a production target of at least 40 ships or more.
It seems like a large number, but when divided among the North Sea, East Sea, and South Sea Fleets, each fleet would only have 20 or so ships, which is not enough.
Next, Ren Zhong would also have to plan the development of a new type of large destroyer with a standard displacement of 6,000 tons and a full-load displacement of 8,000 tons, at least approaching the level of the Spruance-class destroyer, becoming an all-around destroyer with strong anti-submarine, anti-ship, land attack, and air defense capabilities. But that would be the goal for the next decade.
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For at least the next ten years or so, development would focus on the Jianghai-class and Luhai-class destroyers.
In addition, submarines also needed to be included in the plan. The good news was that Ren Zhong had already gained an advantage in the battery part of the submarine, but the research on the power part, AIP technology, was progressing slowly. What Ren Zhong wanted was Stirling power, to avoid the huge drawback of submarines having to surface after a short time.
To achieve the true one-hit kill, stealth assassin function of submarines.
According to Ren Zhong's plan, the first submarine was selected to be developed based on the Rogue Eagle's Tench Class submarine.
The Tench class has the same basic parameters as the Balao class, with a length of 95 meters, a width of 8.32 meters, a draft of 5 meters, a surface displacement of 1,501 tons, and a submerged displacement of 2,375 tons. The power plant consists of 4 General Electric 16-278A V16 diesel engines with 5,400 horsepower, and 2 126-cell batteries driving 4 General Electric high-speed electric motors with 2,740 horsepower. The surface speed is 20.25 knots, the underwater speed is 16.2 knots. The range reaches 11,000 nautical miles, the crew is 60 people, the diving depth is 120 meters, it can stay underwater for two days without ventilation, and the endurance reaches 75 days. The weapons and equipment include 10 533mm torpedo tubes (6 forward and 4 aft) with 24 torpedoes in reserve; 1 5-inch deck gun, 1 40mm gun, 2 20mm guns, and 2 .50 caliber machine guns.
However, in terms of weapons, Ren Zhong did not intend to have so many deck weapons, leaving 1 20mm dual-purpose anti-aircraft gun and 1 12.7mm heavy machine gun, enough for surface anti-piracy purposes. It was impossible to use submarines to fight surface gun battles. In addition, so many torpedo tubes were not needed, leaving two forward and aft torpedo tubes, and the reserve ammunition could be increased to 30 rounds.
Relying on the excellent battery system and AIP technology, at least in the next 10 years or so, before nuclear submarines are realized, it will be a true underwater killer. For conventional submarines, Ren Zhong does not intend to develop more. After this transitional conventional submarine, he will directly enter the nuclear submarine era!
After all, the starting point of Professor Wu's team is already very high. After realizing the peaceful bomb, they will complete the construction of a miniaturized power generation facility in terms of pressurized water reactors. The future nuclear submarines will use this as power. With Ren Zhong's transportation from the main world, even if the core technology cannot be obtained now, there are so many public papers and picture materials for reference. Compared with the Rogue Eagle team that is groping forward completely in the dark, Professor Wu's team has already occupied the high ground of research and development.
As for aircraft carriers?
No, not now, there is really none. This kind of gold-swallowing beast cannot grow such a high-end cluster on the current basis. You have to eat one bite at a time. Put that thing twenty years later.
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