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Chapter 0279 Commander, Deputy Commander

After this type of battleship was re-commissioned, it once formed 4 maritime assault groups with battleships as the core, which independently carried out tasks such as maritime operations, supporting landings and attacking shore targets, or in coordination with aircraft carrier formations. Two of them entered the war in 1991, and they played an important role in hitting targets with Tomahawk cruise missiles and bombarding positions with 406mm artillery.

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

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

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

The answer to this point has to be mentioned from the characteristics of the battleship.

The first point is drainage.

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

And to tell 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 weapon of a battleship is various types of artillery, which are used to strike enemy targets.

The battleships of the age of sails had multiple artillery decks, and a large number of front-bore artillery were arranged on the broadside to focus on bombarding the enemy on the side.

In order to lower the center of gravity of the ship to avoid capsizing, sail battleships with multi-layered gun decks generally put heavy artillery on the bottom and light artillery on top.

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

Therefore, depending on the ship's powerful load-carrying capacity, battleships can carry large-caliber heavy artillery.

Relying on the powerful cannons, the battleship can destroy any adversary it encounters.

As ship designs matured, battleship weapons began to diversify and specialize.

In order to destroy the enemy's capital ships, the battleships were equipped with several large-caliber main guns, either broadside or in turrets. Its caliber is usually more than 200 mm, and it launches kinetic energy armor-piercing projectiles, high-explosive projectiles and other shells, which can effectively damage targets such as enemy ships or ground facilities.

Taking 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.

And this is difficult for missiles to do, especially when compared with the high price of missiles, the cheapness and power of artillery shells will be 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 battleship, so the battleship has to be modernized and refitted, and the radar can accurately locate and improve the hit rate.

After the emergence of guided artillery shells and extended-range technology and the maturity of the technology, the re-entry of the battleship seems to see a glimmer of light.

In addition to the main guns, in order to deal with the incoming small ships, the battleships are generally equipped with secondary battery of various calibers. It can effectively counter the raid of small ships such as torpedo boats.

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

After the aircraft appeared on the battlefield, in order to deal with the increasingly powerful air threats, the 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 high-level dual-purpose guns with a caliber of hundreds of millimeters.

The third point is armor protection.

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

With the development of naval guns, the armor used to defend against enemy naval guns has also become heavier and heavier. Some modern battleships will even be equipped with 10,000-ton armor, with the thickest part exceeding half a meter.

Generally, the most heavily defended positions of battleships are conning towers, ammunition depots, turrets and power units, and the defensive armor of these positions is heavier.

Because the ammunition depot and the fort are hit, it will cause the explosion, causing huge damage to the battleship, and the conning tower and the power plant device, don't say more.

Secondary locations, such as bow and stern or superstructure armor defenses are much weaker.

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

So now that it's answered, why did Zhou Wenwen think of building a battleship?

A, Zhou Wenwen valued the characteristics of the battleship, 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.

Not to mention that these two conventional battleship fleet battle groups and two conventional aircraft carrier fleet support groups have aircraft carriers/aircraft carriers, guided missile destroyers, Aegis air defense ships, armored full defense ships, and amphibious reconnaissance ships such fleets are incorporated~www. readwn.com~ 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 missiles he carried or the missiles carried by Transformers.

Or the launch vehicle he modified with the missiles mounted on the vehicle, the missiles launched are a bit shriveled.

On the contrary, the artillery in the hands of the Transformers showed great power in the battle and saved Zhou Wenwen's trouble.

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

So when the Transformers proposed to build a launch station, Zhou Wenwen immediately thought of the battleship (the battleship was not thought of at the time), and asked the Transformers about the feasibility of the plan.

However, the Transformers gave two answers.

The first answer is unnecessary, the functions are too repetitive, it is better to build a missile launcher 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 acquire and build shipyards and steel mills, and designed many warships with Transformers and human warship designers, which were finally supervised by Transformers.

As a viewing spot, Palm Beach may be the best place, if it is a battle site, Palm Beach is undoubtedly the worst place, and there is not even a sniper position that can make Transformers the commanding heights.

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