Chapter 623 Night Battle Unparalleled 5

Large light cruiser!"

Chen Ping wanted to dig his ears to confirm whether he had heard it wrong, but he finally resisted. He looked at Li Mo, who was only wearing pajamas and asked, "Your Majesty, from Lan Jianshu's description, the standard displacement is at least 16,000 tons, and there are still four 15-inch naval guns. Shouldn't they be divided like this? I think the battlecruiser is more suitable.

"It's a large light cruiser, with a standard displacement of 17,800 tons, a full load displacement of 22,690 tons, 4 double 15-inch guns, 18 4-inch secondary guns, in addition." Li Mo waved his hand, and casually a lot of data made Chen Ping's forehead black. It turned out that the emperor had known it for a long time. Why didn't you say it earlier? He was worried for half a month and thought how powerful the capital ship had rushed into the southwest.

Li Mo, who showed his stars, didn't notice Chen Ping. In fact, in the final analysis, he didn't expect that this legendary "boo-boo cruiser" would come out earlier than history, but this is not surprising. The dreadnaught let himself out a few years earlier. The first British monarch class was delivered, and his reputation was about to be launched. Even Hood is said to be half built. So it is normal for the brave-class large cruiser to appear a year earlier.

He guessed it right. As early as after the assault in the Strait of Hormuz, Fisher clearly felt Xinhua's advantage in speed. At that time, he conceived to build a small cruiser with high-speed assault and strong firepower to suppress Xinhua's small cruiser (at that time, Britain thought that the Weiqing class was a protective cruiser), so he opened Large-scale light cruisers were designed and construction began that year.

The most fear in the naval battle is to meet an unknown opponent. Now that he knows the opponent, Li Mo feels much more relaxed, and even feels that Lan Jianshu is a little timid, because it is strictly kept secret by the British. Once it is said, the top-secret cruiser that will be interrupted by people's "boo" is actually a freak.

This is the product of the British naval fighter Lord Fisher's ultimate pursuit of speed. In fact, now that Fisher is also quite pitiful. What he wants most is a fast battleship like Yanjing and Guam-class. Unfortunately, the steam turbine was destroyed by himself, and the war began not long after it was finally redeveloped. I have to give up the necessary accumulation process and force it.

According to the data provided by Lan Jianshu, the brave-class large cruiser has still changed. First of all, it has three chimneys, not one in later generations. As an absolute authoritative master in power, Li Mo can see that Britain still has a big problem with boilers and steam turbines, and the maximum speed is only 27 knots. It is 5 knots less than that of later generations, about 58,000 horsepower, and it is divided into four steam turbines. It is only 10 megawatts per unit, which is only equivalent to its own capacity ten years ago.

In order to pursue high speed, the length-to-width ratio of this kind of cruiser is seriously asymmetrical, and the armor is very weak. The waterline armor is only 1-3 inches (25-76 mm), and the maximum horizontal armor is only 1 inch. The only thick point is the front of the main gun, reaching 13 inches, so if the 23rd fleet is at the risk of assault, The above L52/152mm naval gun fires armor-piercing shells, which can cause serious damage to it within 10,000 meters.

But this is also what I said after I knew it. In fact, it is impossible for another person to use the light cruiser and destroyer to compete with the new warship with a 15-inch main gun and I don't know the depth.

Later generations have different opinions on the Brave-class large cruiser. The most criticism is its weak defense and poor airworthiness, but Li Mo is different from others. Since Britain calls it a light cruiser, it shows that it was not born for a decisive battle. As for the airworthiness, it also depends on the Location. Where.

The North Sea is full of winds and waves all year round. Of course, there is a problem for the Brave class to go. Any warship will decline as soon as the speed is fast and stable. Even the Guam class is very bumpy at full speed, not to mention the light cruiser short of 20,000 tons.

However, this crim is nothing in the Pacific Ocean, because the wind and waves of the Pacific Ocean are simply different from the North Sea, so it is a wonderful move for the brave class to come to the Pacific Ocean. Many islands and small oceans give it space to play freely, and it is even more wonderful to break through the attack, because this kind of warship is in Li Mo's view. That's why it was born.

Knowing the details of the opponent, the threat also seriously decreased, but Li Mo still did not dare to take it lightly. At least he was determined to sink the two freaks. Although their speed was still different from their own, if they let it go, or only sent light warships would be damaged even if they could win, so he thought about it and asked: "1 Did the 2nd Fleet and the 31st Fleet go?

"The 12th Fleet has arrived in the Gilbert Islands this morning and is searching south. The 31st Fleet is currently in the Arabura Sea between Guinea and Australia, and is expected to enter the war zone tonight at the latest."

Looking at Chen Ping's finger position, Li Mo was a little relieved. Neither the 12th Fleet nor the 31st Fleet can compete with the bravery. The most important thing in this battle is not how to fight, but how to find the opponent. As long as it can be found that with the brave fragility, I'm afraid a cannonball can solve the problem.

Li Mo can't help with this specific tactic, but the appearance of the "Hush Cruiser" still reminds him. Although the U.S. Navy is basically knocked down and can be considered in a year, it is still the old empire with the most capital ships in the world, so I also want to know the trend of the British navy and ask He said, "Is there any movement in the British navy recently?"

"Syreed new capital ships have been delivered." Of course, Chen Ping knew Li Mo's thoughts and said directly to the topic: "The first two of the six King-class (also translated as Avenger-class) battleships have been delivered last month, and the remaining four are expected to be delivered within the year. Two months ago, Britain officially proposed the G3 and N3 plans to build another eight more capital ships.

