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If the failure of the Japanese 2nd Division can be attributed to China's use of "new" weapons and tanks, which had unexpected effects, and the defeat is tragic yet tragic, its naval destroyer fleet with World War I experience faced China's newly established The defeat of the Bohai Fleet was entirely caused by contempt and improper tactics.
According to pre-war intelligence, China¡¯s new destroyer is designed to imitate the American shallow-water destroyer. It was built by Shanghai¡¯s ¡°Jiangnan Shipyard¡± and the first ship was the ¡°Yangtze River¡±.
This warship can be called the pinnacle of destroyers of that era. It made great contributions to the United States' participation in World War I escorts, and its number was also large.
This kind of warship is very suitable for traveling on inland rivers, but it can also be used as a guard along the offshore coastline. Although the tonnage is not worth mentioning, it is after all the largest warship built by the Republic of China since its founding. It is of great significance and is of great help in safeguarding China's vast maritime borders and sea rights.
When the technology matures in the future, it will be possible to design a destroyer suitable for maritime navigation.
Its advantage is that it is extremely cheap and highly cost-effective for encircling and suppressing submarines and air defense. However, since all countries at that time focused their naval efforts on battleships capable of decisive victory, they had not yet realized that the focus of future naval battles should be on preventing underwater and air power, and this advantage of it has not yet been taken seriously.
At first, some people in the U.S. military were worried that the Chinese navy would rise like its army, but they were ridiculed: "No matter how many such warships are built, can they still cross the Pacific and threaten the United States?"
Therefore, after the United States relaxed the export of its gunboats to China, because the Chinese Navy is obviously still in the exploratory period of larger warships, the U.S. government has acquiesced in the "irrelevant" demand for this type of destroyer. Agree with the Chinese Navy to imitate:
Indeed, in a decisive battle on the ocean, the battleship's tonnage and cannon caliber still matter. Such small-tonnage warships that can only protect themselves will not shake any advantage of the U.S. Navy. However, if they knew that Zhang Hanqing was only reserving capabilities and talents for China's warship manufacturing, they would certainly not agree so easily.
Although old China has a shipbuilding history worth writing about, due to historical reasons, this capability is not commensurate with the existing industrial level. The occasional brilliance cannot cover up the backwardness in naval talents.
Therefore, although many high-level officials of the Fengjun Army, especially those from the navy headed by Guo Songling, very much hope to find opportunities and support for the construction of China's own battleships so that the Chinese navy can truly stand up, even a powerful person like Zhang Hanqing cannot go against the historical facts. Regardless.
Battleships were the decisive force in the maritime battle at that time and were very conspicuous.
The technology to manufacture it is complex, including giant cannons, super-large power systems and super docks that China has never been able to build. It is a systematic project. All major maritime countries have blocked this technology. It is very unrealistic to introduce it, and it is time-consuming and long-lasting to explore it on your own, which will not solve the problem.
Rather, it is better to start with small-tonnage ships, which can not only accumulate shipbuilding experience, but also shift from quantitative to qualitative changes, allowing China to gradually move from a shallow-water navy to a deep-water navy, and gradually form combat effectiveness.
Therefore, Zhang Hanqing spared no effort to achieve the maximum strength of the Chinese navy in the least time. He also devoted himself to instilling in the naval generals the concept that the concept of big guns and giant ships has fallen behind this era, and the armament of them cannot be achieved by China's existing industrial strength. Acceptable, but changes in strategy and effective use of tactics can make a difference in naval development.
Under his influence, the Navy¡¯s tactical research on submarines, torpedo boats, and exercises on integrated sea and air tactics are the highlights that distinguish the Chinese Navy from the major naval powers in the world.
Today, in the Bohai Bay, China already has 6 submarines, 18 torpedo boats, and the 1st Water Machinery Wing and the 1st Fish Bomber Wing, mainly composed of water bombardment-1 and fish bombardment-1. The two groups have a total of 198 aircraft.
In addition, as the commander of the Bohai Fleet, Lieutenant General Song Changzhi, he was gratified that before the war, he had a 1st destroyer detachment composed of 10 warships and a 4th destroyer group composed of 6 rushed destroyers. Team. Like the destroyers of the South China and Yangtze Fleets, these new destroyers have flat decks, four chimneys, a displacement of 1,200 tons, and a draft of nine feet and ten inches
The original purpose of introducing it was that if the war progress was not satisfactory, the Chinese navy could use such warships to retreat along the river and into the interior, making Japan's huge navy "look at the river and sigh."
These "large" warships, which Zhang Hanqing calls China's first-generation destroyers, may not be worth mentioning to naval powers such as the United States, Britain, and Japan, but for China, which has been repeatedly breached by foreign powers at sea, Generally speaking, this is also the largest warship that China can independently and mass-build at this stage¡ª¡ª?Although there has been the glory of building larger warships for the United States before, from the perspective of the military, this is the real strength of China's shipbuilding industry.
However, due to Zhang Hanqing¡¯s insight, these warships were later modified with diesel engines that were a trend in the development of ships in the world, instead of the old-fashioned but stable coal-burning engines.
Except for the new power unit, which is still purchased and copied from the United States, everything else is made in China. Compared with the "Tanikaze" class destroyers used by the Japanese Navy during the same period, the overall strength is not inferior.
