Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 313 Persuasion and New Battleship Development Plan
After the visit, Ren Zhong did not leave, but called Li Changxing and Liu Deming to the captain's room.

"Brother Li, this is what I think about this matter. As for the fleet, training is naturally needed to form combat effectiveness, so the training work cannot be stopped or abandoned. In addition, I believe Brother Li also knows that scientific research work should be our top priority. We can't buy a strong navy!" Ren Zhong said.

“Although Rogue Eagle sold us two destroyers, which have good performance, you should all know that these two destroyers are not even secondary main forces for Rogue Eagle. In their navy, there are more than a hundred Fletcher-class ships, not to mention aircraft carriers, battleships, light and heavy cruisers, which are more powerful warships. That’s why they readily sold us two ships at a high price.

Because with these two ships, we can't threaten their position as the overlord of the sea at all, so we are happy to recover a new batch of funds and build new warships for them!"

"After so many years of construction, our land forces have become a world-class force that can sweep away the Japanese so-called elite Kwantung Army. There is no doubt that this is the strongest of our three armies. Secondly, in the air force, we now have the P51D Mustang fighter, which is also a first-class fighter at present. It can also sweep away the Japanese Zero fighters. Even in Europe, it is not weak against the German III fighters. Of course, technology is advancing very fast now. Maybe in less than two years, this fighter will be outdated. We are not lying down and not evolving."

"Only in terms of the navy, we are really blank right now. Although the Fletcher-class destroyers are considered first-class destroyers, two of them alone cannot form a fleet, let alone compete for supremacy at sea. So in this regard, Brother Li, don't be anxious. Just keep an eye on these two destroyers as if they were treasures."

"In my opinion, these are just two training ships. Brother Li is using them to train people. A century-old navy is no joke. A ship needs hundreds of skilled workers in different positions. I think we are far behind in this regard. We have two of these ships. You don't have to worry about it. Just start training with three people per position. I hope that within two years, Brother Li can train at least four powerful new ship operators."

"According to our plan, the first batch of Jianghai-class destroyers will be built almost simultaneously in a configuration of four ships. If it is fast, it will probably be launched within two years, and the configuration of all ships will be completed in three years. Then, at a rate of 4-6 ships per year, we will probably produce about 8 Jianghai-class destroyers in five years. The standard displacement of the Jianghai-class destroyer is 5 tons, and the full load displacement is 30 tons.

During this period, the second new destroyer we are researching will be released soon. This destroyer is temporarily named Luhai-class destroyer, with a standard displacement of 4200 tons and a full load displacement of 5500 tons. These are the two main warships that will defend our territorial waters. Although the displacement is not large, we will update the weapon system to make these two warships capable of challenging battleships! "

The cake drawn by Ren Zhong made Li Changxing hold his breath. What is a battleship? Li Changxing didn't understand it before and didn't care about it. But now that he works in the fleet, he has already made up for the relevant knowledge. If Li Changxing's current sampan fleet encounters a behemoth like a battleship, the only thing they can do is wait for death!
There is no room for struggle at all.

The standard displacement of a battleship is at least 65000 tons, and the large ones, like the Japanese Yamato, have a displacement of tons! They are even bigger than aircraft carriers!

The caliber of the naval guns starts at a minimum of 203 mm. This Yamato battleship is also equipped with three triple-mounted Type 94 45-caliber 460 mm naval guns, a total of 9 huge guns!
A single shell hitting a warship like the destroyer Fletcher can almost kill it.

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 was now a god-like existence, and what he said was definitely not nonsense, so Li Changxing didn't dare to refute it at all.

"Mr. Ren, are you saying that our anti-ship missile system is 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 was completely different from the current concept of giant cannons.

"Yes, our future naval wars will begin in a completely new way, and anti-ship missiles will be our most important combat weapons in the future." Ren Dian nodded and explained to the confused Li Changxing.

"Our first anti-ship missile, if nothing unexpected happens, has a range of up to 40 kilometers. It is equipped with an autonomous guidance system, including a radar or infrared seeker (GSN), an autopilot and a barometric altimeter or a radio altimeter, which can control the flight altitude between 100-200 meters above the water surface.

The warhead will be charged with more than 400 kilograms of high explosives. For a warship of this level with a displacement of about 3000 tons, a single hit will destroy it. Even a battleship will explode after a few hits."

400 kilograms of high explosives? !
When Li Changxing heard the data, he couldn't help but open his mouth, but couldn't say a word. This was the first time he heard that a "cannonball" could be so big!

You should know that the heavy armor-piercing shells of the MK8 406mm naval guns used on the Rogue Eagle Colorado-class battleships have to be equipped with armor-piercing caps and solid armor-piercing warheads. Although the total weight is 1225kg, the amount of explosives inside is only 18.55kg, accounting for only 1.5% of the total weight. The power is completely different from the "shells" mentioned by Ren Zhong.