There are also breakthroughs in the battle patrol. Four tiger-class battle patrols have also been completed and delivered, and six reputation-level battle patrols have also been launched into the put-on stage one after another. The other four Hood-class battle patrols are also very fast, and it is expected to start in May next year.

"Wait a minute." Li Mo frowned: "Didn't you say that there were 8 monarchs and 6 tiger-class war patrols, and the reputation class was originally planned to be four. What's wrong?"

"It turned out to be, but the UK later significantly adjusted the construction plan."

Li Mo's eyebrows were even more twisted. In this way, because of the addition of four more powerful Tiger-class battlecruisers and two monarch-class battleships, it is equivalent to making up for the five battlecruisers killed by himself and several classic capital ships stationed in Australia. The strength of the British Grand Fleet has increased instead of decreasing. Isn't the German navy more pressure?

Chen Ping introduced: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Germany is not a vegetarian. The last two of his six Bavaria-class battleships will have begun sea trials, which are expected to be delivered within two months, and all three DFlinger-class battle patrols have also been delivered, and Wang Shizhen also It is said that Germany has begun to build York-class battleships and Mackensen-class battlecruisers, but due to too much involvement on land, the construction speed is much slower than that of Bavaria.

After Malaya was controlled by itself in India, the German battleships did not suffer too much. In contrast to the core 380mm, six Bavarians have certain advantages over four Queen Elizabeth and two improved monarchs. It should be said that the heavy guns in the same vein as the Guam class still have certain advantages. The only gap is the battlecruisers. .

The Lion-class and Tiger-class use 343 mm (13.5-inch) naval guns, while Germany's strongest Dflinger-class is a 305-mm naval gun, which has suffered some losses in caliber. However, considering Germany's level of protection, it should be said that under its own agitation and early efforts, the German high seas fleet is only stronger than later generations. Weak.

Thinking of this, Li Mo was looking forward to this new naval battle. When Chen Ping saw his appearance, he knew that the emperor, who loved naval battles and always had genius ideas, couldn't wait to see who Yingde was the hegemon of the Atlantic, so he laughed and said, "It should be soon."

"After the withdrawal of the U.S. fleet, Germany once thought about a decisive battle, but at present, they hope to wait until the delivery of the last two Bavarian-class ships, and the United Kingdom does not want to wait any longer. After the U.S. Pacific Fleet was completely anniied by us, Britain has felt the pressure of the Indian Ocean, so it is considering mobiling more. The warships came to India, but they can't take risks without killing Germany, so as long as Germany shows a little sign of decisive battle, it is estimated that Britain will pour out. Chen Ping said with a smile.

Li Mo nodded. This was what he wanted most after killing the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and the U.S. Navy suffered so much after the war that it accounted for almost two-thirds of the maritime power. As the boss, if Britain does not stand up to help at this time, the United States may not play, so Britain must come out anyway. Hands.

"Yes." Li Mo remembered something and asked, "Wen Shou, just now you said that the subsequent construction of German capital ships has slowed down? Isn't it?"

"Yes." Chen Ping nodded and said, "Germany's land pressure is too great. Now Verdun has become a meat grinder. Even if blood is spilled, no one dares to give up. It can be predicted that Germany will pay at least 40-50 casualties here. The Allies are about 600,000 to 800,000, but the Allies are already full of human resources, so It can still afford it, Germany.

"I heard from Wang Shizhen that there is great pressure in Germany, and the people's living materials are beginning to be in short supply. However, because we gave them a large amount of food before the war and occupied the grain-producing area north of Paris, there is no big problem, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire is in trouble. There have been many riots in China, and the food shortage is also very It's serious. In addition, Osman is not good enough to go there, and there are signs of weakness.

Li Mo got up and walked to the map. Although he knew that even if he did not intervene in the battle, there were still two years to fight, it was time to take out a killer card to help his allies. Otherwise, even if he won, Germany would have no counterattack force.

"Did Shen Jun come back from Australia?"

Li Mo's words made Chen Ping's eyebrows jump. This is the number one black hand of the intelligence department. When he asked him, it was naturally not a simple matter, so he quickly said, "Listen to Duan Fei, you have come back."

"The Northern offensive will begin in May. Go and inform Duan Fei to cooperate with the implementation plan of this attack. In addition, tell Li Qiang to send two Nighthawk squadrons to help." Li Mo swept his hand across the north, gritted his teeth and said, "Russia, you shouldn't play anymore!"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Chen Ping knew that Li Mo had made up his mind to solve Russia as soon as possible, so he immediately prepared to go out and decorate it. Before he got out of the study, he was full of arms by Du Dazhuang. When the latter saw him, he immediately shouted, "Your Majesty, Chief of Staff, I just got the news that there were two French Orphan (Kolbe-class) in Sydney Harbor. The battleships, the British battleship Neptune, and four American Tennessee-class armored cruisers left last night, along with a number of cruisers whose whereabouts are unknown.

"So big transfer? What's going on?"

Li Mo looked at Chen Ping, who was also confused. Is the Southwest Grand Fleet going to fight? If you want to fight, you should also take the United States's Delaware and Belophon.

What the hell?

When everyone was puzzled, the guard rushed in again: "Your Majesty, Commander Dragon sent a telegram that the S3 submarine seriously injured the Australia in five hours!"

(to be continued)