At this time, Japan¡¯s 17th Destroyer Division stationed in Kanto Prefecture has a total of 4 "Tanikaze" class destroyers, namely: Urakaze, Tanikaze, Isokaze and Hamakaze.
The Tanikaze-class destroyers were part of Japan's new "August 4th Fleet" project in 1915. In order to provide escort for the new Nagato-class battleships, a large destroyer with greater endurance was built, and together with the two Tianlong-class light cruisers, it was regarded as an important part of the "84 Fleet".
Although there was only the funds to build one "Tanikaze" class destroyer at the time, the Italian government unexpectedly paid off the remaining balance of the Urakaze-class destroyer Ekaze transferred to it during World War I, and Japan used the funds. Build the second "Tanikaze" class destroyer and continue to name it after Jiang Feng.
The Tanikaze class was originally designed as an enlarged and improved version of the Isokaze class, but the gun was replaced with a new 3-year-old 120 mm 45-caliber gun (this gun was later used by many Japanese destroyers); in addition, due to the post-World War I Japan has acquired many overseas colonies and requires the Tanikaze class to have better ocean performance and install three newly developed twin 533mm torpedo launch tubes.
Its main performance parameters¡ª¡ªdisplacement: 1300 tons (standing)/1580 tons (full load); speed: 37.5 knots; endurance: 4000 nautical miles/15 knots; protection and firepower: 3 single-seat three-year-old 120 mm l/ 45 guns, 4 single-mounted 7.7mm machine guns, and 3 twin-mounted six-year-old 533mm torpedoes; the standard crew is 128 people.
In terms of quantity, China had as many as 10 destroyers participating in the war, while Japan only had 4, giving it a huge advantage. However, Japan also has a large-tonnage light cruiser "Yura" that China does not currently have. In addition, it has experienced victory in two naval battles against China and Russia and its status as a victor in World War I, which has given the Japanese navy combat experience and confidence. Both are far superior to China (morale is shared by both sides), so the balance of victory is between two options.
The Japanese naval fleet also relies on assistance that will definitely and is known to be on the way. The combined fleet in Wu Port has weighed anchor. If nothing unexpected happens, it will definitely arrive here within two days. With the powerful Japanese army Kwantung Army and the first-class Japanese navy, the Chinese people should not have the strength to carry out this resistance that is obviously overestimating their capabilities, right?
You know, they don¡¯t even have a warship larger than a Japanese destroyer. The battle in Kanto State was probably just a show by the Chinese. As long as the Japanese Empire has one fang, the courage of the Chinese people will be thrown into the Java Kingdom, right?
As the flagship of the 17th Destroyer Division, the "Yura" is the second ship of the "Nagara" class, with a tonnage of 5,170 tons and seven 140 mm 50-caliber main guns.
In addition, it also installed eight of the most famous 61cm torpedo launch tubes of the Japanese army in World War II for the first time. In this way, it can launch the astonishingly powerful Type 93 sour torpedo, which is the "Lance" torpedo that shocked Britain and the United States in World War II in history. This makes the Nagara class even more capable of becoming the main force of the fleet's decisive battle cruiser.
In order to effectively grasp the battlefield, it also randomly carries a water reconnaissance aircraft. For the Chinese Navy, which has no combat experience, this is also the first huge test since the outbreak of the war.
But the fly in the ointment is that the Japanese warships are still in the stage of using coal as power, because they are short of oil, and Japan (including Japan-occupied Korea and Taiwan) is quite rich in coal resources. In this way, as soon as the Japanese fleet was dispatched, dense smoke enveloped the sea.
The idea of ??Commander Toshiki Naomi of the squadron is to try to find the main force of the Bohai Fleet for a decisive naval battle. If they can be wiped out in one fell swoop, Japan's mobile transport ships will be able to land on China's inland sea at any time, threatening Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, and Liao. This move would not only greatly support the Kwantung Army's operations, but also have the opportunity to tear a large hole in northern China, spreading the war to the land, and possibly achieve the effect of defeating the enemy without fighting.
After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1898, with the destruction of the Beiyang Navy, didn¡¯t the Qing government lose its determination to continue to resist?
To be fair, his idea is correct, but it would be too ambitious to rely on his squadron alone to annihilate the entire Bohai Fleet. Although China's fleet is only known as a fleet in terms of sea strength, its entire wealth lies not only in a few visible warships, but also in its strong development potential and advanced construction ideas.
Not everyone has the same blind obedience to the commander-in-chief¡¯s optimism. As destroyer captains, Major Ozawa and Major Obuchi both have doubts about whether they can win a battle.
Fortunately, the Japanese Army's customary "lower to overcome superior" style almost does not exist within the Navy. They believe that even if the tactic of going directly to the commander cannot be realized, there is no problem in retreating unscathed.
Even then, the Japanese still didn¡¯t know who their maritime opponents were. ?(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)With the same blind obedience, Major Ozawa and Major Obuchi, as destroyer captains, both had doubts about whether they could win a battle.
Fortunately, the Japanese Army's customary "lower to overcome superior" style almost does not exist within the Navy. They believe that even if the tactic of going directly to the commander cannot be realized, there is no problem in retreating unscathed.
Even then, the Japanese still didn¡¯t know who their maritime opponents were. ?(Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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