Even the 406mm high-explosive bomb only has a charge of about 70 kilograms.

After being stunned for a while, Li Changxing came back to his senses and said with some emotion:

"This amount of explosives is comparable to that of a torpedo."

"Yes, anti-ship missiles are actually flying torpedoes. The only difference is that the current torpedo range cannot exceed 10 kilometers, while our anti-ship missiles can hit targets 40 kilometers away."

Ren nodded and said, "The design of a 40-kilometer range for anti-ship missiles is not a random guess, but is based on the calculation of the range of the most powerful naval guns in the current navy. The maximum range of the MK8 406mm naval gun used on the Colorado-class battleship is 42 kilometers. Of course, at this distance, the probability of hitting is lower than that of roulette."

"Our new Jianghai-class destroyer will have two anti-ship missile launchers (with 2 rounds of ammunition), two anti-submarine torpedo launchers, two 40mm dual-purpose anti-aircraft guns, one quadruple 2mm machine gun, and four 2mm anti-aircraft machine guns."

"My dear, Brother Ren, your work is really beyond our reach and we dare not even think about it. Let's not talk about it. For this job, Brother Ren, let's do it just like you say!" Li Changxing figured it out quickly. In this regard, he just chose to trust Ren Zhong. For everything else, there is only one word: do it!

Ren Zhong smiled. Since he was an understanding person, the cooperation would be much better later on.

What he feared most was meeting someone who couldn't make sense. If that were the case, Ren Zhong wouldn't tolerate that person, and changing that person 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 is based on the Adams destroyer, its air defense missiles cannot be relied upon now. Its main function is still anti-ship, and its anti-submarine function is still very weak.

However, the next generation Luhai-class destroyer will be a versatile destroyer that is capable of carrying anti-ship missiles, air defense missiles and anti-submarine missiles.

Therefore, 30 Jianghai-class destroyers were produced as an emergency measure, while the Luhai-class destroyers were the mainstay for the next 40 years, and the manufacturing target was to reach at least ships.

It seems like a large number, but if they are divided into three fleets, namely the North Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea, each fleet will have only more than 20 ships, which is not enough.

Next, we have to plan and develop a new type of large destroyer with a standard displacement of 6000 tons and a full load displacement of 8000 tons, which should at least be close to the level of the Spruance-class destroyer and become an all-round destroyer with strong anti-submarine, anti-ship, ground and air defense capabilities. But that is the goal for the next decade.

At least in the last ten years or so, the development has been based on the Jianghai-class and Luhai-class destroyers.

In addition, submarines will also be included in the plan. The good news is that Ren Zhong has taken the lead in the battery part of the submarine, but in the power part, the research on AIP technology is quite slow. What Ren Zhong wants is Stirling power to avoid the huge disadvantage that the submarine will have to be exposed soon.

Realize the submarine's true one-hit-kill hidden killer function.

According to Ren Zhong's plan, the first submarine was developed based on the Rogue Eagle's Tench Class submarine.

丁鲷级同白鱼级基本参数一样，长95米，宽8.32米，吃水5米，水面排水量1501吨，水下排水量2375吨。动力装置为4台通用电气16-278A V16柴油发动机5400马力，2个126组电池驱动4台通用电气高速电动机2740马力。水面速度为20.25节，水下速度为16.2节。航程达11000海里，船员60人，潜深120米，可以在水下不换气坚持两天，自持力达75天。武器装备为533毫米鱼雷发射管10个（前6后4）备弹24枚鱼雷；1门5英寸甲板炮，1门40毫米炮，2门20毫米炮，2挺·50口径机枪。

However, Ren Zhong did not plan to use so many deck weapons, leaving behind a 1mm dual-purpose cannon and a 20mm heavy machine gun, which were sufficient for the purpose of expelling pirates from the sea. It was impossible to use submarines to fight naval artillery battles on the sea. In addition, the torpedo tubes were not needed that many, leaving behind two torpedo tubes in the front and rear, and the number of ammunition could be increased to 1.

With its excellent battery system and AIP technology, it is a real underwater killer at least in the past 10 years before the nuclear submarine is realized. As for conventional submarines, Ren Zhong is not planning to develop more. After this transitional conventional submarine, he will directly enter the nuclear submarine era!

After all, Professor Wu's team now has a very high starting point. After achieving the Peace Bomb, they will complete the construction of a miniaturized power generation facility in the pressurized water reactor. Future nuclear submarines will use this as power and have the heavy responsibility of transporting the main world. Even if the core technology is not available now, there are so many public papers and pictures for reference. Compared with the Rogue Eagle team that is groping forward completely in the dark, Professor Wu and his team have already occupied the high point of research and development.

As for aircraft carriers?

No, there really isn't one now. With the current foundation, it is impossible for such a money-eating beast to grow such a high-end cluster. We have to eat one bite at a time. We can put that off for 20 years.

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