Chapter 0279 Commander, Deputy Commander

After this type of battleship was recommissioned, it once formed four maritime assault groups with the battleship as the core, independently carrying out tasks such as maritime operations, supporting landings and attacking targets on the shore, or cooperating with aircraft carrier formations. Two of them participated in the war in 1991. They attacked targets with "Tomahawk" cruise missiles and bombarded positions with 406mm artillery, playing an important role.

However, in 1992, the last four "Iowa" class battleships were all decommissioned, marking the complete end of the battleship category.

The last scene that mankind saw the appearance of battleships in film history was "Super Fleet".

So here comes the question, why did Zhou Wenwen think of building a battleship?

To answer this point, we have to start with the characteristics of battleships. .

First point, displacement.

As the main battleship at the core of the entire fleet, the hull of the battleship is the largest tonnage among the warships of the same period. It relies on its huge hull to have good seaworthiness and excellent anti-sinking ability.

And to be a joke, after World War II, except for aircraft carriers, the displacement of all ships did not exceed that of battleships.

The second point is the caliber of the main gun.

The main weapons of a battleship are various types of artillery, which it uses to attack enemy targets.

Battleships in the age of sails had multiple artillery decks, a large number of front-loading artillery were arranged on the side, and concentrated bombardment of the enemy on the side.

In order to lower the ship's center of gravity to avoid capsizing, sail battleships with multi-layered gun decks generally place heavy artillery on

With the development of artillery technology, breech-loading cannons were installed on ironclad battleships.

Therefore, relying on the strong load capacity of the ship, the battleship can carry large-caliber heavy artillery.

Relying on strong ships and powerful guns, battleships can destroy all enemies they encounter.

As the ship design gradually matured, the weapons of battleships also began to diversify and specialize.

In order to destroy the enemy's capital ships, battleships are equipped with several large-caliber main guns, some of which are mounted on the sides and some are mounted in turrets. Its caliber is usually more than 200 mm, and it fires shells such as kinetic energy armor-piercing shells and high-explosive shells, which can effectively damage targets such as enemy ships or ground facilities.

Take the Iowa-class battleship as an example. The shells fired by each triple-mounted 406mm main gun can destroy a football field the size of a football league.

This is difficult for missiles to do, especially when compared to the high price of missiles, the cheapness and power of artillery shells will be even more advantageous.

However, after the development of missiles in the direction of precision guidance, the low hit rate of artillery shells has become a fatal problem for artillery.

And this problem also indirectly affects the battleships, so the battleships have to be modernized and equipped with radars to accurately locate and improve the hit rate.

After the emergence of guided shells and range-extending technology and the maturity of the technology, the reappearance of the battleship seems to have seen a glimmer of light.

In addition to the main guns, in order to deal with incoming small ships, battleships are generally equipped with secondary guns of various calibers. These secondary guns will be more numerous than the main guns, with faster firing rates and more flexibility It can effectively counter the raids of small ships such as torpedo boats.

After the appearance of torpedoes, some battleships were equipped with torpedo tubes. However, as the combat distance of battleships increased, from 1 km to 10 km, the torpedo tubes of battleships became useless and were gradually abandoned.

After aircraft appeared on the battlefield, in order to deal with increasingly powerful air threats, battleships also began to be equipped with anti-aircraft weapons, including anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-aircraft rockets.

Some battleships will even be equipped with heavy dual-purpose guns with a caliber of hundreds of millimeters.

The third point is armor protection.

In order to protect vital points from being easily damaged by enemy attacks, battleships are generally equipped with heavy armor protection.

With the development of naval guns, the armor used to resist enemy naval guns has become thicker and thicker. Some modern battleships will even be equipped with armor weighing 10,000 tons, and the thickest part is more than half a meter.

Generally, the most heavily defended positions of battleships are the conning tower, ammunition depot, turret and power plant, and the defensive armor of these positions is thicker.

Because the ammunition depot and the turret are hit, it will cause a martyrdom, causing huge damage to the battleship, and the conning tower and the power plant, let alone the device.

Secondary parts, such as the bow and stern of the ship or the armor defense of the superstructure are much weaker.

In order to defend against torpedoes, modern battleships will also install anti-mine drums and compartments above and below the waterline, relying on extra space to weaken the damage of torpedoes to the hull.

So now the answer is, why did Zhou Wenwen think of building a battleship?

Answer, what Zhou Wenwen valued was the characteristics of the battleship, such as displacement, main gun caliber, and armor protection, rather than the battleship itself.

If he valued the battleship itself, he would not choose to build a battleship.

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So the question arises, why did Zhou Wenwen do this.

The answer is actually very simple. In the previous battles in the world, Zhou Wenwen found that whether it was some of the missiles he carried or the missiles carried by Transformers.

Or the launch vehicle he modified by loading the missiles on the vehicle, the missiles launched are a bit flat.

On the contrary, the cannon in the hands of Transformers showed great power in the battle, and saved Zhou Wenwen the trouble of making a move.

However, Transformers are limited by their body weight. In combat, live ammunition weapons such as artillery, rockets, and machine guns have limited ammunition.

So when Transformers proposed to build a launch station, Zhou Wenwen immediately thought of battleships (he didn't think of battleships at the time), and asked the Transformers about the feasibility of the plan.

However, the Transformers gave two answers.

The first answer is unnecessary, because the functions are too repetitive. It is better to build a missile launch vehicle and launch a horse supersonic missile.

The second answer is that it can be built, and if the Transformers can't come, the battleship can still be on top.

Based on this situation, Zhou Wenwen chose the second answer. He began to buy and build shipyards and steel factories around, and designed many warships with Transformers and human warship designers, and finally supervised and executed them by Transformers.

As a viewing spot, Palm Beach may be the best place. If it is used as a fighting venue, Palm Beach is undoubtedly the worst place. There is not even a sniper position where Transformers can be used as the commanding heights.

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